Chapter 13: Chapter 013 A Little Interlude of Catching dicine Chapter 13: Chapter 013 A Little Interlude of Catching dicine The shopkeeper was very personable, led the two into the back office in the backyard, and handed Bai Ruozhu twenty-five silver coins, as well as an additional five broken silver.
Bai Ruozhu told Bai Zehao to carefully put away the twenty-five silver coins while she packed up the five broken silver pieces herself.
Bai Zehao was calm and steady, even though he felt overjoyed, he showed no sign of excitent, which made the shopkeeper unable to guess their background.
After leaving the welcoming guests, Bai Ruozhu worried that the amount of silver they had was too much and might be unsafe, so she said to Bai Zehao: “Brother, you go ho first, I will find mother at the market, and take a donkey cart ho.”
Bai Zehao imdiately understood Bai Ruozhu’s intentions, but he was worried about leaving Bai Ruozhu alone, so he wanted her to go ho first with the silver coins.
Yet he felt that wasn’t appropriate either.
What if the shopkeeper from before was planning on stealing the silver, it would put his sister in danger, wouldn’t it?
“How about I take you to mom’s first, then I’ll rush back?” Bai Zehao suggested with concern.
Bai Ruozhu hurriedly shook her head, “There are a lot of people in the market, you better leave first.
I will be careful, after all, I’m all grown up, big brother, you must trust .”
Bai Zehao opened his mouth and finally decided to listen to Bai Ruozhu.
If the silver attracted unwanted attention, then splitting up with Bai Ruozhu might make her safer.
“Then go find mom quickly, if you can’t find her in the market, just leave a ssage and go straight ho.
Don’t stay outside too long.” Bai Zehao instructed.
“Okay, I got it.
You go ho quickly, rember to take a donkey cart, don’t try to save that little bit of money.” Bai Ruozhu tried to force so small change into Bai Zehao’s hands, but he pushed it back, “Mom has given money, you just use it yourself.”
Several years later, when the siblings often left ho with hundreds of silver banknotes, they couldn’t help laughing every ti they rembered the tension over those twenty-five silver coins.
Bai Zehao quickly left, with Bai Ruozhu turning to head towards the market.
However, instead of going directly to find her mother, she went to a pharmacy not far from the market.
Since she decided to make toothpaste, she planned to make her signature herbal toothpaste from her last life and needed to purchase so dicinal materials from the pharmacy.
Of course, she planned to make a simple version first, using only so not too expensive dicinal materials.
Otherwise, even if she could make it, probably nobody would be willing to pay for it.
At the pharmacy, she told the sales assistant a few of the dicinal ingredients she needed.
The assistant found them all for her, but there were two herbs he had never heard of, so he asked Bai Ruozhu to wait while he consulted the shopkeeper in the back.
Before the clerk could co back, a well-dressed young man walked in from outside.
Bai Ruozhu thought he was also a custor coming to collect dicine, so she quickly made way for him, but the young man went straight to the back office.
Soon, a loud conversation spilled from the backyard.
Bai Ruozhu didn’t intend to eavesdrop on others, but the newcor’s voice was impossible to ignore.
“Shopkeeper Zhou, I don’t care how you do it, but this month’s sales must et ho’s requirents, otherwise I’ll have to face punishnt again.” The young man sounded a bit harsh, as if the punishnt was severe.
“Third Master, I will certainly do my best.” The shopkeeper promised.
This seed to make the young man even angrier, “You said the sa thing last month, but what use is all your effort?
If it doesn’t work out, we might as well hire a doctor to sit in the shop, that should be better than just selling herbs.”
“Third Master, this is not possible at all, the Old Master once instructed that the shop should only sell dicinal materials and not offer dical treatnts.
In case the temporarily hired doctor lacks dical skills, it might ruin the reputation of our shop.
” The shopkeeper protested vigorously.
From outside, Bai Ruozhu silently nodded her agreent.
This shopkeeper was making sense.
Treating people dically was not sothing to be done carelessly.
It seed the young master was still too young, a little too eager for quick results.
“Then what do you suggest?” The young man snapped angrily.
The assistant inside quickly diverted the subject and said: “Master, shopkeeper, there is a custor outside waiting to collect dicines, there are two dicines I’m not certain about, we need the shopkeeper’s expertise.”
Like receiving a pardon, the shopkeeper hastily told the young man, “Third Master, I have to attend to a custor first.
I will be right back.”
The shopkeeper ca out and apologized to Bai Ruozhu with an embarrassed smile, “Madam, my apologies for having you wait this long.”
“No worries, shopkeeper, just help find the dicines.” Bai Ruozhu replied with a courteous smile.
Unexpectedly, the young master also followed the shopkeeper out, obviously intending to hurry him along.
Bai Ruozhu got a clear look at the young master’s face, he was not much older than her, probably eighteen or nineteen, equivalent to a student in modern tis.
No wonder he was impatient.
The shopkeeper soon fetched the dicines for Bai Ruozhu.
Bai Ruozhu carefully checked and confird they were the two herbs she needed, but among the herbs fetched by the salesman earlier, one was incorrect.
“Shopkeeper, this is not Verbena Officinalis,” Bai Ruozhu pointed to one of the dicinal materials.
The shopkeeper hurriedly said, “Madam, you wanted Verbena Officinalis?
My sincere apologies.
I will replace it imdiately.” He glared at his assistant, “Hurry up and sort out the mistake you made.”
The assistant scratched his head.
The custor was correct; Verbena Officinalis was needed.
However, he seed to have opened the drawer next to it by mistake.
The young master coldly remarked, “It’s no wonder that the business in the shop isn’t doing well when such small mistakes occur.”
The shopkeeper looked embarrassed and respectfully said, “Young Master, you’re right, I’ll certainly be more cautious in the future.”
The assistant also repeatedly apologized with his head down, but the young master waved him off, “Never mind, don’t bother picking them out, just give the extra herbs to the custor for free, since she knows her herbs, it may co in handy.”
The last sentence was addressed to Bai Ruozhu, who nodded and said without hesitation, “Thank you, young master.”
The assistant’s mistake was a rhododendron flower.
The prices of the two were not much different.
After all, currying custor favor is always a good thing.
“Young Master, having an extra herb may impact Madam’s formula,” the shopkeeper reasoned with concern.
The young master gave him a stern look and said, “I told you, you need to be flexible.
Mada can identify dicinal materials herself and it seems the ones she asked for are not for a specific formula.
Perhaps she can use the wrong herb for sothing else.”
Bai Ruozhu couldn’t help but glance again at the young master.
Even though he seed young, he was quite observant.
The assistant quickly replaced the Verbena Officinalis for Bai Ruozhu and delivered it to her.
The sowhat haughty young master then bowed respectfully to Bai Ruozhu and said, “Madam, our waiter was careless and caused you so inconvenience, therefore we will give you 20% off these dicines.”
At his words, the shopkeeper imdiately looked at the young master.
The business in the shop was already falling short of expectations, so why was the young master so extravagant?
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