As soon as the words came out, the expressions of the three people in front of them changed drastically.
"Your surname is Liu? Is this Mr. Liu?" the older man stepped over and asked excitedly.
It's Liu Gong's Seventeen Methods... Gu Shiba Niang replied in her heart, is this Liu Gong? There was some hesitation on her face.
But this hesitation has a different meaning in the eyes of the two of them.
"Little lady, I want all of this from you." The older man said loudly without waiting for the Eighteenth Lady to reply.
His tone was a little urgent, as if he was afraid that someone would snatch him away after he finished speaking.
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked and stared blankly at this man who was obviously a big drug dealer.
Gu Shiba Niang was also stunned.
"What did you say?" she asked in disbelief.
"Miss, please give me a price," the older man said.
"Kudzu." Only then did Gu Shiba Niang completely believe it, and she was a little trembling with excitement.
There were countless envious looks from all around, how did this little girl get away with such good luck? Humph, could it be because of her identity as a woman
It’s not that good-looking either!
"Here are twenty pounds..." Gu Shiba Niang was a little at a loss.
"Anything else?" the older man asked.
"Ah?" Gu Shiba Niang was a little slow to react.
But the surroundings were already lively again, with countless people holding up their own medicine bags and shouting: "I have it!" "I have it" came flooding in.
This momentum made the three people who had seen the big battle feel uncomfortable.
"Little girl, we all want these kudzu roots. Please tell us a price." The older man said hurriedly.
Gu Shiba Niang finally woke up completely, and she couldn't help but spread a bright smile on her face.
"This is simmered kudzu root. It costs 40 cents per catty, so the total is more than 20 catties. I'll give it to you as 20 catties, and the total is 800 cents..." she said with a smile.
After speaking, the older man in front of the two people looked a little strange. She was stunned. Did she say that the price was too high? Today, the highest price of kudzu on the market is only 20 yuan, but those are raw kudzu...
"Shopkeeper, this is braised kudzu. The price is higher..." She pursed her lips and explained, hesitating whether to lower the price. After all, it was her first business...
Taller? Is this too high? The two elders looked at each other, unable to tell whether they wanted to laugh or cry.
"No, no..." the older man said, gesturing to the young man to pay, "Since it's more than twenty kilograms, let's say it's more than twenty kilograms..."
The young man looked surprised, as if he hadn't reacted to the situation yet, and he didn't take out the money.
Another person hurriedly took out the money, only to find that the least amount of money was broken silver.
"That's it, no need to look for it..." He simply handed over a handful.
Gu Shiba Niang was shocked, "How is this possible?" She picked up the smallest piece and asked the boy for change.
The boy hurriedly found a bunch of money and started to untie it to look for it. The two men had already taken the kudzu bag.
"Little lady, where is the expensive medicine store?" the older man asked, looking at the cover of Peng's medicine store standing there, and thinking silently in his mind.
"Oh, Xianren County, Xianren County Peng's Medicine Store, it's on West Street, it's easy to find..." Gu Shiba Niang said, taking the money that the boy had counted and handing it to him, "Here's your change. …”
The older man did not answer the question. There were more and more people around him. It was hard to say something, so he had to say: "My dear lady, keep it for now until I come to the door in person..."
The noise around him drowned out his voice. The elderly people cupped their hands and squeezed out of the crowd. Gu Shiba Niang looked at the change in her outstretched hand and called out several times but had no choice but to take it back.
At this time, the noise outside the door had attracted the attention of Master Dong's house.
"What's going on outside?" someone asked.
Then someone called the boy to ask.
"Shopkeeper Wang bought the medicine from the medicine stall..." The boy came back, holding back his laughter.
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall laughed, and one of them laughed particularly loudly, holding his fat belly while laughing.
"Shopkeeper Wang can't be so impulsive, right? It's just that I didn't buy Mr. Dong's medicine this time. If it's ready next time, there's no need to get angry and buy it from an outside stall..."
"Isn't he trying to use this to fool that gentleman?" The man's little eyes were no longer smiling, "The medicine bought in front of Mr. Dong's door is two different things from Mr. Dong's medicine!"
People in the hall laughed and shook their heads.
"I think Shopkeeper Wang is confused..." Everyone said one after another, with some gloating and some sympathetic.
After hearing the commotion, Mr. Dong also came out. He was a short, fat old man about fifty years old, with a kind face and a calm demeanor.
"What's going on?" he asked, and after listening to everyone's words, he couldn't help but frown, "This is not good. Go and ask shopkeeper Wang to come and ask which one. I will refund him..."
Hearing that he believed that Shopkeeper Wang had been deceived, the servants ran out.
"Shopkeeper Wang has one of the best eyesight in Jiankang, how could he be deceived..." Someone laughed loudly, "Mr. Dong, maybe he did it on purpose..."
Shopkeeper Wang was about to get the medicine he sold just now, but he was robbed at a high price. He has never suffered such a loss in all these years. This is not only a loss, but also a clear intention to break up with the Wang family and make them angry. It is inevitable.
But for others in the lobby, it was okay to laugh as long as this bad luck didn't happen to them.
The boy who was asking for information while laughing came back, bringing even bigger jokes.
"What did you say you bought?"
After hearing what the boy said, some people suspected that they had heard wrongly and repeated the question loudly.
"Liu Gong's secret braised kudzu root..." the boy also said loudly, holding his stomach and laughing.
The hall suddenly fell silent, and a moment later burst into laughter.
We are all old drug dealers who have traveled all over the world and are used to seeing the market. Although we have inevitably encountered things like carrying ships in the sewers, that was when we were young. Now if we take advantage of others and buy miscellaneous medicines, it will be really bad. What a shame.
It's over, it's over, now Shopkeeper Zi Wang is completely in trouble. I'm afraid I won't see him in the medicine market again.
Mr. Dong also looked a little weird, as if he wanted to laugh but was forced to suppress it because it was inappropriate.
"Then we have to go and congratulate Shopkeeper Wang quickly... I wonder how much Shopkeeper Wang spent to receive Mr. Liu's medicine?" someone asked loudly amid laughter.
The boy laughed so hard that he squatted on the ground, "Not much, one tael of silver and twenty catties."
This time, some people laughed so much that they burst into tears. After laughing, everyone shook their heads and whispered, some with pity, some with ridicule, some with contempt, some with sighs.
"Don't talk nonsense, shopkeeper Wang just bought some powder medicine..." Mr. Dong said with a smile.
This was a relief. Buying some casually meant that Shopkeeper Wang was not out of his mind.
Some people snorted and curled their lips, determined not to let Shopkeeper Wang pass by like this, and they must spread the news quickly.
Since Mr. Dong was interested, the topic quickly changed and they started chatting over tea.
"It's really a pity to say that Mr. Liu passed away without leaving anything behind..." Someone shook his head and sighed.
"What's a pity? I'm afraid that many people are happy..." Some people sneered and lowered their voices, "You don't even know what the price of Liu Gong's medicine is now..."
He raised a finger and shook it, and everyone around him smacked his lips.
"Then Shopkeeper Wang will make a fortune this time." Someone suddenly said.
Everyone was stunned, and immediately understood what he meant, wasn't it, more than 20 kilograms of simmered kudzu root...
There was a coaxing sound and everyone was staggering with laughter.
The boy who had been sent to look for shopkeeper Wang came back. Panting, he came to Master Dong and said a few words.
"What?" Mr. Dong looked surprised, "Leaved?"
Shopkeeper Wang and the three of them just arrived this morning. It wasn't even half a day. They sat down here for only a cup of tea and then left again. It was really non-stop...
"I'm in a hurry to go back and present the treasure..." someone heard him say out of breath while rubbing his belly and laughing.
Laughter erupted in the lobby again. I witnessed such a big joke. No matter whether everyone achieved their wishes or not, it was not in vain.
Mr. Dong looked at the roar of laughter in the hall, shook his head and sighed. After all, this medicine business is also a business. Success or failure can be instantaneous. One wrong step may lead to the loss of everything...
It’s a pity that shopkeeper Wang’s century-old brand