Farming and reading family

If Gao E had known the value of the snake gall before giving it to Chu Rong, she would not have given it away so easily.

But she only realized the value of snake gall after giving it away, and she would not ask for it back.

Chu Rong didn't think so. He didn't know that this thing was so expensive before.

He hesitated for a moment and looked at Xing Jia: "Do you need a whole snake gallbladder to make medicine for me?"

Xing Jia stared at Chu Rong with wide eyes, "Are you going to die? If I could make medicine out of a snake gall of this quality, even a piece the size of a longan would be enough to completely cure your chronic illness."

Chu Rong felt relieved after hearing this and turned to look at Gao E: "I'll just cut off enough for my own use, and you can take the rest back, big sister."

Gao E shook her head: "Brother Chu can handle the rest."

Xing Jia on the side wanted it very much. This kind of thing could be a family heirloom.

But he couldn't speak. It was a blessing to have seen such a thing.

"Then I'll give it to you." Chu Rong said directly, "If my old illness is completely cured, I won't need this thing."

Xingjia screamed in his heart: I can use it, I can use it.

Gao E looked at Xing Jia and said, "Then I'll keep half. Doctor Xing will prescribe medicine for Brother Chu. The rest will be Doctor Xing's consultation fee."

Xing Jia didn't expect that the other party would just give him half!

Even though I know the value of this snake gall.

No wonder Chu Rong became a different person when he arrived here. Anyone who meets such a generous and respectful master will be in high spirits.

"Don't give it to him." Chu Rong stopped him.

Xing Jia was too embarrassed to accept it: "This, this is too expensive."

"Curing Brother Chu's old illness is more important than anything else. Besides, you are Brother Chu's old friend."

Xing Jia rubbed his hands: "Then I..."

"Don't be rude." Chu Rong interrupted Xing Jia.

Xing Jia looked at Chu Rong speechlessly.

Gao E laughed and said, "But I need Doctor Xing's help with something."

"Go ahead." Xing Jia felt a little relieved when he heard Gao E needed help.

"I need to buy a batch of medicinal herbs. We can't get all of them in He County, so we have to go to Qinzhou City to buy them. We don't know much about buying medicinal herbs, so please ask Doctor Xing to take a look." Gao E said directly.

Just when she sent someone to find Chu Rong, she suddenly felt that Xing Jia was the best person to buy medicinal herbs this time.

He is from Qinzhou City and is a doctor. When the time comes, he just needs to watch and buy medicinal herbs.

Chu Rong also thought of this: "Is this the medicinal material I want to buy for Zhenghui and the others?"

Gao E nodded.

"No problem, let me see the prescription." Xing Jia agreed.

"It's the medicinal bath I took before to strengthen my body." Chu Rong said directly.

Xing Jia almost stood up: "Aren't you trying to trick me?"

"How did I cheat others?" Chu Rong was anxious.

Gao E was completely confused and didn't know what was going on.

She felt that Chu Rong would definitely not cheat her.

"Your medicinal bath costs dozens of taels of silver each time, and you need to do it once every three days at the beginning." Xing Jia wondered how a farmer like this could possibly come up with so much silver.

"But from now on, you only need to do it once every ten days, and it will only take one or two years," Chu Rong explained.

"What do you mean only one or two years? That's one or two years."

……

The two people became more and more excited as they talked, and were about to quarrel.

"Stop!" Gao E finally understood that the medicinal bath was too expensive.

The two men stopped immediately and turned to look at Gao E.

Gao E gave a dry laugh and looked at Xing Jia: "I just want to know if the medicinal bath is useful."

Chu Rong saw that Xing Jia was silent and said, "Tell me the truth."

Xing Jia nodded: "The medicinal bath is indeed useful, especially for those over seven years old who don't have the skills of a virgin."

"As long as it works." Gao E was worried that it would be useless.

Chu Rong was proud: "My elder sister treats me sincerely, how could I possibly lie to her?"

Xing Jia glanced at Chu Rong. He felt that Chu Rong just wanted to be recognized. "Don't be too happy too soon. Yellow-footed grass is in short supply right now, and your recipe requires a large amount."

"Yellow-legged grass is available in Tanzhou area, how can it be in short supply?" Chu Rong didn't understand.

"Yellow-foot grass mainly grows in Centipede Ridge. Now that outsiders are not allowed to enter Centipede Ridge, herbalists cannot collect yellow-foot grass. As long as there is a shortage of it in the market, the price will skyrocket." Xingjia spread his hands.

It’s Yishunbo again.

Gao E wondered if this Yishunbo was unlucky for her.

First it was the green ebony, and now it's the yellow-legged grass, and they all grow on Centipede Ridge. If she doesn't get rid of Uncle Yishun, she will get into more and more trouble.

Chu Rong frowned and looked at Gao E. He had escaped death at Centipede Ridge and knew that he couldn't go in easily.

"Apart from Centipede Ridge, there are few other places?" Gao E wanted to struggle again.

"Actually, this yellow-foot grass is rarely used. It grows in patches. It used to cost less than 20 wen per jin even after drying. Now it's 500 wen per jin, and it's even more expensive at the pharmacy." Xing Jia sighed. "The key is its scarcity. The pharmacy can't possibly sell you that much at once."

Gao E also knew this was the case.

"If it really doesn't work..." Chu Rong glanced at the yard and asked, "Should I take Zhu Mo to Centipede Ridge?"

"Let me think of a solution first." Gao E would not take risks easily.

If it really doesn't work, then don't take the medicinal bath. Anyway, she didn't think Zhenghui and Yunzhou would become top masters. Besides, if Yunzhou joined the army, he would learn more about arranging troops and deploying formations.

After discussing the matter, Xingjia divided the snake gall into two halves, and Gao E took half.

Gao E thought she was lucky because the most suitable person came when she was short of people, but it turned out that there was no medicine.

According to Doctor Xing's description, the dried yellow-foot grass is very light, so the medicinal bath recipe requires buying at least ten pounds of it at a time. This amount, converted into fresh grass, would take a whole horse-drawn cart.

So stealing a little is obviously not an option.

After returning home, Gao E first put away the snake gallbladder, sat in the yard and thought for a long time, planning to go find Xu Boyan tomorrow.

The next day, as soon as Gao E arrived at the gate of the yamen, she saw a luxurious carriage parked there, with two rows of servants gathered on both sides. The clothes of the servants alone looked very bright.

Gao E instantly thought of someone: Qiu Zhen.

"Let's go to Yueyuan first." Gao E asked Lianxin to turn the carriage around.

After not seeing each other for a while, Gao E felt that Jin Ruyi seemed like a different person.

"Are you not afraid of being discovered if you reveal your true face?" Gao E saw Jin Ruyi wipe off the things on his face and looked dignified and generous.

"Why shouldn't I be seen?" Jin Ruyi said unconcernedly. "Besides, I have to be able to shock the people below."

Gao E nodded.

"You should stop acting like a village woman every day. It's time for them to respect your clothes." Jin Ruyi suggested.

"I just went to the yamen, and there was a luxurious carriage parked at the gate. What important person came to He County?" Gao E looked at Jin Ruyi.

"It's Miss Qiu." Jin Ruyi lowered her voice and said, "She stayed in Yue Garden last night, and brought her lover with her."

This made Gao E curious: "Can you see clearly what it looks like?"

"They were surrounded by people and wouldn't let anyone get close to them. Besides, the man was wrapped in a veil, so you couldn't even see his figure." Jin Ruyi also gossiped a little.

"Then why did she come to He County?" Gao E thought that wild mandarin ducks didn't need to go here.

"Maybe he is trying to win over Xu Boyan." Jin Ruyi guessed.