The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 200 - 196 What Happened to That Flower?

Chapter 200: Chapter 196 What Happened to That Flower?

The highest quality herbs are reserved for high officials and nobles, with their prices being exceedingly high, especially as the age of the herbs increases, so does their price.

There are a few rather expensive herbs in the fetus-preserving medicine, and they are not available in the south; they have to be transported from the north.

Ruo Xuan, having grown a considerable amount of herbs, had learned about the prices of various herbs from her fifth uncle.

Her fifth uncle had also mentioned that sometimes, the purchase price for high-quality herbs from the harvesters isn’t necessarily very high. However, many herbs need to be processed and graded, and to satisfy the vanity of some wealthy households and to give them peace of mind, of course, the medical hall would also like to earn more silver, so they set high prices.

He said that some wealthy households, if a prescription is too cheap, would suspect it lacks efficacy and dare not use it. They feel more at ease using more expensive medicine. And sometimes, how quickly a patient recovers is related to their mood, due to various reasons leading medical halls and pharmacies to sell herbs in several different grades.

A dose of fetus-preserving medicine costing over a hundred wen generally only contains one expensive herb, and it’s not even of the highest quality.

Indeed, as soon as Jia Shijie loudly demanded the best herbs and offered to pay for them himself, he became reluctant.

This is precisely what Divine Lord Xuanyuan described as selfish human nature.

Ruo Xuan had observed Ruo Shan dispensing herbs; he would weigh each type of herb and divide them into doses based on experience, depending on how many doses the customer needed. Therefore, the time it took to prepare one dose of medicine was similar to that for several doses, as each type of herb was weighed only once.

He was unwilling to spend too much silver. By tomorrow, when it was time to get more herbs, he would probably find an excuse not to go.

Then it would fall to either Granny Zhang or his maternal uncle to go, and whoever went would be spending the hard-earned silver of his maternal aunt.

Why should they seek to harm his aunt with a miscarriage, yet his aunt should spend silver to help her with preserving the fetus?

That couldn’t be right!

Ruo Xuan then said, "Little uncle, could you please help sort out the mushrooms and take them to the kitchen?"

Ruo Chuan naturally had no objections. Since he was strong and seeing Xuanbao’s bright eyes, although he had no idea what she was planning, he replied, "Okay."

He picked up the load and headed in the direction Granny Zhang had left.

Zhang Chengye hurriedly chased after him to stop him: "No need, no need, I’ll do it! Achuan, you take a seat, how can we let you help carry it in? I’m already embarrassed."

Liu Wenyao also spoke up to stop him.

Ruo Xuan held back Zhang Chengye: "It’s alright, my little uncle is strong."

"No need to be polite, whoever carries it is the same." Ruo Chuan carried two baskets of mushrooms past Zhang Chengye before he could stop him and reached the outside of the kitchen.

Zhang Chengye felt very embarrassed and had Ruo Chuan place the mushrooms in the corner.

Seizing the opportunity, Ruo Xuan slipped into the kitchen and pretended to glance at the herbs Jia Shijie was pouring into the medicine pot, expressing surprise: "Eh? This is the best fetus-preserving medicine? These herbs aren’t even high-quality! Uncle-in-law, where did you get these herbs? Could you have been cheated?"

Jia Shijie, with his back to Ruo Xuan, jumped at her voice, about to say she knew nothing, but when he turned around and saw Ruo Chuan there too, he didn’t dare to say it.

Granny Zhang was kindling the fire and, upon hearing this, also stood up to take a look. Not understanding, she asked, "What’s going on? Does Xuanbao know about herbs?"

"Hmm, I’ve learned a bit from my fifth uncle, and we’ve also grown a lot of herbs at home, so I know a little."

Knowing he couldn’t deceive her either, Jia Shijie hastily replied: "The high-quality fetus-preserving medicine is missing one ingredient that’s in the storeroom. I have to fetch it, but I couldn’t wait, so I got a dose of slightly inferior quality, which works just the same. I thought of boiling it first for Li Nainai to drink."

Ruo Xuan nodded thoughtfully: "I see, that’s why uncle-in-law only got one dose of medicine. Turns out the herbs aren’t that good, but uncle-in-law is really good to auntie."

Jia Shijie, smiling, added three bowls of water to the medicine pot and then put it in the stove with the fire ready: "Li Nainai is giving me children; isn’t it right for me to be good to her? I was thinking of getting a few doses of the high-quality fetus-preserving medicine tomorrow."

Ruo Xuan: "Getting it tomorrow will be too late. Go now and get it, and tomorrow morning you can drink it, ensuring more safety. Besides, tomorrow brings tomorrow’s tasks. Just right, we are heading home, and we can give you a ride to get the medicine. The fetus-preserving medicine is safer to keep at home."

Granny Zhang also thought it made sense since tomorrow she had to take her son-in-law to clean the old house, and she would be busy.

The Zhang Family had an old house on another street that had been rented out. Just by the end of last year, the renters had moved out, and it had been vacant since; if they cleaned it up tomorrow, her son-in-law’s family could move in without paying rent: "Xuanbao is right, the fetus-preserving medicine needs to be taken twice a day, one dose to be taken tonight, so you better get a few packets now. I really need your help tomorrow..."

Jia Shijie was reluctant, pointing to the medicine pot and saying, "But Li Nainai’s medicine isn’t ready."

Granny Zhang: "It’s okay, I’ll keep an eye on the medicine. You go buy the medicine now; tomorrow will be busy."

Ruo Xuan stepped forward and pulled on Jia Shijie’s clothes: "Uncle-in-law, let’s hurry!"

Jia Shijie had no choice but to follow Ruo Xuan out, planning to just say he didn’t bring enough silver once they got to the medical hall.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they stepped out of the kitchen, Ruo Xuan asked, "Uncle, did you bring the silver? Make sure you didn’t bring too little. A good dose of fetus-preserving medicine costs about one tael, and we’ll need to prepare at least seven doses."

"I brought it," Jia Shijie replied, impatiently.

When the time comes, he’ll just say he forgot, thinking he had brought it.

Ruo Xuan said, "Uncle, why don’t you check? Sometimes my father thinks he has brought silver when he heads out, but then he realizes he’s forgotten it and has to go back to get it, wasting so much time! Why don’t you take it out and have a look?"

Jia Shijie was growing more and more discontent with this annoying girl!

Was she sent to thwart him?

Jia Shijie even began to suspect that Ruo Xuan was a worm in his stomach; how else could she seem to know what he was thinking and target him specifically?

Just then, Zhang Chengye happened to ask, "What’s wrong with Xuanbao?"

Ruo Xuan replied, "Uncle wants to get some medicine, and I reminded him to check if he brought the silver."

Jia Shijie could only take out his purse, which contained over a dozen taels of broken silver, along with a fifty-tael silver note.

That fifty taels was a New Year’s red envelope from Granny Zhang.

Ruo Xuan happily bade farewell to Zhang Chengye, then called for the young servants to take her home and help Jia Shijie fetch the medicine on the way.

After taking Jia Shijie to the medical hall, Ruo Xuan bid him goodbye and left, not bothering to watch him get the medicine.

If he wasn’t willing to get a few good prescriptions to take back, what would Granny Zhang think once she found out?

Ruo Xuan knew he wouldn’t dare not to—it wasn’t like he was stupid.

After the carriage left, Ruo Chuan asked Ruo Xuan, "Xuanbao, do you not like Uncle from the Zhang family?"

Ruo Xuan nodded her little head, "I don’t like him. He’s insincere."

Ruo Xuan took a handkerchief and wiped her hands; having held onto Jia Shijie’s clothes, she felt the stench of a phony fox.

If only the Divine Lord Xuanyuan were here, he could help her wipe her hands clean with his Spiritual Power.

Ruo Xuan didn’t want to use a spell, as she needed to save her Spiritual Power for her medicinal and flower fields.

She was already complaining about not having enough Spiritual Power to use.

Using Divine Lord Xuanyuan’s had no mental burden at all; after all, Divine Lord Xuanyuan lived without worries of food and clothing, and not using his abundant Spiritual Power would be a waste.

If only she had brought Divine Lord Xuanyuan with her into the city!

Ruo Chuan couldn’t help but laugh. Xuanbao was really discerning! She was so young yet could see right through to the insincere pretense of a hypocritical gentleman.

Good, it seemed there was no need to worry about his precious niece being fooled by hypocritical gentlemen when she grows up.

One of the biggest worries of having a daughter is that she will marry into someone else’s family someday.

If the husband is not good, the in-laws are not good, the sister-in-law is not good, the uncles and brothers are not good, then life will be difficult.

Thinking of Xuanbao having to marry someone in a dozen or more years, he suddenly felt that life was passing too quickly. How had Xuanbao grown to be four years old in the blink of an eye?

He also didn’t know which family’s pig would end up wooing her!

Above halfway up the mountain, the small figure reading by the window suddenly sneezed.

He frowned and looked in a certain direction: What’s wrong with that flower again?

Did she cause trouble again after entering the city?