Traveling through the mountains and farming

As soon as Lin Wan stepped into the door of the herbal medicine shop Baicaotang, the shop boy who greeted her last time saw her at a glance.

Immediately, he hurried over from the counter, his face full of surprise, and said:

"Mrs. Lin, you finally showed up!"

Lin Wan couldn't help being surprised by such a warm greeting.

I am not a VIP customer of this pharmacy.

Why are they looking forward to my arrival so eagerly?

"I want to prescribe some common prescriptions for colds and the like. I mainly want to keep them at home in case of emergency." Lin Wan replied.

"All of these are easy. I will find a specialist doctor to prescribe medicine for you later. But first I want to ask if you still have the good quality Gastrodia elata you got last time?" the waiter asked anxiously.

Recently, Dr. Zhong searched the whole county for Gastrodia elata, but couldn't find the high-quality black Gastrodia elata he wanted.

So he kept an eye out at the door of the store every day, hoping that Madam Lin would visit their shop again, and now his wait finally came.

"Oh, I have two more at home, but I don't plan to sell them." Lin Wan answered truthfully.

When the servant heard Lin Wan say that she had one at home, he immediately ran to the backyard without even having time to hear Lin Wan say that she didn't plan to sell it.

After a while, Doctor Zhong ran out from the backyard and said to Lin Wan anxiously:

"Please sell me both of your Gastrodia elata."

At this time, the servant following behind also ran to Lin Wan.

Lin Wan pointed at the servant next to her and said:

"The guy just ran too fast and didn't hear me say that I didn't plan to sell Gastrodia elata."

When Dr. Zhong heard that Lin Wan was unwilling to sell Gastrodia elata, he immediately became anxious.

He said hurriedly: "Why don't you want to sell it? If it's about the price, that's easy to talk about. I'll raise the price for you."

He was developing a new medicine and was in need of high-quality black Gastrodia elata. He had searched the entire county for it in the past two days but could not find any.

Due to the recent war, the control of medicinal materials is extremely strict. Going to other places to purchase them is not only inconvenient, but also very time-consuming. I really can’t wait.

Lin Wan said awkwardly: "It's not a matter of price. I just want to keep it for myself as I see that wild Gastrodia elata is hard to come by."

She is not so short of money now, so naturally she wants to keep the wild Gastrodia elata with good quality.

She also wants to try soaking Gastrodia elata in wine in the future. According to her previous research, wild Gastrodia elata soaked in wine was a tribute in ancient times, which shows that its value is quite high.

Seeing that Lin Wan didn't want to sell it, Dr. Zhong offered to buy it at a high price again, but was still rejected by Lin Wan.

At this time, the servant next to him heard that Doctor Zhong actually offered eighty taels to buy Lin Wan's two Gastrodia elatas, and he thought it was outrageous!

The usual purchase price is only fifteen taels, and two pieces are only thirty taels. This price is almost doubled.

Seeing that Doctor Zhong was about to call out a hundred taels, the servant hurriedly said:

"Young lady, the price of Gastrodia elata is based on what Doctor Zhong gave you. If you need any other herbs, we will give you the purchase price."

Although the boss said that Dr. Zhong was an honored guest who was staying here temporarily and the store had to meet all his needs, he could not be allowed to raise the price so arbitrarily and had to be stopped in time.

Moreover, according to his understanding of Dr. Zhong, Dr. Zhong is just a weirdo who is obsessed with medicine.

Every day he makes all kinds of pills in his room in the backyard. As long as he thinks the medicinal materials are precious, he will spend any amount of money on them.

"What medicinal herbs does she want?" Doctor Zhong asked quickly.

After hearing the servant tell Lin Wan's request, Doctor Zhong immediately ran to the backyard, then took out several porcelain bottles, put them on the counter, and began to introduce:

"This bottle is a pill for treating colds, this bottle is a special wound medicine, this bottle is a ten-fold tonic pill, this is a detoxification pill, and this is a painkiller."

Then, Doctor Zhong looked at Lin Wan expectantly and said:

"Do you think these medicines have what you need? As long as you sell me the Gastrodia elata, I'll give you all these medicines."

In his eyes, these medicines were just ordinary medicines made by himself and were not worth anything at all.

But the servant next to him didn't think so. He knew very well that these medicines were extremely precious and rare, and ordinary people couldn't buy them at all. It would be a loss to give them away for free.

So Lin Wan saw it, and the servant next to her widened his eyes with an expression of disbelief.

Lin Wan thought, are these medicines so hard to come by?

In her opinion, pills are very common, they are just some common medicines.

The reason why she thought so was mainly because her original body did not give her any common sense memory about the medicine here.

After all, the original body was trapped at home every day, only moving around in the village, and had no chance to come into contact with doctors or pharmacies.

Lin Wan's knowledge of ancient medicine mainly comes from costume dramas, in which she has seen various kinds of pills.

Little do people know that here herbal decoction is still the main method, and pill development is rare. Although pills are sold in pharmacies, they are expensive and are mainly used by wealthy families.

Especially Dr. Zhong’s medicine, which is very effective and is not available on the market.

Lin Wan thought for a moment and said, "Doctor Zhong, since you really want it, I will sell it to you."

Seeing that Doctor Zhong really needed Gastrodia elata, and that the medicine he brought out was much more convenient than buying herbs and decocting them, she decided to sell it to him.

When Doctor Zhong heard this, he laughed happily and said hurriedly:

"Okay, okay, these medicines are all yours."

With a look of joy on his face, he pushed the porcelain bottles of medicine in front of Lin Wan, and then impatiently reached out to ask Lin Wan for the Gastrodia elata.

When he heard Lin Wan say that Gastrodia elata was still at home, he eagerly expressed his desire to go back with her to get it.

Lin Wan was a little surprised that Dr. Zhong wanted to go in person, but she still agreed. Maybe he really needed it urgently.

The shop assistant next to him did not find Doctor Zhong's request strange. As for medical matters, he was used to Doctor Zhong's strange behavior.

So, Lin Wan took the eighty taels of silver paid in advance by Doctor Zhong and several porcelain jars of medicine, and took Doctor Zhong's carriage to the south gate of the city to meet Li Changli.

Soon, the carriage arrived at the south gate of the city, and Lin Wan saw Li Changli waiting anxiously at the gate.

When Li Changli saw the carriage stop in front of him, he was startled at first, and then he saw Lin Wan getting off the carriage.

Then, Lin Wan was heard explaining that she was taking Doctor Zhong back to the village to get a medicinal herb that she had dug up in the mountains.

Since Li Changli was going to push the cart back, he suggested that Lin Wan follow Doctor Zhong's carriage first so that she could give Doctor Zhong the urgently needed medicinal materials as soon as possible.

Just like that, Lin Wan and Doctor Zhong left first in a carriage.

To avoid suspicion, Doctor Zhong and the coachman sat on the shaft of the carriage outside.

Lin Wan was embarrassed to occupy Doctor Zhong's carriage alone, so she sat near the door and chatted with him.

She also shared the sweet pastries and sour-sweet biscuits she had brought with her for the journey with him and the driver.

After eating it, Dr. Zhong praised it highly: "Oh my, this taste is so unique and delicious!"

He was obsessed with two things in his life, one was practicing medicine, and the other was food.

Then, he continued to praise: "Mrs. Lin, it seems that you are very good at cooking."

Lin Wan smiled and responded, "Dr. Zhong, you are too kind. It's just some snacks."

In this way, the two of them became closer and started talking to each other.

They talked about the delicious food they had made or eaten.

When Dr. Zhong heard Lin Wan talking about new food, he would ask about the style and taste of the food, and he was very tactful not to ask about the production process and recipe.

When the carriage was approaching the village, Lin Wan heard the driver ask in surprise:

"Hey, Madam Lin, is that your village ahead? Why is there so much smoke?"