Chapter 17: The Young Shopkeeper of Zhongjitang
As soon as he returned to Ye's house, Ye Tiantian rushed to cook dinner for Ye Laosan, and there were many more ingredients left in the kitchen than at noon, it seemed that Ye Laosan should have already found Mrs. Zheng.
Ye Tiantian, who was stir-frying, was startled by the sound of coming in, Mrs. Zheng, who rarely appeared in the kitchen, came, and it seemed that she came to see how she was cooking for Ye Laosan.
Ye Tiantian asked while adding salt to the pot: "Grandma, what's wrong, is there something wrong?" ”
Old Mrs. Zheng was very satisfied when she saw Ye Tiantian busy eating for Ye Laosan's meal, and said gently: "Your aunt at noon today, did you leave food for your third uncle?" ”
Sure enough, he still asked, Ye Tiantian hesitated to speak.
"Maybe the eldest lady forgot that I want to cook for the third uncle alone, grandma, don't be angry. Don't be angry. ”
After hearing this, Mrs. Zheng said with a dark face: "In the future, you don't have to worry about the Li family, you go to the market every day to buy your third uncle's vegetables, and I will give you thirty wen a week." ”
Hearing the satisfactory answer, Ye Tiantian held back the joy in his heart, and cautiously asked tentatively: "But what about the eldest lady, and I haven't been to the market yet, I may have to familiarize myself with it first." “
"Tomorrow is still your aunt's grocery shopping, you get familiar with the past, and start the day after tomorrow." Mrs. Zheng thought for a moment and replied.
"Okay grandma, then I'll serve the third uncle food first."
Ye Tiantian saw that his goal had been achieved, and he didn't want to talk to Mrs. Zheng anymore, so he found an excuse to leave.
The next day, as soon as Li finished packing up and went out, he saw Ye Tiantian waiting at the door, and said angrily: "Let's go, follow closely, it's none of my business if you get lost." ”
Ye Tiantian thought to himself, I'm going to get lost today, of course it's none of your business.
But on the surface, he still obediently followed behind the Li family, the Li family walked very fast, and Ye Tiantian had to trot all the way to keep up with her.
Finally arriving in the town, the Li family picked up at every stall, Ye Tiantian looked for a suitable opportunity to slip away, and finally managed to leave the Li family's sight when the Li family bargained with the pork seller.
It was too early to go to the Shen family, and Ye Tiantian was worried that he would meet the Li family if he wandered around the market, so after thinking about it, he decided to go to Zhongjitang to avoid it.
As soon as she stepped into the gate of Zhongji Hall, Astragalus recognized her. hurriedly greeted him and asked enthusiastically, "Miss Ye, are there any medicinal herbs to sell this time?" ”
Ye Tiantian shook his head and said, "I just want to come to find Grandpa Mo and chat with him." ”
After hearing this, Astragalus said regretfully: "It's really unfortunate, Miss Ye, my shopkeeper has been out for the past few days, and only my shopkeeper is here." ”
Hearing that Grandpa Mo was not there, Ye Tiantian was discouraged and about to leave, but he was frightened by the boy who suddenly appeared in front of him and retreated. When she calmed down, she realized that the boy who took her down the mountain last time.
I don't know what this boy is doing here, Ye Tiantian thought that someone in his family was unwell, and he was about to say hello.
Astragalus said, "It's better to have less shopkeepers." Ye Tiantian was stunned.
Chu Chen was very happy to see Ye Tiantian again, but when he thought of being in front of Astragalus, he restrained himself, and asked suspiciously, "Why are you here?" ”
Ye Tiantian was pulled back by Chu Chen's questioning and replied, "I came to chat with Grandpa Mo, but unfortunately Grandpa Mo is not there, and I am ready to leave." ”
"Grandpa is not here, you can play with me, let's go upstairs to my room." Chu Chen pulled Ye Tiantian towards the stairs.
Thinking that he had no place to go for the time being, Ye Tiantian followed Chu Chen to his room, and as soon as he entered the room, he felt that Ye Tiantian was antique, and the smell of Chinese medicine in the whole room was very strong, but there was also a strong fragrance of books and ink.
Chu Chen pulled Ye Tiantian to sit down, poured a cup of tea for Ye Tiantian, and opened the conversation.
"I forgot to ask you last time, what's your name?"
"What are you doing?"
"Why are you here today?"
"How did you know my grandfather?"
"Where are you going to go?"
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Before Ye Tiantian could react, Chu Chen had already thrown out a lot of questions, and Ye Tiantian could only answer slowly one by one: "My name is Ye Tiantian, and I met Grandpa Mo by accident, because I felt that I was very close to Grandpa Mo, and I wanted to chat with Grandpa Mo today, but I didn't expect to meet you." ”
Chu Chen nodded and said, "Oh, Ye Tian Tian, Lotus Ye Tian Tian, what a cute name." ”
Ye Tiantian couldn't help but be speechless, after saying so much, the boy who dared to love remembered his name, and said: "What about you, what is your name, are you Grandpa Mo's grandson, then what is your name Mo?" ”
Chu Chen smiled heartily and said, "My name is Chu Chen, not surnamed Mo." ”
Looking at Ye Tiantian's puzzled expression, Chu Chen explained: "I am not my grandfather's own grandson, my grandfather raised me, when my grandfather picked me up when I was a child, I had another piece of jade engraved with Chu Chen, and my grandfather called me Chu Chen." ”
Hearing that Chu Chen still had such a bizarre life experience, Ye Tiantian felt a little distressed about the boy in front of him, and it seemed that Grandpa Mo should be very good to him.
Chu Chen changed the topic and said, "Have you seen Zhongjitang, do you want me to take you around." ”
Anyway, it's okay to be idle, Ye Tiantian readily agreed to Chu Chen's words, and Chu Chen took Ye Tiantian to the warehouse of Zhongjitang first.
As soon as he pushed open the door, Ye Tiantian felt that the medicinal fragrance in Chu Chen's room just now was nothing at all, and it was nothing compared to here.
The strong medicinal fragrance made Ye Tiantian feel very comfortable, and Chu Chen introduced several medicinal materials to her, many of which were combinations that Ye Tiantian had thought of using when he was studying dietary therapy.
The warehouse of Zhongji Hall is much larger than Ye Tiantian imagined, not only has an outer layer, but also a room with rare medicinal herbs in the world after listening to Chu Chen's introduction.
Ye Tiantian didn't have much interest in medicinal materials, so he glanced at it hastily, and then followed Chu Chen to the pharmacy, where several doctors were busy, Ye Tiantian didn't want to disturb them, so he pulled Chu Chen away.
Zhongjitang is different from ordinary pharmacies, it also has a special area for poor people to see a doctor, there is no need to see a doctor, and the medicinal materials are also sold to them at a low price.
After understanding the same, Ye Tiantian and Chu Chen returned to the room and sighed: "Zhongjitang is really big, is it the largest pharmacy in the city?" ”
"Zhongjitang was founded by Grandpa and Grandpa Ren, not only in Gusu City, but also in every city. I can't talk about the biggest, but the medicinal materials should be the most complete. Chu Chen patiently explained to Ye Tiantian.
Ye Tiantian nodded, it seems that his vision is really good, and Grandpa Mo may bring him a lot of help.