Chapter 244: Acquaintances
"By the way, a few days ago, that Liu Dutou led an official to the tea shop to ask the owner."
Someone in the military?
"Ask me what to do?"
Zhao Niangzi shook her head, "I don't know, they didn't elaborate, I said that the owner was not there, and they left." But looking at the complexion, it shouldn't be a bad thing, and it didn't come back later. ”
Wen Shu nodded, "Since I didn't come again, it's definitely not an important matter, maybe I just want to ask the fruit again, regardless of him." After that, he closed the booklet, stood up and said happily: "I developed two new thirst water at home yesterday, and I plan to use them as signboards, and my sister-in-law will find me a thin wooden board, and I will write the name and the price of it, and hang it outside." ”
"Okay, there's it in the back room, I'll go get it."
Zhao Niangzi went to the back room in response, and after a while, she took a thin wooden board, Wen Shu took the pen and dipped it in ink, and soon wrote two lines of words on the board.
"Eyes thirsty for water".
"Wisdom thirsts for water".
The reason why he chose to name it after the effect, instead of directly writing "Yaocao thirsty water" and "Gangcao thirsty water", is because Wen Shu is afraid of writing the name directly, which is easy to remind people of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, so as to see through the mystery behind it.
Although there are not many people in Bianjing who have a collection of books on the Book of Mountains and Seas, there are still some, especially in the palace and those Houmen nobles, for the sake of safety, it is better not to write your real name.
Second, this is directly named after the effect, which is obviously much more attractive than writing the actual name, listen to it, "bright eyes thirsty water", "wisdom thirsty water", you will know what is the use of eating when you hear it.
Wen Shu silently praised his wit.
After writing the name, and then the price, she lowered her head and pondered for a while, then picked up the pen and wrote.
"Five hundred wen a lamp!" Zhao Niangzi exclaimed, she looked at Wen Shu in a daze, with an expression on her face.
Although Zhao Niangzi didn't know the words, she still knew the basic number of silver coins, because Wen Shu had taught her, but at the moment, looking at the four words on the wooden board, she felt a little confused.
Wen Shu smiled disapprerovingly, and then picked up the pen and added the price after "Wisdom Thirsty Water".
This time, Zhao Niangzi was not stunned, but directly stupid.
"A thousand dollars!" She looked at Wen Shu in a daze for a while, and then reached out to her forehead, "It's not burning, this ......"
"Isn't that too high?" Zhao Niangzi was a little hesitant: "We are just an ordinary tea shop, not a restaurant in the city, how can we sell it at such a high price." ”
"Not high, not high." Wen Shule handed her the brush, carried the wooden board and went out, walked around the door twice, and finally stood the wooden sign on the left side of the door.
This is facing the official road, and people who come and go can see it, and she writes big, as long as she is a literate person, she can see it clearly when she stands on the official road.
"And what are the names of these two thirsty waters?" Zhao Niangzi chased over and asked.
Wen Shu was about to answer, when he saw two pilgrims coming over from the Land Temple, both of whom were peasant women in their early thirties, one dressed in blue and the other in yellow, and when they saw the wooden sign, they asked curiously, "What is this written?" ”
Wen Shu immediately turned around and greeted: "Xiaoshi's signature thirsty water, do you want to taste it?" ”
"What thirsty water, how much is it?"
"A lamp of five hundred dollars of thirsty water for bright eyes, a thousand dollars of thirsty water for wisdom, one is beneficial for eyes, one is beneficial for the mind, what do the two ladies want?"
"What! 500 wen a lamp! The woman in blue widened her eyes, "You guys are trying to rob money, look at the young lady, why are you so evil." ”
"That's it, that's it, I still wanted to go in and drink a bowl of tea and soup, but I didn't expect it to be slaughtered like this, let's go, I think that the dream of the gods must be fake, it's really a few pillars of incense." The woman in yellow also said indignantly.
Both of them are women from nearby villages, and recently they often hear from the villagers that the land lord here has appeared, so they came early in the morning to offer incense.
Because Wen Shu is the main role and beneficiary of the manifestation event of the land lord, after the incense, he was curious and wanted to see what was so peculiar about this tea shop owner.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they approached, they saw a little lady coming out with a wooden card, and there were words written on the wooden card, and they didn't know each other, so they opened their mouths to ask.
It's just that the answer they got made them dumbfounded, and they couldn't help scolding: "When you are an alum building, you really dare to make a price, those who know know are selling thirsty water, and those who don't know think they are selling elixir and jade liquid." With that, turn around and leave.
Their reaction, Wen Shu had already expected, and his face did not change at the moment.
On the contrary, Zhao Niangzi was worried, and when the two women walked away, she persuaded in a low voice: "The owner, this price is indeed high, why don't you lower it."
She said in her heart that the thirst for water in ordinary tea shops is only three or four Wen, and the high one is only a dozen Wen. These 500 wen a lamp, not to mention ordinary tea shops, even alum buildings are rare. Not to mention those who bought it, she felt terrified when she heard it.
Wen Shu was stubborn: "It's not in tune, sister-in-law remember, these two thirsty waters, one is called Mingmu thirsty water, and the other is called wisdom thirsty water, and the price is what I just said." If someone asks, my sister-in-law will tell the truth, as for whether people buy it or not, they love to buy it, and they don't buy it. ”
"This ......" Zhao Niangzi still wanted to persuade again, but Wen Shu had already rolled up his sleeves and entered the tea shed.
The reaction of the two ladies was as early as she expected, because she did not change a single bit because of their words, of course those who did not need it would feel expensive, but those who needed it would never be too expensive.
You must know that ten catties of Yao grass only produce one catty of paste, and Granny Xiong's eyes went from being blind to seeing clearly, and she only ate a total of sixteen Yao grass before and after, weighing about one catty, which is converted into one or two pastes.
In other words, one or two ointments can make a person who has acquired blindness return to normal from "blind". And one or two pastes are replaced with spoons, about six spoons, and they are turned into thirsty water, which is six lamps.
Three times the money can make a person with similar symptoms to Granny Xiong basically cured. Wen Shu felt that if she was the blind person, she would definitely not think it was expensive.
A shopkeeper like her father earns it in a month.
As for Gangcao's thirst for water, which will make people smarter, Wen Shu subconsciously felt that it was more precious, so compared to the price of Yaocao's thirsty water, it doubled.
As for the efficacy, although she hasn't tried it, she actually thinks that she is smart enough, and if she only tastes a little, she is afraid that she will not see any effect, so don't waste it.
Nowadays, adults praise children for being smart, either because they have a good memory or because they have a quick response, and Wen Shu thinks that he is not lacking in these two things, so he doesn't need to eat this to become smarter.
With the signature drink, the staple food has to keep up, Wen Shu is wearing a climbing neck, while thinking about what staple food to use as a sign. Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a rush of cars and horses at the door.
She subconsciously looked up, and when she saw the two people getting down from the donkey cart, her face changed, and she said to Zhao Niangzi who came in: "Sister-in-law is supporting first, I suddenly feel a little headache, and I want to go back and rest." ”
Zhao Niangzi had already seen the wound on her forehead, and when she heard the words, she hurriedly said, "Go quickly, I am here." ”