It has been nearly three years since he left. Compared with before, Gongsun Yan found that the prosperity of Kangmei Street has not weakened, but actually seems more prosperous. Many shops have been elevated and turned into buildings, and their facades have also been decorated.
It is difficult to find a shop on this street. It is difficult to expand the scale of business by acquiring other people's shops. The only way is to expand at the original location.
When we arrived at "Ji Ren Tang", it became a two-story building. The layout of the first floor was the same as before, with half a shop and half a clinic. The clinic is located on the first floor mainly for the convenience of patients.
There were also more waiters in the store. The waiter standing at the door to greet guests didn't know Gongsun Yan. He was a little surprised when he saw Gongsun Yan still holding a gift box in his hand, but he still took the initiative and asked:
"Sir, are you here to grab medicine or purchase medicinal materials?"
"Oh, I'm here to see shopkeeper Gongsun." Gongsun Yan replied.
"Oh, the shopkeeper is on the second floor taking customers to view the display cabinets and choose medicinal materials. I will go up and report it right now."
"Oh, no need, I'll just wait for him below."
Gongsun Yan replied. When he walked into the store, Gongsun Yan saw that Gongsun Qi was still there, diagnosing a patient. There seemed to be a doctor next to him, who looked slightly older than Gongsun Qi.
At this time, Gongsun Qi also saw Gongsun Yan. He was slightly surprised, then smiled and nodded, signaling Gongsun Yan to wait a moment.
The waiter let Gongsun Yan wait for the guests, served tea, and went to do other things. Gongsun Yan carefully looked at the layout of the store and found that it was newly decorated, and the depth was twice as deep as before.
, the business area has also more than doubled.
Gongsun Yan secretly praised Gongsun Zhi for his business acumen and that if the appearance was not enough, he would develop in depth.
He began to wander around the store, taking a look at the medicinal materials they sold. Gongsun Yan discovered that not all medicinal materials displayed in the display cabinets were all "patent medicines" that had been produced and processed.
Gongsun Yan was a little surprised, and couldn't help but admire Gongsun Zhi. He praised him for taking advantage of the medical family to combine some medicinal materials with his own formulas to make "patent medicines" for sale, which had advantages that ordinary medicine dealers could not match.
At this time, Gongsun Qi had already finished diagnosing the patient, and after prescribing and dispensing the medicine, he pulled the older doctor over to meet Gongsun Yan. Gongsun Qi asked:
"When did Brother Yan come back? Brother Zhi was still talking about you a few days ago, saying that it's been almost three years since you left and you should come back."
Gongsun Yan also quickly stood up and returned the courtesy:
"I just came back yesterday. Didn't I come to see you as soon as I came back? Brother Qi, the deadline hasn't come yet? I thought you had returned to the family."
"Oh, it has already expired. I asked to stay for a while longer to see how the situation changes. This is Brother Gongsun Min who was sent by the family to replace me."
Gongsun Qi then introduced Gongsun Yan to Gongsun Min. It was obvious that he was a little surprised, not knowing that there was another clansman here.
At this time, Gongsun Qi continued to introduce to Gongsun Min:
"Brother Min, you may not have heard of Brother Yan within your family, but you must know that Brother Yan is his direct uncle. Brother Yan is the nephew of Imperial Physician Rui."
Hearing this, Gongsun Min was shocked in his heart. He had never heard that Imperial Physician Wen Rui had a nephew outside.
Normally, the direct relatives of the family's imperial doctor are placed in the best positions, but not only does Gongsun Yan stay in a place where Yan can't lay eggs, but he doesn't even have a share in the family business. He feels a little contempt for Gongsun Yan in his heart.
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Since uncle Gongsun Rui was mentioned, Gongsun Yan also wanted to know his recent news, so he asked:
"Brother Qi, do you know the news about Uncle Rui?"
"Oh, Brother Yan doesn't know yet? Uncle Rui and..."
At this moment, Gongsun Zhi accompanied the medicinal material merchant and walked downstairs. When he saw Gongsun Yan, he shouted in surprise:
"Brother Yan, when did you come back? Wait, I'll see off the guests first, and we'll talk when we get back."
After that, Gongsun Zhi sent the two medicinal merchants out the door.
Here, Gongsun Qize continues to answer what Gongsun Yan just asked:
"Uncle Rui and Zhaozu returned to their ancestral home after the fall of the capital. I heard that they wanted to go to the new capital of Wancheng to serve as imperial doctors, but I don't know what the situation is. Brother Zhi should be able to know."
At this time, Gongsun Zhi had already seen off his guests and came back. When he saw Gongsun Yan, he quickly said:
"Brother Yan, you are back. There is a chaos of war and chaos outside, and my aunt has been worried. Come on, let's go to the living room behind to chat."
After saying that, Gongsun Zhi led a few people to the backyard.
When he came to the backyard, Gongsun Yan was slightly surprised. The backyard did not become smaller due to the expansion of the shop in front. Instead, it became more than twice as big as before. There were warehouses on both sides and a three-story wooden building in front of it, which looked very grand.
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Entering the living room, this place is not comparable to the original back hall. Not only the area has doubled, but also new furniture has been purchased inside.
The entire living room is decorated in a simple and elegant manner. In addition to some antiques and strange stones, there are also many rare medicinal materials with unique shapes on the display shelves, highlighting the owner's financial strength and status as a medical family.
Gongsun Zhi let Gongsun Yan take the first place, and the others took their seats in order. Gongsun Min was secretly surprised. Seeing that Gongsun Zhi valued Gongsun Yan so much, how could he not know that Gongsun Yan was not as simple as he seemed on the outside.
After the maid served the tea, Gongsun Yan asked straight to the point:
"Brother Zhi, how much do you know about the situation at Uncle Rui's place?"
"Alas! I was about to tell you about this. Originally, after Uncle Rui and Zhaozu returned to their ancestral land, they wanted to live out their lives there and never leave the mountains again. However, the new owner of Wancheng kept sneaking into the Northern Dynasty.
Go and urge him, Zhaozu is old and doesn’t want to come out anymore, but Uncle Rui intends to go south.”
Gongsun Zhi took a sip of water and continued:
"At this moment, news came from the south of the large-scale invasion of the country of Dilou. The new ruler of the Southern Dynasty was attacked from two sides and was in danger. Uncle Rui was afraid of making the same mistake again, so he simply gave up the idea of leaving the mountain again. Now Idle Fu is in his ancestral land and is opening a shop.
Teaching.”
Hearing this, Gongsun Yan breathed a sigh of relief. His second uncle and the others were fine. As if he thought of something, he asked again:
"Brother Zhi, why did you just say that the Ai Lou Kingdom invaded the country on a large scale?"
"Oh... huh? Brother Yan, don't you know about the invasion of the Ai Lou Kingdom from the south? Have you not been in the country these years?" Gongsun Zhi asked doubtfully.
Hearing this, Gongsun Yan looked a little embarrassed. He smiled bitterly and said:
"Brother Zhi, to be honest, not only am I not in Huachen, I'm not even outside the border of Jishui Kingdom. I don't know anything about what has happened in Jishui Kingdom in recent years."
"ah!"
Hearing this, Gongsun Zhi exclaimed, and the three of them looked at each other.
Gongsun Zhi asked again:
"May I ask Brother Yan, where have you been in the past two years? Is it convenient to ask?"