Siheyuan Fortune Telling: Starting from a Buyer to Become an All-rounder

"Sure. I'll take you there right now. Erwa, you go back first. I'll take Comrade Xu Xiao to look for medicinal herbs."

After listening to Xu Dongsheng's words, Doctor Gong also thought it was feasible. However, he did not believe what Xu Dongsheng said about just asking him to show the way. If it would work just by relying on him to show the way, then the place where he transplanted the plants would probably have been dug away by someone else long ago.

Doctor Gong promised Xu Dongsheng that he would go find medicinal herbs now, and then sent Erwa away. As for why he sent Erwa away, it was naturally because if this young boy followed him, and then when he came back, he would think he had mastered the secret. Children always want to show off, so all his things would be taken away by these children.

Erwa didn't think about what Dr. Gong was thinking. He just thought that he had completed his mission, then said "oh" and prepared to go to the village entrance to continue being a sentry.

After Erwa left, Doctor Gong and Xu Dongsheng also went out together. After leaving, they went straight to the mountain behind Doctor Gong's house. In this mountain, basically all the big trees had been cut down. These should have been cut down for firewood in the year before last and last year.

After entering the forest, Xu Dongsheng carried Doctor Gong on his back. Although Doctor Gong was old, he did not look old, but instead had a strong smell of medicine. And this old doctor must have been quite capable when he was young, because Doctor Gong looked thin, but when Xu Dongsheng carried him on his back, he felt that Doctor Gong weighed nearly 100 pounds.

If it hadn't been practiced, the quality of the bones wouldn't be so high. After entering the mountain, following Doctor Gong's directions, it was indeed only about an hour's journey before Xu Dongsheng and Doctor Gong arrived in front of a small medicinal field.

This medicinal field is about 20 square meters in size. It is located in a valley and cannot be seen from any direction. It is also easy to be overlooked. Even if you pass by the edge, it is not easy to enter here.

Doctor Gong planted a lot of medicinal herbs in this small medicinal field, sparsely planted. Xu Dongsheng saw that there were about thirty kinds of medicinal herbs.

But Xu Dongsheng did not want too much. He said he wanted ginseng, Polygonum multiflorum and Tripterygium wilfordii. Naturally, he only wanted these three, because the space in the hemisphere is so big. The reason why he wanted these three was because they can be planted among the food crops.

But it was not possible to plant those woody medicinal herbs. Planting them inside would lead to a significant reduction in the space. That would not be worth the loss, so Xu Dongsheng still only wanted the original three types.

"Doctor Gong, I will take 30 of each of the ginseng and Polygonum multiflorum you have here, and leave the rest for you. As for the Paris polyphylla, I will leave you two with more seeds, and I will take the rest.

The current market price for this kind of low-year ginseng is about 30 yuan per pound, but now I have to kill a chicken for warmth, so I won't weigh it for you, I'll give you 50 cents per piece. As for Polygonum multiflorum and Paris polyphylla, I'll give you 10 cents per piece.

I want to take away 30 ginsengs and 30 Polygonum multiflorum from you. There are 45 Paris polyphyllae in total, so the price is 22.5 yuan. Do you think it's appropriate?"

Xu Dongsheng pulled out all the Fritillaria cirrhosa, ginseng and Polygonum multiflorum. Basically, each ginseng weighed only one qian, and there were two better ones that weighed only one liang. So when all of them were pulled together, the total weight was only four and a half liang, less than half a catty. They were all relatively new medicinal materials, probably only one or two years old.

Xu Dongsheng even suspected that this was just a medicinal field grown by the old man himself from seeds.

"Okay, let's do as you say."

Doctor Gong did not refuse Xu Dongsheng's price, because the price Xu Dongsheng gave for these herbs was already very good. You know, the herbs they took out were calculated by kilogram, but Xu Dongsheng paid directly for each one.

Although it was only more than 20 yuan, it was enough to buy the coffin, but not the labor. Doctor Gong had already thought about this. If he asked someone to make a coffin, the village carpenters would probably not ask for money even if he paid them. But there was nothing he could do. He had been poor all his life, lonely all his life, childless and alone all his life. He wanted to die in a decent way, so he could only enjoy it with a thick skin.

"Okay, here's the money. Also, I need you to give me a receipt."

After Doctor Gong approved the price, Xu Dongsheng took out a stack of bills from his bag, took out the two largest-denomination black tens, counted out two dollars and fifty cents in change, handed them to Doctor Gong, and took out paper and pen, asking Doctor Gong to write a receipt for him.

Then he squatted down, took out a sack, and started to put the three medicinal herbs into it. After Xu Dongsheng put the herbs into the sack, Doctor Gong also wrote the receipt.

"Doctor Gong, now we have settled our deal. I will take you back now."

Xu Dongsheng took the receipt written by Doctor Gong and put it away, then prepared to carry Doctor Gong out of the forest.

"Okay. Sorry to trouble you."

Doctor Gong took the money, counted it, and put it into his coat pocket. This money was for his coffin, and he couldn't afford to lose it. After Doctor Gong put the money into his pocket, he suddenly staggered forward for some reason. If Xu Dongsheng hadn't been quick to catch Doctor Gong, he would have fallen to the ground.

"When you get older, your body sometimes stops obeying you."

Doctor Gong, who was supported by Xu Dongsheng, was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that he was so weak now. He was afraid that he would not be able to hold on until the beginning of next year.

"You will live a long life."

Seeing Dr. Gong's sadness, Xu Dongsheng also lamented that life is short. At the same time, an idea came to Xu Dongsheng's mind. Is it true that he came to this world and will only live for a few decades and then die? He is only 59 now. When he came, there was a difference of 65 years. By that time, he would be over 80 years old.

He is already too old to be older. Moreover, in the past sixty years, he was poor for twenty years, and then he was free for twenty years. In the last twenty years, he is already over sixty years old. I am afraid that he should retire now, otherwise he may not live to be eighty.

Thinking of this, Xu Dongsheng suddenly felt that he did not want to live an ordinary and simple life. He wanted to make good use of the golden finger, not only to live well and live a quality life, but also to have the opportunity to delay aging, stay healthy for a lifetime, or even live forever.

However, given the current situation, it may be wishful thinking, but who knows if there will be a chance in the future? After all, this golden finger may have more effects than this.

"Lend your blessings."

Doctor Gong had no idea what was in Xu Dongsheng's mind. After Xu Dongsheng squatted down, Doctor Gong lay on his back, and then Xu Dongsheng carried him back from the mountain.

When Xu Dongsheng and Doctor Gong returned to the village, it was already afternoon. Judging from the position of the sun, it was probably two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

After returning to the village, Xu Dongsheng left Doctor Gong's house, carrying a bag of medicinal herbs, and went to the old branch secretary's office. He expressed his gratitude to the old branch secretary and told him that if there was any leftover grain in the village in the future, they could leave it for him and he would definitely come. If Xu Dongsheng could get more, he could buy it at the highest price.

There are also medicinal herbs, which Xu Dongsheng also needs, but they must be alive. So if someone in the village finds a medicinal herb, they can either wait for it to grow in the mountains and dig it up when he arrives, or transplant it near the village and give it to him when he arrives. The price will definitely be fair. Of course, at present, Xu Dongsheng only asked for the precious herbs that he and Doctor Gong mentioned earlier.

The old branch secretary also assured Xu Dongsheng that as long as there was any in the village, it would be kept for Xu Dongsheng and wait for him to collect it.

After getting the assurance from Dr. Gong, Xu Dongsheng did not delay in the village any longer. He rode his bicycle straight to the steel rolling mill outside the city of Sijiu.