Heavenly Blessed Baby: Fleeing Famine, Busy to Prosper!-Chapter 138: He Would Never Tell the Truth Anyway
After Qi Ercai and the other two entered the city, they discovered that there was hardly anyone moving around.
Helplessly, Qi Ercai returned to the city gate and politely inquired from the soldiers about the location and directions to the medicine shop, then trudged back into the city through the snow.
After not walking very far, he finally saw someone clearing snow on the road. Confirming it again, after several turns, they arrived at a well-reputed medicine shop that people had mentioned.
When the three of them arrived, an attendant was just opening the shutter, holding a broom and preparing to sweep the snow in front of the door.
Seeing the three of them coming this way, the attendant asked from a distance, "Do you need to see the doctor? The doctor is not up yet, you’ll have to wait a bit."
Qi Ercai hurriedly stepped forward to explain, "Young man, we are here to sell herbs, no rush, we can wait for the doctor to get up." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
The attendant nodded and was about to continue sweeping the snow.
Qi Dalang quickly stepped forward, "Let me do it!"
"No need."
The attendant waved his hand.
But Qi Dalang didn’t care, walked forward, directly snatched the broom from him, and didn’t forget to explain, "Please let me do it! My limbs have gone stiff after freezing all night, moving around can warm me up."
With that, Qi Dalang began swinging the broom energetically.
The attendant was stunned for a moment, then realized.
He looked at the two people standing by, one of them clearly older, was supported by the other two while walking over just now.
After thinking for a while, the attendant said, "You two don’t stand outside, come in and wait!"
Originally, he wasn’t planning on letting the three of them in, but since they helped sweep the snow, it wouldn’t be good to let their companions freeze outside.
Qi Ercai thanked him and hurriedly stepped forward to help remove the shutter.
Behind the shutter was a thick curtain.
Once inside, they found there was no fire basin, a bit chilly.
But after all, it was indoors, no wind or snow, which was quite comfortable for them, having been out in the cold all night.
Seeing that after entering, the young one helped the old one sit down on a bench near the door without touching anything, the attendant felt at ease.
In the middle of the room was a small stove, with some dry firewood stacked beside it, Qi Ercai asked, "Young man, should I light a fire?"
"Yeah."
The attendant pulled a fire starter from his pocket and handed it to Qi Ercai, "You can light it! Warm yourselves up."
"Thank you!"
Qi Ercai quickly thanked him.
He also had a fire starter on him, but since the other offered, he accepted it.
With fire in the stove, the temperature couldn’t rise all of a sudden.
Qi Ercai placed the attendant’s fire starter on the counter, greeted the young man, and then sat beside Yin Cheng, trying to block some of the cold air coming in from the door for him.
Yin Cheng, having recovered, rubbed his face and whispered, "This medicine shop is a bit small, I wonder if we can get a good price."
His own medicine shop wasn’t big either, so Yin Cheng felt the other side wouldn’t offer too high a price.
In contrast, Qi Ercai was much more optimistic, "We urgently need money now, as long as they offer a reasonable price, we’ll sell. No matter what, we must let people into the city as soon as possible."
"Yeah."
Yin Cheng didn’t have much to say, nor many barbed comments.
It was just too cold.
After drinking some porridge in the morning, with just this short walk, he felt it had been all used up.
Now, Yin Cheng wanted more than anyone to quickly settle the matter of getting people into the city, and by then, finding a corner to stay in the city, or splurging a bit to find an inn, would be fine.
In any case, it was better than staying curled up next to the city wall.
After a while, with no sign of the one sweeping snow coming in, the attendant couldn’t help but feel worried.
If the broom was lost, it wouldn’t matter, but if he fainted from sweeping snow for his shop and got seen by someone, who knew what unpleasant things they’d say.
Just as he was thinking about going out to check, he saw someone lift the curtain and come in, it was Qi Dalang.
Qi Dalang patted the broom outside before coming in.
There were a few snowflakes on his head and body, obviously brushed off before entering.
"Young man, where should I put this broom?"
Qi Dalang pulled down the cloth covering his nose and mouth and grinningly asked the attendant.
The attendant pointed under the window, seeing Qi Dalang put the broom away and sit on the bench, eyes straight ahead like a model of propriety, he felt these three really understood the rules.
Unlike the people who come during the day, they seem anxious to stick to the stove, chattering non-stop, either complaining about pain or loudly gossiping.
By the end of the day, his head was splitting with pain from the noise.
"What kind of herbs are you here to sell? Take it out, let me see."
Seeing that the three behaved themselves, the attendant was inclined for a chat.
Qi Ercai and Qi Dalang simultaneously looked at Yin Cheng.
When it comes to selling herbs, Mr. Yin was the expert, they were outsiders.
Yin Cheng cleared his throat before saying, "It’s something good, you can’t make the decision, let’s wait for your doctor to come out before discussing."
Yin Cheng thought his attitude was quite friendly.
But to the attendant, it sounded condescending.
At once, the attendant’s face turned sullen, "Our shop has been open for years, I learned how to handle herbs since I was a child, I’ve seen all kinds of herbs. You say I can’t make the call, but I handle all the purchasing, why can’t I make the call?"
Yin Cheng gave him a fleeting glance and said lightly, "How much of a decision can you make with silver?"
"I..."
The attendant opened his mouth, intending to name a figure, but then changed his mind as his eyes darted, "Why should I tell you? Anyway, my doctor won’t be here for another half hour, wait if you want!"
Hearing they’d have to wait another half hour, Yin Cheng grew impatient.
"What? Another half hour? Is your doctor so old he can’t get out of bed? Get him out here now! Or I’ll just sell my good stuff to another pharmacy!"
Yin Cheng’s temper flared.\p>
He was never a patient man to begin with, if it weren’t for the freezing weather and being unfamiliar with the place, in a rush to sell the ginseng, he would’ve exploded long ago.
The attendant, hearing this, raised his voice, displaying even more fire than Yin Cheng, "Sell it if you want! If you don’t want to sell, get out quickly! Do you think anyone’s eager to do business with you?"
"You, you!"
Yin Cheng was so angry his hand trembled as he pointed at the attendant.
Qi Ercai swiftly patted Yin Cheng’s back, helping him calm down, while saying to the attendant, "Young man, we inquired all the way from the city gate, all said your shop is the most fair, that’s why we didn’t go elsewhere."
"You asked what herbs we’re selling, originally we thought since there’s no deal yet, it wouldn’t be right to say directly. But now that we’ve talked this far, it can’t be hidden, we’re selling ginseng, dug from deep in the mountains, see if you can make the call?"
Deep mountains, unlikely to be deep mountains.
But he wouldn’t tell the truth anyway.
