Chapter 3441: Extra Chapter 20
The stall owner glanced at the people behind Zhou Man and saw that they were very imposing and had guards with them, so he did not force them. After muttering a few words, he pulled the Gastrodia elata back.
Seeing Zhou Man turning around to leave, he couldn't bear to give up the customer who had already asked the price, so he hurriedly called her and said, "One hundred yuan is fine."
Zhou Man looked back at him, glanced at the Gastrodia elata on the ground, and turned to walk away. After taking two steps, he said again: "Forget it, forget it, I'll give you three hundred coins."
Zhou Man raised his eyebrows and gave Bai Shan and the others a smug smile, then turned back with a stern face, "Three hundred wen is still a bit expensive..."
Stall owner: ...
"But forget it, meeting is fate. It's also fate that we met in the southern border of Dajin. I'll buy it."
Stall owner: I’m so angry. What should I do if you suddenly don’t want to sell anymore?
Zhou Man had already counted out the money and gave it to him, and asked, "Do you have any other herbs?"
Seeing him pointing at other medicinal herbs on the stall, Zhou Man shook his head, "Not these, these are medicinal herbs that are unique to your Southern Xinjiang, or are relatively rare in other places."
The stall owner asked, "Do you want some bugs?"
He said, "We have a lot of poisonous insects here, poisons, poisons. Poison and medicine are inseparable. Sometimes poison can be used as medicine, and medicine can also be used as poison, so insects are also medicine."
Zhou Manda was very interested. He didn't leave in a hurry. He squatted down and started chatting with him. "I know. Grasshoppers are one of the most common ones. They are poisonous, but they can cure malaria."
The stall owner was stunned, sat up slightly, and looked at Zhou Man in surprise, "Grasshoppers can cure malaria?"
"Yes, use grasshoppers from the Dragon Boat Festival, dry them in the shade, and grind them into powder. Take it with wine on the day the disease strikes. For serious cases, taking it three times will almost cure it."
The stall owner looked incredulous, "Is this true?"
He looked Zhou Man up and down, frowned, and said, "My lady, if you don't understand medicine, don't talk nonsense. If someone who doesn't know anything hears it and thinks it's a secret recipe, delaying treatment, it could be fatal."
Zhou Man thought for a moment and nodded, "Yes, the symptoms are different, so the medicines used are somewhat different, and most people can't tell the difference between malaria and dysentery."
She brought the topic back to the topic. "Let's continue talking about the special insects you have here," she said. "I heard that the snow mountains here never melt year-round. There's a kind of insect called the snow silkworm that lives there. It's non-toxic, cold in nature, and can cure internal heat and thirst, and relieve heat toxins. Do you have any of these here?"
The stall owner was silent for a moment before saying, "Madam, this is Annan City. The snow-capped mountains are far away from here. I don't have any here."
"Although it's far away, we are in the Liaozi tribe, and this is the largest city in the Liaozi tribe. There should be such local specialties here, right?" Zhou Man had wanted this thing for a long time. Even if she couldn't see it alive, she would be satisfied with having a dead one. She heard that this thing tasted very good and sweet.
The stall owner said seriously: "No."
Zhou Man lamented, "Are there any butterfly clips?"
She said, "I heard that dried fruit powder can treat rectal prolapse in children."
The stall owner said expressionlessly, "No."
Bai Shan suppressed his laughter and pulled her up, "Let's go, let's look somewhere else."
The stall owner watched them leave and quietly closed up his stall.
Bai Shan walked away with Zhou Man by the hand, and asked with a smile, "Just because he asked for a higher price, you are making things difficult for him?"
"Of course not. I was genuinely interested at first, but then I thought he might be more than just a medicine vendor."
Bai Shan looked back upon hearing this and saw that the stall owner's original place was empty.
He raised an eyebrow.
Yin Huo also said: "Maybe it's just like when we set up stalls before, just out of curiosity, not to make a living."
Zhou Man: "But we didn't cheat anyone."
They set up stalls and the prices they offered were very reasonable.
Bai Erlang wasn't interested in strangers. He looked around and asked, "There don't seem to be any restaurants or hotels around here. Where should we go for dinner?"
Mingda: "Didn't we just eat bamboo rice? Let's walk around a bit and find something to eat."
Bai Jilang: "But I'm hungry again."
Bai Shan sniffed and shook his head, saying, "I don't smell any food. There's probably nothing to eat around here."
The guide was also a little confused. After finally figuring out the direction, he said, "We need to go back. Turning the corner at the other end will lead us to a street with lots of food."
Yin Huo frowned, "Want to go back?"
Zhou Man looked around, then pulled Mingda up and walked to the left, "I know where it is."
Several people were stunned and hurried to follow.
She led them into a small alleyway, crisscrossed with alleyways and walls of houses. But Zhou Man acted as if he had been there before, leading them around several corners, around two alleyways, and finally out of an alleyway. Once out of the alleyway, the hustle and bustle of life was overwhelming...
This place is completely different from that place. The stalls on both sides are full of food, and behind them are various restaurants and hotels.
The people here were shouting in words they couldn't understand. When someone saw Zhou Man and the others, they immediately waved at them enthusiastically, regardless of whether they could understand or not. They just waved at them with bright faces.
Bai Jilang was stunned. "How did you know how to get out?"
The two guides were also stunned. How could it be more familiar to them than those who had been there before?
Zhou Man said proudly: "I'm smart!"
Bai Erlang didn't want to ask any more questions. He looked around and dragged them to a restaurant that looked the most luxurious. "Let's have something better."
You can't go wrong with a place like this.
Bai Shan and the others obeyed him. Since money could be used here, they had no shortage of it. Moreover, they had several pieces of cloth and silk, which should be worth a lot of money.
After entering the restaurant, the owner took one look at them and immediately came forward to greet them, "Sirs, do you want to have a meal or stay overnight?"
Bai Shan heard him speak fluent official language and raised an eyebrow and asked, "Is the shopkeeper from the Liaozi tribe?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Yes, sir, do you think my official language is good?"
Bai Shan nodded.
The shopkeeper invited them upstairs and said, "I've been to the Central Plains before, so I speak Mandarin well."
Seeing that they were all well-dressed and had strong and capable guards behind them, he didn't dare to neglect them. He invited them to sit in a private room by the window on the second floor and personally introduced the dishes to them. "We also have barley wine here, which is a little different from the wine in the Central Plains. Every guest who comes here will taste it. Would you like to try it?"
Although none of them liked drinking, Bai Shan nodded and said, "Let's have a pot."
Now that you are here, you should try something, even if it is just to broaden your horizons.
After ordering the dishes, Bai Shan left the shopkeeper to ask, "Are there many Han people in Annan City?"
The shopkeeper said, "Quite a lot."
He smiled and said, "In recent years, the Emperor of the Great Jin has been very kind and has often given rewards to our Liaozi tribe. Our chieftains and officials from the Great Jin have collaborated to build an official road. Once the road is built, trade and commerce will be more convenient, and more people will come."
The shopkeeper was also very curious about them. As he picked up the teapot and poured tea for them, he asked with a smile, "Are you guests here to do business as well? I've never seen you before."
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