Chun Nuan and her younger siblings were weeding the wheat fields in the village when Aunt Luo ca to help.
"Aunt Luo, did Uncle Luo go out to set up his stall again today?"
"Yes, he’s really enthusiastic now. He gets up before dawn, always ntioning that a few brothers have booked him for massages." Aunt Luo was very pleased that her husband no longer had to haul cables by the river and still earned more than he did from hauling.
She even thought about having her daughter apprentices with Chun Nuan to learn so skills.
Her son, Xiao Gang, could learn his father’s massage techniques and make a living out of it too.
"That’s great."
Uncle Luo buys dicinal wine from them; although they sell it at a low price, it still adds to their inco.
What’s most comndable is that Uncle Luo never asked her to sell him the recipe; even when she offered, he insisted on not taking it, saying it was the Xiao family’s secret and should be kept safe and not leaked.
After all, such a good recipe is not sothing everyone can have.
He always tells his brothers that the secret recipe cos from an old hunter; all he has is the dicinal wine, not the recipe.
If it were known to be from Xiao Chunnuan, it would definitely be trouble, not a blessing, for the Xiao family.
"By the way, Aunt, do you know where I can find aged mugwort?"
"Mugwort? In March and April, the hills are full of it, especially by the small river on the mountain, there are plenty on both sides."
"Well, if you have ti, you could gather so and sell it to ."
"Sell it?" Aunt Luo shook her head quickly, "Mugwort isn’t worth much, why sell it to you? I could just go and gather a big bundle for you."
"I will pay for it, no matter the amount, I don’t want you to work for nothing."
"No need, Chun Nuan, there’s really no need to be so formal with us. For these worthless wild herbs, just tell if you need any, and I’ll make sure you get them." Aunt Luo said, "If it weren’t for your advice to Uncle Luo about the massages, if you hadn’t dissuaded him from going to the river, we wouldn’t even know if he’d still be with us now. Our entire family is grateful to you, and work like this, you just need to tell us, forget about money or anything, talking about money with your Aunt is like insulting us."
Aunt Luo expressed that her family wasn’t ungrateful.
In fact, many families in the village were grateful to Doctor Xiao and were willing to help his descendants through tough tis.
Unlike that ungrateful Xiao clan, who prospered with Doctor Xiao’s help but turned against him and cut ties.
"Alright, Aunt, I’ll rember this."
So Chun Nuan asked them to go gather the mugwort.
"In March, gather Yin Chen, by April it’s Artemisia, by May and June it’s firewood," Chun Nuan said, "I use this to process dicine, and it’s for money, so of course, there should be so compensation for you; that’s only fair."
"You an, you want to make money and bring us along to make so too?"
"Yes, let’s earn together."
Though, surely, I’ll earn a bit more myself.
"Also, I’ll need your help often in the future, so we must establish this rule, so everyone benefits."
Family or not, accounts need to be clear; relations shouldn’t involve money questions, what’s due must be given.
"Alright, then we’ll follow you to prosperity."
Turns out Chun Nuan plans to lead her family to wealth, wonderful.
Gathering mugwort, she can do that!
Thus, the villagers noticed the Luo family were keen on gathering mugwort.
Their yards were filled with drying mugwort.
"I say, Aunt Luo, what’s going on with your family? It’s only March, not even the Dragon Boat Festival yet, why are you drying mugwort? What’s it for?"
"Oh, just to stuff pillows."
Things that could make money should be kept under wraps, not to share with others.
After all, the mountain’s mugwort is limited, once gathered, it needs until next year to grow back. Prosperous opportunities shouldn’t be left for outsiders.
Quietly work hard and then share a profit with Chun Nuan.
After all, she said there will be plenty more opportunities for gathering herbs in the future, following Chun Nuan really would bring good luck.
"You’re such a joker," the neighbors retorted, "Who doesn’t know your husband now has quite the reputation at the docks, and is even called Doctor Luo? It’s laughable, when did your husband beco a doctor?"
"Yeah, Sister-in-law Luo, you better keep an eye on Brother Luo, if he keeps this up, and sothing goes wrong, what will you do then?"
Aunt Luo looked at the woman in front of her, who was Lady Lin’s cousin from the street embroidery shop.
"If I’m not mistaken, your husband is called Lin Dongsheng, right?"
"Wow, Sister-in-law Luo, you’ve really beco forgetful, we’re from the sa village, how do you not recognize your neighbor?"
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