The Resplendent Farming Apothecary

Liu's voice recovered, although he was holding a breath in his heart, but he didn't jump like before. Even Gu Ming noticed her abnormality: Sister, do you think that the evil woman has really changed, or is she holding it back?

Who knows! Just wait and see!! Gu Ye shrugged. She doesn't think Liu Shi can completely change her mind in this lesson.

Treasurer Qian brought a team of mules and horses to collect the mountain goods!! Someone shouted at the entrance of the village, and the whole village seemed to have exploded, and it suddenly boiled.

Qingshan Village is located in a remote location, and it takes two full days to walk on the mountain road from the nearest unnamed town. The mountain road is narrow and rugged, it is difficult for horses and carts to pass, and people and animals can barely pass. As a result, the output from the mountains is difficult to transport out for money.

However, mountain goods are very popular outside, especially the ladies of some big families, who have a soft spot for nuts such as pine nuts, hazelnuts and walnuts. Mushrooms, fungus and some herbs also have a certain market.

As long as there are business opportunities, they can attract profit-seeking businessmen. They brought in some groceries and daily necessities from outside the mountains, sold them to several villages in the deep mountains, and took back the best-selling mountain goods from the villages to earn the difference. Money shopkeeper is one of them.

The money shopkeeper is very friendly and the price is relatively fair. Gradually, he developed from a peddler with one person and one mule to a caravan with more than a dozen horses. The villagers' address for him has also evolved from little money to a slightly respectful money shopkeeper.

Qingshan Village is the most remote of the several villages. There were only five or six mules and horses left in the horse team.

The arrival of shopkeeper Qian was warmly welcomed by the villagers. They moved the dried mountain goods to the door of their house and opened them to wait for the inspection by the money shopkeeper. Inferior and moldy ones will not be accepted by the money shopkeeper. If they deliberately adulterate and fool him, they will be listed as rejecting households and will never accept their products. Aunt Wu is the only family in Qingshan Village who was rejected!

The manual work of collecting goods, weighing, and loading goods is handed over to the hired day laborers by the cashier. He was now surrounded by a group of women selling the goods he had pulled in from outside the mountain.

Treasurer Qian, why did you bring so many pieces of cloth this time? The colors are also the same. Did the old people rob them all in the previous villages? , is quite respected in the village, so few dare to squeeze with her every time she chooses goods.

Her youngest daughter, Yinggu, will be fourteen in the next year. She asked her eldest brother, who worked in the town, to give it to a village twenty miles away from the town. He told the family and made an appointment to meet him one day after half a month. Look. She wanted to make new clothes for her daughter in brighter colors, who knew that the rest would be either black or gray. So disappointing.

Listening to what she said, Shopkeeper Qian took out a cloth bag from the bottom of a basket, and opened it to reveal a dark red cotton cloth. He smiled and said, Aunt San, this is the cloth my mother-in-law asked me to buy for her. Since your family needs it, give it to Aunt Ying first!

The third grandmother touched the fabric. It was finely woven and evenly dyed. She nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile, Then I would like to thank the shopkeeper Qian! Isn't this fabric cheap?

To tell you the truth, I bought this piece of cloth from Yancheng for 200 wen. You can take the 200 wen, and I won't charge you a single copper. Shopkeeper Qian said with a smile.

The surrounding women who were a little jealous of this cloth gasped when they heard the price. For two hundred wen, I can buy a whole piece of cloth, and it is more than enough to make eight or nine coats!

The third grandmother was also a little hesitant. Mountain goods cost two cents per catty, and the family has to sell a full one hundred catties to exchange for this cloth. However, this cloth is really good, and the color is bright. If the little girl wears it, it must be as beautiful as flowers.

Third aunt, this cloth is muslin cloth from the south. Look at the dyeing of this weaver. The rich people in the town can't buy it! Seeing this, the shopkeeper Qian was not reluctant. Explain why the price is so high. I originally bought it for my mother-in-law, and I didn't plan to exchange it for money.

When the third grandmother heard this, she bit her teeth and stomped her foot: Treasurer Qian, I want this piece of cloth. I'll get you the money when the goods are sold out.

The family that my brother told his daughter was a fairly well-off family, and it was close to the town. The girl is beautiful, if you wear clothes made of this cloth, this marriage will definitely not run away! A girl can marry and leave this impoverished mountain, and she will not be sinned for the rest of her life. It is worth spending more money!

The daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law in the village are all huddled together, picking up needles, threads, and some necessities. Those who have spare money at home will also pick out a piece of cloth and keep it for the children to make new clothes years ago. Years ago, there would be no merchants going into the mountains.

Liu Shi was not in the ranks of these people. She looked at the goods in the basket from a distance, and she had already made up her mind. Anyway, they were going to the town in two days, and the goods were cheaper than those brought in by the money merchant, so why did she spend so much money. As for the mountain goods at home, if there were no donkeys or horses at home, she would not sell them to the money man, so that he could make a fortune from it!

There are more than 30 households in Qingshan Village, and the goods are well scaled and the money is calculated. It is already night. Shopkeeper Qian took his subordinates to spend the night in the village, and the next day he pulled up a team of mules and horses and embarked on the return journey.

Gu Ye was waiting outside the village early in the morning, and at her feet was a basket full of dried wild animals.

The shopkeeper Qian knew Gu Ye'er. Her story has long since spread through the mouths of the villagers. In the shopkeeper Qian's impression, this is a poor child who was abused by his stepmother.

Seeing her stopped on the mountain road that the mule and horse team must pass through, the shopkeeper Qian was very surprised. He stepped forward and asked, Little girl, do you have something to sell?

Gu Ye nodded, lifted the leaves that covered the basket, and asked softly, I don't know, whether the money shopkeeper will accept the dried chickens and hares!

Come on! There are not many people who can hunt in these villages. Like Zhang Hunter's family, they usually have mules and horses in their homes, so that they can send game to the town. Therefore, money shopkeepers rarely receive such goods every time they come.

He pondered for a moment, and said to the little girl: The chicken and duck in the town are generally twenty cents a pound. I won't make you the difference, and I will charge you twenty cents a catty.

Thank you, Shopkeeper Qian! Although she didn't know the price of game, she knew that Shopkeeper Qian was always fair in her business and would not take a few pennies from her as a child.

Gu Ye took out the game one by one, and the shopkeeper Qian became more and more frightened. This basket of game contained eight pheasants, five hares, and a few small birds like pigeons. After weighing it, it weighed more than 40 pounds. Where did this boy get so much game?

Forty-two catties and six taels, I'll give you forty-three catties, a total of eight hundred and sixty wen! The shopkeeper Qian was not busy and did not ask about the source of the game. He pulled on the abacus beads and quickly calculated the result.

Thank you! Please help me keep it a secret. In the future, when my brother hits the prey, I have to trouble you! Gu Ye, of course, saw the doubts in his heart and explained it casually. Anyway, most of these prey were picked up from the traps dug by Gu Ming, and it would not be a lie to say that the elder brother caught them.

However, in the past ten days, the prey caught in the traps has been much less, and sometimes there is no harvest for several days. These prey were also somewhat inexplicable, as if someone deliberately threw them into the pit. Who is it?

Gu Ye, who received the money and bought some refined grains, muttered to himself on the way back to the mountain from the path. The Hidden Guard who followed her from a distance, heard her whispers, and thought of the appearance of the master foolishly catching hares and pheasants every day, filled his heart with doubts - what is so special about this little girl, so that the master can work so hard? Could it be that... the master likes to chew ribs? However, this little rib is too tender, isn't it?

In the evening, the hidden guard, who was resting on a tree not far from Gu's house, caught a conspiracy from the main room against the object of his protection.

It was late autumn, and the temperature difference between day and night in the mountains was large, and the Gu family had already set the kang on fire. After coaxing Xiao Zhuang to sleep, Liu shook the drowsy man up.

Gu Qiao, who was disturbed to sleep, said impatiently, What are you doing, you've been tired all day, and you still haven't let anyone sleep?

His father! I've been thinking about it for the past few days. Our family's fortune and my voice have nothing to do with that girl Gu Ye'er! I said she was a broom star, but you still don't believe me! Liu Shi hated Hate authentic.

Gu Qiao frowned slightly and asked, How do you say this?

Look! You were originally the second shopkeeper in the town, married a girl released by a big family, and lived a prosperous life. But since the dead girl was born, you were kicked out by the owner and returned here. In a remote rural area. And your ex-wife Miao Shi, who was just fine, why did she suddenly die of a sudden illness. She must have beaten her! My voice was speechless after scolding her. These days, I have restrained my temper, and I was thinking about these things!

Gu Qiao thought about it carefully, it seemed that it was really such a thing.

Seeing that the man was a little moved, Liu continued to make persistent efforts: With that broom star here, don't think about it in the future. Maybe, as she grows older, her ability to overcome people is getting bigger and bigger, and our family is still so young. , don't be tired of her...

Then what do you say? Be alone, you can't strangle her to death, right? For Gu Ye, Gu Qiao didn't have the slightest pity in her heart, some were just indifferent and unhappy.

Look at what you said, am I such a ruthless person? Liu Shi rolled his eyes at him and continued, I have inquired about it, there is a woman in town who buys children from poor families. Sell ​​it to a big family in the city to be a girl.

You mean, sold that girl? Gu Qiao's voice was a little hesitant.

Isn't there still few people who sell children these days? You gave birth to her and raised her to such an age, and the money for selling her body will be regarded as filial piety to you, a father! Liu's expression was taken for granted.

After some deliberation, Gu Qiao finally agreed with Liu's approach. A conspiracy against Gu Ye started.