After coming out of the bookstore, Jiang Yuzhu took her maid to the teahouse for a short rest and met Yan Lin.

In the private room, Yan Lin was the only one there, pacing back and forth in annoyance.

After Jiang Yuzhu entered the room, she chose a comfortable couch to sit on, raised her eyebrows and smiled, "What's wrong? Is it not going well?"

At present, the Xie family members do not know that Jiang Yuzhu is pregnant. It would be impolite to meet the Xie family members empty-handed for the first time.

In the past, Jiang Yuzhu would have done her own thing and would not bother to deal with the Xie family. However, her mother-in-law Shen and her fifth brother Xie Xuan had both brought a lot of things from the clan. If she was rude, she would lose face.

There is give and take, and it is hard to repay a debt of gratitude.

The silk, porcelain, cloth and jewelry in the south of the Yangtze River are better than those in the north. After much consideration, the only thing that can be offered is medicinal materials.

Yan Lin stood still, his brow furrowed enough to kill a fly, and said awkwardly, "Madam Xie, you are truly as foresighted as a god!"

Jishidiang had a large medicinal herb merchant in the city who had been supplying the company for a long time. Yan Lin sent his servant Xiaowu to deliver a letter and asked the merchant to meet him in a teahouse to discuss the matter in detail, but was rejected.

Xiao Wu peeked out from the door of the private room and complained, "Madam Xie, that merchant is so arrogant and boastful. If we want to discuss business, my young master must come and visit him in person."

"That merchant has been cooperating with Jishidiang for over twenty years. He's transformed himself from a herbalist to the city's largest herbal medicine merchant. Now that he has high-quality herbs, he's acting pretentiously and forgetting his roots!"

Xiao Wuzi didn't expect to be rejected. He felt a lump in his chest and couldn't help but express it.

Yan Lin seemed to be affected by these words and looked unhappy.

As an observer, Jiang Yuzhu could understand the herbal medicine dealer's thinking and pointed out the key point: "Our patent medicine shop has only been open for a few days, and it's already showing signs of taking over Jishitang's business. When you meet with the herbal medicine dealer, are you representing yourself or Jishitang?"

"If it's on behalf of Jishitang, the shopkeeper will naturally come to contact him. If it's on behalf of Yan Lin himself, a poacher, if the herbal medicine dealer comes forward, won't it offend Jishitang?"

The herbal medicine dealer wanted to play the good guy and not offend both sides, so he made the request.

If Yan Lin came to the door on his own initiative, the herbal medicine merchant would not dare to chase him away because of his status as the young master of Jishiditang.

If they really come to poach our employees, the medicinal materials dealer will have to give Jishidiang an explanation later.

When Jiang Yuzhu pointed out the relationship between them, Yan Lin said awkwardly, "Although we have opened a patent medicine shop, I always subconsciously think of myself as a member of Jishiditang."

"Mrs. Xie, do we still need to come to your house?"

The most authentic tonics from the north can only be bought in the north, such as old mountain ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, nourishing velvet antlers, deer horns, deer blood and deer bones, which are all good medicinal materials that are not available in the south.

"Come to your door."

This time, in addition to purchasing medicinal materials, we also have to solve the supply problem of the medicine shop.

The medicine shop still has some pills in stock, but they won’t last long.

"Haven't you noticed that buying medicinal herbs is now more difficult than before? There are always herbal medicine dealers driving up prices."

After the snowstorm in the border town, the road leading to the village became difficult to travel.

After learning that she was pregnant, Jiang Yuzhu gave up the idea of ​​looking for a channel.

When villagers collect herbs, most of them sell them to the village chief first, and then they are purchased by herbal medicine dealers with whom they have cooperated for many years.

This is a line of interest that cannot be easily shaken even with power. The reason is that the water is too deep.

Yan Lin touched his chin, and after realizing what was happening, he asked, "Could it be related to Jishidiang?"

At present, the medicine shop has just opened and is not yet qualified to compete with Jishidiang.

Are the people from Jishidiang so stingy?

"Jishitang is the ancestral property of the Yan family. Do you think that without a bit of vision, you could have raised a prodigal like you?"

Once Jishidiang senses the signs, it will try every possible means to suppress the medicine shops.

Jiang Yuzhu was relatively calm and said confidently, "Perhaps something will happen in a few days."

"Mrs. Xie, what trouble could there be?"

Yan Lin knew that Jishidiang had the means, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

All in all, the medicine shop has only been open for a few days!

"Instead of killing it in the cradle, you're given the opportunity to grow and grab the business?"

Jiang Yuzhu had already expected this and decided to just fight back.

Yan Lin was stunned for a moment, then gave a thumbs up and said, "Mrs. Xie, you are indeed worthy of being married to Mr. Xie. Your expressions when calculating others are the same."

When mentioning Xie Zhao, Yan Lin shuddered. He now had to lock the door before going to the toilet, and he had a shadow in his heart.

Jiang Yuzhu was surprised for a moment and said with a smile: "Really?"

Similar to Xie Zhao? Then take it as Yan Lin praising her.

The two of them sat down and had not yet finished their cup of tea when they heard the noise on the street below, with a large number of people gathered together and whispering.

Hongli went out to investigate and breathlessly reported, "Madam, you're as good as a god! Something's happened in the medicine shop!"

Yan Lin gave a smile that was uglier than crying, and it would be more appropriate to describe it as a crow's mouth.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Yuzhu came to the window and looked at the crowd of people gathered at the door of the medicine shop opposite, her brows slightly raised.

Hongli's face was filled with anxiety. She pointed at the person in the middle holding up the door panel and said, "I'm anxious to find out. I heard someone died after taking some patent medicine. The family brought the body to the patent medicine shop and begged for an explanation!"

"If you really ate the dead, why don't you want to report it to the police?"

Jiang Yuzhu knew without thinking that there was something fishy going on, most likely someone was behind this.

She was about to go downstairs when Hong Jin stopped her: "Madam, there are too many people downstairs and it's inevitable that there will be collisions. The view upstairs is better."

"Let's go and take a look. If it's true that they died from taking patent medicine, we have to find out the cause of death."

Since the family refused to report to the police, Jiang Yuzhu decided to take the initiative.

She sent Hongxiu to the yamen to report the matter to the prefect, and then went to the medicine shop with Yan Lin.

At this time, there were already three layers of people surrounding the door, blocking the entrance completely.

"Oh, my old man has such a miserable life. He used to see doctors at Jishiditang. I heard he opened a patent medicine shop because he wanted to save some money, but he didn't expect that he would never live to spend it again!"

An old lady was lying on the ground, crying and talking, looking very miserable.

There were more than a dozen people following him, including men, women, young and old. The children were dressed in mourning, holding up the spirit banner, and kneeling in front of the shop crying bitterly.

Because he was too conspicuous, he was recognized immediately.

Someone in the crowd explained, "This family's surname was Ma. They owned a large incense oil workshop and had a small fortune. Old Ma was only fifty and in good health. How could he have suddenly passed away?"

"The medicine shop is cheaper. I was thinking of buying a bottle to keep at home as a backup. Fortunately I didn't buy it. Otherwise, wouldn't I have sent myself to the west?"

"Tsk tsk, such a big thing, why didn't the Ma family report it to the police?"

The people gathered together to watch the excitement, and there were many different opinions.

Jiang Yuzhu also understood some basic situations through the words of the people.

It’s just that it’s unknown whether this old man Ma is really dead or just trying to scam people.