Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 273 Lack of medicinal materials

The lady walked from the counter to An Yue and looked at An Yue with a happy face.

She lovingly tidied up Anyue's hair and asked with concern, "Yueyue, drought is severe everywhere now, are you and Nian Nian all right?"

"Please rest assured, my sister and I are doing fine!"

"Well, that's good, that's good."

Madam said, pointing to the people queuing in front of the shop, and continued, "Look! Yueyue, now all the medicine shops in Shijing Town are like this."

"Aunt, what's going on? Why are so many people coming to see the doctor?" An Yue asked tentatively.

The lady sighed and said, "Ah! As the old saying goes, 'Water is the source of all things. Now that the drought has lasted for so long, there will naturally be many more people getting sick."

"Well, that's true! But uncle and aunt have to face so many patients every day, so it's better to cover their faces with gauze."

"Yes, yes, Yueyue did remind my aunt." After the lady said this, she picked up the paper and pen beside her and pulled An Yue towards the backyard.

As she walked, she said, "Now, all the medicine shops in this town are busy inside and outside, and every shop is short of medicinal materials."

"It's hard to find someone like Yueyue who can identify medicinal herbs among ordinary people."

Madam sighed, "Hey! Auntie needs a lot of herbs now. If Yueyue has some free time these days, she must dig more herbs and send them over!"

"Okay, auntie, no problem." An Yue nodded thoughtfully.

Standing in the yard, the lady turned to Daniu and Ale and said, "I'll have to trouble these two young men to help me."

An Yue nodded to Daniu A'er, and the two of them walked forward and helped pour the herbs into the basket they had specially weighed.

The first thing to be weighed was the plantain. Daniu Ale lifted the shoulder pole, and his wife read out, "Twenty kilograms of plantain."

After the lady wrote it down in the book, she poured out the plantain from the basket and weighed it.

"Twelve pounds of basil."

Continue weighing yourself as before.

"Three pounds of honeysuckle."

After weighing, the lady smiled and said to An Yue: "Yueyue, let's go with the previous price. What do you think, Yueyue?"

"Of course, my uncle bought it from Yueyue at a high price."

Madam said, "Dried plantain used to be sold at twenty cents per pound, right?"

An Yue nodded in agreement.

The lady then said, "Then let's buy the dried basil at 20 wen per catty. And the honeysuckle is dried very well every month, let's buy it at 90 wen per catty, is that ok?"

An Yue smiled and said, "Uncle and Auntie are very kind to Yueyue, so Yueyue trusts Auntie."

Zhang Jizhong and his wife had always been very good to An Yue. They paid the highest price for the same medicinal materials sent by An Yue.

After weighing, the lady took An Yue's hand and said with a sweet smile: "Well, then Yue Yue will go to the counter with Auntie to pay the bill!"

Arriving at the counter, the lady placed the pen and paper in her hand on the counter.

Then she began to tap on the abacus.

After a few breaths, the lady said to An Yue, "Yueyue, these herbs are worth nine hundred and ten coins in total."

An Yuetian smiled and said "hmm".

The lady opened the drawer and began to count the silver and money, and she finished it quickly.

She handed the money to An Yue and kindly reminded her, "Yue Yue, you must keep the money well and don't lose it!"

An Yue took the money with both hands and said, "Okay, thank you for reminding me, Auntie."

"Oh! Why are you still being so polite? Yueyue deserves this."

After the lady finished speaking, she patted An Yue on the shoulder and continued, "Dig more herbs and send them to me in the future. I will buy them from you at a high price."

An Yue nodded and agreed: "Yes, okay, Auntie."

After An Yue finished speaking, she turned around and winked at Daniu Ale.

Da Niu and A'er naturally understood what he meant. They picked up their empty backpacks and went outside the shop to wait.

Then, An Yue turned sideways and bowed, saying, "Auntie, you are very busy here, so Yueyue will not stay long this time."

Afterwards, An Yue said to the medicine boy who was dispensing the medicine: "Brother Xiao Lu, see you later."

Xiao Lu smiled shyly at An Yue: "Sister An Yue, see you later."

At this time, Zhang Jizhong was still too busy to spare time, so An Yue had no choice but to walk up to him and said to him playfully, "Uncle, you go ahead and take care of yourself. Yueyue will leave first."

Zhang Jizhong felt the patient's pulse and said helplessly, "Yueyue, uncle is really busy here. Wait until next time, next time Yueyue comes to uncle's place, uncle will buy Yueyue a candy man to eat, okay?"

An Yue tilted her head and smiled sweetly: "Haha...it's a deal, Yueyue will keep it in mind!"

Zhang Jizhong smiled and nodded at An Yueci.

An Yue smiled and waved at the lady who was standing at the counter with medicine packages, and Zhang Jizhong who was sitting beside her taking the patient's pulse.

Then he left.

When An Yue walked out of the pharmacy, Daniu and Ale hurried forward, and Ale asked, "Miss, where are we going next?"

An Yue put her hands behind her back, looked up at the sky, and said to herself, "Since we're already in town, we might as well buy some food to fill our stomachs."

After a brief thought, An Yue said, "Let's go to the grain and oil shop first!"

"okay."

A'le responded and followed An Yue with Daniu.

They walked along the main street and soon came to a grain and oil shop that she used to frequent.

As soon as I entered the shop, the shopkeeper came up to me and asked, "Miss, what do you want to buy?"

An Yue looked around and asked, "Boss, do you have any rice for sale?"

"Miss, I'm really sorry, the shop has run out of rice."

"Oh, what other staple foods does the shop have?"

The shopkeeper pointed to a rice jar not far away and said, "There is still some sorghum brown rice."

An Yue walked over and saw that there was still half a can of sorghum rice, so she nodded and said, "Then I'll take all of them!"

After that, An Yue asked again: "Boss, is there any salt left in this shop?"

The shopkeeper scratched his head and said, "Miss, please follow me." The shopkeeper led An Yue to the large jar where the salt was stored.

He opened the lid of the jar and said helplessly, "Girl, there isn't much salt left."

An Yue folded her hands in front of her, leaned over to look at the jar, and said, "There's only the bottom left? Tsk tsk tsk tsk... Then I want all the salt, too."

After saying that, An Yue looked around, pointed at a large jar beside her and asked, "Shopkeeper, do you know where I can buy a large jar like yours?"

The shopkeeper was surprised and asked, "How many do you want to buy, young lady?"

An Yue touched the large jar in front of her and said to Ale Daniu who was standing beside her: "Bring me that stick."

An Yue gestured with the stick, looked up and said to the shopkeeper: