Chapter 79: Puzzle

Chapter Seventy Nine
Young Master Jin Yi shook his side and said, helplessly, the voice was too loud, and everyone in the hall heard it.
Some people laughed low, and the old man and others looked very ugly.
"Chao Ling" the old man stared and shouted.
Master Jin Yi curled his lips and shrank his head and sat down.
"Master Ling has a lot of friends, maybe he really knows..." Someone chuckled.
This made the young people laugh louder.
"Bah, I just recognize it, isn't it the lady from Gujia Silk and Satin Village? Do you dare to say that you don't recognize it? Oh, you may recognize people, but they may not recognize you..." Xin Chaoling snorted, facing her side The man who laughed at himself whispered.
"Cousin." A young man pushed him with a smile, "It's not Miss Gu from Silk Village...You didn't hear what Grandpa said for half a day..."
How can I hear, I just woke up... Xin Chaoling snorted.
"Now I'm talking about Miss Gu who can make medicine..." someone continued.
Xin Chao Linghu's heart beat, remembering something and shouting loudly, "Can make medicine? I recognize it. I recognize it."
The voice became louder and interrupted the old man who was talking with a few old people, and he raised his eyebrows and stared at him.
"Chao Ling" Xin Liansheng said with a deep face, "Go out."
Xin Chaoling was still very afraid of his father and grandfather, but felt wronged, stood up, and walked outside and said: "I said I won't come, you have to let me come, and those who come drive me out... I said I recognize. , Don’t you believe it... I really recognize the little lady of the Gu family... that day she went to our drug shed on Jiutang Street to sell medicine..."
He mumbled and walked to the door before he wanted to push the door. He listened to Chaoyang shouting behind him and slowed down.
The brilliance of this half-brother is too dazzling. He can hide as far as he can hide. At this time, listening to him speak, Xin Chaoling's first thought is to speed up.
"Fifth brother, come back." Xin Chaoyang stood up and shouted.
Seeing the grandson say this, the old man immediately summoned Xin Chaoling.
Isn't this incompetent kid causing any trouble outside?
"Big Brother..." Xin Chaoling reluctantly turned around, drooping his head in response.
"What did you just say? A lady named Gu came to our house to sell medicine?" Xin Chaoyang walked out a few steps, looked at him and asked.
Seeing that the elder brother who has always been regarded as a god-man believed his own words, Xin Chaoling felt very fulfilled, and he rushed behind proudly waiting to see him throw a smiley face.
"Yes, just a few days ago, then Lady Gu went to our shop, what did you sell? By the way, Toad Crispy..." he said triumphantly, "Don't believe me, you can ask Lao Yang in the shop on Jiutang Street... ."
When this was said, the whole room was surprised and delighted.
"Really?" Xin Chaoyang asked, taking a few steps forward.
"Of course," Xin Chaoling looked like you don't underestimate me, "She is Gu Xi'er's sister, right? Her name is...en..."
Young Master Ling exhausted his life's greatest strength to search in his mind, and finally got an inspiration, and the voice of the young oriole echoed in his ears again.
"...Eighteenth Niang" he raised his hand and shouted, grinning happily, "Called Gu Eighth Niang"
Some fluctuations appeared on the face of Xin Chaoyang, who had always been indifferent. He heaved a sigh of relief and turned to look at his grandfather and father.
"Yes, this lady Gu is called the eighteen mother..." he said with a smile.
So it's not that Lady Gu didn't just sell them the medicine, and according to time, they were still one of the earliest ones.
Several elderly people present here all expressed joy.
"What happened later?" The old man asked, looking straight at his indispensable grandson for the first time.
"Later I..." It was the first time that Xin Chaoling became the focus of the audience. He was a little bit incoherent with excitement. He opened his mouth and said, as if the same basin of cold water poured down, he shivered.
"What's the matter? Tell me? Isn't it a low price for Gu Niangzi?" Xin Liansheng glared at his son and asked.
Xin Chaoling suddenly felt that the feeling of being noticed was really uncomfortable.
"Father..." He stuttered a little, and looked at his father with a bit of flattery, "...what kind of person is this lady Gu? Why does it seem that everyone is very concerned..."
"She is the apprentice of Jinzhou pharmacist Liu Bucai," Xin Chaoyang said lightly. He glanced at his half-brother, and his heart sank suddenly. "The only apprentice."
No matter how bad Xin Chaoling is, he is also a child of a family of medicine companies, so he will never ask who Liu Bucai is stupid. He also knows what this great pharmacist means to their medicine company...
"How on earth?" Xin Chaoyang looked at him and asked.
It’s been recent years, and the weather is extremely cold. Although the restaurant is said to be burning with a brazier and warm as spring, it does not make people feel like they are in hot summer. Xin Chaoling looked at Xin Chaoyang a few steps away, suddenly big. Sweaty.
My eldest brother is dressed in a plain white robe, a hosta brocade, and has a gentle smile. He is standing there, slender, and looks chic and elegant with a smile. No matter how you look at it, it makes people feel good.
But for Xin Chaoling, since childhood, as long as he gets close to this elder brother, he feels that the cold wind blows all over his bones.
"...Later...later...she stopped selling...she left..." Xin Chaoling stammered, and the sweat from the tip of his nose fell drop by drop.
"Is it just like this?" Xin Chaoyang looked at him, his expression still gentle, and his tone still calm.
However, Xin Chaoling felt that there seemed to be two sharp arrows that had penetrated his legs, and his figure could not help but stagger.
The old man and Xin Liansheng also noticed something was wrong at this time, and immediately stood up.
"You...you bastard...you...do you offend Lady Gu..." Xin Liansheng was a little frustrated.
He still knows the virtues of his own son.
"Then there is no such thing as Lady Gu who wants to say she is pretty good, but she is far from Xi'er..." Xin Chaoling rushed to clean up her own taste.
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted sharply by the old man.
"What the is going on?"
Xin Chaoling shivered, no longer dared to speak, lowered his head and said, "I didn't do anything...just a little...what's the price..." He raised his head to please his grandfather and said. Father, "Grandpa, Dad, I don't recognize her... When we do business, we naturally have to negotiate the price. How can she say that we sell it and buy it..."
This is the truth. The story about Lady Gu’s emergence is only circulated among high-level people, and everyone believes that Lady Gu, like all pharmacists, will make medicine at home. The medicine is about to be delivered, so let people pass on it to major medicine shops. The letter is enough, no one would have thought that she would walk around like a powder medicine dealer.
As the saying goes, people who don’t know don’t blame it, and it’s normal to talk about the price. If this lady Gu is annoyed by their family because of this, it’s a bit unreasonable...
The old man He Xinliansheng looked slightly slower.
Xin Chaoyang smiled, looked at his brother, and said indifferently: "So, you didn't intend to embarrass Lady Gu to please your girl Xier?"
Xin Chaoling was like Lei Zhen, looking at Xin Chaoyang with his mouth wide open and couldn't say a word.
How did he know? Could this guy become a god?
Xin Chaoling's expression changed in an instant.
"A few days ago, there was a lively incident in the Gu's house on Yunli Street. This lady's house and her uncle's house were very unhappy. It can be said that they have turned their faces..." Xin Chaoyang smiled softly and looked at Xin Chaoling, "Very... ..Unfortunately, the girl Xi'er you know about Lady Gu and your fifth brother is exactly your uncle and sister..."
There was silence in the room, and a moment later, the old man's roar erupted, accompanied by the sound of a broken wine glass.
"You bastard, who told you to go to the medicine store? How dare you take the medicine store at home to buy a smile and ask for spring rolls how far and far away... Come back to me and give me to Gu Niangzi's house and kneel... I You have to break your leg... It turns out that you, asshole, made us so embarrassed..."
At the same time, Gu Shiba-niang walked into the house with a big bag, slammed the silver in the bag onto the bed, rolling all over the bed.
Cao, who was sewing on the side, jumped in shock, his face pale.
"This...what is this?" she stammered.
"Silver..." Gu Shiba-niang said, and took out a handful of gold leaves from her sleeve, "Here, there is gold."
Cao was terrified. These days her daughter went out early and returned late, so it is impossible to do something bad...
"Eighteen mother, where did you come from..." She said this, tears streaming out, her hands shook together, and all her needles and threads fell to the ground.
"Mother." Gu Shiba Niang looked at Cao's appearance, hurriedly grabbed her shoulders, and smiled, "I earned it..."
In the past few days, she has become more calm, even when she walks into a drug store, they give less, and she still feels a little uncomfortable...
Could it be that it is easy to change from frugality to luxury, and difficult to change from luxury to frugality?
"You earn it? How do you earn it?" Cao asked, still shaking.
"Sell medicine." Gu Shiba Niang smiled.
Cao looked at her with a weird look, "Selling medicine?" Her face became solemn, "Eighteenth mother, tell the truth to mother..."
Gu Shiba Niang couldn't help laughing. To be honest, she also felt that she was not telling the truth...
The mother and daughter were talking when someone knocked at the door.
"No one will send famous posts again, right." Gu Shiba Niang smiled.
Cao glanced at her, took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and hurriedly opened the door.
Opening the door, it turned out to be Peng Yizhen with a dusty face, standing outside the door with a big burden on his back.
"Treasurer Peng?" Cao was surprised.
When Peng Yizhen saw her, he was relieved and touched his head and laughed.
"Madame, this Jiankang City is really big. I found it after a long time.... Your house is also really big.. You people in this big place are really weird.. I asked about your house from the street, and they all love me. I don’t care..."
Gu Shiba-niang also ran out of the room when she heard the sound, and was surprised to see that it was him.
"Treasurer Peng, why are you here?" She asked with surprise and joy.
Peng Yizhen laughed, joking a few words about why I was not welcome, but thinking of the identity of the girl in front of him, he was a little timid and dare not say it, just touched his head and laughed.
"I'm here to give you money for the medicine to the little lady." He said, patted his baggage, his face flushed with excitement.
"It's all here?" Gu Shiba Niang joked, pointing at the bulging baggage.
"Don't be unruly, shopkeeper Peng is an elder." Cao's smiled and groaned.
"Where is the eighteenth lady is the elder..." Peng Yizhen said in a humble manner.
Gu Shiba Niang was taken aback and laughed.
"This kid..." Cao couldn't help but smile, looking at Peng Yizhen a little helplessly, this person hasn't seen him for a long time, how to say it is getting more interesting, and the interesting things are not big or small.
Sitting down in the house, Gu Shiba Niang heated the brazier and placed it next to Peng Yizhen, and Cao served a bowl of hot tea.
"Don't be busy, don't be busy, don't be polite, don't be polite." Peng Yizhen stood up and sat down nervously.
"Have you been walking for a few days? It's snowing, it's not easy to walk on the road." Cao's gossiping with him, and then asked the family.
Peng Yizhen smiled and answered one by one. Seeing Gu Shiba Niang sitting by the side, he couldn't help the excitement in his heart. He didn't say a word, and took out a money bag from his arms.
"Lao Peng, I specially give money to the little lady for medicine," he respectfully held up the money bag.
"Really money for medicine?" Gu Shiba-niang was surprised, and then she looked at Peng Yizheng's movements, and couldn't help but cover her mouth with a smile, "Treasurer Peng, I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you so polite?"
"Yes." Peng Yizhen straightened up unnaturally, looked at Gu Shiba Niang with a grin.
He smiled very strangely, just like the people in the medicine store, Gu Shiba Niang thoughtfully touched her face, and did not take the money he handed over.
She has guessed what...
"Those medicines can sell for a few dollars, and you still have to run all the way, it's not enough for the travel expenses..." Cao smiled, but the smile stopped abruptly after Peng Yizhen opened the purse.
Golden leaf
At this time, as in the previous dynasties, copper coins, then silver ingots, and gold coins are naturally common, but they are mostly seen in rewards, and then they are used for checkout between major firms. For example, gold coins are used for bulk purchases and shipments in the late Shunhetang period. Of course, the early stage of Shunhetang is not yet of this size.
Gold coins are shaped into leaves, commonly known as gold leaves.
"This... What do you mean, treasurer Peng?" Cao asked in a puzzled manner.
Don't tell her this is the money for medicine. . . .
"This is the money for selling medicine..." Peng Yizhen thought of the scene that day, still excited.
Sure enough... Gu Shiba Niang was a little indifferent.
"Treasurer Peng, tell me the truth, what is going on?" She looked at Peng Yizhen and asked.
"Eighteen mother, you are still hiding from me now, it's too much." Peng Yizhen stared at her with a little boredom.
"What am I hiding from you?" Gu Shiba Niang smiled.
"A disciple of Liu Bucai, a pharmacist of Jinzhou University." Peng Yizhen said aggrievedly.
"Who?" Gu Shiba Niang smiled. Feeling missing for a while, Peng Yizhen became more and more jokes.
"You." Peng Yizhen stared.
"Me?" Gu Shiba Niang laughed.
Peng didn't say anything, but watched her smile with his eyes open.
"Treasurer Peng, you came all the way to tell me a joke? Thank you, thank you, I am much happier now..." The girl closed her smile, pretending to be serious.
"You told everyone yourself~EbookFREE.me~ why you still said I was joking" Peng Yizhen said with a stare.
"I told someone?" Gu Shiba Niang smiled, and after thinking about it, she suddenly said, "Oh, did you say you were selling medicine in front of Master Dong that day?"
Peng Yizhen nodded.
"I didn't say that casually..." Gu Shiba Niang began to laugh again, "You also believe this? That day, the streets were all under the banner of Master Dong Pharmaceutical. What happened to me under the name Liu Gong? Besides..."
She has a book of Seventeen Methods by Liu Gong who doesn't know the truth or not. All the materials used in the preparation are books to go to school. Isn't it strange to say Liu Gong Pharmaceutical? It's just that this may not be good, it seems to be a subconscious thought, and she swallowed it to her lips.
"It's not that I believe it." Peng Yizhen was a little upset. It was nothing, and I didn't tell him the truth. "It's the people who bought the medicine."
"The person who bought the medicine?" Gu Shiba Niang gradually stopped smiling, feeling that something was wrong, "I sold the medicine that day, well, it was simmering Pueraria lobata root..."
She was talking, could it be that everything happened now because of that day