Hearing this, Mrs. ?? smiled happily and patted her son and daughter on the shoulders, "My son has really grown up... Well, mother knows that Peng Yizhen must have had a problem with shopkeeper Zhou, otherwise he wouldn't be like this. Stand up and collect the medicine from Shiba Niang. This is a slap in the face of Shopkeeper Zhou... Shiba Niang, please remember your duty, we are just selling medicine, don't let him use it as a gun."
Seeing that his mother understood, Gu Hai breathed a sigh of relief and also told his sister.
"You don't go out at home every day. You don't know the dangers of people's hearts..." He said seriously, with deep self-blame appearing on his face again, "It's all because of my brother's uselessness... A man's family depends on his mother's support." My sister is here to support the family…”
Gu Shiba Niang looked at him with a smile. As an elder brother, he knew that people's hearts were sinister, but he didn't know that even with a viper-like heart, she would have to try it out this time.
"I know." She nodded, shook her brother's arm, and said angrily: "Brother said this again..." Looking at Mr. Cao's face, she said, "Mom, you see, brother looks down on us women. Where are they..."
"Yes, Brother Hai looks down on us, so we won't give him the lotus meat pie tonight." Ms. Cao said with a smile.
Gu Hai chuckled and went to chop wood.
Gu Shiba Niang was even more surprised. She looked at her mother blankly. She could also say joking words? In my impression, she was just a woman who was burdened by life and full of depression.
"What are you looking at?" Mrs. Cao smiled and scraped her daughter's nose, "I'll go cook and you can fetch some water."
Her mother was able to enjoy the hardships, and her brother's thoughts were rough and subtle. Everything was different from what she had remembered. Gu Shiba Niang was a little stunned, but she soon felt relieved that she was not the same.
This was not exactly the result she wanted. This time, everything would be different.
Three days later, Gu Shiba Niang prepared another ten kilograms of polygala and some wind protection. Although Hezhong County was not far away, it still had to be a long walk. Mrs. Cao was worried that she would go alone, so she borrowed a wheelbarrow. I have to push her there.
"Mom, why don't you push the firewood." Gu Shiba was not willing to do it. She saw the dry firewood in the corner and said with a smile.
Firewood still cannot be sold. Hezhong County is larger than Xianren County, and there is a larger tile market. It is said that people from seven or eight prefectures will come here in time for the Tu Nai Nai Temple Fair on the first day of March.
Mrs. Cao also thought of it, and smiled hurriedly as she put the firewood on the cart, piling it high and swaying.
"It's just that you are about to walk." Mrs. Cao felt sorry for her daughter and hesitated, "It's better to forget it."
Gu Shiba Niang wanted to laugh, but she was also a little sad. A mother's care is the most selfless care in the world, care that does not ask for anything in return.
"Mom, I can leave." She loaded the medicinal materials, locked the door, helped her mother hold the car, and walked out of the alley.
The road leading to Hezhong County was not bad. After half a day of walking and walking, the mother and daughter arrived at Hezhong County. Mr. Cao had been here before and still had memories of it, so he skipped asking and went straight to Peng Yizhen's medicine hall in Wa City.
This is a medium-sized shop with a plaque with three Chinese characters: Peng Yizhen.
There was only one boy inside. When he saw them poking their heads outside the door, he hurriedly took the initiative to talk.
"Is Doctor Peng here?" Ms. Cao asked.
"Doctor Peng is on a medical visit..." The young man looked at them and saw that he was carrying firewood and was obviously coming from a long distance. "Auntie, please come in first for consultation and wait..."
"Mom, let's go to Wa Market to sell firewood first," Gu Shiba Niang said.
It was a long journey and it would save some time to do something early. Ms. Cao nodded and thanked the young man for leading the way to Wa City with the cart.
This is Gu Shiba's first visit to Hezhong County. The tile market here is indeed much larger than that in Xianren County. There are more shops and stalls on the street, and different goods areas are divided.
Gu Shiba Niang followed Cao all the way to the place where the firewood was sold. Because the transaction was almost done at noon, there were not many people selling firewood. As soon as they unloaded the car, two or three people came to ask, and soon they A price was agreed upon and sold.
"Thank you very much." Ms. Cao said with a smile.
Although the clothes worn by the chai buyers are not very expensive, they are neat and clean, and their complexions are not as disheveled as most people.
"Hey, little lady, you still sell herbal medicines?" He saw the basket of medicinal materials placed at Gu Shiba Niang's feet and couldn't help but said curiously, "Those who sell medicinal materials are all in the west..."
Taking the money from his hand, Gu Shiba Niang smiled and said: "Someone has already bought this..."
The man yelled and took the firewood and left. Ms. Cao carefully put the money away, unable to hide her joy. Although she had walked a lot longer, the price was half more than what she sold in Xianren County.
"From now on, you will sell medicine and my mother will sell firewood. There will be no delay between us." Ms. Cao said with a smile.
Gu Shiba Niang was also very happy. She followed Cao out and remembered the place that the man mentioned just now that sold medicine, and she couldn't help but be curious. It was already noon, and the mother and daughter looked for a shade to eat dry food.
"Mom, let me go to the place where medicine is sold in the west." Gu Shiba said while holding the cake.
Mrs. Cao nodded and told her to be careful. Without stopping her, Gu Shiba Niang hesitated and grabbed the wooden basket containing the medicine.
"Eighteenth Mother..." Mrs. Cao frowned and called her, "Don't look at Qin Muchu."
Gu Shiba Niang turned around and smiled and said, I know, she is not looking for a high price to sell the medicinal materials, but wants to inquire about the market. Since she decides to do this business in the future, she must understand the necessary market conditions so as not to be passive.
As soon as I walked to the west, I could smell the aroma of medicine in the air. There were more than a dozen stalls of various sizes on one street, with people bargaining and bargaining noisily.
Gu Shiba Niang looked around and saw that most of them were unprocessed raw medicinal materials. Although there were Jingyuanzhi like her, they were rare and could only be found in a few larger stalls.
"Little lady, what do you want?" Someone called her, his eyes already falling on her wooden basket, "Polygala...little lady, are you selling polygala?"
Gu Shiba Niang nodded and handed the wooden basket over, "Uncle, how much does this Polygala cost?"
The middle-aged man took the wooden basket and pulled it carelessly, "Huh? It's a Polygala tube..." His expression became more focused, "Little lady, this is you..."
He looked at the little girl in front of him. She was thin and young.
"...Did you make it at home?" he asked.
Gu Shiba Niang nodded. Just like everyone believed in older Chinese medicine practitioners, everyone did not attach much importance to the purification of medicinal materials made by young people.
"Well, not bad..." He nodded approvingly, and just as he was about to say the price, he heard people running around in the stall in front of him.
"..Mr. Dong is here to sell medicine..."
The man patted his leg after hearing this, "I'm lucky this time! I caught up with Mr. Dong to deliver the medicine at noon when there were few people..."
As he spoke, he didn't care about the business in front of him. He told the young man to take care of the stall and ran with the crowd. The crowd soon gathered at the street entrance.
"What is this doing?" Gu Shiba Niang asked curiously.
The young boy also stood on tiptoe and looked towards the street. When he heard the question, he said, "Master Dong is here to sell medicine..."
"Mr. Dong?" Gu Shiba Niang thought, is he a big customer? Everyone wanted to ask him to buy their own medicine, but that didn't seem to be what they heard, "Brother, you said Mr. Dong is here to buy medicine?"
The young boy sneered, looking at the country people, "Don't you know who Mr. Dong is?"
Why should I know? Gu Shiba Niang thought to herself and shook her head.
"Mr. Dong is our famous concoct master. The medicine he sells is first-class... Buying medicine? He has no need to buy medicine. He sells medicine... Logically speaking, Mr. Dong doesn't come here at all. They are sold in bulk at the market, but Mr. Dong said that he was born here and did not dare to forget his roots. He comes here to sell regularly every month... Tsk tsk... I wonder if uncle is lucky enough to be able to grab it this time... "The boy said.
As he spoke, the stall owner came back dejectedly, with an unhappy look on his face, "I haven't even squeezed in yet, but I've been robbed again..."
So popular? Gu Shiba Niang was very surprised. It was as if the medicinal materials were free of charge and she was still snatching them...
"What is it this time? How much is it?" asked the waiter.
"Polygala...one tael of silver..." the stall owner replied, with a look of regret on his face.
"One tael of silver...one pound?" Gu Shiba Niang opened her mouth in disbelief.
The stall owner glanced at her and knew that this girl was not a regular customer of the medicine shop. He smiled and said, "What happened to the one tael? There are still people who want the two taels of silver, but they are gone."
One tael of silver per pound... This is a money grab! Gu Shiba Niang felt her heart pounding, and she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.
"Uncle, my polygala is also very good...how much can I sell it for?" she couldn't help but ask.
The stall owner laughed loudly and glanced at the wooden basket, "What? The little lady also wants to sell it for one tael of silver per catty?"
These words caused people in the next few booths to look over and laugh when they saw it was a young lady.
"Little lady...I'll give you fifteen cents per catty for this, which is a high price, but don't even think about it for one tael of silver," the stall owner said with a smile.
Fifteen cents, well, compared with what shopkeeper Zhou said last time, it should be the current market price.
Gu Shiba Niang naturally didn't want to buy it. She said it was too little with a bit of regret on her face, took the wooden basket and left.
"Fifteen cents is not enough?" The stall owner did not expect to be rejected. He hesitated and said, "Well, let's give you a high price, eighteen cents..."
It seems like the price has really gone up...
Gu Shiba Niang was a little excited in her heart. The purified medicinal materials were good, but she didn't want to sell them in the first place. She just smiled when she heard this, lowered her head and continued walking.
The stall owner was surprised when he saw that the price didn't impress her. He called out twice and said with a smile, "Young lady, do you really want one tael of silver per catty?"
Ignoring the roar of laughter behind her, Gu Shiba Niang walked out of the medicine market carrying the medicine basket. She didn't know why, but she felt very excited. One tael of silver per pound, my God, medicinal materials can be sold like this.
Will she ever have such a day? Are people rushing to buy her medicinal materials? Buy at auction