Chapter 331: Opening a Shop
The south of the city is actually a military camp, and most of the people living here are the families of the army and officials of Qixia City. Then the two went to the east of the city, where the monks gathered, and all kinds of elixirs, weapons, miscellaneous items, materials, pharmacies, and so on were lined up. Gu Xiangyang stayed here for a long time, and also had a meal by the way.
Xiaoman didn't dare to have a table with Gu Xiangyang, took Gu Xiangyang into the store, sat alone on the steps outside the store, took out a dry cake and chewed it slowly.
Seeing that this kid really understood the rules, Gu Xiangyang asked him to come in together, asked the shopkeeper of the restaurant for a window position on the second floor, ordered a few dishes and a pot of wine, and asked Xiaoman to eat and drink together.
This Xiaoman was embarrassed at first, but after tasting a few bites of food, he couldn't help it, and that eating appearance was simply a starving ghost reincarnated.
The two chatted while eating, Gu Xiangyang asked many questions, and Xiaoman answered them one by one.
Gu Xiangyang found that this kid was really sincere, he said it if he knew, and admitted it directly if he didn't know, but he wouldn't fool Gu Xiangyang with nonsense.
So Gu Xiangyang suddenly had an idea, so he asked: "Xiaoman, is the security in this Qixia City good?" ”
"Okay, no one in this city dares to make a mistake, there are great monks in our city, there used to be a monk who turned into a god to grab the pill, but before he could get out of the store, he was arrested, stripped and hung at the city gate for three days before he was abolished and driven away, and then he brought people over to take revenge, and was directly wiped out." Xiao Man replied and stuffed the food into his mouth.
"Oh? So who is in charge of this city? The city lord looks very powerful, right? Gu Xiangyang then asked.
"The city lord is a fart? The really powerful thing here is the Tianyuan Chamber of Commerce, and this Chamber of Commerce is the real person in Qixia City. Xiaoman replied.
"Really? It's really interesting. Gu Xiangyang replied. Seeing that the food was almost over, Gu Xiangyang asked the shopkeeper to settle the bill and prepared to go around again.
"Big, big." Xiao Man suddenly said with some embarrassment at this time: "There are still a lot of these dishes left, can I take them?" I also have a grandmother at home, who is not in good health, so I thought about bringing some back to her to taste. ”
"Oh? Do you still have a grandmother? Gu Xiangyang asked.
"Yes, my parents died early, and my grandmother raised me since I was a child, but unfortunately two years ago, my grandmother went out of the city to chop wood and arched a wild boar, although she was rescued and saved her life, but she can't get off the ground until now." Xiao Man said that this thing was quite calm, and there were no tears in his eyes, but this was the truest state of mind. Those who cry and wipe away their tears while talking and talking, but there is an unreal sense of drama.
"Don't take these things, wait for us to buy fresh ones, and then go to your house to see your grandmother." After Gu Xiangyang finished speaking, he pulled Xiaoman and left.
The kid looked back at the leftovers several times with a look of reluctance.
After walking in the east of the city, we arrived in the north of the city, and at this time it was also the time when the lights were on, and the north of the city, which was still a little deserted during the day, suddenly became lively.
With the opening of casinos and green buildings one after another, all kinds of lanterns are hung high, and there is really a taste of prosperity.
However, Gu Xiangyang was not interested in these, so he turned around, bought some food in a building, and asked Xiao Man to take him to Xiao Man's house to have a look.
Xiaoman is naturally happy, and he has been out all day, and he doesn't know what happened to his grandmother.
In a dilapidated hut near the city wall in the south of the city, Gu Xiangyang saw Xiao Man's grandmother, an old woman lying on the bed, and the room was filled with a bad smell.
After Xiaoman introduced the two, he embarrassedly asked Gu Xiangyang to wait outside for a while, because he wanted to clean up his grandmother.
By the time Gu Xiangyang was invited into the house by Xiao Man again, there was no longer that strange smell in the hut.
The old man had apparently wiped his body and looked much cleaner.
Gu Xiangyang sat down on the side, and Xiaoman poured him a cup of tea, and went to serve his grandmother to eat.
Gu Xiangyang opened the perspective of the divine vision and examined the old man's body, and found that her two legs were obviously broken, but the bones were not connected. And the most serious is her lumbar spine, which is severely misaligned. It is estimated that the root cause of the disease fell after the injury was not effectively treated.
When the old man finished eating, Gu Xiangyang said: "Old man, although Xiaoman and I have just met, it can be regarded as a fate, I know some medical skills, why don't you let me show you the disease, maybe I can cure it." ”
"Really?" Before the old man could speak, Xiao Man took the lead in asking.
"Of course, I'm not going to lie." Gu Xiangyang said with a smile: "It's just that this treatment will be a little painful, and you need to break the broken bones and connect them again." ”
"This ......" Xiao Man hesitated when he heard it.
"Governance! Sir, please treat me, no matter how painful it is, it's better than lying in bed and waiting to die, I can't drag Xiaoman any longer, if it can't be cured, I ...... I don't want to live anymore. The old man spoke, his tone firm.
"Grandma! Don't keep talking about death, death, do you really want me to be an orphan? I only have you as a relative, huh? After Xiaoman finished speaking, he plunged into his grandmother's arms, one old and one young, and hugged his head and cried.
Gu Xiangyang also felt sour in his heart when he looked at it, and when the crying of the two stopped for a while, Gu Xiangyang stepped forward and asked Xiaoman to wait on the side and began to treat the old man.
The lumbar spine is easy to do, the silver needle is analgesic, and the lumbar spine is reduced by pulling and pressing with both hands.
Injuries on the legs are more troublesome, and you have to untie the skin. Originally, Gu Xiangyang wanted to let Xiaoman leave, but this kid was worried about his grandmother and refused to go, so Gu Xiangyang could only go with him, but he was warned not to make a sound.
Cut the skin with a cream to cut off the old wound of the broken bone, then remove the excess hypertrophic bone, and then put it back together.
The powder of the elixir is then sprinkled and the wound is sutured. Gu Xiangyang gave the old woman an elixir to heal and replenish blood, and put a splint on her, telling the old woman that as long as she rested for a week, she could remove the splint and try to walk on the ground.
Under the repeated thanks of the old woman and Xiaoman, Gu Xiangyang said goodbye to the two, left the half of the silver, and promised to come back in a week.
After that, Gu Xiangyang went out of the city overnight and went directly back to the mountain gate residence in a flying boat.
From here to Qixia City, it will take at least four days to go back and forth, that is to say, Gu Xiangyang only has three days to complete his plan.
Drilling into his room, Gu Xiangyang began to refine the pill, of course, the refined pill will not be a high-grade pill like the Yuan Ling Pill, but those low-level ordinary pills, and a small number of medium-grade pills.
Most of these pills are drugs for treating trauma and enhancing physical fitness, Gu Xiangyang plans to open a medicine hall in Qixia City and let Xiao Man manage it on his behalf.
He just needs to go and send some pills every month, this is not Gu Xiangyang thinking about making money, the gold and silver in the world are of little use to him, but looking at the ordinary people in the city, Gu Xiangyang feels pitiful, so he simply got some pills, bought them cheaply, and helped them.
After three days of refining, coupled with Gu Xiangyang's previous accumulation, the number of pills this time was not a few. With these pills, Gu Xiangyang went to Qixia City again.
Seeing Xiaoman and his grandmother again, Gu Xiangyang explained his intention.
"Big brother, I'm afraid I won't be able to do this." Xiao Man said hesitantly.
"Why?" Gu Xiangyang asked.
"My mother told me before, I don't know what I don't know, I don't know if I don't know it, I don't do it. I don't know anything about it, so how can I take on such a thing? This is an elixir, old gold is expensive, in case...... If I lose, I can't afford to lose. Xiaoman said.
"Hehe, you don't need to understand, I have written down the properties and uses of these medicines, you just need to stick them on the cabinet and let them buy them themselves." After Gu Xiangyang finished speaking, he took out a stack of papers and handed it to Xiao Man.
Xiao Man looked at the pile of papers in his hand in a daze, and he was also a little confused, there were a lot of words written on it, but he couldn't recognize them all. When he was a child, his mother taught him to read, but with the sudden death of his parents, Xiaoman didn't learn anymore.
"Well, then we need to buy a shop along the street, right?" Xiaoman asked.
"Well, the store has to be bought, and you have to buy a bigger one, separated from the front and back, and you and your grandmother will live in the store in the future." Gu Xiangyang said happily.
"Really?!" Xiaoman was happy when he heard it, who wouldn't be happy to be able to leave this broken shed that was windy, leaky, rainy and leaky?
"Of course, when did I lie to you? Let's go, let's buy a store. After Gu Xiangyang finished speaking, he got up, said goodbye to Xiaoman's grandmother, and asked Xiaoman to lead the way and go straight to the crossroads in the center of the city.
Walking all the way, from the west of the city to the east of the city, there are few shops for sale, the two turned back, looked at the north of the city, and then looked at the south of the city, Gu Xiangyang saw it, and saw at a glance that there was a house facing the street near the intersection in the south of the city was hanging a sign for sale.
"Xiaoman, do you think that house can open a store after buying it?" Gu Xiangyang pointed to the house and asked.
"Okay, yes, but this house is too big, right? That's going to cost a lot of money. Xiao Man replied with some heart.
"If you can open a store, let's go, let's buy it." Gu Xiangyang pulled Xiao Man and walked over.
After explaining his intentions, the owner directly offered the price of thirty taels of gold.
But Xiao Man immediately jumped out and said that the price was too expensive, that is, the Tiantianle Gambling House on North Street, which was only twenty taels of gold two months ago, which was not only cheaper than here, but also better than the location here.
The owner is also arguing on the basis of reason, saying that the house price is the same every day, rising every day, Yunyun, who loves to buy or not, watching the two bargain, Gu Xiangyang didn't bother. Although he didn't care about this bit of gold and silver, it was a rare opportunity to see how much talent Xiao Man had for business.
Businessmen, all rely on two mouths, honest business, all kinds of fools, this is the only way to make a fortune.
In the end, under the attack of Xiaoman's sharp teeth, this small courtyard was taken down at the price of fifteen taels of gold, and it seems that this Xiaoman really has a talent for doing business.
Gu Xiangyang happily paid the money, and the main family handed over the deed happily, and both parties were happy. Gu Xiangyang told Xiao Man about the plan here, and then handed over the porcelain jar containing the pills to Xiao Man, asking him to recognize it clearly, and when the store was renovated, he would go and buy some small porcelain bottles, and separate the pills to facilitate sale.
Before leaving, Gu Xiangyang gave Xiaoman ten taels of silver as this month's salary, which made Xiaoman and his grandmother grateful.