The news that Li Erlang's family bought a barren mountain after building a new house caused an uproar in Lijia Village!
Building a house and buying wasteland—where did Li Erlang get the money? Had everyone been misjudging him? Or had Old Man Li been feigning poverty all these years when his family actually had considerable assets?
For a moment, everyone felt a little regretful, wondering why they had mocked others in person.
However, there were still people who secretly cursed Li Erlang for being stupid. He had money but did not buy good farmland, instead he bought wasteland. Sooner or later he would squander his fortune.
The Li family had no mood to pay attention to these rumors because they were busy picking forsythia on the mountain.
It was already the rush season for the forsythia, and its growth was changing dramatically day by day. Except for Lin and Maomao, almost everyone in Old Man Li's family was busy picking the flowers.
Even so, everyone was still too busy. Li Yan felt that this was not a good idea, so she discussed with her father during dinner that she needed to hire someone to help!
Li Erlang hesitated. "If the villagers knew we bought the mountain just for this forsythia, would they talk about us?"
"We are surrounded by mountains on three sides. Forsythia can also be found on other mountains, but there are more of them on the Maoshan Mountain next to our home. If people think our motives for buying the mountain are impure, they can also go buy a mountain. There are so many mountains nearby, and Forsythia can also be found on them!"
Seeing that Li Erlang was still hesitant, Li Yan continued to explain: "I went to the city and asked. There are only two pharmacies in this town. One is Yirentang and the other is Zhou Bo's Xingrentang. Yirentang does not accept individual medicinal materials at all, and Zhou Bo's has to wait for the shopkeeper to come back to confirm. And his family's consumption will not exceed 100 kilograms."
Lin was even more uncertain after hearing her daughter say this: "Then why are we picking so many? We can't sell them, and we still need to hire people to pick them? That would be a thankless task!"
Li Yan didn't get angry when she heard Lin say this. She told the two of them her plan: "Isn't our uncle a traveling merchant? I was just thinking of asking my father to write a letter to him, asking him to sell our medicinal herbs south!"
Forsythia suspensa has a wide range of medicinal uses, and is particularly effective in clearing away heat and detoxifying pharyngeal swelling and burning pain, carbuncle, and is indispensable in treatment. Therefore, Li Yan is confident that she can sell the herb.
Li Erlang looked at his daughter who was talking so clearly and could not help feeling confused. It seemed that his daughter knew more than he did after a serious illness!
He suppressed his panic and thought for a moment about his daughter's words. "I'll write a letter to your uncle and ask for his opinion."
As for finding someone, I want to wait for your uncle to reply to us, and then I will discuss with the clan leader how to arrange people to pick forsythia.
After the discussion, Li Erlang went back to his room to write a letter.
In the two days after the letter was sent, the Li family was busy picking forsythia in the mountains every day, and the picked forsythia was piled up in the backyard of Li Yan's house to dry.
To Li Erlang's surprise, on the evening of the second day after the letter was sent, Lin Feng rode a tall horse into Lijia Village.
Having a donkey cart in a remote area is already a very eye-catching thing. When Lin Feng rode a tall and handsome horse into the village, he immediately became the focus of everyone's attention.
Seeing Lin Feng dismounting at Li Erlang's house at the entrance of the village, everyone realized that Li Erlang's family must have known a noble person!
This is what the village is like after the autumn harvest. The slightest movement will be known to everyone in the village.
Some people were curious but didn't dare to look rashly, while others didn't care at all and stood at the door looking towards Li Erlang's house!
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