kingnovel Chapter 515 Valuable Wild Ginseng
Chapter 515 Valuable Wild Ginseng
Tang Xiaojing and Tang Shan went to the town together and separated when they reached the official road.
Tangshan drove the bullock cart to the official road leading to the county. There were several stalls on the roadside, where people who usually went to the county seat were waiting to ride the bullock cart.
When Tangshan arrived, there was already a mother and son waiting to take the oxcart to the county, but there were not enough people yet, so Tangshan asked them to sit on the oxcart and wait.
After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, several people came one after another. At this time, there were already 6 people on the oxcart. Tangshan charged each person 10 cents for the toll.
Although it was still early, Tangshan saw that there were already enough people, so he did not wait any longer. He fed the big ox a small bundle of tender grass and set off for the county.
When Tangshan set off, Tang Xiaojing had already gone a long way.
At this time, Ye Qingqing at home slowly opened her eyes, her waist and limbs obviously feeling more tired than usual.
Ye Qingqing walked slowly to wash up while holding on to her sore waist, cursing Tang Xiaojing as a beast in her heart.
Dahuang and Xiaohuang were very tired when they came back yesterday. After a night of rest, they were full of energy again today.
When they saw Ye Qingqing, both Dahuang and Xiao Huang excitedly shook their big tails, and Dahuang was even more happy to jump up and down.
After Dahuang jumped on the spot a few times, wagging his big fluffy tail, he jumped straight towards Ye Qingqing.
Ye Qingqing saw Dahuang rushing toward her excitedly, and immediately turned sideways to avoid Dahuang.
Her small body can't handle a big guy like Dahuang.
Dahuang howled twice in dissatisfaction, turned around nimbly in the air, and then pounced on Ye Qingqing, knocking Ye Qingqing back two big steps.
Xiao Huang on the side looked at the crazy Da Huang with disgust.
"Dahuang, you are a neither light nor heavy guy, do you think you are still the cutie you were when you were a kid?"
Ye Qingqing pushed Dahuang down, who was neither light nor heavy, and rubbed Dahuang's big furry head vigorously.
Dahuang liked to pounce on people when he was young, and when he grew up, he still liked to pounce on Tang Xiaojing and Ye Qingqing.
Ye Qingqing liked it quite a bit when she was little, but she couldn't handle it anymore when she grew up. The rhubarb is now heavier than her, and it's also stronger, so she can't hold it.
Ye Qingqing played with Da Huang and Xiao Huang for a while, then went to the kitchen to have breakfast.
As soon as he entered the kitchen, Ye Qingqing smelled the smell of roasted sweet potatoes. When he opened the stove, he saw two medium-sized roasted sweet potatoes.
Tang Xiaojing knew he was in the wrong, so he specially made roasted sweet potatoes that Ye Qingqing liked to eat in the morning.
Ye Qingqing dug out the roasted sweet potatoes with a smile on his face.
The honey inside the sweet potatoes has been roasted out, and the wrinkled roasted sweet potatoes are still a little sticky in your hands.
"This roasted sweet potato looks delicious at first glance." Ye Qingqing happily patted the ash on the surface of the roasted sweet potato.
The roasted sweet potato had been roasting in the charcoal fire, and it was still a little hot in the hand. Ye Qingqing blew it a few times and eagerly broke the sweet potato in half.
The honey inside the roasted sweet potato flowed out along the skin of the sweet potato and dripped on Ye Qingqing's hand.
The sweet potato honey was about to drip down. Ye Qingqing quickly licked the sweet potato honey on his hand. It was sweet and tasted better than caramel.
Ye Qingqing ate the sweet and soft roasted sweet potatoes, temporarily forgiving someone who had no control.
After eating two roasted sweet potatoes, Ye Qingqing was already full, and the porridge in the pot was divided between Dahuang and Xiaohuang.
Ye Qingqing remembered that she had not gone to the chicken pen to pick up eggs yesterday, so she came to the backyard with a small basket.
Dahuang and Xiaohuang followed Ye Qingqing and wanted to follow them into the backyard, but Ye Qingqing ruthlessly locked them out.
"You two naughty guys, don't even think about coming into the backyard in the future." Ye Qingqing made a childish face at Dahuang and Xiaohuang.
Ye Qingqing first mixed a large pot of chicken food for the chickens at home, and then looked for eggs in the chicken pen.
Hens lay eggs in a fixed place every day, and Ye Qingqing easily found three round eggs in the corner.
Now there are four egg-laying hens at home, and Ye Qingqing can basically harvest three eggs every day.
Ye Qingqing put the three eggs into the clay pot in the kitchen. At this time, there was only a thin layer of eggs in the clay pot, about six or seven in number.
The weather was very good today, so Ye Qingqing took out all the quilts at home to dry them.
While drying Tangshan's quilt, Ye Qingqing found two small holes in the quilt and took the quilt back.
Ye Qingqing went back to the house to get some needle and thread, quickly mended the quilt, and then took it to the backyard to dry.
Ye Qingqing knew that today was the day when Ye Xilin went to the Li family to hire someone. Both Mrs. Ye and Ye's mother went to Dashan Village.
Ye's mother and Mrs. Ye were not at home, so Ye Qingqing did not go to Ye's house to have dinner.
After doing embroidery for a while, I slowly cooked for myself and Dahuang Xiaohuang.
There were only herself and Dahuang Xiaohuang at home, so Ye Qingqing didn't want to bother, so she made another simple and delicious pot of bacon stewed rice.
However, today's bacon rice has more side dishes. In addition to bacon, Ye Qingqing also added soaked mushrooms and some tender beans.
The salty aroma of the bacon and the strong aroma of the mushrooms, coupled with the greasy tender beans, give it a very rich taste.
Ye Qingqing couldn't stop eating the fragrant bacon rice. She was obviously full, so she couldn't help but take two more mouthfuls.
Tang Xiaojing came to Wang's Pharmacy with wild ginseng, and shopkeeper Wang happened to be free at this time.
Shopkeeper Wang looked at the wild ginseng brought by Tang Xiaojing and felt very sad.
"It's a pity. If wild ginseng is of such good quality, if it grows for another 10 years, its medicinal efficacy and price will double."
"Doubled?" Tang Xiaojing exclaimed.
Tang Xiaojing estimated that this wild ginseng tree was worth about 40 taels. If it doubled, wouldn't it be sold for 80 taels?
Shopkeeper Wang nodded, "Your wild ginseng tree is about 35 years old. It is big and has many roots. It is worth 42 taels now."
"If it grows for 15 more years, a 50-year-old wild ginseng in such good condition will be worth at least 80 taels."
It's hard to find 50-year-old wild ginseng. With such precious medicinal materials, the cunning shopkeeper Wang can make a lot of money.
However, the wild ginseng that is more than 30 years old is almost interesting. There are still several trees in the pharmacy.
If it weren't for its really good condition and big size, this 30-year-old wild ginseng would cost 40 taels of silver.
Tang Xiaojing originally saw that shopkeeper Wang was not very interested and thought that the wild ginseng was worthless. Unexpectedly, it was worth 42 taels of silver, which was more expensive than he expected.
These 42 taels of silver were enough to build a smaller brick house in the village. Tang Xiaojing was very happy to get the money.
Tang Xiaojing put his arm on Shopkeeper Wang's shoulder and asked cheerfully:
"Shopkeeper Wang, can this wild ginseng be grown on the mountain? Is there any way you can get wild ginseng seeds here?"
Shopkeeper Wang said angrily: "If I had such good things, there would be no need to sell medicinal wine here, look at the faces of those rich young men."