Both of them smelled delicious because they were repelled mosquitoes. When they came back, they called for water and washed themselves.
As for tomorrow’s guests, we’ll talk about it tomorrow.
Neither of those two people came from a bachelor's degree, and they couldn't join forces with them.
I had sesame cold noodles for lunch.
Just after dinner, Cui Baisui came over. It was the fourth and fifth elder brothers.
Brother Jiu went to the front yard.
Both brothers have errands. Are they taking turns in the garden today?
In the living room in the front yard, the fifth elder brother was wiping his face with a wet towel, and ordered the young eunuch: "Go to the dining room and see if there is any iced watermelon. If there is any, cut it into pieces. If not, some mung bean soup or sour plum soup will also work."
Now that we're at my brother's house, there's no need to pretend.
The little eunuch responded and went down.
The fifth elder brother untied his collar and sleeves and wiped his neck twice with a towel.
Seeing that Fourth Brother was motionless, he asked curiously: "Fourth Brother, aren't you hot?"
Fourth Brother only wiped his forehead and said: "It's okay."
The fifth elder brother ignored him.
In the dog days, who knows who is hot.
When I turned around and covered my body with prickly heat, I stopped speaking harshly.
Brother Jiu came in and said: "It's such a hot day, why are you two here at this time? Have you eaten? Do you want to give me a cushion?"
The fifth elder brother said: "After eating, I am also hungry. I have something ready to deal with."
Brother Jiu then ordered Cui Baisui: "Ask the dining room to serve two servings of cold noodles."
Cui Baisui went down to deliver a message.
The little eunuch came in with sour plum soup and a fruit plate.
The fifth elder brother drank sour plum soup and ate four pieces of watermelon to feel cooler, but he was still panting.
Because the people in this courtyard were old, young, women and weak, they did not use ice basins.
So the fifth elder brother couldn't get used to it.
Just after wiping the sweat off my head for a while, there was a thin and dense layer on it.
When Brother Jiu saw this, he asked someone to go to the ice cellar to get ice.
The fifth elder brother shook his fan, looked at the ninth elder brother and said, "Have you received the post from the foreign official?"
The ninth elder brother sat down next to the fourth elder brother, nodded and said: "I have accepted two, one is a distant relative from Dutong Mansion, and the other is an unknown relative."
The fifth elder brother said angrily: "What kind of relative? They want to take advantage of you!"
Confused, the ninth elder brother was confused and looked at the fourth elder brother.
Brother Si frowned and said, "Don't you understand that wealth should not be revealed? You are the first to buy something from Goldman Sachs. The market price is twice as high, so more people will be thinking about you."
Brother Jiu almost jumped up when he heard this.
"Absurd? I bought medicine because I need it. It's priceless in the market. I'll keep it as soon as I catch up. Do I want some other messy stuff?"
This out-of-town official comes to Beijing to report on his duties a lot, and this is not a grocery store, so he accepts everything.
Brother Si asked: "Do you also use Sanqi?"
Brother Ninth: "..."
There is no use for it. Everyone knows that it is for trauma.
If he doesn't join the army, he shouldn't have any chance of getting hurt in this life.
"I asked Gao Bisheng about the earthy rituals he brought back to Beijing. He mentioned two things. It was not easy for me to pick and choose, so I just wanted them all. I plan to go back and share them with my father-in-law on his birthday. Big Brother, Seventh Brother, let's share them.
, in the birthday gift..."
Brother Jiu told him his plan.
Not many people he knew were related to the military.
The three men each gave one catty, and the remaining two catties were made into powder by Le Fengming to prepare for the guards in the mansion and to protect the army.
The fifth elder brother disapproved and said: "You still buy things at a high price if you don't need them. It's such a waste!"
He felt it was a waste, and it was not something to eat or drink, so he said: "If someone gives you something, don't ask for it. If you are not so lavish, how much money can you spend? It's more than a thousand taels of silver, just spend it if you want."
Already."
Brother Si felt a headache and shook his head: "How can anyone give medicinal materials as a birthday gift?"
This meaning is so unlucky, like cursing people to get sick.
Brother Jiu thought for a while and nodded, "Then it won't be included in the birthday ceremony. It will be the same as the Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony."
As he said that, he became curious and said, "Didn't I just buy two medicinal materials? How come it has spread?"
These Eight Banners old and young men, don’t have any other news to gossip about?
The fifth elder brother shook his head and said: "I don't know, but many people said that some people estimated how much money you made from selling the land in Xiaotangshan, and they said it was up to two or three million taels."
Brother Si rubbed his temples and said, "Because of you, the prices of these two medicinal materials in Beijing have increased. Many people have inquired about the medicinal effects of dendrobium and have asked around."
After hearing this, Brother Jiu couldn't help being dumbfounded and said: "There are still people snatching this medicine? What should I do if people who are serious about using it can't buy it?"
Fourth Brother glared at him and said, "What should I do? There is nothing we can do!"
Brother Jiu was really uneasy.
If it really delays other people's medical treatment, then whose fault is it?
As if he was wrong.
The fifth elder brother heard the disadvantages and told the ninth elder brother: "If you want to buy it in the future, you should go to the market and don't raise the price."
Brother Jiu nodded hurriedly.
He gave me the money just to save his worries and to avoid getting into trouble.
Forgetting to follow the example will bring other troubles.
Brother Si looked at him and said: "When the foreign official handed you the note, he probably wanted to ask about these two medicinal materials. You can transfer some as appropriate according to your purchase price."
Those who have the courage to go directly to the prince's gate are all high-ranking officials who know the rules and would not violate this taboo unless there is an urgent need.
Brother Jiu was surprised and said: "You came to me to buy something? Didn't you bring Tuyi here to sell it to me?"
The fourth elder brother said: "It is only through Tu Yi's name that I can mention other things. Otherwise, it would be rude to come directly to ask for medicine."
A second-grade official, who still needs a few coins?
Knowing that Ninth Elder Brother has a problem with intercepting purchases, he should be avoiding Ninth Elder Brother. How could he take the initiative to send it to his door?
Now that you are here, there is a reason why you have to come.
There is nothing more than asking for medicine.
Brother Jiu couldn't help but get annoyed after hearing this, and said: "I thought it was some kind of relative, so I asked someone to leave a post and asked them to come over tomorrow. If I had known this, I would have just deleted the post."
Although he likes economic things, he is not a businessman and has no interest in doing business directly.
The fifth elder brother said from the side: "If you don't like to see me, I won't see you. Just ask people to go back."
Brother Jiu was moved after hearing this.
Brother Si hurriedly said: "Anyone who can hand over the invitation can be related. Since you have reserved it first, it is difficult to return it. Just be more careful when collecting it in the future."
Brother Ninth Brother was still a little unhappy and ordered He Yuzhu: "Go to the main room and tell Fujin to bring two jars of dendrobium tea to give to the fourth and fifth brothers."
He Yuzhu responded and went.
Brother Si shook his head and said, "I don't want it. Since it's for medicinal tea, you should keep it."
The fifth elder brother also shook his head and said: "I don't want to drink it. I don't like to drink other teas except milk tea. I just put it away when I take it back."
Brother Jiu said: "This is tonic. Now that Sister-in-law Four and Sister-in-law Five have finished their confinement, they can drink it. I was thinking of giving it as a full-moon gift. Since it is not a good gift to give medicinal materials, you can take them back."
Well, it’s not enough to avoid having to look back and make others worry about you.”
This is a good thing, and even the brothers are not willing to share it. If others ask for it, it will be annoying.
But if there really is a patient waiting, it's hard to refuse.
Divide some first if you can.
If you can't get help from the other party, just go to Sunubezi Mansion.
After a while, He Yuzhu came back with four cans of tea.
"Fu Jin said, two cans are dendrobium tea, and two cans are notoginseng tablets, which are also good for replenishing qi. In winter, you can stew chicken with notoginseng, and the dendrobium can be used as tea after asking the imperial doctor."
Both kinds of medicinal tea have red skewers on them, so we share two cans per person.
The fifth elder brother first looked at Panax notoginseng and saw that the color was somewhat like dried ginseng. Then he took the dendrobium tea and said, "This is more valuable than first-class ginseng. I have to take a closer look..."
He opened it, saw the slices inside, and said, "Can this be used to stew chicken?"
Brother Jiu said: "Who knows, please ask the imperial doctor."
The fourth elder brother said to the fifth elder brother: "Summer is not the time to take supplements. Don't use these casually. Ask the imperial doctor to check the compatibility."
The fifth elder brother smiled and said: "I just want to ask, since it is a good thing to replenish qi, should I keep it for my brother Fujin."
Brother Si also picked up the jar and was a little curious about the dendrobium.
The ninth elder brother thought of the eldest elder brother and said to the two of them: "We are short of these now, so we can't share them with everyone, but it's okay. I'm going to send people to Yunnan to cook tea mountains. I won't be short of this in the future."
I will give some more to the eldest brother. When the time comes, the two brothers will not pick up gifts. He got this first and brought it to us..."
Brother Si looked at the dendrobium in his hand and said, "Keep this for now. It's the same thing if you wait until the Yunnan one arrives and give it to us later."
The fifth elder brother also closed the jar and said, "Yes, I'm not in a hurry to eat this now."
Brother Jiu waved his hand and said: "I took it out, just for my brothers. I am still rich now. In addition to the five kilograms I bought, Sunu Beizi sent two kilograms as a gift."
The fourth elder brother frowned after hearing this.
Be lenient with others, especially relatives who are not easy to calculate money directly.
Their current status makes it inappropriate for them to associate with the royal family or princes.
The fifth elder brother said: "Is that for my younger siblings? Is it for my younger siblings' parents' family to see?"
He didn't know whether an illegitimate daughter was an illegitimate daughter or not, he just thought that Shu Shu's concubine was lost in Beizi Mansion.
This is also the residence of the clan, and they are old relatives. Otherwise, if a human life was added in the middle, it would not be unusual for the two families to be beaten to a pulp.
Brother Ninth used to support the Yue family and was discussed once by his clan members.
Brother Jiu realized later and said, "Is it because of this? I thought it was an apology gift from Beizi Mansion."
The fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother were both speechless.
He's quite thick-skinned.
Everyone's trivial affairs are mixed up, who is sorry for whom?
The fourth elder brother thought of the eighth elder brother who sent people all over the world to inquire about the long-standing Sanqi, and said: "The eighth elder brother is using Sanqi over there, and he was also spreading it everywhere in the past two days. Since you have no use, then give him some
.”
Brother Jiu said casually: "Then it will also be transferred based on the purchase price?"
Although panax notoginseng is not as valuable as dendrobium, the few kilograms he bought were sold at fifty-six taels of silver per kilogram, which is the price of first-class ginseng.
The fifth elder brother said: "If you don't move, he didn't come to ask for medicine, and he can't take the initiative to give it to me. The tenth elder brother should be angry."
The fourth elder brother was startled, but he did not expect that the fifth elder brother would stop him.
"The tenth elder brother and the eighth elder brother are not healed yet. They have only been fighting for half a month. If you go to the eighth elder brother at this time, what will others think?" The fifth elder brother rarely took it seriously.
Brother Jiu took the advice and nodded hurriedly: "I won't send it away, I won't send it away..."
But the medicinal materials are nothing else, and it would not be good if it was really delayed.
What will Khan Ama think when the time comes? Not wanting to talk to Ba Age and being cold-hearted are two different things.
The ninth elder brother looked at the fourth elder brother and said: "Then fourth elder brother, please take another pound of Sanqi with you. Not to mention that it is from my younger brother's place. If it is still useful over there, you can send it over."
Brother Si thought about it and realized that this was indeed a solution.
He said: "Just follow your price, and you won't be asked to pay without payment."
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Of course, brother, I will settle the score. It is your favor that you are willing to give him for free. My brother is not willing to lose money. Otherwise, everyone will take advantage of me in the future.
, I can’t stand it.”
Fourth elder brother nodded.
The fifth elder brother looked at him and said: "Then you still scatter things on weekdays? Isn't that a loss? I heard that you have honored the elders of this dendrobium?"
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "It's not a loss. When my brother is willing to give, he is also happy to give it away. But how to give it, when to give it, and whether to give it back next time, you have to do whatever you want. It's like you can't pay tribute. It's a rule.