Zhao Laoer's horse was an old horse. Although it had a docile personality, its pace was too slow. It dragged a cart of people and wandered for more than an hour before reaching the county seat.
"Girl, you'll be here tonight, come back early."
Su Xiao jumped out of the car neatly with a small baggage on her back, while Zhao Laoer shouted worriedly from behind.
She smiled and waved her hand to indicate that she understood, then turned around and looked curiously at the legendary county seat.
Compared with Honghe Village, this place is indeed much more prosperous. Teahouses, wine shops, and restaurants are lined up in rows, and people are coming and going on the streets, making it very lively.
Su Xiao walked casually along the street, observing the surrounding shops with interest as she walked.
She stopped in front of what looked like the largest and most luxurious restaurant.
This restaurant is called Fuli Lou. It is three stories high and has a splendid front door. There are also two neatly dressed waiters standing in front of the door with smiles on their faces to welcome guests.
She poked her head inside and saw that many people were already seated before dinner time, and the business seemed to be very good.
"Girl, what do you want to eat? I'll invite you inside!" A waiter noticed her poking her head around, but he didn't dislike her wearing a rustic cloth and greeted her warmly.
Su Xiao declined a few words, thinking that she would come back after finishing her business later, so she continued walking along the road.
Not far from the restaurant, she saw the plaque of a drug store and walked over happily.
Su Xiao stepped into "Wangji Pharmacy" and smelled the familiar aroma of herbal medicine, and couldn't help but take a deep breath.
These are all her old friends. It’s been such a long time!
Her eyes were shining brightly as she looked at the small drawers behind the counter and the bundles of unground herbs on the countertop. The more she looked at them, the more she felt itchy.
In modern times, she is a well-known special forces military doctor. She is highly accomplished in Chinese medicine and has superb acupuncture skills, so she is very familiar with these things.
"This...guest, do you want to take medicine?"
The pharmacy clerk stood aside and looked at Su Xiao for a long time, and the more he looked at it, the stranger he became.
Those who came to get medicine were all patients at home, and no one looked sad. This girl was so good, she was so happy just standing there!
Could it be that... there's something wrong with your brain?
Seeing the suspicious expression on the little boy's face, Su Xiao coughed twice in embarrassment and quickly put away the smile on her face.
She had no choice but to see so many familiar herbs for the first time since she came to this place inexplicably. How could she not be excited!
"I don't want to take medicine, do you accept ginseng? I just want to ask about the price." She looked at the little boy and asked.
Ginseng?
The boy glanced up and down at Su Xiao's clothes. He was dressed in dusty cloth clothes, and the cloth shoes on his feet were almost worn out and stained with mud...
"Yes, it depends on the age of your ginseng. One or two years old is not worth much."
He looked away in disappointment, with a hint of disdain in his tone.
At first glance, she looks like a village girl from a small village. What good things can she have in her hands?
Most likely, I dug up a ginseng seedling by accident and just wanted to sell it at a good price!
Lidya Su also saw the change in his attitude, and the corners of his lips raised slightly.
"My ginseng tree is so big. I don't know what year it is. We don't understand it either!"
She raised her hands and made awkward gestures, deliberately pretending to be naive and silly.
The boy saw the length of Su Xiao's gesture and stared at her again with doubt.
This village girl doesn't look very smart. Could it be that she just got lucky and dug up a very old ginseng tree?
If the length she indicated is true, then the old ginseng must be at least forty or fifty years old. Although it is not as good as the century-old ginseng, it is still quite valuable!
He hesitated for a moment, rolled his eyes, then changed his face and showed a fairly kind smile to Su Xiao.
"Girl, your ginseng...is it really that big?"
After receiving Su Xiao's affirmative reply, he smiled and said, "It's only about ten years old, so it's not that rare, but we can accept it."
"You're lucky. Our drug store gives you a lot of money, so we can still give you twenty... no, ten taels of silver, but that's a lot of money!"
"Oh, so, then, how much money?" Su Xiao opened her mouth wide, looking surprised and happy.
Seeing how happy she was, the young man curled his lips and smiled. Sure enough, the village girl was just a village girl. She just made up a few sentences to fool people!
"No, please bring that ginseng quickly. After you change the money, you can go to the satin shop next to you and put on some clothes. The colorful satin is so beautiful!"
The little guy said a few more words of confusion, and the greed in his eyes could hardly be concealed.
This is a big deal. When the time comes, he will reimburse the shopkeeper fifty or sixty taels, and give the village girl ten taels to pay. He will be able to save forty or fifty taels of personal money himself!
Su Xiao responded with a silly smile, turned around and walked out of the pharmacy door, her face immediately darkened.
Don’t they all say that ancient folk customs were simple and honest? Bah bah bah!
This young man is not very old, but he is quite clever. He is just trying to fool her like a fool!
Twelve?
Oh, let him have a good dream. She would rather eat that century-old ginseng as a carrot than let a single strand of it fall into the hands of this unscrupulous drugstore!
She threw the bag on her back angrily and was about to leave. Suddenly she saw a signboard for a drug store on a street corner not far away.
It's just that the brand is dirty and old, and the storefront is small. It's simply incomparable to the large and spacious store she just visited.
She hesitated for a moment, but finally walked towards the small drug store.
After entering, it turned out that the interior was dark and old. Although it was cleaned very clean, it could not hide the dilapidation of the surrounding furniture.
The counter of this store is not half as big as the one just before, but there are so many medicine cabinets in the back that people are so crowded that there is almost no room to stand!
When Su Xiao went in, there happened to be an old woman taking medicine. Behind the counter stood an old man with gray hair, instructing the old woman how to cook the medicine in a warm voice.
Seeing that he was busy, Su Xiao stood aside and listened for a while. The more he listened, the more he liked the old man.
The method of decoction he told the old woman clearly showed that he knew the properties of the medicine very well, and the medicine originally required an extremely expensive medicinal introduction, but he recommended another one with the same effect but extremely cheap instead.
After sending the old woman away, the old man turned to look at Lidya Su.
"Little girl, what medicine should I take?" he asked kindly.
Su Xiao smiled slightly and told her about wanting to sell ginseng.
Because her first impression was very good, she did not pretend to be stupid this time, but bluntly said that she had accidentally dug up a century-old ginseng, which was in excellent condition!
After hearing this, the old man's eyes lit up slightly, and then he clapped his hands excitedly, exclaiming that it was such a coincidence that someone happened to be begging to buy a century-old ginseng!