Chapter 206 The two clever girls
Gu Xixi took a moment to relax, then stood up with all her strength, "Everyone has worked hard these past two days, everyone should go back to their rooms and sleep."
"After you have had enough sleep, I will prepare some sweet soup to reward you all in the evening."
"Great!" He Jinglan cheered.
The three young men smiled at each other from a distance.
An Qinghe said, "I really don't know how Xixi came up with so many sweet soups. I have never seen any of them before, and they are all delicious."
"It's a pity that I can't drink it every day."
Gu Xixi thought, do I need to think about this? I've been to countless milk tea shops and dessert shops, and I've drunk so many kinds of drinks that I can't even remember how to make my own sweet drinks. Isn't that easy?
Now the whole family knows that Gu Xixi can’t cook, but she can make all kinds of strange sweet soups.
Iced green bean paste, fruit drinks, secret sour plum soup, tangerine peel rock sugar wheat grass drink, fresh cherry fruit tea, ice wine osmanthus glutinous rice dumplings...
Not only is it delicious, but it also often offers surprises, which can be called a whole new experience for your taste buds.
It’s just that Gu Xixi was very busy recently, and she would only cook and prepare these when she had some free time and was in a good mood.
Gu Xixi smiled and said, "Isn't it just that I want to have a drink? That's easy."
"It's hot now, so you should drink something cool, thirst-quenching and appetizing."
"I just get up early and cook it every day. I can't guarantee that complicated ones will always be available, but simple ones are easier to make."
An Qinghe and He Jinglan cheered again.
An Qinghe suddenly thought of something and jumped up from the ground with his eyes wide open.
"Xixi! How about this? When you have time, write a few more sweet soup recipes. I will invest money to open a sweet soup shop in Yunling County. I will count your investment as 30% and you will get dividends quarterly."
He Jinglan exclaimed, "As expected of a businessman, even though he is so tired, he still finds a way to make money."
Gu Xixi pondered and said with a smile, "There is hope."
"However, Brother An should go back to Yunling to investigate first, and then we can discuss the next step."
An Qinghe nodded, frowned and lowered his head. He had already started thinking about how to price the sweet soup, what kind of taste the people in Yunling County like, the cost of opening a shop, whether there is any profit, etc.
The three men said goodbye to the old doctor and were about to leave.
The old doctor suddenly knocked on the table and said, "Wait."
"You have been busy with me for the past few days, and it is time to tell you where these medicines are."
The three of them had no choice but to turn back and look at the old doctor.
He Jinglan was deliberately naughty, "Mr. Jiang, don't tell me yet, can you let me guess?"
The old doctor smiled and said, "Girl, you say."
"Well..." He Jinglan said cunningly, "It's heading northwest from Huachidu Village. It's prepared for a large group of people."
"But I don't know where the medicine will be sent after it leaves us."
The old doctor didn't look surprised at all. He nodded and smiled, "I knew it. You and Xixi, two smart girls, had already guessed what was going on."
"Otherwise, Xixi could put aside other things at hand and do this with me without asking any questions?"
Gu Xixi muttered softly, "Master, you make it sound like I'm a disobedient rebel."
The old doctor and He Jinglan both laughed.
In fact, An Qinghe also understood the general idea at this moment.
But he was not from Daye, so even if he had all kinds of thoughts in his mind, he would only say it tactfully.
"You guys chat, I want to go back first and think about opening a sweet soup shop."
After An Qinghe went out.
Gu Xixi asked the old doctor, "Did the person who asked you to make the medicine tell you who to give the medicine to?"
The old doctor had finished the important task he had promised to do, and he felt completely relaxed.
He yawned and said, "You are talking about Xiao Chen."
"He said, within five days, the medicine will be ready and given to you. You know what to do."
Crack, and a crack appeared on the shell of Gu Xixi's fake smile.
She smiled and gritted her teeth, "Sure enough, even I have been arranged."
The old doctor sensed something was wrong and asked, "You were fine just now, why are you suddenly unhappy?"
Gu Xixi suppressed her emotions and said to the old doctor, "I'm not unhappy. Master, don't worry. I will give these medicines and the boxes of labor-promoting and life-saving pills to the right people today, but..."
"I just feel sorry for you. He asked you to do so many things, and you didn't ask him for a reward. It's really a big loss."
The old doctor grinned, all his sleepiness gone, and even looked a little proud.
"How do you know Master didn't ask him for it?"
He chuckled a few times, raised his hand and made a five, asking for credit, "Five hundred taels, how about that?"
Gu Xixi was stunned.
He Jinglan was surprised and said, "Mr. Jiang, you are amazing."
The old doctor said, "My disciple works hard to support the family, and he also has to buy precious medicinal herbs from time to time to please the old man."
"How can a blind old man like me hold my apprentice back? I must have money!"
Once upon a time, the old doctor lived alone on the hillside of Shitou Village, and he didn't care about money.
But it’s different now, with a whole family to feed, clothe and support.
The old doctor has been seeing more and more patients recently. Every time he earns money from consultations, he gives it to Aunt Zhang for household expenses when he comes back.
But he is a kind-hearted doctor and never charges more for consultations.
So Mu Nanzhao's big deal came at the right time.
Back in the front yard, Shitou was about to go to the school.
Gu Xixi asked Shitou to convey three sentences to Master Liu.
"Mr. He Jinglan was too tired last night, so he took a nap this morning. I'd like to trouble Mr. Liu to take over the class."
"The things they want are ready, but the quantity is too large and no one is delivering them, so they can come and pick them up themselves."
"One hand pays the other hand delivers the goods."
Shitou nodded. He understood the first sentence but not the second one and was about to ask.
Gu Xixi pressed her hand on his head and said, "Don't ask about adults' affairs, okay?"
Shitou nodded sensibly.
Xiao Qing'er looked at Shitou eagerly, "Brother Shitou, is the school fun?"
She had never been to school before, and she only heard from Brother Shitou that if she went to that place, she would have to wait until noon before he could come back to play with her.
"Hmm..." Shitou thought hard for a moment, "It's fun, but not fun either."
Madam Meng came over and said, "Qing'er, don't block Brother Shitou."
"He's late for school, so he'll be punished by his father."
Qing Er asked naively, "What's the punishment?"
Shitou said, "Slapping hands, standing in the corner, everything. It depends on the teacher's mood."
Qing'er was startled and quickly dodged, "It hurts a lot to be spanked, Brother Shitou, go quickly, run!"
Sent away to school.
Madam Meng said, "I was afraid that you would want to go to bed after staying up all night, so I discussed it with Aunt Zhang and made some cold noodles."
"This thing is hung in the well water to cool down, so anyone can eat it anytime when they are hungry."
Gu Xixi was touched, "Sister Meng is so thoughtful. This is exactly what I want to eat on a hot day to whet my appetite."
"Let me sleep for a while, and when I wake up I will eat a big bowl of it!"
Gu Xixi didn’t know how long she had slept before she was woken up by Aunt Zhang.
"Shitou went to school, and Master Liu sent him back."
Gu Xixi opened her sleepy eyes and asked, "Ah?"
Aunt Zhang said, "In the past, I invited Master Liu to come in for tea, but he refused. But today, for some reason, he just sat in the yard and didn't leave for a while."
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