The daily life of a space tycoon raising children, doting on his husband, and farming.

Chapter 213 Giving Gifts
Lu Chengjing asked in confusion, "If that's the case, why doesn't Marquis Anle bring Zhongli's mother back to his residence?"

Even being a concubine is better than being a mistress; at least Zhongli won't be gossiped about because of her status as a mistress.

How did Shang Wan know what Marquis Anle was thinking?
She shrugged. "Zhongli took his mother's surname. Maybe the mother and son didn't want to enter the Marquis's mansion."

Boss Zhong is clearly a very thoughtful person.

Shang Wan thought of Zhong Li's self-introduction, the "Li" meaning "abandoned by all" and, combined with his background, guessed that there was probably a rather complicated story behind it.

Lu Chengjing remembered something and reminded him, "They saw through A-Nian's identity. I wonder if those assassins are related to them. We need to keep a close eye on A-Nian."

Shang Wan nodded in agreement, then muttered, "When exactly will the Chu family army arrive?"

The child is practically raised by her family.

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As the days went by, the shop renovations progressed rapidly, and the villagers learned that the scholar's family planned to pay someone to process the herbs.

Where else can you find such a good deal: learning a skill and making money at the same time?
Immediately, villagers came to inquire about the matter, all wanting to fight for themselves or their families.

But when I asked, I found out that the person had already been found.

Someone asked resentfully, "Who did they hire? I'm quick and efficient, I'm definitely no worse than them."

Xiao Huan politely poured them some herbal tea and named a few people, such as Aunt Zhou, Aunt Yao, Li Xiaoshan, Li Xiaomei, the Yuan siblings, and Wu's wife...

The man immediately understood. These families had frequent dealings with the scholar's family and usually helped him out whenever needed.

People are divided into those who are close to them and those who are distant. When something good happens, wouldn't we think of them first?
The man left sheepishly, and Xiao Huan politely saw him off.

In the initial stage, Lu Chengjing naturally wouldn't include everyone in the village. He would first try with a portion of the villagers, and if it worked, he would then find more people based on the pharmacy's needs.

If the entire village were involved from the beginning, it would be difficult to manage too many people, and who knows how many troubles would arise.

Yuan Musheng had already started teaching Aunt Zhou and others a few days ago, as agreed with Lu Chengjing, he would first teach them how to process several commonly used herbs.

Lu Chengjing's original intention was not to have these people concoct all kinds of medicines. People's energy is limited. It's enough for everyone to study separately and specialize in one or two major categories.

Aunt Zhou and the others studied very diligently, practicing for two days in a row. Only after Yuan Musheng gave them his approval did they go to the Lu family to collect herbs to practice with.

The two who got the hang of it the fastest were Yuan Lang and Yuan Qiao. They usually helped their fathers prepare herbs, so they were quite adept at it on their own.

Concerned that the two children might not handle things properly, Lady Rong kept a close watch on them.

If it weren't for the fact that each family could only send a maximum of two people, she would also like to earn this money.

When the shop was finished being painted, everyone's learning achievements were displayed in the Lu family's courtyard.

The quality varied, with the medicinal herbs from Aunt Yao, Li Xiaomei, and the Yuan siblings being the best.

Li Xiaoshan pouted and secretly tugged at Li Xiaomei's sleeve, "Xiaomei, teach me again when we get back."

Li Xiaomei glanced at Li Xiaoshan's medicinal herbs and suggested in a soft voice, "Second brother, even Father is better at it than you. You should learn carpentry from your eldest brother."

Li Xiaoshan: "..."

Aunt Zhou and Chen, the daughter-in-law of the Wu family, were also asking Aunt Yao for advice. The three of them got along well, and Aunt Yao didn't hold back, explaining in detail the things they needed to pay attention to.

In fact, Yuan Musheng had talked about all of these things, but when it came to actual practice, these novices inevitably missed a few things.

Lu Chengjing collected all the medicinal herbs from everyone, and because of the different quality, the wages he paid were naturally different.

Everyone agrees on this point; those who do well receive more, and this makes sense no matter where you look at it.

Everyone else in the village was watching the Lu family's movements. When they saw Aunt Zhou and the others actually come out with money, they all wished they could take their place.

It's just washing, cutting, and drying, they can do that too!
Many people gathered around and asked all sorts of questions. At first, Aunt Zhou and the others answered them patiently, but later they chased them away and took the herbs they had just received home to process.

Lu Chengjing kept Aunt Yao and the other three behind. Xiao Huan poured everyone some cold tea and sat down next to Li Xiaomei.

Li Xiaomei asked in a low voice, "Sister Xiaohuan, why did the scholar keep us here?"

"It's a good thing." Xiao Huan smiled and patted her head. The little girl was timid and probably felt uneasy.

Xiao Huan guessed correctly; Li Xiaomei was indeed feeling uneasy, worried that she might have done something wrong.

But soon, her anxiety disappeared.

Lu Chengjing kept four people behind to help process the ointment, and he doubled their wages.

The recipe for the ointment was just a common wound medicine recipe, which Lu Chengjing copied from a medical book.

They could make more money, and the method wasn't difficult; as long as they were careful, there wouldn't be any problems. Naturally, the four of them wouldn't refuse.

Lu Chengjing waited until the four of them had memorized the prescription for the wound medicine before letting them leave.

Shi Tou had already prepared the medicinal materials for making the ointment, one portion for each person, which was about five boxes of ointment.

Because Lu Chengjing didn't say the prescription couldn't be revealed, Yuan Lang recited the prescription to his father after returning home.

No matter how Yuan Musheng listened, he felt that this was just a very ordinary prescription for wound medicine, and the effect was only so-so, not even as good as the prescription he had come up with himself.

After thinking for a moment, Yuan Musheng simply wrote down a prescription for a wound medicine and asked Yuan Lang to deliver it to Lu Chengjing.

When Yuan Lang returned, he had fifty taels of silver in his pocket.

The silver was for buying the prescription.

Yuan Musheng only wanted to help, but the fifty taels of silver left him both amused and exasperated.

Rong Niangzi waved to Yuan Lang, "Quickly send the silver back to your Uncle Lu."

My husband's life was saved by my sister-in-law. It's just a prescription. How can I take so much money from her?
Upon hearing this, Yuan Lang was about to run outside when Yuan Musheng called out to him, "Wait, Dad will go with you."

As a result, the money was not returned.

When the father and son returned, they had an extra jar of pickled vegetables and two pounds of pork in their arms.

Yuan Lang turned to look at his father, "Dad, will Mom scold us?"

Not only did they fail to repay the money, but they also accepted gifts from the person, essentially taking advantage of them.

Yuan Musheng raised his hand and patted his son's head. "You've got your dad. If your mother scolds you, just hide behind your dad."

Yuan Lang glanced at his hands: "Dad, you just touched pork and didn't wash your hands."

His mother just washed his hair this morning!

Yuan Musheng: "..."

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Since the villagers learned that they could indeed get money for processing medicinal herbs, Xiao Huan noticed that more people in the village were sending things to her family.

When she went for a walk around the village, everyone would try to slip things into her hands and run away. Most of them were vegetables that had just been picked from the ground, melons or fruits, and sometimes eggs or duck eggs.

She went to the river to wash her clothes, and the women there were so enthusiastic that they wanted to help her wash them. This scared Xiao Huan so much that she would only wash her clothes when there were fewer people around, because she was afraid that she would be pushed into the river by the crowd scrambling for her.

Stone, on the other hand, was deprived of the joy of farming.

The able-bodied men in the village took turns looking after his six mu of land, even helping to irrigate it. If he happened to run into them in the field, they would grin at him with their big teeth, making his back feel cold.

The villagers knew that the Lu family kept livestock, and Shi Tou would find a pile of hay at his door every day, though no one knew who brought it.