It still has to be sold, but the amount of firewood collected is much less. Gu Hai spent most of the time helping her dig out herbs.
As the medicinal materials were sold, Gu Shiba Niang's enthusiasm was aroused. She went to the mountains to dig medicinal materials during the day and cleaned them at night. The knowledge she had learned in the medicine shop that had been forgotten in her previous life was rediscovered at this time. She dug it out of her memory.
"Mother Eighteen, are you going to put these on the stove like this?" Mrs. Cao's voice came from the kitchen.
Gu Shiba Niang regained her composure, shook off the cleaned Polygala root, and ran in to take a look.
The kitchen was filled with the scent of grass and trees. This scent was not strong yet, but it already felt familiar to Gu Shiba Niang.
The Shen family's medicine store has a stronger herbal smell, which is the real medicinal fragrance.
Shen Family Medicine Store….
Gu Shiba Niang bit her lower lip. If it hadn't been for her, that medicine store would have been kicked out sooner or later. It would be their Shen family's turn to make money every day, but she would be kicked out.
That should be mine….
It was the first time Gu Shiba Niang thought this way. She couldn't help being a little shocked by her own thoughts, but she also felt a little happy at the same time.
As the daughter-in-law of the Shen family, she had never had such an idea...
Now she is no longer the wife of the Shen family, she has no relationship with the Shen family at all, and she hates them...
Yes, that’s right, that’s mine!
I'm going to get it back if I get the chance...
"Eighteenth Mother?" Mrs. Cao shook her arm, a little worried, "Did Mother put it in the wrong place?"
"Ah, no." Gu Shiba Niang came back to her senses, loosened her clenched hands, smiled at her mother, and her eyes fell on the neatly stacked Polygala roots for drying, "That's it..." As she spoke, she added, "That's what it says in the book... That's right."
Mrs. Cao also smiled and stroked her daughter's hair, "If I had known that those books could be used today, I shouldn't have sold them all..."
Gu's father collected a lot of books, and books are still very expensive nowadays, so when the family's situation was at its worst, they sold most of them.
The book in which Gu Shiba Niang lied about the knowledge of herbal medicine she had learned was also among those sold.
"Sister, you have such a good memory. You can remember it after reading it once. Then you don't have to sell the book in the future. You can just go to the stall and have a look." Gu Hai put his head outside and smiled.
These words made both mother and daughter laugh.
Gu Shiba Niang smiled, and her heart moved. Speaking of books, she really wanted to read one. This book should still be in a study room of the Shen family, staying in an inconspicuous place. Covered by dust.
Back then, she used this book to get the full help of the medicine store's processing master, and brought the medicine store back to life.
Shen family….
To be precise, it is Mr. Shen San's house. Mr. Shen's father is the second eldest son of Fuyuan Gong's Shen family. Mr. Shen is the third eldest son of the second house. He is an official of the Qingshui Yamen, which is not big or small. It was just a family that looked big but was hollow inside. It was because Shen Anlin was finally adopted under the name of Duke Fuyuan that he looked down on her as an orphan daughter-in-law and divorced her.
What if Shen Anlin had not adopted the name of Duke Fuyuan? What will be the fate of the Shen family
if…
Gu Shiba Niang's breathing couldn't help but quicken, and a fire ignited in her eyes. The humiliation of having the divorce letter thrown in front of her eyes, the humiliation of being kicked out of the door, the pain of committing suicide in front of the heartless man, the turbulent pain in her heart. It rolled up and wreaked havoc inside her, making her want to yell, curse, and cry.
What would happen to the Shen family if they lost the medicine shop that was their source of money and lost the opportunity for Duke Fuyuan to attack the Duke? Are they still qualified to trample her under their feet at will
This thought seemed to be a spark that instantly ignited, burning her whole body.
"Eighteenth mother? Eighteenth mother?"
Brother Xiaoquan's voice interrupted Gu Shiba Niang's thoughts.
Brother Koizumi couldn't help but rub his eyes. He seemed to have seen a smile on the face of this always timid little lady. It was a very weird smile that made him shudder.
"Are you okay?" Brother Koizumi looked at the little lady again.
"It's okay, I'm... just a little tired..." Gu Shiba Niang smiled at the young boy.
"Oh, does that matter?" Xiao Quange asked hurriedly and concernedly, his eyes scanning the basket of medicinal materials slowly in front of him. It is indeed true. This little girl seems to be really tired. After a day or two, she has been digging again. I bought so many medicinal materials and kept them so cleanly.
"It's okay, thank you, little brother." Gu Shiba Niang smiled at him.
Looking at the two dimples appearing on Gu Shiba Niang's cheeks, Brother Xiaoquan couldn't help but blush, scratched his head in embarrassment, said that's fine, that's fine, and turned away.
"I'll go to the back hall to weigh you and calculate the money for you." Brother Xiaoquan said, raising his feet to leave.
Gu Shiba Niang hesitated for a moment. It was not that she was too greedy, but that the price was too low. Furthermore, she was here to do business, not to ask for charity. If this concept was not changed, she would not be able to rely on it. This makes a living.
"Brother Koizumi, I have purified..." She bit her lower lip, raised her head and said, "Brother Koizumi, can we discuss the price again?"
"What?" Shopkeeper Zhou listened to Brother Xiaoquan's words in the back hall, his eyes widened and he laughed a little, "She wants to negotiate the price?"
This little lady from the Gu family is really pushing her limits.
"The shopkeeper, she said hers is Jing Yuanzhi..." Brother Xiaoquan looked at shopkeeper Zhou's face and said carefully.
Shopkeeper Zhou knew this. That day he carefully looked at the medicinal materials sold by Gu Shiba Niang. He was surprised that they were all purified. He was very happy. If the price had always been this way, then his kind heart It’s really worth it!
However, shopkeeper Zhou was really unhappy when his kindness was ignored and he had to assume a reciprocal attitude to negotiate the price.
A poor girl without a father! I am worthy enough to negotiate terms with him!
"Go, tell her, it's only ten cents, sell it or not!" Shopkeeper Zhou snorted, and added, "She's so arrogant that she doesn't know how much she weighs! We can't tolerate this kind of person!"
"Dad, why are you so unhappy?" A girl in lavender clothes walked in with a little girl, carrying a strong scent of medicine.
She sat down with a smile, picked up the tea on the table and drank it in one breath.
This is Shopkeeper Zhou's only daughter Liniang, who is sixteen years old this year.
Seeing his daughter, a smile appeared on Shopkeeper Zhou's face, but then it dimmed again and he snorted, "I was just kind-hearted to pity her once, but I got involved with her and returned the daughter of the official family. I didn't even wink. Still shameless!”
"The daughter of an official?" Zhou Liniang asked curiously, "Who? Could it be the eldest girl of the Sun family?"
The Sun family refers to the county magistrate of Xianren County, but before her father could answer, Zhou Liniang denied it herself. If it were really a girl from the Sun family, her father would have welcomed her in and served her tea. Besides, how could a girl from the Sun family be in a young age like theirs? Come to the store.
Thinking this way, Zhou Liniang's face was full of envy, jealousy and unwillingness. Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, the Zhou Dynasty had a very strict ranking. Even if they had money to throw around in the street, their social status was not as good as that of a poor, hungry mud-legged person. , not to mention those scholars and the officials and noble families from whom scholars came.
Although Zhou Liniang came from a daughter's family, she felt deeply about this point. At the age of sixteen, for the daughters of the Zhou Dynasty, she had already entered the ranks of old girls.
It's not that Zhou Liniang doesn't want to get married, she looks pretty good, but just because of her background as a merchant, it has delayed her good marriage.
A poor scholar living in the west of the city actually refused shopkeeper Zhou's marriage proposal. The angry Zhou Liniang cursed the scholar every day that he would not be able to get into the exams and would die of poverty, starvation and illness. In order to hold her breath, she had to find a scholar's family. No, so the marriage was postponed.
It is undeniable that the reason why Zhou Liniang values scholars is to break away from her identity as a merchant.
I heard that the girl from the county magistrate's family was pretty, but she had a good marriage, which made Zhou Liniang jealous.
"I wonder if the sore on Miss Sun's face is healed? She hasn't come to get medicine for several days..." Zhou Liniang said with a smile.
"Liniang!" Shopkeeper Zhou naturally knew what his daughter was thinking and looked at her angrily, "Don't talk nonsense."
After saying that, he quickly changed the subject. The county magistrate was the local emperor of their Xianren County and he couldn't afford to offend him, but he was not afraid of dying in the magistrate's family.
"She is the daughter of the Gu family. The family can no longer survive. I bought some medicinal materials. I felt sorry for her and gave her some money to send. I didn't expect that she would come again..." Shopkeeper Zhou twisted his beard and said, "This time I want to give her some medicine." Negotiate the price…”
Zhou Liniang, the daughter of the Gu family, frowned. As a daughter of a merchant, Zhou Liniang knew her "class enemies" very clearly in Xianren County and immediately knew who she was.
"Dad, you are out of your mind. We are doing business, not a charity!" Zhou Liniang stood up and said in a loud voice, "Negotiating the price? Let her go."