Mu Yunhan went to the Merchant Pharmacy again. When Xiao Qingzi saw her, he hurriedly went to the backyard to ask for her: "Our wife has been waiting for you for a long time. What good things are there today?"
"Xiao Qingzi talks too much. My wife always says you are unsteady, but you still refuse to accept it!"
The maid brought herbal tea and fanned Mu Yunhan diligently: "Girl, please drink some herbal tea to cool down."
The Thirteenth Mother waved her fan coquettishly, her eyes as charming as silk: "I guess you should be here in the past few days. What good stuff have you got?"
Mu Yunhan opened the cloth on the backpack: "Danggui and Panax notoginseng, sister, look at the quality of these?"
Thirteenth Niang looked over and shouted: "This Angelica, Sanqi Shao is said to be twenty or thirty years old, and it is rare to see such quality in the palace. If this thing comes to Beijing, people will go crazy. It's a pity.
The quantity is a bit less.”
Angelica sinensis is the holy medicine for gynecology, and Panax notoginseng is the holy medicine for bruises. They are not as rare as ginseng and deer antlers, but they are widely used.
Any family with some status likes to stockpile a little for emergencies, and they will also use this as a dowry when they marry a woman or a daughter.
The more people who can afford it, the easier it is to sell, and the more quantity, the more money you can make.
Thirteenth Niang’s eyes were burning: “Sister Xiaohan, where did you get these good things?”
Mu Yunhan smiled and shook his head: "See no evil, hear no evil, and don't ask questions that my sister shouldn't ask."
Thirteenth Niang still wanted to pester her, but she saw Old Man Gu caressing the chair with his hand as if carelessly, causing the chair to fall apart in an instant.
The maid's face changed with fright. A trace of regret flashed in Thirteenth Niang's eyes, and she smiled as usual: "Seeing that this old man is rude and doesn't know how to show mercy at all, what should we do if he scares us? If you don't ask, don't ask."
"Thank you for your understanding, sister." Mu Yunhan asked Old Man Gu to bring over the vegetables: "I will give my sister a taste of the vegetables I grew at home. If they taste good, just tell me."
Thirteenth Niang's eyes lit up: "There are actually lettuce and radishes. I'm in the middle of a bitter summer."
Xiao Qingzi took Mu Yunhan to see the shop. It was on the busiest Liuxian Street, a street away from the Xuan family's house. The shop was not big, and there was a small house with one light and one dark at the back, with a patio outside.
"The rent is fifty taels a year for three years, plus a deposit of fifty taels, which can be paid in one lump sum."
The landlord was very confident: "If you open a shop here, you will only make a profit! You are lucky, girl, otherwise there would be no empty shops on this street."
"I don't have so much money with me today, can I pay the deposit first?"
Mu Yunhan smiled awkwardly, he had to come up with two hundred taels of silver in one go.
She thought she was still good at making money, but her little money was nothing compared to this. She couldn't even pay the rent, which was so miserable.
"Of course, the deposit is fifty taels. I see that the girl is honest, so I will give in and only take twenty taels." The landlord smiled and stretched out his hand.
Mu Yunhan could only find ten taels of silver from his whole body. He wanted to talk to the landlord again, but when he saw Xiao Qingzi's thief look, he immediately became alert.
It’s not like Thirteenth Niang didn’t know that she didn’t have much money and couldn’t afford to rent a good shop in this bustling area. Why she brought her here anyway, maybe she had other plans.
For example, if you see her embarrassed and offer her this money, she will owe you a favor, and she will not be able to afford to cooperate with you in the future.
Cooperation requires equal conditions and equal temperaments, so that cooperation can be happy.
When he was in trouble, he saw old man Gu take out a floral cloth bundle from his backpack, throw it on the table with a bang, and said calmly: "Fifty taels of deposit." (To be continued)