Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 51

Rare Knowledge
Leaving those words, Sun Dagou walked into a room. Not long after, Sun Dagou came back, and his son followed him. Sun Dalang was a little surprised to see Duan Yixin and Chi Xinru there, but he didn’t say anything. As Sun Dalang sat next to his father, he saw his father spreading the designs of the wooden house on the table.

“These are the designs of the wooden houses I built in the past. Xin Niang, you can take a look first.” Sun Dagou said with a hint of pride in his voice.

Duan Yixin looked at the house designs carefully. After a while, she put down the design drawings and said, “Looking at these design drawings, I found that Uncle Sun’s house-building skills are really good.”

Hearing this, Sun Dagou couldn’t help but feel happy and proud. After being silent for a few seconds, Duan Yixin said, “The design of the house I want is different from these designs. I wonder if Uncle Sun can build a house with my design?”

Sun Dagou nodded and said, “As long as you give me the design plan of the house, I will build it for you.”

Listening to his confident words, Duan Yixin breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Then let me prepare the design first.”

“All right. You can design it and show it to me after you are done, and we can discuss the material cost and the fee.” Sun Dagou said with a smile.

Duan Yixin nodded and said, “It’s getting late, so I won’t disturb your rest.”

Hearing this, Sun Dagou looked at his son and said, “Dalang, send Xin Niang and Rui Niang back.”

“Yes, Father.”

Before Sun Dalang could stand up, Duan Yixin stopped him and said, “We still have to go to the village chief’s house. No need to trouble Young Master Sun.”

Sun Dagou frowned slightly but still agreed and sent the two of them out. After Duan Yixin and Chi Xinru left, Sun Dalang looked at his father and asked, “Father, are you sure Xin Niang can afford a wooden house?”

Sun Dagou touched his chin and said, “The current Xin Niang is different from the past Xin Niang. If she has this wish, I believe she can do it.”

Sun Dalang didn’t understand what his father meant and scratched his head in confusion. Sun Dagou glanced at his silly son, sighed, and said, “If you had even a little bit of Xin Niang’s cleverness, I wouldn’t have to worry about you every day.”

Leaving his son, who has a confused look on his face, Sun Dagou returned to the bedroom to rest. Seeing the door closed behind his father’s back, Sun Dalang murmured in confusion, “Did I do something wrong again?”

After leaving Sun Dagou’s house, Duan Yixin said, “Xinru, can you accompany me to the village chief’s house? I don’t know the way.”

“Sure. By the way, Xin Xin. Do you want to buy land?” Chi Xinru asked.

Duan Yixin nodded, “Yes. I want to expand my house and buy farmland.”

Hearing this, Chi Xinru couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Xin Xin, can those medicinal herbs be sold at a high price?”

Duan Yixin raised her eyebrows slightly and asked, “Why do you ask this?”

Chi Xinru grinned and said, “After selling medicinal herbs for only a few days, you can now buy land and build a house. Doesn’t that mean that these medicinal herbs can be sold at a high price and the income is good?”

Duan Yixin saw Chi Xinru’s eager expression and said, “I was just lucky. I found wild ginseng and sold it to Chang Shou Pharmacy at a high price. But if you are interested in medicinal herbs, I can teach you how to identify them so you can earn some extra money.”

When Chi Xinru heard this, her eyes widened in surprise, “Really? Are you willing to teach me?”

Looking at her surprised expression, Duan Yixin tilted her head slightly and asked, “Is it weird that I want to teach you? Why do you look so surprised?”

Chi Xinru calmed down and said, “Of course I am surprised. Do you know why there are not many people collecting herbs despite their high price?”

Duan Yixin shook her head, and Chi Xinru said, “Grandpa Duan told me that there are only a handful of people in our empire who have knowledge about medicinal herbs. Therefore, since you can find and even recognize wild ginseng, you can be regarded as an expert on medicinal herbs.”

After hearing her explanation, Duan Yixin asked curiously, “Why did you say that?”

Chi Xinru replied, “That’s because most medicinal knowledge can only be passed down within the family. So, after thousands of years have passed, only a few families still possess knowledge about medicinal herbs, and they guard this knowledge tightly. Knowledge about medicinal herbs is now considered rare knowledge. Now only people with deep family background and talent can learn it.”

“I once heard Grandpa Duan say that there is a family in the imperial capital city that is very rich and has great power because of its proficiency in medicinal herbs. I heard that even the emperor needs to give this family some respect.” Chi Xinru added thoughtfully.

After saying that, she looked at Duan Yixin and said with a smile, “Although I am surprised that you can recognize wild ginseng, but since you are Grandpa Duan’s granddaughter, he must have taught you a lot of knowledge. As for your suggestion of teaching me about medicinal herbs, let’s just forget it. I don’t have the talent or patience to learn.”

Duan Yixin failed to cultivate a worker, so she sighed in disappointment and said, “All right. If you want to learn in the future, just come to me.”

Because the two of them were so engrossed in their conversation, they arrived at the Tang family’s house unknowingly. Before Chi Xinru could knock on the door, Tang Zizheng walked out of the house in a hurry.