A Happy Wife in a Rural Family - Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Chapter 6. Selling Herbal Medicine

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Gu Qingli had put a three-seven root in the basket.

She also wanted to see what the people in this medicine shop were like. If they were good, they could work together for a long time.

Secondly, other than the three-seven root, the other herbs were not as valuable.

As expected, when the apprentice saw that stalk of the three-seven root, he picked it up and looked at it repeatedly. He was sure that it was three-seven root.

He quickly found the shopkeeper.

The innkeeper was also a doctor. He came over after seeing a patient and confirmed no mistake.

He walked to Gu Qingli with the three-seven root and asked, “Young lady, did you guys find this three-seven?”

Gu Qingli nodded and said, “I dug it in the mountain behind our village.”

The shopkeeper nodded and said, “In the future, if you see this kind, send it over, and we will accept it.”

Three-seven root had many uses and was very effective. It was just that it was too difficult to find. This girl was lucky.

“Alright,” she said.

“Does young lady not recognize medicinal herbs?”

“Yes.”

The shopkeeper nodded his head. As expected, she had picked up some weeds among the herbs, which were not deliberately put in.

He turned around and took out an old book with a chipped corner from under the table. He gave it to Gu Qingli and said, “Girl, take this book back and read it. Don’t pick any grass in the future.”

Gu Qingli smiled awkwardly. If she didn’t do this, how could she explain that she could recognize herbs?

“Thank you, manager.”

Gu Qingli took the book and thanked him earnestly.

Da Shuang was also pleased as he watched from the side. The shopkeeper gave her sister a book on herbs. In the future, the three of them will read it.

In the end, the herbs were priced at six yuan per 500 grams, so there was a total of 20 catties. That three-seven was worth 400 yuan, so the total was 520 yuan.

Gu Qingli bought another three doses of medicine for Mrs. Wu and paid sixty yuan for them. In total, she was left with four hundred and sixty yuan.

The siblings left the medicine Hall happily.

“Second sister, you’re so strong.” Da Shuang said excitedly. He had never seen a few copper coins, let alone so much money.

Gu Qingli stroked his little head. “In the future, when I have money, not only will I cure mother’s illness, but I will also let you go to school and change your life.”

“Really?” Da Shuang’s eyes were wide open as he asked in disbelief. It wasn’t that he didn’t believe his second sister’s words that he could also study.

Since her eldest uncle’s two older sons started studying, her grandma doted on them like they were her eyes. Even her father liked them.

“Yes, I won’t go back on my word.” Gu Qingli held Da Shuang’s hand and nodded thoughtfully.

“Second sister, you’re so good. I’ll protect you when I grow up and not let anyone bully you again.” The little guy clenched his fist and waved it in the air.

Second sister said she wouldn’t go back on her words, and even if she did, he wouldn’t go back on his words.

“Yes, yes. I’ll wait for you to grow up.”

As the siblings talked, they arrived at the entrance of the bun shop. Da Shuang smelled the fragrance of the buns, swallowed his saliva, and smiled at Gu Qingli innocently.

Gu Qingli scratched his nose. “Tell me if you want to eat it. I have money. Let’s buy it.”

“Hehe, then second sister, can we buy some meat buns? We’ve never eaten them before. Da Shuang chuckled and scratched his head. Gu Qingli’s heart ached when she saw how polite he was.

“Alright,” she said.

Gu Qingli stood before the steamer while holding Da Shuang’s hand. She asked the owner, who was kneading dough, “Boss, how much are these buns?”

“A plain bun is one yuan, and a meat bun is two yuan.” The boss did not stop.

“Oh.” Gu Qingli took out twenty copper coins from her purse and said, “Then give me ten meat buns.”

The boss immediately stopped, wiped his hands, picked up ten meat buns, and wrapped them up with a white cloth.

She handed over the money and collected the steamed buns.

Gu Qingli looked at the white cloth of the steamed buns; it appeared clean.

She took out a bun and gave Da Shuang, who had eyes that were filled with passion.

He carefully took it with both hands and took a bite. The fragrance of the meat-filled his taste buds, and he felt that this was the most delicious thing in the world.

He quickly finished one and licked the oil off his hands. He sighed, “Second sister, the meat buns are delicious.”

Gu Qingli also finished one. It tasted pretty good, and almost as if she didn’t care.

She took out another one and gave it to Da Shuang. Da Shuang waved his hands repeatedly, “Second sister, I’m full. I’ll leave some for father, mother, and Xiao Shuang to eat.”

“Take it. I’ll buy more after you finish eating. You’ll be full today.”

“But …”

“But my ass. Can you eat in peace after taking it home? ”

Da Shuang hesitated for a while before taking it and eating.

The siblings only felt full after eating three meat buns each. They looked at each other and smiled.

After that, Gu Qingli bought ten more and put them away before walking back with Da Shuang.

It wasn’t a market today, so there weren’t other shops open except for the regular ones, and there was no place to shop.

It would be a waste of time to shop. They couldn’t repurchase anything. If they did, they would be plundered by Madam Hua.

“Second sister, aren’t you going to buy some clothes to make a wedding dress?” Da Shuang asked. He knew the second sister would not have a dowry on her wedding day.

Without any dowry, he didn’t know how the Xiao family would treat his second sister.

His second sister was so pitiful. He could only sigh because he was still so young and couldn’t help his second sister with anything.

Gu Qingli shook her head and poked his little head. He was just a little kid, yet he was worried about her wedding dress.

“With grandma’s personality, what do you think she’ll do when she sees that I have the money to prepare a wedding dress?”

“They’ll snatch our herbs,” Da Shuang patted her hand.

“That’s right; we would buy medicine for mother and hide the rest of the money. When I marry, I’ll think of ways to earn money. Next year, I’ll send you to school. By then, would she dare to come to the Xiao family and snatch my money?”

Da. Shuang frowned again and asked, “Second sister, if you marry into the Xiao family, will they allow you to send us to school? Forget it; I’ll go after I save up some money.”

“Hehe, he’s a naughty child. Of course, I’ll make them agree. Doesn’t Xiao’s third brother have a nephew? If he wants to study, he’ll send him along.”

Da Shuang felt that second sister’s idea was good, so he smiled and said, “Okay, then we’ll help second sister dig up herbs on the mountain when we have time.”

“Alright,” she said.

The brother and sister went home hand in hand, but on the way, she put the buns in the space when Da Shuang wasn’t paying attention.

On the other side, Xiao Yunjing packed up his things and went up the mountain. This time, he wanted to hunt a wild boar. The restaurants in the county liked to collect wild game the most, and wild boars were very valuable.

The second girl of the Gu family would not have a wedding dress for herself when she got married so he would do it.

This time, he was well prepared. He had brought enough realgar and would not let the previous incident happen again.

Xiao Yunjing entered the deep mountains as if they were his back garden. His steps were vigorous as he shuttled through the forest, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, sometimes walking and occasionally stopping.

The sky was about to turn dark, but they still hadn’t found any prey.

“Caw, Caw, Caw!”

At this time, a soft sound came. Xiao Yunjing pricked up his ears to listen for a while, and the corners of his mouth rose as he quickly walked towards the source of the sound.

He was fast, but no sound could be heard.