Jiang Yue looked at the sky. Bright sunlight shone through the leaves. She got up early in the morning, so it should be around 8 am now.
Without hesitation, she went down the mountain, hid the basket at the foot of the mountain, covered it with wild grass, stuffed the ginseng into her arms, and walked towards the town.
As far as she could remember, Xiao Jiangyue had only been taken to the town two or three times when her parents were still alive, so she could remember the general direction.
Not many people from the village go to the town every day. Only the eldest son of the village chief drives a mule cart to take a group of people to the town at around 7 o'clock every morning.
Each person pays one cent per trip, which means two cents for a round trip.
He earned an average of twelve cents a day from this, which was considered a good income in the village. This attracted a lot of envy, but his family couldn't afford a mule cart.
It takes an hour to reach the town by mule cart, and about two hours on foot, which is considered fast.
Jiang Yue was not afraid of walking. Her body was too weak and she was considering exercising more.
If you want to avoid the crowds in the future, this time is perfect for going to town. Walking back and forth for four or five hours every day should help build up your endurance and physical strength.
She adopted a professional exercise posture, walked and ran for a while, and adjusted her breathing while exercising.
Two hours later, they arrived at the town clinic safely.
The young man in a gray robe was busy decocting medicine. When he saw her walk in empty-handed, and because of her thin figure, flushed face, and heavy breathing, he thought she was here to see a doctor.
"Doctor Zhu is busy now. You have to wait a while before seeing the doctor."
"I don't treat illnesses, I just wanted to ask if you accept medicinal herbs."
Hearing the cold voice, the young man was surprised, "Miss, are you a herbalist?"
Jiang Yue neither admitted nor denied it, "I have some medicinal herbs on hand, and I'd like to ask if your store will accept them."
The young man didn't take it seriously. It was common for some country folk to go up the mountain to become herbal farmers. The clinic would naturally buy herbs, but they would only look at the preparation techniques and type of herbs, and only accept them if they were suitable.
"If you want to sell medicinal herbs, you'll have to wait a moment. The shopkeeper is out."
As he said this, he continued to boil the medicine.
Jiang Yue nodded, then she had no choice but to wait.
She saw a small chair nearby, so she pulled it over and sat in the corner so as not to disturb others from coming in to see the doctor.
The clinic's "business" seems to be good, with many people coming and going.
But Jiang Yue looked at their clothes and figures and knew that their family conditions should be at least average or above.
Before getting medicine, you have to pay the doctor's consultation fee. A pulse check and the medicine cost at least a few dozen coins, and up to dozens of taels. How can ordinary families afford to see a doctor?
Xiao Jiangyue's parents were infected with typhoid fever one after another, but they persevered and endured the minor illness, which turned into a serious illness, and eventually passed away...
This is understandable. Currently, herbal farmers have to travel up mountains and down rivers, and professional herbal cultivation hasn't yet emerged. This has led to a shortage of medicinal herbs. Supply and demand influence prices, and medicinal herb prices have remained high.
However, this is the price the clinic sells it for. As for the price they receive from the farmers, it's hard to say. It's not an exaggeration to say that the price difference between the two is three times...
Jiang Yue asked the vendors at the town gate along the way, and they all said that this clinic had a good reputation and was honest, so she came here directly.
She waited for about ten minutes, and then the boy took her into the backyard.
A middle-aged man with half-white hair and beard asked with a smile, "Young lady, are you a herbal medicine farmer?"
Why do you always like to ask this?
"Not really. I just came across a medicinal herb that I thought would be wasted if I kept it in my own hands, so I wanted to bring it to the clinic for a checkup."
"Oh, what is the herb?"
Jiang Yue turned around and took out a ginseng from her bosom. Then she turned back and handed it to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper took it, his eyes slightly widened. This, this is ginseng? Just stuffing it into his arms without wrapping it in anything?
Looking at the other party's seemingly condemning eyes, Jiang Yue smiled without saying anything.
The shopkeeper held the ginseng in both hands, first smelled it, then held it up to bright light to examine it.
"Is this newly dug out? The roots haven't even been dug out carefully."
"The shopkeeper is amazing. It was indeed newly dug. I didn't dig it properly because I didn't have the right tools."
After examining the ginseng, the shopkeeper stroked his beard and said, "This ginseng is not very old, nor is it a rare variety. Therefore, I can only give you one tael and two qian of silver at most."
He smiled again and said, "If you are worried, you can ask a few more clinics."
Jiang Yue shook her head. She knew the price of this small ginseng wouldn't be high, but this price was a bit low. Once the clinic prepared it, it could be sold for three or five taels.
But she didn't have time to learn a skill, and besides, other clinics in town might not offer as much as this one.
"That's the price, boss."
The shopkeeper was pleased with her efficiency and quick thinking. He took out the money to pay the bill and said that if there were any other rare herbs in the future, they could be sent back.
Jiang Yue nodded in agreement, guessing they would cooperate frequently during this period.
She received the first payment and looked down at her worn-out shoes that exposed her big toe, speechless.
I had no choice but to go to the cloth shop and buy fifteen cents worth of scraps of cloth and two pairs of soles. Then I went home and mended the shoes myself.
Alas, I missed out on buying the thousand-layer cloth-soled shoes. What a mistake.
After buying things, Jiang Yue did not return to the village. Instead, she went to the place in the town where human beings were bought and sold that Yan Gu mentioned, to see if her "future husband" was there.
That place is not far from the county government office and is quite lively.
She hid among the onlookers and moved forward. She was shocked to see how skinny the people in front of her were. Many of them had wounds on their bodies and faces that were so deep that the bones were visible.
However, the people in charge of management and sales have obviously become accustomed to it and have become hard-hearted.
She was thinking that perhaps the injuries on these people were not natural, but were caused by "training".
A few minutes later, the housekeeper with a big belly came and took away a few people, either boys or pretty girls.
As Aunt Yan said, few people are interested in those adults.
It wasn't that she disliked the man for eating too much, but after looking around, she saw that he had an unshaven beard, was thin, and smelled bad.
She couldn't bring herself to eat this...
Uncomfortable, mushrooms.
She thought that if she came a few more times, she would be able to find the "lost pearl". She turned around and ran back to the village.
The first time is new, the second time is familiar. When I ran back, I ran even faster than when I went.
Jiang Yue returned to the foot of the mountain and quickly grabbed a basket of pig grass.
When she returned to Uncle Jiang's house, Eugene Hua looked at her with a frown, not saying a word, with disgust in her eyes.
Jiang Yue could understand what she meant: You came back so late, you must have been lazy.
Jiang Yue ignored her and went to chop pig grass and feed the skinny little pig.
Looking at the pig gnawing on its food, she seemed to see the appearance of her future husband...
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