Chapter 37: The Medicinal Herb Market
As the night wore on, the guests left.
Mu Linfeng rarely had such a quiet moment, but he saw that he was the only one left in the bar, and the bartender and the two bartenders had to sit on the side.
What is rare is that the people in the bar did not mean to drive away because there was only one customer, Mu Linfeng. The air conditioning, the music, the ambient lighting, all the same.
Mu Linfeng was a little embarrassed, took out two hundred yuan and pressed it under the beer glass, and left the bar.
It was almost twelve o'clock, and some bars were still full, and the men and women on the dance floor, their brains drowned in alcohol, were driving their limbs and writhing wildly to the deafening music.
The street lights have been extinguished, and the roadside is full of stalls selling late-night snacks.
At this time, the sea breeze is already a little cool, and it is comfortable to blow on the body.
I went back to the hotel, took a shower, and went to sleep.
Early the next morning, Mu Linfeng had breakfast and left the hotel to go to the Chinese medicine market in Haizhou.
"Radix radix, millennium rehmannia essence, chalcedony, dragon flame grass, potpourri." It is not difficult to find these herbs if they are not found by year.
It's just that the chalcedony can't be found in this traditional Chinese medicine market.
"Chalcedony" has the effect of promoting blood circulation and improving endocrine. Could it be that Linglong, who has lived for thousands of years, also has endocrine disorders!
"Ouch!" Mu Linfeng covered his stomach with both hands, as if he had been punched heavily, and cried out in pain.
A delicate voice came from his head: "Get out!" You're only endocrine disordered! ”
Mu Linfeng said helplessly: "I said Linglong girl, can you leave me some privacy, you are like this, I am very insecure!"
"I'm the one who doesn't have privacy, okay! I don't dislike a little girl living in your body! Besides, it's your blessing that the sacred bloodline of my Divine Dragon clan lives in your body! "Linglong is a lesson, and Mu Linfeng is coming.
Mu Linfeng didn't think it was a blessing, what he thought in his heart, Linglong could know. If Mu Linfeng wants to order some color one day, it will be a shame!
In the medicinal herb market, there are a few of them, and the succulent ginseng, rehmannia essence, and potpourri are easy to find, and the price is not expensive.
"Chalcedony can be found by Han Qingwen!"
The name "Xuanshen" sounds high-end and domineering, but it actually has nothing to do with ginseng, and the price is very cheap. A few dollars a pound, it is a large herbaceous plant.
The root of the radix is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, which is slightly cold, sweet, bitter and salty, and has the effect of cooling the blood and nourishing yin, purging fire and detoxifying.
"Rehmannia essence" is actually called Dizo yellow essence, which looks like a large ginger and is wrinkled.
It is a perennial herbaceous plant, which has a wide and beneficial qi, so that the five organs are well adjusted, the muscles are abundant, and the bone marrow is strong.
The potpourri is more common, which is the local fruit of Haizhou, also known as the egg fruit. However, it should not be eaten directly, and it is best to soak the peel in water. However, it has the effect of promoting metabolism.
But this dragon flame grass is so difficult to find that some merchants have not even heard of it. Some businesses left Mu Linfeng's phone number, saying that if they had, they would call to inform.
After a while, Mu Linfeng saw that there were no special medicinal materials, so he was ready to leave the market. Passing by a pharmacy, I saw someone arguing at the door.
An old man in a navy blue shabby dress argued with the clerk in front of the pharmacy.
It turned out that this old man came to this market to sell wild ginseng, and he didn't know where to sell it, so he put the back basket at the door of this store and squatted aside to sell it.
This wild ginseng is a good thing, and the shopkeeper sees that this old man has nowhere to sell, so he wants to buy all his ginseng.
But the price given is extremely low.
"Old man, don't say it anymore, your mountain ginseng is not wild at all, and no one wants you to pay this price!" The clerk spoke to the old man at the door.
"If you don't buy it, you won't buy it, why do you say that Lao Tzu's mountain ginseng is fake!" The old man sat on the ground and said angrily.
Looking at that, he had been arguing for some time, and the old man was already exhausted and too angry to stand up.
Mu Linfeng got closer, looked at the bamboo basket, and saw that the color of the surface of the ginseng was gray-yellow, and there were longitudinal lines, and on the upper end of the ginseng, you could see the distribution of tight and deep ring-like horizontal lines, and the fibrous roots were very slender, clear and not messy.
"Hey, this is clearly wild ginseng, artificially cultivated on the top of the ginseng can see obvious longitudinal wrinkles and sparse and intermittent thick horizontal lines. These businesses shouldn't be confused? ”
This artificially cultivated mountain ginseng and wild ginseng can actually be distinguished from the surface textures. The old man's bamboo basket is clearly a mountain ginseng, such as a fake package.
Mu Linfeng was wondering. A middle-aged man walked out of the shop, looking like he was in charge here.
"Old man, you, you have probably been deceived. Now many people put the artificially cultivated ginseng back into the mountain, raise it for a period of time, and then take people to dig it. Then sell it for a good price! We have encountered a lot of these things, your ginseng, this is such a situation, we are already very fair to give this price, you are leaving, but there is no second one who can give this price! The pharmacy manager said to the old man.
The old man sitting on the ground didn't appreciate it at all, and spit on the ground next to him, and then said: "When Lao Tzu was digging ginseng, you kid was still urinating and mud!" I don't understand? Lao Tzu has lived in the mountains all his life, what does this mountain ginseng look like, Lao Tzu can not understand! ”
This old man has a stubborn temper, and he has to make it clear with this shopkeeper.
Mu Linfeng saw this old man and said that he had lived in the mountains all his life. Generally, such mountain people sometimes have a lot of good things hidden in their homes.
Mu Linfeng asked the old man: "Old man, do you have any wild ginseng that is a little older?" ”
The old man didn't even look at Mu Linfeng, and said: "They all say that Lao Tzu's mountain ginseng is fake, and you dare to buy it!" ”
Mu Linfeng smiled: "Old man, I know the goods!" If you have a little older, how about selling it to me? ”
The old man glanced at Mu Linfeng, saw Mu Linfeng smiling, and his tone softened a little, and said, "My wild ginseng is worth 50,000 yuan, you buy these, and Lao Tzu will sell you!" ”
50,000 yuan is not expensive to buy these wild ginseng, and Mu Linfeng agreed simply. But just as Mu Linfeng was about to pay for it, the store stopped working.
"Hey! Old man, didn't you say you sold it to me! In this way, I bought 50,000 yuan, although the price is expensive, but seeing that you are also hard, we will accept it! The pharmacy manager hurriedly said.
The old man glared at the steward and said, "Lao Tzu doesn't sell!" Your eyes are white, and you don't know what to read. ”
"Don't, don't! Old man, I'll give 80,000! Buy these ginseng from you, but if you have a long year at home, you must sell it to me! "Where is the pharmacy manager who likes these mountain ginseng, he obviously wants to find a supplier for his pharmacy.
In this year, wild ginseng that has been around for a long time is extremely rare. Some of the wild ginseng from the previous year were taken care of for several generations, and they were not dug up at all until they had to.
Ordinary outsiders were not allowed to enter that forest at all. People in the mountains generally follow the rules, and they generally don't touch things in other people's mountains.
Seeing that there were more than 30,000 people in charge of the pharmacy, the old man was also a little moved, and looked at Mu Linfeng with some embarrassment. It seems that Mu Linfeng will increase the price again.
After all, if the store can collect its own things for a long time, the income can be guaranteed. And Mu Linfeng said that he would accept it today, and tomorrow people will not know where to find it. So seeing the pharmacy buying at a higher price, the old man was still a little moved.
Mu Linfeng couldn't see the old man's thoughts. He said directly: "One hundred thousand!" ”
The old man happily stood up from the ground and rubbed his hands excitedly. This earned an extra 50,000 yuan for nothing, which is a lot of income for the people in the mountains.
"One hundred thousand!" The pharmacy manager looked at Mu Linfeng viciously and increased the price again.
After raising the price, the pharmacy manager pointed his finger at Mu Linfeng and signaled him not to bid.
Mu Linfeng didn't pay attention to the pharmacy manager at all, and said again: "Two hundred thousand!" ”
As soon as the price was quoted, the old man didn't believe his ears, and hurriedly carried the bamboo basket full of mountain ginseng and handed it to Mu Linfeng, for fear that he would regret it.
"I said, are you kid looking for trouble! This mountain ginseng is not worth the price! The pharmacy manager walked up to Mu Linfeng and said angrily.
"I'd love to!" Mu Linfeng said these three words with a smile, and the pharmacy manager almost vomited blood.
"Good! You kid wait for me! After the pharmacy steward finished his cruel words, he went back to the store.
200,000 is not a decimal number, and Mu Linfeng didn't bring so much money with him, but fortunately, there is a bank in this Chinese herbal medicine market, and you can go directly to the bank to transfer money.
When the old man received the money, he left an address for Mu Linfeng, so that Mu Linfeng had time to find him and take him up the mountain to dig ginseng.
"Old man, I will give you another 100,000 yuan in advance, and your old ginseng will not look for other buyers. Sell them to me in the future, how! Mu Linfeng was worried that this old man would find other buyers when he left the medicinal herb market, so he should give some benefits first to make him feel at ease.
"Medium, medium! Don't sell others! "The old man earned 300,000 yuan this morning, and now he doesn't have to work for a few years, and his heart is not beautiful.
Mu Linfeng then also called Han Qingwen and asked him to find some high-quality chalcedony and send it to Haizhou.
Back at the hotel, after having dinner at noon, Mu Linfeng was not idle, so he went to the beach to bask in the sun.
Haizhou Pearl Hotel has its own private beach, which is only open to guests staying at the hotel. The quality of this sand is extremely high, the sand is soft, the surface is glowing with gold, and the waves of the sea hit the shore from time to time, like a golden carpet extending from the blue sea.
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The grains of sand are as soft as fine powder, and the tide rushes like a long dragon.
Colorful sun umbrellas dot the golden sand, which looks particularly romantic. There are not many guests on the beach, which is in stark contrast to the crowded scene on the public beach in the distance.
Mu Linfeng approached the beach and looked into the distance, quite touched.
The ten-mile long beach is wide with clouds and water, and thousands of piles of snow and waves are smoking.
A heroic bow stands, who makes the tide only a teenager.