"Okay, Miss, please come inside -" The woman in plain clothes raised her hand to lead Shen Lansui in. Master Li suddenly became anxious and pushed his way over, "Hey, hey, hey - what's the matter, we have to do business on a first-come, first-served basis. Well, what do you think this is? An open robbery?"
The woman in plain clothes sneered coldly: "Ming grab? Don't you think it's funny when these words come out of your mouth?"
Master Li obviously didn't have this consciousness. He snorted and raised his chin to look at Shen Lansui. Mi Li covered his face and couldn't see anything clearly. He rolled his eyes and suddenly reached out to lift Mi Li's hanging white hair. yarn.
Guan Chun and Shang Xia were shocked. Shang Xia pushed him away and shouted angrily: "What a scumbag, how dare you disrespect my wife! How brave do you have to be?"
Guan Chun opened his arms to block Shen Lansui, his face turned red with anger.
Shen Lansui had just met a ruthless guy, but she didn't expect another one to come. She tugged her lips and said, "In business, the highest bidder wins, and the girl didn't agree to sell to you. I'll bid normally. What robbery?"
"On the other hand, you are entangled, buying and selling by force, and you also intend to molest a good girl, watch the spring - go and report to the official."
"Yes!" Guan Chun glared at Master Li, turned around and left angrily.
Young Master Li was stunned for a moment when he saw this. He obviously didn't expect that she was so difficult to mess with. He usually teased a lot of girls, and few of them dared to resist, so he developed a brave heart and a leopard's courage. But when he really encountered a tough fight, he ran away. faster than anyone else.
The servant next to him also whispered to persuade: "Master, it seems that their clothes are not from ordinary people. Before going out, I asked you to go back early. We adults have a lot of people. Can you spare them this time?"
The steps were given, and Master Li immediately walked down the steps, glared at Shen Lansui and the woman in plain clothes arrogantly, and then said harshly, "You are lucky this time, we will see!"
After saying that, he turned around and walked away quickly, and his servant immediately followed him.
The entrance to the medicine hall returned to quietness and became even more dilapidated.
"Do they come here often to make trouble?" Shen Lansui couldn't help but ask after hearing the woman sigh.
"Well, they come to me every now and then and ask me if I want to sell the medicine hall. If I don't agree, they use all kinds of threats and inducements. Otherwise, they just find trouble to disturb our business. There were still a few patients here, but now..."
The woman's face was gloomy and her heart was ashen.
"Isn't that too much? Didn't you report it to the official?" Guan Chun said angrily: "Who is behind him to support him?"
"Hey, come in and talk."
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The medicine hall looks old from the outside, but it is surprisingly clean inside. As soon as you enter the door, there is a counter. Behind the counter is a whole wall of medicine cabinets. There is a white curtain hanging on the left hand side. If you get closer, you can smell the faint fragrance from it.
You can faintly see the square table and soft couch placed behind the curtain, which should be a place for patients to rest and receive treatment.
There was no partition on the right side, just a round table and a few stools.
The four of them sat down at the table. The woman picked up the teapot and poured them a glass of water respectively. "There is no good tea here. I'm sorry for being negligent."
"It doesn't matter, just plain water will do."
Shen Lansui was really thirsty.
The coarse porcelain lamps were washed very clean and the table was spotless. It was obvious that the girl in front of her was running the medicine hall with great care.
She took two sips of water, and before she could ask, the girl announced her family name, "My name is Luo Yisu, do you know the name of the young lady?"
After asking, she suddenly reacted and smiled apologetically, "I just heard this spring-watching girl call you wife. Are you married?"
"My name is Shen Lansui. You can call me whatever you want." Shen Lansui took off the power fence and asked, "Did Miss Luo's ancestors run a medicine hall?"
"Yes, there was an imperial doctor in my ancestors, but something went wrong later and the medical skills were lost. Two or three generations later, he picked it up again and opened this aphrodisiac shop. It's already the sixth generation in my hands. It's a pity. The heirs in my family are withering away, and I am the only child in my generation. This medicine hall can only be passed down to me, but I have not carried it forward."
Luo Yisu looked ashamed and held the porcelain cup with great strength.
Shen Lansui understood clearly that a woman working as a doctor these days was obviously not as reliable as a man. Moreover, there was not even a clerk in the medicine hall, and it looked like it might go bankrupt at any time, so most people would not dare to come.
"My father said that he couldn't sell the medicine hall unless it was absolutely necessary. This is the ancestral book. Now that I have some savings, I have no plans to sell it for the time being. Madam, why don't you go look elsewhere."
She looked at Shen Lansui apologetically.
"I originally planned to buy a shop to facilitate my business, but when I met Miss Luo, I felt that I was very compatible. I don't have to buy this shop, but we can still talk about business. Miss Luo, don't refuse in a hurry, you might as well listen. I'll make plans after I finish speaking." Shen Lansui looked at her sincerely.
Luo Yisu hesitated for a moment and nodded.
…
Half an hour later, Shen Lansui refused Luo Yisu's farewell and came out of the medicine hall refreshed. She had invited them out first to watch the spring and summer appreciation, and was sitting beside the carriage watching the passers-by in boredom.
"Let's go to Yahang."
Guan Chun immediately stood up and looked at the sky, "Ah? Are you still going? It's getting late. Madam, why don't you go tomorrow?"
"No, I have to wait until tomorrow to go out again. The dental store is not closed at this time. After shopping, we can just take the people home."
Shen Lan had already made up his mind. He couldn't watch the spring or enjoy the summer, so he had to keep up.
Buying people was much smoother. Ya Po was a sharp talker and had a good eye, so she helped Shen Lansui select a group of steady and down-to-earth people.
Shen Lansui bought ten people in total, three maids, five boys, and two martial arts people who could work as guards or coachmen when away from home.
She asked Guan Chun to take the people out, while Ya Po went to get the deed of prostitution. She had nothing to do and took Shang Xia around in Ya Xing.
Turning to a secluded corner, I suddenly heard two people talking on the other side of the wall.
"Today, someone asked Ah Qiao's price again, and the price was quite high. If Master Li hadn't decided in advance, someone would have bought it long ago."
"Which Ah Qiao?"
"It's nonsense to ask. Of course he is the most beautiful one here, who can write and calculate! According to me, he can be the top name in a brothel."
"She, I know, is indeed beautiful. Master Li fell in love with her? Why are you still leaving her here now, and are you not afraid that Mrs. Ya will regret it and sell her secretly?"
"What are you afraid of? Master Li is backed by the owner of Hongyan Medicine Hall. Who on West Street won't give him some respect? Besides, he doesn't plan to buy Ah Qiao back as a concubine. He wants to raise a wife."
"I just said, how could the tigress in his house agree? It turns out that he is keeping an outside room..."
Shen Lansui and Shang Xia looked at each other, and Shang Xia lowered her voice and asked, "Madam, the Master Li they are talking about is not the one we met before, right? What a coincidence?"
"It's him." Luo Yisu mentioned just now that Master Li married the daughter of the shopkeeper of Hongyan Medicine Hall.
I didn't expect that she could hear news from him here. They were really enemies.
After thinking for a moment, she suddenly turned around and said, "Let's go and see if that Ah Qiao can really write and do math."
