Chapter 18: Earnings
The little medicine boy was stunned because he didn't expect that a scholar in a long gown would come to sell medicinal herbs.
In the past, people who collected herbs wore short clothes and straw sandals.
The shopkeeper saw that his servant was slow to speak, so he smiled and came forward to ask politely: "What kind of medicinal herbs are they?
They are too common herbs. Our medicine shop has collected enough for this year. I'm afraid we can't collect more."
Fan Jin was slightly relieved that he didn't bring any medicinal herbs.
He took off his backpack and brushed off the green grass covering the top layer of the bamboo basket, revealing the black block inside.
"Good, good, it's actually Polygonum multiflorum!" The shopkeeper exclaimed.
The smile on his face gradually widened, and he squatted in front of the backpack, reached out and picked up a piece of Polygonum multiflorum, and examined it carefully.
Later, he gently put it aside, picked up another one from the bamboo basket, and after checking everything, he stood up, bowed to Fan Jin and asked, "Since you brought it to Renjitang, you must have great trust in our pharmacy.
I always pay for the medicinal materials in cash, never deduct the weight or quote randomly, please rest assured."
Fan Jin chose Renjitang because of its good reputation passed down by word of mouth from the villagers.
He bowed to the shopkeeper and said, "You are too polite, I trust you."
Shopkeeper Qin saw that Fan Jin was polite and courteous, and pointed to the two piles of Polygonum multiflorum on the ground and said, "I have divided them into two piles according to their appearance just now.
The big pile is old and good in appearance, and Renjitang offers 450 coins per catty;
The small pile is young and has poor medicinal effect, so the maximum price is 210 coins per catty. If you are worried that I will lower the price, you can go to other medicine shops and ask before making a decision."
Fan Jin had never sold anything before, and he was not good at bargaining when buying things. In addition, the price given by Shopkeeper Qin was not much different from that in the village before, so he was already a little more confident when he heard the offer.
Seeing that Manager Qin was sincere, he said gently, "I trust you, so I won't ask anywhere else."
Manager Qin was happy to receive several dozen kilograms of Polygonum multiflorum, and Fan Jin was a straightforward person who was easy to talk to. He waved his hand to signal the little medicine boy to weigh it.
The little medicine boy quickly reported the weight: "12 kilograms of good-looking Polygonum multiflorum, 450 wen per kilogram, totaling 5,400 wen;
15 kilograms of short-lived Polygonum multiflorum, 210 wen per kilogram, totaling 3,150 wen."
Fan Jin heard that the kilograms reported by the little medicine boy were the same as the kilograms Shuiqing bought last night, and knew that Renjitang did not deduct the kilograms.
Then he heard the money he earned, his eyes widened in surprise, and his lips opened slightly.
8,550 wen, more than 8 taels of silver, he could only earn this amount by copying books for half a year!
Shuiqing is amazing
Shopkeeper Qin asked with a smile: "Do you want to exchange for silver or copper coins?"
Fan Jin lowered his head to suppress his joy, raised his head and replied: "Eight taels of broken silver, five hundred and fifty copper coins."
Putting away the silver and carefully wrapping it into his clothes, Fan Jin thanked Shopkeeper Qin and the little medicine boy before leaving.
Last night, Shuiqing and I estimated the price based on more than 200 coins for the good ones and more than 100 coins for the bad ones. Now the price has doubled. The extra silver can buy a lot of things, and the joy is beyond words.
With a budget of more than 4 taels of silver, he began to calculate how to spend it.
It costs 25 coins a day to build a thatched house. Five or six people can build it in three days. The labor cost is about 400 coins. There are pillars and thatch in the back mountain, so there is no need to spend silver. Half a tael of silver is enough.
Rice, flour, grain, oil and other ingredients are available at Shuiqing, so there is no need to buy them.
But yesterday I promised to buy pork for the children to make lard rice for them, and I can't break my promise.
Pork costs 35 wen per pound, and if it is more fat than lean, it will cost 38 wen per pound.
There are seven people in the family, and half a pound is barely enough for each person to eat two or three slices of pork, and a pound can be eaten by several children for six or seven slices...
The three boys are fine, because their mother will give them a piece of meat during festivals because they are boys, but Yan Qiu and Xing Hui are girls, and they can only eat meat when they go back to their grandfather's house.
His father-in-law is a butcher, and he often subsidizes his family, but he has never divided the family in the past, and the subsidized pork is also distributed to several older grandchildren by his mother in public or in private.
Not to mention Yan Qiu and Xing Hui, even Shui Qing can't get a piece.
As time goes by, his father-in-law's family is disappointed and no longer subsidizes.
He should have taken care of his father-in-law's business and bought pork from him, but on the one hand, there are many things he needs to buy today, and there is no time to go to Niutou Town where his father-in-law is;
On the other hand, he is afraid that his father-in-law will not be willing to accept money as before.
I'd better go there another day with gifts.....
While thinking, Fan Jin walked to the pork stall and looked at the fat and lean pork. He gritted his teeth and bought two pounds!
It cost him seventy-six coins.
The stall owner gave him an extra big bone.
Fan Jin accepted it with a smile.
Then he went to the iron shop. There were many people in his family. As the children grew up and could eat more, he chose a big iron pot.
Iron was expensive, so he spent half a tael of silver.
After the family was separated, there were coarse pottery bowls and casseroles, but that was all. Don't even think about having more.
When the villagers were invited to build a thatched house, they didn't have to worry about breakfast and dinner, but the lunch was a must.
Thinking of this, Fan Jin turned and went into the grocery store next door.
He didn't look at porcelain, but only cheap and durable coarse pottery bowls. He picked more than ten big ones and bought five or six coarse pottery basins to hold vegetables and soup.
And the odds and ends that needed to be used.
A total of four hundred coins were spent.
Putting the things carefully in a bamboo backpack and carrying a large iron pot, Fan Jin walked towards the city gate.
When he passed by the cloth shop, he stopped.
"Sir, our cloth shop has a new batch of cloth, which is good quality and cheap. Come in and take a look!" the waiter shouted enthusiastically.
Fan Jin looked at the cloth shop with his dark eyes, hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.
Shuiqing said that only food and seeds were available at present, and the silver and money for other things were not enough.
Cloth was in the "not enough" column.
He was the only one in the family wearing coarse cotton cloth, and Shuiqing and the five children were wearing linen clothes that were patched up.
The weather was getting colder, and he had to buy some cloth and cotton to take back
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Shuiqing, who was awakened by the warm morning sunshine, was stunned for a long time.
The morning mist on the field had not yet dissipated, the air was fresh, and the view was full of green, vast and pleasing to the eye.
Needless to say, the pastoral scenery must be beautiful, and the sun shone on the body and felt warm.
Shuiqing was worried and happy.
What she is happy about is the sunny day.
For her who has no place to shelter from the wind and rain, she doesn’t have to hide from the rain in a panic or rush to buy food, bedding and clothes to cover herself.
What she is worried about is also the sunny day.
It rained the day before yesterday, and there were mushrooms in the forest yesterday, but if the sun continues for a few days, I am afraid that even the shadow of mushrooms will not be seen...