Chapter 42: An Unexpected Gain

"Hmmm! Long Zun looked at the back of the young man leaving, and stood alone under the steps in front of the pharmacy door rubbing his chin with his hand.

When the young man's figure disappeared completely, he gave up the idea of leaving, turned around and returned to the pharmacy.

As soon as the young man entered the pharmacy, he held the cloth bag in his hand and ran quickly to the white-bearded old man in front of the counter.

"Wooden shopkeeper, look at this thing, is it enough for my mother's medicine. The boy opened the cloth bag in his hand, took out a weed from it, and put it on the counter.

The weeds are very ordinary, except for the middle of the leaves, which are slightly dark red.

The white-bearded old man took it in his hand, took it in front of his eyes, and kept looking at it, and from time to time put it under his nose to smell it.

The pharmacy guy behind the counter chuckled and said, "Isn't this just weeds?" Bai Lang, do you kid think that our wooden shopkeeper is easy to deceive, and take a grass from anywhere to fool our wooden shopkeeper. ”

The young man known as Bai Lang's cheeks turned red with embarrassment, and he waved his hand again and again to explain: "No, no, this is the most precious thing in my father's life, if it weren't for the fact that I really didn't have the money to treat my mother, I would never be willing to take it out." ”

After speaking, he looked at the wooden shopkeeper expectantly.

Looking through it for a while, with a little dark red weeds in his hand, the wooden shopkeeper shook his head and put it back on the counter, "Bai Lang, you better take this thing back!"

Although it was not explicitly stated, the meaning clearly agreed with the words of the pharmacy guy.

Bai Lang's expression darkened, and he said with the last glimmer of hope: "Look at the wooden shopkeeper, my father treasured this thing for a lifetime, don't look at it looks like grass, I think it must be some kind of treasure, maybe it is an unknown precious medicinal material......"

The more he spoke, the more he felt unconfident, his voice slowly became smaller, and the disappointment in his eyes could not be concealed.

"You bring things back first, in case it's really a treasure, let your mother know that you take it out and sell it, and then it's not good to make you angry. The wooden shopkeeper turned to look at the pharmacy guy behind the counter, "Go grab a pair of medicines and bring them back to Bai Lang." ”

The pharmacy guy agreed, turned around to grab the medicine, and Bai Lang picked up the grass on the counter in disappointment and put it back in the cloth bag.

"How do you sell what you have?" an inopportune voice came from near the front of the pharmacy.

Bai Lang and the wooden shopkeeper in front of the counter turned their heads to look over, and even the pharmacy guy who was grabbing medicine stopped what he was doing and looked at the pharmacy door.

"It's you!" said the pharmacy guy and Bai Lang at the same time, while the wooden shopkeeper frowned slightly.

"Tell me, how do you want to sell this thing in your hand?" Long Zun walked over, came to Bai Lang's side, and pointed to the cloth bag in Bai Lang's hand with his hand.

"You want?" Bai Lang said in surprise.

"Yes. Long Zun nodded.

Bai Lang hesitated for a moment, and did not immediately agree to sell or not.

The weed-like thing in the cloth bag, whether it is a weed or a baby, he can't be sure of it, if it's really a weed, because the asking price is too high to scare people away, the money to buy medicine for his mother is gone.

"Well, I'll trade it for something in your hand. As he spoke, Long Zun took out a golden leaf and sandwiched it between his two fingers.

Bai Lang saw the golden leaf in front of him, subconsciously swallowed his saliva, rubbed his eyes vigorously with his hand, grabbed the cloth bag and reached out and handed it over, "Okay, I'll change it, but don't regret it." ”

Long Zun smiled: "Don't worry, I definitely don't regret it, let's pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, and you won't regret it in the future." ”

He handed the gold leaf to Bai Lang, and took the cloth bag from Bai Lang's hand.

When I opened the cloth bag and saw the dark red weeds inside, if it weren't for the fact that there were people around, I would have jumped up happily at once.

He knew in his heart what kind of weeds were in the cloth bag, at least it was an elixir that was more than a hundred years old, and it contained so much spiritual energy, maybe the elixir in the cloth bag would grow for a longer time.

"You've been deceived, it's just ordinary weeds, if you really want it, I'll go outside and find you a lot of it right away, and you don't need a gold leaf, just give me half of it. The pharmacy guy said.

Hearing this, Bai Lang hurriedly grabbed the gold leaf in his hand, afraid that Long Zun would regret it.

Long Zun stretched out his finger and pointed to the cloth bag in his hand, and said: "If it is the same as the weeds contained here, I will have as many as I want, and all of them will be given to you according to the price just now, remember, it must be exactly the same." ”

The pharmacy guy drooped his face and said, "There is no one in the world that is exactly the same weed, even if it looks similar, it is not easy to find, and there will be some differences." ”

The wooden shopkeeper interjected: "Xiaoyou is willing to buy, Bai Lang is willing to sell, it stands to reason that I shouldn't interfere, but Xiaoyou, you have to think clearly, that thing is really an ordinary weed, not a treasure, if you regret it after buying, you can't blame our pharmacy in the future because the thing was bought with Bai Lang in our pharmacy." ”

"Don't worry, I won't regret it, and I won't blame you pharmacies. Long Zun shook his head, but he was very satisfied in his heart, a piece of gold leaf in exchange for a hundred-year elixir, this kind of good thing, only a fool regrets it.

Money is something outside the body for a cultivator like him, and only things that improve his cultivation will make him tempted, and if he can exchange money for elixir, even if other cultivators see it, they will definitely be willing to change it.

"That...... Do you still want this thing?" Bai Lang asked, pointing to the cloth bag.

"Do you still have such weeds?" Long Zun said in surprise.

"Well, there's something similar to this one, but I don't have it with me, if you want it again, you have to go home with me and get it. Bai Lang said.

"It's not an ordinary weed, if it's really a baby, how can there be so many. The pharmacy guy pouted and interjected, but he was envious of Bai Lang in his heart that he could make a lot of money.

Long Zun ignored him, but said to Bai Lang: "No problem, I'll go back with you to get it, let's exchange gold leaves for weeds, and I'll change as many as you want." ”

"Okay, but you'll have to wait for me a while. Bai Lang turned to the wooden shopkeeper and said, "The wooden shopkeeper has repaid the previous medicine money, and I want you to grab a little more medicine for my mother." ”

The wooden shopkeeper grabbed the gold leaf handed by Bai Lang, and said to the guy behind the counter: "Cross off all the medicine money that Bai Lang owed before, and all the rest of the money will be used for medicine." ”

The pharmacy guy agreed, took out the account book for accounting, and then wrapped some medicine in a paper package and handed it to Bai Lang.

Bai Lang took the paper bag containing the medicine, held it in his hand, and left the pharmacy with Long Zun.

"In these years, there are so many fools who actually exchange gold leaves for a broken grass. When Long Zun and Bai Lang came out of the pharmacy, the pharmacy guy said pantothenically.

"Okay, this has nothing to do with us, do our business well, don't just think about these pie-in-the-sky things. The shopkeeper left the counter and sat down at his square table.

Long Zun, who left the pharmacy, followed Bai Lang and came to a dilapidated courtyard.

Bai Lang pushed open the somewhat tattered wooden door and walked in quickly, shouting at the same time: "Mother, I'm back, come and see, I bought you a lot of medicine." ”

As soon as Long Zun, who walked in behind, entered the courtyard gate, three thatched houses came into view, a water tank with a gap was placed in front of the door, and a few messy wooden boards were scattered next to it, and then looked at the courtyard wall, which was covered with a lot of wild grass.

(End of chapter)