Chapter VIII
"Uncle Fu, I want to buy the medicinal materials later, let's go to the bookstore first, can we buy some books that the family can use, do you think it?"
Zou Fu saw the light in Zou Li's eyes full of hope, and knew that the young man just now had a big blow to Zou Li, and if it was not as good as he wanted, it would leave a deep shadow on him. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
Nodding and saying, "The young master has the final say, and the matter ordered by the head of the family to buy seeds has been completed." β
Zou Li's heart was relieved, and Zou Fu walked along the street for a long time, only to see two bookstores, Zou Li walked in excitedly, hoping to find a few useful exercises cheats or mainland anecdotes and the like, but he didn't buy anything, the books he saw were all ordinary, all the exercises and books could only be practiced until the martial artist was gone, and the techniques were all ordinary goods, the quantity was limited, and the price was high, which was daunting. I haven't seen anything like Gonzo.
Zou Li felt extremely frustrated.
Zou Fu comforted: "Let's look for it again, maybe the next bookstore will be able to find what we need." But if you measure the street with your feet, you won't be able to catch up. "Called a carriage and told him to take it to another bookstore.
"Don't worry, I know what kind of books the guest officer buys, which are nothing more than exercises, techniques and medicinal materials. I know where the bookstore is the most stocked, and if there is no bookstore, there will be no bookstore in the whole of Crouching Tiger that can buy what you need. The coachman swore an oath.
Zou Li nodded and said, "Just go where you say!"
It is much faster to have a chauffeur than to walk on his own.
After a while, I came to a relatively remote street, this street is not crowded with pedestrians, and on the corner of this street, there is a storefront about two feet wide, with the book "Useful Bookstore" on it.
Zou Li thought it was funny, "Do you say it's useful?"
Walking in and seeing, there are many books placed along the wall against the wall, some are new, and some are darker, and you can see that there are many years at a glance, and guests can read them with them. The two bookstore guys stood on the shelves one by one, casually sorting through the books that the guests had put away. There is a table at the entrance of the store, and behind the stage sits a thin fifty-year-old man, who doesn't know what to do with his hands, and there are many people reading books.
Zou Li and Zou Fu walked up and checked whether there were any books that they were suitable for.
This bookstore is also written in front of the store, in addition to the exercises, techniques, and basic knowledge of medicine collection, there are also ancient and modern texts, antiques, jade identification, geography, etc.
Zou Li felt a little interesting, and was ready to distinguish between antiques and jade, ancient and modern texts, and the geography of the Chu Kingdom.
Zou Li picked it up and looked at it, although the book was a bit old, the content was not much different from other medicinal materials for identification, picking, and preservation, and the pages were broken in many places.
I thought I had found a treasure, but who knew that it was just a dilapidated catalogue of ordinary medicinal herbs. I wanted to put it down, but my heart moved, and I turned the page by page, and on the fifth page at the end, I suddenly saw a few Dan prescriptions, marked: Qi Drawing Dan Dan Fang, Washing Pulse Dan Dan Fang, and Returning Dan Dan Fang to the Size, etc., there are eight or nine Dan prescriptions in total.
After taking a closer look, my heart suddenly sudden, isn't the Pulse Washing Pill how precious the kid just said, and the Qi Induction Pill, all of which can only be refined with a first-grade elixir, and I think it is even more precious.
Seeing this, the others didn't have the heart to look at it anymore, and their hearts were like a hanging, hanging down a few times, and they were in a trance.
Maybe just these two Dan Fangs are worth cherishing, so he quietly sandwiched this book between several books, walked to the cash register, and said crisply: "Boss checkout!"
The thin man raised his eyes to look at Zou Li, took the book in Zou Li's hand, counted them one by one, and said with a smile: "Like the little brother, there are not many comparisons between ancient and modern texts and antiques, even if it is jade, people only know that they are elegant and elegant with the wind, wear it with them, or show off at home to show their wealth, how many people really understand jade?"
Zou Li smiled dryly: "The kid is just curious," he said, handed over dozens of taels of silver, picked up the purchased book, and put it into a cloth bag. Zou Fu also bought a few copies and returned to the hotel.
In the afternoon, the two went out again, and the medicinal herb seeds ordered by the head of the family had been almost purchased, but the fourth and fifth grades of medicinal herbs had not been purchased. The two plan to go shopping again in the afternoon to see if they can buy a few more.
I didn't buy it after looking at a few stores in a row, Zou Li was a little depressed in his heart, several streets were almost finished, and the fourth-grade and fifth-grade medicinal materials were all bought for people, and this was a medicinal material trading center.
Zou Li walked out of the store and looked ahead, this was the fifth street Zou Li had walked through, except for a few plants he bought in the morning, he didn't buy a single plant in the afternoon.
"Uncle Fu, are these fourth- and fifth-grade medicinal materials so precious, even rare here?"
Zou Fu smiled bitterly, "The fourth and fifth grades are all used by martial artists and martial sects, and when they cultivate to this extent, the progress of relying on penance is extremely slow, and if you want to improve your cultivation, you must rely on pills." The fourth and fifth grades are all medicinal materials that are more than 20 years old, and there is more demand, and the medicinal materials grow slowly, so there will naturally be less. β
"In that case, let's go back to the inn! I'm a little tired, too. Zou Li replied a little depressedly.
"Well, go back and have a good rest, it's going to be tested tomorrow, I heard that the Crouching Tiger Gang is very tired of testing endurance. Zou Fu replied.
Zou Li stopped talking, looked up in the direction, turned a corner, and walked towards a much narrower street, from where it was also possible to return to the inn.
Just walked dozens of feet away, I saw another pharmacy on the right, and the faΓ§ade was not at all inconspicuous.
Zou Li hesitated for a moment, and stepped over unconsciously.
When I entered the door, the space inside was not small, at least larger than the Zou family's pharmacy, there were not many customers, the shopkeeper was sitting inside, a guy was talking to the only customer, and the other guy was bored leaning on the edge of the counter, and when he saw Zou Li entering, he immediately walked up: "Guest officer, what do you need, we have medicinal herbs and pills here, you tell what you want, I can introduce it to you." β
Zou Lijian said, turning his head to look at Zou Fu.
Zou Fu didn't have much hope, and took out a list with the medicinal materials he needed.
The shopkeeper took a look, frowned and said, "The five-grade ones have just been sold out, and there are still a few four-grade mountain flowers and yellow essences, I don't know how many the guest officers want?"
"How much is a plant?" asked Zou Fu.
"Yellow essence is fifty taels of silver per plant, and the mountain beard flower costs eighty taels per plant. The guy replied.
"Can it be cheaper? I'll buy five of each. Zou Fu asked.
"In this way, I see that the distinguished customer also buys it sincerely, and I am in charge, even if you are 9.5% off, how about it?" replied.
At this moment, Zou Li interjected: "You have purple money grass, ambergris flowers, and five-leaf needles hereγ--γ Zou Li reported the six flavors of medicinal materials in one breath. When the guy heard this, he looked at Zou Fu.
Although Zou Fu didn't understand what Zou Li meant, he still replied, "Our young master wants it, and some of them are also bought together." β
The guy remembered: "These medicinal materials are for refining the Washing Pulse Pill, but my store just got two kinds, namely the four-grade purple money grass and the five-grade five-leaf needle, and the others are not available now, so we have to wait, and I can't say when there will be one." For these two flavors, my store is only one plant per kind, and the price of the newly purchased goods is more expensive. β
"How much?" asked Zou Li.
"The purple money grass is eighty taels of silver per plant, and as for the five-leaf needle, it costs one hundred and twenty-one plants, and there is no discount for these. The guy replied.
"Uncle Zou, buy it!" Zou Li said.
As soon as Zou Fu heard that it was refining the Pulse Pill, he naturally had no choice, so he immediately took out the gold and handed it to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper collects the gold and places the herbs on the counter.
"Slow! This purple money grass and five-leaf needle, this young master wants it. An abrupt voice rose from behind Zou Li.
Zou Li turned his head to look, his face sank, the person who came was the arrogant kid he saw this morning, he immediately turned around and grabbed a few medicinal herbs, ignored them, and said to Zou Fu: "Uncle Fu, let's go." β
When the white-shirted young man saw it, he was furious, "It turned out to be you, this dirt bun, stop! Didn't you hear what Young Master Ben said? β
"Don't sell it! The master is not short of this money. Zou Li said and walked out, Zou Li saw that he was a young master, and he also had a little fire in his heart.
The white-shirted young man looked at Zou Li with a gloomy face, his eyes were full of anger, "I see that your kid is also here to participate in the Crouching Tiger Gang disciple recruitment test, my uncle is an elder of the Cristine Tiger Gang, and my cousin is an elite disciple, if you offend me, you can pray!"
Zou Li raised his head and looked directly at him: "I heard that the Crouching Tiger Gang has rules, is it possible that you want to bully people in the Crouching Tiger Gang?"
The white-shirted young man smiled siniestly: "The Crouching Tiger Gang has rules, but the Crouching Tiger Gang also evaluates the disciples to compete, and besides, it doesn't have to be in the Crouching Tiger Gang, unless you stay in the Crouching Tiger Gang for the rest of your life." β
"Hmph, I'm afraid you won't make it!" he walked out the door.
The white-shirted young man shouted: "Liu San, this kid bought it with two hundred taels of silver, I will give you four hundred taels, and you can buy it for me." β
"Okay!" the strong man stepped forward to stop Zou Li.
When Zou Fu saw it, he took a step forward, stood in front of Zou Li, and said angrily: "Do you want to rob it?"
The white-shirted young man smiled sinisterly: "Who said we were going to rob, we were buying it with several times the silver." β
Seeing that the situation was not good, the shopkeeper walked out of the counter and said, "Everyone, you are a guest when you enter the door, since the medicinal materials have been sold to this little brother, and this little brother no longer sells them." If this boy wants to buy it, he can only wait for the next time to buy it, if the next time this son comes to our store to buy, I will give you a 9% discount, how about it?"
"Hmph! I want to buy it, but I haven't bought it yet. The white-shirted boy said angrily.
The shopkeeper saw that it was difficult to be good, and said again: "If this son is strong in this store, I have to call someone from the law enforcement team." Childe knows that in Crouching Tiger Town, the people of the law enforcement team are not allowed to make trouble. β
When the white-shirted boy heard this, his face twitched twice, the leading elder of the law enforcement team in Crouching Tiger Town was the one who didn't deal with his uncle, and if he made trouble there, he would definitely not have good results for himself.
Immediately "hummed", turned around and walked out of the store.
When Zou Li saw it, he raised his eyebrows and said to Zou Fu in a loud voice: "Uncle Zou, let's go, let's go buy a jade pendant for my little sister." β
Zou Fu smiled bitterly, what is this. I said hello to the shopkeeper and followed.