He whispered, "A copper pot of this size will cost about two strings of silver. If you want to make it, go to the county government and apply for it. Then bring me the official approval slip."
"Okay, then I'll go to the county government and ask, and then come back to you."
"Okay, then I'll figure out how to make this pot. When you're done, just come back to me and exchange the money!"
When Lin Wanwan walked out of the blacksmith shop, she heard the heart-wrenching bray of a donkey not far away.
Following the sound, I came to a place where livestock were bought and sold, and saw a shriveled old man whipping two donkeys with a whip.
She went forward and asked, "Uncle, why do you keep hitting them?"
The old man sighed, threw away the whip in his hand, and said, "These two stubborn donkeys! They just won't move! Someone just bought them, but who would have thought that they wouldn't move no matter how hard they tried. Two strong men just couldn't move them away. I'm sick and need money to see a doctor, otherwise I wouldn't be willing to sell them. The female is pregnant and can't work. It's so hard to get someone to buy them, but who would have thought, oh!"
"So that's how it is. How much do you want to sell your two donkeys for?"
The old man looked up at her with a look of disbelief, "Young girl, you want to buy one? This donkey is not cheap! Although my female donkey can't work, she is pregnant. The male donkey is tall and strong, and it's a good year. Two donkeys will cost thirty taels of silver!"
Lin Wanwan counted the money on her body, shook her head and said regretfully: "I don't have enough money on me, it seems we are not destined to be together."
The old man sighed again, "Alas, I have no choice. Medicine for an old woman costs too much money. I really can't save money."
"For such an expensive herbal medicine, do you need ginseng?"
"Yes!" The old man slapped his thigh, "This ginseng is extremely expensive, one root costs forty or fifty taels, I had no choice but to sell my donkey to raise money."
"Hey, don't worry, old man. Your donkey is so well-fed, it will definitely sell for a good price."
"Yes, I take good care of it on weekdays. No one else is as attentive as I am..."
"bite!"
The voice of 857 suddenly rang in Lin Wanwan’s mind.
"Wanwan, 857 found a lot of wild ginseng in the forest yesterday. Do you need it, Wanwan?"
What? Wild ginseng! Did she hear it right? Is she so lucky? A golden finger! This is definitely a golden finger!
“Ahhh! 857, is this really ginseng? What year is it? I really love you!”
"857 also likes Wanwan. There are five ginsengs in the forest that are about eighty years old, three that are three hundred years old, two that are five hundred years old, and one each of eight hundred and one thousand years old. 857 applied for a thousand-year-old ginseng, which can offset the sixty thousand energy points that Wanwan owes, plus an additional fifty million energy points."
"Okay, I'll give you the thousand-year-old one, and the others are mine."
"Okay Wanwan, do you want to use ginseng Wanwan? What year do you want?"
"Well, I want three of them that are eighty years old, one each of three hundred years and five hundred years old."
"857 puts what Wanwan needs inside the house, and the rest is left to grow where it is. Wanwan can ask 857 to take it out later if she needs it."
"857 You are my golden finger. Hahahaha. With you around, my luck is always overflowing!"
"Wanwan's good fortune is proof of your hard work. Of course, it's also influenced by 857's energy field. So, the harder Wanwan works, the happier she'll be!"
"Little girl...little girl?"
Lin Wanwan suddenly heard the old man calling her and immediately came to her senses.
"Uncle, can you wait for me for a moment? I suddenly remembered that I left a ginseng on consignment at the medicine shop a few days ago. I'll go to the medicine shop and ask."
"What? You have ginseng? How old is it?"
"About seventy or eighty years."
"Oh, the fifty-year-old ones I asked about cost more than forty taels!"
"Uncle, let me go and ask if it's sold. If not, I'll give it to you. Wait for me!"
"Okay, I'll go right away!"
Lin Wanwan quickly found an empty alley, quickly entered the space to take out the ginseng, found a piece of coarse cloth to wrap them up, and hurried to the medicine shop.
The medicine shop was still very crowded today. The little medicine boy took her to the back hall. Lin Wanwan took out two packages of ginseng, one aged eighty and one three hundred, from her backpack and handed them to the shopkeeper Wu.
Shopkeeper Wu opened the cloth and took a closer look. Wow! It turned out to be three ginseng roots! She wrapped them in a coarse cloth and took them to the medicine shop.
"Hahaha, little girl, your ginseng looks good, but the packaging is a bit simple!"
Lin Wanwan scratched her head and said embarrassedly, "It's better to keep it simple. I'm also afraid that it will be robbed, right? Hehehe..."
"Yes, that's right. Based on my years of experience, this big one is probably more than 300 years old, and these two are at least 80 years old."
Lin Wanwan couldn't help but praise in her heart, saying that Shopkeeper Wu had a good eye and was not one to fool people.
"Let me think about it. At the beginning of the year, I sold a 200-year-old coin for 260 taels. I'll give you 400 taels for your 300-year-old coin, and 70 taels for the 80-year-old coin. How about a total of 540 taels?"
Lin Wanwan nodded, "I believe the price you gave me, shopkeeper. You are always fair. I still have some angelica, but I forgot it at home because I was in a hurry today. I will bring it to you next time."
Shopkeeper Wu asked the little boy to go to the accounting office to get the silver, and then asked her: "Did you dig it out directly after you found it?"
"No, I know about angelica. You need to cut off the upper part of the root first, let it dry for a while before digging it up. But I don't know which method is best for preparing it."
Shopkeeper Wu shook his head and said, "Forget it, you should just bring it here. You are not skilled enough in some of the techniques and cannot achieve the best medicinal effect. It would be a waste of such good medicinal materials."
Lin Wanwan also nodded in agreement, and decided to get some common medicinal herbs to practice later.
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