Chapter 25: The Upper Bazaar
"Let's get on the errand! Go early and come back early, I will park the ox cart at the old place and wait for you. After Uncle Zhao finished speaking, he went to do his own business.
"Mom, let's go to the pharmacy first." As soon as Uncle Zhao left, Gu Lan pulled Li Yanpin to find a pharmacy.
This is the direction of the east-west connection in Zhengning County. From east to west, there are many shops on both sides of the road, including restaurants, garment shops, cloth shops, grocery stores, blacksmith shops, embroidery shops, and medicine shops. ……。
On the road in the middle of the shop, there are women who carry burdens, carts, horse-drawn carts, and children with blue on their shoulders...... Fill the street with a small width.
I didn't expect the ancient bazaar to be quite lively!
Li Yanpin carried a bamboo basket on her back, Gu Lan pulled her shirt, and the two walked on the street looking for a pharmacy.
After crossing half the street, he saw a pharmacy, and Gu Lan pulled Li Yanpin and walked towards the pharmacy.
When I entered the store, I saw a shopkeeper and a few guys busy in the medicine hall, and patients came and went from time to time.
Seeing Li Yanpin and Gu Lan walking in, one of the guys quickly put down the work in his hand and greeted him.
"Madam, do you want to buy medicine or see a doctor?"
Li Yanpin was about to answer, Gu Lan hurriedly stepped forward and replied politely, "This little brother, we don't buy medicine or see a doctor, we have some medicinal herbs to sell to you, can you be the master?" ”
"I can't be the master of this, I want to find the shopkeeper, you wait a while, I'll ask the shopkeeper." The guy touched his head and replied with a smile.
"Then I'll bother the little brother." Gu Lan said to the guy sincerely.
Gu Lan pulled Li Yanpin aside and waited, today is a hot gathering, and there are many people in the pharmacy to see a doctor and buy medicine.
Li Yanpin was a little uncomfortable, watching the people who went in turn their eyes on her from time to time, and involuntarily leaned close to Gu Lan.
Gu Lan smiled at her, and Li Yanpin's nervousness eased at this time.
After waiting for a while, I saw that the guy just now led an old man in his fifties, medium height, and a fat figure came over, the old man was wearing a small black hat with melon skin on his head, a black satin robe with the same black tie on his upper body, and a pair of blue satin cloth shoes under his feet.
Although he is old, he is in good spirits, walks steadily and vigorously, and his face is healthy and ruddy.
It's worthy of being in the herb business, I'm afraid I've eaten a lot of good things!
"Big sister, you want to sell herbs?" The shopkeeper came to the two of them, his eyes were shining, and he stared at Li Yanpin and asked, completely ignoring Gu Lan.
"Yes, yes....... We have some herbs to sell to the shopkeeper. When Li Yanpin saw the shopkeeper coming over, he was nervous and stammered a little when he spoke.
Gu Lan looked at Li Yanpin's panicked look, a little speechless.
It seems that she will have to hire Li Yan more in the future, and her habit of not being good at dealing with people will have to be changed.
In the future, she still has a lot of things to sell in the market, can she be so timid?
"Shopkeeper, my mother picked some fresh herbs on the mountain, I don't know if the shopkeeper is willing to accept it?" Gu Lan tugged at Li Yanpin's shirt, signaled her to be silent, and stepped forward to answer for Li Yanpin.
The shopkeeper glanced at Gu Lan and was a little surprised in his heart. This little girl is not very old, but she speaks crisply and neatly, and she is not nervous and flustered when facing herself, and has a calm and comfortable expression.
And judging by the tone of her voice, it seems that she can make decisions for her mother.
It's really interesting for adults to sell herbs, but for children to take charge of business.
"The shopkeeper's surname?" Gu Lan spoke again.
"My surname is Wang, you can call me the king's treasurer." Shopkeeper Wang had a gentle expression.
"Hmmm! My surname is Gu, and my name is Gu Mingzhu. This is my mother, called Li Yanpin. Gu Lan introduced himself and Li Yanpin to Shopkeeper Wang.
"Oh! Gu Mingzhu, this name is good. Why don't we sit down there and talk?" Shopkeeper Wang stretched out his hand and led Gu Lan to the side.
Gu Lan followed the shopkeeper Wang to a place in the medical room, which was a place responsible for catching medicine, there were only a few guys there, and no one else, so it was very convenient to talk about things here.
"Shopkeeper Wang, your business is good!" Gu Lan observed just now, this pharmacy has never broken off people, and it is good to have more people and business. What's more, this is a pharmacy, and no one will have the leisure to wander around the pharmacy, unless they come to see a doctor and grab medicine
Hearing Gu Lan boast that his pharmacy business was good, Shopkeeper Wang was also very proud and had a good impression of Gu Lan.
"Everywhere, the business is average, and they are all old customers." The shopkeeper said modestly.
"Shopkeeper Wang is really good at doing business, and the high return rate proves that the store's things are good, and people are willing to return to buy them."
"Return rate, return rate, what is the return rate?" The shopkeeper Wang was a little confused, why couldn't he understand this little girl's words?
"This ...... This return rate refers to the number of customers who go and come back to buy your things. Gu Lan didn't expect that he would casually pop out modern words.
"Oh! That's what it means! ”
"That...... Shopkeeper Wang, you better take a look at the herbs first! Gu Lan felt that the topic was far away. Hurry up and bring the king's shopkeeper's thoughts to the point.
Shopkeeper Wang carefully looked at the herbs in Gu Lan's basket, turned his head and said to Gu Lan, "Your herbs are good, they were not damaged when they were dug up, and the whole herb was kept intact." ”
In particular, many people have dug up its roots, and the roots of your house have not been broken, the roots of this "gold do not change" have the best medicinal properties, wide uses, and large dosages. “
"This herb is also clean, but it is not yet sunburned. It's even better to bask in the sun again. ”
"Who dug this herb? Very knowledgeable! ”
"Okay, I want all this herb."
I opened the herb again and examined it carefully.
Shopkeeper Wang said again, "Medicinal herbs are different from other items, if they are mixed with other weeds, not only will the medicinal effect be greatly reduced, but sometimes it will cause death, and it is not allowed to be sloppy at all." ”
Shopkeeper Wang is very cautious in this regard, and he is very strict with the inspection of medicinal herbs.
And it was precisely because the master took a fancy to him that he dared to hand over the pharmacy to him.
"I don't know what price the shopkeeper will offer?" Gu Lan doesn't understand the market of medicinal herbs, and he doesn't know how much this herb can be sold for? She could only say something tentative.
From the moment he entered the door, the shopkeeper Wang has always been very enthusiastic, without the slightest sign of impatience, and he has not taken Qiao because he is the shopkeeper. Based on these, Gu Lan believed that he would not deceive himself on the price.
And even if he deceived himself, he wouldn't sell it to him next time, and he would suffer a loss this time.
"I will accept these herbs at a medium and good price, if you are not satisfied, you can sell them elsewhere." Shopkeeper Wang looked at Gu Lan and asked her to make a decision.
"Okay, if you don't sell other homes, you will sell yours." Gu Lan agreed without saying a word.
The real price is clear, and the shopkeeper Wang just pointed out the quality of this herb, and there are traces to follow the price of the middle and upper price.
"Considered it?" Shopkeeper Wang didn't expect Gu Lan to agree so happily!
In the past, those who came to sell medicinal herbs were not clean, and the soil was mixed. Mix the weeds in it, and pick and choose, the price is low, and the bargaining has been for a long time, and there is no refreshing.
If it weren't for the lack of herbs in the pharmacy, Shopkeeper Wang wouldn't want to deal with those people, it would be too difficult.
This little girl is not only fresh and clean in the herbs, but also refreshing in price, and the shopkeeper Wang likes to deal with such people.
"Think about it, let's weigh it from the shopkeeper Wang!"