jdhmnovel Chapter 209 Giving Gifts
Chapter 209 Giving Gifts
Lu Chengjing was puzzled when he heard this. "If that's the case, why didn't Marquis Anle welcome Zhongli's mother back to the mansion?"
Even being a concubine is better than being a mistress. At least Zhongli will not be criticized for being a mistress.
How does Shang Wan know what Marquis Anle is thinking?
She shrugged, "Zhongli takes his mother's surname. Maybe the mother and son don't want to enter the Marquis' Mansion."
Boss Zhong is obviously a man with a lot of ideas.
Shang Wan thought of Zhongli’s self-introduction, the “Li” who was abandoned by everyone, and combined with his life experience, there was probably a rather tortuous story behind it.
Lu Chengjing remembered something and reminded: "They have seen through A-Nian's identity. I wonder if those assassins have any connection with them. We need to keep an eye on A-Nian."
Shang Wan nodded in response and muttered, "When will the Chu family army arrive?"
The child is almost raised as her own.
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As the days passed, the renovation of the shop progressed in full swing, and the villagers also learned that the scholar's family planned to pay someone to prepare herbal medicine.
Where can you find such a good opportunity where you can learn a skill and make money at the same time?
Immediately, some villagers came to inquire about this matter, all wanting to fight for it for themselves or their families.
But when I asked, I found out that the person had already been found.
Someone asked unwillingly: "Who are you looking for? I'm diligent, so I'm definitely no worse than them."
Xiao Huan politely poured her some cold tea and introduced a few people, such as Aunt Zhou, Aunt Yao, Li Xiao Shan, Li Xiao Mei, the Yuan brothers and sisters, and the Wu family’s daughter-in-law…
The man understood as soon as he heard it. These families had frequent interactions with the scholar's family and would help out whenever there was something to do.
People are divided into close and distant relatives, so when something good happens, shouldn't we think of them first?
The man left embarrassedly, and Xiaohuan also politely sent him away.
In the initial stage, Lu Chengjing naturally would not include all the villagers. He would try with some people first. If it was feasible, he would then find people based on the needs of the pharmacy.
If we let the whole village participate from the beginning, it will be difficult to manage with so many people and a lot of trouble will arise.
Yuan Musheng had already started teaching Aunt Zhou and others a few days ago. According to the agreement with Lu Chengjing, he first taught them how to prepare several commonly used herbal medicines.
Lu Chengjing's original intention was not to let these people know how to prepare all kinds of medicine. Human energy is limited. It would be enough for everyone to learn separately and specialize in one or two major categories.
Aunt Zhou and others studied very seriously for two consecutive days. Only after Yuan Musheng nodded did they go to Lu's house to get the herbs to practice.
The ones who got the hang of it the fastest were Yuan Lang and Yuan Qiao. They usually helped their father prepare medicinal herbs, so they were pretty adept at doing it on their own.
Madam Rong was worried that the two children might get into trouble, so she watched them from the side.
If there were more than two people in a family, she would also like to earn this money.
When the shop was finished painting, everyone's learning results were displayed in the Lu family's yard.
The quality of the herbs varied greatly, but those from Aunt Yao, Little Sister Li, and the Yuan brothers and sisters were the best.
Li Xiaoshan puffed his lips and secretly pulled Li Xiaomei's sleeve, "Little sister, you can teach me when we get back."
Li Xiaomei glanced at Li Xiaoshan's batch of medicinal materials and suggested softly, "Second brother, Daddy is better than you, you should learn carpentry from your elder brother."
Li Xiaoshan: “…”
Aunt Zhou and Wu's daughter-in-law Chen were also asking Aunt Yao for advice. The three of them got along well on a daily basis, and Aunt Yao did not hide anything from them. She told the two of them in detail what they needed to pay attention to.
In fact, Yuan Musheng had talked about all of this, but when it came to actual practice, these novices couldn't help but miss a few things.
Lu Chengjing collected all the medicinal herbs from everyone, and because the quality was different, the wages they paid were naturally different.
No one disagrees with this point. There are many people who have done a good job, and it makes sense no matter where you put it.
Everyone else in the village was paying attention to the Lu family's movements. When they saw Aunt Zhou and the others really coming out with the money, they all wanted to take their place.
It’s just washing, cutting and drying, they can do it too!
Many people gathered around and asked questions. Aunt Zhou and the others answered them patiently at first, but later they simply drove them away and took the herbs they had just received back home to prepare them.
Lu Chengjing left Aunt Yao and the other three alone.
Xiaohuan poured cold tea for everyone and sat down next to Li Xiaomei.
Li Xiaomei asked in a low voice: "Sister Xiaohuan, why did the scholar keep us here?"
"It's a good thing." Xiaohuan touched her head with a smile. The little girl was timid and she must be feeling nervous.
Xiaohuan guessed correctly. Li Xiaomei was indeed feeling very nervous, worrying that she might have done something wrong.
But soon, the uneasiness in her heart disappeared.
Lu Chengjing kept four people to help process the ointment, and his wages were doubled.
The recipe for the ointment was just an ordinary wound medicine recipe, which Lu Chengjing copied from a medical book.
They can make more money and the method is not difficult. As long as they are careful, there will be no problem. Naturally, the four of them would not refuse.
Lu Chengjing watched over the four people until they memorized the medicine prescription before letting them leave.
Shitou has already prepared the medicinal materials for making the ointment, one portion for each person, which is about the amount for five boxes of ointment.
Because Lu Chengjing didn't say that the recipe couldn't be told to anyone else, Yuan Lang recited the recipe to his father after returning home.
No matter how Yuan Musheng listened to it, he felt that it was just a very common prescription for wounds, and the effect was average, not as good as the prescription he had come up with himself.
After thinking about it, Yuan Musheng simply wrote down a prescription for medicine and asked Yuan Lang to send it to Lu Chengjing.
When Yuan Lang came back, he had fifty taels of silver in his arms.
The silver is the money to buy the prescription.
Yuan Musheng just wanted to help, but he was made to laugh and cry over the fifty taels of silver.
Madam Rong waved at Yuan Lang and said, "Hurry up and send the silver back to your uncle Lu."
My husband's life was saved by my brother and sister-in-law. It's just a prescription. How can I take so much money from them?
Yuan Lang was about to run out when Yuan Musheng called him, "Wait, Dad will go with you."
As a result, the money was not returned.
When the father and son returned, they had a jar of pickles and two pounds of pork in their arms.
Yuan Lang turned his head to look at his father, "Dad, will mom scold us?"
Not only did he fail to pay back the money, he also accepted things from others, eating and taking everything.
Yuan Musheng raised his hand and touched his son's head. "You have a father. If your mother scolds you, just hide behind him."
Yuan Lang looked at his hands and said, "Dad, you just touched the pork and didn't wash your hands."
His mother just washed his hair this morning!
Yuan Musheng: “…”
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Ever since the villagers knew that they could get paid for preparing medicinal materials, Xiaohuan found that more people in the village were sending gifts to her family.
When she went around the village, everyone tried their best to stuff something into her hands, and then they would run away. Most of them were vegetables freshly picked from the fields, melons, fruits, and sometimes even eggs or duck eggs.
When she went to the river to wash clothes, the daughters-in-law and aunts were so enthusiastic that they wanted to help her. Xiaohuan was so scared that she chose to wash clothes when there were few people around, for she was really afraid of being pushed into the river by the crowd fighting for the clothes.
Stone is deprived of the joy of farming.
The young and strong men in the village took turns to take care of his six acres of land and even helped to water it. If he happened to run into them when he went to the fields, they would grin at him with their big teeth, and their smiles made his back feel cold.
The villagers knew that the Lu family raised livestock. Shitou could find a pile of fodder at the door every day, but he didn't know who delivered it.