Chapter 119: Taking medicine? I'll make you some coptis juice!
These words were spoken with good intentions. Gu Lianshan had given Gu Ping'an the same advice when he went into the mountains to chop firewood in the past. After all, buying an iron hatchet was really expensive!
A shorter hatchet is about one foot long and costs nearly two hundred copper coins. The one from the Gu family is a little longer, about two feet long, with a thick blade and made of high-quality materials. When I bought it that year, I spent more than three hundred copper coins!
Also because of the high price, many families in the village are reluctant to buy it. Most of them use stone knives or axes to chop wood, which is not only laborious to use but also breaks down quickly.
There are countless villagers who go into the mountains. If you forget your hatchet on the mountain, there is no way you can find it back. Anyone who sees it will steal it privately.
Sisters Gu Qing and Gu Lian had no idea about any of this. They didn't know the value of an axe and thought that Gu Tang was deliberately taking advantage of them and couldn't bear to see them doing well.
The two sisters suppressed their anger and walked out without raising their heads, pretending not to see Gu Tang.
As for Gu Tang's instructions, the two sisters ignored them.
Gu Tang didn't argue with them, since she had made her point.
Moreover, the second family has enough firewood to last for the whole winter. If the axe is really lost, the first family will be unable to chop firewood.
At that time, either the eldest son had to pay for the replacement or be prepared to chop wood with his bare hands.
"What are you looking at?" Gu Lianshan came out of the house, holding the dishes used by the family in his hand. Seeing his daughter looking outside the yard, he followed her and glanced at her.
No one here? What are you looking at here, girl?
"I was looking at my two cousins from my uncle's family. The two sisters went into the mountains to chop wood. I just ran into them and told them to take good care of the axes, but from the look on their faces, I'm afraid they didn't take my words to heart."
"Did only the two sisters go? Didn't the eldest daughter go?"
Gu Tang sneered: "You also know that it is a precious egg? If it is a precious egg, there is no need to go into the mountains to chop wood."
Just as he was about to say this, he saw Gu Tianbao coming out from the east wing with his neck shrunk.
Judging from his expression, he wants to go to the kitchen.
The kitchen was in the west wing, and Gu Tang was standing in the corridor of the west wing.
Gu Tianbao had already been beaten and scolded by Gu Tang. He started to tremble when he saw her body, and his fat face was full of fear.
Gu Lianshan saw that he was afraid and waved to him to come forward.
Gu Tianbao hesitated for a while, then took small steps towards the west wing.
Gu Lianshan couldn't stand his shyness, so he frowned and scolded him, "You are a fat and strong boy after all! How can you be so effeminate!"
The sudden rebuke scared Gu Tianbao, and when he heard his second uncle calling him a sissy, Gu Tianbao's eyes turned red instantly and tears welled up in his eyes.
Gu Lianshan became even angrier and asked him impatiently, "Your elder sister and second sister went into the mountains to chop firewood, why didn't you go? Your figure is perfect for carrying firewood! If you have nothing to do, hurry up and follow your elder sister and second sister."
Gu Tianbao looked timid: "I wanted to go, but my father said that he hadn't taken his medicine today, so he asked me to make medicine for him at home..."
"Isn't your father able to get out of bed and walk? It's just making medicine, can't he do such a small task?"
"My dad, my dad has been lying in bed, saying he is still very dizzy."
Gu Lianshan was so angry that his breath was stuck in his throat and couldn't come out or go down.
Fortunately, it’s not a serious illness that can threaten one’s life!
If this is like the old man, his life is in danger and he might poop and pee in the bed!
Gu Tang tugged at her father's clothes, signaling him not to be angry, and blinked at him a few times, then offered an idea: "Dad, grandma's medicine will be ready soon, right? Let cousin go after cousin and the others, and you can help make uncle's medicine, it's a handy thing."
Gu Lianshan glanced at his daughter and immediately understood what he meant.
He suppressed his anger and spoke to Gu Tianbao in a gentle tone, "Go get your father's medicine. When your grandmother's medicine is ready, your second uncle will make it for your father. While your elder sister and second sister are still here, go chase them!"
Hearing this, Gu Tianbao was flattered. He didn't expect Gu Tang and his second uncle to help him.
After pondering for a moment, Gu Tianbao felt that he was still worried about his second sister going into the mountains with his eldest sister, so he agreed to it.
Then he ran back to the east wing quietly, got a packet of medicine, and handed it over with both hands.
"Uncle, this is my father's medicine. Just boil three bowls of water into one bowl."
Gu Lianshan took the medicine bag and waved at him with a look of satisfaction: "Okay! Go ahead and run after him. You should be able to catch up."
Gu Tianbao grinned and ran away, dragging his fat body.
After the people ran away, Gu Lianshan handed the medicine to Gu Tang: "Put this medicine away. Dad, remember if you have sold out the coptis chinensis in your room?"
Gu Tang was happy: "Yes! A whole bag! They are all six-year-old Coptis chinensis! They are guaranteed to be very tasty!"
"Okay! Give me two handfuls!" Gu Lianshan glared at Dongxiang. Don't you want to take medicine? Okay! I'll make you some coptis juice today!
Coptis chinensis is also a medicine, and a good one at that. It tastes bitter and can refresh the mind!
After taking the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen, Gu Lianshan called out Gu Mei, who had eaten and drunk her fill and was hiding in the house, and asked her to go to the kitchen to wash the pots and dishes.
Then he took out a medicine jar that had not been used for a long time, rinsed it twice, and carried it out of the kitchen.
Gu Tang had already taken the Coptis chinensis out of the system backpack. When she heard her father's footsteps, she excitedly went out to find her father with a bag of Coptis chinensis.
These coptis roots were dug by the original owner. Since the drug store bought them cheaply, the original owner was reluctant to sell them, so he cut the coptis roots into slices and dried them himself, intending to stockpile them and sell them when the price goes up.
After Gu Tang came through, he kept an eye on the price of Coptis chinensis when he went to the pharmacy to sell medicinal materials. Unfortunately, the price just wouldn't go up, so he kept it.
"Dad, I got them all!" Gu Tang untied a corner of the bundle in her arms and asked her father to look inside. "Fifteen pounds in total! All cut and dried!"
"There are so many?!" Gu Lianshan was very surprised. He didn't expect his daughter to have hoarded so much.
"This Coptis chinensis is not worth the price this year. The drugstore only offers it for ten copper coins per pound! I think the price is too low, so I want to keep it until next year to see how the market is. If uncle can eat it all, then I won't sell it! I'll leave it all for uncle to eat!"
Gu Tang was very "generous" and took three handfuls of Coptis chinensis slices from her bag and put them all in the medicine pot, urging her father to cook them quickly: "Don't make your uncle wait anxiously. If it's not enough, I have plenty!"
Gu Lianshan shook the medicine jar, listened to the dull sound made when the Coptis chinensis slices hit the jar, and smiled with ill intent.
When he arrived at the corridor of the main hall, Feng's medicine was still bubbling on the stove. Gu Lianshan silently calculated the time and felt that it was about time, so he took the medicine down, poured it into a bowl, and put it aside to cool.
Then fill the medicine pot containing the Coptis chinensis tablets with water and put it on the stove to boil.
After a while, the medicine pot on the stove began to gurgle, white steam kept coming out, and there was a faint bitter smell floating in the air.
Gu Lianshan took a sniff and felt that the taste was not good enough. He needed to simmer it for a while longer to cook out all the medicinal flavor of the Coptis chinensis slices. That would be the best!
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