Her laugh was crisp, and the corners of her mouth were raised, revealing her thin white teeth.
"Eighteen Niang," Douhua looked at her and pursed her lips and smiled, "This is the first time I've seen you smile so happily. You look so beautiful when you smile like this."
Gu Shiba Niang was startled when she heard this. First time
Douhua noticed her doubts, and while weighing tofu for an old woman, she said: "You don't usually smile like this. I know that you ladies are very well-behaved, so why don't you smile without showing your teeth? Your manners are dignified and all that, but you look fake no matter how you look at it...Ah...I'm not saying you're fake, you're not fake when you smile...Well, it's just...this time you smiled because you really wanted to. Are you really happy?"
She really wants to laugh, she only laughs when she is really happy... Gu Shiba Niang couldn't help but touch her face, a wry smile appeared on her lips.
Happy, can she still be happy
Douhua ignored her absence and went on to analyze the reason why her family's medicine shop was so quiet.
"..To say that your medicine shop is the same as that of a bean seller... Shiba Niang, this is because your beans are not famous... You have to know that the quality of beans is related to the quality of tofu. Those of us who make tofu don't If you dare to buy it easily..." Douhua said, he also thought what he said was funny, covering his mouth and giggling, "...No, no, it's your new business, don't be anxious yet, just slowly build your reputation... "
Gu Shiba Niang pursed her lips and smiled. Speaking of fame, she suddenly remembered that her whole scorpion was still in Mr. Dong's drug store. After so long, it was time to finish tasting it, right
This is a great opportunity to make a name for yourself!
The next day, Gu Shiba Niang rushed to Hezhong County and ran directly to Master Dong's pharmacy.
The front of Mr. Dong's medicine shop is also deserted, but no one really takes this kind of desertedness seriously, as the lively people are all inside.
There was only one boy in the store, his head lowered and he was copying something on a piece of paper. Gu Shiba Niang came up to say hello.
"Young lady, do you want to get some medicine?" The young man stopped writing and asked, reaching out and pointing out, "We are here to process the medicinal materials, not sell them. If you want to get some medicine, go to the first room on the left when you go out..."
"Brother, I'm here to ask about the medicine I delivered last time. Has Master Dong seen it?" Gu Shiba Niang said with a smile after he finished speaking.
The boy was stunned for a moment, looked her up and down, and asked suspiciously: "Did it arrive on the day of the Great Medicine Fair?"
Gu Shiba Niang nodded hurriedly.
"Which one?" the boy asked, bending down and taking out a thick stack of paper from the counter.
"Xianren County, Gu family, Gu Shiba Niang." Gu Ba Niang couldn't help but look at the paper in his hand while answering.
I saw the name of a person and a medicine written on it, as well as a few lines of words, which seemed to be a comment on the medicine.
Her heart couldn't help but beat so hard. She didn't know what Mr. Dong would think of her whole scorpion. She had never done it with her own hands in her previous life. This time she made it all by herself. She didn't know if there was any problem...
"The eighteenth mother of the Gu family?" The boy stopped flipping the paper and looked up at her.
Gu Shiba Niang nodded nervously and excitedly.
"Oh, I was just talking about why you haven't come yet." The boy put down the paper in his hand, stood up and went to the corner, carrying a medicine basket with dust on it, "Here, here you go, take it away."
"Thank you, thank you." Gu Shiba Niang hurriedly stretched out her hand to take the medicine basket, and then she saw that the boy continued to write, and she couldn't help but be startled.
"Eh? Do you have anything else to do?" The boy wrote a few words, looked up and saw that the little girl was still standing in front of him, and asked.
"Brother, what did Master Dong say about my medicine?" Gu Shiba Niang asked hurriedly.
"Oh, your medicine is not made right, Mr. Dong will not taste it." The young man said simply, with a bit of displeasure, "I said you little lady, do you know how to make medicine? This is not good. It’s not just fun, you can do whatever you want, there are rules, why are you joining in the fun if you don’t even know the basic rules?”
Gu Shiba Niang was stunned by these words. She paused for a moment before she understood what the young man meant.
"Mr. Dong said my medicine was wrong?" she asked.
"Do you know how Quan Xie does it?" the boy asked.
Gu Shiba Niang nodded, "Fuck me to death..."
"What about yours? It's so clean. Has it been washed?" the boy asked.
"It's not washing with water, it's being scalded to death..." Gu Shiba Niang hurriedly explained.
The boy interrupted her with a loud roar, "Burned to death? Oh my god, have you read the Herbal Classic of Illustrations and Herbal Medicine? If you haven't read it, then have you heard of it? It's just water washing, you still have to scald it with water... Take it away quickly. Take it away, you should go home and do the business of washing vegetables and cooking..."
"Brother, listen to me," Gu Shiba Niang continued to say, but the young man was already very impatient.
"Little lady, it's no use listening to you. Mr. Dong said that if you don't count it as medicine, then he won't be able to use it either. Come on, come on, come on, I'm still busy."
After that, he lowered his head and went back to writing, no longer paying attention to her.
Gu Shiba Niang stood blankly for a while holding the medicine basket, then turned around numbly. Another boy came out of the back hall and was a little curious when he saw her.
"What for?" he asked.
"That's her, she's the Gu Shiba Niang..." the boy said before, tapping with a pen.
"Oh, it's the one that washes the whole scorpion..." The young man who came here laughed and looked at Gu Shiba Niang's back, "Little girls love to be clean, so even the scorpions have to be washed..."
"What are you still talking about? Why are you just joining in the fun? The master saw it and tamed me. He said that he had never seen such a clean whole scorpion in half his life. He wanted me to put it on the table and eat it..." Previously The little boy pouted and said unhappily.
When Gu Shiba Niang heard it when she walked out, she had mixed feelings. It was considered not medicine because it was too clean.
Who said that the whole scorpion should carry mud and sand? She wanted to turn around and argue, but stopped after taking half a step.
In fact, it’s not their fault... After all, the new method of preparing the whole scorpion did not appear until seven or eight years later.
The appearance of her whole scorpion is different from the ones sold in the market. People who see it can't help but have doubts. After all, the medicine is not something that can be used casually. What if something goes wrong? No one wants to cause this trouble.
When Shunhetang's Quan Xie was first launched, it was met with skepticism, but with the old master's presence, his name made it easier for people to accept it, so it quickly spread.
And now I am an unknown bean buyer, but I am holding novel beans that no one has seen before. It is strange that I can sell them!
Gu Shiba Niang walked out of Mr. Dong's pharmacy carrying a basket of medicine and stood on the street, a little confused.
"Little lady, would you like some medicinal materials? They are very cheap..." A voice suddenly rang in my ears.
Gu Shiba Niang was startled and stood a few steps away. She saw a thin old man carrying a cloth bag and looking at her furtively.
"Little lady, take a look, it's very cheap..." the old man narrowed his eyes and grinned, showing a few yellow teeth.
Gu Shiba Niang was a little surprised and looked at the old man, "It's you