allonlinenovel Chapter 233: Do you think all herbs are valuable?
Chapter 233: Do you think all herbs are valuable?
There is strength in numbers. After about an hour, we had collected more than ten baskets.
Just tie it to the cart with a palm rope and push it without worrying about it breaking.
Firstly, they won’t walk too fast. Secondly, they are already fragments. What will happen if they break into more fragments?
At worst, you can make a smaller quilt. If that doesn't work, you can inlay two more on a wooden hairpin, or piece them together to form petals.
Everyone cut some boxwood on the roadside, and even Shen Zhiqiu couldn't help but say to Shen Youyou:
"Ancient times were great. Look at these boxwoods. They didn't know how to use them. They grew in large tracts. I want to make some handles out of them."
In fact, it’s not that the ancients didn’t know the usefulness of boxwood, but it was inconvenient to use it in furniture because it was short.
Especially some wealthy families know that this thing can be used as a decoration, but people only use the big ones, which are rare and expensive.
But because it is easy to survive and grows in a wide range, it can be found in many provinces in Guanzhong.
It is a little difficult for the boxwood trees to grow in large patches in the mountains here. Shen Zhiqiu and his team asked everyone to cut them in interspersed manner. Although it is a bit troublesome, it can help the boxwood trees grow better.
After he finished speaking, he set his eyes on a tall boxwood tree not far away, which he estimated to be about five or six meters tall:
"Look at that big one. Boxwood trees usually only grow this tall. I'll go over and prune it so it can grow better. We can also pick up some good old wood for free at a low price."
When Old Man Shen heard this, he quickly reminded him, "Let your elder brother and younger brother go together. Be quick. We haven't even walked two miles out of the city today. If we don't have enough time, we won't be able to find a place to stay at night. We won't be able to find a place to stay in the middle of nowhere, and we'll have to sleep outdoors again."
In fact, what Grandpa Shen was thinking was that even if they stayed here for a day and planned to go back to the city to stay for another night, the city gate officials would probably not let them go.
People have to say, what kind of place do we think we are? You can come and go as you please. Don’t you know that your identities have not been settled yet?
But he didn't blame his granddaughter for wasting time picking up debris and chopping wood. He was not the only one, no one in Shenjia Village thought that way.
As the saying goes, a penny can make a hero fall.
Although I sold a lot of silver for Eucommia bark, Pueraria root powder, and dried fish in the inn, more than 2,000 taels seems like a lot,
In the past, let alone any household in Shenjia Village, even if all the money of the entire village was added together, even if all the money of several generations was put together, it would probably not be able to come up with half of this money.
But is this really a lot of money, especially at this critical time? Didn’t you see that in Jeju they had to pay 100 taels per person if they wanted to?
There are so many of them, and it would cost 26,800 taels to allow them to enter the city.
Although they didn't pay the money in the end, the young general sent them a message asking them to take care of them.
But who can guarantee what will happen when they arrive in Youzhou? Will they have to pay silver to settle down? How much is one mu of land? And will they be allocated houses when they arrive?
With so many people together, it would cost a lot of money just to build a mud-brick house, not to mention the cost of buying the foundation.
So, although most people don’t say it, they are worried in their hearts. They worry about food, clothing, and shelter along the way, and how to live after settling down.
Not to mention that he could indeed guess that his father-in-law might have left a lot of money for his third son's family.
That money couldn't be spent on people like them. His father-in-law passed away early, but he had helped them so much, not to mention the horses and weapons along the way.
Yes, our weapons are gone. They were confiscated by that young general. Alas!
When her little granddaughter was injured and their weapons were confiscated, she lay on the bed covered with a quilt and hid her long knife under the quilt.
Maybe because those people had injured his little granddaughter so badly, they didn't feel comfortable coming to search and just left it there.
It turns out that Old Man Shen is extremely grateful to his father-in-law for everything he has done for their Shenjia Village.
There are also Li Quan, Da Hu and Er Hu who have been protecting them.
The old man was not an ungrateful person and agreed with San'er's plan. The money would be left to be adopted by his father-in-law's great-grandson in the future.
It is also because of this that when we were on the road, we really had to earn money while traveling.
Originally, the few old friends had been planning to wait until they saw a place with bamboo forests, get some bamboo strips, and then weave bamboo baskets and straw sandals when they took a break, and then exchange them for some silver at the market.
After all, they are not going into the mountains now, and there is no time to find Eucommia ulmoides and Pueraria lobata for them.
I didn’t expect that my little granddaughter would think of doing hairpin business again. It was really a timely relief.
Even a fool knows that a hairpin is more valuable than a bamboo basket and broken straw sandals. What else is there to say? Not to mention that most of the herbs have just been sold and many carts are empty, even if there is no room, they have to squeeze out space to load these things.
After Shen Zhiqiu trimmed the branches of the largest tree, he gathered the leaves together.
The roots, leaves and fruits of boxwood can all be used as medicine and can be harvested and dried throughout the year.
The roots and leaves can dispel wind and dampness, promote qi and blood circulation. They are used for rheumatic joint pain, dysentery, stomachache, hernia pain, abdominal distension, toothache, traumatic injury, sores and swelling.
The usage is also simple: take 3 to 4 coins, make a decoction or soak it in wine; for external use, mash an appropriate amount and apply it to the affected area.
The fruit is cool in nature, similar to mint, and can also clear away summer heat and relieve sore toxins.
But the fruits have not grown yet at this time, but the boxwood leaves and roots have been collected and dried when possible. If they can be sold, they will be sold. If not, they will be kept for use in the village.
"It's almost time. It's getting late. Let's pack up and get going. There are plenty of boxwood trees on the road. It won't be too late to chop them down after we have used all of them."
"Okay, let's get going first. When we get to the post station in the evening, we'll study how to use these leaves, roots, and branches."
Soon after, one man after another started pushing carts again, and even the women started carrying bamboo baskets again. The things inside were not heavy, just leaves.
Shen Youyou said, don’t carry it on your back, it’s too heavy, there are these in many places, you can pick them anytime.
Unfortunately, no one listened to her. Even her sisters didn't listen to her and wanted to rebel. They also helped to put the fallen leaves into the baskets without baskets.
This made Shen Youyou unable to help but complain: Did you sell a herbal medicine - Eucommia bark?
Do you think all herbs are so valuable?
Daya smiled brightly: "Oh, you really think we are stupid, we have been walking in the mountains for a long time before we found that patch of Eucommia trees, and these boxwood trees, look at how many there are along the way.
Before, we didn’t know this thing was useful, and we wouldn’t even look at it because even old cows wouldn’t want to eat it. But now that we know it’s useful, we’re happy to carry it even if we can’t sell it for a few copper coins.”
The daughter of Doctor Guo's family also said:
"What you said touched my heart. In my hometown, it was very common to go to the mountains to collect herbs. There were also some elderly people in my family who couldn't help but pick them when they saw them, hehe!"
Well! These two Daya, Shen Daya and Guo Daya, both know how to live.
It was almost eight o'clock in the evening when he arrived at the post station. This time he did not go in and bargain with the shopkeeper by himself. He called his eldest brother and younger brother,
The reason is not for anything else but to cultivate their social skills outside, so that they don't have to wait for him one by one.