Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Everyone looked over eagerly, wanting to borrow some.

Huang nodded readily, "Okay, a handful of this wild vegetable will be enough for your family to eat for two days. In this weather, the grass will be dried in two days."

Everyone thanked him happily.

They didn't catch much, just a small handful per family, and then they left.

Most of the half bag of herbs was consumed in an instant.

The children were all woken up.

This herb was first dug by Zhou Guo, and later on the other children all got to know it and dug it wherever they went, which took a lot of effort on their part.

Now they are given to others for free. The older ones know how difficult it is and don't say anything, but the younger ones don't care. They just know that they have worked so hard to dig the vegetables for so long, but others can catch them in just a few moves.

Zhou Tao's mouth pursed, tears welled up in her eyes, refusing to fall out.

Zhou Su approached his grandmother and asked, "Grandma, what did they use in exchange for the things they took from our house?"

Everyone was stunned.

The hand holding the herbs froze in mid-air.

What else can I use to replace this grass?

Li said hurriedly, "What's the point of exchanging a piece of weeds? They're all over the ground. They're not worth anything." Then she smiled and said to everyone, "Don't take it personally. As for the child..."

Everyone laughed and exclaimed that the child was amazing and would definitely achieve great things in the future and become a great man.

In a short while, nearly half of the families had come.

The people who got the medicine left with hearts full of gratitude. They didn't have anything in exchange, but they were still generous with a few nice words, and they didn't ask for any money.

Everyone in the family was praised from top to bottom, and their faces were all beaming. Even Zhou Guo, seeing how happy his family was, had a smile on his face.

The remaining half were either from better-off families who had their own ways to deal with the summer heat, or they were at odds with the Zhou family. Some of them simply did not believe that the poor old Zhou family could make a herbal soup to relieve the heat. The people in the old Zhou family were as illiterate as they were, so who would believe it? They must have been using some wild vegetables to fool them.

Instead of asking him for help, it would be better to ask Zheng Xiucai who mentioned above. Xiucai has read so many books and can read and write. He must know how to cure this disease.

Although the scholar was different from them who dug for food in the soil, he was a master, and they usually didn't dare to approach him. But this time it was different. Everyone was the same on the road of escape, and they all had lost their homes. So what about the scholar? He had to flee with them, eat, sleep and walk with them.

The village head was also worried about this matter and was smoking heavily.

The summer heat slowed down everyone's pace. If they continued like this, they would never reach their destination, and the rebels behind them might attack at any time.

There is no doctor in their village, and these fallen people cannot be abandoned. Why did they escape with their families? Isn't it to find a way to survive for the whole family?

After much thought, he could only go to find Zheng Xiucai. This scholar had just moved in a few years ago and he had never interacted with him on a daily basis, so he didn't know if he was easy to talk to.

"Master Zheng, you are knowledgeable and experienced. You have to help us now. If you don't help, we will have no way to survive!" The head of the village told the team about the situation in the past few days and begged while wiping away tears.

Zheng Xiucai frowned in embarrassment. His family had some recipes for relieving the heat, but it seemed that no one in the village had those things. What should he do?

After thinking for a while, he twisted his beard and said slowly, "I usually read some books on medical theory, but the use of medicine is a big deal after all, so I can't be careless. I'll go and look through the book. As the saying goes, books contain golden houses and beautiful women. The way to relieve summer heat is naturally in the book."

The head of the village had been mumbling in his heart, but when he heard the last sentence, he was overjoyed and bowed repeatedly, "Thank you very much, sir. Thank you very much. You are worthy of being a scholar. With such great ability, you will become a Jinshi sooner or later. We are all counting on you."

Zheng Xiucai nodded happily, "Don't worry, don't worry."

Then the village head left with peace of mind.

"Village head, village head, what does the scholar say?" Everyone rushed forward and surrounded the village head, wanting to know whether the scholar would help them.

The village head smiled and said, "Don't worry, the scholar has agreed. He has the recipe."

Everyone cheered when they heard it.

"That's all right, that's all right, my mother's illness can be cured."

"What a great master."

……

When they heard that a scholar had given a prescription, more and more people gathered around.

Although they had obtained a method from the Zhou family before, it was not even a folk remedy. It was dug up by that girl Zhou Guo at random. Everyone was trying to give it a try, and they still didn't quite believe it in their hearts.

Now that the scholar is willing to give the recipe, it is a serious recipe. Isn’t it better than the wild vegetables from the Zhou family?

Seeing that everyone had gathered around, the Zhou family members all stretched their necks to look forward.

Xu hesitated and said, "Why don't we go and take a look? Here is the prescription given by the scholar."

In her heart, she also felt that the scholar's prescription must be better than her niece's.

There are many people in the family who think this way, except Li and Huang. They firmly believe that their child has a connection with the Bodhisattva. With the blessing of the Bodhisattva, there is nothing they can't achieve.

Everyone in the family subconsciously looked at Zhou Guo, worried that the child was feeling uncomfortable.

Zhou Guo was craning his neck to watch the fun. Seeing so many people asking for the recipe, he was eager to try it too. "I wonder what kind of recipe it is. Mom, let's go and take a look."

Everyone...

Li saw her excited face, and it was obvious that she wanted to go up and take a look after seeing such a big commotion. She found it a little funny, but seeing how many people were in front of her, she didn't agree. "There are so many people, it's better not to go over. You're a child, and you can't squeeze in even if you get close. It would be bad if you get stepped on."

Zhou Dacang was the first to stand up, "I'll go."

Zhou Mai also stood up, "I'll go too."

"I'll go as well."

"I also need to go."

The children all went to watch the fun.

Huang nodded. The farm child had been running around the mountains since he was young, and they had never taken care of him. Moreover, with Zhou Dacang taking care of him, they felt relieved.

The youngest two, Zhou Tao and Zhou Su, couldn't stay there any longer, so they stood up and ran away behind their brothers.

Only Zhou Xing and Zhou Guo were left.

Zhou Xing is old, and as a grown-up girl, it's not easy for her to squeeze with so many people.

Li looked at Zhou Guo who was sitting alone beside her and suddenly felt guilty. This child had never played with others when he was away from home before. Now that he has finally recovered, he wants to go and watch the fun, but she won't let him?

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Guoguo, why don't you go with your brothers?"