Xiao Yunying tapped her forehead. "Don't get the wrong idea. Chen Yuancheng is your friend. Making wild guesses is disrespectful to a friend."
She said to Ling Qi, "Don't worry, your young master's wheezing is not serious. Don't believe what the doctor said before. As long as he relaxes, eats well, exercises regularly, doesn't always lock himself in his room, and most importantly, stays away from allergens, there won't be any problems."
"real?"
Why would I lie to you?
She asked the innkeeper to give her a refund and change. The innkeeper was very kind and said that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. She hadn't used the room for long and he returned all five taels of silver to her.
"Thank you very much, shopkeeper. I wish you a prosperous business."
Ling Qi escorted Chen Yuancheng out of the inn: "Young master, would you like to go to the clinic to have a doctor check your pulse?"
Chen Yuancheng pressed down the hand that was lightly supporting him from the side: "I'm fine, don't talk, be quiet."
He felt that Yun Ying's gaze towards him and Ling Qi was a little strange just now.
Was it because Ling Qi was too noisy and disturbed her?
On the street, Xiao Yunying asked Chen Yuancheng and learned that there were no coal mines here.
I don't know if they've discovered it but don't know how to use it, or if they've never really explored it before.
In winter, the only ways to keep warm besides burning firewood are to burn charcoal.
"I want to buy some for home heating and some for vegetable greenhouses."
Chen Yuancheng offered the following advice: "For home heating, you can buy silver frost charcoal, and for vegetable greenhouses, you can use white charcoal."
She knew about Silver Frost Charcoal: "Isn't Silver Frost Charcoal reserved for royalty?"
"Who told you that?"
"Uh..." That's what they say in TV dramas.
It can't be entirely blamed on the TV series; it didn't explicitly state that.
She felt that silver frost charcoal was too scarce and could only be supplied to the royal family because the concubines in the palace would make a fuss over a few baskets of it.
Even the royal family doesn't have enough, so how could anyone else possibly get a chance?
Chen Yuancheng explained, "Although silver frost charcoal is more complicated to make than other charcoal, which makes it a bit more expensive, it is still usable by ordinary households."
Xiao Yunying touched her nose. Yes, this was not the dynasty she knew, so she couldn't generalize.
"Can I afford it?"
Chen Yuancheng introduced the prices: "White charcoal is fifteen taels per thousand catties, and silver frost charcoal is twenty taels per thousand catties."
"Fortunately, I can afford it."
She doesn't have much money left, so she has to be careful with her spending.
How about we bring out some more snow fungus to sell?
No, that's too eye-catching.
I need to go back and think of other ways to make money.
Ugh, I hate things that require me to think.
Is there a cheap type of charcoal?
Chen Yuancheng said, "Although charcoal is cheap, it doesn't burn for long and produces a lot of smoky, choking smoke, and ash everywhere. It's inconvenient whether you use it at home or in a greenhouse."
Xiao Yunying understood; it's a classic case of "you get what you pay for."
"But we don't have enough silver?"
"It's enough, but we'll have to be careful with it until the vegetables are ripe."
"If it's not enough, I can lend it to you first."
Xiao Yunying shook her head: "No need. I don't have the habit of borrowing money. I spend more when I have more and less when I have less. Overspending is not advisable."
A look of approval flashed in Chen Yuancheng's eyes: "You're right."
Xiao Yunying made a decision: "Let's buy silver frost charcoal and white charcoal. I have to remind you that burning white charcoal in a greenhouse will increase the cost."
Chen Yuancheng said, "You've forgotten that my family is in business. I know all this without you having to remind me."
Xiao Yunying thought of a problem: "If I buy 500 jin at a time, will the shopkeeper sell it to me? My house doesn't have that much space."
Charcoal is highly absorbent and cannot be exposed to moisture, let alone stored outdoors.
Her family's woodshed was already mostly filled with firewood by her father and brother, leaving no room to store it.
She hadn't considered this beforehand; she should have built an extra woodshed.
Chen Yuancheng suggested, "You can store it at my house first, and I'll send a car to pick it up whenever you need it."
"No, I can't trouble you. I'll go and talk to the charcoal seller."
"It's not a matter of whether we can negotiate to buy less. Donglin City is located in the north, and the winters are cold. Every year, the supply of various kinds of charcoal is insufficient, and it is not always possible to buy it."
"Oh, I thought we couldn't sell them individually."
Chen Yuancheng continued, "My family has a warehouse specifically for storing charcoal. You can store it here without worrying about troubling me. I'm still waiting for you to grow vegetables and invest in Huiweilou."
Xiao Yunying agreed: "Since you've already said so, it would seem ungrateful of me to refuse, so I can only say thank you."
Chen Yuancheng took her to the place that sells charcoal. She didn't know how much to buy, so Chen Yuancheng made the decision for her: "Take one thousand catties of silver frost charcoal and two thousand catties of white charcoal, and deliver them to the Chen family's residence at the second house on Liumen Street."
Then he said to Xiao Yunying, "If you don't use it all, I'll store it for you until next year. If you don't have enough after that, you can use mine first. We'll replace it when you can buy more, so that the greenhouse doesn't run out of charcoal and the seedlings get damaged by the frost."
Xiao Yunying teased him, "Yes, Young Master Chen, thank you for your thoughtful arrangements. Is there a storage fee?"
What do you think?
"If you ask me, of course it should be free."
"Then why did you ask?"
Xiao Yunying chuckled, paid the money, and left the charcoal workshop.
Chen Yuancheng said, "You've been out shopping all morning, are you hungry? How about I treat you to lunch at Huiweilou Restaurant to thank you for the medicine?"
"If you consider me a friend, then don't say anything about gratitude or anything like that. I don't like hearing that. As for dinner, let's save it for next time. It's not possible today. I have to rush back to cook for the children. I promised them I would be back at noon."
"Can I come to your house tomorrow to take a look at your vegetable greenhouse?"
Xiao Yunying got into the oxcart: "Okay, I'll prepare some good food for you tomorrow."
"I send you."
"No need, I'm leaving now. You should go home quickly. You must be tired after walking with me all morning. It would be best to find a doctor to check your pulse and make sure you're okay, so you can feel more at ease."
"Okay, then I won't see you off."
Xiao Yunying waved from the oxcart: "See you tomorrow."
Chen Yuancheng stood there, smiling, and replied, "See you tomorrow."
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