Chapter 34 The Secret of Khormu Khan
As Qi Guang walked in, a strong smell of Chinese medicinal herbs hit his nose.
The decoration is antique and the wooden medicine cabinets are neatly arranged, with various Chinese medicinal materials placed on them.
The labels on the drawers were written with the names of the herbs in beautiful handwriting.
There were few customers early in the morning and the boss was taking a nap behind the counter.
"boss?"
Qi Guang asked softly, but still scared the boss.
The thin, bearded, middle-aged man stared at Qi Guang carefully.
Qi Guang felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze.
"Are you Qi Shengli's son?"
The boss spoke with a strong northwestern dialect mixed with Mandarin.
"I am, and you are?"
"I'm Li Baoen, your Uncle Li!"
Qi Guang tried desperately to recall and search for his childhood memories, and he really remembered the man in front of him.
Li Baoen is Qi Guang's neighbor in the county town.
He did run a small Chinese medicine store and had a daughter about the same age as Qi Guang.
Later, it seemed that he also took the exam to go to another place.
Qi Guang never met Li Baoen's wife. It is said that he could not stand his mediocrity and left.
But what impressed him most was that no matter it was windy or rainy, Li Baoen would always go out early and cross two streets to buy soy milk and oil tea for his elderly father.
Sometimes when I meet Qi Guang, I will force some fried dough sticks on him, saying that this is his father’s favorite food, and ask him to try it!
"Uncle Li, long time no see!"
"Xiaoguang is already this big."
Li Baoen said the same thing as most uncles and aunts who knew Qi Guang.
But then, the next sentence was on the tip of his tongue and he swallowed it back.
Qi Guang could guess that the words meant "My condolences."
"Why is Xiaoguang here in the pharmacy? Are you feeling unwell? Let Uncle Li take a look!"
"Uncle Li, it's nothing. I'm here to sell medicine."
"Selling medicine? What kind of medicine do you have? Let me see it!"
Qi Guang took out the Cistanche deserticola, and Li Baoen's eyes lit up the moment he saw it!
"This is a great thing! Where did you find it?"
"I dug it."
"Dig it? You're really lucky, this one is in great condition, it could be worth tens of thousands of dollars."
"Well, I originally wanted Uncle Khormuhan to keep it, but he didn't want it, so I thought I'd exchange it for some money."
The moment Li Baoen heard the four words "Khormu Khan", an expression of wanting to say something but stopping appeared on his face.
"You're giving this to him?"
"What's wrong, uncle?"
Qi Guang keenly caught Li Baoen's ugly expression.
Li Baoen thought about it for a long time and decided that it would be better to talk to Qi Guang.
He motioned Qi Guang to come closer.
Qi Guang also subconsciously clicked to pause the live broadcast.
"You know about the fight between Khormu Khan and a brown bear, right?"
"He was seriously injured at the time, which is why he never married or had children..."
"So, kid, it's no wonder they don't want to take this kind of medicine you gave them."
Qi Guang's head buzzed, and then he felt his cheeks were so hot as if they were being roasted on an iron rack!
Fortunately, Uncle Kormuhan has a good temper, otherwise he would have lost all his limbs long ago.
"But don't worry about it. He has a good temper by nature. He's just a kid like you, so he won't take it too seriously."
Li Baoen then patted Qi Guang's shoulder, as if to comfort him.
Qi Guang was extremely embarrassed at this moment, and kept saying in his heart: I really deserve to die!!!
He only knew that the girl who was engaged to Khormu Khan at the time had her marriage plans broken off after this incident.
But he didn't think too much about why it failed.
Now it all makes sense.
If it's just because of the scars on his face, it really doesn't make sense.
"Uncle Li, I'm so stupid!!"
Li Baoen smiled helplessly and said, "It's okay, kid. Your father and Khormu Khan have a life-long friendship. He won't blame you. We just need to be more careful in the future."
"By the way, can you give this Cistanche deserticola to Uncle Li?"
Qi Guang was stunned, thinking to himself, Uncle, you are really not shy...
After all these years, my habit of dipping my fingers in salt hasn't changed. Why...
"Uncle Li, you..."
"Hey, Uncle Li, of course I was just teasing you. How could I take advantage of a child?"
"Yeah, uncle, you said you weren't taking advantage of me, but when I was a kid, my dad bought me popsicles, and every time I passed by your house, I always had a bite of one."
"And my cookies, fruit leather, liquorice apricots..."
"Oh, how come you have such a good memory?"
Li Baoen's face suddenly turned red. It seemed that the memories of the death were attacking him.
"Uncle Li will give you eight thousand, and I'll take this one. How about that?"
Qi Guang raised one finger and said, "Uncle, can you at least make it an even number?"
He knew very well that although this Cistanche deserticola was not as good as the wild one, its size and appearance were excellent, and it could be worth at least 30,000.
Li Baoen blew his beard and said reluctantly:
"This kid has grown up to be cunning and hard to deceive."
"Twelve thousand."
"Okay, okay, ten thousand, ten thousand, we agreed to round it up."
Li Baoen opened the cabinet and looked for money.
"Uncle, can we transfer the money?"
Li Baoen slapped his head and said, "Yes, mobile phones can transfer data now. I am so out of date."
Qi Guang opened the live broadcast room after coming out of the pharmacy.
A group of netizens are waiting anxiously!
[Anchor, your sudden departure is really quite unexpected.]
[Little brother, we thought you were sold out by the pharmacy owner and were planning to contact the live broadcast manager!]
Qi Guang thought to himself, wasn’t I almost sold out by him?
But when he saw his childhood acquaintances, Qi Guang still felt warm in his heart, and money and other things didn't matter.
So he didn't care about Uncle Li's little plans, but instead felt a long-lost sense of intimacy.
With money in his pocket, Qi Guang swept it all the way back from the shops on the street.
I bought a lot of fresh vegetables and food to store.
He also bought a brand new riding whip.
Of course, I apologized to Uncle Kormuhan secretly.
Back at the slaughterhouse, the boss, who was familiar with the business, had already packed the sheep and sent the goods to the address given by Qi Guang.
Qi Guang and Kormu Khan paid the money and went back.
"Wow, you bought so many things, the herbs must have sold for a good price, right?"
Qi Guang thought to himself: Uncle, please stop talking about this, I really deserve to die! !
"Uncle, I sold it at Uncle Li Baoen's shop."
When Kormu Khan heard that it was Li Baoen, he clicked his tongue and said:
"My child, you must have lost a lot."
Qi Guang laughed happily. Kormu Khan rarely joked, and this was one of the few things he found funny.
"Uncle, look! What is this?"
Qi Guang pulled out the whip and handed it to Khormu Khan.
After seeing it clearly, Kormu Khan's eyes were filled with joy: "What a good whip! It must have made sparks fly from the soles of the horses' feet!"
"Uncle, this is for you."
Kormu Khan was stunned when he heard Qi Guang's words.
He handed the whip back to Qi Guang, looked into the distance and said:
"If you're here to apologize, no need."
"Because you don't know that uncle is a useless person, I don't blame you, kid."
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