Chapter 45: Shitou's Longing
In the fields.
Chu Xun walked along the field ridges, occasionally bending down to pluck a few weeds.
The misty drizzle wet his hair and clothes, but he seemed completely unaware.
In the fields before him, what was planted was not grain, but herbal medicine.
The burdock seeds cultivated a few years ago were already ready for picking.
The medicine merchants in the county town had come to look, and the price they offered was about the same as growing grain.
But burdock seeds were not picky about the location, just like weeds.
Cold-resistant, waterlogging-resistant. To put it bluntly, they could live perfectly well even if thrown there and ignored, requiring almost no care.
Weeding was nothing more than a matter of habit.