Chapter 972 The Prosperity of Ancient Farmers 7

Xia Yichu followed Su Mei to the town.

Xia Yichu insisted on bringing her herbs, but Su Mei had no choice but to follow her.

The embroidered handkerchief was to be sent to an embroidery shop, and there happened to be a medicine shop next to the embroidery shop.

After Su Mei took Xia Yichu away, the two of them acted separately.

Su Mei reached out and touched Xia Yichu's head, and said with a serious look: "You are in the medicine shop. Regardless of whether the herb... the herbal medicine is collected or not, you are waiting inside for me to find you."

"Yes, I know. Sister, please go in." Xia Yichu nodded, waved to Su Mei, turned around and went into the drug store.

After Su Mei saw her figure walking in, she quickly walked into the embroidery building next to her.

When Xia Yichu entered, the drug store was deserted, with only a man in his forties sitting on the counter.

When he saw a guest coming in, he raised his eyes and looked at Xia Yichu lazily.

"Uncle, do you collect herbs here?" Xia Yichu walked to the counter and said to him.

"Take it, the price will be decided after looking at the herbs." The shopkeeper said, putting aside the abacus in his hand.

Xia Yichu was not as tall as the counter. She nodded, expressed her understanding, and handed over the basket in her hand.

The shopkeeper took the basket and removed the blue cloth covering it. After seeing the green plants, the shopkeeper's eyes moved slightly and he raised his hand to gently take out the herbs. One check.

A while passed.

"Dragon blood flower, fox dragon leaf, ten thousand herbs... little girl, I bought all six of your herbs, and I can give you thirty-six taels, is that okay?" the shopkeeper said.

"Uncle, you are not being kind." Xia Yichu looked at the shopkeeper with a smile on her lips, and there was no confusion on her face that belonged to her age.

Because she was worried about Xia Yichu, as soon as Su Mei entered the embroidery building, she quickly found the steward, handed over the goods, took the money, and received some more goods, and immediately walked into the nearby pharmacy.

As soon as Su Mei entered, she heard what the shopkeeper just said.

Apart from her who was walking in now, there were only two people in this medicine shop, Xia Yichu and the shopkeeper. It was self-evident to whom the shopkeeper was talking!

Su Mei's heart skipped a beat, but before she could recover, she heard Xia Yichu's answer again.

Thirty-six taels of silver!

The second sister actually refused!

Su Mei stepped forward quickly and was about to say something to Xia Yichu when Xia Yichu suddenly turned around and smiled at her: "Sister, have you finished it so quickly?"

Su Mei looked at Xia Yichu's bright black eyes, and for some reason, she felt an inexplicable power from Xia Yichu's body.

Su Mei's originally prepared words were stuck in her throat, leaving only a faint "Hmm."

"Then you wait for me for a while, I will be over soon. Are you right, uncle?" Xia Yichu turned his head and focused his eyes on the shopkeeper again.

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment and then laughed.

Thirty-six taels is not low. An ordinary family only needs one tael of silver a month.

Moreover, he saw that the little girl in front of him was not very well dressed, but he did not expect that he would be the first to be embarrassed today.

"Then fifty taels, it can't be any higher," the shopkeeper said.

Xia Yichu lowered his head and thought about it. In fact, she didn't know much about prices in this era, but she still knew the basic conversions.

One tael of silver was equal to one thousand penny in this dynasty.

As for Liu Xia and Su Mei, they only paid more than ten cents to work for someone else for a whole day.

"Okay, fifty taels will be fifty taels." Xia Yichu nodded, looking a little reluctant.

The shopkeeper smiled and didn't mind. After taking out the herbal medicine, he counted fifty taels of silver from under the counter to Xia Yichu.

Su Mei stood aside, watching the exchange between the two, and her heart could no longer be described as shocked.

It wasn't until she left the drug store and the sun was shining warmly on her body that Su Mei finally felt a sense of reality.

"A Tao, you, you just..." Su Mei looked at Xia Yichu, looking like she wanted to speak but hesitated.

"Yeah, yeah, I just sold a few herbs and made fifty taels of silver." Xia Yichu accepted her words and sighed in his heart. This silly girl only had fifty taels of silver, but she was so stimulated that she couldn't even finish her sentence. .

Fifty taels of silver was a huge sum of money in the eyes of ordinary people, but Xia Yichu had no idea.

Xia Yichu took Su Mei for a walk on the street. Today happened to be the market day in Qiuyun Town, and the street was bustling with people coming and going.

Xia Yichu looked left and right. On the surface, it was a child's curiosity, but in fact, Xia Yichu's mind quickly flashed through one plan after another to make money, ranging from setting up a restaurant or processing factory to setting up a stall to sell barbecue. .

However, these were just filtered through Xia Yichu's head. She had not yet fully thought of what she should do.

Xia Yichu walked a street and after getting a general understanding of the things on this street, he took Su Mei to the vegetable market.

Xia Yichu has never been a person who likes to wrong herself. Yesterday she had no money in her pocket, which was okay, but today she has money in her pocket, so she must be better to herself and her family!

There were some common vegetables in the vegetable patch at home, so there was no need to buy them, so Xia Yichu took Su Mei directly to the meat seller and ordered a pound of pork and a rib.

Su Mei's eyes almost popped out when she saw Xia Yichu's generous act.

But after thinking that this was Xia Yichu's own money, Su Mei opened her mouth and didn't say much.

After buying the meat, Xia Yichu also bought two candied haws on the way and put them in a basket, intending to go back and feed them to Su Zhaodi and Su Jiabao.

After all this fuss, it was almost noon.

Xia Yichu looked at Su Mei and said, "Sister, it's too hot today. Let's go back by car."

Su Mei looked up at the dazzling sun above her head and frowned: "I remember that every time we went to the market, Uncle Wang's bullock cart would often solicit customers at the entrance of the town. He only paid two cents per person. Why don't we go and see if he is still here?" It’s not there anymore.”

"Yeah." Xia Yichu nodded.

Su Mei pulled Xia Yichu, and the two of them hurried toward the entrance of the town.

On the main street, suddenly a carriage came speeding up.

"Everyone, make way, make way!" the carriage driver shouted, driving the carriage very fast.

Pedestrians on the street avoided each other on both sides of the street, and some people were even almost hit by the carriage.

But the originally angry lord calmed down immediately after seeing the back of the luxurious carriage.

When the carriage came over, Xia Yichu quickly pulled Su Mei aside. Su Mei looked back at the back of the carriage and sighed to Xia Yichu: "No wonder no one dares to complain about this carriage running rampant on the street. It turns out there is a noble person inside.”

"My lord?" Xia Yichu looked back at the carriage that was about to disappear.

She didn't know if there were any noble people inside, but what was certain was that there was a patient on the carriage.

"Look, carriages are rare in places like ours, let alone such luxurious carriages. Let's go home quickly." Su Mei said, pulling Xia Yichu quickly toward the entrance of the town. Walk.

When Su Mei and Xia Yichu arrived at the entrance of the town, they saw Uncle Wang's ox cart. When Su Mei saw that there was a seat, she immediately pulled Xia Yichu to sit on it.

And here, the speeding carriage finally stopped in front of a small courtyard. The driver quickly jumped out of the carriage. His left shoulder was already stained red with blood, but he didn't care so much.

He opened the door, staggered in, grabbed a passing slave, and said to him: "Quick, go tell the lady, the young master is missing..."

After that, he fainted due to excessive blood loss.