Chapter XXVII
Cai Wen heard his friend speak out boldly, and couldn't help but reach out to stop it, but it was too late.
"Little lady, we know your brother, you're welcome...."The boy said with a smile, beckoning the young man to come over.
"Thank you, Childe...."Gu Banniang hurriedly bowed her head and thanked her, and as she spoke, she had already taken out a bunch of money in her hand and stuffed it to the young man who was in a daze, "It's just that I'm already going to buy it, and I don't dare to let Childe break the bank." ”
"You buy? What do you buy? You have that money....hiss....." Childe shook his head absently, and before he finished speaking, he was poked hard by Cai Wen behind him, and couldn't help grinning.
He turned his head to look, Cai Wen's face was gloomy, and there was displeasure between his eyebrows, and the rest of the child's words were swallowed back.
"Little brother, do you take it, can you see enough?" Gu Bainiang said to the young man.
Which one is this singing? The young man was a little unable to come back to his senses, but the book was really bought, he counted the money in his hand, and handed back a few more with a smile, "Enough is enough, twenty wen is enough." ”
Douhua heard the price and held the little rabbit to the side and opened his mouth wide.
Gu Bainiang took the extra money, thanked the young man, took the book, and then saluted Cai Wen and the son, "Two senior brothers..."
Cai Wen nodded, it was regarded as a greeting, and Gu Bainiang pulled Douhua and walked away.
"Hey, this little lady...."The young man shook his head, "I was kind enough to help her, and I still don't appreciate it...."
Cai Wen glared at him.
"Okay, okay, I know.." Childe didn't wait for him to speak, so he hurriedly said, "I was wrong, I did bad things with good intentions, and let that little lady spend money that shouldn't be spent....."
Cai Wen turned his head and ignored him, and walked forward, and Gongzi hurriedly threw down the book in his hand and followed.
"..... I know that some scholars are poor and sour, and they like to make a high look, but I didn't expect this little girl to be like this....you say that they are thinking too much now..... isn't it just a book....it's so careful....... it's okay, okay, I won't talk about it...."
The voice disappeared, looking at the backs of the two, the young man who sold the book pursed his lips disdainfully, and patted the fragrant book that was thrown into his arms by the son, "It's really... I thought I was rich... I haven't bought it after watching it for a long time...."
"Eighteen mothers.." Douhua carefully avoided the crowd, and looked at the book in Gu Bainiang's hand with awe, it turned out that a book was so expensive, the reader was really different from her, a small merchant woman, and she was willing to spend money to buy this.
Gu Bainiang looked depressed, looked at the book in her hand and sighed, is this retribution? There is really nothing in the world that is in vain.
"Hey.." Douhua bumped into her, compared to the price of the book, what interested her more was the two sons of Fang Cai, who smiled and whispered, "Who are those two people?" Know you well? ”
"It's my brother who studied together...."Gu Banniang saw her thoughts, and scratched her nose with a smile, "What is familiar, I've only seen it once, I'm sorry, I can't introduce it to you....."
She said and laughed, Douhua blushed and smiled, but she didn't expect to lead the conversation to herself, reaching out to tickle her, and the second daughter walked through the street laughing.
"Do you want to go to the theater at night? It's the last one today...."Douhua didn't forget to greet her when they parted.
Gu Bainiang shook her head, to be honest, she didn't watch these two or three scenes at all.
"You don't like to go to the theater?" Douhua thought of her reaction these times, and was a little puzzled, "How good-looking, why don't you like it?" ”
Gu Banniang couldn't help but smile, watching the play? Of course, who doesn't like to watch dramas, and the happiest thing for her in that life is to be allowed to watch a big show.
But at this time, she is like a terminally ill patient who knows the time of death, except for survival, what else can she like in this world?
When Gu Hai came in with a pile of used paper, Gu Bainiang was putting away the concocted pharmacopoeia that he had copied during this time.
"Eighteen Niang, give you some more..."Gu Hai handed her the paper in his hand.
In order to save money, Gu Bainiang used Gu Hai's used paper to copy, and Gu Hai took the initiative to help her keep it after knowing it, and even picked up the unwanted paper used by others in the school.
"Okay, brother, I don't have to argue in the future," Gu Bainiang took it with a smile and pressed it on the table.
"You.. Bought? Gu Hai saw the book on the table, and asked with some surprise, and then he felt that his words were easy to make his sister blame her for spending money arbitrarily, so he hurriedly changed his relaxed tone and said with a happy expression, "That's right, just rely on how much you can think of, it's better to buy a book and read it directly." ”
Gu Hai's thoughts, Gu Banniang naturally knew that her smile was a little sour.
"If you read well, you can make more money.." Gu Hai said a few words with a smile, and then went to review his homework.
Gu Bainiang sat in the courtyard and finished cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, the sky was dark, and the excitement on the street echoed over the courtyard, the Cao family had not come back yet, she went to the Jade Emperor Palace to help people cut the ceiling and the floor shed for a night to earn a lot of money.
"The lady of the Gu family." There was a knock on the door, a voice of impatience.
Gu Bainiang opened the door, and a man and a woman stood outside the door.
"Third uncle and third aunt." Gu Bainiang recognized them from Front Street and hurriedly said hello.
"Where's your mother?" The woman looked in.
"My mother is in the Jade Emperor Palace." Gu Bainiang replied and invited them to come in and sit.
"What are you sitting on, your mother is back, tell her, hurry up and pay us back...."The woman said impatiently,
"We don't have any money," Gu Hai walked out of the house, his face slightly stiff, "Third uncle and third aunt, a few more days..."
"No money?" The man shouted, "Fool! Who doesn't know that you guys sell... What is it for sale? ”
He turned his head to look at his woman.
"Sell medicine!" The woman took over and said, "I've made a fortune.....
"Who said we made a fortune selling medicines?" Gu Banniang opened her mouth to interrupt the woman.
"Who said? Everyone is saying..."The woman snorted, "....don't want to lie to me, your mother and she have returned Niu Er's one or two silver, and you still care about my three hundred Wen?" .....If you want to pay it back, you should pay us back first....."
"Third uncle and third aunt..."Gu Hai had already come over to make a move, explaining once again that his family had no money to ask them for a while, and the men and women naturally did not do it, chattering endlessly.
Gu Bainiang looked at the person in front of her and kept closing her mouth, and there was only the sentence in her ears that she had to sell medicine and make a fortune......
Shopkeeper Zhou is really a villain! She couldn't help but bite her lower lip and sneered.
"I tell you, three more days at most! If you don't pay back, we're not done! When we're so bullied too! The two of them threw down a sentence and walked away.
"Eighteen Niang..."Gu Hai covered the door, clenched his fists tightly, tears glistened in his eyes, turned his head and saw Gu Eighteen Niang stunned, and hurriedly restrained her emotions to comfort her, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's okay.....
"It's okay, brother, I'm not afraid." Gu Banniang looked at him and nodded.
My sister really grew up, and she was so frightened that she hid in the house and cried at this time, Gu Hai sighed in his heart, but when he thought of the events of the past few days, his brows tightened.
Many people came to the door to ask for debts, and they all said that they had made a fortune.......
After thinking about it, he felt that the source was still the trouble between his sister and the shopkeeper Zhou, although everyone recognized her medicine, but it also made others mistakenly think that they really made money.
"You see, everyone thinks your medicine is good.," he smiled and stroked his sister's head, "My sister is really capable." ”
Gu Banniang couldn't help laughing, her nose was a little sour.
With the interference of the shopkeeper Zhou, life is more difficult than before, and it is far from being able to meet the needs of life by relying on Yuanzhi alone, what should be done again? What money is more expensive than Yuanzhi?
"Eighteen Niang, go sell medicine?" Zhou Liniang looked at Gu Bainiang, who was passing in front of the door with a medicine basket on her back, and hurriedly walked out to say hello.
Gu Bainiang originally planned to ignore her, but after thinking about it, she turned her head and nodded with a faint smile.
Seeing that she was taking care of herself, Zhou Liniang was very happy and walked down the steps, "Or go to Hezhong County?" So far...."
Gu Bainiang hummed and stopped talking, waiting to see what she was going to say.
"Eighteen Niang," Zhou Liniang said sincerely, "If you have medicine, sell it to us." ”
Gu Bainiang smiled, did not refuse or agree, waved her hand and sped up.
"What? Knowing that other people's medicine is good, do you want it? Douhua kept watching from the other side, and shouted loudly at this time.
Zhou Liniang glared at her, turned around and entered the house, Zhou shopkeeper sat behind the table and pulled the chips, maybe the business was good, and he hummed a little song.
"Daddy! What's the matter with Peng Yi's needle, where does he lack those catties of medicinal materials..."Zhou Liniang said angrily.
"Of course he doesn't lack those catties of medicinal herbs..."Shopkeeper Zhou was still happy, and said, "I know, I know, isn't he just trying to smear my face..." Go with him, what kind of big deal is this, lifting up a little girl who sells loose medicine, is it possible to let our shop close down? Joke! ”
"This Peng Yizhen is really annoying, and he always likes to do it against us!" Zhou Liniang wrung her handkerchief and said angrily.
"His little cautious eye is not just a grudge that I robbed his father of the shop that he was optimistic about, don't pay attention to him...."Shopkeeper Zhou said with a smile, put the calculation plan away, and glanced at his daughter, "It's you, how about interacting with that Gu Eighteen Niang?" ”
Zhou Liniang pursed her lips with full displeasure, "It's okay, although she is still lukewarm to me, she has also started to speak." ”
"That's good, that's good.." Shopkeeper Zhou said with a smile.
"Dad, did you let people say that her medicine is good, and we paid a high price to buy it?" Zhou Liniang frowned and said, "Why are you putting gold on her face?" ”
Shopkeeper Zhou laughed, looked at his daughter and said meaningfully: "Liniang, the Gu family's life is not good, I heard that there are still a lot of foreign debts, neighbors, we can help her, what's wrong with letting her earn more money?" ”
Zhou Liniang was stunned, and quickly understood the meaning of her father's words, showing a smile.
"Dad, is it Zhang Dahu's idea? I saw that he sneakily came to you, and he also had a holiday with that girl? Why should we listen to him? What benefits did he give us? She thought of something again, and asked in a hurry.
Shopkeeper Zhou coughed, "What a big deal... I said you, don't run around all day long, you have to take over this pharmacy sooner or later, although it is a woman's family, you have to learn a little bit, so as not to be deceived by someone when you get it....."
The Zhou family has only one daughter, and now that she is old, she can't find a good person to marry, besides, the shopkeeper Zhou is reluctant to let the pharmacy he runs fall into the hands of others after a hundred years, and finally decided to let Zhou Liniang recruit a son-in-law.
Zhou Liniang was reluctant to make this decision, but she couldn't, so she had to agree, Zhou Shopkeeper knew that her daughter's temper and mind were okay, but she was a layman in the pharmacy business, and she was afraid that she would be bullied by her son-in-law in the future, so she was forced to learn medicinal materials.
"..... will be the big medicine meeting in Hezhong County in a few days, and many pharmacists from other places will come back, so you can also go with me for a long time..... Shopkeeper Zhou twisted his beard and smiled meaningfully, "There will be a good show to watch then..."
At this time, Gu Bainiang, who was standing in front of Peng Yizhen, also got an invitation from the Big Medicine Association.