Getting Rich Growing Medicinal Herbs in Ancient Times

[Upcoming novel: The Farm Girl's Little Lucky Star: Today Is a Good Day to Get Rich. Please add it to your reading list!] Zhong Yingling, a student of traditional Chinese medicine, had not even had a chance to experience graduating straight into unemployment when she unexpectedly transmigrated into an orphan in Zhongjia Village during the Great Qing dynasty. Farming was hard, and making money was hard. Fortunately, she was bound to the game Medicine for All, which she had once completed at max level. It was no big deal if the game had reset. She could simply start over. [Plant one portion of mint seeds. Three portions of mint will be ready to harvest in five minutes.] [Raise one sika deer. One portion of velvet antler will be ready to harvest in four days.] [Collect 1 gentian, 1 mint, 1 lotus seed, and 1 bezoar, then use the alchemy furnace to refine them. One pill to dispel dampness and detoxify will be ready in fifteen days.] - The Great Qing had been at war for years, and the methods of cultivating medicinal herbs were held exclusively by the great clans. Just as everyone thought it was already a miracle that the little orphan Zhong Yingling could identify medicinal plants and knew how to grow them, she had already started refining and selling pills and powders. Tranquility Pills soothed the mind and nurtured the spirit, making them popular among students preparing for the imperial examinations. Beauty Balm enhanced one's looks, making it a favorite among noble ladies and wives. Purple Gold Pills healed scars, thrilling soldiers whose severe injuries had kept them from practicing martial arts, as well as noble young ladies who had accidentally been left with scars! Using her professional knowledge, Zhong Yingling took what she had learned in the game's space and brought it into the real world, making herself rich. Zhongjia Village soon became the most famous medicinal herb-growing village in the country, as well as a center for selling pills and powders. - Upcoming novel: The Farm Girl's Little Lucky Star: Today Is a Good Day to Get Rich Everyone in the little mountain village wondered why Old Madam Chen, who had favored boys over girls all her life, doted on her little granddaughter as if she were the apple of her eye. Old Madam Chen held her granddaughter close, knowing perfectly well in her heart: My Xiaoxiao is a lucky star! When her granddaughter was a few months old, she cried and pointed her little hand toward the reed marsh with her toothless mouth. Old Madam Chen helplessly carried her there, only to find a nest full of duck eggs. When the girl could talk, she tugged her grandmother toward the back mountain. Beneath three banyan trees, they found two enormous rabbits that had knocked themselves unconscious. Later, the girl's soft little voice saying, "Papa, don't go to the county town," helped her father avoid a brawl between local thugs. Old Madam Chen held her little granddaughter close, her heart burning with emotion. What good was a boy to carry on the family line? The true ancestors were the ones who could feed the whole family, help them avoid disasters, and make their lives prosperous! - Chen Xiao, who had been born into this world, was helpless. All she had was a [Today's Fortune] panel. [Today is mildly auspicious. Fish will gather downstream in the creek at the hour of the Monkey.] [Today is moderately auspicious. There is a large patch of chrysanthemums behind a boulder on the back mountain.] [Today is extremely inauspicious: Avoid climbing, or you may break a leg.] As a young child, Chen Xiao used childish words to call out all sorts of good and bad omens. Her family had enough to eat, her parents got new clothes and moved into a house with green-tiled roofs, and her older brother went to school! Their lives grew more hopeful by the day. Until a clear-eyed young man with a clean, bright smile appeared. A line of small text would always show up on the [Today's Fortune] panel: [Ordinary. A kind neighbor arrives. Everything will go smoothly.] Theme: When you prosper, help the world prosper too.