"Can it be sold at a good price?" Ye Zhinan's eyes sparkled. Sister Hong immediately lowered her voice and asked, "You want to sell this?"
Ye Zhinan pursed her lips and smiled, then shook her head. "I want to plant it."
Sister Hong stared at her with wide eyes. "Plant it?"
"Yes. There will always be a day when the wild ones on the mountain are all dug out. But if we plant them, the supply will be inexhaustible."
Ye Zhinan picked up another piece of deer antler and put it into Sister Hong's hand. "And this, too."
"What are you going to do?"
Sister Hong had complete trust in Ye Zhinan, so she just waited for the other's arrangement and was ready to follow it.
A smile curved Ye Zhinan's lips. She leaned close to Sister Hong's ear and whispered.
After hearing her idea, Sister Hong nodded repeatedly. Her face, which had been weathered by years, seemed to regain its youth and glow.
"Miss Ye has really good judgment. The villagers will be grateful to you."
Ye Zhinan waved her hand, and a blush appeared on her face.
"Giving a man a fish feeds him for a day; teaching him to fish feeds him for a lifetime. Sister Hong is also a person who can do great things. I'll have to trouble you with future matters!"
Sister Hong quickly agreed and then set to work.
Ye Zhinan asked Sister Hong to act as an intermediary to make the matter reasonable. Only by leading everyone to make money could it last.
The wind rose, carrying the smell of the earth and filling the air. Ye Zhinan used to not understand this smell, but now she found it increasingly refreshing.
The land was the source of life and the lifeline of human continuation. She looked up at the distant ridges and took a deep breath.
"What are you doing?"
Suddenly, a deep male voice came from behind.
Qin Yihuai didn't know when he had sat down beside her. His cold - featured profile looked even more handsome in the moonlight.
Why hadn't she noticed before that this man was extremely good - looking? Lighting really did matter. Ye Zhinan tilted her body slightly and looked at Qin Yihuai from various angles. He turned his face, his eyes full of confusion.
"What on earth are you doing?"
"Enjoying the moon!"
Ye Zhinan randomly pointed at the dark night sky. Just then, a cloud quietly covered the moon, making the night even deeper.
"Uh, why are you here?"
Sister Hong had gone to report to Qin Yihuai early in the morning. Only then did he realize the reason why Ye Zhinan hadn't been sad for long after losing her shop. He couldn't help but admire this little woman's self - adjustment ability. So he unconsciously came to find her. By the time he came to his senses, he was already sitting beside her.
Ye Zhinan saw that he was staring at her all the time, his dark eyes shining. The little deer that had been sleeping in her heart for a long time appeared again. She immediately covered her chest tightly with her hands.
Qin Yihuai thought her actions were strange. He looked in the direction of her hands, his face flushing. He quickly turned his head away. "You asked Sister Hong to organize people to raise deer. Have you thought about the future sales channels?"
A smile curved Ye Zhinan's lips. She pointed her slender finger forward.
Qin Yihuai lowered his eyes, hiding the light in them.
So that was it. She had calculated that he had a way out and was waiting for him here!
The two looked at each other and smiled, reaching an agreement.
The next day, Ye Zhinan gave Sister Hong some more seeds, such as Chinese wolfberry, sweet olive, kendir, ice plant, etc. She asked her to distribute them to the farmers with saline - alkali land and teach them how to plant. In this way, the quantity of medicinal materials increased a lot.
After Lu Yanlai closed the shop, she searched for information about pharmacies in the town. After summarizing it, she took the samples of medicinal materials that Ye Zhinan had pre - cultivated in the space and promoted them from shop to shop.
With such internal and external sales, they received quite a few orders.
Ye Zhinan was so happy that she was busy every day. The stock in the cellar at home was piling up, so she had the idea of building another cellar.
Just then, Lu Yanlai brought Li Feilong to Ye's house. Ye Zhinan's eyes lit up as if she saw a strong laborer.
"Brother Li, are you tired? Have a glass of water and have lunch at my place. I just picked a batch of new vegetables. Please help me taste them!"
Li Feilong was so scared by this enthusiasm that he hid behind Lu Yanlai for the first time.
"Miss Ye, don't be so polite. Just tell me if you have something to do. I will go all out."
He was so smart! He was a good brother!
If it weren't for the numerous red tapes in ancient times, Ye Zhinan would have given him a friendly hug.
"I want to dig a cellar. A small one will do. What do you think..."
Before she could finish her words, Li Feilong rolled up his sleeves, changed his clothes and was ready to start working.
Lu Yanlai pulled Ye Zhinan's hand. "Leave it to him. I have something to tell you."
Ye Zhinan thought she was going to talk about selling medicinal materials, but Lu Yanlai took out a prescription.
"Do you think it was written by you?"
Ye Zhinan took it and looked.
Wasn't this a prescription? Why did it look so familiar?
There were rows of small regular scripts densely written on the prescription. It was the prescription for treating the acute rashes of the children of Sister Lin and Sister Zhao last time.
"Where did you get this?"
"I bought it in the market in the town. It's very popular recently and has spread everywhere. They say it's a secret recipe of a divine doctor, ten taels of silver for one copy."
Ten taels? Who was so greedy?
Ye Zhinan stared at her with wide eyes. She racked her brains but couldn't figure it out.
"The prescription was written by me, but the handwriting isn't mine. Someone is pretending to be me to cheat money!"
Lu Yanlai nodded like a rattle. "If I had known your prescriptions were so valuable, I would have sold the recipes for medicinal food. Why did I have to get up early and go to bed late selling marinated food, only to have my shop raided in the end?"
"Is that your focus?"
Ye Zhinan rolled her eyes at her. Then she had an idea. "Take me to have a look tomorrow."
"By the way, we can also sell some herbs."
Ye Zhinan gave Lu Yanlai another meaningful look.
Sure enough, a good teacher produces outstanding students. She was becoming more and more calculating.
The next day, Ye Zhinan asked Sister Hong for leave. This time, the leave was approved smoothly. Since it was officially for selling medicinal materials, naturally no one had any objections.
Ye Zhinan still dressed up as a man as usual, stuck on a small moustache, and walked with Lu Yanlai on her arm, striding and talking loudly. To others, she looked like a lecherous playboy, making passers - by stay far away from her.
"Aren't you afraid Brother Feilong will misunderstand, my lady?"
Lu Yanlai gave her a sideways look. "Who do you think I am? Would I be afraid of that?"
In ancient times, women rarely left home. Women like Lu Yanlai who showed up in public were often stigmatized as immoral. But Lu Yanlai was different from ordinary women. Since her family had encountered a disaster and she had become a bandit on the mountain, she was no longer burdened by such unfounded reputations. That's why Ye Zhinan dared to act "recklessly" in front of her.
As they were talking, they came to the busiest part of the market.
"Look over there."
Following Lu Yanlai's finger, they saw a person sitting in a corner. The person wore a veiled headscarf and was dressed in coarse men's clothes. There was a group of people around, each looking haggard as if they had some unspeakable suffering.
"Ten wen per copy. The medicine will cure all diseases."
Ye Zhinan read the words on the wooden board and couldn't help but scoff.
"Shh, keep your voice down. This divine doctor is very popular recently. Look at those people. They've become his followers."
Lu Yanlai pointed to the side of that person. Sure enough, three or four submissive people were helping there, looking very busy.