Farmhouse Green Plum

It was like a basin of ice water was poured over her. Zhao Xiaocui's heart sank instantly. She said hastily, "But we just got it two days ago. It's not dried yet."

Song Ying and Luo Yanxing became anxious. There were still a lot of fruits that had not been dried. What should they do?

Lin Wenxuan hummed, "I'll send the dried ones over next time, but don't do it again later."

After thinking for a while, he instructed again: "Next time you encounter such a large amount, don't take too much, come to the clinic to ask first."

Song Ying and the other two nodded quickly to show that they understood. Fortunately, Lin Wenxuan was kind enough to accept the branches this time, otherwise, the oak branches they had sawed would have been wasted.

That’s 40 cents per pound!

After weighing all the herbs, Lin Wenxuan went into the house and took out a big bag of money and an abacus. He started to use the abacus and when he counted a bag full, he put the money on it.

When Lin Wenxuan put the money on the first cloth bag, Song Ying and the other two exclaimed in unison: "230 Wen!"

Although they already knew that oak branches cost 40 wen per pound, they still couldn't hide their surprise when all the expenses for one person were calculated.

In the past, they only earned a few dozen cents a month in total. Later, as they learned more about herbs, the situation improved.

But now, I can earn more than 200 coins at a time!

This is more than what any adult man in the village earns!

Song Yuan didn't understand what they meant, but he was shocked when he heard them say that, and his eyes turned red immediately.

Ever since everyone took turns buying snacks for him, he no longer cared about making money. These days, he was just waiting for the herbs to mature, and had no part in picking or drying them.

According to the previous rules, he naturally had no share of the money earned.

He looked at his sister repeatedly, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

After all the money was divided, Lin Wenxuan took out another 30 coins and handed them to Song Ying, "This is the money from the oak branch produced by the family in your village that day."

"No need. How can I charge you for just those few oak branches?" Song Ying waved his hands quickly.

Lin Wenxuan said, "Humanities are human feelings, but we still have to settle accounts. Take it. This is what you deserve."

After a pause, he smiled and said, "Didn't we accept the gifts you gave us during the New Year? Business and friendship must be discussed separately."

"But 30 cents is too much. We only used a few pieces of oak branches that day, and they were not dried yet."

"I asked you for the oak branches that day after I wrote the prescription. It can be considered that you sold them directly to that family. Our clinic did not bear any risk, so we naturally cannot collect the difference from them."

Song Ying thought about it and didn't refuse, which made Luo Yanxing and Zhao Xiaocui very envious.

They were fine, after all, they made a lot of money today.

Song Yuan was very envious. As soon as he left the clinic, he begged, "Sister, give me some money. You earn the most."

"No!" Song Ying refused without hesitation, "We agreed before that the points would be based on the amount of merit, and you haven't done anything recently."

This kind of precedent cannot be set. If it happens once, there will be a second time, and it will be even worse in the future.

Song Yuan tried hard to get it: "I'm going to pick some prickly ash. You can eat my prickly ash too."

"Every time I come to the county, I buy you snacks."

"Oh, sister, sister, you are the best, please give me some, please give me some..." Song Yuan grabbed Song Ying's clothes and started to scatter money.

"No means no, this is a matter of principle." Song Ying still refused cleanly and neatly, and at the same time secretly prayed in his heart that Wu Tixue could go to the community school in Wutong Village to observe the customs as soon as possible.

Song Yuan was growing up and becoming more aware of money. It was not safe for her to be with him because he knew exactly how much money she made.

We have to get him to school as soon as possible.

I received 280 coins today, plus the 1432 coins I saved before, I can exchange them for 2 taels of silver!

It’s not convenient to store a pile of copper coins. How about bringing them to the county and exchanging them for silver next time?

Her mind was full of thoughts and she was in a good mood. She wanted to celebrate, so she said, "Today is the first time we have earned more than 200 coins in one go. We have to celebrate!"

"Okay!" With huge sums of money in hand, Luo Yanxing and Zhao Xiaocui agreed without hesitation.

Lian Song Yuan temporarily gave up pestering Song Ying to give him some money and asked excitedly, "What do you want to eat?"

"How about eating out?"

Luo Yanxing and the other two were stunned.

When country folks come to the city, they usually bring their own bread with them. At noon, they ask someone to give them some hot water and eat together.

If I could just buy steamed buns and eat them, I would be willing to spend the money.

Only a very small number of people would go out to eat, and those who did would usually be scolded by the villagers for spending money lavishly.

Song Ying and her friends had never eaten out in a restaurant, and neither had boys like Song Yuan.

After a brief moment of daze, Song Yuan quickly reacted and clapped his hands, saying, "Okay, okay, let's go to a restaurant, let's go to a restaurant!"

Song Ying looked at Luo Yanxing and Zhao Xiaocui: "What do you think?"

Luo Yanxing touched the collar of her shirt where her money bag was placed, feeling the outlines of the copper coins. She gritted her teeth and said, "I agree to go to the restaurant too!"

After saying that, he looked at Zhao Xiaocui.

Looking at the three eager eyes, Zhao Xiaocui smiled and said, "Of course I agree. I have never been to a restaurant since I was a child. I will have even less chance after I get married."

It was unanimously approved, and everyone was looking forward to it. Song Ying asked, "What should we eat?"

Song Yuan said quickly, "Red-braised pork! Cousin Wei said during the Chinese New Year that his second uncle took him and cousin Hao to eat it. It was very, very delicious. Cousin Wei said it was the most delicious dish he had ever eaten!"

When Song Yuan thought of Li Wei's description during the Chinese New Year, he drooled and wished he was his second uncle's son.

Song Ying frowned. She really wanted to correct Song Yuan for calling him "Second Uncle", but Song Ergu had not divorced Li Wu, and Li Wu was indeed still their second uncle.

Zhao Xiaocui swallowed her saliva and said, "Okay, let's eat the braised pork. My cousin from my grandmother's family also said that the braised pork in the county restaurant is delicious."

Several people immediately turned around and walked towards the restaurant, and soon arrived at the restaurant door.

Several people looked at each other, and suddenly hesitated, not daring to go in.

They are used to buying things from street vendors. In the past, if they passed by this kind of store and looked inside for a second, they would be quickly pulled away by the adults.

Several people were looking around outside. It was not dinner time, so there were not many people in the restaurant. There were only two tables of guests. One table had three middle-aged men drinking, and the other table had a young woman with a little girl.

Song Ying recognized her immediately. She was the proprietress of Zhang's Rice Shop in the east of the city whom they met in the cloth shop before the Chinese New Year.

Her eyes fell on the little girl who was chewing the ribs seriously, and she couldn't help feeling envious. This little girl is so happy.

At this time, the restaurant's female shopkeeper noticed them, came out quickly, and asked with a smile: "Do you little guests want to eat?"

Song Ying nodded.

"Then come in and sit down." The shopkeeper made way and motioned for them to go in.

With the shopkeeper's invitation, several people bravely went in and sat down at an empty table.