C87 (1/2)

Zhao Jinbao walked in front of the herb shop. He had read about this medicine in the books, it seemed to be called Earth Yellow, and it was very valuable, but in the rural areas, there were very few people who could grow it, after all, it could only grow for a season every year. If the harvest was not good, it was very likely that they would lose money, so everyone would rather plant it honestly than take this risk.

”Young man, come take a look at the herbs.” The old man who set up the stall saw that Zhao Jinbao was staring at the yellow ground and greeted him. However, he did not expect Zhao Jinbao to be able to buy it, as a young lad now, how could he be interested in medicinal herbs?

Seeing the old man greet him, Zhao Jinbao also took the chance and walked over, and asked: ”Old man, are you selling earthen yellow?”

”Oh? ”You know Dihuang?” The lord's eyebrows twitched; he did not expect Zhao Jinbao to actually know what he was selling.

”I've seen it in books, but I've never seen it in real life.”

He felt that he could do business here, so he said: ”Then let's take two catties. The weather is hot now, the earth yellow can defeat fire, and relieve the heat.”

”How much for a catty?”

”Twenty.”

Zhao Jinbao picked up a ground yellow from the ground and held it in his hands for a while, then said: ”Uncle, this is too expensive, the water in your ground yellow is almost gone, it shouldn't be worth this price, right?”

”Hehe, young man, this kind of hot weather is normal. Moreover, you don't know it, but if you do it, the medicinal properties will be better.” The grandpa stroked his goatee as he spoke in all seriousness.

Zhao Jinbao only knew that little thing, but it was not like what the old man said. He did not know that he was interested in the Earth Yellow because he wanted to plant something on the two or three acres of land so that it would not become abandoned.

The old man saw that Zhao Jinbao was hesitating a little, and said: ”Young lad, if you really want to buy it, we can talk about the price again.

”How much stock do you have besides the ones in the stalls?” Zhao Jinbao asked.

”My family has quite a bit of stock, how much can you want?” The old man was amused, as if Zhao Jinbao was very interested in the earth yellow. The words he had said just now were completely deceiving Zhao Jinbao, he did not expect that Zhao Jinbao really did not know a single thing about the earth yellow.

”I have three acres of land. I want to plant it for the yellow soil.”

”That's great. An acre of land requires at least thirty to forty catties of earth yellow soil. Our family still has over a hundred catties left, and we just so happen to sell them all to you.” The grandpa smiled, revealing a mouthful of smoky teeth.

”I want to see the goods first, okay?”

”Sure, if it's convenient, I'll take you to see it now.”

Since Zhao Jinbao had nothing to do, he decided to go with the old man to his house. The old man's house was caught in a village not far from town, and it only took him twenty minutes to arrive on the third round. Along the way, the old man was laughing merrily and continuously smoking cigarettes for Zhao Jinbao.

When he reached the old grandpa's house, his old wife came out of her house. Hearing that Zhao Jinbao was here to buy yellow, she also enthusiastically greeted him. In a small room beside the main house, several burlap sacks were piled up against each other, and all of them were earthen yellow.