Chapter 021: Selling Medicine for Living Expenses
Feng Aoqing went to find the chief escort, Jiang Yi, but he had left early in the morning.
The remaining escorts also went shopping, leaving only two escorts, Chen Hetong and Yu Bang, to guard them. Both of them looked difficult to talk to, and they stood guard at the door chatting idly.
"My two lords, I would like to go out to the street for a while. Is that possible?" Feng Aoqing asked tentatively.
"What are you thinking about! You want to die!" Chen Hetong cursed.
"Look! I picked up some herbs along the way, and I wanted to exchange them for a few copper coins so I can trade them for some flour later."
"What if you run away?" Yu Bang glanced at her.
"How is that possible? Our two children are here!"
"Hey, it's not like there are no people in your family who abandon their children and run away!" Yu Bang teased.
"Then I am naturally not such a heartless person, otherwise how could I save a poisoned person!" Feng Aoqing felt that Yu Bang had a chance.
"this......"
"Well, I won't go far, I'll just go to the gate of that courtyard." Feng Aoqing pointed to the gate of the official post station.
"Get back to the corridor!" Chen Hetong said impatiently.
"No matter how much silver it sells for, I'll give half to you two." Feng Aoqing opened the oilcloth bag in her hand and showed a ginseng covered in mud to the two of them.
Yu Bang was originally reclining in a chair, but he sat up straight when he saw this thing.
"Brother, one of these things is worth dozens of taels of silver!" he said to Chen Hetong.
"No wonder you spend all day digging through haystacks and tree roots!" Chen Hetong's eyes lit up.
Feng Aoqing nodded vigorously: "Of course not, I have such a big family and I need money! Besides, no matter how much silver I exchange along the way, I will give it to you in the end."
If you think about it this way, it makes sense.
"Look, I'm standing right there. You two can see me if you stick your heads out. I'm a woman, and you two are both so skilled in martial arts. How can I possibly outrun you?"
"Go! We agreed to split it in half!" Yu Bang had already made the decision for Chen Hetong.
Feng Aoqing nodded and ran out.
Chen Hetong and Yu Bang saw a figure flash before their eyes. An Jinge had already climbed onto the wall. Just as they were about to call out, they saw her sitting on the top of the wall.
It turned out that he was worried about Feng Aoqing and was sitting on the wall watching.
Chen Hetong bumped into Yu Bang and leaned over to his ear to tell him what happened last time he saw the dead man.
"fist?"
Chen Hetong nodded. He was shocked by the sunken face. He saw blood on An Jinge's finger joints and thought she was injured. When the people behind her went back, the blood had reached the hem of her clothes and her hand was intact.
"Oh my God." Yu Bang swallowed.
When Yu Bang turned around again, Feng Aoqing's business had already opened.
Xingbao and Yuebao were playing when they looked for their mother. Jingtao had just told them that their mother had gone out to do something and was just outside the door. The two of them walked closer and closer to the door.
"Uncle, have you seen my mother?" Xingbao asked Yu Bang.
When Yu Bang saw the obedient boy's appearance, he said, "Your mother is just outside the door!"
Xingbao wanted to take a look, but Yu Bang stopped him: "You can't go out."
"I know, Mom said I can't step out of this door. I'm like this..."
Without saying a word, he lay down on the ground, and like a caterpillar, he moved forward surgingly, then put his head on the door sill and looked out.
Yu Bang was almost dying of laughter at him.
Chen Hetong was about to lose his temper when Yuebao pulled his clothes. Although she was a girl, the little girl was quite strong and pulled him crookedly. Then, she tiptoed and stuffed a piece of candied fruit into his mouth.
She whispered softly, "Uncle, eat it! It's so sweet! Uncle Postman gave it to me. Don't tell anyone."
This was the first time in Chen Hetong's life that he was fed by a little kid, and his face turned red.
Jingtao only went to the room to get Baoer's two water bags. When she came back, she saw that they had already reached the gate. The two of them were lying on the ground with their heads resting on the threshold.
She was so frightened that she couldn't even scream. She just ran over and fell to her knees.
"Sir, this child is ignorant. Kill me, kill me!"
As soon as she started crying, the two babies turned around to look. They were fine, they just stretched their heads out to look at their mother.
"No one will kill you! Okay, your two mothers have seen it, go back! Don't come again." Yu Bang said with a smile.
The two of them got up quickly, bowed obediently, and returned to Jingtao.
So good.
"Why don't I have any candied fruit?" Yu Bang looked at Chen Hetong slurping the candied fruit in his mouth.
"It's no wonder that the little girl has good taste! She can tell at first glance that I'm the boss." Chen Hetong was quite proud.
Feng Aoqing set up her stall and soon business started coming in.
People passing by were so shocked when they saw the ginsengs of all sizes.
"Master, please take a look. I just dug up this ginseng. If you go to the pharmacy to get it, I won't pay you unless I charge you fifty taels. Here are five taels."
Feng Aoqing can tell at a glance who is interested, and who has money in their pockets.
"Five taels is too expensive!"
"One ounce of gold and one ounce of ginseng!"
"That's dry ginseng. Don't try to trick me."
"Well, you're obviously a learned man, so how could I possibly lie to you? You must know how much this ginseng weighs. Seven or eight ounces is considered a treasure!"
Feng Aoqing tried again and again, but the man still couldn't make up his mind.
She then waved to the man, and he came over curiously.
She whispered, "If you have trouble urinating, I have a remedy that requires ginseng. It can be cured in a month. Buy two roots, one dry and one wet, and you can achieve the desired effect after eating them."
"Really? The look you give me..."
"A good doctor will know it at a glance. I only regret that I am a girl and cannot practice medicine. I can only collect and sell herbs."
"Put it on!"
"Okay, ten taels, and I'll give you some Imperata root."
......
Yu Bang glanced at her from time to time, and asked curiously, "Brother, that bag she had just now...was it that big when you spread it out?"
"You don't understand. They are all dry goods. They seem to be a lot when they are spread out, but when they are put away, they are not much bigger. And having too much is not good! I will share the extra money with you and me!" Chen Hetong saw that she had collected a lot of silver.
"You watch over her for a while and make sure she closes her stall before they come back so we can divide the money!" Chen Hetong instructed again.
Unexpectedly, the business was so good that it didn't take long for all her goods to be sold out. After all, those wealthy and powerful people had some health problems, so they would either buy ginseng or houses.
She was glad that her family started out with traditional Chinese medicine, and it was only her father's generation that started to learn Western medicine, so she also combined Chinese and Western medicine and knew a little bit about it.
In one morning, all ten ginseng roots were sold, and together with the others, the total profit was sixty-eight taels.
The three of them went to the side room near the door to divide the silver. The two of them were not greedy and each took fifteen taels. The rest were given to Feng Aoqing.
Feng Aoqing happily prepared to return to her room.
"You're so stupid that you can only be a bailiff." An Jinge fell from the roof with a look of disdain.
"You took thirty taels from me! And you're still stupid."
"There is no ginseng in the mountains of Xuanzhou."
Feng Aoqing laughed so hard that she fell down.
She knew she couldn't hide it from An Jinge. Her parents were both born as bodyguards. She had followed her parents around the world since she was a child. It was not until she was twelve years old that her parents came to the capital and established the Hongguang Escort Agency.
Feng Aoqing needed help, so he didn't plan to hide it from her. After spending a few days together, they had already trusted each other very much.
Mo Beiyuan was recuperating in the house. Feng Aoqing came to check on him and gave him some medicine, but didn't say a word to him.
Mo Beiyuan heard about the medicine selling from Liang Baoer.
"Ginseng..." he muttered to himself and walked to the window.
Seeing the postman sneaking up to Feng Aoqing's door, Feng Aoqing gave him a cloth bag.
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