Zhoujia Town is a big town, with people coming and going on the streets, and the shops on both sides are doing brisk business. It is very lively, and its prosperity can be compared with that of An County.
When Zihua entered the town, she easily found out where the home of Zhou Chuanyou, a high official who had become an official, was.
She knocked on the door and handed her the note, and soon someone came out and invited her into the inner courtyard.
Zhou Chuanyou was an elder with a smile on his face. He didn't show any airs of being a high-ranking official. He looked like a rich man, and he didn't show any contempt for Yuhua, who was dressed as a farmer.
After Zhou Chuanyou came in, Zhou Chuanyou asked a few questions and found out that the ginseng was picked by Zhou Hua himself in the mountains. He also praised her for good luck.
"You, you, you, the violence ..." The old man who was sitting in Zhou Chuanyou's left hand was spoke, and Zhou Chuanyou was called Dr. Gan.
Dr. Gan saw that Zihua just packed the ginseng in the wooden box casually, and glared at Zihua sadly.
He has been practicing medicine for many years and has seen countless ginseng branches. Although the specific age of the ginseng cannot be determined at a glance, judging from the approximate size and appearance of the ginseng, it is definitely more than a hundred years old.
As a doctor, he loves treasures that can cure diseases and save lives, and he cannot bear to see the treasures in his eyes being treated so lightly.
I saw him walking over, carefully taking the wooden box from Yu Hua's hand, holding it in front of my eyes and inspecting it carefully. He found that the ginseng was intact without a broken beard, and his expression became relieved.
She invited Zihua to sit down in a pavilion not far away.
With this order, Hua Qiuniang will be very happy.
"How much? Thirty thousand taels?" To Zhou Chuanyou's expectation, it wasn't that the opponent was higher, but that it was less.
Zihua looked towards the back courtyard and said to Zhou Rujin, "You'd better return to the inner courtyard as soon as possible, stay with your grandfather, and ask your grandfather to call more servants to protect the inner courtyard."
Zhou Rujin ordered more than a dozen items at once, and Juhua already ordered them. He estimated the time, "I will deliver the items in three months."
Finally, God gave him life and allowed him to obtain the thousand-year-old ginseng.
Thousand-year-old ginseng is extremely rare. If it occasionally appears in the world, it will be quickly treasured. It rarely appears on the market. He can only ask people to search for it. He can only do his best and let fate. Whether he can find it depends on God's arrangements.
When he said this, he secretly observed the other person's expression, and sure enough, there was no change in the other person's expression.
The little lady in green was twelve or thirteen years old and was Zhou Rujin, the granddaughter of Zhou Chuanyou. She took a fancy to the dowry box made by Hua Qiuniang that day and gave Hua Qiuniang more than ten taels of silver to buy it.
"That's great." Zhou Rujin's eyebrows twitched, "I want a lot of things. Let's sit down and explain it clearly."
Zhou Rujin's eyes were crooked, "Then let's say it, I will definitely go. Sister Yuerou, do you want to go back? I will take you out, so you don't have to wait for the housekeeper."
"...I want to order a dowry box, but if it doesn't have a different pattern, I also need to order some bamboo boxes and cages, which must be as exquisite as the dowry box..."
His movements became gentler.
Thousand-year-old ginseng was used to prolong his mother's life. He never thought of taking it by chance, fearing that his virtue would be damaged and God would take away this thread of life.
He told the steward on the side, "Zhou Song, bring me 40,000 taels of silver notes."
After the money and goods were cleared, Zhou Chuanyou asked Zhou Song to see Zihua out.
The housekeeper Zhou Song took out 40,000 taels of silver notes from the inner hall and gave them to Yuhua.
After Zihua finished speaking, she walked out of the pavilion, jumped onto the wall, and suddenly disappeared from Zhou Rujin's wide eyes.
Zhou Rujin was stunned because Juhua's expression didn't change much, and she saw that there was no doubt about it, but the words were too abrupt. She wanted to ask, but Juhua didn't give her time to ask.
"You don't need to send it." Zhou Rujin waved his hands, "Where do you live, I want to get it myself. Well...can I go and see it in a month? I just want to see how those things are woven."
Zhou Rujin kept talking, "...I later sent people to the town to buy more, but I couldn't find you. Others can't tell where you live..."
Miss Sun intercepted the guests who were sending them off, and housekeeper Zhou Song returned to the inner courtyard to report the matter.
Her budget was within 10,000 taels, but Millennium Ginseng was too cheap to sell for 10,000 taels, so she asked for 30,000 taels.
The more he looked at Zi Hua, the more he liked it. The other party knew that he was holding a thousand-year-old ginseng, which was extremely precious, but he only wanted a low price. He was of noble character, and he couldn't let him down. "Forty thousand taels, that's it."
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For the sake of Zhou Rujin making Hua Qiuniang happy, Zihua stopped and replied patiently, "I didn't bring any bamboo utensils today. If you want one, you can order one and I'll send it to you when it's ready."
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"Are you sure?" Zhou Chuanyou confirmed again, "After the money is cleared today, if you regret it in the future, I will not admit it."
He was giving the other party a chance to raise the price, so as not to regret it later and become dissatisfied with his Zhou family.
"...That bamboo crane was made by you yourself! I thought the person who made such a lifelike crane would be an elder. Your craftsmanship is so good..."
Zhou Chuanyou also breathed heavily, stroking his hands and smiling, "Okay, God has the virtue of a good life, it's nothing more than this."
His elder brother, Zhou Zhongli, was of a down-to-earth nature and would tell the truth about the value of thousand-year-old ginseng if asked.
Immediately, his breathing became heavier, and he stared at the ginseng and couldn't bear to move his eyes, "Thousand-year-old ginseng, it really is a thousand-year-old ginseng."
Zhou Rujin had hope in her eyes.
Yuhua felt that this was what Zhou Rujin wanted, so she didn't say anything, "I live in Weishan Village in An County. You can go there anytime."
Unexpectedly, the other party only wanted 30,000 taels.
Zi Hua glanced at it and saw that seven of them were worth five thousand taels, and the rest were small-denominated banknotes ranging from five hundred taels to one hundred taels and fifty taels, so that she could exchange them for cash.
"I want ginseng, how much do you want to sell it for?" Zhou Chuanyou asked Yuhua. He was prepared for the opponent's lion to open his mouth, and calculated the highest amount of silver he could give.
"Thirty thousand taels is enough." Making money by selling ginseng was not Zihua's purpose, she just needed money.
Zhou Chuanyou saw that Zihua was always steady and unswayed by his words, and she didn't seem to understand the value of thousand-year-old ginseng. He secretly admired in his heart that she was an extraordinary woman with such magnanimity.
His mother was seriously ill. She saw countless doctors, including the imperial doctor. They all said that the old man's body was at the end of its rope and there was no cure. Only Dr. Gan said there was a glimmer of hope, that is, if he could find thousand-year-old ginseng, he could continue to use it.
A few years of life.
"Is it you?" Not far from the inner courtyard, he met a young lady wearing a pretty green dress and recognized Yuhua. "What are you here to sell? Do you still have that kind of makeup box?"
"Thirty thousand taels."
"Xiaodong, let's go find grandpa." Although Zhou Rujin was young, she didn't panic when something happened. She held the corners of the skirt with both hands and ran towards the inner courtyard with the maid.
The deceased is gone, and I am feeling better.
Say to you: thank you.
There has been no update for so long, and I thought that I couldn't let the last day of the Year of the Tiger be blank, so I coded it out.
I wish you all a happy New Year’s Eve and may your family be happy!