Both of them smelled delicious because of the mosquito repellent. When they came back, they called for water and washed themselves.
As for tomorrow’s guests, let’s talk about it tomorrow.
Those two people were not from Baoyi background, and they could not join the camp.
I just had sesame cold noodles for lunch.
Just after dinner, Cui Baisui came over. It was the fourth and fifth elder brothers.
Brother Jiu went to the front yard.
Both brothers have errands. Maybe they are taking turns in the garden today?
In the living room in the front yard, the fifth elder brother was wiping his face with a wet towel, and ordered the young eunuch: "Go to the dining room to see if there is any iced watermelon. If there is any, cut it into pieces. If not, some mung bean soup or sour plum soup will do."
Now that we're at my brother's house, there's no need to pretend.
The little eunuch responded and went down.
The fifth elder brother untied his collar and sleeves again and wiped his neck twice with a towel.
Seeing that Fourth Brother was motionless, he asked curiously: "Fourth Brother, aren't you hot?"
Fourth Brother only wiped his forehead and said: "It's okay."
The fifth elder brother also ignored him.
In the dog days, who knows who is hot.
When I turned around and covered my body with prickly heat, I stopped speaking harshly.
Brother Jiu came in and said: "It's such a hot day, why are you two here at this time? Have you eaten? Do you want to cushion?"
The fifth elder brother said: "After eating, I am also hungry. I have something ready to deal with."
Brother Jiu then ordered Cui Baisui: "Ask the dining room to serve two servings of cold noodles."
Cui Baisui went down to deliver a message.
The little eunuch came in with sour plum soup and fruit plate.
The fifth elder brother drank sour plum soup and ate four pieces of watermelon before he felt a little cooler, but he was still panting.
Because the people in this courtyard were old, young, women and weak, they did not use ice basins.
So the fifth elder brother couldn't get used to it.
Just after wiping the sweat off my head for a while, there was a thin and dense layer on it.
When Brother Jiu saw this, he asked someone to go to the ice cellar to get ice.
The fifth elder brother shook his fan, looked at the ninth elder brother and said, "Have you received the post from the foreign official?"
The ninth elder brother sat down under the fourth elder brother, nodded and said: "I have accepted two, one is a distant relative from Dutong Mansion, and the other is an unknown relative."
The fifth elder brother said angrily: "What kind of relative? They want to take advantage of you!"
Confused, the ninth elder brother was confused and looked at the fourth elder brother.
Brother Si frowned and said, "Don't you understand that wealth should not be revealed? You are the first to buy something from Goldman Sachs. The market price is twice as high, so more people will be thinking about you."
Brother Jiu almost jumped up after hearing this.
"Absurd? I bought medicine because I need it. It's priceless in the market. I'll keep it as soon as I catch up. Do I want some other messy stuff?"
This out-of-town official comes to Beijing to report on his duties a lot, and this is not a grocery store, so he accepts everything.
Brother Si asked: "Do you also use Sanqi?"
Brother Ninth: "..."
There is no use for it. Everyone knows that it is for trauma.
If he doesn't join the army, he shouldn't have any chance of getting hurt in this life.
"I asked Gao Bisheng about the earthy rituals he brought back to Beijing, and he mentioned two things. I couldn't pick and choose, so I just wanted them all. I plan to split them up when my eldest brother, seventh brother, and my father-in-law celebrate their birthdays. , in the birthday gift..."
Brother Jiu told him his plan.
Not many people he knew were related to the military.
The three people each gave one catty, and the remaining two catties were made into powder by Le Fengming to prepare for the guards and military guards in the mansion.
The fifth elder brother disapproved and said: "You still buy things at a high price if you don't need them. It's such a waste!"
He felt it was a waste, and it was not something to eat or drink, so he said, "If someone gives you something, don't ask for it. Otherwise, how much money will be enough to spend it if you are not a lavish person like you? It's more than a thousand taels of silver. Just spend it if you want." ”
Brother Si felt a headache and shook his head: "How can anyone give medicinal materials as a birthday gift?"
This connotation is so unlucky, like cursing people to get sick.
Brother Jiu thought for a while and nodded, "Then it won't be included in the birthday ceremony. It will be the same as the Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony."
As he said this, he became curious and said, "Didn't I just buy two medicinal materials? Why are they still spreading?"
These old and young men of the Eight Banners, don’t have any news to gossip about?
The fifth elder brother shook his head and said, "I don't know. Many people said that some people estimated how much money you made from selling land in Xiaotangshan. They said it was as high as two or three million taels."
Brother Si rubbed his temples and said, "Because of you, the prices of these two medicinal materials in Beijing have increased. Many people have inquired about the medicinal effects of dendrobium and have asked around."
After hearing this, Brother Jiu couldn't help being dumbfounded and said, "There are still people snatching this medicine? What should I do if people who are serious about using it can't buy it?"
Fourth Brother glared at him and said, "What should I do? There is nothing we can do!"
Brother Jiu was really uneasy.
If it really delays other people's medical treatment, then whose fault is it?
Like he was wrong.
The fifth elder brother heard the disadvantages and told the ninth elder brother: "If you want to buy it in the future, you should go to the market and don't raise the price."
Brother Jiu nodded hurriedly.
He originally gave him the money to save his worries, thinking that he would not get into trouble.
Forgetting to follow the example will bring other troubles.
Brother Si looked at him and said: "When the foreign official handed you the note, he probably wanted to ask about these two medicinal materials. You can transfer some at your discretion according to your purchase price."
Those who have the courage to go directly to the prince's gate are all high-ranking officials who know the rules and will not violate this taboo unless there is an urgent need.
Brother Jiu was surprised and said: "Are you here to buy something from me? Didn't you bring Tuyi here to sell it to me?"
The fourth elder brother said: "It's only through Tu Yi's name that I can mention other things. Otherwise, it would be rude to come directly to ask for medicine."
A second-grade official, who still needs a few coins?
Knowing that Ninth Brother has a problem with intercepting purchases, he should be avoiding Ninth Brother. How could he take the initiative to send it to his door?
Now that you are here, you have a reason to come.
There is nothing more than asking for medicine.
Brother Jiu couldn't help but get annoyed after hearing this, and said: "I thought it was some kind of relative, so I asked someone to leave a post and asked them to come over tomorrow. If I had known this, I would have just deleted the post."
Although he likes economic things, he is not a businessman and has no interest in doing business directly.
The fifth elder brother said from the side: "If you don't like to see me, I won't see you. Just ask people to go back."
Brother Jiu was moved after hearing this.
Fourth Brother hurriedly said: "Those who can hand over invitations are all related. Since you have reserved them first, it is difficult to return them. Just be careful when collecting them in the future."
Brother Ninth Brother was still a little unhappy and ordered He Yuzhu: "Go to the main room and tell Fujin to bring two jars of dendrobium tea to give to the fourth and fifth brothers."
He Yuzhu responded.
Brother Si shook his head and said, "I don't want it. Since it's for medicinal tea, you should keep it."
The fifth elder brother also shook his head and said: "I don't want to drink it. I don't like to drink other teas except milk tea. I just put it aside when I take it back."
Brother Jiu said: "This is to replenish the deficiency. When the fourth sister-in-law and the fifth sister-in-law are out of confinement, you can drink it. I was thinking of giving it as a full-moon gift. Since it is a medicinal material that is not easy to give as a gift, you can take it back." Well, it’s not enough to avoid having to look back and really make others think about you.”
This is a good thing, and even the brothers are not willing to share it. It would be annoying if others asked for it.
But if there really is a patient waiting, it's hard to refuse.
Share some first if you can.
If you can't ask for help later, just go to Sunubeizi Mansion.
After a while, He Yuzhu came back with four cans of tea.
"Fu Jin said, two cans are dendrobium tea, and two cans are notoginseng tablets, which are also good for replenishing qi. In winter, you can stew chicken with notoginseng, and the dendrobium can be used as tea after asking the imperial doctor."
Both kinds of medicinal tea have red skewers on them, so we share two cans per person.
The fifth elder brother first looked at Panax notoginseng. The color was a bit like dried ginseng. Then he took the dendrobium tea and said, "This is more valuable than first-class ginseng. I have to take a good look..."
He opened it, saw the slices inside, and said, "Can this be used to stew chicken?"
Brother Jiu said: "Who knows, please ask the imperial doctor."
The fourth elder brother said to the fifth elder brother: "Summer is not the time to take supplements. Don't use these casually. Ask the imperial doctor to check the compatibility."
The fifth elder brother smiled and said: "I just want to ask, since it is a good thing to replenish qi, I should keep it for my brother Fujin."
Brother Si also picked up the jar and was also curious about the dendrobium.
The ninth elder brother thought of the eldest elder brother and said to the two of them: "There are few of them right now, so we can't share them with everyone. But it's okay. I'm going to send people to Yunnan to cook tea mountains. I won't be short of this in the future. This time I will give some more to the eldest brother. When the time comes, the two brothers will not pick out gifts. He got this first and brought it all to us..."
Brother Si looked at the dendrobium in his hand and said, "Keep this for now. It's the same thing if you wait until the Yunnan one arrives and give it to us later."
The fifth elder brother also closed the jar and said, "Yes, I'm not in a hurry to eat this now."
Brother Jiu waved his hand and said, "I took it out, just for my brothers. I am still rich now. In addition to the five kilograms I bought, Sunu Beizi sent two kilograms as a gift."
Brother Si frowned after hearing this.
Be lenient with others, especially relatives who are not easy to calculate money directly.
Their current status makes it inappropriate for them to be close to the clan princes.
The fifth elder brother said: "Is that for the younger siblings? Is it for the younger siblings' parents' families?"
He didn't know whether an illegitimate daughter was an illegitimate daughter or not, he just thought that Shu Shu's concubine was lost in Beizi Mansion.
This is also the residence of the clan, and they are still close relatives. Otherwise, if a human life was added in the middle, it would not be unusual for the two families to be beaten to a pulp.
Brother Ninth used to support the Yue family, and was even discussed once by the clan members.
Brother Jiu realized later and said, "Is it because of this? I thought it was an apology gift from Beizi Mansion."
The fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother were both speechless.
This person is quite thick-skinned.
All the other people's affairs are mixed up, who is sorry for whom?
The fourth elder brother thought of the eighth elder brother who sent people all over the world to inquire about Sanqi. He said: "The eighth elder brother is using Sanqi over there, and he was also spreading it everywhere in the past two days. Since you have no use, then give him some." .”
Brother Jiu said casually: "Then it will also be transferred based on the purchase price?"
Although panax notoginseng is not as valuable as dendrobium, the few kilograms he bought were sold at fifty-six taels of silver per kilogram, which is the price of first-class ginseng.
The fifth elder brother said: "If you don't move, he didn't come to ask for medicine, and he can't take the initiative to deliver it. The tenth elder brother should be angry."
The fourth elder brother was startled, but he didn't expect that the fifth elder brother would stop him.
"The tenth elder brother and the eighth elder brother are not healed yet. They have only been fighting for half a month. If you go to the eighth elder brother at this time, what will others think?" The fifth elder brother rarely took it seriously.
Brother Jiu took the advice and nodded hurriedly: "I won't send it away, I won't send it away..."
But the medicinal materials are not other things, and it would not be good if it was really delayed.
What will Khan Ama think then? Not wanting to talk to Ba Age and being cold-hearted are two different things.
The ninth elder brother looked at the fourth elder brother and said: "Then fourth elder brother, please take another pound of Sanqi with you. Don't say that it is from my younger brother's place. If it is still useful over there, you can just send it over."
Brother Si thought for a while and realized that this was indeed a solution.
He said: "According to your price, no payment is allowed."
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Of course, brother, I will settle the score. It is your favor that you are willing to give it to him for free. My brother is not willing to lose money. Otherwise, everyone will take advantage of me in the future. , I can’t stand it.”
Fourth elder brother nodded.
The fifth elder brother looked at him and said: "Then you still scatter things on weekdays? Isn't that a loss? This dendrobium heard that you paid filial piety to a circle of elders?"
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "It's not a loss. When my brother is willing to give, he is also happy to give away money; but how to give it, when to give it, and whether to give it back next time, you have to do whatever you want, and you can't pay tribute. It's a rule. …”
