Chapter 378: Buying ginseng and meeting at Deji Hall
After half a day, Lu Ning finally arrived at the county seat in a mule cart.
As expected of a county town, I saw a tall city wall before entering. The gate of the city wall was guarded by soldiers.
At the city gate, people were coming in and out, and it was very lively.
Lu Ning and others passed the gate smoothly.
Regarding their arrival, several soldiers just glanced at them casually and did not pay attention.
The old man drove the mule cart to a deserted corner and said, "Okay, everyone, come down."
"I will wait here for two hours, and I will go back in two hours."
Several people nodded and got off the mule cart.
Lu Ning watched the people on the mule cart leave each other, but he did not leave immediately. Instead, he asked the old man: "Excuse me, old man, do you know how to get to the medicine shop in the county?"
"The medicine shop, you can see it if you keep going forward, it's very conspicuous."
"OK, thanks."
After knowing the address, Lu Ning was not in a hurry to go there. Instead, he walked along the street and walked in while looking at it.
Both sides of the street are lined with various stalls, and there are also shops along the street.
There were shouts of hawking everywhere.
There are all kinds of people on the street, and even people with swords can be seen everywhere.
Some are tall and thick, some are ferocious, and many have their faces covered with bamboo hats, looking very mysterious.
"It does have a bit of a Jianghu flavor."
It was like suddenly entering a new world, which made Lu Ning feel quite strange.
"I just don't know what the strength of these people is."
Whenever he passed by warriors holding swords and clubs, Lu Ning would cast a glance.
Now he is not very clear about the strength of warriors in this world.
When he came to the county this time, in addition to buying ginseng, he also wanted to understand the background of the world and the strength of the warriors.
While Lu Ning was looking at others curiously, some people were also looking at Lu Ning curiously.
Because he was different from others, Lu Ning also seemed a little special.
He was a small figure, alone, carrying a bow and arrow almost as tall as himself on his back, and he was dressed in shabby clothes.
In addition, Lu Ning's behavior made some interested people take a look, and they could tell at a glance that Lu Ning was a young boy who had just entered the county.
When Lu Ning walked to the door of the medicine shop, several pairs of eyes were already staring at him secretly.
"Deji Hall."
Lu Ning looked at the name of the medicinal shop and then walked in.
"Son, why are you here at the store? Where are your adults?" As soon as Lu Ning came in, a store clerk came over and asked.
When asking, he also looked around to see if Mr. Lu Ning was nearby.
"When I came to your store, of course I came to buy medicine. My master asked me to buy some medicine."
"Buying medicine? What medicine should I buy?"
"Are there any ginseng roots?"
Lu Ning didn't dare to buy ginseng. After all, ginseng is too expensive. Generally, ginseng costs dozens of taels. Now he only has more than thirteen taels in his pocket, which is not enough to buy a stick of ginseng. In the end, he can only buy some inferior quality ones.
Ginseng whiskers.
"Of course there are ginseng roots." After saying this, the waiter ran to the shopkeeper who was sitting in the hall and said, "Shopkeeper, that kid asked me to buy ginseng roots."
In their pharmacy industry, ginseng roots are called dragon whiskers, which is an elegant name for ginseng roots.
When the shopkeeper heard this, he waved to Lu Ning and asked, "You want to buy dragon whiskers, oh, ginseng roots."
"Yes, it's me. The adults in the family asked me to buy it."
"Although the dragon's whisker is a defective ginseng, it's not cheap. Have you brought enough money?" asked the shopkeeper.
He saw that Lu Ning was dressed in shabby clothes and did not look like a child from a wealthy family in the county, so he couldn't help but have this question.
"Bring it." Lu Ning nodded, "The adults in my family went to the neighboring village to buy dragon whiskers some time ago, so they also know the price. This time I asked me to bring thirteen taels. I wonder if I can buy them from you, the shopkeeper.
How many dragon whiskers."
"If it's too expensive, I'll go to another store to buy it." After speaking, Lu Ning looked at the shopkeeper with a smile on his face.
Of course he said this on purpose and made it clear directly to avoid being deceived.
When the shopkeeper heard that Lu Ning had brought thirteen taels of silver, he immediately beamed.
Thirteen taels of silver, if this was done, it would be a big deal. As for what Lu Ning said, he didn't mind at all.
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "We do business here, and we are all honest. You can pay as much as you want. We won't charge you more money because you are a child. You can go outside and ask around. Our Deji Hall is also very strict."
This store has been established for many years and does business very well.”
No matter which store in the county he compares to, the shopkeeper has this confidence.
Lu Ning looked at the shopkeeper and didn't answer.
"Go, take out those high-quality dragon whiskers and let this little brother take care of them." The shopkeeper told the waiter.
Unknowingly, his name for Lu Ning had changed and he no longer treated him as a child.
The clerk immediately went to fetch a box and delivered it to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper opened the box and revealed eight ginseng roots inside.
"Little brother, look at it. They are all top-quality dragon whiskers. If you want thirteen taels, take them all."
"Only eight~" Lu Ning couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Although the quality, size and quantity are similar to those of Gui Laohan, he only paid ten taels at Gui Laohan's place, while here they cost thirteen taels.
The difference between three and two, I have to say, the price is much higher.
"Little brother, are you not satisfied?" The shopkeeper couldn't help but ask when he saw Lu Ning's expression.
"Can I have a little less silver?"
After all, it was from Earth. Lu Ning wanted to see if he could bargain.
The shopkeeper shook his head, "This is already the most reasonable price. If you go to other medicinal stores in the county, they all have this price."
Lu Ning looked at the ginseng roots in the box and said nothing.
The shopkeeper knew that Lu Ning was hesitating and didn't bother him.
"I'll think about it again."
For such an important matter, Lu Ning planned to go to other stores to have a look and compare products.
After all, no matter how nice the shopkeeper's words are, he may be lying. You can't easily believe other people's words, especially those of the seller.
"When we do business, it's all about mutual consent. It doesn't matter if we don't close the deal. Little brother, do you want to take a look at the other medicinal materials in our store?" the shopkeeper invited.
After all, Lu Ning had thirteen taels of silver in his hand and was a big customer. The shopkeeper didn't want to let Lu Ning go out so easily.
Lu Ning shook his head, "No."
He came here just for the ginseng roots. This one was a bit expensive, so he planned to check out other ones.
Seeing Lu Ning's firm attitude, the shopkeeper said nothing more, but he always greeted Lu Ning with a smile until Lu Ning left the store.
After leaving Deji Hall, Lu Ning continued to wander around the county.
"Gululu."
At this time, his stomach sent out a hunger signal.
Lu Ning raised his head and glanced at the sun. It was already noon.
So Lu Ning chose a restaurant nearby and walked in.
He looked around the restaurant and found that there were already many customers, and even some people dressed with swords were drinking there.
Lu Ning's arrival only gave them a casual glance, and they paid no more attention.
Lu Ning sat down by a window.
"This young man, what would you like to eat?" The waiter in the store came over and asked with a smile.
While talking, the waiter looked Lu Ning up and down. He was particularly interested in Lu Ning's bow and arrow.
"Is there any roast chicken?"
"have."
"Let's have a roast chicken and a bowl of rice first."
"Five cents of cash."
The waiter did not leave immediately, but stretched out his hand to Lu Ning.
With Lu Ning's dress and age, he didn't dare to serve Lu Ning first. If Lu Ning had the Overlord meal, he would be paid by the boss.
When Lu Ning saw this, he didn't say much, took out five cents from his pocket and put it on the table.
"Okay, please wait~"
The waiter took five cents, shouted and immediately went to make arrangements.
After a while, a roast chicken and a bowl of rice were served.
Lu Ning was eating roasted chicken. The roasted chicken reminded him of Ah Fu, "I wonder where Ah Fu is."
In the impression of the original owner, Ah Fu seemed to have always had no fixed address. He would only go back to the ruined temple every once in a while, and he didn't know where he usually went.
Ah Fu was extremely loyal to him, and of course he couldn't forget him.
He touched the silver coins in his arms, intending to bring a roast chicken back to Ah Fu, but he was worried that Ah Fu would not be in the ruined temple, so he gave up after thinking about it. It would be better to just give the money directly.
At this moment, Lu Ning turned to look out the window and saw a group of beggars beating a little beggar.
He took a closer look and saw that the little beggar who was beaten was none other than Ah Fu.
Lu Ning stood up from his seat in an instant and ran directly over.
"Get away!"
Lu Ning rushed into the group of beggars and punched and kicked them one by one.
His strength was so great that everyone he hit fell to the side with grinning teeth.
This was the result of Lu Ning's retention.
"Aning!"
Ah Fu looked surprised when he saw Lu Ning rushing in and showing off his skills to save him. He got up from the ground and walked to Lu Ning with a smile on his face.
"Why did you come to the county town? You are just so awesome." Ah Fu was very surprised to see Lu Ning. He kept chattering, forgetting that there was a group of beggars watching him.
"What an awesome boy."
Several beggars rubbed the beaten area. They looked at Lu Ning with a little fear in their eyes. Lu Ning's fist was so hard just now that they didn't dare to step forward.
Where on earth did such a boy come from.
"Boy, you are very good. Just wait for me. Don't leave." A beggar pointed at Lu Ning fiercely, put down his harsh words, and then left with several beggars.
When Lu Ning beat up a group of beggars alone, passers-by looked on and found it wonderful.
"Some strength, not bad." A middle-aged man with a child next to him couldn't help but nodded when he saw this scene.
From the scene just now, he could see how extraordinary Lu Ning was.
The crowd gradually dispersed, and the middle-aged man came over with his child.
"Aning, leave quickly. Those people will come back later to cause trouble for us." Ah Fu wanted to drag Lu Ning away from here.
He knew how difficult those beggars were.
"etc."
Just as Lu Ning was about to take Ah Fu to a restaurant to eat roast chicken, he was stopped by the middle-aged man.