Chapter 15 Pharmacopoeia
Chong'an Street is one of the three most prosperous main streets in the capital. It is located in the north of the capital. Along the street are a wide variety of shops, including restaurants, teahouses, silver shops, pawnshops... everything you can think of!
"Second Miss, the streets of the capital are so bustling!" Qingzhi looked around and felt that her eyes were almost not enough!
When I was in the frontier before, the town only had a dusty main street, a few shops, and most of the stalls set up by villagers from the surrounding villages. It was nothing like the street in front of me, with its smooth and clean bluestone pavement and bright and spacious shops. Even the food sold on the street was something I had never seen in the frontier.
Qingying smiled and said to Qingzhi, "Of course, this is the capital, the most noble and prosperous place in our entire Dali Dynasty."
"That's great!" Qingzhi smiled until her eyes narrowed. She then asked Yuan Ziyu, "Second Miss, which shop should we go to first?"
"That one!" Yuan Ziyu looked around and pointed at a bookstore.
"Bookstore?" Qingzhi looked at the shop and asked Yuan Ziyu curiously, "Second Miss, are you going to the bookstore to buy boxing and sword manuals? Do they have these?"
In the border town where the Yuan family lived, there was no such grand and bright bookstore. It was just a small shop with students coming in and out. Qingzhi had never been there and had no idea what was in the bookstore.
Yuan Ziyou smiled and tapped Qingzhi's forehead: "Stop making noise, just follow me!"
"Oh!" Qingzhi blinked cutely and turned to look at Qingying!
Qingying pursed her lips and smiled: "Follow me quickly!"
The master and his servant entered the bookstore. The owner, upon seeing Yuan Ziyu's attire, knew she was a member of an official family. He hurried forward and said with a smile, "Miss, would you like to buy some books?"
"Are there any books like pharmacopoeia?" Yuan Ziyu asked!
"Yes, yes, miss, please go to the private room upstairs!" The bookstore owner smiled and led Yuan Ziyu to a small flower hall on the second floor. "Please wait a moment, miss. I'll ask the waiter to bring the book over."
"Thank you!" Yuan Ziyu nodded.
"Second Miss, why did you think of reading these books?" Qingzhi asked curiously.
"You'll know when the time comes!" Yuan Ziyu smiled and kept it a secret!
"Ah!" Qingzhi was extremely curious, but Yuan Ziyu didn't say anything, and she felt like she was being scratched by a cat.
Yuan Ziyu looked at Qingzhi's curious expression and wanted to tease her: "Want to know?"
"Yeah, yeah!" Qingzhi nodded repeatedly, his eyes full of anticipation.
"I won't tell you!" Yuan Ziyu looked mischievous.
"Second Miss!" Qingzhi's face fell. She discovered that the second lady had become bad!
Qingying watched from the side and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Miss, these are the books on pharmacology in the store. Please take a look if you need any!" At this time, the shop assistant came over with a tray with more than a dozen books on it.
When Qingying and Qingzhi saw this, they hurried forward to take out the books from the tray and placed them in front of Yuan Ziyu one by one!
When the waiter saw Yuan Ziyu start to flip through the book, he hurriedly stood by and served her carefully. He knew that most of these noble ladies had bad tempers, and if he accidentally brought bad luck upon them, he would definitely suffer the consequences.
Yuan Ziyu flipped through these books and found that most of them were handwritten and contained only basic common sense.
Yuan Ziyu is now quite proficient in pharmacology. This was taught to her by the cook in her previous life when she was teaching her about medicinal food. Although the cook only stayed in the Huainan Marquis Mansion for five years, she did teach her a lot.
She came to look for these books today not on a whim, but to find a source for her future understanding of pharmacology.
"Hmm?" Yuan Ziyou stared at a handwritten copy of the "Illustrated Compendium of Herbal Medicine" and asked, "Does this person have any other pharmacopoeias?"
The handwriting in this "Herb Illustrated Book" is elegant and the patterns are beautiful, and it is obvious that it was written by a woman.
The clerk stepped forward, took a look, and said hurriedly, "Yes, yes, miss, please wait a moment, I will get it for you right away."
Having said that, he hurried downstairs.
Qingzhi took a curious look at the book and immediately exclaimed, "Wow!" "The words and pictures are so beautiful!"
Qingying didn't say anything, but nodded in agreement.
"It's really good!" Yuan Ziyu was very satisfied.
"Miss, they are all here!" Soon, the clerk brought four or five more pharmacopoeias!
Yuan Ziyu opened them and took a look, then nodded with satisfaction: "I want all these pharmacopoeias!"
After that, he picked out another three or two books and asked, "How much silver is it in total?"
The man calculated and said to Yuan Ziyou with a smile, "Miss, the total is 25 taels and 8 qian of silver."
He nodded to Qingying and said to her, "Qingying, pay the money!"
"Yes, Second Miss!" Qingying responded, took out a purse, counted out twenty-five taels and eight cents of silver, and handed it to the clerk.
The waiter beamed with joy and asked hurriedly, "Miss, do you need it delivered to your house?"
Yuan Ziyou didn't want the people in the mansion to know what he had bought, so after thinking for a moment, he said, "Let's leave it here with you first. We'll come get it later, okay?"
"No problem, no problem!" the clerk quickly responded, "I'll put it away for you. Just send someone to pick it up when the time comes!"
The clerk attentively escorted the master and his servant out of the bookstore!
After leaving the bookstore, Qingzhi couldn't help but exclaim: "This book is really expensive. Just a few copies cost more than twenty taels of silver. This one book is several taels of silver."
It’s enough to cover her monthly salary for several months.
Yuan Ziyou laughed and said, "Ink and writing are the most expensive."
Qingying said, "No wonder Madam Tang said that scholars are made of money. I didn't believe it before, but now I see it for myself."
Mrs. Tang was the wife of a captain on the frontier. When she was at the frontier, she often visited the Yuan family.
"My God, I have to take good care of the second lady's study." Qingzhi thought of Yuan Ziyu's study and suddenly felt a great sense of responsibility.
Yuan Ziyou smiled and looked at Qingzhi: "Don't be so nervous, you are in the mansion, are you afraid of getting lost?"
Qingzhi curled her lips and said, "Second Miss, the eldest lady is thinking about the things in your room!"
"She doesn't dare to rob openly!" Speaking of Yuan Zitong, Yuan Ziyou smiled and said, "Besides, she doesn't care about those things."
Nowadays, her study is filled with boxing and sword techniques, recipes, travel notes and the like.
Yuan Ziyu knew Yuan Zitong, and what she cared about most were her clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, and so on. Oh, and her fiancé.
As the master and servant were talking, they heard a woman's angry voice coming from the front: "Sir, I hope you will respect yourself."
Thanks to Qingfenglueyouzhu and Wangyoucao for their recommendations^_^
(End of this chapter)
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