"Shopkeeper Peng."
A deep male voice came through the screen, and Lingyuan, whose eyes had been on Gu Shiba Niang, saw that the little girl's figure was slightly stiff.
Peng Yizhen, who was over there, seemed to be a little flustered. He stood up and returned the greeting. He didn't know where he hit it, and his chopsticks and plates rattled.
Peng Yizhen must have been looking at Shen Anlin with a dead eye. A smile appeared on the corner of Gu Shiba Niang's mouth, and the description of that day in the temple came to her eyes again. Her smile disappeared and she lowered her eyes.
There wasn't much conversation there, just like in his memory. Shen Anlin didn't like to talk, and spoke quickly and in short sentences. All he asked was where Peng Yizhen was from, what he wanted to buy from this pharmacy, etc. Peng Yizhen said in detail, truthfully, There is no secret except that there is another master behind it.
After a few glasses of wine, Shen Anlin over there suggested that Peng Yizhen take a big share of the shares and share the dividends. He made no secret of their family's power, implying that only in this way would everyone be happy.
Gu Shiba Niang sneered, this is indeed a good idea that everyone will be happy with, but this time it is not that everyone will be happy.
Peng Yizhen laughed a few times, and of course refused, without leaving any room for rejection.
Shen Anlin was surprised. After a moment of silence, he stood up and left.
"This medicine shop was left by my mother. Please forgive me for not being able to sell it."
Gu Shiba Niang was slightly startled when she heard this, he is a **? The deceased Zhao family? Then why is Shen's name written on it? She frowned and thought, but there was no such impression in her memory. Is it true or false
Peng Yizhen over there also hurriedly stood up and uttered a sentence as if he had been holding it in for a long time.
"..Mr. Shen, can you let me check your pulse..."
Gu Shiba Niang wanted to roll her eyes. This was probably what Peng Yizhen wanted to say most after meeting.
This sentence obviously surprised Shen Anlin. After he paused, he said thank you, opened the door and strode away.
"Eighteen Mother..." After a moment of silence, Peng Yizhen's somewhat sarcastic voice came over.
"You go back first." Gu Shiba Niang said, and Peng Yizhen left in response.
"He refused to sell." Lingyuan said, looking at Gu Shiba Niang, a little worried, the money was thrown away...
"I'm going to steal the money back."
He gritted his teeth and stood up.
Gu Shiba Niang stretched out her palm, looked up at him and smiled, "Nonsense."
Her smile spread in her eyes. It was a real smile. Lingyuan breathed a sigh of relief and stretched out his hand to support her arm.
"He has to sell it, and there is no other way but to sell it to me." Gu Shiba Niang stood up, put on her cloak, and said calmly, her voice was extremely determined.
It was already the main meal, and more and more waiters were running back and forth in the aisles delivering wine and food. As the doors opened and closed, the sound of chatter and laughter could be heard from various rooms.
Gu Shiba Niang and Lingyuan walked in tandem.
"Why did Uncle Peng need to check his pulse just now?" Lingyuan couldn't help but asked in a low voice out of curiosity. As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Shiba Niang, who was walking in front of him, suddenly stopped.
Ling Yuan couldn't stop himself in time and bumped into her back. The gentle body fragrance floated into her nose. She panicked in her heart and was about to stand up. When she raised her head and looked through the dark cloud-like hair, she saw a slender man standing in front of her. young man.
The young man was about twenty, wearing a dark green round-neck robe and a gray cloak in his hand. He was slightly raising his chin and his eyes flickered on Gu Shiba Niang.
Is this Shen Anlin? Lingyuan's eyes couldn't help but linger on him for a moment longer. When there was nothing in front of him, Gu Shiba Niang walked slowly.
She did not lower her head, but lowered her eyes slightly. She put her hands in her cloak and just met Shen Anlin's gaze. She walked past him calmly, walked down the long corridor, and turned down the stairs.
Shen Anlin looked away. This figure looked familiar. Where had he seen it before? His thick eyebrows frowned slightly, and when he looked in the direction where Gu Shiba Niang came, his brows furrowed even more, and he suddenly stretched out his hand to stop a boy who was clearing away the dishes.
"Which room did that young lady come out of just now?" Shen Anlin asked.
The boy was stunned when he was asked, "Which lady?"
Shen Anlin looked back and found that Gu Shiba Niang was no longer there.
"About fourteen years old, with such a stature..." He stretched out his hand and gestured to his shoulder, "Big red fur cloak..." He hesitated for a moment, but still said slowly, "... Thin Pingting..."
Before he finished speaking, the young man was already smiling, "What about the lady, here..." He raised his hand and pointed to the private room behind him, "Xing Nao's second..."
Shen Anlin's eyes flashed and he looked in the direction he was pointing. Xing Nao No. 2, which was next door to Xing Nao No. 1 where he had just entered. So it turned out that she was the other person in the house that he noticed just now
Shen Anlin turned around, walked a few steps, and looked down from the fence on the third floor. People were coming and going, and the girl had long since disappeared.
who is she
The carriage swayed for a long time, and Gu Shiba Niang remained silent, staring blankly at the swaying curtains.
In that life, he was afraid that he would not even look at himself until his death...
In that life, you pushed me to the point of death with no way out... .
In this life, even if I don't hurt your life, I still want you to taste the feeling of being forced to the point of no retreat.
"Go to Shunhe Hall." She said with slightly focused eyes, looking out of the car.
When Lingyuan heard this, he tightened the horse's reins, turned its head and rode away.
In Shunhetang, the young man was taking a nap next to the brazier out of boredom. Suddenly he felt a shadow coming down. He looked up and saw two young people standing in front of him.
The woman had not yet taken off her cloak and hat, her entire face was covered, and she looked to be no more than fourteen or fifteen years old.
"Miss, what would you like to order?" he greeted with his customary smile.
Gu Shiba Niang took off her hat and smiled at the young man, "Can I meet your master craftsman?"
The boy was stunned and asked guessingly: "Is the lady going to concoct the medicine?" His eyes fell on the young man behind the lady, and he saw that he was indeed carrying a paper bag in his hand.
Gu Shiba Niang expressed her kindness without going into details.
"That's right, according to the rules, our master only prepares our own medicine..." the young man said in embarrassment.
Lingyuan threw a bunch of money behind.
The young man had quick eyesight and quick hands to grab hold of him. He even stuttered and narrowed his eyes when he smiled, "...Miss, please come with me..."
Passing through the gate, a messy backyard appears in front of you.
"Miss, please slow down, it's a mess here..." the young man nodded and bowed, kicking away a medicine frame under his feet.
Gu Shiba Niang closed her eyes slightly, and the familiar layout appeared in her mind. She had stayed here for three or four years at that time, and she could leave even with her eyes closed...
"Be careful..." Lingyuan reached out and grabbed her arm.
But he saw that Gu Shiba Niang had stopped in front of the big tree, opened her eyes, and reached out to touch the trunk.
The chun tree was still there, and Gu Shiba Niang sighed. It was chopped down when Shunhetang expanded the backyard processing room. She reached out and patted it twice.
"Master Gao, Master Gao," the boy yelled at the top of his lungs.
A middle-aged man with a yellow complexion and a slightly stooped figure walked out of the house, holding a medicine pot in his hand, dipped in water, and seemed to be scrubbing it.
"What to do?" he asked dully.
"Master Gao, someone wants you to concoct medicinal materials." The young man smiled and pointed at Gu Shiba Niang, who was slowly walking over.
"Don't do it." Master Gao said simply without raising his eyelids. He shook the medicine pot in his hand and grabbed a dry cloth on the side to wipe it.
The little boy was very embarrassed, "You guy, why are you talking to the guests..."
"I have resigned. Let's go now. I am your guest, not mine." Master Gao said in a low voice, still not raising his head.
The young man couldn't help it and looked at Gu Shiba Niang in embarrassment.
Gu Shiba Niang's face was a little excited. She took a few steps closer and stood in front of Master Gao, her nose suddenly sore.
It was this man who seemed very difficult to get along with who helped her to support Shunhetang, which was in danger. Perhaps it was because of the rare medicine book, but Gu Shiba Niang understood that he felt sorry for her, a helpless person. A person with the title of Young Mistress.
"If my girl were still here, she would be as big as you, Mrs. Lin..." He guarded the blazing fire, his eyes red as reflected by the dancing flames. "If she were still here, I would rather she be a craftsman like me than go. Being the daughter-in-law of such a family..."
Master Gao felt annoyed when someone approached him. He raised his head and said impatiently: "I said I won't do medicine, so I won't do it. There are so many medicine shops, just go and look for it..."
Halfway through his words, his voice dropped, and he looked at the young girl in front of him strangely, her expression seemed to be...excited...? It feels a bit like a fellow villager having tears in his eyes when he sees a fellow villager...
"Master Gao..." Gu Shiba Niang took a deep breath, bit her lower lip, reached back, and Lingyuan hurriedly handed over a packet of medicine, "Can you please help me take a look..."
Master Gao looked stiff and did not reach out to take it.
"Brother," Lingyuan suddenly said to the grinning boy beside him, "could you please make a pot of tea..."
"Okay." The young man was very happy. He glanced at the God of Wealth, turned around and left. Before walking out, he couldn't help but look back. This young man seemed to have a kind face and was dressed in ordinary clothes. He looked like a servant. , he immediately put aside this idea, the God of Wealth was very kind to him.
"This little lady, I'm going to resign. This place is full of other people's household items, and I can't use them any more..." Master Gao's voice softened a bit, and he explained, reaching out to point her in the direction, "... this street There are all medicine shops in the world, and any one can prepare it..."
"Master Gao, I would like to ask, if I want to use ten aconite at one time, can you prepare it for me?" Gu Shiba Niang interrupted him and said with a smile.
Master Gao was stunned for a moment, and then his face fell. Aconitum is highly poisonous. Generally, three taels is the maximum amount. This person used ten taels. This was obviously a joke.
He couldn't help but snorted, "Young lady, are you testing me? I can't do it, please ask someone else to do it."
"If I tell you how to prepare it to remove the poison without affecting the efficacy of the medicine, will you listen?" Gu Shiba Niang smiled and shook the paper bag in her hand.
Master Gao snorted and looked at her.
"My surname is Gu," Gu Shiba Niang stopped smiling and looked at him, "My name is Ba Niang."
The news of Liu Gong's disciple's appearance has spread throughout the past few days, and everyone in the pharmaceutical industry knows that Master Gao's expression has changed.
"You, are you Mrs. Gu?" he stammered, with excitement and disbelief on his face.
"Yes," Gu Shiba Niang nodded, "Let me tell you, soak the aconite with children's feces, boil it, add a little salt, then cut each piece into four pieces with a bamboo knife, rinse it out with well water, change the water every day, and soak it for seven days , dried and ready to use…”
As she spoke sentence by sentence, Master Gao's expression changed from surprise to fear.
Even laymen know what this secret method means. For a pharmacist, it is undoubtedly a treasure from heaven. He just feels like dreaming.
He had heard about this Liu Gong's successor a long time ago. He heard that the big medicine shops were not allowed to see him even if they sent him invitations or greetings. It was even more impossible for a nameless concocting master like him to want to see the founder. He didn't expect that she would actually Standing in front of him and telling him the secret method of making aconite, Master Gao felt his whole body trembling and fell to his knees.
"Thank you, Master, for teaching me..." He kowtowed and said.
Gu Shiba Niang looked at him with a solemn and frightened expression, and couldn't help but take a deep breath. This scene was just like when she handed him the book in that life.
Although she does not have this book in this life, she has herself, the name Liu Gong, and Liu Gong's secret recipe. For Master Gao, the temptation is far greater than the Shen family's book.
"You don't need to be polite when you get up." Gu Shiba Niang said with a smile.
"Master, what do you want me to do?" Master Gao stood up and asked respectfully.
Pharmacists are craftsmen. Although they focus on their skills, they are not ignorant of the world and know that this pie in the sky will not be in vain.
"You don't have to do anything." Gu Shiba Niang looked at him and smiled, "Just do whatever you have to do."
After saying that, he handed the aconite in his hand to him and said, "Try the preparation as I said and see if it works."
I know the method, but it still depends on the actual operation. This is to test myself. Master Gao took it solemnly and saluted again and again.
The boy rushed in with tea, looked after the Eighteenth Niang and turned to leave.
"Miss, have a cup of tea..." he greeted warmly.
Gu Shiba Niang smiled at him, said thank you, and left without stopping.
"What are you doing? Accept him as your apprentice?" Lingyuan was very puzzled and finally couldn't help but ask.
"It's nothing... I just..." Gu Shiba Niang said with a smile, but suddenly felt that she didn't know what to say, "I just wanted to be the first to try..."
"Take the lead?" Lingyuan was even more puzzled.
Gu Shiba Niang looked at the plaque of Shunhe Hall again and lowered the curtain.
Although she can't let fate go according to her own will, fortunately she at least knows the general trajectory of fate and its possible course, which is actually enough.
I rob others of their way and leave them with nowhere to go. What can fate do to me
When Shen Anlin walked into Shunhe Hall, he happened to meet Master Gao carrying a baggage on his back.
"Master Gao..." He hurriedly took a few steps, "Please stay..."
Master Gao turned around and saw that it was him. He couldn't help but sigh, his eyes full of reluctance.
"Master..." he called, bowing and saluting, "I'm just going to kowtow to you...".
As he was about to kneel down, Shen Anlin reached out to support him.
"Master Gao, I know that my mother punished you and you have been wronged... The hangover pills matter has nothing to do with you..." Shen Anlin said in a deep voice, "I have obtained my mother's consent to personally take over Shunhe Hall... "
Master Gao was startled when he heard this, with a bit of surprise on his face, "Master, you..."
"I hope you can help me, Master Gao." Shen Anlin said, taking out a book from his arms, "This is what I give to you..."
Master Gao glanced at the cover, and his face trembled. Surprise and desire flashed in his eyes. He couldn't help but stretched out his big rough hand and brushed the book with trembling...
"Master Gao." Shen Anlin seemed to be relieved and said solemnly, "I am giving this book to you to make the best use of it. Please accept it."
Master Gao touched the book twice with his hand, but finally withdrew his hand.
"Young Master..." He knelt down and kowtowed, but there was a hint of determination in his voice, "...Actually, since Madam is not here, it's time for me to leave..."
Shen Anlin froze.
"Master, take care..." Master Gao sighed, lowered his head and walked away slowly.
Shen Anlin let go of his hand, and the book fell to the ground, making a loud splash in the wind. He clenched his hand tightly, and his veins swelled.