Chapter 25: The Alchemist (I)
"Young master, let's go back after buying the medicine. ”
Su Weiwei smiled sweetly and said to Zhang Ling, who was holding her and hurrying away.
"Okay, girl, next time we will come out together to buy you clothes and food. ”
Seeing that Su Weiwei was so well-behaved and sensible, Zhang Ling smiled and nodded in answer to her, and at the same time secretly promised in his heart that he would take her shopping when he practiced this soul suppression pill.
Avoiding the crowds, Zhang Ling took the girl and walked quickly into the largest medicine interview on the street.
Zhang Ling glanced at the spacious and bright lobby full of medicine cabinets, quickly found the first counter where no one traded, took out the prescription from his arms, and handed it to a little girl behind the desk who was in charge of trading and collecting money, wearing black and white pharmacy work clothes.
"This son, do you want to buy the herbs on this list?"
The little girl, who was only eleven or twelve years old, had a smile on her baby's fat and ruddy face, carefully checked the medicinal materials on the paper, and then asked Zhang Ling softly.
The little girl's smile and smile inadvertently exude a beautiful demeanor.
"Well, ten gold coins, buy the herbs on this in equal shares, hurry up and pack them, the sooner the better. ”
Between the words, Zhang Ling had already sifted out ten gold coins from the bulging money bag and put them on the palm of his hand, showing them to the little girl in the drugstore.
"Okay, please pay 20% of the deposit in advance, just in case you suddenly default when the pharmacy is preparing the herbs for you. If the transaction is completed normally, the deposit will be counted as funds for the purchase of medicinal herbs. ”
The little girl looked at the golden round currency in Zhang Ling's hand, and suddenly smiled, and said to Zhang Ling.
"Wow. ”
Zhang Ling didn't think too much, and directly took out two gold coins from the palm of his hand and put them on the table.
"Okay, you wait a little longer, and I'll tell you to go down and prepare it for you. ”
The little girl put away the two gold coins on the table, said hello to the woman at a counter next to her, and asked her to help take care of her counter, then happily took the paper slip and jumped into the depths of the medicine visit.
On the Demon Spirit Continent, gold coins are the largest universal currency, one gold coin is equivalent to one hundred silver coins, and one silver coin is equivalent to one hundred copper coins.
Under the copper coin, it is the most widely used "cent" in various countries, and the value of each country's cents is not equal.
A copper coin can be exchanged for 100 coins in the Fenglan Empire, but in a slightly weaker country, it can be exchanged for between 300 and 500 country-specific cents, depending on the economic situation within each empire.
The Zhang family's annual net profit can reach about 50,000 gold coins, and in the border city of Via City in this small empire, it can be ranked among the first-class forces.
Zhang Ling's shot is ten gold coins, and in this medicine shop, it is already a rare large-amount loose order on weekdays.
It's no wonder that the little girl smiled so happily, if this order is completed, the profit share alone will be enough for a small family in Via City to live a life without food and clothing for a whole year.
In the back center of the pharmacy, countless staff of different ages wearing black and white pharmacy uniforms are constantly looking for the medicinal materials that customers need to buy in the medicine cabinet or in the planting area and medicine stall.
After finding the medicinal materials, these staff members quickly weigh them on the spot, then pack them, and then hand them over to the wooden carts around them, label them, and push them out in batches by specialized personnel.
"Grandpa He, do you have any questions when you look at the medicine list? As far as I know, these five flavor medicinal herbs are Soul Elimination Grass, Requiem Leaf, and Spirit Orchid Root, these three medicinal materials are all medicines for making different types of ecstasy, and this silver snow tree root, Gu Xing Fruit, can slightly increase the speed of human spiritual power cultivation, but the effect is very small. ”
The little girl who had entertained Zhang Ling before was strolling along the path of the medicine collection area with a black-robed wooden hairpin who was meditating with a prescription in his old hand.
"Blame the old man for being clumsy, eldest miss, the old man really can't see any other connection between these drugs. ”
The solemn old man's wrinkled old face shook his head helplessly and replied.
"Grandpa He, have you heard about the case of the disappearance of children, teenagers and girls that has spread all the news recently?"
The little girl's words became serious, and her eyes stared at the medicine list in He Lao's hand.
"Could it be...... Miss, do you think this guest who spent a lot of money on these herbs is ......?"
He Lao's originally solemn old face suddenly cried and laughed, and he glanced at the ugly prescription again.
"Hehe, people can't look good, even Grandpa He, you, a second-grade alchemist, can't see the problem here, so there must be a problem here. ”
The little girl simply took the prescription from He Lao's hand, and then looked serious, carefully pondering and studying it.
"Miss, maybe the other party is also an alchemist, and it is normal to buy some strange medicinal materials for self-defense. ”
He Lao's dry and warm old hand gently patted the little girl's forehead and said softly.
"Miss, Elder He, the five medicinal herbs of the ten gold coins have been evenly packed and packed, do you want to take a look. ”
A middle-aged man dressed in black and white clothes who took medicine bowed behind the little girl and the old man and asked sincerely.
"No need, Uncle Liu, even my father often praises you for what you do, please help transport these medicinal materials to the hall. ”
The little girl and He Lao looked at the cart full of medicinal herbs behind them, and the little girl took off a label on it, glanced at it, and then said to the middle-aged man with a smile.
"You're welcome, Miss. ”
After hearing this, the middle-aged man smiled with relief and said no more, and pushed the pile of medicinal herbs on the cart to the front door lobby with the employee who specialized in pushing the cart.
Then, the little girl kneaded the sleeves of her delicate little hands, pretended to think, and followed behind the medicine cart with He Lao.
In the kung fu of taking medicine, Su Weiwei, who was standing in the lobby and was bored, looked at the dry medicine for cold and bruises in the medicine cabinet around her on tiptoe, and when she saw the strange shape, she held it in her hand and watched it for a while, and her beautiful eyes couldn't tell whether she was happy or other emotions.
Zhang Ling was very calm, but he just kept standing there and watching Su Weiwei play.
In a few moments, the cart full of herbs and the little girl from earlier had come from the back of the medicine shop.
The little girl was still smiling warmly, but there was also an old man in a black robe with a bright eye.
"Childe, all the medicinal herbs you want are here, you check them first, there are five kinds of medicinal herbs here, each with four hundred plants. ”
The little girl took off the label she had seen before, handed it to Zhang Ling's hand with both hands, and said softly.
didn't wait for Zhang Ling to take the label handed by the little girl.
The old man behind the little girl suddenly stepped forward and called out in surprise: "The fifth son of the Zhang family?"