Chapter 470 Could it be that you stole it?
Jiang Nuanzhi is now completely unaware of the situation at home.
She was currently haggling with the shopkeeper, spittle flying everywhere.
In the end, the bargaining failed, and they bought two horses for eighty taels each, and two carriages for forty taels each. It wasn't that the shopkeeper was unwilling to do business, but prices were already low after the snow disaster.
She spent over a hundred taels of silver at once, but in return, she acquired two enormous carriages. The shopkeeper was quite generous, providing cushions and backrests.
It has to be said that Jiang Nuanzhi has truly experienced the joy of buying a car.
With a horse-drawn carriage, traveling will be much more comfortable; at least we won't have to endure the freezing cold on our faces and legs anymore.
However, the cost of raising horses put some pressure on her, as the monthly expenses for one horse exceeded the family's monthly food and other necessities. But considering she would soon have a permanent position, she didn't worry too much. After all, she had plenty of money on hand.
But she was too optimistic. After meeting up with Lü Shizhu at the entrance of the fabric shop, Jiang Nuanzhi stared at the medicinal herbs in his hand, her eyes practically popping out of their sockets: "How much? How much did you say?!"
"Two thousand eight hundred taels of silver!"
Lu Shizhu repeated, rolling his eyes as he shoved the heavy load of medicinal herbs he was carrying onto the carriage. He looked at Jiang Nuanzhi with a strange expression and said, "Sister, you're my own sister, are you crazy? Why did you buy so much safflower and musk? You have no idea how much effort I put into buying these things! When my father saw me going to Jinhua Hall to buy things, he thought I was crazy and almost beat me to death."
"It's alright, isn't it? You've worked so hard." Jiang Nuanzhi took a deep breath, offering a perfunctory word of comfort, before clutching her heart again: "Two thousand eight hundred taels."
Upon hearing this, Lü Shizhu's voice suddenly widened: "This price was only obtained after I risked everything. Tell me, what exactly are you trying to do? The medicinal herbs you need are ridiculously expensive. That Cangshan snow lotus alone costs more than five hundred taels! My whole family doesn't have enough, and I've searched every pharmacy in the city for you. Fortunately, I managed to scrape together the money. Oh, by the way, Sister Nuan, the silver you gave me isn't enough to buy red ginseng! A fifty-year-old red ginseng costs at least eight thousand taels. My father's red ginseng was passed down from my grandfather, and we've only used one rootlet so far. What are you doing? You want the whole root!"
Jiang Nuanzhi took a deep breath and pretended to clutch her heart like Xi Shi: "Wait, don't speak yet, let me calm down."
She knew the medicinal herbs were expensive, so she gave Lü Shizhu three thousand taels in one go. This was the biggest profit she made. She originally thought she could at least keep half of it, but good heavens, it wasn't enough.
"Hey, stop making a scene." Lü Shizhu frowned and handed the remaining two hundred taels of silver to Jiang Nuanzhi: "Are you going to cry? What do you need all these medicinal herbs for? So many for promoting blood circulation and for strengthening the body, who are they for? Is someone in your family seriously ill?"
Jiang Nuanzhi took a deep breath and said listlessly, "Yes, for saving lives."
"Alright, stop making that face and look at this!"
In a daze, Lü Shizhu bumped into Jiang Nuanzhi and winked, saying, "Good sister, you have to thank me properly this time. If my father causes trouble for me, you must plead for me!"
Jiang Nuanzhi looked over, puzzled, and then saw Lü Shizhu proudly pull a box out of his pocket.
He furtively looked around before opening the box to show Jiang Nuanzhi. Then, feeling guilty, he quickly closed it again.
Jiang Nuanzhi's eyes widened in disbelief: "Red ginseng? Such a huge one? Where did you get it?"
Halfway through his sentence, a sudden thought struck him: "Are you crazy? You didn't steal it from the store, did you?"
"Tsk!" Lu Shizhu corrected with dissatisfaction: "What do you mean by stealing? This is my father's, won't it be mine in the future? Take it."
After saying that, he handed it directly to Jiang Nuanzhi.
Then, with a pained and reluctant expression, she looked at the box of red ginseng and said, "Good sister, please use it sparingly. If you can't finish it, please bring it back to me."
Jiang Nuanzhi held the box in shock, looking up at Lü Shizhu's youthful face: "You stole the family heirloom that Old Master Lü hung in the shop? Lü Shizhu, do you want to die? Master Wang offered Old Master Lü 50,000 taels of silver, but he didn't sell it!"
Lu Shizhu clearly understood the seriousness of the matter, and swallowed hard: "So you have to help me, whatever you do, don't let my dad know. Even if he does find out, you have to plead for me."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "You should take it back quickly. I'll think of another way before Old Master Lü finds out."
To everyone's surprise, this kid was really willing to go to such lengths. It was impossible for Jiang Nuanzhi not to be moved. Although Lü Shizhu could be a bit sarcastic at times, he was genuinely reliable. During the snowstorm, he risked his life to deliver supplies, even though his own things were stolen and he also took a lot of things from her house. But his intentions were there. Thinking about it, this kid was quite clever. He had a touch of naiveté, but it was a rare kind of sincerity.
“Oh, just use it. I left my dad a red ginseng leg. He hasn’t used much of it all these years, and he’s usually reluctant to use it. You won’t notice it right away.” Lu Shizhu stuffed it directly into Jiang Nuanzhi’s hands, then sighed softly, “You still haven’t told me how long you’re going to be in Kyoto? When are you coming back? If my dad beats me again, I’ll have nowhere to run away.”
"I will definitely find a way to come back after I take up my post, but I don't know when."
Jiang Nuanzhi then looked at Lü Shizhu and laughed, "Hey, are you really willing to part with this? If I take this red ginseng and leave, you won't be able to leave the Great Wilderness. Tens of thousands of years' worth of silver will be gone."
"Tch, you think you can run away from the temple? If you run away, I'll take over your house, Tao's share of the profits, Hua Yue's money, and the money for the wound medicine. I'll take it all for myself! I'll make sure you don't see a trace of it."
Lu Shizhu pursed his lips, seemingly unconcerned.
Then, as if sensing something was wrong, his expression suddenly froze: "What did you say? Appointment? Appointment in the capital? You wouldn't have ended up in the Imperial Hospital, would you?"
Lu Shizhu swallowed hard, then slapped his forehead: "I'm confused! How could there be a woman in the Imperial Hospital? Wait, that position wouldn't be for a woman either!!! What position do you hold?"
“You guessed right.” Jiang Nuanzhi chuckled and spread her hands. “I’m going to work at the Imperial Hospital. The Emperor personally appointed me.”
Lu Shizhu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly waved his hand and laughed: "Hehe, you're really joking, hehe, Sister Nuan, you're teasing me again."
"I'm not kidding you," Jiang Nuanzhi said seriously. "You've seen the Emperor yourself; you were my assistant when I went to give him acupuncture last time. We made six hundred taels of silver that day."
"I?"
Lu Shizhu pointed to his nose, then blinked twice: "That nobleman, is he the Emperor?"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "That's right."
Lu Shizhu was stunned. He was completely dumbfounded. The next second, his eyes rolled back: "Good heavens!"
Then, he fell backward.
Jiang Nuanzhi grabbed the boy and looked at Lü Shizhu, who was sitting on the ground patting his chest, looking lingering fear.
This kid has a really low tolerance for stress.
If you told him that the old man who trains him every day is the Imperial Preceptor, that Xuan Ting who steals his sweet and sour pork is the Sixth Prince, that Bao Zhu who gets his face pinched by him all the time is a princess, and that San Qi, whom he despises, is the successor of the Magpie Divine Physician, wouldn't he be paralyzed with fear?
(End of this chapter)
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