Chapter 19: On-time delivery
Wu Yuetang strolled around the market without buying any vegetables. He only bought some pork tenderloin for twenty cents and then stopped at a carriage rental shop.
"Hey, do you have any carts for sale?"
When the shop assistant heard that someone wanted to buy a cart, he was speechless.
"Little girl, every household can make a cart by themselves. We don't sell carts in our store."
Wu Yuetang watched the waiter wiping one of the larger carriages, and his mind became active again.
"How much is this carriage?"
The guy stopped just as he was about to climb into the car.
"Can you afford this carriage? It's not something you can buy with just a few dozen coins."
"Well, how much is the one you cleaned?"
Wu Yuetang raised her eyebrows and instead of answering him directly, she asked him.
"This carriage is the largest and most expensive in our shop. It costs three hundred coins a day to rent, and thirty taels of silver to buy."
The guy looked at the skinny, yellow-haired girl in front of him, rolled his eyes, and quoted a price.
Wu Yuetang understood that this was a matter of treating people differently. She felt that she was from the countryside and didn't understand the market, so she curled her lips into a smile.
"Twenty taels of silver, and I'll take it away."
When the waiter heard that the girl had bargained down to ten taels, he became unhappy and immediately yelled at her and drove her away.
"Go, go, go. If you can't afford it, just leave. Don't interfere with our business."
Wu Yuetang's face darkened. Judging people by their appearance was really prevalent these days. Even a shop assistant was so arrogant. Then he walked straight into the shop.
It just so happened that a servant from a wealthy family was discussing buying a car with the shopkeeper in the store. Wu Yuetang smiled secretly and walked over.
"Boss, what's wrong with your servant? The price of this carriage is more than ten taels higher than other shops. Is it because everyone is moving south that they are raising the price?"
Not only the shopkeeper, but all the customers in the store turned their attention over.
"Miss, please don't talk nonsense. The prices of carriages in our shop are very fair. We will never go to extremes to raise the price!"
The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man, very capable, and looked like an upright person.
"Oh, so a carriage costs thirty taels?"
Wu Yuetang raised her voice a little higher.
The servant who was discussing business just now put the money he was about to take out back.
"Shopkeeper, your carriage is indeed much more expensive than other families. I should go back and ask my master."
The servant was about to leave when the shopkeeper stopped him. He turned to look at Wu Yuetang and smiled ingratiatingly.
"Girl, which carriage do you want to buy? I'll go take a look and give you a good price."
The shopkeeper was extremely anxious. He had to sell all the dozens of carriages in the shop before moving south, otherwise they would rot in his hands on the way.
"It's the two that the guy at the door was cleaning. He quoted me thirty taels! Isn't that just robbery?"
Wu Yuetang said dissatisfiedly.
The shopkeeper ran out quickly, and soon he came in dragging the clerk with him.
"My lady, this carriage can be purchased for only eighteen taels. This clerk is ignorant and I hope you will forgive me if I have offended you."
As he said this, he slapped the guy and urged him to apologize.
The clerk was very unhappy. Why should he apologize to a peasant? But he had no choice but to wait until the shopkeeper glared at him again and slapped him on the back of the head. Only then did he bend down and apologize to Wu Yuetang.
"Humph, you look down on people."
As he spoke, Wu Yuetang placed two large silver ingots on the counter. The shopkeeper quickly gave him the change and took Wu Yuetang out to pull the carriage.
After successfully buying the carriage he wanted, Wu Yuetang was very happy. He found a corner to stop and climbed into the carriage.
It's worthy of being a carriage that cost eighteen taels. The gold-threaded soft couch in the carriage, the cushions stacked under the couch, and the pull-out coffee table are so comfortable. The space is also large and a lot of things can be hidden in it.
Now I won’t have to worry about delivering the medicinal materials the day after tomorrow.
Wu Yuetang jumped off the carriage, put the entire carriage into the space, and then walked back home on foot.
After returning home and giving the money from selling embroidery to my two sisters-in-law, I started preparing dinner. Today's dinner was very simple. I cooked a pot of rice, fried shredded potatoes with meat, and fried tomatoes with eggs. Although it was a simple dish, it made the whole family very hungry.
Especially the tomato, which he had never eaten before. The whole plate was eaten clean. In the end, Wu Zhiyun was so greedy that he licked the plate. Uh, Wu Yuetang held his forehead helplessly.
Nothing happened during these two days until the third day, when the Fritillaria cirrhosa was ripe. When Wu Yuetang woke up in the morning, he harvested and packed up the Fritillaria cirrhosa in the space and walked out of the space. After making sure that his third brother was taken to the field by his father, he put on the backpack and left home.
When they were almost at the town, Wu Yuetang found a secluded alley and made sure that no one was there, then he took the carriage out of the space.
The horse, which was happily eating grass in the space, was suddenly taken to another place, with confusion in its big eyes.
Where is this? Where is my grass? Where did the grass go?
Wu Yuetang ignored Ma'er's doubts and went straight into the carriage. He took out several hundred kilograms of Fritillaria cirrhosa, then sat outside and drove the carriage.
When they arrived at the door of the clinic, they saw the old man already waiting there. When he saw Wu Yuetang jump off the carriage, he immediately went to greet him.
"Girl, you're here."
The old man kept glancing into the carriage, and Wu Yuetang couldn't help laughing.
"Hey, boss, don't worry, call someone to help move it."
As soon as he finished speaking, several servants came out of the clinic and started carrying down sacks of medicinal materials. After watching the group of people busily run around a few times and finish the work, the apprentice pulled the carriage to the backyard and parked it. The shopkeeper took Wu Yuetang into the inner hall.
"Take your men to weigh these herbs, and then we'll settle the bill for the customer."
The shopkeeper smiled and gave some instructions to the apprentice, then took Wu Yuetang to sit at the tea table and personally poured her a cup of tea.
To be honest, Wu Yuetang was indeed thirsty, so she picked up the bottle and drank it all in one gulp.
"Hmm? Lanxiang?"
As the tea spread in her mouth, she tasted a hint of the flavor of her past life.
"Girl, have you ever drunk Lanxiang?"
The shopkeeper was a little surprised. He brought Lanxiang from the capital. If she hadn't been looking for her master, she wouldn't have stayed in this remote town for so long.
"Well, your orchid fragrance is pretty good."
Wu Yuetang nodded in agreement, and after the two chatted about tea for a while, the apprentice came running over.
"Master, the total weight of Fritillaria cirrhosa is 300 kilograms, exactly."
As the apprentice spoke, he took some and handed them over to the shopkeeper to see.
Looking at the perfect, bright and fresh Fritillaria cirrhosa in his apprentice's hand, the shopkeeper stood up suddenly.
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