After Zhang Hulan came out, she went to take the Polygonum multiflorum off the oxcart. "Shopkeeper, this is the Polygonum multiflorum we dug up yesterday. It's raw. How much do you think per pound?"

The shopkeeper rummaged through the basket, took one out, looked at it, and pinched it with his fingernails. "It's pretty good."

"I only dig the ones with a long age. I don't dig the ones with a young age."

The shopkeeper nodded. "If it's processed, it's 80 wen per jin. But for raw Polygonum multiflorum, I can only give you 15 wen per jin."

Fifteen cents per pound, Wang's eyes widened. He didn't expect this thing to be so valuable, much more valuable than grain.

Zhang Hulan showed the shopkeeper a bag of cicada shells. "Shopkeeper, where are the cicada shells? How much is one pound?"

The cicada shells were nothing special, so the shopkeeper said directly, "Cicada shells are two hundred coins per pound."

"Wow! So expensive?"

Two hundred coins per catty? Wang was a little shocked.

Zhang Hulan said with a smile, "Mom, don't look at how expensive this thing is, but it's not heavy. Look, this big bag probably weighs less than a kilogram."

The shopkeeper asked the medicine boy to weigh them. The Polygonum multiflorum weighed 42 jin, while the cicada shells were only a little over 13 liang.

The shopkeeper took the abacus and quickly gave the amount, "Polygonum multiflorum is 630 wen, and cicada shells are... I'll give you 170 wen, which makes a total of 800 wen."

"Eight hundred coins?" Wang's heart was pounding.

I only earn 800 wen in half a day. An average family cannot earn 800 wen in a month.

Zhang Hulan handed the copper coins to Wang Shi, "Mother, please keep this money."

Wang said, "Why give me the money?"

"Mom, this money also has a share for my eldest brother and his wife. This is what we earned together when we were young, so of course I have to give it to you for safekeeping."

After hearing what Zhang Hulan said, Wang accepted the money. Since both her son and daughter-in-law had a share, she couldn't give all the money to her daughter.

"Mom, sister, Dad's leg has been reconnected." Zhang Hujun shouted at the door of the clinic.

Zhang Hulan and Wang immediately entered the clinic. "Old man, how are you feeling?"

Old man Zhang waved his hand and said, "It's okay. The doctor is very skilled. It didn't hurt much when I connected it."

Wang immediately bowed to Doctor Yang and thanked him, "Thank you so much, Doctor! Thank you so much, Doctor!"

Doctor Yang waved his hand. "You're welcome. I'll write you a prescription. Go get seven doses of medicine, one dose per day. After seven doses, he won't need to take any more medicine. Just let him take good care of himself. He should lie still for a month. Come back after a month and I'll remove the clamp. After a month, he can walk again, but not too much. Take it slow."

"Also, I'll write you some fresh herbs. We don't have any here. You know some herbs, so go find some in the mountains, crush them, and apply them to the broken bone. Change it once a day for seven days."

Doctor Yang wrote the prescription and handed it to Zhang Hulan, "Go get the medicine."

"Thank you, Dr. Yang!"

Wang said quickly, "Doctor, please bandage my daughter's head as well. She has a wound on her head as well."

Doctor Yang saw the injury on Zhang Hulan's head yesterday, but since she didn't tell him, he didn't feel comfortable asking her to treat her.

Doctor Yang checked the wound on Zhang Hulan's head. It was not a serious problem. It was just a broken scalp and could be treated with a simple bandage.

After the bandaging was completed, Zhang Hulan took the prescription and went to the shopkeeper to get the medicine. The cost of the medicine, the cost of bone setting, and the cost of Zhang Hulan's bandaging totaled one tael, two hundred coins.

Zhang Hulan was about to pay, but Wang refused, so he paid the money.

The shopkeeper instructed, "Let this medicine soak for half an hour before boiling it."

"Okay, thank you, shopkeeper!"

Zhang Hulan and Zhang Hujun lifted Old Man Zhang onto the ox cart and headed back.

When passing by a grain store, Zhang Hulan walked in and Wang followed her into the store.

When Zhang Hulan asked about the price, she learned that brown rice cost 35 wen per dou and rice cost 60 wen per dou, which made Wang very distressed.

"Nier. It's so expensive, you'd better not buy it."

"Mom, we need to store more food. There's no point in keeping silver at this time."

Zhang Hulan wanted to stockpile food, and Wang had nothing to say.

Zhang Hulan said to the grain store owner, "Boss, give me five dou of brown rice and three dou of rice."

Wang quickly stopped him, "Just buy brown rice. Why are you buying rice? It's so expensive, it's not worth it."

Zhang Hulan said, "Mom, Dad has a leg injury and my sister-in-law is pregnant. They can't make do like us."

"You...ah..."

Wang was both relieved and distressed that her daughter always cared about her father and sister-in-law.

Wang said nothing more and walked to the door and shouted, "Dajun, come in and move your things."

Zhang Hulan paid the money, and Zhang Hujun came in without saying anything and carried the rice onto the ox cart.

"Brother, it's not good to put the rice in the backpack if others see it."

Zhang Hulan only bought this much today because she didn't want the villagers to see her buying too much at once. If they ran out of food, it would easily cause trouble if the villagers knew they had food.

Old Man Zhang said, "That's right, we need to hide some of it. In a disaster year, grain is more valuable than gold."

Old man Zhang said with some emotion, "Dani'er is now thinking more carefully than Dajun."

Zhang Hujun laughed and said, "My eldest sister is smart, but she is a little stubborn."

Hearing Zhang Hujun praising Hu Lan, Old Man Zhang's face suddenly hardened again, "Smart ass! If she were smart, she wouldn't have been so stupid back then and insisted on following Chen Dalang."

"Dad, you just praised my eldest sister for being so thoughtful, how come you just turned against me so suddenly?"

Old man Zhang just snorted and said nothing.

Zhang Dajun drove the ox cart back again. When they passed a pork stall, Zhang Hulan jumped off the cart again.

"Boss, how much is pork?"

"Fat meat is 20 wen a pound, lean meat is 15 wen."

"What about these bones? Are they given away as a gift when you sell meat?"

"Of course not. If you want, you can take the whole pile for thirty cents."

Zhang Hulan curled her lips and shook her head. "You don't even have any bones or meat, why should I buy it? Give me two pounds of fat."

Zhang Hulan jumped off the oxcart while it was still moving. Wang quickly asked Zhang Hujun to stop the oxcart, then ran over and grabbed Zhang Hulan, "Daniel, why are you buying meat?"

"Mom, Dad is injured and needs to be healed. My sister-in-law is pregnant and needs to be healed too. You don't want to see any accidents happen during childbirth, do you?"

"I……"

Wang felt that he could no longer argue with his daughter. No matter what she said, his daughter could always find something to say to shut her up.

The butcher's hand was very accurate. He said he wanted two pounds, and with one cut, the two pounds were just right, not even an ounce off.

Zhang Hulan then spoke up again, "Boss, I bought two kilograms of fat meat. Can you give me two bones?"

The butcher shook his head, "No, if you want it, you have to pay for it."

"You have no flesh on your bones..."

The boss said, "Who said there's no meat? Look, isn't there meat on it? Besides, the bones are used to make soup. The noodles cooked with bone soup are very fragrant."

Unable to take advantage of the bargain, Zhang Hulan had no choice but to pay for it. "Then I'll buy the five-cent one."

The boss smiled and said, "No problem, pick two for yourself."

Zhang Hulan picked two large bones, but finally, under the glare of the butcher stall owner, she insisted on taking an extra smaller bone.

After paying and carrying the meat back to the oxcart, Old Man Zhang asked, "Then what are you going to buy the meat for?"

Wang was annoyed, "Why buy meat? It's because Danier loves you and wants to nourish you."

Old man Zhang muttered, "Spending money recklessly..."

Old man Zhang complained, but there was a smile on his face.

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