Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

After Xia Shengsheng finished his meal, he put everything in place and let the children digest their food in the yard first.

She took Liu Ercheng with her, took five kilograms of rice and half of the pork belly, and went to Doctor Zhao's house not far away.

She doesn't have modern silver and money yet to pay back Doctor Zhao for the medicine.

So for now I can only take some things over, and then calculate the exact amount of silver owed, and then find a way to pay it back slowly later.

"Doctor Zhao, you are at home!"

Xia Shengsheng and Liu Ercheng stood outside Doctor Zhao's yard.

Looking at Doctor Zhao drying herbs in the yard.

"Hello, Grandpa Zhao!" Liu Ercheng also greeted him.

"He Ercheng from Liu's family! Is something wrong? How is Shanshan?"

Doctor Zhao opened the gate and asked carefully.

"Thanks to Dr. Zhao's medicine, Shanshan is almost recovered. I think she will be fine after taking another dose tomorrow! We came here specially to thank you, Dr. Zhao."

Doctor Zhao led Xia Shengsheng and her son to the courtyard and said, "As long as they are well, the child's condition wasn't serious to begin with. No need to thank me. Just remember to pay me back for the medicine later."

As Doctor Zhao spoke, he reached out for the medicine that was drying on the side, and didn't seem to want to say hello to Xia Shengsheng.

"Of course. Don't you know how much I owe for the medicine during this period? I want to know the total amount and I will pay it back in the future."

Xia Shengsheng felt that Doctor Zhao was a man with quite a bit of personality.

People say nice things about others, but when they talk to each other normally, they lack enthusiasm and often don't even smile.

But it's not bad to say that he is bad! Villagers who have headaches or fevers often come to him for treatment. He usually only charges a few cents for the medicine. Some families are very poor and can't pay back the money, but he has never asked for the debt, so he is still very popular in the village.

I just don't know how he lives.

"The three prescriptions this time plus the five prescriptions last time cost a total of 112 coins. Just remember it. Go back first."

A total of 8 prescriptions cost only over coins, which is really not expensive. If it were placed in the pharmacy in the town, I'm afraid two prescriptions would cost this much money.

"Okay, Doctor Zhao, rest assured. I will pay you back as soon as I have the money. This is the thank you gift I brought. I happened to kill two wild rabbits in the mountains today and sent them to a family in town who loves game. They exchanged them for some rice and meat. I brought some to you. Please don't despise it."

Liu Ercheng watched Xia Shengsheng telling lies but didn't dare to interrupt.

Because he knew that his mother must have her reasons for saying that, and he just needed to listen.

Doctor Zhao then turned around and saw what Xia Shengsheng brought.

I looked at the rice in the bag, which was crystal clear and especially snow-white, and the piece of pork belly, which must have weighed at least one kilogram. I thought to myself that this family who loved to eat game had a pretty good attitude, and was willing to exchange such good rice and meat for Xia Shengsheng!

"Look at how skinny your children are. If you have such good food, use it to make porridge for them. I'm an old man, so I don't care what I eat."

After saying that, he asked Xia Shengsheng to take the things back.

"Doctor Zhao, we still have some at home! Please keep it! Otherwise, I will trouble you again in the future..."

Doctor Zhao saw that what Xia Shengsheng said was not false, and as an old man he could not be manipulated like a woman, so he had to agree to keep these things.

"Ercheng boy, there is a bag in the kitchen, go pour the rice in it so you can take the bag back."

The bag of rice is one of the important properties of a farmer. There is no reason to take the bag after collecting the rice.

"Okay, Grandpa Zhao!"

Liu Ercheng went into the kitchen carrying the things and came back with an empty bag after a while.

Doctor Zhao stroked his not-so-long beard.

"All these things are worth a lot of money. You don't have to pay me back. Just consider them as paying off the debt. Otherwise, I would have to go to town to buy them. It would save me the trouble of running errands. Okay, come back now! I'm busy."

Xia Shengsheng's face was full of black lines. This old man is really!

Forget it, this is something the old man said he wouldn’t return, so don’t regret it later.

Xia Shengsheng said hello to Doctor Zhao and took Liu Ercheng back home.

"Mom, let's take some things and exchange them for some seeds from other families! It's still early now, I'll go and start picking up our two acres of unplanted land, is that okay with you?"

Liu Ercheng had always been thinking about the two acres of poor-quality land that had not been planted. Now that he had something at home, he might as well exchange it for some seeds and plant them so that he could harvest more grain in the autumn.

Xia Shengsheng also thought about it. The land must be cultivated and it could not be left idle. As she went to the fields every year, she certainly knew what the land at home was like.

The soil in the two acres of inferior land allocated to her was particularly bad. What could she plant to get a high yield?

What can I plant?

high yield?

Isn’t the corn yield quite high?

It seems that this era does not have this, there are many ways to eat corn.

When it is tender, you can cook it and eat it directly. When it is old, you can beat it into corn grits. The ground cornmeal used to steam buns and pancakes is a hundred times more delicious than the black flour.

Is it sold in the mall?

I'll have to ask Qiqi later.

"No hurry, I'll first study what to plant..."

After Xia Shengsheng returned, he did not rush to ask Qiqi. The most important thing was that he had bought corn seeds.

Now there are no farm tools at home, so we can go and plow the land.

So I have to find a way to exchange some silver here tomorrow.

And buy some farm tools and other things that are currently lacking at home.

Because we ate late in the afternoon and everyone was quite full.

So I didn’t do anything special at night.

Instead, I made some dumpling soup with the remaining chicken soup!

Several people had a full meal before going to bed.

However, the older ones, Liu Yiyi and Liu Ercheng, tossed and turned in bed.

Although I was covered with a very soft quilt.

But I just feel like I can't fall asleep.

They suddenly had a feeling that their mother seemed like a different person.

But what exactly has changed?

Some things are hard to explain.

I am also a little worried. How long can the food I got from the wild ginseng last?

However, the younger Liu Shanshan and Liu Sicheng have no such concerns at all.

I go to sleep after eating, with a sweet smile on my face even in my dreams.