Chapter 183： apprentice

A few days later, the golden fungus and snow fungus planted by Yingbao were ready for picking.

She and Chu Chu were busy for a few days, picking all the mushrooms and drying them, and then replanted them. They planted 600 golden ears and 300 snow fungus again.

Hand the dried golden fungus and snow fungus to Mrs. Wen, and also give some preserved fruits and freshly ripe apples for Mrs. Wen and Sister Wen to eat on the way.

On this day, Mrs. Wen and her daughter got on the carriage and left the village.

With them were Xu Kun and Chu Yan.

Master Zhang Meng said that Xu Kun and Chu Yan just sent Mrs. Wen away and would come back after a while.

But Yingbao didn't believe it at all, because Chu Chu cried when she said goodbye to Chu Yan, it was like parting between life and death.

In the blink of an eye, it was May and all the grapes had been sold out, but the apples and pears in the orchards were gradually ripening and were picked by Jiang Quan and sent to the shop in the county town.

Now Yingbao's shop is on the right track. Not only has it officially put up the signboard of Jiangji Specialty Products, but it has also allowed Jiang Cheng to register as the shopkeeper.

Second cousin Jiang Quan had to reluctantly agree no matter how unhappy he was. Why did the eldest brother give up inheriting the family business and go out alone in his old age?

But Jiang Quan was unwilling to accept it, so he gave himself the position of chief steward, specifically responsible for purchasing and transportation.

As for the profit sharing of the shop, Yingbao asked for 50%, and the remaining 50% was divided between the first cousin, the second cousin, and the other brothers as they pleased.

Since Yan Ru participated in the production of preserved fruits, Jiang Cheng paid a processing fee of 30 taels per catty. More than 300 jins of preserved fruits cost more than ten taels of silver.

Yanru didn’t refuse. After the apricots and peaches were out of market, at Yingbao’s request, she had nothing to do and started making rouge and fragrant powder again.

After finishing her own work, Dani and Erni ran to do some of the work, sometimes bringing a few girls from the village with them.

Ying Bao even carried a large basket of flower petals every day, such as roses, peonies, peonies, red and blue flowers, lotus flowers, etc. Every day was different, and gave it to Ernie to make rouge powder.

Sometimes Yan Ru wonders why her niece can pick so many petals. They are all big, bright and fragrant. She doesn’t know where they got them.

One morning, Ying Bao went home from a deer stroll and saw a donkey cart parked in front of his house.

Li Langzhong in the town was talking to his father.

"Sanlang, your Yingbao wants to study medicine. I'm looking for a medicine boy in my pharmacy. Why don't you let her become an apprentice there?" Li Langzhong said to Jiang Sanlang while sitting under the vines in the yard.

Jiang Sanlang hesitated for a while, "I'll ask Bao'er about this later." His daughter had big ideas, and whether she wanted to be a pharmacy apprentice or not depended on her own wishes.

Li Langzhong chuckled and said: "Actually, this is what my senior brother meant. You still remember him, right? He is Mrs. Wen's father-in-law Wen Jingyan. He is now working at the Capital Hospital. Ahem...he said your cherry blossoms Bao’s talent is excellent, and I just want her to learn how to identify medicines and diagnose her.”

Of course Jiang Sanlang knew that his daughter was very talented, but the fact that old man Wen was from the hospital was beyond his expectation.

But when I think of my daughter’s strange abilities, I no longer think that the old man is so amazing.

But Li Langzhong also had good intentions, so he had to treat it with caution.

It is of course great to be an apprentice in a drug store. Once you succeed, you will have a lifelong job.

Coupled with the daughter's inherent abilities, she will definitely become a little miracle doctor from all over the country, and will be respected and honored throughout her life.

Just as he was thinking about it, Yingbao ran over and said, "Dad, I do."

Li Langzhong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at Jiang Sanlang with stern eyes, waiting for him to answer. Jiang Sanlang frowned, "But you are a girl, where can you live in the town?"

Nanpo is about ten miles away from the town. The family carriage is used by the second nephew to transport fruits to the county town. I cannot send my daughter to the pharmacy in the morning and pick her back up in the evening.

"You don't have to worry about this." Li Langzhong said, "Just let Yingbao live in my house. My granddaughter is about the same age as Yingbao. The two children will live together."

Jiang Sanlang looked at his daughter, "What do you think of Bao'er?"

Yingbao nodded: "I can."

Master also said that she should have the opportunity to go to the medicine hall to learn more.

Although she can recognize some common medicinal herbs, she does not know any of the prepared medicinal materials.

Li Langzhong's family has a medicine shop. In the medicine shop, he can not only learn to identify medicines, but also come into contact with many patients, so he can practice seeing, hearing, asking and feeling.

"Okay." Jiang Sanlang patted the little girl, "Then you go."

So Chun Niang helped her daughter pack some clothes, shoes, socks and belongings. She also brought some apples and pears as gifts, and she and her husband Jiang Sanlang sent the little girl to Mr. Li’s house in the town.

Mr. Li has two sons and two daughters. His old wife has passed away long ago. He and his eldest son’s family live in the town’s medicine shop.

The younger son took his wife and children and opened a small drug store in the county town, which was pretty good. His two daughters had already been married, one in the town and the other in the county town.

Mr. Li's granddaughter is seven years old this year. Her name is Li Xihua. She is very happy to see a little sister of similar age coming to keep her company. She drags Yingbao to find her room.

"You will live with me from now on. The beds are ready. You sleep on this one and I'll sleep on the one next to it." Li Xihua took Yingbao to the two tables. "Grandpa also asked people to bring in two There are desks for you and me, and pens, ink, paper and inkstones are all prepared for you.”

“By the way, there is also this medicine box.” Li Xihua opened a medicine box on the table, pointed to the items inside and said: “A box of silver needles, five cupping cans, and a meteorite.”

He picked up a small lock and handed it to Ying Bao: "Grandpa said that medical practitioners must carry their medicine boxes with them, otherwise they should be locked with a lock and must not be opened by outsiders."

Seeing Ying Bao looking at him unblinkingly, Li Xihua blushed and said coyly: "I...I took a look before, and I definitely didn't go through your medicine box."

Yingbao took the lock and nodded: "I know."

Seeing that the little baby didn't blame himself, Li Xihua smiled, pointed to the suitcase next to the bed and said, "This suitcase is new, I'll leave it to you."

“Thank you, Sister Xihua.” Yingbao put her clothes in the suitcase and asked, “Shall we go to the medicine hall now?”

She has gotten to know everyone in the Li family, and now she needs to get familiar with the environment of the medicine hall.

"All right."

In fact, Li Xihua doesn't like going to the medicine hall very much. Her brain hurts after smelling the medicine for a long time, but her parents insist on letting her study medicine with her brothers. It's really annoying.

The two girls came to the medicine shop. Li Xihua's eldest brother Li Lin was squatting on the ground grinding medicine with a stone roller.

Li Lin nodded towards Yingbao and went about his business.

There is a teenage boy at the counter, Li Qing, the second grandson of Mr. Li, who is weighing medicine for a customer with a spoon.

Each time he weighed a medicine, he divided it evenly into five paper packets, with a skillful and natural technique.