The Fallen Medicine Woman: The Daily Life of Chun Nuan-Chapter 280 - 183:

Nuannuan loves to watch the mountains and water, and Zhao Minghua accompanies her.

Whenever they arrive at a place, Chun Nuan loves to visit the market. In the local vegetable markets, there are more or less some herbal medicines for sale, and Chun Nuan often squats down to look. If there’s something suitable, she’ll buy it.

"Girl, look at these herbal medicines I have. Buy them, please. I picked them myself."

"What kind of herbal medicine is this?"

Zhao Minghua saw the fresh green leaves in front of the elderly lady and reached out to grab them directly.

"Be careful, they have thorns." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Chun Nuan tried to stop him, but it was already too late.

Zhao Minghua shook his hand in pain and gasped for air.

"What is this thing?"

"This is nettle." Chun Nuan was amused and exasperated: "That’s what you get for being so quick-handed."

Nettle causes a stinging sensation when touched.

"It has miraculous effects for treating children’s cough and toothache caused by wind and fire."

"The girl is right; the girl understands this." The old lady was full of hope: "Girl, buy it; I’ll give it all to you for two copper coins, okay?"

"Alright."

Chun Nuan actually hadn’t planned to buy nettle, as this kind of herb can be seen everywhere.

But the old lady kept pleading with her to buy it, so she agreed.

Primarily because it was only two coins, and to the old lady, that’s a day’s work, whereas for her...well, Chun Nuan now thinks two coins aren’t really money anymore.

Back when they first arrived in Shu City, they worked desperately for just a few coins, with Chun Ning and Luo Xiaogang running up the mountains every day to pick flowers and frying them into pancakes to sell at the dock.

Even the money earned had to pay a protection fee of twenty coins.

When handing the money to the old lady, Chun Nuan felt a pang of bitterness: It’s true, having been through the rain makes you want to hold an umbrella for others.

"Girl, I also have herbal medicines, buy them."

"Girl, my son has Dragon Hollyhock, He Shou Wu, and Yellow Coat. Do you want them?"

"What did you say?" Zhao Minghua immediately stepped in front of Chun Nuan: "You said you have what?"

"I have Dragon Hollyhock, He Shou Wu, and Yellow Coat, right?"

The old lady was scared by the serious questioning from the young man and murmured, "If you don’t need them, there’s no problem not buying."

She just wanted to sell some herbal medicines; she didn’t think she was breaking any taboos.

"What is Yellow Coat?"

Zhao Minghua, seeing the old lady’s trembling appearance, suddenly realized that in this remote small town, these honest old women wouldn’t understand any taboos.

It was likely just a different name for something else.

"This is Yellow Coat,"

The old lady pointed at a small yellow fruit on the ground: "I picked this from the mountain."

"I know Yellow Coat," Chun Nuan also realized what Zhao Minghua was worried about: "It’s a kind of traditional Chinese medicine; the fruit is tasty, appetizing, good for the liver, and easing minor ailments. It’s great for little children."

"Oh, that’s right."

Zhao Minghua let out a big sigh of relief.

God knows, the things the old lady mentioned shouldn’t appear in ordinary people’s homes.

"This He Shou Wu is quite large," Chun Nuan picked up the He Shou Wu in front of the old lady and said: "It’s been around for many years."

"Yes, I dug it up from our mountain, and I was afraid of breaking it, so I sat there and dug along the root for most of the day," the old lady said, "Girl, do you want to buy it?"

"How much is it?"

"You can just give what you see fit," the old lady had realized that the girl in front of her was kind-hearted and seemed to know about medicine: "The girl surely knows the uses of He Shou Wu."

"It’s good for making soup."

This thing helps supplement and nourish the blood and energy with mild properties. When used raw, it detoxifies and facilitates bowel movement without harming the yin, and the sprouts have calming and blood-moistening effects.

Indeed a good thing.

But the old lady not saying a price left Chun Nuan unsure what to do.

She saw that the old lady also had summer withered grass, Plantain, and other herbal medicines in front of her.

"How about this, I’ll buy them all, and give you a hundred coins, is that okay?"

"It’s okay, it’s okay."

Oh my, this morning when I left home, I heard a magpie chirping on a branch at the door, and it turns out it’s true that I would meet a kind person.

If it were normal, selling them for ten or twenty coins would already call for burning high incense.

Today, meeting this girl, she starts by giving a hundred coins.

This kind-hearted girl with such a compassionate heart will definitely have a long life.

The old lady, being so happy, even wanted to give Chun Nuan the basket used for holding the herbal medicines.

"You are truly good,"

"It’s because you’re good that I am good," the old lady said: "This way, all the herbs you bought can fit in."

"Great, thank you very much."

After Chun Nuan made the purchase, four or five other elder sellers became unsettled.

The bold ones had already begun to call Chun Nuan to look at their herbal medicines, while the shy ones just watched eagerly.

"How about I buy them all? It’s just, for the price..."