Chapter 276 The Interesting Senior Brother

The Taoist priest looked at the old shop in front of him with satisfaction.

“Didn’t you sell yours? This shop has good feng shui and a decent location. I’m thinking of taking it over and opening a small clinic.”

Song Chunxue frowned slightly and asked uncertainly, "Senior brother, do you think this shop is too cheap?"

The Taoist priest did not refute, "I have too many places to spend money. This shop is a bit old, but it can still be used after a little renovation."

"I feel like this house is so old, it looks like it's going to collapse after you open the door a few times."

The Taoist priest looked up and stroked his beard. "I've calculated it; it won't collapse within ten years."

"..." Song Chunxue closed her eyes. "Senior brother, you also said that everything is subject to change. Such an old house might not collapse for ten years if no one takes care of it, but if you go in and kick it a couple of times, it's hard to say."

She tugged at the Taoist priest's sleeve, "Didn't we make some money? Don't I have enough silver to buy a decent shop?"

"Since you want to conspire with me, then I'll do as you say."

The senior student thought for a moment and said, "Alright then, there's another seat up ahead that I really like, but it's too expensive, I can't afford it."

Song Chunxue was exasperated; it turned out her senior brother was so stingy.

Where did his money go?

"I left half of what I had before to my master. In addition, wherever I went, I would buy children who had been sold by their parents and give them their freedom. I would also buy cinnabar to draw talismans and secretly stick them on those human traffickers."

The Taoist priest counted on his fingers, "I also need to prevent myself from being harmed by the backlash, and I need to buy cinnabar and gold powder. Gold powder is so expensive. Also, I need to frequently go to the vicinity of brothels to buy back the daughters they've sold at high prices, find them good matchmakers, and help them choose good families..."

He couldn't help but sigh, "You know, if you want to avoid getting beaten up, everything costs money."

"..." Song Chunxue stood there stunned.

It turns out that my senior brother has so many things to do every day.

He is truly saving the people.

No wonder no amount of money is enough for him to squander.

No wonder her senior brother made her think so seriously when she wanted to study medicine that day.

Over the years, my senior brother has traveled thousands of miles alone, without anyone to accompany him, silently saving people, and having to bear unbearable pain because he disturbed their karma.

He must have thought about how nice it would be if someone could do these things with him.

But how many people in this world are like my senior brother, who has the world in his heart and asks for nothing in return?

Song Chunxue knew she couldn't do it.

She's just a selfish and vulgar person.

“What are you standing there for? Come here,” the Taoist priest seemed to see through her thoughts. “Don’t be afraid. I didn’t expect you to do what I did. Junior brother has already done enough.”

Song Chunxue's gaze fell on him. His clothes were better than last time, but he had been wearing the same clothes for days, and the others were probably old and worn out, not good-looking enough.

Having known each other for a long time, she also discovered that her senior brother was a person who loved beauty. He liked pretty whisks, would carefully admire and play with beautiful tea sets, and loved to eat fine wine and food.

But he would save the money for other things.

Perhaps on the day he earns enough money, he will be willing to buy something he has always wanted.

He wouldn't even change into a brand new pair of socks.

“Senior brother, I’m not afraid,” Song Chunxue turned to look at the rouge shop in front of her, her eyes lighting up. “You said this shop has an excellent location.”

"Yes, this location is perfect for opening a clinic. It has auspicious energy and is in harmony with the times. It just depends on whether they are willing to sell it to us."

Just then, the people from the rouge shop came out.

"Hey, why are you standing at the door, boss? Come in quickly." The man's sister-in-law greeted Song Chunxue with a smile, and seeing the Taoist priest beside her, she couldn't help but laugh, "This Taoist priest wouldn't happen to want to buy rouge too, would he?"

Master Zhang looked at Song Chunxue in surprise, "You're the one who sold this shop?"

Song Chunxue nodded, "That's right, it's mine."

Nan's sister-in-law couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this shop?"

"Sigh, I don't know what's going on. My rouge shop has been open for quite a while, but hardly anyone goes in. Even though it's the same kind of goods, my other shop gets a lot of customers."

"Master, could it be that the feng shui here is wrong?"

The Taoist priest smiled and said, "No, the feng shui here is very good, it's just not suitable for running a rouge business, otherwise..."

Song Chunxue pointed helplessly at the Taoist priest, "Senior brother, I know what to do."

Then, she looked at Sister-in-law Nan and asked, "So, do you want to back out?"

"That's not what I meant," Sister-in-law Nan said somewhat awkwardly, "It's just that I'm afraid we won't be able to come up with the money for the next few months so quickly, and I'm thinking of switching to a cloth shop..."

“No need for that. If you don’t want to take over the shop, I can charge you for one month’s rent and refund the rest. How about that?” Song Chunxue said with a smile. “I happen to need this shop.”

Sister-in-law Nan looked at Song Chunxue in disbelief, "Is this really true?"

“Of course, why would I make fun of you over something like this?” Song Chunxue said straightforwardly. “I’ll bring the contract and the money tomorrow morning. Is that convenient for you, Sister-in-law Nan?”

Sister-in-law Nan couldn't believe it and nodded repeatedly, "That's convenient, that's convenient. Just don't forget tomorrow. But it's okay if you forget, I'll come to your house to find you, haha."

Hearing her hearty laughter, Song Chunxue knew that her suggestion had struck a chord with him.

"No, if I'm delayed by something, just come find me with the contract as soon as possible. I happen to have another use for this shop."

Sister-in-law Nan patted her chest and said, “Oh, that’s great! My husband and I haven’t been eating or sleeping well these past few days. We regret that we were too greedy and insisted on opening another shop to sell rouge. We’ve been wasting our time and effort. Almost no one has come here for the past month.”

She gratefully grasped Song Chunxue's hand, "Thank you so much."

"No need to thank me, thank this Taoist priest instead." Song Chunxue looked at the Taoist priest, "Who asked this Taoist priest to take a liking to this shop?"

The woman from the Nan family thanked the Taoist priest profusely and even gave him two jars of apricot-scented ointment.

Song Chunxue couldn't help but laugh.

When they got home, Song Chunxue asked directly, "Senior brother, shouldn't you give me a jar of your apricot blossom ointment?"

The Taoist priest handed her a jar, saying, "This was originally for you. I'll keep this one to wipe my hands."

Song Chunxue was surprised, "Senior brother, do you usually use ointment to apply to your hands?"

The Taoist priest said in a calm tone, "Is it strange to wipe your hands and hair, or to wipe your face in the dry autumn and winter?"

"It's not strange, it's not strange," Song Chunxue quickly shook her head. "It's good that Senior Brother knows how to take care of himself. Then buy more in the future. Or I can use that silver to buy another shop. That one we just saw was very dilapidated and old. It probably wouldn't cost more than a few taels of silver. We can sell rouge there, and use the rest ourselves?"

"..." The Taoist priest took a breath, "Then you might as well sell incense and paper effigies to make money. You can't eat that much rouge by yourself."

Song Chunxue couldn't help but laugh out loud, giggling uncontrollably.

"Senior brother, you're so funny when you talk, hahaha..."