"Brother, you don't know that this salt fungus mainly grows in salt mines, which are controlled by the government."
Once discovered, it will be sent to the palace and given to the ladies first.
Therefore, this thing is a rare and precious treasure in the capital.
"But from our perspective as doctors, this thing isn't really that valuable. Only those who want a son would pay a high price for it."
The old shopkeeper continued, "Which concubine in the palace doesn't want to have a son? You tell me, wouldn't you? This would definitely be a hot topic in the capital."
The price I'm offering you here is already the absolute highest possible.
Su Muyao naturally understood what the old shopkeeper meant. She tugged at her grandfather's arm, making it clear that she should sell it to them.
In the end, the two salted mushrooms, weighing a total of 12 catties, sold for 100 taels and 8 qian.
Eight taels of broken gold plus ten large gold ingots, each weighing ten taels.
Old Man Su and Su Sanlang each carried five large gold ingots on their person.
They are now too afraid to wander the streets and just want to get home as soon as possible.
This is truly the first time in my life I've ever seen such a large gold ingot.
Unfortunately, just as they stepped out of the clinic, they ran into the owner of the unscrupulous pharmacy from before.
Seeing that they had finally found the young man, the shopkeeper quickly asked, "Young man, do you still have your salted sesame seeds? The price is negotiable; I'll give you a little extra."
Su Sanlang was furious at the sight of this unscrupulous merchant, and now he had actually chased after him.
"You don't need to think about it, it just sold out."
Upon hearing this, the shop owner immediately panicked: "Sold? Who did you sell it to? It couldn't be the shop right behind yours, could it?"
"Of course, they're much fairer than you. At your place, it's 20 coins, take it or leave it. But here, it's 50 coins, and they don't even haggle over it."
After saying that, Su Sanlang weighed the little dumpling in his hand and walked forward happily, muttering, "I made money, I'll use the money to buy meat buns for my darling."
The boss was left standing there, feeling like he wanted to slap himself twice.
The waiter following them, still oblivious to the situation, asked, "Boss, that kind of thing is rare anyway. If you miss it, you miss it."
That's it, the guy has hit the boss right where it hurts.
"You make it sound so easy. Do you even know that this thing is being taken to the capital? To the master's family."
I don't even need to stay in this wretched place anymore; I can go straight to the capital and become a manager."
"Don't bring up your ignorance, oh my, this precious thing."
Seeing that the boss was angry, the waiter next to him quickly comforted him, "Boss, how could I possibly have the discerning eye to see what the benefits of this thing are?"
Can you tell the younger ones about this, so they can broaden their horizons too?
“Take our county for example. In the eyes of those rich people, gold is no different from stones. What’s more important than carrying on the family line?”
"Someone came to me before, saying that a lady wanted to buy this salted mushroom at a high price, but this stuff isn't something ordinary people like us can get our hands on."
"It could be a coincidence. In some remote mountain valley? Or it could be a government salt mine, but even then, it's extremely rare to find one there."
"Think about it, even ordinary people want to have a son, let alone the rich! Now you know what a treasure we missed out on, right? This pharmacy really got a great deal."
But no one noticed that behind their conversation, a man quietly stepped out from beside the big tree.
"It seems the fourth child is truly a lucky star. It's all that wretched woman's fault. If she had known the fourth child was born with a golden lotus mark on her hand, she would never have thrown her away."
In this country, the lotus is a Buddhist flower, and also a symbol of good fortune and auspiciousness.
"That family really got all these benefits for free."
The man walked home angrily, still thinking about their conversation: 50 coins per catty, if it were ten catties, that would be 500 coins. Good heavens, that's so much!
I heard yesterday that Little Fu Bao from Taoliu Village dug up ginseng, and the Su family might be building a big house soon.
But these things should all belong to me, so how did they end up benefiting others?
Thinking of this, he hurried home, intending to discuss with his mother what to do about the matter.
Seeing that her grandfather and the others weren't buying anything at the market and seemed ready to go home, Su Muyao quickly called out, "Father, can we buy something?"
Su Sanlang assumed that since his little daughter wanted to buy some snacks, he would naturally agree.
"Sweetie, what do you want? I'll take you there." Turning to Old Man Su, he said, "Dad, I'm taking you to buy something. Or you can wait for us at the teahouse up ahead?"
"Okay, you guys go ahead and don't be reluctant to spend the money. You can buy whatever your sweetheart wants."
You can just follow behind and pay. By the way, I'm not in a hurry; I'll wait for you here.
Old Man Su had no idea that because of his words, his well-behaved and sensible son could spend a gold ingot.
Sweetie, what do you want to buy?
"Of course, I'll buy a gift for my dear old man first."
Upon hearing this, Su Laosan burst into laughter and gave his precious baby a kiss on the cheek.
"Your father didn't raise you for nothing; now that you have money, your father is the first person you think of."
Su Muyao wiped away the drool her father had left on her face.
He urged her impatiently, "Hurry up, stop dawdling, Grandpa will be getting impatient."
"Okay, okay, okay."
"Father, over here."
The two stopped at the entrance of the fabric shop, and Su Laosan immediately took a liking to the orange-red dress.
"Your mother must look very beautiful in it."
"Then let's buy it." The dress in front of us is made of fine cotton and looks very soft. It should be very comfortable to wear. My mother will definitely like it.
Then she suddenly thought of her eldest aunt and second aunt, who were also very good to her.
I couldn't just buy things for my mother and not for them, so I picked out a few brightly colored bolts to make for my mother and my uncle's wives.
The shop assistant initially thought that since the man was holding a child and his clothes were just average, they could look around freely.
At this moment, another shop assistant returned from delivering clothes and saw a customer standing in front of him without anyone attending to him. After thinking for a moment, he quickly went over, since they all relied on that small share of the profits.
Their fixed monthly salary was only a few coins; the real money came from the customers who bought the fabric or finished garments.
The waiter followed behind, and seeing the man and the little child picking and choosing, touching many pieces of cloth but not making a move, he wasn't annoyed and continued to introduce the items.
At this moment, the shopkeeper came out from the back, looking worried as he saw that there was almost no business in the shop.
"I want this one, and all five of those I just looked at."
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