Chapter 26: Liu's Pharmacy
Menli Street is a small street in the west of Lin'an Prefecture, and most of the people who live in this area are ordinary people, most of whom are people who do chores for other large families, or they are small businesses to support their families. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Early in the morning, Meng Fan took office in Dequan's carriage, and learned something about the situation near Menli Street from Dequan from time to time along the way.
This question, I know why his father Liu Shiyun stopped him at the Liu family meeting yesterday, why everyone looked at him gloatingly, the feeling is that he has put his son in a big trouble, with this, I am afraid that there is really no time to compete with them for the position of the head of the family. It's really not easy to think about the pharmacy business on Menli Street.
I just said, why did you suddenly be so good to me, and let me be the owner of this shop, my feelings are buried here, waiting for me to jump. Meng Fan thought to himself in his heart.
If it weren't for the task, he would still be happy and quiet, and it would be good to live in this small shop. However, he knew very well that he didn't come to Liu's house to play. The first task given to him by the red fox was to gain the trust of the people of the Liu family first, and as for the content of the task, he didn't mention a word to him, which shows the difficulty of the task.
Therefore, he can't be idle here, he has to rely on his ability to run the pharmacy on this street, so that the Liu family will be impressed by him. At that time, he might be qualified to know the task given to him by the red fox.
"Dequan, you are very familiar with this area, do you know why the business of the pharmacy is sluggish." Having just woken up from his contemplation, Meng Fan asked Dequan on the side.
In exchange, Dequan scratched his head with a puzzled face, and said, "Young master, you ask me this, but the little one can't." I'm a veteran of driving a horse-drawn carriage, but I don't know if I'm asked to answer such a rare question. ā
Meng Fan smiled softly, and he didn't mean to make fun of Dequan, with the new ideas of the twenty-first world, he didn't expect that how Dequan knew this.
"Dequan, you can't always drive a carriage for others in the future, and after such a month, there is not much silver to earn. Why don't you want to learn some other skills to make a living? Meng Fan asked curiously.
"I used to be ...... I, this brain can't do anything else, it's good to remember the route, so I know all the places in Lin'an Mansion, big and small. But I really wouldn't have anything else besides that, or I wouldn't have come to drive the carriage. Dequan wanted to say something, but he stopped and said with a few dry laughs.
Dequan's words made a flash of spiritual light flash in Meng Fan's mind, but the spiritual light came and went quickly, but Meng Fan didn't catch the thoughts that flashed in his mind.
Menli Street arrived, Meng Fan got out of the carriage, the road was wide, paved with stone slabs, because it was built by the imperial court back then, this avenue is not much different from the streets of the prosperous place, but the houses on both sides are a lot more dilapidated.
Most of the people who come and go are coarse cloth clothes. Here, indeed, as Dequan said, is the poorest place in Lin'an Prefecture, and of course, this kind of poverty is also relative. Although they didn't save much money, at least they wouldn't lack food and clothing, and they didn't know how many times better than the place outside Lin'an Mansion.
After leaving Dequan, Meng Fan paced towards the inside of Menli Street, and not far away, a large plaque that read 'Liu's Pharmacy' was hanging high, but the business in front of the door was very deserted.
Because I had already informed the pharmacy guy in advance that a new shopkeeper would come today, a head poked out from time to time and looked around. But he didn't notice Meng Fan's arrival.
Meng Fan raised his feet and was about to enter the pharmacy, but was stopped by the guy at the door, and the guy shouted without looking back: "Who told you to make trouble again, didn't you see that I was busy?" ā
"I'm here to buy medicine, is that your attitude?" Meng Fan frowned, and did not reveal his identity, but asked.
"Oh? Buy medicine. This boy, I don't know what kind of medicinal herbs I want to buy? I'm sorry just now, I recognized the wrong person, and I ask my son to forgive me. Wang Yuan hurriedly apologized, he thought it was a naughty boy on the street again, so he opened his mouth to scold without looking at it, but he listened to this accent, but he was a guest. Turning his head again, it turned out to be a young man dressed as a son, so he hurriedly apologized.
"You just said the troublemakers? Does anyone dare to make trouble? Meng Fan asked with some curiosity.
"No, no, Childe misunderstood, it's just a few naughty little ghosts in the neighborhood." Wang Yuan hurriedly spoke. "By the way, Childe, do you want to buy some medicine?"
"You're the only guy in this shop?" Looking around, Meng Fan didn't mention the matter of buying medicine, but asked casually.
Wang Yuan glanced at the boy in front of him with some vigilance, and said, "And my master." Do you need to buy some medicinal herbs? ā
Looking at Liu Quan's performance, Meng Fan nodded secretly, although he was not very old, he also had some eyes.
"Wang Yuan, let you wait for the young master, how about it, has the young master arrived?" An older voice came from the inner room.
"Master, the young master hasn't come yet, but there is a son who has come to buy medicine." Wang Yuansheng said.
"Oh?" The voice inside was a little puzzled, someone came to buy medicine so early, or is it a son? Suddenly, he thought of a possibility and hurried out of the inner room.
"Uncle Wang, Liu Fan came to report like this." Meng Fan smiled softly and said. Meng Fan said this, but Wang Yuan was stunned on the side, feeling that he was doubting the young master for a long time. It's no wonder, after all, he has never seen this young master who has just returned from the Liu family.
The Uncle Wang mentioned by Meng Fan, his name is Wang Dakun, and he has always been in charge of taking care of the pharmacy on Menli Street, and Meng Fan only met him yesterday.
"Young master, don't call it that, you can't do it." Hearing Meng Fan call him Uncle Wang, Wang Dakun hurriedly said that although he had been in charge of the Liu family for more than ten years, he was still a subordinate after all.
"Uncle Wang, this seems to be outward, you have paid for the Liu family for so many years, I call you Uncle Wang, isn't it normal, how can you not do it. Or does Uncle Wang think I don't deserve to shout like that? Meng Fan said something and refuted what Wang Dakun said. In my heart, I was moved, and this was not a recognition of him and a respect for an old man of his.
I have to say that Meng Fan's words made his status in Wang Dakun's heart rise by several levels, and even compared with several other young masters.
Wang Yuan on the side was stunned, and then looked happy. Wang Daneng is his master, and since he went to the pharmacy, Wang Dakun has always been by his side to help him. Wang Dakun is his master and a person he respects. Meng Fan's performance also made him feel good.
"Then the old man will drag it out, what will the young master say in the future, but anyway, my Wang Dakun will fully cooperate." Wang Dakun said with relief.
"In the future, we will work together to make the pharmacy on this street prosperous, and give those who look down on our pharmacy a good look." Meng Fan said with a smile. This will be a new milestone for him.
Meng Fan's encounter began from here.