Chapter 105: Confused
Seeing the maid coming towards Song Yuntang, Song Jinsheng hurried forward and took the hexagonal coarse pottery pot with peppers from her hand.
"Miss Song, I am Baosheng, the maidservant. These are the chili pepper trees and chili pepper seeds that Madam specially asked me to bring." As she spoke, she took out a small wooden box filled with chili pepper seeds from her arms and handed it to Song Yuntang.
Song Yuntang took it with both hands.
"Please ask Miss Baosheng to thank Madam Zhu on my behalf."
Bao Sheng smiled and said respectfully, "My lady asked me to tell you something. Thank you for helping our master solve his problems. If you are free in the future, you can come to our house to have a chat."
Song Yuntang smiled and reached out to take the last two bottles of shampoo from the basket and handed them to Baosheng.
"It's not a very valuable item. Please, Miss Baosheng, bring it to Madam Zhu for me."
Bao Sheng took it, bowed slightly to Song Yuntang, then turned and left.
Song Yuntang didn't stay long and left immediately after him.
On the way, Xu Qingye was worried that Song Yuntang had not eaten anything at noon, so when passing by a dessert shop, he bought Song Yuntang a cup of sour plum soup cooled with well water, and also bought a refreshing and delicious cold cake.
After walking outside for a while, Song Yuntang felt much better. Now he could drink a sip of sweet and sour plum soup. Although there was no ice cubes, the cool feeling after being cooled by well water was extremely comfortable.
The cool jelly in her mouth made her squint her eyes with pleasure.
Seeing her eyes curved while eating, Xu Qingye felt relieved and a faint smile appeared on his lips.
A teenage girl still has the mentality of a child.
"Eat slowly, it's all yours."
Song Yuntang was stunned and looked up at the tall man next to her. In the sunlight, his profile was particularly handsome, and her face was reflected in his deep eyes, clearly visible.
He smiled, lowered his head and continued to eat the food in his hand, but his mind was already in a mess.
Song Jinsheng just thought of himself as a deaf and blind man, and walked a few steps faster so that he wouldn't be bothered. However, Xu Qingye was willing to pamper Song Yuntang, and he was happy in his heart.
Zhuang Ziang raised his hand to touch his nose feeling a little uncomfortable, and tried not to look in the direction of the two people. Before, he felt that Xu Qingye and Song Yuntang were not related at all, but now he just felt that the more he looked at them, the more they seemed to be a good match.
Only at this moment did he truly realize that Song Yuntang seemed to have really let go of the Lin family.
With Zhuang Ziang's carriage, the four of them ran to three medicinal material wholesalers as quickly as possible. Finally, they bought the medicinal materials from the third one at the lowest price possible, which was eighty taels of silver, because Song Yuntang had bargained them down to it. As a result, she didn't even have thirty taels of silver left.
However, Xu Qingye and Zhuang Ziang were still surprised that she could come up with so much silver.
"Is your shop so profitable?" Zhuang Ziang asked.
Song Yuntang said softly, "My shop has just opened, it is impossible for me to make so much money all at once. This is earned from other places."
Zhuang Ziang became even more curious.
"Where did you earn it from?"
"County town." Song Yuntang said, and asked people to put the medicinal materials on the carriage.
The carriage they were riding in could not hold many people, so they chartered another carriage, loaded the herbs, and set off back to Cile Town.
Song Jinsheng followed the carriage behind, while Song Yuntang, Xu Qingye and the other two were in the carriage in front. Xu Qingye was originally the driver of the carriage. Zhuang Ziang felt that it was inappropriate for him and Song Yuntang to stay in the carriage, so he left the carriage and sat on the other side of Xu Qingye.
Along the way, the two chatted occasionally. As friends for many years, there were some things that didn't need to be said much, and everyone understood each other tacitly.
After running all day, Song Yuntang was tired. She leaned on the carriage and listened to the conversation outside. She fell asleep while listening. When she woke up, the carriage was not far from Cile Town, and Xu Qingye, who was originally sitting outside the carriage, now sat next to her.
When she woke up, her head was resting on his shoulder.
"We just passed a bumpy road, and I was afraid you might bump into the carriage."
Song Yuntang rubbed his knees awkwardly, "I don't know how I fell asleep."
Xu Qingye simply said, "It's a normal human reaction to feel sleepy when you're tired."
After he finished speaking, he smiled at Song Yuntang and went out of the carriage again.
It’s not that I don’t want to be with her, but I’m afraid that the girl will feel embarrassed.
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The carriage arrived at the door of the house. After the men unloaded all the herbs, Song Yuntang paid eighty cents to the driver of the carriage behind and let him leave.
Zhuang Ziang didn't stay here for long. He helped them move the herbs into the house and then went back.
It was already past the afternoon, which was the last time the sun set in summer, but the sky was still bright.
Looking at the two hungry puppies, the first thing Song Yuntang did when he got home was to go to the kitchen to light the stove and cook porridge. He also cut the remaining braised meat together and threw two slices to the two puppies to fill their stomachs. He also added water and food to the chickens and ducks in the cages.
Seeing that the water in the basin under the leek box had dried up and the vegetables were a little wilted, Song Yuntang watered the leeks and the pepper tree that had just been moved into the yard.
Song Jinsheng and Xu Qingye were also busy. They moved all the 300 bamboo jars they brought in the morning out of the house and washed them in a large basin of water.
"Tang'er, you need to build a few shelves in your yard, otherwise there won't be enough space to put these bamboo jars after they are washed." Song Jinsheng said while he was busy.
"Second brother, please help me when you are free. Mainly, I don't plan to live here for a long time. Once I make some more money, I will definitely buy my own yard and move out. I'm afraid that it will be inconvenient to move too many things." Song Yuntang expressed his concerns.
Song Jinsheng hurriedly comforted him, "Don't worry, I'll call a few people to help you when the time comes. A few wooden shelves won't be a problem."
After washing the bamboo pot, the food was served on the table, a pot of thick white rice porridge, a portion of braised meat and a large bowl of bean sprouts.
No one had eaten lunch, only a few pieces of cake, and they were already hungry.
Song Yuntang served a small bowl to the two puppies, and the rest was eaten up by the three of them.
After dinner, Song Jinsheng and Xu Qingye went home while there was still some light. After a while, Mu Dong and Mu Qiu brought today's profits to their home.
"Miss Song, the profit of the shop today is less than seven taels, slightly less than yesterday. The total amount in the money box including yesterday's is seven taels and six cents of silver. I brought you six taels, and the rest is still in the money box. You can use it to make change in the shop later." Mu Dong said as he handed the purse to Song Yuntang.
"OK."
Song Yuntang took the purse he handed over. With the money in his hand plus the six taels, he had a total of thirty-three taels. After tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, it should not be difficult to get forty taels.
"After the recent days of excitement in the shop, business will gradually slow down. You don't have to worry. It's normal for the daily profit to fluctuate."
They both nodded.
Mu Qiu said, "There is one more thing. We don't have much stock left in our shop. I counted the stock twice when I left, and there are only about 130 cans left."
Song Yuntang smiled. Mu Qiu had really grown a lot after these days of training.
"I just finished my work and was planning to make two pots. Mudong, can you help me go to the grocery store and see if there is any store that is not closed? Please buy me a pot. I want a bigger one."
As she spoke, she counted out two hundred copper coins and handed them to Mu Dong.
"Don't worry, Miss Song. Even if the door is closed, I will knock it open and buy the pot for you." After Mu Dong said this, he ran away with the silver.
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