They put the rabbit in the backpack and went down the mountain.
We walked to the foot of the mountain and picked a lot of honeysuckle before going home.
When I returned to my uncle's house, only Gu Qiu was chatting with my aunt.
"Brother, you're back."
"Well, where are Dong'er and Xiao Zhuzi? And where is uncle?"
Gu Qiu was picking vegetables. "Dong'er and Xiao Zhuzi went out to play with Xiao Qinghai. I didn't go with the other kids. Uncle went with them because he was afraid they would run around and get lost."
He Ling also laughed: "Your uncle just likes Xiao Zhuzi and likes to look at him."
Gu Qiu pretended to be a spoiled child: "Aunt, who do you like the most?"
He Ling touched her and said, "I like all of you. You are all good children."
"Oh, but in this family, I like my aunt the most."
He Ling was so happy.
Gu Xia smiled and looked at his sister, seeing how talkative she was now.
Since coming to the countryside, his sister's personality seems to have become a little more cheerful.
"Brother, what did you bring back? Oh, it's a little rabbit. Let me see it."
Gu Xia handed the rabbit to her and said, "Your leg is injured, be careful."
Then he made a nest with hay and asked Gu Qiu to put the rabbit down.
He took out the medicine box he brought and applied medicine to the little rabbit.
He Ling was also surprised: "Second brother, you can also treat illnesses? Judging from the posture, you are better than our village doctor."
As Gu Xia applied the medicine, he said, "I just learned a little medical knowledge and tried it out on this little rabbit."
"So you're going to keep this rabbit?"
Gu Xia nodded and said yes.
"I'll ask your uncle to make a rain shelter for it later. You also need to find something for it to eat. You can't feed rabbits with water, right?"
Gu Xia and Gu Qiu listened carefully, as they had no experience in raising rabbits.
After applying medicine to the rabbit, Gu Xia called Gu Qiu to share the honeysuckle together.
Other herbs dug from the mountains were taken out and spread out to dry.
Seeing the two children doing things in an orderly manner, He Ling liked them even more.
"Second brother, what is this? Why did you dig up all this grass?"
"Aunt, these are Chinese herbal medicines that can cure diseases. I want to dry some myself and sell some."
He Ling asked curiously, "Can this thing still be sold? Where can I sell it to?"
"Is there a purchasing station here? I can sell it there."
"What are you selling to the purchasing station?"
At this time, Uncle Gu came back with two children. Gu Dong's braids were messy and Xiao Zhuzi was covered in dirt.
He Ling has become accustomed to the children in the village getting dirty.
But these two guys from the city were so fashionable yesterday, but today they look like two country bumpkins.
It's really unbearable to watch.
"You two should come and wash up quickly, you are all dirty."
After saying that, she took the two children inside to take a shower and change clothes.
Uncle Gu sat down again and started helping Gu Xia make a winnowing basket.
Gu Xia continued to ask him, "Uncle, is there a purchasing station here? I want to sell these herbs."
"There's no such thing in our village, but there is one in town, not far away. If you want to go, we can take the village ox cart there tomorrow."
The next morning, Uncle Gu took Gu Xia to the village entrance to ride in a ox cart.
Gu Qiu met a girl named Gu Chunhua in the village yesterday, and now he wants to go out and play with her.
Gu Dong and Xiao Zhuzi went to find Gu Qinghai again.
There were several aunties from the village sitting on the ox cart, and they all liked Gu Xia very much because of his gentle manners.
I also stuffed him with some dried sweet potatoes.
He kept praising his good looks, and his face turned red.
When they arrived at the purchasing station in town, Gu Xia asked the staff.
"Hello, do you collect herbs?"
The staff member, Xiao Luo, looked at him and was a little skeptical. "Do you have any medicinal herbs? Can you identify them?"
Gu Xia didn't care. He smiled and nodded, then took out two honeysuckle plants from his backpack.
"Some are blooming, and some are not. I dried them separately. Take a look."
Xiao Luo looked surprised. Few people know that the medicinal effects of honeysuckle are different when it blooms and when it doesn't.
The effect of non-flowering ones is better and the price is higher.
He took the two herbs and handled them very well. It seemed that this kid was knowledgeable.
He nodded, "Not bad, kid, you know something about medicinal herbs?"
"A little, but not much. What's the price for something like this?"
"The price of dried herbs is a bit higher. As for the ones that bloom, you know they're not that effective, so I'll give you 50 cents per pound. The ones that don't bloom are 80 cents per pound."
Gu Xia nodded and accepted the price, then walked out and asked his uncle to bring in all the things he had carried.
"Here are some coptis root, isatis root, and bupleurum root. Do you want to take them?"
In the end, they sold five pounds of honeysuckle and got three yuan and seventy cents.
The other herbs were dug up with their roots, so they were heavier and more expensive, so I got five yuan.
Before leaving, the people at the purchasing station told him that he could sell it next time as they were in great need of medicinal herbs.
Uncle Gu didn't say a word the whole time and was still dizzy when he walked out.
"Xiao Xia, you only sold that grass for eight dollars?"
Gu Xia nodded, "Yes, uncle, eight dollars and seventy cents."
"Uncle, since you helped with the herbs and the winnowing basket, I'll give you three dollars. We can use the rest to buy something to take home."
Uncle Gu quickly pushed it away, "How can I take a child like you're worth so much? No, no, no."
Gu Xia didn't want to push around on the street, so she decided to go home and talk about it later.
They went to the supply and marketing cooperative in town, bought some candy and cakes and went home.
When I got home, He Ling was cooking. "You're back. My mother just asked someone to bring us some meat. I'll make stew for you today."
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