Chapter 57: Centennial Ginseng
Luo Ziya stood in the yard holding a coarse cloth bag, looking forward with a look of surprise and a bit of joy.
She escaped from her original home and settled down in Linzhou.
Today, she passed by a dead end and looked inside for some reason. The familiar wooden door and light made her stunned.
I quickly ran home and brought the things here without even taking a breath.
Meeting Chen You's inquiring gaze, Luo Ziya entered the store, placed the thing wrapped in coarse cloth on the table and opened it.
It was a wild ginseng with thick roots, and it looked quite old.
"What are you doing?" Chen You asked puzzled.
"It was because of the young lady's help that day that I am where I am today." Luo Ziya's eyes were unusually bright.
"I don't have anything to give back. I picked this ginseng from the mountain the day before yesterday. It's four or five hundred years old."
"To redeem your hairpin, you won't need something so expensive," Chen You said.
It would not be cost-effective to sell the dragonfly hairpin, so she had kept it in the shop, so it would not be a problem to redeem it at the original price.
Luo Ziya shook her head, "I know the rules of the dead, this ginseng is a thank you gift to the girl."
Ginseng that is hundreds of years old is worth far more than ten taels of silver. Even if it is sold for five hundred taels of silver, there will be people rushing to buy it.
Modern artificially cultivated ones have poor medicinal effects, and it is almost impossible to find wild ones of this age.
It would be awkward for Chen You to take such a valuable thing from someone else for free.
Seeing the worry in her eyes, he asked, "What difficulties have you encountered?"
Luo Ziya was stunned, as if she had not expected Chen You to ask this. She hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"My father came over. He gave money to the county government and teamed up with others to cause trouble at the medicine store."
"The man was not in good health to begin with, and he had to take good medicine to stay alive. Grandfather didn't even charge for the consultation, and his family still owed more than ten taels of money for the medicine.
We haven't even gone to ask for justice yet, but they are saying that it was the medicine my grandfather prescribed that killed the person. I have nothing to fear from my own shadow, and I will definitely seek justice!"
Those people are now placing the corpse outside the pharmacy and making a fuss. She knows that it is her father who is behind it.
This is the ancient version of medical trouble, where people bribe officials and don't care about reason at all.
Chen You thought for a moment, "Is your place close to the capital?"
Luo Ziya didn't know why the shopkeeper suddenly asked this, but she answered seriously, "The carriage can arrive in one day."
"Okay, I'll accept the things. Take this to the Liu family's residence in the capital, where someone will help you." Chen You took out a bottle of Fengyoujing.
"Also, this is a medicine for treating external injuries, and this is for reducing fever. Don't let outsiders know about these medicines."
Chen You gave some more special medicines, and finally Luo Ziya's hairpin.
Luo Ziya stared blankly at the things on the table, including the repaired hairpin. Her eyes turned red and she looked at Chen You with gratitude.
Chen You just waved his hand, "The ginseng you brought is enough as payment."
Luo Ziya took the things and thanked him profusely, then left the shop, went outside the house, and hid by the wall.
I saw a few people in mourning sitting on the ground, crying and demanding an explanation.
"Damn it, it was this pharmacy. They prescribed the wrong medicine and killed my son!"
"The medicine they prescribed costs only three taels of silver per dose! This is murder for money!"
The onlookers were watching the fun and whispering towards the pharmacy.
Everything was fine when he first came out, but now the pharmacy has closed and the police have come to take him back to the yamen for investigation.
Luo Ziya tightly grasped the hairpin left by her mother. She did not go home, knowing that it would be difficult to get out once she went in, so she turned around and found a carriage to go to the capital.
[Received a gift from customer 'Luo Ziya', a piece of wild ginseng.
Your store level has reached lv3, and you can unlock more content. 】
Chen You looked at the business value which suddenly increased by 50. The random inflow of customers brought such a high benefit to the store.
Display on screen: Shop level lv3 (140/200)
Construction degree 50, the capacity of the storage grid is expanded again.
The second page appeared under the plane map, still a question mark, but it could be unlocked.
There can only be one fixed entrance. Chen You is not in a hurry. Wen Zhi hasn't arrived yet. If she switches now, people who don't know will think she has run away.
Chen You found a large box and carefully put the ginseng into it. He also searched the Internet for a lot of information on how to preserve Chinese medicine.
Then the big data showed a video of wild ginseng that had been collected for several years and was ready to be used, but when it was taken out, only the skin was left and the inside had been hollowed out.
In regular large pharmacies, 25-year-old wild ginseng costs four-digit numbers, while the century-old national-grade special ginseng is sold at auction and has a record of selling for over 10 million yuan.
Hers looks about the same quality.
Chen You didn’t know much about Chinese medicine. After looking at it for a while, he became curious. Is the effect really that good?
I heard that it can replenish energy and increase immunity, but some people say it is useless.
She broke off a piece of the root, washed it, and put it directly into her mouth to chew as instructed on the Internet.
Light medicinal fragrance, slightly bitter.
I don't seem to feel anything.
Chen You ignored it and continued to do her own thing, and then, in the evening, she suddenly had a nosebleed.
Just as she put down the tools in her hand and took the paper to wipe it, the sound of wind chimes rang out.
As soon as Wen Zhi entered the store, he saw Chen You in a panic and blood on the tissue.
"What's wrong with you?" He was obviously confused by the situation.
Shen You waved her hand, “It’s okay.”
Wen Zhi took a look at the contents of the box on the counter and instantly understood what ginseng was for.
He chuckled softly, "You're eating like this, are you planning to spend the whole night repairing antiques?"
Chen You looked at the Phoenix Coronet on the table. At this time, he had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter and took the initiative to talk about the business.
“I can set access permissions here.”
The subtext is, just waiting for the fire-resistant cloth.
"It just so happens that I brought the things here too."
Wen Zhi placed the cloth on the table and continued, "No one in Da Qi knows how to make this kind of cloth anymore. There aren't many left. Except for this piece, the old emperor had them all made into clothes."
Even if the clothes were newly made and never worn, she would probably feel uncomfortable thinking they belonged to the old emperor.
"What about this piece?" Chen You asked curiously.
Wen Zhi raised the corner of his mouth, "I haven't had time to do it yet."
Chen You wiped her hands with a wet tissue before reaching for the cloth on the table.
It looks different from modern ordinary asbestos cloth.
This fire-resistant cloth feels soft to the touch, has a good texture, and has a faint sheen.
"Is this fire really unable to burn?" Chen You became more and more curious the more he looked at it.
Wen Zhi propped up his chin and smiled very eye-catchingly, "Actually, I want to know too, let's try it?"
After saying that, he stood up, took out the lighter that Chenyou used to light incense, and burned the fabric without a care.
“Hey!”
Chen You subconsciously went over and grabbed his wrist. Even if he was not really afraid of fire, this thing was still very valuable.
She was still a step too slow, and the dancing flames had already touched the soft fabric.
Chen You looked at the place that was burned by the fire, and there was really no trace at all. She was extremely shocked.
This is the real ancient fire-proof cloth, and it is in my hands right now! It is impossible for anyone in the collector circle not to be excited!
Her thoughts were all on the rare treasure in front of her. Wen Zhi lowered her eyes and looked at the slender hand holding her.
I don't know why he didn't move and just let it go.
(End of this chapter)
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