Chapter 96: Master Su finally shows up on the stage to identify the medicine by smelling the scent

Xu Nian smiled soothingly and took Zheng into the teahouse.

It turns out that Xu Nian's idea was to set up an arena and hold a medicine identification competition. The winner can get a batch of 100 kilograms of medicinal materials for free.

After hearing what Xu Nian said, Zheng became anxious, "Nian'er, if someone really wins, you will lose a lot of good herbs." But Zheng had heard from the head of the family that the herbs in the medicine shop were very expensive.

Xu Nian didn't care much, "If someone can really figure it out, I'll give him another hundred pounds."

Early in the morning, Xu Nian instructed the guards to prepare the necessary items. Now everything was ready. The sound of gongs and drums attracted many people to watch the excitement. Four guards held a notice in their hands and began to read the contents to the crowd.

The gist of it is: The owner of the medicine shop has set up an arena to find new drug dealers for cooperation. Those who are interested can come on stage to challenge themselves to identify the herbs by smelling them. Those who can correctly identify all 18 herbs will receive 100 kilograms of top-quality herbs.

As soon as this notice came out, people around were talking about it. Due to the soil and climate in the northern border, there are only a handful of people who grow medicinal herbs, let alone high-quality medicinal herbs.

It's not that no one questioned the contents of Xu Nian's notice, but looking at the bags filled with top-quality medicinal materials on the side made people convinced.

In the morning, there were only a few people who came to challenge, most of them were people who coveted medicinal herbs and came to try their luck. It was not until the afternoon when the news spread that a few medicine dealers from the county came.

At this time, the teahouse was already full of people sitting upstairs and downstairs who came to watch the excitement. Xu Nian had instructed that not only were people from the surrounding areas welcome to watch, but free tea was also provided. This move won the favor of many people, and so the news that Xu Nian had set up this stage spread more and more widely.

Although no one has been able to accurately identify the eighteen medicinal herbs so far, Xu Nian still negotiated some business with three of the drug dealers. However, the clerks only provided medicinal herbs for next year, and the drug dealers had no complaints, mainly because the medicinal herbs in Xu Nian's hands were of too rare quality.

Five days passed quickly. After today's competition was over, Yanfu knocked on the door and walked in with the prepared records.

"Miss, these are all the drug dealers participating today, and Mr. Su is not among them."

Xu Nian took the booklet, looked through it, and found that many drug dealers from nearby towns had already participated.

Zheng frowned and said hesitantly, "Nian'er, how about this? Maybe that person may not be my brother."

Xu Nian knew that Zheng was heartbroken seeing the money spent in the past few days, but she always felt that if she could find her relatives, it would be worth spending any amount of money.

"Aunt, why don't we wait for three more days? If there is still no news after three days, we will set off back to Wansheng County."

Zheng nodded, but felt very guilty.

The next day, there was still no news from Mr. Su, and Zheng no longer had any hope. Maybe this was her fate.

On the third day, Zheng had already started packing her bags with Yanfu and Yanrong.

On the fourth day, Zheng knocked on Xu Nian's door, "Nian'er, don't book the teahouse today. I've packed my bags, why don't we go back?"

Zheng has completely given up. If there was any news, it would have been known long ago. How could it be...

"Knock, knock." "Miss, Guard Zhao came to report that an old man named Su found the teahouse."

"Bang!" Zheng stood up too violently and the chair fell to the ground.

Xu Nian walked over and supported Zheng, saying softly, "Second Aunt, we agreed to wait for another three days. Isn't there hope today? Let's go and see this old man Su together."

Zheng burst into tears before she said a word. She nodded repeatedly and followed Xu Nian's footsteps out of the room.

The teahouse was extremely lively at this time, only because this old man Su had already identified sixteen kinds of medicinal herbs by smelling them, and he only needed the last two to win the competition. When Xu Nian and others arrived, this old man Su was identifying the last one.

I saw him picking up a few pieces of medicinal materials, twisting them with his hands, and then putting them to his nose to smell them, but the smell might not be obvious. He frowned and thought for a while, but to no avail.

The people who were originally very excited sighed in disappointment. It seemed that no one could win in this arena.

"Temporary rescue, I remember, this is temporary rescue", Mr. Su took off the black cloth on his eyes and looked at the medicinal materials in his hands with tears in his eyes.

This was the second time he had seen temporary rescue. The first time was when he was traveling in the south with his father. At that time, they encountered a strong man who was bitten by a poisonous snake while collecting herbs in the mountains. The man was unable to move, and his father used this temporary rescue to save the man.

"Congratulations to Mr. Su for winning the competition. I wonder if you can come to the private room to talk."

Su Jueming looked at the girl who was talking and nodded happily. He looked at the medicinal herbs in the cloth bag and found that they were of much better quality than those he had seen in Wansheng County.

The group arrived at the private room. Yanfu served tea, then left and stood outside the door.

Su Jueming felt a little uneasy, wondering if this young lady had changed her mind.

"Has Master Su ever been to the pharmacy in Wansheng County before?"

Su Jueming was stunned, wondering how the other party knew about it.

"I did go there once, but the price of the herbs was high and I was running a small business, so I didn't reach an agreement."

After hearing this, Zheng couldn't hold back any longer and asked excitedly, "Does Master Su have a servant named Zheng Chunlai?"

"Zheng Chunlai?" Old Master Su frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly realized, "Madam is talking about Chijie, right? Could it be that you are here for him?"

At this time, there was nothing that Mr. Su didn't understand. He was afraid that these were the relatives of the emperor who set up this arena in order to find talents.

"Oh~" Old Master Su let out a long sigh. It seemed that the medicinal herbs had been soaked in water again. However, that boy, Radish Mustard, was talented and capable. Now that his relatives had come to visit him, he was happy too.

When Zheng got a positive answer, he could hardly suppress his emotions and sobbed silently, holding his chest.

Xu Nian consoled him for a while, and then explained to Grandpa Su: "Excuse me, Grandpa Su, the guy next to you is my second aunt's younger brother. We fled here to avoid the war at the end of summer last year.

I originally thought that I would never see my family again in this lifetime, but when you went to Wansheng County, my uncle saw the servant beside you and thought he looked familiar. Unfortunately, when he went out to chase you, you had already left, so we set up a stage here to look for your relatives."

Old Master Su suddenly realized that the medicine shop in Wansheng County was actually the same company as the one in front of him. No wonder they had such high-quality medicinal materials. He was also wondering when so many powerful medicine growers appeared in Northern Xinjiang.

"Ma'am, don't worry. The mustard is in the pharmacy in Stone Town. If it's convenient for you, we can leave now and return to town."

Zheng nodded repeatedly, but still looked at Xu Nian with tears in her eyes and asked, "Nian'er, can we set off now?"