Shopkeeper Zhou was a little stunned by his daughter's reaction, but he soon knew what was going on.
"Liniang." He smiled and signaled to his daughter to calm down, "You heard my father say, business is business, and favors are favors. The medicinal materials she sells are not fake..."
Zhou Liniang sneered, "Just her?"
She may not know it clearly for others, but this daughter of the Gu family lives on the same street as her. She has never seen her go out more than ten times since she was a child, and she is still protected by her parents and brothers. When she talks about this, Zhou Liniang becomes angry. Her family is poor. I can't even eat meat all year round. When I go out, I feel like I'm traveling like a royal princess.
Herbal medicine? She can tell the difference between grains and my surname, Zhou Liniang, is hers!
"Dad, our family's money is not brought by the strong wind. After all, we are a poet and a gifted person. We don't need help from a small merchant like us." Zhou Liniang said angrily.
Shopkeeper Zhou twisted his beard and smiled. It felt good that he, a small business owner, could help her poor Shili family.
"Myolie, go tell her that our family can't afford her medicinal materials..." Zhou Liniang said to the little maid beside her.
The little maid immediately responded and went out.
"Then...then I'll return the medicinal materials to her..." Brother Koizumi lowered his head and said Nuonuo.
"Who asked you to take it in on your own?" Zhou Liniang scolded, giving him a roll of her eyes, "What? Seeing that someone is in dire straits and want to help? That way you can coax someone to become your wife?"
Brother Xiaoquan was ashamed and annoyed, but he didn't dare to speak. He lowered his head and retreated. Hearing the father and daughter in the room continue to joke about the Gu family's daughter, he felt strange in his heart, but what could he do? In this world , poor people just can’t get along.
"Oh!" He suddenly clapped his head and ran to the scale in the corner of the yard. He had just conveniently placed Gu Shiba Niang's medicinal materials here, but they were gone in the blink of an eye.
"Where's the medicine?" He stood in the yard and shouted angrily, "Who doesn't have a good eye but a mean hand..."
Before he could finish his words, he was slapped on the head.
"Who are you scolding! You grandson!" shouted a thick voice.
Brother Koizumi covered his hat and turned around with a smile on his face, nodding and bowing to the tall and thick man standing in front of him.
"Doctor Peng, it's you, why are you here?"
This man was a doctor from the neighboring county. Despite his rugged appearance, he was good with needles and was nicknamed Peng Yizhen.
"What? I'm an enemy of the same trade, and I can't come to your place?" Peng Yizhen's temper was as good as his appearance, and he said coaxingly with a glare.
Brother Xiaoquan hurriedly laughed and said he didn't dare, shopkeeper Zhou and his daughter in the room heard the sound and came out.
"Rare visitors, rare visitors." Shopkeeper Zhou said with a smile.
"You old boy, you don't want to be a customer. Why are you scolding me for stealing your business?" Peng Yizhen laughed.
Shopkeeper Zhou cursed in his heart, "No, you old boy, why don't you just stay in your place and come to my place every now and then?" The smile on his face remained unchanged, he squinted his eyes and twirled his beard and said, "Brother Peng, what you said is wrong. If the world can be free of illness, I wish you and I would have no business."
"You're a money bastard. You always say the same thing. I didn't know you..." Peng Yizhen laughed.
When the two meet, they inevitably quarrel, and everyone doesn't take it seriously.
"Uncle Peng." Zhou Liniang said hello obediently and asked him to sit in the room.
"Liniang, uncle is waiting for your wedding wine..." Peng Yizhen laughed.
Zhou Liniang's face stiffened and she said nothing.
"If you don't go to work, why are you yelling at me here?" Shopkeeper Zhou scolded Brother Xiaoquan with his eyes wide open, and he meant something.
Brother Koizumi grimaced, "I don't know who took the medicinal materials I put here..."
"What medicinal materials..." Before shopkeeper Zhou could finish asking, he saw Peng shake out a basket on his shoulder with a needle.
"Speaking of medicinal materials, Lao Zhou, I came over this time to buy some for emergency use..." He said this, and the wooden basket shook, "Your guys here are really mean. They lied to me and said there was no polygala, or they were afraid that I would steal business. Why, you Qianjintang's medicine can only be sold if it is prescribed by your own doctor? ..Isn't this Polygala? Look, there are three kinds of Polygathylum tuber, Polygathychia vulgare meat and Polygala japonica stick... Tsk tsk... You old boy... Now your craftsmanship has improved... This polygala tube is really good... Even though I am not convinced, I have to praise you... your polygala tube is the best in the city..."
This is the first time he has praised himself. Shopkeeper Zhou is very happy. He finally overwhelms you, but his face is humble, "Where is it? Brother Peng has traveled a lot and has seen a lot. How can I fall into your eyes?" ….It’s just a small amount of medicinal materials.”
Peng Yizhen was a doctor, so he naturally understood the teasing tone in Shopkeeper Zhou's words. Normally, he would have said something back to him, but today he praised the medicinal material himself, so he had nothing to say and just rolled his eyes.
"Which...which..." Brother Xiaoquan hesitated and pointed at Peng Yizhen's basket, "This... Mr. Peng, can you give it back to me..."
Peng Yizhen glared and looked at Shopkeeper Zhou, "What? Old Zhou, are you determined not to do my business?"
How can it? Business is all about making money, who would push it to the outside world!
Shopkeeper Zhou glanced at Brother Xiaoquan sideways, twirled his beard, squinted his eyes, and said with some embarrassment: "Brother Peng... I'm not afraid of you laughing when I say it. I only have so much stock of polygala here... Why don't you pick something else, and I'll give it to you You are cheaper..."
Peng Yizhen was a little unhappy and glared at Shopkeeper Zhou, choosing something else? Does your doctor dare to use coptis to make polygala soup? This old boy just wants to raise the price, so he is going round and round in such a long way.
"...Okay, now raw polygala root costs ten cents per catty, and pure polygala root costs at least fifteen cents per catty. Although not all polygala tubes here are, I will give you the price of polygala tubes, which is twenty cents per catty. , how?" he said with a glare.
So generous! It seemed that this boy was anxiously waiting for Yuanzhi to save his life. Shopkeeper Zhou couldn't help but smile on his face. If he added more, he wouldn't refuse, right
"Old Zhou! Don't give me Huahuachang..." Peng Yizhen saw his intention at a glance, weighed the wooden basket in his hand, reached out and grabbed a bunch of money from his arms, and threw it to Brother Xiaoquan, "You... A basket weighs about ten kilograms. Here are two hundred coins. If you keep nagging me, don’t blame me. "
Two hundred coins... is considered a high price.
Shopkeeper Zhou laughed, patted Peng Yizhen, and said with a bit of complaint, "Look, who do you think I am, Old Zhou... Am I that kind of person?"
Bah, Peng Yizhen spat in his heart. If he hadn't been anxious to use this, he wouldn't have taken advantage of this old boy.
"No, shopkeeper." Brother Xiaoquan shouted with a sad face.
"Get out of here." Zhou Liniang scolded, this little guy has too little eyesight.
"Shopkeeper, this is...this is the herb from the young lady of the Gu family...Didn't you ask me to return it to her? This...this..." Brother Xiaoquan said loudly with a grimace, but he couldn't help laughing in his heart.
Good fellow, ten pennies changed hands and became two hundred pennies, so you can look down on others and tell them to go away. Now, let’s see how you tell them to go away.
Peng Yizhen didn't know the whole story and was confused after hearing this, but shopkeeper Zhou and Zhou Liniang were stunned, looked at each other, and their expressions changed slightly.
Oops…..
At this time, Xing'er's high-pitched laughter could be heard faintly in the outer hall.
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I'm off on the weekend, so there probably aren't many people reading it now. After all, the number of words is small, so it doesn't matter if I stop updating. Hehe