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The night was gradually getting warmer, and Guangdan was not in a hurry to go to bed after dinner.

Instead, he took a small stool and sat down under the apricot tree in the yard. There was not much moonlight at the beginning of the month, and after the sky settled, it was basically pitch black.

Fortunately, the Lin family has a tung tree. The tung oil extracted from it can not only be used to paint furniture, but also for lighting at night.

Guangdan lit a tung oil lamp and placed it in a sheltered corner of the courtyard wall; the flame flickered in the evening breeze.

Lin Xiaoniu came over in the dark and sat down on the ground, then sighed softly.

"Why, uncle, you don't want to go to the county town?" Guangdan asked with a smile, tilting his head.

Lin Xiaoniu then sighed and said, "Not really, I just feel that after the Dragon Boat Festival I can only go back to the village."

"It's the same with selling fish balls. Besides, people usually eat food for fun at first, but it's hard to say what will happen over time. So fish balls are not a long-term solution."

Guangdan said this very seriously. He didn't think the fish balls could last long.

But he also knew that as long as the sales were good during the Dragon Boat Festival, his family might sell them at several big fairs every month.

At that time, there were many small vendors like this, and their stalls were all mobile, which was different from fixed shops.

Even these small vendors cannot be called businessmen. They are just trying to make a living.

"I understand what you said, but, alas." Lin Xiaoniu spread his hands, feeling that it was really difficult to make money!

He doesn't have any other big wishes now. He just wants to earn some money and find a wife, and he doesn't want to become a burden to his family.

Now basically both parents have no labor force. To put it bluntly, if I don't work harder, the task of getting married will fall directly on my eldest and second brothers.

Thinking about Lin Xiaoniu makes me feel that it is too difficult!

I looked up at the sky silently, and there were faint stars on the dark sky.

Guangdan felt that his uncle was just like a literary young man looking up at the sky.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Uncle, do you know how many herbs I planted?"

Lin Xiaoniu turned his head in surprise: "I know, that thing can really be grown by itself?"

Lin Xiaoniu didn't spend much time at home recently, so although he knew that Guangdan had transplanted herbs from the mountains, he didn't know the whole story.

Guangdan shook his head and said, "There are so many medicine shops in the county and the capital, and so many medicinal herbs every year. Are they all dug from the mountains? No, they must be planted artificially. If others can plant them, then we can too. And I have a hunch that our place is very suitable for growing medicinal herbs."

"Ah? Really? How are the trees you planted?" Lin Xiaoniu asked suspiciously.

In fact, growing herbs is unheard of in Linjia Village.

Guangdan remained silent after being asked these questions again, because he really had too few medicinal seedlings at the moment!

"I transplanted Isatis indigotica and Astragalus membranaceus. Basically, these two medicinal herbs can be harvested in the third or fourth year." Guangdan touched his nose after saying this, and he also felt that this cycle seemed a bit long.

As expected, Lin Xiaoniu's surprised voice was heard immediately: "Ah? Does it take so long? If it dies in the middle, won't it be a waste of all our efforts???"

"Calm down, calm down. That piece of land has been lying there since the beginning. It won't be a problem. I'll plant some more cuttings later. It would be best if we could make a few ridges of land. But I think as long as it can grow in the first year, we can start planting on a large scale later."

Guangdan is not very pessimistic about this matter. After all, her best friend once studied Chinese medicine, and her family has a large area of ​​medicinal fields.

After spending a long time together, Lin Xiaoxi also learned some knowledge about medicinal herbs.

I used to look down on it, but now it is all wealth!!!

"Even if we can grow more as you said, where can we sell them? We don't even know a few people in the county!" Lin Xiaoniu still felt that this matter was somewhat far-fetched.

"Although we don't know anyone, we have people from our clan in the county town. If all else fails, we can just push a cart to sell to each pharmacy. Our prices are low and the quantity is small, so it won't be a big problem."

Guangdan mentioned the clan in a very subtle way. Lin Xiaoniu didn't feel anything, but his grandfather in the main room narrowed his eyes slightly.

He knew that Guangdan had many ideas, but he didn't expect that these ideas would now reach the clan.

Thinking of this, he closed his eyes again and listened to the chattering of the two boys, and this time it was not only Grandpa Lin who was listening.

It was difficult for Guangdan to explain the geographical advantages of growing medicinal herbs here. After all, he was not supposed to know these things. He could only describe the value of the medicinal herbs according to what was written in the medical books.

In Lin Xiaoxi's world, there is a place with similar landforms, which later became a hometown of medicinal materials.

These were explained to Lin Xiaoxi by her best friend. Now thinking about it, perhaps everything was predestined.

Medicinal herbs are indispensable in any dynasty. Guangdan's only regret is that there is no one in the Lin family who is familiar with medicinal herbs and medical principles.

But my grandfather knew that there was a branch of the Lin family in the city, who were the descendants of the old scholar. If Linjia Village could really grow medicinal herbs, perhaps he could visit them in the name of the clan.

But the prerequisite is that the medicinal herbs must be planted throughout the clan, which is no longer the Lin family’s business.

Thinking of this, Grandpa Lin laughed softly. He thought that this old man not only had beautiful dreams, but also had been thinking for a long time.

At this time, Guangdan and Lin Xiaoniu in the yard once again shifted the conversation from medicinal materials back to Lin Xiaoniu.

"Then I'll just continue to be a peddler." Lin Xiaoniu still felt a little disappointed.

"Hehe, actually I have some other ideas. The business of medicinal materials takes time and the cycle is relatively long. We can't make money right away, but we can take it step by step. However, there are opportunities for us to make money in other areas."

As he spoke, Guangdan blinked his eyes under the dim oil lamp. Uh, no one could see it, it was too dark!

"What opportunity?" Lin Xiaoniu became excited.

"Do you dare to take me to the provincial capital?" Guangdan sat up straight and asked seriously.

Lin Xiaoniu frowned in confusion and asked in confusion: "Isn't this medicinal herb not planted yet?"

"I want to stock up on some charcoal in the early fall, and then take it directly to the capital to sell. I can also buy leather, bamboo weaving and other items."

Guangdan's words stunned Lin Xiaoniu again.

After a long while, he asked in a low voice: "Are you serious? Is this possible? If we can't sell it, we will lose a lot! And it's far to go to the capital! It also costs money!"

Thinking about the expenses of a trip to the provincial capital, Lin Xiaoniu immediately shook his head loudly.