The little village girl dressed as a disaster star led the whole village astray

"Ginseng."

"Master, this ginseng is so big." Awei opened his eyes wide. This was the first time he saw such a big ginseng.

Doctor Wu took the ginseng and examined it, then weighed it with a small scale beside him. Then he took out a larger scale and weighed the Gastrodia elata as well.

"Ginseng about forty years old, unprocessed, ten taels of silver.

Gastrodia elata is a common medicinal material. A pound of dry stuff costs 15 wen, and a pound of wet stuff costs only 10 wen. Yours is wet stuff, which is 3.8 jin in total. I will charge you 4 jin, which is 40 wen in total."

The price is not low.

Although Yong'an Hall had never received such a large ginseng before, it did not mean that such a large ginseng was rare. There were many medicine shops in Jiangning City, and their Yong'an Hall was just an inconspicuous small medicine shop.

On weekdays, those who come to get medicine are all poor people, and if there are any good medicinal materials, they are mostly sent to other big pharmacies.

"Hey, don't think it's too little, this price is already very high!" Seeing that Li Xi didn't say anything, A Wei thought she was not satisfied with the price.

Li Xi looked at Ah Wei who was jumping up and down and smiled, "I don't think it's too little."

She looked at Doctor Wu and said, "Doctor Wu, I want to ask if you can collect Bungarus krait?"

"Bunna!" Doctor Wu looked at Li Xi suddenly, and looked at the basket in her hand with shining eyes, "You still have this wonderful treasure."

It's no wonder that Doctor Wu was so surprised. The Bungarus krait is extremely poisonous. The local people are terrified of it. There are only two outcomes if you encounter a Bungarus krait: one is to escape by luck, and the other is to die in the snake's mouth.

Li Xi did not keep the suspense and took the snake out of the basket and put it on the counter. The snake had only been dead for a day, and the weather was cold, so it had not rotted and still looked as if it had just died.

The snake was placed on the counter, and by chance its head was facing Awei. Seeing a Bungarus krait for the first time, Awei took a step back in fear, with some childish fear on his face.

Li Xi looked at him like this and raised her eyebrows in amusement. Now she knew she was scared.

As for Doctor Wu, he was not paying attention to his little apprentice at the moment. His eyes were full of the sturdy golden ring snake placed on the counter. He reached out and took it to examine it. The cold body and ring-shaped shape were undoubtedly a golden ring snake.

"How much does Doctor Wu plan to pay?" Li Xi interrupted his observation. She was still in a hurry to go back.

"Ahem." Doctor Wu put down the Bungarus krait and stroked his goatee. "How about this, including the snake, thirty taels."

"Thirty-five." Li Xi really didn't understand the prices here, but bargaining was essential whether buying or selling things.

"Okay, deal." Doctor Wu's mind and eyes are now filled with the Bungarus bungeana in front of him. He has a prescription, but this is the only ingredient missing.

He didn't even look at Li Xi, and waved away A Wei, "A Wei, give her the money."

Li Xi: It’s over, I lost money, I’m going to lose…

Li Xi took the thirty-five taels of silver handed over by A Wei and put it away, then left with the backpack slightly dejected. After walking out of the pharmacy, she stopped, turned around and took a look at the sign of Yong'an Hall.

Every failure makes you wiser. I will quote a higher price next time.

Li Xi didn't plan to go back just like that. Now that she had money, she planned to buy some food. She had promised Hu Zi that she would buy him candy.

Li Xi walked back along the same route she came. The way she came to the pharmacy was right next to the market, but she had no money at that time, so naturally she couldn't buy anything.

On the way back, Li Xi bought some coarse grains, rice, flour, salt, brown sugar, seasonings, and two pounds of meat. When he passed by a crispy candy stall, he ordered another pound of crispy candy.

This time, it cost two taels and fifty cents.

Thirty-five taels of silver were deposited into the account, and so much money was spent in such a short time. It's really like spending money like water. I must have a long-term livelihood.

Li Xi had thought about it carefully before.

First of all, it was the current environment. Based on her observations over the past few days and the conversations she had with the merchants when she was buying things just now, she knew that she had traveled to a fictional dynasty - Daqi.

And the place where she is is the northwest of Daqi, yes, that's right, the northwest.

Like most dynasties in history, there was a race called the Huns behind them who were eyeing this piece of Chinese land covetously. His father had served in the Northwest Army before.

After knowing this background, Li Xi was completely numb. He was already in the final circle at the start and didn't even have a brick in his hand. This was really amazing.

But it's not all bad news, there is also good news. The good news is that the Northwestern Army stationed here is still very capable, and has always been a victorious general in battles against the Huns.

So life here is still somewhat secure. Of course, if you are unlucky enough to encounter the Huns attacking the village, that would be a different story.

However, she had learned from her mother that because their village was located in the interior, it was not the first target of the Huns' looting when they came south, so it was relatively safe. At least they had not been looted by the Huns for more than ten years.

She has passed on farming.

Li Xi touched the silver in his purse and already had an idea in mind.

Whether it is making money or doing other things, the first thing is to know what you are good at.

What she is good at is medical skills. She is definitely not good at Western medicine. As for Chinese medicine, she can diagnose the disease herself, but she cannot explain it.

Li Xi shook the silver in her purse. She thought that she would make money by selling medicinal herbs. As for why she knew about medicinal herbs, she could just blame it on her cheap father.

As she was thinking, she left the market and filled the backpack that she had emptied at Yong'an Hall again.

After selling the herbs and buying other things, Li Xi strolled out of the city and found the donkey cart parked in the shade. Next to the cart was Uncle Erqiang, and the others had not returned yet.

"Erqiang Ye."

Erqiangye is usually a taciturn person. When he heard Li Xi greet him, he just nodded.

Not long after Li Xi sat on the donkey cart, Qian Dajuan and the others came back one after another. Everyone had a smile on their face. It seemed that they had gained a lot from this trip to the city.

Qian Dajuan sold the bacon she brought from home and bought some coarse grains. After a winter, there was not much food left at home. Buying some should be enough to last until the spring harvest.

Li Xi lent a hand to help her load the food onto the cart. Seeing that everyone had returned, Uncle Erqiang drove the donkey cart back.

After Qian Dajuan sat down, she expressed her admiration for the convenience of life in the city to Li Xi.

"It's still better in the city. Whatever you want to eat, you can buy it at the market. Needles, thread, rice, flour, grain and oil can all be found at the market.

If you don't take a donkey cart, it will take you four hours to go back and forth for more than 30 miles just by walking, and all the time is wasted on the road.

There is a sister from my village who married a butcher in the city. They lived a very good life there, and were very fat. She said that they had meat for every meal, and she said that they were tired of it... Life in the city is still better!"