Chapter 1106 Stepfather 17
The captain really didn't want to get involved in Erlaizi's family affairs, for he was afraid that after he did, Erlaizi would not be grateful to him but would find a chance to blackmail him.
But this is a matter of life and death, the captain cannot ignore it.
The captain asked his youngest daughter to call the people from the first militia team to go to Xu's house. Not long after, Er Laizi was taken to the county hospital by the team's ox cart.
This time, the captain did not let Yuanchun follow.
This girl hadn't slept for three days and three nights. The captain was worried that if she went, there might be one more person in the hospital, so he gave her a day off and let her go back to sleep.
Yuanchun said fearfully that she could go to work, and the team leader angrily said, "You don't want to die, but I don't want anyone in our village to die in the fields either."
Yuanchun shrank her head and had to obediently sleep at home.
Without the old beast at home, Yuanchun felt that the air was fresher, the sky was bluer, and the sun was brighter. She snuggled up in her bed and slept soundly until dark.
She woke up because she was hungry.
I missed two meals and I'm starving.
Yuanchun took out four eggs, cracked them, and boiled them in sugar water.
There was no white sugar at home, so Yuanchun threw in the fruit candies she had secretly hidden before and ate a big bowl of sugar-water eggs happily.
The original owner was capable, strong, and had a big appetite.
Yuanchun was not full at all with this little food.
But as long as she had food in her stomach, she wouldn't feel weak from hunger. Yuanchun began to knead dough to make wild vegetable cakes, and also made some Chinese cabbage and egg drop soup to drink.
The next day, Yuanchun did not go to work. She wrapped ten wild vegetable buns in newspaper, picked a small bundle of cabbage and green onions, put some sauce in a can, and carried them to the county town.
She also brought the medicinal herbs she had collected in the past few days and the wild ginseng.
After arriving at the county town, Yuanchun did not go to the hospital. Instead, she wandered around the county town and talked to a few kind-looking ladies. From them, she learned that there was a century-old Chinese medicine shop in the county town.
Yuanchun went over and showed the old Chinese doctor the herbs in the basket.
"You handled these herbs very well. Let me calculate the price for you. Hey, this is... a hundred-year-old mountain ginseng. Did you dig it up too?" The old doctor looked surprised.
Yuanchun nodded silently.
In order to avoid being recognized in the future, she applied something on her face and put on a layer of freckles before entering the Chinese medicine shop to cover up her original appearance.
Even if her stepfather was present, he might not be able to recognize her.
The old doctor's face was full of excitement. "I'll offer you three hundred yuan for this old mountain ginseng. I'll give you a few dozen yuan for the other herbs. Is that okay?"
Yuanchun didn't say anything, but was actually asking 007 about the value of the century-old ginseng in this small world.
But the old doctor misunderstood that she thought it was too little.
The old doctor said, "Miss, the price I offer is the highest in the entire county. If you go to another Chinese medicine shop, they will give you at most two hundred and sixty."
"If you take this ginseng to the capital, you can sell it for 400 yuan. If you meet someone who needs it urgently, they may give you 500 yuan. But in our county, this is the price. If you want to sell it, keep it. If you don't want to sell it, I won't force you."
"Sell it at the price you said."
"Okay, okay, girl, wait a moment, I'll go get the money."
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Yuanchun took the huge sum of money, left the Chinese medicine shop and went to the hospital.
She first asked for the ward number of her stepfather, then went to the door of the ward but did not go in until Qin Yuming, who was assigned by the captain to take care of Er Laizi, came out. Yuanchun walked up to him and whispered, "Brother Yuming, you took care of my dad last night. I'll bring you some food. Please don't be disgusted."