Chapter 201 Nanhu Guo Family

This Guo Huai'an shopkeeper didn't make Qiu Chen wonder for long, and quickly explained the earnest reason: "...... The lantern riddles of the Lantern Festival are all made by our eldest master, and the eldest lord is quite proud of these lantern riddles...... Don't hide it from Mrs. Bu, those lantern riddle shops have been hanging for three years, and no one has guessed it. During this year's Lantern Festival, my wife guessed two lantern riddles, and our eldest man was very shocked, and then he got acquainted...... Well, of course, if it's inconvenient for Madame to meet with outsiders, it's okay for us to meet Madame's father-in-law......"

Guo Huai'an Guo shopkeeper also said a lot of greetings, but they were all ignored by Qiu Chen, she only heard the key words, first secretly slandered, what kind of old man made that lantern riddle, the feelings are concentrated and embarrassing? As long as she guessed two, she couldn't stand it, so she had to find out what to do? A few more rare riddles to find a scene?

However, after hearing a sentence from the back of the shopkeeper Guo, these belly slanders were all polished all of a sudden!

Her father-in-law? Does she have that?

Her nominal father-in-law has died at the border. Her de facto father-in-law has now changed her face to become the commander of Anyang Mansion...... How imaginative should this old man be to think about meeting her father-in-law?

Qiu Chen's surprised expression was seen by Guo Huai'an, and he was inevitably a little puzzled. During the Lantern Festival, the man he saw was obedient and took good care of this lady, and he could see that the husband and wife were very affectionate...... While pondering, Guo Huaian recalled the situation at that time...... Yes, that lord looked extraordinary, except for this lady, everyone else was quite arrogant, and his expression was cold...... Thinking of this, Guo Huaian couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Also, the old man is very complacent about his riddles, and he is almost obsessed with riddles...... But how can a woman be willing to meet outsiders easily? That man is so imposing, I don't think he will see people for such a ridiculous reason...... It seems that the task given to him by the eldest master this time is difficult to complete.

Although he thought so in his heart, Guo Huaian still tried his best to fight for it.

He raised his eyes more earnestly than before, and said to Qiu Chen with a smile: "Madam, don't misunderstand, our eldest lord...... Our main family is the Guo family by the south lake of the city, a serious family. Our eldest lord just likes to guess riddles, I heard that Mrs. guessed the riddle, then I was happy to see it, and I had the idea of meeting with my wife, you can rest assured, our eldest lord is now full of children and grandchildren, and the family business is solid, and there is no other mind......"

However, Qiu Chen didn't notice the words of the shopkeeper Guo's explanation at all, and all her attention was attracted by one of the sentences, 'The Guo family by the lake in the south of the city'. Coupled with the previous title of 'big master' in Guo Huai'an's mouth, the guess in Qiu Chen's heart almost made her jump immediately, but she couldn't believe that she could really be so lucky? Does this count as a wish come true?

She stared at Guo Huai'an and confirmed: "What the shopkeeper Guo said, your owner is the Guo family of a four-jinshi?" ”

Guo Huai'an was stunned for a moment, and then laughed proudly: "Now it's only the three masters who have won the Jinshi, and our fourth son will only participate in the Spring Festival next year." Although the knowledge of the fourth prince is also very haode, but now it is too early to say that the four jinshi, if our eldest master hears it, he will reprimand us for being arrogant and inferior! ”

Qiu Chen's heart seemed to light fireworks, and it instantly became brilliant. The expression on her face was quickly transformed into admiration and respect after a touch of surprise: "Ah, it turns out that your owner is the Guo family...... No wonder, no wonder you were able to come up with such a riddle! ”

Speaking of this, Qiu Chen paused slightly, and said with a humble smile: "I don't hide it from the shopkeeper Guo that the reason why I was able to guess the lantern riddles of the Lantern Festival is really not that I have studied the riddles a lot, but because I happen to be a person who makes medicines, and I am more familiar with the names and prescriptions of medicines than others...... Hehe, if it were to be replaced with other riddles, I wouldn't be able to please it! ”

Shopkeeper Guo was slightly stunned, and a flash of relief flashed in his eyes, but he did not feel unsafe or contemptuous, but showed a touch of admiration from his eyes, and arched his hand: "There is no shortage of talented people who take care of themselves, but it is extremely rare to be as humble and honest as Mrs. Our lord loves talents, but he prefers honest and honest people, I believe that our lord listens to the humble words of his wife, I am afraid that he will appreciate it more! ”

Here, Shopkeeper Guo used the word 'appreciation', but Qiu Chen didn't feel that it was arrogant. That old man Guo is not only good at learning, but in Qiu Chen's opinion, he admires his life attitude and great wisdom in life. What's more, Master Guo is now full of children and grandchildren, and he is an out-and-out elder and a wise man, and it is really an honor to be able to get one of his 'appreciations'.

Qiu Chen showed a slightly happy and slightly uneasy expression, looked at Guo Huai'an and said, "This, I am really ashamed ......."

Guo Huaian shook his head and smiled: "Madame doesn't have to be too humble...... I just heard that Mrs. said that she was a pharmaceutical person, but I didn't know that Mrs. opened a pharmacy? Xiao Ke has also been in this industry for 30 years...... Forgive me for being clumsy, I don't remember seeing my wife. ”

Qiu Chen smiled and said, "No, I just made a few flavors of medicine for other people's pharmacies!" ”

Qiu Chen said it lightly, but Guo Huai'an was secretly taken aback after thinking about it for a while.

As Guo Huai'an himself said, he was an apprentice in the Guo family's Jishitang in his early tens, and then slowly became a buddy, and in his early twenties, he became the shopkeeper of Jishitang, and has been doing it to this day, and has been doing it in the medical industry for nearly 30 years, so to speak, he is very familiar with the medical community in Anyang Mansion and even the entire Nanzhili Province. As far as he knows, the business methods of more than 30 large and small pharmacies in Anyang Mansion were similar, and the smaller ones only sold medicines and grabbed medicines, and those with a little scale would hire one or more people to sit in the hall, and the medicines were relatively complete. Moreover, there are not too many prescriptions for sale in general pharmacies, because those that can be made and sold are prescriptions that have been clinically proven for many years, are indeed effective, and have universal application. A time-honored pharmacy can have one or two inherited secret recipes, which is enough to support. And one more kind of medicine with good efficacy and good reputation can make a pharmacy or even a family prosperous.

It is said that a few generations of the Liao family had been a royal doctor, leaving a hand of medical skills, and the descendants of the Liao family opened several medical shops with the inheritance of this medical skill. But last year, the Liao family suddenly came up with several superlative medicines one after another, so that the Liao family, which was originally not obvious, suddenly soared, and not only became the leader in the medical industry of Anyang Mansion, but now I am afraid that it is ranked first in the entire South Zhili, no, in the entire Jiangbei.

If the rise of the Liao family has gone through decades or more than ten years, the key is that the Liao family has risen rapidly, starting from last year's Poria paste to now, it will only take a year! One year!

The sudden prosperity of the Liao family has naturally attracted the attention of their peers, but the Liao family has done an excellent job of secrecy, and they have only obtained a few prescriptions for medicine. As for the Luo Bu Ma tea, although it also brought some benefits to the Liao family, it was far less attractive than those prescriptions, because Guo Huai'an, like many pharmaceutical colleagues, had long known that the Liao family had purchased Luo Bu Ma from a small village in the north of Anping County, but he didn't think of it at all.

Today, hearing this Mrs. Yang call herself a pharmaceutical person, Guo Huaian somehow blessed his heart, he suddenly remembered the Liao family, and remembered the mysterious source of the prescription that made the Liao family suddenly soar......

Could it be that those prescriptions that brought huge profits to the Liao family were really from this woman's hands?

It's very slow to say, but in fact, Guo Huai'an's mind turned these thoughts around, and it was only a blink of an eye. After all, Guo Huai'an has been a shopkeeper for 20 years, and he was full of doubts in his heart, but he smiled quietly on his face: "It turns out that Mrs. is still a companion, and I am fortunate to be ...... Please forgive Xiao Ke for taking the liberty of looking at his wife, Mrs. is not from Anyang City, right? ”

Qiu Chen smiled and said, "I bought a house in Fucheng a few years ago, and now I live in Anyang Mansion most of the time. ”

This is not a lie, but it is also extremely subtle. Guo Huai'an didn't find out Qiu Chen's origin, and he was a little dissatisfied, but he also heard the precautions in Qiu Chen's words, and he didn't want to continue to ask, so he smiled and said, "I see...... I don't know what Mrs. thinks of Xiao Ke's request just now? My eldest lord has been studying for a long time, I wonder if my eldest lord can come to visit? ”

Qiu Chen showed a look of surprise, and then said with a straight face: "Master Guo is a highly respected and knowledgeable person, how dare he let him work...... Thanks to Mr. Guo's refusal to give up, I am willing to go over to the house to ask Mr. Guo for a lesson or two. ”

Guo Huai'an's eyes lit up, then he got up, bowed to Qiu Chen and said, "Thank you, Mrs. for your success." ”

Qiu Chen also got up and returned the salute, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Guo is too polite. Being able to visit the lord and ask the lord for advice, how many people can't ask for it, speaking of which, I should thank the shopkeeper Guo! ”

The two men straightened up, looked at each other, and laughed at the same time.

Qiu Chen said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Guo, I'm here to change spices today, I wonder if you can trouble Shopkeeper Guo to take out the spices in your store and show me at this time?" ”

"Haha, of course, of course!" Guo Huaian agreed, and said outward, "Someone! ”

When the words fell, the young man just now came in, brought two cups of tea in his hand, and responded respectfully: "Shopkeeper, what do you command?" ”

Guo Huai'an had a big heart and found a guesser for his eldest master; Although he is not sure whether his guess is correct, he can further establish himself with this Mrs. Yang, so that he can further inquire about the news, and it is another happy event, yes, Guo Huai'an is in a good mood at this time, and he didn't care about the young man not sending tea in time, and even suspected eavesdropping, but ordered with a pleasant face: "Go to Master Qin and bring over several spices in the inner warehouse." ”

Sure enough, before the cup of tea was finished, the young man turned back with a large box. Shopkeeper Guo made an exception and completely opened the two boxes one after another, and let Qiu Chen choose them by himself.

Not to mention, as Qiu Chen guessed, a long-standing store like Jishitang really has some good inventory. At the beginning, the spices that the young man brought were of good quality, but they were all ordinary sandalwood, agarwood, frankincense, myrrh, benzoin and the like, and there were not too rare things. But the second time I took it, there were really a few good things in the box. There are not only more than half a catty of gold medicine sandalwood core material, but also more precious Jia Nan incense and dipterocarp. Qiu Chen didn't take too much, and bought one or two of everything he thought was suitable for the aroma. As for Jatamansi and Awei, who were also sealed in porcelain boxes, Qiu Chen stayed away. The smell is stronger than durian, and the perfume that concocts the compound fragrance may still be used for a little bit, and it is completely unnecessary to make it so complicated when used to make soap and bath products alone.

paid the bill with a silver ticket, and Qiu Chen also said goodbye and left Jishitang. As for when to visit, Qiu Chen said that he would send a letter of worship when he went home, but it depends on the arrangement of Master Guo's intentions.

Today, I just wanted to exchange spices, but I didn't expect to have an unexpected harvest, and by chance, I actually caught up with the relationship of the eldest man of the Guo family, and as far as Guo's shopkeeper said, Qiu Chen was already sixty percent sure of this matter. What will happen if you only yujian, it's useless to think too much now, Qiu Chen simply put it aside.

Looking at the spices he bought for a few hundred taels of silver, Qiu Chen sighed.

Although the habit of incense has existed since ancient times, and the use of spices has a history of hundreds of years, the types of spices at this time still disappointed Qiu Chen. In her opinion, the spices are too expensive and don't taste good enough.

If fresh raw materials can be extracted to make high-quality essential oils and balms, it must be much stronger than these spices, which are more expensive than gold.

It's just that at this time, the transportation is extremely inconvenient, and the fresh raw materials are not easy to store and transport...... How helpless!

However, for now, these can be put aside for the time being, Qiu Chen immediately called Chunxiang when she got home, and told her to go and collect the situation of the Guo family in Nanhu as soon as possible, and it is best to ask if there is anything wrong with the Guo family and what you want...... Now that you have the opportunity to make friends with the Guo family, you can know yourself and your opponent and be prepared, so that you can be prepared to deal with all kinds of things that may arise.

Haruka agreed and hurried away.

Qiu Chen called Qin Yong again and sent him back to Liujiaao on horseback. One is to send a letter to Mrs. Lin about Lin Xu's exam results; Second, she also asked Qin Yong to bring a set of small stills from her home. Since she was going to improve the soap recipe and make toiletries, some work had to be done, regardless of whether Titian's raw materials satisfied her or not.

After explaining these two things, Qiu Chen went into the ear room to take a bath, changed into home cotton clothes, and rested on the kang for a while.

After being busy for most of the day, Qiu Chen fell asleep almost as soon as he lay down.

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The weekend is a disaster, and there is no way to code words with peace of mind......