Chapter 187 Seven Strings of Candied Hawthorns

Dr. Xu resisted the urge to roll his eyes and point at her with his finger, saying, "I knew it was going to cause trouble again."

Shu Yu protested, "Dr. Xu, please don't wrong me. I haven't even stated my request yet."

"Then you tell me."

"Here's what I'm thinking: I can sell you the formula at a discount. But," Shu Yu quickly changed her tune before Dr. Xu's eyes could light up, "how about giving me half a percent for every bottle of this scar removal cream that's sold?"

Half a percent isn't much.

Based on Dr. Xu's pricing standards, I estimate that one of his scar removal creams would cost at least ten or twenty taels of silver. She only wants half a tael, which is only five qian to one tael.

There are very few left.

Shu Yu mainly wanted to give her family another way out. The shop wasn't on the right track yet, and she didn't know what would happen in the future. She had to leave the Lu family a way out.

Dr. Xu paused for a moment, then pondered the matter carefully in his mind.

The cost of this scar removal cream is not high. The medicines that Shu Yu had prescribed last time did not use any particularly precious ingredients.

His profit margin is still quite large, half a percent...

Although it's a little painful, it's not impossible.

"Half-full, half-full, how much would you sell this recipe for?"

"One hundred and fifty taels." Shu Yu clicked her tongue. "How about that? Cheap, right?"

Lu Erbai, who had listened to the whole thing, was speechless. "..." Is this cheap?

Dr. Xu felt it was within his acceptable range, considering his family's clinic consistently charged high fees. Moreover, this scar-removing cream could eventually be sold in the prefectural capital, provincial capital, and even the capital, where the price could increase several times over.

This thing is a rare and precious item for wealthy families.

He had originally expected more than three hundred taels, but now that it had been cut in half, he was still very happy.

"Okay, I'll get you the silver."

Lu Erbai stared blankly at his departing figure, and sighed, "Dr. Xu is such a decisive person. He doesn't even know how to haggle."

Shu Yu drank a cup of tea; today truly was the day the God of Wealth visited.

However, she had almost spent all the money she originally had, so she replenished it.

Doctor Xu quickly took out the silver notes, and Shu Yu wrote out the prescription in front of him.

The transaction went very smoothly for both parties. Shu Yu happily put away the silver notes in her hand, saying, "Then I'll be counting on Doctor Xu's business to prosper so I can get a share of the profits too."

Dr. Xu gave a light hum, "I wish you a grand opening tomorrow and may your business be booming with customers."

Thank you.

Shu Yu helped Lu Erbai back onto the mule cart, but this time she didn't get on the cart herself. Instead, she led the mule slowly forward.

Passing by a vendor selling candied hawthorns, she casually bought seven skewers, gave one to Sanya, and let Lu Erbai keep the rest so they could each have one when they got home.

Sanya's eyes lit up as she looked at the candied hawthorn in her hand.

"Second sister, candied hawthorn, I... I've never had it before." Every time my third aunt came to the county town, she would bring back a string of candied hawthorn for Da Bao.

Da Bao is awful. Every time, he deliberately runs up to him and his brother and bites them with a look of enjoyment right in front of them.

Sanya would always run away, but when no one was around, she would lick her lips and imagine herself eating candied hawthorns, which tasted sweet and sour, like a delicacy.

Today, I finally got to eat it.

Looking at his youngest daughter, Lu Erbai felt a pang of sadness.

Shu Yu clearly bought one skewer for each of the seven candied hawthorn skewers.

Lu Erbai took out his skewer and said, "If Sanya likes it, Dad will share this skewer with you and Dahu."

(End of this chapter)