Chapter 30 The Embroidered Shoes Given by Song Wushao
Seeing her promise, Xu Miaomiao took Erbao and left.
In today's world, there are many patients but few clinics that accept them, and many of them are using their ancestors' reputations to cheat people. If this continues, how will the poor people be able to afford to go to clinics?
Xu Miaomiao seemed to be thinking about something, staring at the empty shop. If she could open a clinic herself, it would not only be a good thing for her to save lives but also allow Xiaobao to learn more.
Immediately, Xu Miaomiao took Erbao and walked towards the empty shop. After knocking for a long time, a man walked slowly towards them with staggering steps.
"Madam, what's the matter?"
“Is your shop still for sale?”
Xu Miaomiao asked. She was quite familiar with this street, and this empty shop was the only one she liked in this area.
When the boss heard that she was here to inquire about the house, he immediately invited Xu Miaomiao in, brought her a cup of hot tea and said, "Madam, are you here to inquire on behalf of your husband or does the master of the house want to buy it?"
“No, I want to buy it myself.”
"Oh." The boss suddenly realized and said, "Then the lady wants to settle down in the market? If so, it would be more cost-effective for the lady to buy a house than to buy my shop."
"No, boss." Xu Miaomiao put down the hot tea, looked at the man and slowly said, "I wanted to open a clinic myself."
Hearing this, the man who had just been smiling changed his expression and looked at Xu Miaomiao with ill intentions: "As a woman, aren't you afraid of being laughed at by your husband's family and criticized by others for doing business in public?"
Xu Miaomiao frowned when she heard this: "Although I am a woman, when it comes to medical skills alone, I am afraid that no one in this market can surpass me."
"You are talking nonsense, woman." The boss shook his head disdainfully: "Then you pay 300 taels, and I will rent this shop to you for three months. After three months, no matter success or failure, you must give me 500 taels as the silver to buy this shop."
Hearing this number, Xu Miaomiao was shocked. It was obvious that the boss thought she didn't know the market and was raising the price. A shop like this could be sold for a maximum of five hundred taels, but this boss asked her for eight hundred taels.
"Boss, you can't cheat me just because I'm a woman. I can only pay 500 taels at most."
Xu Miaomiao opened her five fingers and looked at the man. There was a crack on the boss's resolute face, but he turned and said righteously: "Okay, then five hundred taels of silver."
The boss made the final decision, gritted his teeth and said dissatisfiedly.
Xu Miaomiao smiled and bowed to say goodbye to the boss: "Tomorrow, I will bring five hundred taels of silver notes to sign the contract with the boss."
After saying that, he took Erbao away.
As soon as Erbao came out of the room, he stared at Xu Miaomiao with admiration, unable to take his eyes off.
Xu Miaomiao smiled faintly: "What are you thinking about, little guy?"
Xu Miaomiao, who was holding the ox cart in front, did not forget to turn back and ask Erbao.
"I just think my mother is so majestic, like a general galloping on the battlefield."
"The world looks down on us women everywhere. If we don't protect our rights, others will not take us seriously."
Erbao listened to this and nodded stupidly but remembered every word in his heart.
As soon as Xu Miaomiao entered the house, she saw Song Wushao wandering in the yard. He stopped only when he saw her figure.
"What, what happened?"
Seeing the man's rare shy look, Xu Miaomiao couldn't help but speak slowly.
After a long while, Song Wushao awkwardly took out a pair of pink embroidered shoes and placed them on the table, and said to Xu Miaomiao: "I'm going to write a letter to someone else. These are sent by people from the neighboring village. I can't use them. You can wear them."
After saying that, he hurried into the house, afraid that Xu Miaomiao would see the blush on his face.
Xu Miaomiao picked up the embroidered shoes and looked at them carefully. There were a few plum blossoms embroidered on the light pink color, and the soft texture was very comfortable. It was just a casual gift, so was it possible that her size was just a coincidence, or was her size actually a common size?
Without thinking too much, Xu Miaomiao accepted the embroidered shoes. In order to repay Song Wushao, she decided to tell him the story of "Princess Bai and her seven consorts" that night.
After hearing the story, Song Wushao pondered for a long time.
Xu Miaomiao fell asleep again. It was not her fault. She just found that her sleep quality was surprisingly good as long as she was with Song Wushao.
The next day, Xu Miaomiao arrived at the market early with the agreed silver notes.
"Come and have a look at these embroidered shoes that have just arrived in the capital. They are a rare new product!"
Hearing someone shouting, Xu Miaomiao walked over curiously, picked up a pair and examined them again and again, making sure that they were the pair that Song Wushao gave her.
"Madam, do you want to buy another pair?"
The boss noticed the pair of similar embroidered shoes on her feet and spoke out.
"Boss, are you the only one selling these shoes?"
"Of course!" The boss said with a proud tone: "Not only am I the only one selling these shoes in this county, but every pair of these shoes is different."
"Oh?" Xu Miaomiao asked curiously, "What's the difference?"
"Just like the pair on your feet are plum blossoms, and this pair is roughly the same color, but the pattern is different." The boss explained to Xu Miaomiao: "I see that the pair on your feet is the one I sold yesterday."
"The one who came to buy it is a young man in white?" Xu Miaomiao asked.
The man pretended to be in deep thought, and after a long while he suddenly realized something and said, "Yes, it is a young man, and he is very handsome."
"Haha, thank you, boss."
Xu Miaomiao said goodbye to the stall and wandered around the street in a daze. The pair of embroidered shoes that the heroine in the movie left by the well when she committed suicide kept flashing through her mind, and her whole body trembled.
I tell stories to Song Wu Shao every day, but he is not only ungrateful but also tries to threaten me. What an ungrateful person he is.
The more Xu Miaomiao thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt, and she kept cursing Song Wushao in her heart.
"Aqiu—"
Xiaobao looked at the man who suddenly sneezed, and walked forward with concern, imitating Xu Miaomiao's way to take the man's pulse.
Song Wu Shao patted Xiao Bao's head comfortingly: "Don't worry, it may just be a cold."
Seeing the man's strong pulse, Xiaobao nodded. It seemed that he was still not very skilled. When his mother came back, he would ask her to take a good look at his father.
Xu Miaomiao had no idea what had happened at home and walked straight into the shop she had visited yesterday.
What was different from yesterday was that there was a man standing next to the shop owner.
When the boss saw her coming, his face immediately changed, and he said arrogantly: "Mrs. Xu, I think the five hundred taels you mentioned yesterday is too low. If you really want it, give me eight hundred taels, not a penny less."
Xu Miaomiao frowned, looked at the man and said, "Why? You clearly agreed on five hundred taels yesterday, why did you suddenly change your mind?"
The boss remained silent, but the man next to him jumped out.
(End of this chapter)
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