After Su Yan and his party left, Madam Zhong checked the condition of the patients. Fortunately, she found that the treatment was done in time. If the medicinal materials can be delivered in time, no catastrophe will be caused.
Su Yan was anxious like an ant on a hot pan, praying in her heart.
As Su Yan expected, there were no medicinal materials available in the entire Huaizhou city, so everyone had to go to the neighboring city of Huaizhou, Qiuzhou.
Everyone galloped on horseback, and it was already afternoon when they arrived in Qiuzhou. Originally, Su Yan thought it would be difficult to buy medicinal materials here. But to Su Yan's surprise, although most of the people here have moved out, and the doors and windows of every household are closed, but there are a few pharmacies that are still open, and the cover on the door is new.
Su Yan turned her head to look at Chu Yan in puzzlement, but Chu Yan said to Su Yan with a clear face: "There are many people who want to make money for the country."
Before Su Yan could react, Chu Yan took Su Yan's hand into the pharmacy. Xia Mochu rode straight to another pharmacy not far away.
"Guest officer to buy medicine?" The person who greeted them looked like the shopkeeper. He was lying on the counter yawning bored, but when he saw Su Yan and the others coming in, he smiled and greeted them.
Su Yan handed the list she had drawn up to that person: "Take the herbs according to the list, I want as many as you have in your store."
The shopkeeper glanced at the list of medicinal materials in his hand, returned the list to Su Yan calmly, and said: "The medicinal materials are all there, but the girl has to look at the price first." A piece of paper came out.
Su Yan took the price list handed over by the shopkeeper, and her face suddenly became very ugly. One tael of the most common banlangen still needs a tael of silver? The price on this list is almost catching up with the money grab!
Su Yan couldn't believe her eyes: "Shopkeeper, you probably made a mistake, right?"
The shopkeeper shook his head and said with a smile: "That's the price, how much do you want for each girl?"
"Let's go to another house to see." Su Yan didn't say anything to the shopkeeper at all, she turned around and pulled Chu Yan to leave.
However, Chu Yan pulled Su Yan back, and said to the shopkeeper: "As long as you keep it true, you can get all the money from your store, and I will settle the price with you according to the price on this list."
Su Yan turned her head and looked at Chu Yan in surprise.
Chu Yan and Su Yan explained: "You don't need to go to other houses to see, since he dared to offer such a price, it means that the medicinal material dealers in the whole Qiuzhou have already negotiated a unified price."
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "This young master is a sensible person." After finishing speaking, the shopkeeper called out to the inside, and immediately a young servant came out carrying the scale.
Su Yan frowned and accused the shopkeeper: "Human life is at stake, you are taking advantage of the fire to rob."
The smile on the shopkeeper's face did not change, and he said to Su Yan: "Miss, you are talking wrong, the money we earn is all in exchange for our lives, and it is worth the price." After finishing speaking, the shopkeeper turned around and entered the counter again Inside, he said with a smile: "You two wait a moment, I'll go get the key to the warehouse."
After hearing what the shopkeeper said, Su Yan suddenly felt that the world had taught herself another lesson. In fact, if you think about it carefully, what the shopkeeper said is not unreasonable. They set up a shop here to risk the plague to make money, and it is understandable to raise the price of medicinal materials. Not everyone is willing to give away most of their wealth to treat irrelevant people like Mrs. Zhong.
Thinking about it another way, if it weren't for them to open a shop here, Su Yan and his party might not have any medicinal materials to buy with money.
It's all for life, and no one has the right to blame anyone.
Su Yan's attitude towards this matter changed from righteous indignation to silence in an instant. Chu Yan noticed the change in Su Yan's mood and said with relief: "Everything has its two sides. If you think about its benefits, it won't be so. It's unacceptable."
Su Yan nodded, she also understood that even if she lived an extra life, in fact, Chu Yan saw many things more thoroughly than she did.
While talking, the shopkeeper came out and took Chu Yan and Su Yan to the warehouse in the backyard. The shopkeeper opened the door of the warehouse and said with a smile, "You two have a priori?"
Even though he said so, the shopkeeper's eyes turned to Su Yan. He has been the shopkeeper for more than 30 years, so he still has some insight.
As soon as Su Yan walked into the warehouse, she smelled the familiar smell of medicinal materials. At that time, she felt a lot more comfortable for no reason. Su Yan then made a spot check and confirmed that the medicinal materials were all right, then nodded to Chu Yan, and Lian Hao looked at it. After weighing, they went to the next one to look at the medicinal materials.
Xia Mochu asked people to wrap things up without even looking at the price. At the time of settlement, his eyes widened after hearing the money reported by the shopkeeper. He inserted the fan in his waist and snatched the money from the shopkeeper. Glancing at the quotation in his hand, he couldn't help but swear: "Are you fucking selling medicine or robbing? I'm so old, no one dares to blackmail me!"
After finishing speaking, Xia Mochu rolled up his arms and sleeves and went towards the shopkeeper, looking like he was about to hit someone, but fortunately Chu Yan and Su Yan arrived in time and stopped Xia Mochu.
There are a total of six medicinal herb shops in Qiuzhou, and dozens of horse-drawn medicinal medicinal materials were pulled out. Su Yan took the list and counted them one by one before she was relieved. Looking at the last number on the list, to be honest, Su Yan's heart was a little faint. ache.
It cost a total of two million taels of silver to buy these dozens of carts of medicinal materials. Chu Yan and the others left in a hurry. Chu Yan probably had to pay for the money himself.
Thinking about how before she came, she kept thinking about returning the used money to Chu Yan after she went back, Su Yan suddenly felt that she was stupid and naive.
Two million taels, it would take her several lifetimes to pay off...
Seeing Su Yan standing in front of the carriage with the bill in a daze, Chu Yan came over and asked, "What's wrong?"
Su Yan murmured: "I was thinking, how many lifetimes will it take me to pay back the money you spent on me."
Chu Yan chuckled, lowered his head and whispered in Su Yan's ear, "If you don't understand, I promise you with your body, this son is so happy." He thought what happened to Su Yan, it turned out to be such a thing.
Su Yan gave Chu Yan an angry look: "I'm not afraid of being heard."
"Silly girl, mine isn't all yours." Chu Yan had just finished whispering in Su Yan's ear, and when he got up, his face changed into a serious expression: "Check everything, if there is no problem, let's go now, Try to get back before midnight."
Su Yan turned around and got on the horse. Looking back, she happened to see Xia Mochu helping a young man to carry out the last sack of medicinal materials. The young man tripped over a stone when he walked to the carriage, and Xia Mochu immediately supported the young man. , putting the weight of the entire sack on himself.
Su Yan looked at it for a while, and a smile gradually appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Chu Yan has been paying attention to Su Yan all the time. He follows Su Yan's line of sight, then withdraws his gaze lightly, Yuma walks up to Su Yan, and there is a hint of jealousy in his words: "Yan'er, Do you think Xia Mochu is a pretty good kid?"
"Yes." As soon as Su Yan finished speaking, Chu Yan carried her off her horse and transferred him to his own. Su Yan exclaimed, and as soon as she sat down, she heard a voice full of jealousy in her ear: "Don't look at other men again."