Chapter 16: The Poisoned Old Lady
Being so troubled by Wu Xiaojiang's family, Chen Guozhong's mood that had calmed down suddenly became worse again. Looking at the departure of Wu Xiaojiang's family, Chen Guozhong just sighed: "Human affection is like paper, this is not false at all!" ”
After speaking, Chen Guozhong glanced at Chen Xiao meaningfully, and then returned to his room by himself.
Chen Xiao didn't bother Chen Guozhong, he knew that his father wanted to be quiet now.
Closing the door, Chen Xiao slowly walked out of the house, compared to the divorce, Chen Xiao now has more important things to do. That is to find some medicinal herbs, and then put them in the Shennong Ding for fumigation. This matter can be solved as soon as possible, so that the problem of family debts can be solved.
Chen Xiao himself is a medical student, and his family has opened a Chinese medicine shop all the year round, so he has some vision for the identification of Chinese medicinal materials.
Walking slowly on the avenue of Haishi, Chen Xiao looked up at the place where the people were buzzing not far away, and smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that it would be replaced so soon!" It's really a human face that doesn't know where, and the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze! ”
Yes, that place turned out to be Heshengtang Pharmacy. However, now that the owner has changed, the original brand of Heshengtang has now been replaced by Shi Mingxuan.
Shi Mingxuan and Heshengtang shared the medicinal materials market of Haishi equally, and even Shi Mingxuan's years were much older than Heshengtang.
After thinking about it, Chen Xiao still stopped the idea of going in and having a look.
Shi Mingxuan is too big, and there are many people inside, so it is inevitable that someone will recognize Chen Xiao. In order not to cause unnecessary trouble, Chen Xiao took a detour and chose a small pharmacy not far away.
After a glance inside the pharmacy, Chen Xiao walked straight to the Chinese medicine cabinet.
At this moment, sitting on the edge of the counter was an old man dressed in white, the old man looked at Chen Xiao with kind eyes: "Little friend, what do you need?" ”
Chen smiled: "I want a ginseng!" ”
"One?" The old man pushed the glasses on the edge of the rim of his eyes and asked curiously.
Although ginseng is not a valuable and precious medicinal material, it is sliced whether it is made in tea or used in medicine, or it is weighed according to catties. Very few people will ask for one directly, and even if they ask for one, they will not come to a small store like their own.
"Children, do you want a wild ginseng or a garden ginseng?" The old man asked again.
As the name suggests, wild ginseng is born in the wild, such as Changbai Mountain wild ginseng is a rare variety of wild ginseng. Garden ginseng, on the other hand, is cultivated in large quantities. Generally, the ripening period of wild ginseng is relatively long, ranging from ten years to several decades, such as the wild ginseng in Chen Xiao's hand that is more than 2,000 years old and is priceless. As for garden ginseng, it is very common, there are garden ginseng for one or two years, and there are also yuan ginseng for ten or eight years.
Chen Xiaosi touched it for a while, and said in his heart: Nourished by the colorful spiritual liquid in Shennong Ding, I am afraid that the effect of wild ginseng and garden ginseng is similar.
Thinking of this, Chen smiled and said: "I want a garden ginseng, the birthday of the old man in the family, so I want to give it to the old man and make him happy!" ”
"Oh!" The old man nodded, smiled slightly, and reminded kindly: "Children, you better buy it somewhere else, we are a small pharmacy ......"
As if seeing the old man's worries, Chen Xiao hurriedly interrupted: "It's okay, you don't need to be expensive, the price is moderate!" ”
The old man sighed helplessly, nodded, and said, "Okay, I'll let them go to the pharmacy to have a look!" ”
The old man beckoned, and a young waitress walked over: "Old Guo, what's the matter?" ”
"Xiao Zhang, you go to the pharmacy and take a ten-year-old ginseng!" The old man said to the waiter.
"Huh?" The waitress was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded knowingly and said, "Okay!" ”
The old man looked at Chen Xiao kindly: "Little friend, if you are not in a hurry, just wait here!" ”
"Okay!"
Chen Xiao saw that the old man was very kind, so he started chatting with the old man without a match.
"Children, although this kind of thing is not very precious now, but you are not very old, how can you rest assured that you will come alone when you buy ginseng!" The old man asked with a smile.
Chen Xiao heard the meaning of the old man's words, obviously, the old man was worried that Chen Xiao would be deceived. After all, there are still a lot of ginseng fakes.
"Don't hide it from the elderly, the elders in the family don't actually know about it. And I'm a medical student myself, so I know a little bit! Chen Xiao replied.
Speaking of studying medicine, the old man became interested: "It turns out that you are studying medicine, and I don't know whether you are studying Chinese medicine or Western medicine!" ”
"I'm a first-year student at Haishi Medical University! I studied surgery! ”
"Oh, that's Western medicine!" The old man said, looking a little lonely.
After half a sound, the old man sighed: "I want to come to Chinese medicine to be broad and profound, hey, it's a pity, it's going to be slowly lonely!" ”
Chen Xiao hurriedly comforted: "The old man doesn't have to be so sad, Chinese medicine has its own way of existence, how can it be lonely?" ”
The old man smiled at Chen Xiao, as if he didn't think much of Chen Xiao's words.
"Old Guo, the ginseng is here!" The waitress hurriedly walked out of the pharmacy, holding a square box in her hand, which was not very large.
The old man took the box and smiled at Chen: "Little friend, take a look, is it still appropriate?" ”
Chen Xiao hurriedly opened the box and glanced at it, this garden ginseng was in good condition, and it seemed to weigh only about two catties, so Chen Xiao nodded: "Okay, that's it!" ”
"Yes!" The old man nodded and reminded again: "Children, garden ginseng is all artificially planted, and the price is cheap, but this effect is not the same as that of wild ginseng. ”
The old man kindly mentioned it, Chen Xiao also smiled faintly, the gap between garden ginseng and wild ginseng Chen Xiao was naturally clear in his heart.
"Children, this ten-year garden ginseng is still suitable, right?" The old man continued.
"Okay, that's it!" Chen Xiao hurriedly said: "I don't know the price......
The old man smiled and stretched out two fingers and said, "Two thousand." Although this ginseng is in good condition, it is a garden ginseng after all, and it is worth the price! The old man's voice paused, and he seemed to be proud: "But this is in the sea market, once you arrive in the capital, the price of this ginseng will increase at least five times!" ”
Chen smiled and saw that the old man was fair, and he didn't make a counteroffer, so he took out his bank card directly: "Is it okay to swipe the card?" ”
The old man smiled and said, "Of course! Xiao Zhang, take this child to swipe the card! ”
Just as Chen Xiao turned around to go to the counter to swipe his card, two people walked in from the door. When Guo Lao saw these two people, his eyes immediately lit up.
The person who came was an old lady, about sixty or seventy years old, with a cane in one hand and a young and beautiful girl in the other. The girl was not very old, twenty-five or sixteen years old, and she was dressed in black professional attire.
I saw that the girl was anxious, and shouted to Guo Lao: "Guo Lao, Guo Lao, come and see, what's wrong with my grandmother?" ”
Hearing this, Chen Xiao hurriedly turned his head and fixed his gaze on the young woman: "Is it her?" ”
Soon Chen Xiao's gaze turned to the old grandmother beside her, the old grandmother had a sallow complexion, some black shadows in the hall, and a pair of eyes drooped slightly.
Chen Xiao said in surprise: her face was completely in line with the poisoned face in Wangzijue.