Chapter 11 Something Happened at Home
Wu Yuetang just put her third brother behind her and walked back to the village at a brisk pace. She stopped when she passed the Qingshi Town County Government Office.
From a distance, she saw many people gathered in front of the county government office, pointing and talking about something inside. Wu Yuetang was curious, thinking there might be some gossip, so she immediately ran over on tiptoe.
"Please make way, please make way."
With the idea of being the first to eat melons, Wu Yuetang squeezed in from outside while shouting, only to find that it was not a gossip scene at all, but a notice board of the government office with a piece of yellow paper pasted on it. It seemed to be some decree from the capital.
"According to the Observatory of Heaven, due to the long-term drought in northern Dayu, farmers have had no harvest. This year, the weather is even hotter, and there is a risk of drying up the mountains and landslides. To prevent natural disasters and man-made calamities, all residents of the northern counties are being ordered to relocate to the southern prefectural capital. They will depart from Qingshi Town in the fifteenth day for Tianying Prefecture to receive unified deployment from the prefectural capital. Please inform all villagers to arrange their household affairs and pack primarily for food and daily necessities."
The plot of fleeing famine in the book finally happened. Wu Yuetang knew that Qingshi Town was going to summon villagers to flee famine, but she just forgot the specific time. It seemed that the time when she entered the book was the node where this event occurred.
Wu Yuetang frowned. She remembered that in the book, the villagers of the entire town fled from famine for two or three years. It shouldn't have taken so long. She couldn't remember what happened in the meantime. She just remembered climbing the snow-capped mountains and staying there for almost a year.
Tsk, my brain isn't very useful when I need to use it. I still have to think about the details carefully at night.
Thinking of this, Wu Yuetang had already walked out of the crowd, and when he passed by Ren De Hall again, he ran in again.
"Brother."
As soon as he entered, he shouted to the apprentice, and then he saw that the owner of the clinic had returned.
"Little girl, didn't you just come here? Is there something wrong?"
The shopkeeper stroked his gray beard and looked at her with a smile.
"Ah, I just wanted to ask, do you sell Fritillaria cirrhosa here?"
Wu Yuetang replied with a smile. If the famine escape began in fifteen days, then the Fritillaria cirrhosa and Paris polyphylla planted yesterday would be ready for harvest. I wonder if I can save enough money before the famine escape.
"Girl, do you really have Fritillaria cirrhosa? It's a rare medicinal herb. Even the imperial palace doesn't have much."
The shopkeeper came over immediately and asked her with an incredulous look on his face.
"Yes, I do, but it may take me three days to deliver it. If you want to buy it, how much is it?"
Wu Yuetang nodded, but didn't say much.
"That depends on the quality and freshness of the herbs. If they are all top-grade, I'll give you one ounce of silver per pound. Girl, how much do you have?"
Looking at the anticipation and joy in the old man's eyes, Wu Yuetang guessed what he was thinking. He must have thought that he only had a dozen kilograms at most and wanted to buy it all at once.
"Shopkeeper, do you mean you'll take whatever I have?"
Wu Yuetang raised an eyebrow and asked.
"That depends on how much you have. We're going to migrate south in half a month, and I won't be able to transport too much. I can only take 300 kilograms at most."
Three hundred kilograms is equivalent to three hundred taels of silver. This money is definitely enough for a family to escape famine. Wu Yuetang calculated in his mind and asked the system in his mind at the same time.
"System, how much Fritillaria cirrhosa can we harvest per acre?"
"Host, the medicinal fields in this space are all high-quality and have increased yields. One acre of medicinal field is expected to yield 600 kilograms of Fritillaria cirrhosa. One acre of medicinal field is expected to yield 1,500 kilograms of Paris polyphylla."
After receiving the system's reply, Wu Yuetang looked at the old man again and saw that he was still excited.
"Shopkeeper, will you accept Chonglou?"
"Do you have any Chonglou? Although it's not as precious as Fritillaria cirrhosa, it's still considered a mid-grade medicinal herb. I can offer you three hundred coins per pound. How many Chonglou do you have?"
Hearing this question, Wu Yuetang narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Does Chonglou also take as many as it can?"
The old man was shocked. It seemed that this girl had a lot of medicinal herbs.
"How much of each of these two herbs do you have?"
the shopkeeper asked anxiously.
"In three days I can send you 300 kilograms of Fritillaria cirrhosa, and in fourteen days I can send you 600 kilograms of Paris polyphylla. Is that okay with you?"
Three hundred taels plus one hundred and eighty taels equals four hundred and eighty taels of silver. He felt like he had instantly become the richest man in Dayao Village. Thinking of this, Wu Yuetang's tone became excited.
"really?"
The shopkeeper instantly became excited. He knew that there were not many of these medicinal herbs in the palace. In addition, his master had not been found yet, so it would not be a bad idea to prepare more precious herbs in case of emergency.
"Yeah, seriously."
Wu Yuetang nodded.
"Okay then. I'll arrange for someone to prepare the silver and wait for you when the time comes."
Wu Yuetang spoke a few more words to the shopkeeper and then left. The old man stood at the door of the clinic and watched the little man walk away, feeling puzzled.
"From what I know, the farmland in the villages of Qingshi Town has dried up and the crops are almost unable to survive. Where on earth did this girl get so many medicinal herbs?"
Then he shook his head and walked back.
On the way back, Wu Yuetang was thinking about the medicine delivery she was going to bring back. She was trying to figure out how to get those hundreds of kilograms of goods over. First of all, she had to do it alone. If Wu Zhiyun followed her, it would be really inconvenient to get it out of the space. She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she had completely forgotten about Wu Zhiyun.
Wu Zhiyun was staggering towards home with five kilograms of rice in his backpack. Wu Yuetang walked very fast, and even though she had been delayed in the clinic for some time, she gradually caught up with him.
The two met when they were almost at the village entrance. Wu Zhiyun looked at his younger sister who was late and said with some resentment.
"Little sister, why did you just come back? Didn't you leave before me?"
"Well, the government issued an announcement, I went to take a look."
Wu Yuetang thought for a moment and decided to briefly describe the announcement he saw at the government office.
"What? We're going to flee the famine? Then let's go home quickly and tell our parents about this. We need to prepare in advance."
When Wu Zhiyun heard that his family had to move south, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, almost jumping up and down in anxiety.
Wu Yuetang rolled her eyes for no reason when she saw him making a fuss.
As soon as the two entered the village, they saw Aunt Liu from their neighbor household running over in a hurry, grabbing Wu Zhiyun's hand and about to leave.
"Wu Laosan, you're finally back. Something happened at your house. Go back and take a look."
Aunt Liu's face was full of anxiety as she spoke in a hurry.
When Wu Zhiyun heard that something happened at home, he became even more anxious.
"Aunt Liu, what happened to our family? Are our parents okay?"
"Oh, they've started a fight! Your eldest and second brothers are back too. They're fighting right in front of your house. Go back and take a look."
Hearing that a fight had broken out, Wu Zhiyun rushed home, while Wu Yuetang stood behind him, bewildered.
"Aunt Liu, what happened? Why did they suddenly start fighting?"
"It's all that trouble that happened to that old woman Sun. Her fat boy heard that you guys made a lot of money selling cat's eye grass, so he's had meat for the past two days. He also went to the mountains to pick cat's eye grass, but the medicine shop in town wouldn't take it. In the end, he went all the way to town and sold it for ten cents. Old woman Sun and her family weren't satisfied, so they came to your house."
After hearing Aunt Liu's statement, Wu Yuetang laughed in anger. "Can you blame me for this?" "Whether it can be sold or not is a matter of ability. How can you blame others for this? It's unheard of."
But where did Aunt Sun's grandson get the news that we were making money selling herbs? This should only be known to me and my third brother. Could it be that someone saw us selling herbs?
Wu Yuetang looked suspicious. Aunt Liu saw that she was still walking slowly, so she immediately grabbed her wrist and walked towards home.
"Don't be in a daze, go back and take a look."
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