The young master in Jinyi shook the person next to him and said, but his voice was too loud and everyone in the hall heard it.
Someone laughed softly, and the old man and others looked very ugly.
"Chaoling" the old man shouted with a glare.
The young master in Jinyi curled his lips and sat down with his head down.
"Master Ling has many friends, maybe we really know each other..." Someone chuckled.
These words caused even greater laughter among the young people.
"Bah, I do recognize her, isn't she the lady from the Gu family silk and satin shop? How dare you say that you don't recognize her? Oh, you may recognize her, but she may not recognize you..." Xin Chao Ling snorted and turned to the side. whispered the man who was laughing at himself.
"Cousin." A young man pushed him with a smile, "You are not Miss Gu from the Silk House... In the past half day, you haven't heard anything grandpa said..."
How could I hear it? I just woke up... Xin Chao Ling snorted.
"What I'm talking about now is Miss Gu, who knows how to make medicine..." someone continued.
Xin Chao Linghu's heart skipped a beat, and he remembered something and shouted loudly: "Can you make medicine? I know it, I know it."
The sound got louder, interrupting the old man who was talking to several old people. He looked over with raised eyebrows.
"Chao Ling," Xin Liansheng shouted with a serious face, "Get out."
Xin Chaoling was still afraid of his father and grandfather, but felt aggrieved. He stood up and walked out and said: "I said I wouldn't come, but you insisted on letting me come, and those who came kicked me out... I said I recognized it. , you still don’t believe it... I really recognize that little lady from the Gu family... She went to our medicine shed on Jiutang Street that day to sell medicine..."
He mumbled to the door, and just as he was about to open it, he heard Chaoyang shouting from behind: "Wait."
This half-brother is so dazzling that he usually hides as far away as he can. Now when he heard him speak, Xin Chaoling's first thought was to speed up his pace.
"Fifth brother, come back." Xin Chaoyang stood up and shouted.
Seeing what the eldest grandson said, the old man immediately called Xin Chaoling to stay.
Could this incompetent boy have caused any trouble outside again
"Brother..." Xin Chaoling reluctantly turned around and responded with his head drooped.
"What did you just say? A lady named Gu came to our house to sell medicine?" Xin Chaoyang took a few steps and looked at him and asked.
Seeing that his eldest brother, who had always been regarded as a god, believed his words, Xin Chaoling felt very accomplished. He proudly rushed behind him and waited to see him smile lively.
"Yes, it was just a few days ago. Madam Gu went to our shop. What were they selling? By the way, toad cake..." He said proudly, "If you don't believe it, ask Lao Yang from the shop on Jiutang Street... .”
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room was surprised and happy.
"Are you serious?" Xin Chaoyang asked, taking a few steps forward.
"Of course," Xin Chaoling said, "Don't underestimate me," "She is Gu Xi'er's sister, right? Her name is... well... her name is..."
Master Ling tried his best to search in his mind, and finally an idea came to him, and the voice of the girl Oriole echoed in his ears again.
"...Baba Niang" he shouted, raising his hands and grinning happily, "Call Gu Shiba Niang"
Xin Chaoyang, who had always been calm, had some fluctuations on his face. He breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at his grandfather and father.
"That's right, this Lady Gu is called Shiba Niang..." he said with a smile.
So it doesn’t mean that Mrs. Gu just stopped selling them medicine, and judging from the time, they were still one of the first ones.
Several elderly people present looked happy.
"What happened next?" The old man looked at his useless grandson for the first time and asked.
"Then I..." This was the first time that Xin Chaoling became the center of attention. He was so excited that he was a little incoherent. He opened his mouth and said it. When the words came to his mouth, it was like a bucket of cold water being poured on his head, and he shuddered.
"What's wrong? Tell me quickly? Did you give Madam Gu a low price?" Xin Liansheng glared at his son and asked.
Xin Chaoling suddenly felt that being noticed was so uncomfortable.
"Dad..." He stuttered a little and looked at his father with a bit of flattery, "...Who is this Mrs. Gu? Why does everyone seem to be very...very concerned about..."
"She is the apprentice of Jinzhou pharmacist Liu Bucai," Xin Chaoyang said calmly. He glanced at his half-brother and his heart suddenly sank, "The only apprentice."
No matter how bad Xin Chaoling is, he is also a child of a family of medicine practitioners. He will never ask stupid questions about who Liu Bucai is. He also knows what this great pharmacist means to their medicine firm...
"How is it?" Xin Chaoyang looked at him and asked.
It was already the end of the year, and the weather was extremely cold. Although there was a brazier burning in the restaurant and it was as warm as spring, it still didn't make people feel like they were in hot summer. Xin Chaoling looked at Xin Chaoyang a few steps away and suddenly felt Drenched in sweat.
My eldest brother is wearing a plain white robe, a hosta belt, and a gentle smile. He stands there with a slender figure, and his smile and glance are all natural and elegant. No matter how you look at him, he makes people feel good.
But for Xin Chaoling, ever since he was a child, whenever he was close to his brother, he would feel the cold wind blowing and his bones would ache.
"..Later...later...she stopped selling...and left..." Xin Chao Ling stammered, the sweat on the tip of his nose falling drop by drop.
"Is it just like this?" Xin Chaoyang looked at him, his expression still gentle and his tone still indifferent.
But Xin Chaoling felt as if two sharp arrows pierced through his legs, and he staggered.
The old man and Xin Liansheng also realized something was wrong at this time and immediately stood up.
"You...you evil son...did you...did you offend Mrs. Gu..." Xin Liansheng was a little angry.
He still knows the virtues of his son.
"That's not to say that Mrs. Gu is not bad looking, but she is far from Xi'er..." Xin Chaoling hurriedly tried to clear his name.
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted sharply by the old man.
"Then what happened?"
Xin Chao Ling shivered and did not dare to be verbose anymore. He lowered his head and said, "I didn't do anything... I just... made a little... fuss about the price..." After saying this, he raised his head and looked at his grandfather and his father in a flattering manner. Father, "Grandpa, Dad, I don't recognize her... When we do business, we naturally have to negotiate the price... How can we just buy it when she says to sell it..."
This is also true. The news about Mrs. Gu's coming out of the mountain is only spread among high-level officials, and everyone believes that Mrs. Gu, like all pharmacists, makes medicine at home. When the medicine is about to be released, people will be sent to major medicine shops to spread the word. Just the letter, who would have thought that she would walk around the streets like a drug dealer.
As the saying goes, those who don’t know are not to blame. Negotiating prices is a normal thing. If Mrs. Gu annoyed their family because of this, it would be a bit unreasonable...
The old man and Xin Liansheng's expressions softened slightly.
Xin Chaoyang smiled, looked at his brother, and said calmly: "So, you didn't deliberately embarrass Madam Gu just to please your Miss Xi'er?"
Xin Chaoling was like a thunderbolt, looking at Xin Chaoyang with his mouth wide open but unable to say a word.
How did he know? Is it possible that this guy really became a god
Xin Chaoling's expression changed drastically in an instant.
"A few days ago, there was a lively incident in Gu's house on Yunli Street. Mrs. Gu's family was very unhappy with her uncle's family. It can be said that they have fallen out..." Xin Chaoyang smiled softly and looked at Xin Chaoling, "I'm very unhappy. Coincidentally, this Miss Xi'er whom Madam Gu and Fifth Brother know are exactly the uncles and sisters... "
There was silence in the room, and a moment later the old man's roar erupted, accompanied by the sound of the wine glass breaking.
"You bastard, who asked you to go to the medicine shop? How dare you use the medicine shop at home to do anything for the sake of buying laughter? Please go as far away as you can... Come back to me and kneel down at Mrs. Gu's house... I have to fight I can't break your legs...it turns out you are the one who made us so embarrassed..."
At the same time, Gu Shiba Niang walked into the house carrying a big bag and poured the money in the bag onto the bed with a splash, rolling it all over the bed.
Mr. Cao, who was doing needlework at the side, jumped up in fright and turned pale.
"What...what is this?" she asked stammering.
"Silver..." Gu Shiba Niang said, and took out a handful of gold leaves from her sleeves. "Here, there is still gold."
Ms. Cao was frightened. Her daughter had been leaving early and coming back late these days. Could it be that she had done something bad...
"Eighteen Mother, where did you come from..." As she said this, tears were about to flow out, her hands shook, and all her needles and threads fell to the ground.
"Mom." Gu Shiba Niang looked at Ms. Cao's appearance, rushed over and grabbed her shoulders, and smiled, "I earned it..."
Over the past few days, she has become much calmer. Even when she walked into a medicine store, they gave less and she still felt a little unaccustomed...
Could it be that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality
"How did you earn it? How did you earn it?" Ms. Cao asked, still trembling.
"Selling medicine." Gu Shiba Niang said with a smile.
Ms. Cao looked at her with a strange look on her face, "Selling medicine?" Her face became solemn, "Mother Eighteen, tell the truth to me..."
Gu Shiba Niang couldn't help but laugh. To be honest, she felt that what she was telling was not the truth...
The mother and daughter were talking when there was a knock on the door.
"Isn't it possible that someone will come to send me a name card again?" Gu Shiba Niang said with a smile.
Ms. Cao glanced at her, took a deep breath to calm herself down, and then hurriedly opened the door.
When he opened the door, he saw Peng Yizhen with a dusty face, standing outside the door carrying a big baggage.
"Shopkeeper Peng?" Ms. Cao was greatly surprised.
When Peng Yizhen saw her, he was relieved, touched his head and laughed.
"Madam, this Jiankang City is so big. I searched for a long time before I found it... Your home is so big... People in this big place are so weird... I asked about your home from the street, and all of them fell in love with me. Ignore the answer…”
Gu Shiba Niang also ran out of the house after hearing the sound, and was surprised to see it was him.
"Shopkeeper Peng, why are you here?" She asked with a smile, surprised and happy.
Peng Yizhen laughed loudly, and deliberately joked about why I am not welcome here, but when he thought of the identity of the girl in front of him, he was a little timid and did not dare to say it, so he just touched his head and laughed.
"I'm here to give you money for medicine, little lady." He said, patting the bundle, his face flushed with excitement.
"Is it all here?" Gu Shiba Niang joked, pointing to the bulging baggage.
"Don't be rude, shopkeeper Peng is an elder." Ms. Cao scolded with a smile.
"No, no, the Eighteenth Lady is the elder..." Peng Yizhen said humbly.
Gu Shiba Niang was stunned and laughed.
"This kid..." Mrs. Cao couldn't help but laugh, looking at Peng Yizhen a little helplessly. She hadn't seen this person for a while, so his words became more interesting. The interesting things were a bit out of place.
After sitting down in the room, Gu Shiba Niang heated up the brazier and placed it next to Peng Yizhen. Mrs. Cao served a bowl of hot tea.
"No need to be busy, no need to be busy, you're welcome, you're welcome." Peng Yizhen stood up and sat down uneasily.
"How many days have you been walking? It's snowing, so it's hard to walk on the road." Ms. Cao chatted with him and asked how her family was doing.
Peng Yizhen answered them all with a smile. Seeing Gu Shiba Niang sitting down beside him, he couldn't help the excitement in his heart anymore, and without saying a word, he took out a money bag from his arms.
"Lao Peng, I specially sent money for the medicine to the young lady," he held up the money bag respectfully.
"Really medicine money?" Gu Shiba Niang was surprised, looked at Peng Yizhen's action again, couldn't help but cover her mouth and said with a smile, "Shopkeeper Peng, I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you so polite?"
"Yes." Peng Yizhen stood up straight unnaturally, looked at Gu Shiba Niang, and grinned.
He smiled very strangely, just like the people in the medicine shop. Gu Shiba Niang touched her face thoughtfully, but did not accept the money he handed over.
She already guessed something...
"How much can those medicines cost? You came all the way and it's not enough for travel expenses..." Ms. Cao said with a smile, but her smile stopped abruptly after Peng Yizhen opened the money bag.
gold leaf
At this time, as in previous dynasties, the currency was naturally copper coins, and then silver ingots. There were also gold coins, but they were more common in rewards and gifts. Then they were used for settlement between large merchants. For example, in the later period of Shunhetang, gold coins were used for bulk purchases and shipments. Of course, Shunhetang in the early stage was not of this scale.
Gold coins are shaped into leaves, commonly known as gold leaves.
"This... Shopkeeper Peng, what do you mean?" Mrs. Cao was a little at a loss and asked in confusion.
Don't tell her this is the money from selling drugs...
"This is money from selling medicine..." Peng Yizhen was still excited when he thought of the scene that day.
Sure enough... Gu Shiba Niang was a little calm.
"Shopkeeper Peng, tell me the truth, what is going on?" She looked at Peng Yizhen and asked.
"Eighteen Mother, you are going too far by hiding it from me now." Peng Yizhen stared at her with a somewhat depressed expression.
"What am I hiding from you?" Gu Shiba Niang smiled.
"You are a disciple of Liu Bucai, the great pharmacist in Jinzhou." Peng Yizhen said a little aggrievedly.
"Who?" Gu Shiba Niang smiled. I feel like Peng Yizhen is getting better and better at joking after not seeing each other for a while.
"You." Peng Yizhen glared.
"Me?" Gu Shiba Niang laughed.
Peng didn't say a word, just stared at her and smiled.
"Shopkeeper Peng, you came all the way just to tell me a joke? Thank you very much. I'm much happier now..." The girl stopped laughing and pretended to be serious.
"You've told people yourself, why are you still calling me a joke?" Peng Yizhen said with a glare.
"Did I tell someone?" Gu Shiba Niang said with a smile. After thinking about it, she suddenly said, "Oh, you said you were selling medicine in front of Master Dong that day?"
Peng Yizhen nodded.
"I didn't say that casually..." Gu Shiba Niang started to laugh again, "Do you believe this? That day, the streets were full of people using the banner of Mr. Dong Pharmaceuticals. What happened to me using the banner of Mr. Liu? Say it again.”
She has a copy of the Seventeen Methods prepared by Liu Gong, which she doesn’t know is true or false. The ingredients for preparing the medicines are all learned from the book. Isn’t it weird to say that Liu Gong made medicines? However, it might be better not to say it. It seemed to be a subconscious thought, and she swallowed the words.
"It's not me who believes it." Peng Yizhen was a little unhappy. What the hell, why don't you tell him the truth? "It's the people who bought the medicine."
"A person who buys medicine?" Gu Shiba Niang gradually stopped laughing, feeling that something was wrong, "I sold medicine that day, well, it was simmered kudzu root..."
She paused for a moment. Could it be that everything that happened now was because of that day