"Miss Xie is too modest. Your medical skills are truly remarkable. I, Liu, am deeply impressed! May I ask what brings you here?"
Dr. Liu remained respectful, but he no longer called him a miracle doctor.
Xie Yushu glanced at the bustling people in the pharmacy and asked...
"Dr. Liu, may I speak with you in private?"
Upon seeing them, Doctor Liu said "Please come in" and led Xie Yushu and the others to the pavilion in the backyard.
"To be honest, Doctor Liu, I've come here today to sell a ginseng root."
"Oh? Miss Xie's medical skills are so profound, the ginseng she produces must be extraordinary. May I have a look first?"
Xie Yushu took out the ginseng wrapped in red cloth and handed it to her.
Dr. Liu carefully unwrapped the red cloth and exclaimed in surprise.
"This ginseng must be at least a thousand years old! It might even be more than a thousand years old! This ginseng is bigger than my palm, and the ginseng roots alone, when straightened, are almost as long as my arm!"
Such ginseng of this quality is truly rare; perhaps only the imperial family possesses it nowadays. May I ask where you obtained it, young lady?"
"There was a drought in Tai'an Prefecture a while ago, and I was really desperate, so I came to Qinglong Mountain. It was just luck that I happened to come across it!"
"Miss Xie is truly blessed! This item is so rare, yet you are willing to part with it?"
Xie Yushu thought to herself that of course she was willing to part with it, since she still had one, but on her face she pretended to be pained.
"To be honest, Dr. Liu, I need to create a medical device that requires the finest icy jadeite, which is extremely expensive, so I reluctantly agreed to do it."
I just saw you on the street; you have such high medical ethics and a compassionate heart. I thought that such good medicine would be best used in your hands, so I came to find you. I wonder if you would be willing to accept it?
As a physician, Doctor Liu had always been extremely fond of all kinds of rare and precious medicinal herbs, let alone a thousand-year-old ginseng that one could hardly see in a lifetime. At this moment, his face was flushed with excitement, probably more excited than he had been on his wedding night. He hurriedly asked Xie Yushu how much silver she was willing to spend.
Xie Yushu didn't know how much the ginseng was worth. She remembered attending an auction in modern times where a thousand-year-old ginseng sold for fifteen million, so she tentatively asked...
"Five thousand five hundred taels!"
Doctor Liu's bottom line was two thousand taels, and he would take it for three thousand taels at most. After all, he had heard from his old friend that a wealthy merchant had bought an eight-hundred-year-old ginseng as a gift and spent eighteen hundred taels of silver. He thought that this thousand-year-old ginseng would cost at least two thousand taels. But when he heard that Xie Yushu only wanted fifteen hundred taels, he was overjoyed and decided to keep it!
He then told Xie Yushu to wait a moment and ran off to get the silver!
"Damn it, I ordered too little! Oh my god!"
Xie Yushu pounded her chest in frustration. Her mother had scolded her, saying that being bad at math was a real hindrance!
Could it be that 15 million doesn't equal 1500 taels of silver?
Xie Yushu mentally calculated that one tael of silver was roughly equal to one thousand yuan, ten taels of silver was roughly equal to ten thousand yuan, one hundred taels of silver was roughly equal to one hundred thousand yuan, one thousand taels of silver was roughly equal to one million yuan, and ten million yuan was roughly equal to ten thousand taels of silver. Xie Yushu vomited three hundred liters of blood on the spot!
Even if the conversion between ancient and modern times cannot be exactly based on this ratio, judging from Doctor Liu's expression, she must have lost a lot of money!
However, Qu Xiaodie was still making a ruckus nearby.
"Oh my god! Mom! Xie Yushu, you've suddenly become a rich woman!"
I never expected this! You've been hiding something! You have such a treasure!
When are you going to Qinglong Mountain again? Can you take me with you?
I don't even expect to dig up a thousand-year-old ginseng, but I'd be happy with a hundred-year-old one!
Xie Yushu's heart was bleeding. Seeing Qu Xiaodie still happily acting like a fool next to her, she was speechless. She nodded casually to appease her and then thought about how to salvage some of her losses.
Before long, Doctor Liu came running back like a whirlwind.
"Here you go, Miss Xie, here are a gold note for one hundred taels and a silver note for five hundred taels. Please take a look!"
Xie Yushu looked at the panting Doctor Liu
"Dr. Liu, judging by how fast you're getting the money, it seems like my price was too low!"
"Um... well, it's not particularly low!"
"Should I make it longer? Otherwise, I feel like I'm losing out big time!"
"Well, actually, this kind of thing is all about chance. Sometimes it's available but there's no market for it, and sometimes there's market but no price. Doesn't it all depend on fate?"
"Yeah?
Actually, I think I have some connection with Mr. Wen, the owner of Cui Meiren. It's just that I had a preconceived notion that he, as someone who deals in jade, wouldn't accept ginseng.
Now that I think about it, wealthy families like theirs, who aren't short of money, must collect rare and exotic treasures. Maybe I should go ask him again?
"No, no, Miss Xie, these merchants will only soak the ginseng in water and drink it. It's such a waste. If it comes into my hands, I can make a few bottles of life-saving pills. This is a good medicinal material, so we should make the most of it!"
How about I add another three hundred taels of silver for you?"
"Six hundred taels!"
"Okay, six hundred taels it is!"
"Wait here, I'll go get the money! But this time I'm really giving you the full amount! You can't ask for more!"
"Don't worry, it's a deal!"
Dr. Liu has run off again!
"Wow! Wow! Xie Yushu, you're amazing! You managed to swindle another six hundred taels! Sis! You're my own sister! I'm sticking with you for life! You have to make sure I eat and drink the best food you can!"
Qu Xiaodie's heart pounded, feeling as if she herself had become incredibly rich!
Xie Yushu recovered some of her losses and said happily.
"Don't worry, I'll take you to a restaurant in a bit. Order whatever you like!"
Although I knew that the ginseng might be worth more than this, Dr. Liu's words made sense; it would only fetch a good price if it found someone who could afford it!
Moreover, ginseng can only be most effective when it is in the hands of a doctor. It would be a waste to boil it in water for the rich to eat, so they don't care how much they sell it for!
In the short time it took to say those few words, Doctor Liu rushed back, bringing Xie Yushu a five-hundred-tael silver note and a one-hundred-tael silver note. Only then did Xie Yushu hand over the ginseng to Doctor Liu.
Doctor Liu carefully put away the ginseng, and Xie Yushu carefully put away the silver notes before taking her leave!
Having made a windfall, Xie Yushu generously led Qu Xiaodie into Tianxiang Restaurant, ordered several signature dishes, and a pot of plum wine, satisfying Qu Xiaodie's desire for a delicious and spicy meal!
Six side dishes: crispy suckling pig, open-back shrimp, stir-fried pork tenderloin, meatball soup, braised eight treasures, and a sweet and sour fish. Accompanied by plum wine, the meal cost Xie Yushu three taels and seven qian of silver, and Qu Xiaodie was very satisfied.
A bowl of noodles on the street costs only ten copper coins, but this meal cost more than three taels of silver. The two of them finished the meal, but still felt it was a bit extravagant.
There was still half a crispy suckling pig, most of a plate of stir-fried pork tenderloin, half a plate of sweet and sour fish, and two large bowls of white rice that the restaurant had given them. Xie Yushu didn't waste any of it. She gave the waiter 100 coins to buy a large porcelain basin, packed it up, and took it back to the Wu family to eat!
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