Back to Taojiazhuang, it was time for the sunset.
Xu Ning didn't go home, but went straight to Guo Ye's medicinal shop.
"Guo Ye!"
Xu Ning walked in.
"Xu Ning, why are you here again?"
At this time, there was no one else in the medicine shop, Guo Ye made a pot of tea, leaned on the back of the seat, and stood up when he saw Xu Ning coming.
"Come on, weigh yourself!"
Xu Ning threw the basket in front of Guo Ye.
Guo Ye leaned forward to see what was in the basket, his eyes widened.
"Cool grass? So much?"
Guo Ye quickly leaned forward, grabbed a handful, and held it up to his nose: "The earthy smell...is freshly picked!"
"Yes, I just picked it from Yunze Mountain." Xu Ning explained, "I found this piece of cool dry grass before, but the location is too dangerous, at the junction of the inner and outer circles, so I dare not pick it. This time You said that the price of cool grass has increased, so I dared to take the risk."
"The place where the inner and outer circles meet?" Guo Ye was speechless, "You are a ruthless person!"
"The wages of avarice is death."
Xu Ning smiled and said, "Quick, let's weigh it."
"immediately."
Guo Ye dragged a large scale from the backyard.
After a while of busy work, the weighing is completed.
"Twenty-four catties and six taels..." Guo Ye said, "Counting your twenty-five catties, one catty and six taels of silver, the total is one hundred and fifty taels!"
"One hundred and fifty taels..."
Hearing the income from this adventure, Xu Ning also laughed, and his work was not in vain.
"You boy, this time it's posted!"
Guo Ye patted Xu Ning on the shoulder and said with a smile, "You wait, I will go to the backyard to withdraw money for you."
One hundred and fifty taels, there is not so much deposit in front of the counter.
Soon, Guo Ye came out with two bank notes.
"One hundred and fifty taels."
Xu Ning took the banknote and looked at it.
A piece of fifty taels, a piece of one hundred taels.
"Thanks."
Xu Ning put the banknote into his arms.
This one hundred and fifty taels is equivalent to more than a year's income of the family before.
With this income, life at home can be much more comfortable.
"By the way, the price of this cool grass will not drop in a short time, will it?"
Xu Ning asked Guo Ye.
"Not in a short time..." Guo Ye shook his head and frowned again, "You boy, do you still have the stock?"
"I haven't finished picking it yet. In two days, I can still bring so much."
Xu Ning didn't hide it either.
"Okay, I'll charge as much as you come!"
Guo Ye was also very happy.
The dry grass he harvested today is probably more than his uncle Tao Yungang harvested in a few days.
This is also a face in front of my uncle.
"But you also have to be careful."
Guo Ye reminded again.
"Understood." Xu Ning stopped procrastinating and waved his hand, "Let's go."
After finishing speaking, he picked up the basket and walked out of the medicine shop.
"Hoo..."
Xu Ning stretched his body.
With money in my pocket, I felt much more at ease.
He glanced at the sky and guessed that his sister and brother-in-law hadn't come home yet, so he turned around and went to the butcher shop in the village first.
Xu Ning was going to buy some meat to go back.
Taojiazhuang is a large village with a large population and a large demand for supplies.
However, in today's environment, transportation is inconvenient, and individuals who want to purchase basic items have to travel a lot.
So Taojiazhuang bought some places for material transactions, such as butcher shops, grain shops, oil shops and so on.
These places are all managed by Zhuangzi and employ labor from the village.
It was not time for the big guys to go home, Xu Ning went into the butcher shop, only to see the butcher leaning on a reclining chair.
"Buying meat?"
Seeing someone coming in, the butcher stood up and picked up the boning knife.
"Yes, two catties of mutton leg."
Xu Ning remembered that Tao Tao loved to eat mutton the most. The mutton was tender and easy to bite, she could bite it.
"okay."
The butcher is very skilled.
Soon, the butcher wrapped up two catties of mutton leg and handed it to Xu Ning: "Half money."
A half puncture is half a tael of silver.
"Half puncture..."
After thinking about it, Xu Ning felt that it was indeed not cheap.
But he did not hesitate, and took out two pieces of silver from his body.
This is the herbal money that Guo Ye paid him in the morning.
He handed the silver to the butcher: "Half money, here you are."
After leaving the butcher shop, Xu Ning rushed home all the way.
On the way back, Xu Ning passed the school grounds in Zhuangli.
"Hey ha ha ha!"
"..."
The sound of training came.
Xu Ning looked over.
They were all teenagers. Under the guidance of the coach in the village, some practiced guns and some practiced knives, and the scene was full of excitement.
Taojiazhuang is very influential in Kangyun County, not only because of the large population and land, but also because there are many martial arts masters in the village.
It is precisely because of the prevalence of martial arts that Taojiazhuang attaches great importance to the martial arts practice of the younger generation.
Young people under the age of twenty, as long as they sign up for training, they can get careful guidance from the coach.
Xu Ning is seventeen years old this year, and he is also a young man in the village.
Although Xu Ning has a foreign surname, Tao Jiazhuang doesn't mind him learning martial arts, and he is also qualified to come to the training camp.
It's just that Xu Ning only came to practice for a month, and after learning Gaefeng Saber Technique, he never came again.
It's not that my predecessor didn't want to practice martial arts, but that I had to pay five taels of silver every month to participate in the training camp taught by a special person, which was used as the instructor's salary and the purchase of martial arts equipment.
For Xu Ning's family, this is too much money.
In order to save money, Xu Ning could only practice alone after learning Gale Feng Dao.
Compared with others, the rate of progress is naturally much worse.
But now it's better, I have a martial arts panel, and I don't need to be taught by others. As long as I have enough energy, it is not difficult to improve my strength.
…
Before reaching the door of the house, Xu Ning heard Tao Tao's chattering in the yard.
Pushing open the covered courtyard door, Xu Ning walked in.
I saw Tao Tao holding a wooden stick in each hand and chasing an old hen.
While chasing him, he yelled, "Stop, little thief, take a sword from me."
Seeing this scene, Xu Ning helplessly shook his head and smiled.
"Uncle is back?"
Seeing Xu Ning came back, Tao Tao let the old hen go.
"You brought back the meat?"
Tao Tao looked surprised when she saw the hind leg of lamb in Xu Ning's hand.
"I'll let you eat enough this time."
Xu Ning patted Tao Tao's head, then went to the kitchen to clean up the lamb's hind legs.
Another half hour passed.
Tao Yunchuan and Xu Lian came back together.
When they saw the mutton soup and large pieces of mutton on the table, they were very surprised.
"Where did this mutton come from?"
Xu Lian looked at Xu Ning.
"Uncle bought it!"
Before Xu Ning could answer, Tao Tao rushed to answer first.
"Did you use all the money from selling herbs to buy this?"
Xu Lian was obviously a little unhappy, as if she was blaming her younger brother for wasting money.
For the current family, the cost of this lamb meal is definitely a lot of money.
"Let's talk about it later, let's eat first."
Xu Ning looked at Xu Lian, and nuzzled Tao Tao, who was beside her, and signaled that Tao Tao was here and it was inconvenient to speak.
Tao Yunchuan saw that Xu Ning seemed to have something to say, and signaled to his wife: "Eat first, and then we can talk."
In this way, the family enjoyed a rare sumptuous dinner.
Tao Tao is the most satisfying to eat, a mouth full of oil.
After dinner, Tao Tao was sent out.
"Xu Ning, why are you willing to spend money on this?"
As soon as Tao Tao went out, Xu Lian asked questions.
She was full of doubts about the meal.
Tao Yunchuan also frowned and stared at Xu Ning with a questioning attitude.
"Because... I made money."
Under the watchful eyes of Tao Yunchuan and Xu Lian, Xu Ning took out two bank notes from his pocket and spread them out on the table.
"This is… "
When Xu Lian rolled her eyes, her heart skipped a beat.
She carefully picked up the two banknotes.
A piece of fifty taels, a piece of one hundred taels.
"Where did you get so much money?"
Xu Lian covered her mouth with an expression of disbelief.
Tao Yunchuan was calmer than Xu Lian, but his eyes were full of doubts.
"You get it by selling herbs."
Xu Ning explained: "Today I went to Guo Ye's to sell herbal medicines, and he told me that the price of cool dry grass has increased, and now it is six taels of silver per catty. It's also a coincidence, when I went into the mountains today, I happened to come across a piece of cool dry grass, and I couldn't bear it all. Here it is, a total of twenty-five catties, exactly one hundred and fifty taels."
Xu Ning concealed the process and dangers of picking cool grass, but it generally made sense.
"Is there such a coincidence?"
Xu Lian obviously didn't believe it.
"It's such a coincidence."
Xu Ning had the same expression on his face: "If you don't believe me, you can ask Guo Ye."
As soon as these words came out, Xu Lian obviously believed them a little.
"That's fine, I'll ask Guo Ye tomorrow."
Xu Lian felt that she had to verify it herself.
But although she was still puzzled, there was a smile on Xu Lian's face.