Once all this is done, all that's left is to wait for the steamed buns to be made.

With nothing to do, she stood by the wall, looking outside.

Every household in the village is making bricks, and some are demolishing abandoned houses.

At this moment, no one was chatting outside anymore; everyone was racing against time, afraid that it might rain at any moment.

Xiao Nan snorted coldly. If they dare to harbor any ill intentions during this little training session, it won't just be a matter of buying a house.

This noon, she wanted to steam more buns to prepare tomorrow's meals.

I'm planning to go out tomorrow to buy some fatty meat to render lard, some vegetables, and see what else I can buy.

At noon, she prepared lunch amidst the ruins of the kitchen.

The three members of the Wang family not only demolished the main house, but also built two stoves, one large and one small, for her in a corner of the yard.

As long as you put the pot on it, you can cook. It's very thoughtful. I'll buy another pot tomorrow so that I can cook rice and stir-fry vegetables at the same time.

The three women also made quite a few mud bricks. The sun was strong, and the bricks dried in no time. Then they stacked them in the corners.

They kept breaking bricks and collecting them, and before they knew it, quite a few bricks had been piled up along the wall.

These five people have achieved so much in just half a day; they've really put in the work. We absolutely have to get some meat for them tomorrow, and besides, she wants some too.

Lunch was an hour late because the people here don't usually eat dinner; they only eat dinner during busy farming seasons.

After washing their hands, everyone ate the soft multigrain steamed buns, praising Xiao Nan's excellent cooking skills.

But in her heart, she thought to herself, this wasn't her achievement, it was Bai Mian's.

After eating and resting for a while with some water, they continued working. They worked quickly and well, which made Xiao Nan's impression of them even better.

He stopped just as it was getting dark, washed his hands, and went to Xiao Nan and the old woman to say something.

"Auntie, we're leaving now. We'll come back first thing tomorrow morning."

Granny Wang immediately stopped him: "Have dinner before you leave."

"No, let's eat at home."

"No, it will be dark by the time we get home. After a day's work, we won't have the energy to cook. Why don't you take some dry food with you and go back?"

Xiao Nan had the same idea, so he quickly went back, picked up about twenty baskets with a bamboo basket, put them inside, covered them with a cloth, and handed them to them.

"Don't mention it, even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected."

"Thank you then."

Wang Zhoushi smiled and accepted it, then walked towards the courtyard gate.

Granny Wang reluctantly saw them off to the courtyard gate, but her nephew, Wang Feng, stopped her.

"Auntie, let's go back. Let's take that path instead of going through the village, so they won't gossip when they see us."

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

Watching the Wang family members leave, Granny Wang shed a few tears.

Xiao Nan glanced at the other houses in the village; they were all cooking and resting in their courtyards with oil lamps lit.

The night passed peacefully. The next day, after Xiao Nan and the other members of the Wang family arrived, they handed lunch to Wang Zhou Shi, who then carried a large basket and took a shortcut to the town.

This time, because I felt much better than before, I walked very fast, almost running.

The journey was halved, and when we arrived in town, there was still some time before noon. There were more stalls today.

Finally, I saw the butcher, but by the time I got there, he had already sold out of meat.

When she arrived, there were only four pig trotters, a pig tail, a pig head, and a small piece of fat, but they were very fresh and must have been slaughtered that day.

Xiao Nan asked, "How much is this meat?"

"Pig head, two coins a pound; pig horns and tail, three coins; meat, ten coins."

"I'll take all of these. Can you give me a discount?"

"I'll give you a two-cent discount on the meat, but nothing else."

"Then let's weigh it," was a complete waste of time, since there wasn't much meat anyway.

The pork cost 165 coins, but the shopkeeper gave me a 5-coin discount, making it 160 coins.

Xiao Nan took out the copper coins that Xiao Hei Hei had given her. The shopkeeper didn't even look at them; he just counted them, and once he had enough, he threw them into the basket.

She put the meat into a basket, went to a secluded spot, and threw it into her storage space.

She had the meat, but where were the vegetables? She cursed inwardly. If there were no vegetables, fine, she would just take some from her spatial storage and say she bought them.

However, she also bought some things from the stall.

Two combs, two wooden hairpins, and nothing else caught my eye. Then, I went to the clothing shop.

Despite the shop assistant's lukewarm attitude, I bought two women's coats and two men's coats.

Although it was coarse cloth, it had no patches.

When traveling, clothes make the man and a saddle makes the horse; this principle has remained unchanged since ancient times.

Finally, she stood outside the pharmacy, hesitated for a moment, and wondered whether she should go in.

Her space contained all sorts of medicinal herbs, both cheap and expensive, but all were high-quality finished products.

If you don't know anything about medicine or how to process it, how can you explain it?

Well, let's just take it one step at a time. He took out a small ginseng root that was about twenty years old, held it in his hand, and went inside.

She went straight to the counter and saw the shopkeeper dozing off, his chin resting on his hand. So she called out softly:

"Shopkeeper?"

The shopkeeper immediately opened his eyes, saw Xiao Nan, and asked reflexively.

"Young man, are you here to get medicine or for a consultation?"

"Selling medicine."

"Selling medicine? Oh dear, where is it? Let me see, medicine is in short supply these days."

Hearing this, you can tell the shopkeeper is honest and has a good eye for people.

Xiao Nan placed the ginseng he was holding on the table: "Let me see how much I can sell it for?"

Upon seeing that it was ginseng, the shopkeeper immediately took it in his hand and smiled: "Oh, ginseng! It's been processed, not bad, not bad, good quality, just a little young."

"Name your price, we need money at home."

"Don't rush, let me take another look."

Xiao Nan glanced at him. He was only in his thirties, yet he called himself an old man. People in ancient times didn't have a concept of age. He was in the prime of his life.

However, thinking of the saying, "It is rare for a person to live to seventy," I felt relieved.

"Young man, this ginseng of yours is over twenty years old. With the current war and shortage of medicinal herbs, I'll offer you a high price, fifteen taels, how about it?"

Xiao Nan raised an eyebrow: "Sixteen taels, is that alright?"

"You, haha, sixteen taels it is. Since you need it urgently, I'll give you an extra tael. From now on, if you need any medicinal herbs, come to my pharmacy. I guarantee I'll give you the best price."

"One big one, one small one, and the rest in loose silver."

The shopkeeper was taken aback for a moment, then realized what was going on and found the man in front of him quite interesting.

Xiao Nan just wanted to see what kind of silver was here.

Upon seeing the silver, Xiao Nan smiled. It turned out that the silver ingots in the movie were real, and the ten taels of silver here were made in the shape of ingots.

The five-tael one is also a regular triangle, the one-tael one is a copper coin, and anything smaller is a copper coin.

After taking the money, she turned to leave, but then she remembered something and decided to make a deal with the shopkeeper.

Seeing that she hadn't left, the shopkeeper asked curiously.

"Young man, is there anything else?"

"Yes, I want to make a deal with you."

"Oh? Tell me about it." The shopkeeper became interested.

"Here's the thing, I'm an orphan and I live with an old woman. I want to buy a plot of land next to her house and register my own household registration. But I don't get along with the village chief and I don't have any connections."

At this point, she looked at the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper smiled: "You want me to do this for you?"

"Correct."

"Then what will you use for the transaction?"

"I also have a 50-year-old ginseng here. I wonder if I am qualified to do business with you?"

The shopkeeper shook his head: "Not enough."

"Add two catties of dendrobium, two catties of gastrodia, and two catties of notoginseng, plus the fact that I will only sell medicinal herbs to your family in the future, is that enough?"

"Hiss..." The shopkeeper's eyes gleamed, his gaze towards Xiao Nan burning with desire.

"Are your medicinal herbs from legitimate sources?"

"It was picked from the mountains to the west and prepared by myself."

Xiao Nan gritted his teeth and vowed that once his family was settled, he would learn how to process medicinal herbs no matter what, so as not to give others cause for gossip.

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