Chapter 342: Go home to retire
Fu Ruoxing took Fu Ruolan straight to the place where the hairpins were sold, and did not stop for a moment, as if he was in a hurry.
Seeing several stalls selling hairpins, Fu Ruolan swept over them one by one and asked, "Big brother, do you remember which one?" ”
Fu Ruoxing also looked at it seriously, but shook his head regretfully, "I still remember what that person looks like, but there is no him here." ”
"How... Isn't he here all year round? Fu Ruolan asked puzzledly, as if something in her heart had suddenly failed.
There are people coming and going on the street, and the hustle and bustle is constant, but Fu Ruolan and Fu Ruoxing are surprisingly noticeable standing here, and passers-by can't help but look at them.
It is very rare for the imperial power and wealth to come to the street to shop, so occasionally there are one or two young ladies and sons of the family, and the people will take a few more curious looks.
Suddenly, an old woman glanced at Fu Ruolan a few times, recognized her as the female doctor of Jikang Hall in the past, her eyes flashed with joy, she strode forward, and said enthusiastically: "Doctor Fu." ”
Looking at the old woman walking towards her, Fu Ruolan was surprised in her heart, and when she heard what she said, she immediately understood what was going on, and smiled politely: "This aunt, I want to ask you about something." ”
The old woman's face was puzzled, and then she said very politely: "Doctor Fu, please speak, but if I know anything, I will say everything." ”
Fu Ruolan smiled lightly, glanced at Fu Ruoxing, Fu Ruoxing understood, nodded at her, pointed to a blank stall at the old woman and asked, "Auntie, dare to ask if there was a stall selling hairpins here before?" ”
The old woman looked at the place pointed by Fu Ruoxing, caught a glimpse of a blank stall, thought about it, nodded, and said apologetically: "There was indeed one here before, but I rarely pay attention to these on weekdays, and I don't know what's going on." ”
Seeing this, Fu Ruolan had no choice but to give up, after all, the old woman was an ordinary person, not a yellow flower girl, and it was normal not to pay attention to these on weekdays.
It seems that if you want to ask clearly, you have to find another vendor who sells hairpins.
They all run businesses in one place, and they must know what they have done to their home and where they have gone.
The old woman sighed and looked at Fu Ruolan, "I'm sorry, Doctor Fu, I can't help you with this." ”
Fu Ruolan was about to speak, but the old woman asked again, "Doctor Fu, why did you close the Jikang Hall?" Now there is no medical clinic there, and we have to travel a long way to see a doctor, alas..."
"Isn't Dr. Jiang here?" Fu Ruolan was puzzled, she had closed Jikang Hall before because of Dr. Jiang's conditions, so she had closed it very thoroughly, and she didn't say hello to those ordinary people before.
Thinking of this, a feeling of guilt welled up in her heart.
But before, it was because she didn't want to grab business with Dr. Jiang, so she simply closed it, but now the old woman said that there was no medical hall there, what was going on? Could it be that Dr. Cheng Jiang is also gone?
"Doctor Jiang has long since left, leaving with his apprentices, and I don't know where they went." The old woman shook her head and sighed.
Fu Ruolan's eyes flashed, and she was very puzzled by Dr. Jiang's move.
The old woman said goodbye to Fu Ruolan and left with the dishes.
There were also some other people on the street who recognized Fu Ruolan, but none of them came up to say hello.
Fu Ruoxing looked at Fu Ruolan and wondered: "What happened to your previous medical hall?" ”
Fu Ruolan chuckled in her heart, thinking that she had framed Fu Ruoyun in the hospital before, causing Fu Ruoyun to almost get married.
This incident caused quite a lot of trouble in the city at that time, if Fu Ruoxing knew that she was indirectly harmed......
"A small thing, not enough to worry about, big brother, let's go and ask the other vendors, maybe they know." Fu Ruolan said with a smile on her face, successfully diverting Fu Ruoxing's attention.
Fu Ruoxing frowned, feeling that what Fu Ruolan said was not unreasonable, and walked directly to the nearby vendors.
"Guest, what do you want to buy?" The hawker said to Fu Ruoxing enthusiastically, seeing that he was covered in fine clothes, his eyebrows and eyes were even more smiling.
"I ask you, where did the vendor who was next to you go before?" Fu Ruoxing asked indifferently, revealing a hint of anxiety in his tone.
Fu Ruolan walked over and stood next to him waiting for the hawker's answer.
When the peddler heard this, his brows furrowed tightly, as if he had heard something very bad, and said disdainfully, "He, he sold three hairpins a few days ago and got three hundred taels of silver, made a fortune, and now he is going back to the countryside to retire." ”
"Do you know where his hometown is?" Fu Ruolan looked at the vendor and asked hopefully.
Since the peddler knows so much, he must know a little bit about the vendor.
The peddler glanced at Fu Ruoxing and Fu Ruolan strangely, and then noticed the clothes they were wearing, and at first glance they were from a high-class family, and suddenly thought that they would not be the ones who spent three hundred taels to buy hairpins before.
A flash of surprise flashed across his face, and he said with some schadenfreude in his heart: "You can't be the one who was slandered by him before, no wonder you came to the door, after all, those three hairpins are not worth three hundred taels at all, and I don't know where his hometown is, I haven't heard him mention it, but he doesn't seem to be a person from Tianxing." ”
Fu Ruolan was surprised in her heart, the glazed amber hairpin she was wearing on her head was extremely well made, how could it not be worth the price?
I'm afraid that this vendor has never seen the three hairpins, otherwise the grade is too low, and he can't even recognize the goods.
"How long has he been in business here?" Fu Ruoxing asked again.
The vendor looked young, how could he choose to go home so quickly to retire?
For him, three hundred taels was just a small amount, since as a street vendor, he must have wanted to make a lot of money, how could he be so easily satisfied.
"I don't know the specific time, he was already there when I came, I heard other people mention, selling hairpins in the city for more than ten years, it's strange to say, he has sold hairpins for more than ten years, and his belongings must be more than three hundred taels, and now he is going home for the elderly because of three hundred taels." The peddler sighed a little and said that if he got three hundred taels, he would definitely make his hairpin business bigger instead of going home to support his old age.
Fu Ruolan nodded, agreeing with the hawker's words, "Is there anything else strange?" ”
"Yes." The peddler immediately said, smiled, and said jokingly: "He is obviously very rich, but he wants to come here to sell hairpins and steal business with us." ”
"How can you tell he's rich?" Fu Ruolan was puzzled, she was just a vendor selling hairpins, how could she be very rich?
If he is very rich, how can he choose to go home to retire after taking Fu Ruoxing's three hundred taels?
These things may seem unrelated, but when you think about it, everything is somewhat connected.