Zhao Sanniang hesitated for a moment, made a fuss, threw the bag of hawthorn that was left in the corner, and clapped her hands: "Cheng!" This time, I believe you, auntie! During my medication, I promise not to eat hawthorn at all, if your medicine can really cure my stomach pain, I will never eat hawthorn again! ”

"You don't have to eat because of choking, but hawthorn is a medicine and can't be eaten as a snack, especially not on an empty stomach. If you really want to eat big fish and meat, the bloating is hard to get rid of, and you can still eat a few pieces to eliminate it. ”

"Auntie remember, by the way, isn't there hawthorn in your father's prescription? How is this calculated? ”

Zuo Shaoyang had already thought of the answer: "That hawthorn is a medicine primer, it is used to introduce medicine to the scriptures, the amount is very small, and it has been twisted into the end, so it is not in the way." The reason why Zuo Shaoyang said this was that he was afraid that Zhao Sanniang would not find hawthorn in the medicine, so he was suspicious, so he ran to the pharmacy and asked Daddy Zuo Gui, which would be exposed.

"Well, I see, you can go back to dinner. It's cold outside! ”

"Okay, by the way, Aunt San, there is one more thing, I want to ask you, is there a big pharmacy near here?"

"Yes, turning the corner is 'Huimin Hall', and its façade is the largest in Hezhou! ――Didn't your family run a drugstore? What else are you looking for a pharmacy for? ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm leaving, goodbye, auntie!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang turned his head and walked in the direction of home, looking at the gate of Zhao Sanniang's house out of the corner of his eyes, seeing Zhao Sanniang enter the house and the courtyard door closed, he turned around and walked in the direction that Zhao Sanniang pointed out just now.

Turning the corner of the street, I saw a bright place on the side of the street in the distance, hanging a big lantern, although it was about to get up, but people were still in and out, and most of them were sick, Zuo Shaoyang immediately guessed that this was what Zhao Sanniang said just now, the largest pharmacy in Hezhou.

Zuo Shaoyang trotted over quickly, came to the door, raised his eyes, this floor can be a hundred times stronger than their Guizhi Hall, three floors high, five bays, above the door hangs a plaque with sandalwood flower carving, lacquered stone blue background, muddy gold Yang inscription, Phnom Penh auspicious clouds, although it is a dark night, but it is still bright and dazzling, and it is written exactly - "Huimin Hall".

On both sides of the gate are exquisitely carved window lattices, and red lanterns are hung high at the two corners. The carved door of the long fan on the floor is open six times, and there is a big red curtain with thick gold thread embroidery inside, but there is no man at the door to greet guests, this is the rule of opening a pharmacy, you can't greet guests at the door, let alone shout. If you want to welcome guests, you have to be in the house.

Zuo Shaoyang saw that the curtain was very thick, stretched out his hand and touched it, it was soft, since there was no cotton in the Tang Dynasty, it should be silk cotton, this thing is much more expensive than cotton, not something that ordinary people can afford, it can be seen from these large curtains that this Huimin Hall is a big business and very rich.

Zuo Shaoyang picked up the curtain and walked in, and suddenly a wave of heating hit his face, like a spring breeze, dazzling his eyes. There are several large filigree braziers in the room, and the fiery red charcoal fire emits an attractive red light, which makes people's faces flushed. After a few red sandalwood carvings, there were a few white-bearded old men sitting in the middle of a diagnosis. Some also hold a brass hand stove for hand warming.

On both sides of the hall were rows of long chairs, and there were quite a few people waiting to see what was going on. made Zuo Shaoyang think of the situation of waiting in a well-known hospital in modern society. But it was the modern era of population explosion, and I didn't expect that in ancient times, there was such a scene of waiting in line, which shows that the superstition of authoritative experts and the thirst for health are regardless of the time of dynasties.

Zuo Shaoyang stood there and was looking, and a young man greeted him: "This master, you are still ...... to see a doctor or take medicine, aren't you the young master of Guizhitang Zuo Guizuo?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang saw that this guy actually recognized himself, and said with a smile: "Yes, passing by, look, aren't you welcome?" ”

"How can it! Please don't even come. This young man is very good at talking, "Are you going to see a doctor or take medicine!" Phew! I'm sorry, I said it wrong, your family is a pharmacy, and your father is a famous doctor in Hezhou, how could he come to our pharmacy to see a doctor and take medicine. Hey, what do you do? ”

"I'm looking for your shopkeeper." Zuo Shaoyang didn't want to delay too much time, so he said bluntly.

"Our big shopkeeper is in the flower hall in the middle of the room to see the patients of distinguished guests, and the second shopkeeper is on the counter, please!" Get out of the way.

There are two shopkeepers in this Huimin Hall, the big shopkeeper is the famous doctor Dr. Ni, and the second shopkeeper is the younger brother, who is responsible for taking care of the store's business. At the moment, I am bookkeeping at the counter. Zuo Shaoyang walked inside, and few of the patients and men inside paid attention to him, obviously, only the people in the circle knew that his father was a pharmacy, and the patients rarely cared about their Guizhitang, so naturally few people knew his identity.

Zuo Shaoyang raised his eyes and looked around, and saw that this Huimin Hall was indeed much more magnificent than their Guizhi Hall, not to mention anything else, just that long medicine cabinet, the collection of medicinal materials was several times more than that of Guizhi Hall.

Zuo Shaoyang slowly walked to the front of the cabinet, the second shopkeeper raised his eyes and saw that it was him, lowered his head again, continued to keep accounts, and said lightly in a long voice: "It's the young owner of Guizhitang, what are you doing?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang looked left and right, took out the musk from his arms, and put it on the table: "I want to sell this thing to your pharmacy." Collect? ”

The second shopkeeper sighed, glanced at the corner of his eye, and continued to keep accounts, and his faint tone was even more tasteless: "Young Master Zuo came to the hall to have fun and joke?" ”

"No, what am I kidding you about? I really sell it to you. ”

The second shopkeeper raised his eyes to look at him, glanced at the musk on the counter again, and said, "Zuo Shaoyang is short of money, right?" Hehe, this thing didn't come out of your pharmacy ......, did it? The second shopkeeper's left hand reached under his right elbow and made a gesture of touching the bag.

"What do you say?" Zuo Shaoyang glared and said, "Do you think I stole this musk from our pharmacy?" Tell you, this is the young master when I was collecting medicine on the mountain! ”

The second shopkeeper glanced at the guy again, and the guy smiled, also saying that he didn't understand. The second shopkeeper said: "I'll just say, Young Master Zuo really wants to take medicinal materials from Guitang in exchange for some money, and he won't take this thing, he should take some ginseng or something, but, hehe, Guitang is only afraid that there is no ginseng this thing, don't look at the ginseng is like a radish, the price is still expensive, you Guizhitang is afraid that you can't afford it......"

"Dogs look down on people!" Zuo Shaoyang muttered in his stomach and glared, "Hey, what's wrong?" To accept or not to collect? ”

"Close! To open a pharmacy and a medical center, it is natural to buy medicinal materials. No matter how expensive or low, as long as it is a medicinal herb. The second shopkeeper stared at Zuo Shaoyang and asked slowly, "How much does Young Master Zuo want to sell this thing?" ”

"Make an offer!"

The shopkeeper glanced at the guy standing behind him to welcome the guest, the two smiled at each other, there was a lot of sarcasm in the smile, the shopkeeper put the brush in his hand on the pen stand, stretched out his palm, forked five fingers and lit up, and turned over and lit up: "This number!" ”

"Ten taels of silver?" Zuo Shaoyang recalled that the price of fennel on the road told him in the Tang Dynasty was equivalent to 50,000 yuan when converted into ten taels of silver, although in modern society, the value of musk produced by wild musk has reached more than 100,000 yuan, which is twice the price, but it can't be compared like this. Ten taels is ten taels, fortunately, it can make up for the nine thousand wen rent owed, and there is still a little leftover, this musk was bought with nine wen, and it can be regarded as a hard profit.

Thinking of this, Zuo Shaoyang sighed: "You bargained a little darker, and you bought such a good musk as me for ten taels of silver, okay, give the money!" Stretched out his hand, waiting to get the money, thinking that the dark-faced firewood girl had taken advantage of others, and the next time I saw it, I had to return the favor.

The second shopkeeper sneered and pouted: "Young Master Zuo didn't wake up, right?" Where have you seen a musk sold for ten taels of silver? ”

"How much is that? A thousand texts? You're too dark, aren't you? ”

"Humph! What a thousand Wen, you're poor and crazy, aren't you? - Ten cents! The second shopkeeper sneered, turned his hand over twice, and pouted: "It's ten coppers!" Pay back a thousand wen, ten taels of silver, you are crazy! ”

"What?" Zuo Shaoyang exclaimed, causing many patients in the room to look at him sideways, and he hurriedly lowered his voice again: "Shiwen? Are you mistaken? It's musk! Authentic musk from the wild forest musk! ”