freenovelworld Chapter 80 will be left for tomorrow so we can all curse together.
Chapter 80 will be left for tomorrow so we can all curse together.
Cheng Ruoan had no idea how outrageous the things her master imagined were when he looked at these medicines.
All she knew was Da Niu's current situation; there was nothing she could do but wait and see what fate had in store for him.
As for Da Hua and Da Hu, Cheng Ruoan didn't think of comforting them.
Da Hua acted as if nothing had happened, continuing to take care of Zhao Shi as before.
Da Hu just sat there blankly to the side, staring intently at Da Niu lying in the tent.
Cheng Ruoan didn't know what he was thinking, but she could guess.
It's nothing more than what happened in their room.
Although Cheng Ruoan is now the housekeeper in charge of the whole family, it is not appropriate for him to interfere in the affairs of each house.
A short while later, Si Shaoheng came in from outside the village.
Seeing that everyone was busy, he pulled Cheng Ruoan aside to find the clan leader.
Si Shaoheng handed the documents and letters he had retrieved from the government to the clan chief. Without saying much, he said directly, "We are only staying here for one night. After the government officials come to count the confiscated medicinal herbs tomorrow morning, even if you want to drive us out of Si Family Village, it's fine."
But tonight we must stay in a clean, warm, and spacious place; this will make it easier to complete the task assigned by the official.
As he spoke, Si Shaoheng's eyes suddenly turned cold and sharp, and his voice was deep: "If we delay the inventory of medicinal herbs because of this trivial matter, and the government blames us, the clan leader shouldn't blame me for dragging the entire Si family down with me!"
The current clan chief of Sijia Village is from the generation of Si Shaoheng's grandfather. Si Shaoheng and his family have to call him Second Grandfather, but he is only a cousin of Si Shaoheng's grandfather's cousin. It's almost the end of the hottest period of summer, so Si Shaoheng naturally doesn't need to be overly flattering or hypocritically polite.
In short, once the officials arrive tomorrow, they will be able to get back everything they suffered today.
The second grandfather asked his grandson to help him read the official documents in Si Shaoheng's hands. He read them carefully and found that what was written on them was no different from what Si Shaoheng had just said.
A fleeting, almost imperceptible hint of disgust flashed in his eyes, but when he looked up, his face was filled with a kind and benevolent smile.
He said, "We're all family, why does Sanlang have to say such unpleasant things?"
"Someone come quickly and help your fourth grandfather's family move all their things to the courtyard next to the ancestral temple."
Si Shaoheng cupped his hands in thanks to him, then turned and left with Cheng Ruoan.
Cheng Ruoan was walking down the street, still dazed. She had already rolled up her sleeves, but she hadn't managed to get into a fight.
No, they didn't argue.
She hasn't learned how to fight yet.
Cheng Ruoan was somewhat annoyed and said, "Are we just going to leave like this?"
As if he knew what she was thinking, Si Shaoheng raised a hand and gently tapped her head, saying, "We were just informing them to let us have a peaceful night. How could we possibly start arguing?"
The main event is tomorrow. After the officials come and inventory the medicinal herbs, you can beat or scold them as you please.
Cheng Ruoan thought about it and agreed. It seemed pointless to start a shrewish rant right now, so she decided to save her energy for tomorrow.
That night, the makeshift shelters erected in the village were not dismantled, but everyone had already been led by the villagers to the small courtyard designated by the clan chief for them to rest in.
The two patients were finally able to lie down in a cleaner and safer place to rest.
After two months of living a life of hardship and sleeping in the open, we can finally lie down and get a good night's sleep. Everyone can see that every room here has a kang (heated brick bed), a proper kang!
They were all so happy they felt like they were on cloud nine.
Li, like a child, leaped onto the wide kang (heated brick bed) that had been covered with straw and cotton.
Cheng Ruoan had a headache watching this, and pointed at her, saying, "Don't you know how heavy you are? We're only staying here temporarily tonight. If you break someone's things, we'll leave you here to pay for it, okay?"
These words startled Li so much that she almost jumped off the bed onto the roof. As she sat up and carefully made the bed, she whispered something to herself:
"This bed, this kang, is much sturdier than the wooden plank beds and canopy beds we had in Bachuan Prefecture. It's not so easy for it to break. Cheng Ruoan's words are really scary."
But Cheng Ruoan couldn't hear her; she went into the courtyard.
The courtyard is a standard courtyard with a single entrance, and the surrounding rooms enclose the open space.
Unlike the courtyards of wealthy families in the county town, this open space in the center was untouched by landscaping; it was just a bare and flat courtyard.
"This house is well-built; in a village full of mud-brick houses, it's quite a sight," Si Shaoheng remarked casually.
"This open space is perfect for us to store our things and take inventory," Cheng Ruoan instructed Si Shaoheng and Shao Yang. "You two move all the medicinal herbs over here and put them on the ground first. Da Hua, you take inventory and record the information."
However, since most of the medicinal herbs were stored in Cheng Ruoan's space, Cheng Ruoan shamelessly occupied a spot on the carriage, claiming: "I'll help you quickly hand out the medicinal herbs, saving you so much trouble!"
As a result, Shaoyang discovered that there were so many burlap sacks on the carriage.
Why can't we finish moving everything?
Shaoyang didn't ask, and Da Hua, who was taking notes, also had her doubts, but she didn't ask a single question.
Cheng Ruoan silently calculated in her mind what she had taken out of her spatial storage.
"Ten catties of Panax notoginseng, twenty catties each of cinnamon twigs, red peony root, Poria cocos, peony bark, and peach kernels."
Twenty catties each of Acanthopanax senticosus bark, Achyranthes bidentata root, Lysimachia christinae bark, Chaenomeles speciosa root, Angelica pubescens root, and Notopterygium incisum root.
Eighty catties each of Bupleurum chinense, Paeonia lactiflora, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Prunus persica, Rehmannia glutinosa, stir-fried Citrus aurantium, Platycodon grandiflorus, and Ligusticum chuanxiong.
Fifty catties of roasted ginger... According to the government's purchase price, this can be exchanged for nearly two thousand taels of silver, which is about right.
In the open space of the courtyard, there were sacks of medicinal herbs. Although the quantity looked astonishing, it was actually only one-fifth of the medicinal herbs stored in Cheng Ruoan's space.
Along the way, the first thing Cheng Ruoan did upon arriving in each county was to take out a set of clothes he had bought from a clothing store, change into them, and then, posing as a medicine merchant, procure medicinal herbs from all over the county.
Naturally, the medicinal herbs were purchased from several different clinics and pharmacies, and the doctors and shopkeepers selling the herbs would never guess what prescription she intended to make with them.
Along the way, Cheng Ruoan followed Dr. Hu to learn the theoretical knowledge from medical books. She no longer bought medicinal herbs based on the main ingredients on the boxes of traditional Chinese medicines that she had accidentally noted down, as she had done before in Qingshan County.
Instead, they are purchased based on which prescriptions can actually be prepared.
The medicines she took out could be used to make Sanqi tablets for dispersing blood stasis, stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and relieving pain, as well as Guizhi Fuling pills and Xuefu Zhuyu pills for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
The contract that Si Shaoheng signed with the government stipulated that he would hand over medicinal herbs worth 1,800 taels of silver, but the specific items to be handed over were up to him.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be called a collection, but a confiscation.
Cheng Ruoan was thinking of doing the county government another favor by writing down all the prescriptions that could be made from these medicinal herbs for them.
The next morning, government officials came to inventory the medicinal herbs. After the money and goods were settled, Cheng Ruoan nudged Si Shaoheng's arm, signaling him to quickly present the prescription!
Si Shaoheng walked to Xu, the registrar, and cupped his hands in greeting: "Registrar Xu, may I speak with you in private?"