dtnovels Chapter 110 Discovering a New Path
Chapter 110 Discovering a New Path
“This is golden thread grass.”
Instantly, the old man looked at An Yue with some surprise, and pinched some fine powder from the medicine drawer and gave it to An Yue. An Yue took a look and found that it was white fine powder and nothing could be identified.
So, An Yue put her nose close to it and sniffed it carefully, but unexpectedly, she inhaled some powder into her nose.
"Ahhh, sneeze!" An Yue sneezed, and all the fine powder in her hands flew away.
The old man couldn't help laughing when he saw it, and said, "You little girl are very cunning, don't you know that you are doing this to tease me on purpose?"
An Yue rubbed her nose and said, "This is Sichuan Fritillary Bulbs."
The old man began to look at An Yue differently. He quickly took out another Chinese medicine and handed it to An Yue, saying, "If you recognize this medicine, then we can continue our discussion."
An Yue took it, smelled it, looked at it, and felt that it was somewhat familiar but couldn't remember the name of the medicine for a moment.
She scratched her head and tilted it, trying to recall.
An Yue suddenly turned to the shopkeeper and said, "Mai Dong."
When the shopkeeper saw An Yue respond, he said with surprise: "You little girl can really recognize medicinal herbs!"
"Uncle, can we continue our conversation?"
"Our medicine shop usually buys herbs all year round, but our town is far from the county town and the medicine merchants don't care about my small business."
"They would not send a team all the way to the town just to escort a small amount of medicinal materials."
"Besides, we don't have enough staff in this shop on weekdays, so we can't spare any time to go to the mountains to collect herbs, so we are in a dilemma."
"The villagers are illiterate. If you tell them something, they won't remember it. It's like playing the lute to a cow."
"Then uncle, other medicinal herbs may not be available at the moment, but Yueyue can go and dig for the commonly used medicinal herbs."
"So, little girl, what kind of medicinal herbs can you bring?"
"Currently we can send plantain and dandelion, and we will add more medicinal varieties one by one in the future."
"These two medicinal herbs are scarce all year round. Miss, you can give them to me first. I want 50 kilograms of each."
“Dried or fresh?”
"If it's fresh, 50 kilograms will be enough. If it's dried, 10 to 20 kilograms will be enough."
"How much silver per pound do you want to buy those two kinds of herbs?"
"Fresh plantain and dandelion are 4 and 5 cents respectively, and dried ones are 18 and 25 cents respectively. What do you think, Miss An Yue?"
An Yue smiled and said to the old man: "Old man, isn't your price a little too low? How about raising it a little bit?"
The old man pretended to be embarrassed and said, "This... this price can't be much different."
"Old man, this herb is something you only regret when you have enough of it."
"Besides, you don't have to travel a long way to dig. Even if you hire someone to dig, it will cost at least 180 coins a day. Whether the person can dig enough by then is another matter."
"I dig for several days every month, and then select the best ones before delivering them to you. This business is suitable for you!"
The old man knew very well that what An Yue said was just to lower the price.
An Yue quickly glanced at the old man's expression, and then continued, "To be honest, Yueyue is also delivering medicinal herbs to other shops on this street."
The old man bowed his head in deep thought...
"Fresh plantain and dandelion are sold at five and six cents per pound, and dried ones are sold at twenty and thirty cents."
"Uncle, what do you think?"
"By the way, uncle, Yueyue has something to ask me, is it appropriate?"
"It's okay to say it, it's okay to say it."
"Excuse me, are you the owner of this shop?" To be on the safe side, An Yue decided to ask one more question.
The old man smiled and nodded at An Yue, saying, "My last name is Zhou Mingkang, and I am the shopkeeper of this shop. May I know your full name, young lady?"
"Uncle Zhou, my surname is An, you can just call me An Yue."
"Okay, okay, Miss Anyue, you are smart despite your small size, so I'll take your price! But I don't know when it can be delivered."
"Uncle Zhou, can you send it over in three days?"
"Okay, then let's do it in three days!"
At this moment, An Yue could hardly contain her joy.
An Yue smiled and waved at the old man, saying, "Then Yueyue will go back to dig herbs first."
After An Yue finished speaking, she ran out of the pharmacy happily.
She looked and saw a shop not far ahead.
She was going to go in and ask again, but after standing there and thinking it over calmly, she decided that she couldn't tackle this matter all at once.
An Yue thought that when An Nian went to school, she would dig the grass by herself. In three days, she would have to dig 50 kilograms of plantain and dandelions each.
It would be difficult for one person to dig over 100 to 180 kilograms, after all, I bought a bunch of seeds at home yesterday.
If you just farm the land you won't make any money, and if you just dig herbs the land will become barren.
You have to do both, you have to buy and sell medicinal herbs, and you also have to farm the land!
But now I lack help, what should I do?
Seeing that it was almost noon, An Yue thought about buying salt and lamp oil first.
Arriving at the Zaofang shop, An Yue put down her backpack and handed the jar to the shop assistant, saying, "Young man, buy two catties of salt and two catties of lamp oil."
"Okay! Please wait a moment, young lady." After saying this, the shop clerk picked up the jar and went to fill it with salt.
An Yue walked around the shop. There were many kinds of goods in the shop, including vinegar and soy sauce. She wanted to buy some to take home.
So she shouted, "Hey, buddy, buy two more pounds of soy sauce and one more pound of vinegar, ten pounds of rice, and three pounds of cornmeal."
"Okay!" the guy said politely.
——A quarter of an hour passed.
The waiter weighed all the things An Yue bought and placed them on the table at the counter.
"Boss, please tell me how much it is in total."
"Girl, wait a moment!" The shopkeeper took the abacus and started calculating.
"Miss, the total is four hundred and twenty-four coins."
An Yue took out some silver from her pocket and said to the shopkeeper with a smile, "Boss, I'm buying so much, can you give me a discount?"
"My brother and I are the only ones in the family. Please be kind, boss. I will not bargain next time."
"Miss, these things are strictly controlled by the government, and our taxes are heavy. We have a low profit margin and high turnover, so there is really no way to sell them cheaply!"
"Boss, Yueyue won't make it difficult for you. Just lower the price by four cents."
Although the shopkeeper looked a little embarrassed, it seemed that there were indeed quite a few things bought.
"This is two taels and twenty cents. Is that okay with you?" An Yue held the money in both hands, opened her innocent big eyes, and begged.
An Yue thought that she would save as much as she could, but after paying the tuition to An Nian, she was now strapped for money and had no money left.
Besides, after buying so many things today, I must take a ox cart to go home.
Four cents is nothing to them as merchants, but to An Yue, these four cents are enough for her to take an ox cart home.
The shopkeeper shook his head and had no choice but to agree.
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