Chunyang First Headmaster

Chapter 87: Medicinal Materials Worth 30 Taels
"What did the guest officer fancy?"

Seeing Xiao Qianli coming to the inner hall, a young man with quick hands and feet came up to meet him immediately.

"Has the broken snow lotus in No. 20, the second line of the sixth picture on the north wall been sold? Contact the seller for this seat, and tell me that someone wants this thing!"

"Okay!" The young man rummaged through the books in his hand, pointed to one of them and nodded, "The guest officer just happened to come, the thing hasn't been sold yet, and the seller happens to be in the backyard."

"Take me to go!"

The backyard of this shop is huge, part of it is used as a warehouse, and the other part is divided into dozens of huts, large and small, as a temporary living inn, but it can be used to the fullest.

Under the leadership of the boy, Xiao Qianli went straight to the backyard, and at a glance, he saw goods piled up like a mountain, and there were hundreds of people who looked like merchants talking with each other, and it was very lively.

"Guest officer, the seller is right there!"

Xiao Qianli followed the boy's directions and saw a young man about sixteen or seventeen squatting in the corner. His skin was tanned and his palms were thick. He was obviously used to doing hard work. His long messy hair hung down In front of him, he couldn't see his face clearly, only he was holding a bowl of water in his left hand, and holding a large pancake in his right hand, stuffing it into his mouth.

"Hey! You, it's you, let's talk about you!" The boy called out from a distance, "You have a customer who wants that thing!"

The eyes of the people next to him suddenly turned to the young man, and when they saw the young man pointing at the young man under the corner, they couldn't help but let out an "ah", then turned their eyes back and talked about the topic just now.

The young man seemed to have never heard of it, and the boy called out twice before he raised his head suspiciously. When he saw the boy's finger pointing in his direction, he couldn't help but look around in surprise.

"What are you looking at? Come here soon?"

The young man froze for a moment, and suddenly threw away the pancake and bowl, rushed up, grabbed the boy's hand, and shouted, "Are you calling me?"

"It's you!" The boy grinned and pulled his hand out of the young man's big hand, and glared at him angrily, "It's not easy to meet a customer who is interested, you should quickly lower the price and sell that thing! "

How could the intermediary talk like that?Xiao Qianli's eyes narrowed, and he looked at the two with interest. It was obvious that this young man was in a very bad situation, and even the little guy in the shop felt upset, wishing he could sell his stuff and leave.

"Hehehe..." The young man smiled honestly, let go of his hand, touched the back of his head, and said with a smile, "Taoist, is it you who want my snow lotus?"

"En!" Xiao Qianli saw that the young man was not tall, but he was extremely muscular, with a simple and honest face, his eyes were small, but he smiled so narrowly, and he spoke with a big grin, which seemed even more ridiculous.He smiled and said, "Where are your things?"

"It's in their store!" The young man pointed at the young man, who gave him a blank look, and snorted, "As for that broken snow lotus, it's still like a treasure. If you want me to say, as long as this guest officer likes it, sir If you sell a little bit, at least some money will come in..."

Xiao Qianli smiled lightly, and ordered: "Brother, please bring it."

The young man promised, turned around and walked to the large grass garden at the back of the courtyard, looked around, picked up one of the small porcelain pots covered with gauze, and graciously brought it to Xiao Qianli.

Seeing someone looking at the goods, several good-natured people gathered around, staring at the small porcelain basin, and when the little guy removed the gauze, they all made a "cut" sound, and most of them scattered away.

Looking at the plants in the porcelain pot, Xiao Qianli couldn't help laughing. The top of this thing was shaped like a lotus, the leaves were oval, and the membranous silver-white. The inflorescence was divided into twelve petals, with sharp teeth on the edge. It was indeed a living snow lotus.It's just that the flower head is incomplete, and the leaves look like they have been eaten by insects, with pits and holes, and the appearance is completely useless.

"This thing is basically worthless." An old drug dealer who knows the goods next to him explained kindly, "Fortunately, the roots of the plant are intact, and it can be used for a year or so after cultivation; if it is a dry product, it can only be used as a vegetable. It can be used as an assistant in medicine, but it can’t be used as the main flavor.”

What he said made the young man's dark face turn red, and he muttered after a long while: "It was like this when I found it, and I didn't hurt it... I was afraid that I would die, so I dug up the root together. come out……"

Xiao Qianli could only smile wryly and shook his head. Seeing him shaking his head, the young man hurriedly shouted: "Taoist, if you really want it, you can make a price, I...I..."

Seeing his eager but speechless expression, Xiao Qianli just found it interesting, and asked, "If I only pay ten taels of silver, will you sell it or not?"

"Ten taels?" The young man's eyes were wide open, he was speechless for a while, and after a while, like a deflated ball, his expression suddenly became sluggish, and he shook his head with a mournful face, "Ten taels, ten taels is really too little." ..."

The young man couldn't stand it any longer, and interjected: "I said that you can sell this item for ten taels, which is not bad. Are you really planning to exchange this defective product for 100 taels of silver?"

"But...but..." The young man hesitated to speak, and looked at Xiao Qianli with pleading eyes, "Taoist, lift it up again, how about lift it up again?"

"Lift up" is a local dialect, which probably means to increase the price. Xiao Qianli looked at the broken and incomplete snow lotus, and was about to speak when his heart suddenly moved, and he fell silent.

"100 taels, I bought it!"

As soon as this remark came out, the people next to him couldn't help being startled, and the drug dealer who kindly reminded him hurriedly said: "Young students, I have been serving medicinal materials for most of my life. What I just said is just my experience. will lie to you."

"Knowing that the old man has good intentions, it's just that I care about myself."

Xiao Qianli comforted the old man, took out a bank note worth a hundred taels, stuffed it in the young man's hand, and said with a smile: "Now this thing belongs to me?"

"It's yours, it's yours!" The young man was overjoyed, and hurriedly stretched out his hands to fumble in his bosom. After a while, he smiled and said to the boy, "I don't have any scattered silver on me..."

"Knowing that you are a poor man, how can you afford those expenses?" The young man gave the young man a look, handed the porcelain basin to Xiao Qianli, and snatched the bank note, "Two percent deal The handling fee and storage fee will be waived for you!"

He trotted back to the inner room, quickly exchanged the small bank notes and some scattered silver, stuffed them in the young man's hand, turned around and saluted Xiao Qianli, then turned and left.

The young man happily counted the money in his hand, but the old drug dealer sighed and shook his head, "I really don't know what you young people are thinking now..."

Xiao Qianli chuckled, motioned the drug dealer to watch carefully, and asked, "Old man, besides the snow lotus, don't you think of anything else?"

The beard of the old drug dealer was about to turn up, and he said angrily: "Master, are you entertaining the old man? There are quite a few herbs that look like lotus flowers, such as Daoxian, Leigen, unicorn lotus, longevity grass, bright mirror, Zizhinianhua ...But what else could this thing be other than snow lotus?"

Xiao Qianli said with a smile: "Old man, your eyes are like pearls. Is the defect on this petal really caused by insects and ants?"

As soon as this sentence was said, the old drug dealer was stunned, and then he carefully looked at the incomplete cut on the snow lotus, and several people around him also gathered around, looked at each other, and were silent for a while. language.

After looking at it for a long while, the old drug dealer said uncertainly, "Could it be that... this snow lotus was born like this?"

"It's good to be born like this, but this thing is not a snow lotus!"

"It's not snow lotus? What is that?" Several people around looked at the herb in amazement, but they couldn't see any way to do it, so they couldn't help turning their eyes to the old medicine merchant who was twisting his beard and groaning.

"Wait..." The old drug dealer's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said in a slightly trembling voice, "I once heard that there was a kind of exotic herb growing in Daxue Mountain, which was shaped like a lotus flower. It was born with a broken body, but it could make up for the deficiencies... Could it be... Could it be this thing?"

"Make up for congenital deficiencies?" Hearing these five words, the surrounding audience roared in unison.

Xiao Qianli smiled slightly, nodded and said: "As expected, the old man is well-known. This herb is called Canxin Binglian. The flower heart is yin, and the petals are yang. It consolidates qi and nourishes the essence. It uses yin and yang to make up for the deficiencies of the five elements."

"Yin and Yang two qi make up for congenital deficiencies?" Accompanied by a burst of exclamation, many people around opened their eyes wide, and at the same time glowed an extremely frenzied green light, as if they had been hungry for three whole months!

Among them, several Wulin Sanren with long swords hanging from their waists were even more greedy, and they couldn't help but take a few steps forward, as if they wanted to swallow this medicinal herb into their stomachs.

"Xiaosheng, make an offer! I will never bargain!" The old drug dealer grabbed Xiao Qianli's wrist and said in a trembling voice, "This time I brought about 30 taels of silver. As long as you Nod your head, this batch of goods is all yours!"

"30 taels?" The audience was even more amazed. The huge backyard immediately surrounded the inner three floors and the outer three floors, and the noise was like a busy city.

"I'm sorry, this thing is really useful to me, and it's really hard to give up." Xiao Qianli smiled slightly, and stuffed the Canxin Binglian into the treasure bag, and said with a smile, "I don't want to hide it from you, I'm about to Opening up the mountain to teach disciples, I still need to refine this remnant heart ice lotus, so that I can give my disciples some innate ways in the future."

Speaking of this matter, even though the old drug dealer's face was full of regret, he could only reluctantly let go of Xiao Qianli, and said with a wry smile: "The old man has been dealing with medicinal materials for most of his life, but his eyesight is clumsy for a while, so he can't recognize this rare medicine. Heaven and Earth Spirit Treasures are really formidable for younger generations."

Xiao Qianli smiled slightly, turned to look at the young man who was still smirking, and asked, "This Canxin Binglian worth 30 taels of silver, you sold it to me for 100 taels, do you regret it now?"

The honest young man chuckled, shook his head and said, "With these 98 taels of silver, I can go save my mother. As for how much you sold, what does it have to do with me?"

As soon as the words came out, everyone nearby couldn't help but hid their mouths and snickered, but the old drug dealer nodded repeatedly, and said with a smile: "This son really has a simple mind, this old man has been in the medicinal material business for many years, and he is nothing more than keeping a word of 'faith'. That young man, if you don’t have a way to make a living, you might as well come to me as an apprentice, and I’ll give you eight taels of silver every month.”

Nowadays, the price of goods is extremely cheap, and the salary of eight qian silver is really a rare high salary for an apprentice.The young man hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "I still have to save my mother..."

While the old drug dealer was talking to the young man, he heard a commotion at the door, a few men dressed as martial artists with long swords hanging from their waists pushed the crowd aside, walked in with big strides, and the leader shouted Said: "What broken medicinal material? It's worth 30 taels of silver?"

(End of this chapter)