Su Zhe handed the ginseng he brought to the old Chinese medicine practitioner in the store and asked him to watch it.
Li Wenbo, an old Chinese medicine practitioner from Liu's Pharmacy, opened the paper wrapping the ginseng, looked at the ginseng inside, and then asked Su Zhe: "Do you want to sell this ginseng?"
"No, I want to test the age of this ginseng." Su Zhe shook his head and said, he has no intention of selling it now.
Originally, Liu¡¯s Pharmacy would not help people identify medicinal materials unless you are selling them to pharmacies. However, Li Wenbo himself was also very interested in this ginseng, so he agreed to help Su Zhe identify it.
Li Wenbo looked at the ginseng in his hand over and over, and with Su Zhe's consent, he cut off a small ginseng root to taste it. After a long time, Li Wenbo said: "Your ginseng is very similar to wild ginseng. These two ginsengs The five shapes and six bodies are very consistent with wild ginseng. Your ginseng is at most 10 years old, but the weight and shape are not like 10-year-old wild ginseng.¡±
This old Chinese herbalist who has been practicing medicine for decades is very strange. Generally, wild ginseng does not grow much if it does not take 30 years. Therefore, the age of authentic wild ginseng generally appearing on the market will not be less than 30 years old. However, Su Zhe's ginseng is very consistent with the symbol of wild ginseng.
Su Zhe was confused by what Li Wenbo said. He didn't understand the five shapes and six bodies Li Wenbo said at all. However, he learned from Li Wenbo's words that his ginseng could be said to be 10-year-old wild ginseng, and the weight was much heavier.
"Then what's the price of this ginseng?" Su Zhe asked. This was the question he was most concerned about.
"If you sell it to our Liu's Pharmacy, I can make the decision and buy it for 400 yuan per gram for your fresh ginseng. If it is dried ginseng, I can give you 1,200 yuan for 1 gram." Li Wenbo said, but he I very much hope that Su Zhe will sell the ginseng to Liu's Pharmacy. Based on his many years of medical practice and many years of experience in identifying medicinal materials, Li Wenbo was quite sure that Su Zhe's ginseng was wild ginseng, and that Su Zhe's ginseng was in good condition. These days, wild ginseng is becoming more and more rare, and its price is getting higher and higher.
¡°Su Zhe didn¡¯t want to plant these two ginseng plants back anyway, so he simply sold them to Liu¡¯s Pharmacy. "
Li Wenbo cleaned all the soil on the two ginsengs before weighing them. The net weight of the last two ginsengs was 48.5 grams, with a total value of 19,400 yuan.
The last price Li Wenbo offered shocked Su Zhe. He did not expect the price of ginseng to be so high. It only took him a month to grow 10-year-old ginseng, and he only paid an average of more than 10 points for each ginseng plant. Divine power.
"Mr. Li, what is the price of 50-year-old wild ginseng? Is this the same price?" Su Zhe asked. He suddenly remembered that there were 10 specially cultivated ginseng plants at home. According to this, those ten ginseng plants should also be 30 years old. .
"No, the price of wild ginseng aged in the 1950s has doubled several times. If the quality is as good as these two ginsengs, I can give you a price of 10,000 per gram for dried ginseng. Do you have other ginsengs? "
"No, I'm just curious to ask. What are the five-shaped and six-shaped bodies you always mentioned, and how do you see them?" Su Zhe said. He was very interested in identifying ginseng. After all, he now grows it himself. If you don¡¯t have enough ginseng, you can learn to judge the age of ginseng by yourself.
"The five shapes refer to whiskers, reeds, skin, grain, and body, and the six shapes refer to spirit, stupidity, oldness, tenderness, horizontality, and smoothness respectively." Li Wenbo said, and also took out the ginseng in the store for Su Zhe to compare: " Like the ginseng on my hand, which is white and tender and crisp, it is not pure wild ginseng, but artificially grown. Also, pure wild ginseng has old skin, yellowish brown, tight and shiny texture, while artificial ginseng has tender skin. As for white ones, wild ginseng has fine and deep screw-like horizontal lines on the upper ends of the hair roots. Those with rough, shallow and inconsistent lines are not pure wild ginseng.¡±
Li Wenbo was very enthusiastic to answer Su Zhe's questions and explained to him the differences between wild ginseng and artificial ginseng one by one.
"Thank you, Mr. Li, but this ginseng knowledge is too profound. I still need to digest it. I'll leave first if I have something else to do." Su Zhe didn't expect that ginseng was so complicated. He only knew that ginseng was a medicinal material and the price was not high. Cheap.
"Well, Brother Su, if you still have ginseng, I hope you can consider Liu's Pharmacy first. I guarantee that I can give you a satisfactory price," Li Wenbo said with a smile.
Su Zhe agreed and left Liu's Pharmacy.
On the way home, he also went to the bank, transferred 200,000 to An Xin's account, and bought some exquisite empty glass bottles.
At home, An Xin is cleaning and the baby is watching cartoons.
Su Zhe said hello, took all the glass bottles to the bathroom, sterilized the glass bottles with disinfectant water, rinsed them with water, and finally soaked the glass bottles with hot water.Once again.
He found the business card given to him by a nearby water delivery company and called them to order a few bottles of distilled water.
After hanging up the phone, he found An Xin standing in front of him.
"Did you transfer the 200,000?" An Xin took out her mobile phone and showed the information on it to Su Zhe. She was shocked when she suddenly received this message just now, but saw that the account transferred to her belonged to Su Zhe, so she came over.
Su Zhe took a look, nodded and said nothing.
"Why do you give me so much money? I don't need your sympathy. I can earn it myself." An Xin's eyes turned red. Her life experience had made her extremely stubborn. No matter how hard it was, she was unwilling to accept it. She has to get every penny of help from others with her own hands.
"You need this money now. You know that your sister's illness cannot be delayed. An Xin, everyone has difficulties and cannot endure everything by themselves." Su Zhe said softly. An Xin's character will make people like it. , it will also make people feel distressed.
"Besides, this money is only a temporary loan from me, and you have to pay it back." Su Zhe continued, not giving An Xin a chance to refuse.
An Xin knew that Su Zhe said this deliberately so that she could accept the money: "But, is it possible that I won't be able to pay it back in my lifetime?"
"That's best, then I can tie you to my side for the rest of my life and let you cook and do laundry for me for the rest of my life." Su Zhe said quickly when he saw that An Xin would no longer refuse.
When An Xin heard this, her face turned red and she ran away in embarrassment: "I'm going to cook first. I'll be fine soon."
After An Xin ran away, he realized that what he just said seemed to be a confession of love and marriage proposal. He looked at An Xin's figure with a wry smile, but the final result was good, at least An Xin accepted his money. .
Soon, the water delivery company delivered the distilled water he needed.
Distilled water was naturally not bought and drank by Su Zhe. This water that has been distilled many times no longer contains 5% of the trace elements needed by the human body, so drinking distilled water regularly is not good for the body.