Upon hearing this, the young apprentice nodded and bowed to Ning Huan, saying, "Madam, please come this way with me. I'll take stock of the medicinal herbs you have."
Seeing that the young medicine boy was very polite, Ning Huan was also very easy to talk to and took off the small basket she was carrying for the young medicine boy to check.
As the young apprentice checked the medicinal herbs, he couldn't help but be amazed. This plump woman looked unremarkable and dressed very plainly, yet she possessed so many rare medicinal herbs.
Seeing him inspecting so many herbs, the apprentice couldn't help but ask, "Which merchant's herbs are these? I've never seen our pharmacy collect so many precious medicinal herbs before!"
The young apprentice pointed to the plump woman who was talking to Manager Si and said, "These are the medicinal herbs that the plump lady brought."
After the medicinal herbs were inventoried, the young apprentice handed the list to Si Yan and said, "Manager, there are more than a dozen kinds of rare medicinal herbs, all of very high quality. There are also some common herbs, but they are also of excellent quality."
Si Yan nodded, then asked Ning Huan, "Mrs. Ning Huan, please name your price."
Ning Huan raised an eyebrow and said, "What does Manager Si mean by this? Who lets a medicine merchant name a price? Aren't you afraid I'll overcharge you and make you lose everything?"
Si Yan chuckled lightly: "Judging from what happened on the street just now, I'm certain that my wife isn't that kind of person. Besides, I asked my wife to name her price because I wanted to take this opportunity to curry favor with her."
"What's good?"
"From now on, Ning Huan's medicinal herbs will only be sold to our Renjitang."
Hearing this, Ning Huan was not surprised. She looked at Si Yan with a half-smile and said, "Manager Si, I'll have to think about this deal carefully."
Si Yan said, "Sell the medicine to Renjitang. You can name your price. I'll buy whatever kind of medicine you bring."
The young apprentice, looking somewhat worried, stepped forward to remind the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper Si, this might not be appropriate. What if this lady brings some inferior herbs later... wouldn't we be at a disadvantage?"
Si Yan shook his head: "It's nothing."
Ning Huan found Manager Si quite interesting. Normally, the managers of medical clinics should be similar to those of Miaoshoutang, meticulously calculating their own interests. However, Manager Si seemed to trust her completely.
Moreover, the staff at this clinic were very polite.
Seeing that she had looked around the clinic and then readily nodded, "Alright, from now on all my medicinal herbs will be supplied to Renjitang. I hope to have a pleasant cooperation with Manager Si in the future."
Upon hearing this, Si Yan appeared calm on the surface, but inwardly he breathed a sigh of relief.
The medicinal herbs in the woman's hand were very rare and precious. I had a feeling that she must have a lot of herbs. Given her abilities, it wouldn't be difficult to find a clinic that would accept her price.
But there will never be another person as sincere as him.
Seeing that the plump woman had agreed, the young apprentice standing nearby didn't say anything more, but happily praised her, "Madam, you made the right choice in choosing Renjitang. Our manager is very generous."
Another young apprentice said, "But the herbs you have are really good, madam. That ginseng looks to me to be at least a hundred years old."
Si Yan nodded in agreement: "Yes, the ginseng I just brought back was bought from this lady. Lady Ning Huan is very kind; she only sold it to us at the market price for a century-old ginseng."
"ah?"
The young apprentice said regretfully, "The ginseng is of such good quality, madam, you've really lost out. You should have asked our shopkeeper for more..."
Ning Huan smiled and looked at Si Yan, whose face had darkened, and said, "It's not that I lost money. It's just that your shopkeeper said there was a patient who urgently needed ginseng to prolong his life, so I sold it to him. As for whether the price will remain the same in the future, I'll have to consider that."
Upon hearing this, Si Yan bowed to Ning Huan and said, "Thank you, Madam Ning. My patient does indeed need ginseng. She is weak and her spirit is gradually fading. To be honest, even if I gave her this century-old ginseng, it might not be enough to save her life."
Ning Huan frowned slightly and said, "Actually, the prescription for ginseng to prolong life must be adjusted. Otherwise, simply eating a single ginseng root may not be effective. For example, if a patient is near death, you should grind Ruyi grass into powder, add dried snow lotus, and put it into a ginseng soup that has been simmered over low heat for a day and a night before drinking it for it to be effective."
This method was unknown not only to the doctors who regularly practiced medicine at the clinic, but even Si Yan had never heard of it before.
"I never imagined that Madam Ning Huan was so knowledgeable about medicine. I thought you only knew how to gather herbs. My apologies."
Ning Huan waved her hand and said, "Manager Si, you're too kind. I'm just sharing some things I've heard about. To be honest, I only know a little bit. I can occasionally make some effective ointments and pills."
These prescriptions were told to her by Ning Huan's grandfather. Compared to her grandfather, a traditional Chinese medicine expert, what she knew was far from superficial.
After calculating the list of herbs, Ning Huan didn't ask for more. After rounding it up, she said to Si Yan, "I've done a quick calculation, so I'll give you eight hundred taels for these herbs, Manager Si. Consider this a cooperative price for you; there won't be another one like this in the future."
Upon hearing that it was 800 taels, Si Yan knew that Ning Huan had given him a significant discount. The medicinal herbs she had brought today would have cost at least 1,000 taels.
He smiled and said, "Then I thank you in advance, Lady Ning Huan."
Just as Ning Huan was about to say that he had thanked her too soon, and she was about to invite Si Yan to the village to treat Zhou Jing'an's illness,
A waiter rushed in through the door, shouting anxiously, "Something terrible has happened, Manager Si!"
Si Yan frowned slightly when he saw the shop assistant: "What's wrong? Didn't I just ask you to deliver the medicine to the Wan residence?"
The shop assistant nodded and said, "Manager Si, the ginseng has been delivered to the Wan residence as you instructed, but it had only been there a short while, and the medicine hadn't even been brewed yet, when Madam Wan fainted. Her condition is clearly worsening, and Master Wan is extremely anxious, urging you to go and see her personally!"
Upon hearing this, Si Yan anxiously prepared to take the medicine box to the Wan residence.
But then he suddenly remembered the prescription Ning Huan had mentioned earlier, and he thought to himself that perhaps this plump woman had some good idea to save Madam Wan.
He bowed to Ning Huan and said, "Madam Ning Huan, the ginseng you gave me was to save the lady of the Wan family. She is in poor health, weak and frail. She fell into the water a few days ago and her body collapsed."
“I originally thought that finding a century-old ginseng to nourish her body would help her recover, but judging from the current situation, Madam Wan is probably in grave danger. Since you are familiar with the medicinal properties of herbs, please come with me to take a look.”
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