Chapter 542: Perform a Play
Yan Qingqiu also felt very embarrassed that he had made An Yan lose the demeanor of a city lord. He should have let her come over on a big cat. It seemed that he should learn how to ride a horse.
Li Rongsen stared at An Yan, fearing that something might happen to her.
But An Yan's skills were always very good. She jumped off her horse and jumped directly in front of Qinghua, saying to him, "I heard that you have Acacia grass here, so I came here to collect it."
"I know. Mr. Li has already told me, and I also asked that person. It's in the mountain behind us. He slipped and fell while picking herbs, and that's how he discovered the acacia grass. It was a blessing in disguise." Qinghua explained to An Yan.
An Yan nodded. She thought this was reasonable and said, "Your Flower Snake Mountain is indeed a place where treasures are found. You name a price, and I will naturally not take your treasure for nothing."
"The city lord is too polite. I have received many favors from the West City on a daily basis. Moreover, I am so rich today because of Mr. Li's care. How dare I ask for a price? Even if you want to take it for free, I will not say a word." Qinghua smiled politely.
An Yan said to him, "You don't have to be polite. Business is business, and I don't dare to ask for more. I just want ten Acacia plants."
Qinghua raised the corner of his mouth slightly. He first looked at Li Rongsen and did not dare to respond.
Li Rongsen said, "Just follow the City Lord's wishes. Just name your price."
"Okay, then how about twice the price we usually agreed on? How about that?" Qinghua said.
"How can that be possible? This is not the way to do business." An Yan immediately interrupted Qinghua and looked at him with a serious expression, as if she was very dissatisfied.
This stunned Qinghua. He thought his price was quite fair, but he didn't expect her to refuse.
An Yan said to herself, "An ancient book says that it takes a hundred years for Acacia to sprout, a hundred years for it to grow into branches, a hundred years for it to grow into leaves, and a hundred years for it to bloom again. It takes five hundred years to be called Acacia. I'll give you twenty times the usual price."
She knew that this herb was extremely rare. Taking ten plants from someone would be considered robbery. She absolutely could not let the other person suffer a loss, and she did not like to take advantage of others.
"This, this..." Qinghua was even more stunned than before. He kept blinking at Li Rongsen, not knowing what to do, so he didn't dare to respond.
Li Rongsen was also surprised. He didn't expect An Yan to be so generous.
Qinghua's emotions had calmed down. He asked An Yan, "Does the City Lord know that Mr. Li usually gives us a high price? This twenty times the value is an astronomical figure."
"It's okay, I mean what I say." An Yan didn't think there was anything wrong.
Yan Qingqiu couldn't help but applaud and said, "Good, good, the city lord is really domineering and his bargaining skills are first-rate."
An Yan glanced at Yan Qingqiu lightly, and then walked into the mountain gate.
Qinghua walked over to Li Rongsen and said to him, "I'll take it first, and then you don't have to pay for the medicine later, until this money is deducted. What do you think?"
"Just do as you say. Consider it my advance payment." Li Rongsen had no other choice but to do so. He certainly couldn't refuse to pay, otherwise An Yan would see through his mistake.
Yan Qingqiu just chuckled on the side.
An Yan had already gone into the mountains on her own. She didn't know that this was all arranged by Li Rongsen, so this trip to collect herbs was not difficult, just a little troublesome.
Yan Qingqiu and Li Rongsen followed An Yan and climbed down the mountain along the rope, but they were not in a hurry to pick herbs.
"Hey, how are your preparations? It would be bad if it's too simple, she would see through it." Yan Qingqiu said, thinking that An Yan was a shrewd person, how could she be fooled so easily.
Under normal circumstances, An Yan might not be fooled, but she was anxious at the moment, so she did not think it through. Besides, she would not suspect Li Rongsen, so naturally she did not think too much about it.
"Of course I wouldn't say it's simple. Dong Zang XZ put a lot of effort into it. I think it's very similar." Li Rongsen answered him in a low voice.
"You're kidding again. There's one right under my feet. It's so easy to pick one up." Yan Qingqiu pointed to his feet. It was a red Acacia grass. He quickly bent down and covered it with grass.
"Then you stand here and don't let her come over. This will make it difficult." Li Rongsen said as he walked towards An Yan and asked her, "How are you? Did you find anything?"
"Not yet." An Yan said as she turned over the grass.
This place was overgrown with weeds and all sorts of plants, and there was a pond on the right. There was almost no path, and everyone had to clear their way through it, but An Yan had no intention of doing so. She just wanted to find more acacia grass as soon as possible.
Yan Qingqiu stood there motionless, thinking that he should bring some food and drinks.
At this time, someone shouted from above: "Hey, do you want something to eat or drink? We have everything here. The mountain owner said he would do his best to be a good host. Please don't be polite, city lord. Tea and water are all free."
Yan Qingqiu was about to respond when he heard An Yan say, "No need, thank you very much."
"Why not?" Yan Qingqiu murmured softly. This was all free food and drink.
An Yan was looking for grass with her head down. She didn't come here to eat or drink, she came here to find grass, so naturally she didn't need this kind of service.
Li Rongsen said to her, "Take off the backpack and I'll carry it for you."
"No, this is not heavy." An Yan indicated that it was not necessary. She didn't have time to care about other things now. She just wanted to find the Acacia grass quickly.
Li Rongsen also pretended to be looking for something seriously and picked one in a pretentious manner.
The rest were all found by An Yan herself. Her movements were quick and gentle, so as not to spoil the acacia grass. She managed to find seven in half an hour, and now there was only one left. She found Yan Qingqiu's feet and said, "Don't move. I noticed one right here, and you were just about to step on it, and you didn't even see it."
"What's wrong?" Yan Qingqiu asked. He did it on purpose. Of course he knew that he still had a love grass here.
"What a coincidence, there are exactly ten of them." An Yan said as she carefully pulled up the acacia grass and handed it to Li Rongsen, motioning him to put it in the backpack behind her.
Li Rongsen said, "Can we go back now?"
"I want to look for it again, just in case there are more." An Yan felt that the more of this thing, the better. It couldn't be such a coincidence that there were only ten plants. One more plant would also be good.
Yan Qingqiu said, "You're too greedy. There are so many plants here. How can they be called rare and precious if they produce too much?"
"If you don't want to help me find it, then stop talking nonsense. I'll just watch you being lazy here." An Yan said to him while looking around again.
Li Rongsen lowered his eyes and looked at An Yan, feeling distressed for a moment. He stepped forward, took her hand, and said, "Let's not look for her anymore. You seem to be busy all the time. Aren't you tired or thirsty?"
"Look for it for a while longer. If there's really nothing, forget it. I'm afraid I've missed one." An Yan signaled him not to worry. She just hoped there might be one more.
Yan Qingqiu walked up to Li Rongsen and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you. By the way, have you hidden your wound?"
"Of course." Li Rongsen was doing this very carefully, and walked towards An Yan again, saying to her, "An Yan, let's stop looking. We should go back. It's getting late. We can come back here to look for it another day, or we can ask them to send it to us after they find it."
(End of this chapter)
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