The backyard of Cheung Chau Pharmacy is a huge medicine drying ground with many shelves for daily medicine drying.
A series of processes such as selecting, chopping, cutting and pounding medicinal materials are also carried out here.
So much so that the medicinal aroma in the entire backyard was stronger, heavier, and more complex than in the front lobby.
When Manager Song came to the backyard, he found Bai Gu and Xiao Zhitang standing opposite each other, both with angry faces. The two of them were at war with each other, and they both wanted to jump up and hit each other twice.
Like two crazy little beasts.
If it weren't for the two strong men who stopped them, I'm afraid they would all be in one piece now.
Surrounded by a group of medical workers who were watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously.
Manager Song stepped forward and glared, "You're very busy, aren't you? Go to work!"
The workers then returned to their respective work stations angrily, but their eyes still glanced this way from time to time, and those who were close to each other whispered to each other from time to time.
Manager Song didn't want to pay attention to these workers for the time being. He walked directly in front of the four people and said to the two strong men: "Let them go and let them fight. After the beating, we will deal with the matter."
The strong man did as he was told.
But the two of them put down their posture almost at the same time.
It's not that they don't want to fight, they just have their own reasons.
Xiao Zhongtang was afraid of Manager Song.
Who in the entire Cheung Chau Pharmacy doesn't know that Manager Song is famous for his ability to distinguish right from wrong and act resolutely? If anyone makes a mistake and falls into his hands, you will suffer.
Besides, do you really think that if Manager Song calls for a fight, you will actually fight, and you should do it in front of him. Of course, you can give it a try, but you have to weigh the consequences and decide whether you can bear it.
What the leader said is 30% true and 70% false. If you get carried away and cannot see the situation clearly, you will die without knowing why.
Bai Gu wanted to finish the matter quickly and go to see Mr. Wu and ask him to see if he could help exchange the snake scales for money so that he could go home and see Bai Xiaoxiao quickly.
Old Liu Tou is still waiting for the rice and date cake.
When Manager Song saw the two of them stop, he started to deal with the matter, "Which one of you will speak first?"
The little hallman took the lead: "Me! I'll come first! It's him! He wanted to buy medicinal materials from our pharmacy on credit, but I refused. In anger, he wanted to hit me with a wooden sign, but I blocked him, and the wooden sign flew out and broke the threshold. That’s what happened!”
Manager Song's face darkened, "Can't you just let him hit you? Do you think a wooden sign can kill you? Or do you think your head is more valuable than the pharmacy's business? He hit you, and the medicine Not only does the threshold of the pharmacy not need to be broken, but it can also leave scars on the top of your head. You can be more reasonable when reporting to the official. You don’t understand this? Ah! Now that you have done this, not only the threshold of the pharmacy is broken If your business is affected, you will be criticized, and you will be left with something to talk about! It’s really not enough for success, but more than enough for failure!”
Manager Song glanced at Bai Gu, "What about you, do you have anything to say?"
Bai Gu crossed his arms and said, "I want to see Mr. Wu."
Manager Song frowned.
The waiter immediately gave a strange laugh, "Just you? What a distinguished person Dr. Wu is, who can meet you whenever you want, even if you live in a low-income family? Are you worthy?"
Bai Gu ignored the small hall and just looked at Manager Song, "I told you, I want to see Mr. Wu."
"What do you want from Mr. Wu? Mr. Wu is very busy, I can convey it to you on your behalf." Manager Song said solemnly.
Bai Gu shook his head and said with a smile: "You only need to take the locust wood sign and tell Mr. Wu that there is a man named Bai Gu who has returned from Guxue Peak and come to him."
Manager Song frowned even more and took out the locust wood sign from his arms, "Is this it?"
Bai Gu nodded.
Manager Song pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "I'm going to report that if you are playing tricks on me, you won't be able to escape today!" He turned to the two strong men and ordered: "Watch them!"
After saying that, he left.
The waiter rolled his eyes at Bai Gu, "A guy like you still wants to have a relationship with Mr. Wu? Stop your wishful thinking! Just wait to be punished!"
Bai Gu suppressed his anger and said, "You'd better think about how you will explain it later so that you can be punished more lightly."
The waiter snorted and stopped talking.
After a while, Manager Song came back with a strange look on his face.
He walked up to Bai Gu and handed over the locust wood sign with both hands, "Mr. Wu asked you to come up."
The waiter was confused when he saw Manager Song's actions and words.
How could this guy receive an invitation from Dr. Wu? !
Then the matter of breaking the threshold...couldn't it be hidden?
In desperation, the waiter quickly asked: "Manager Song, are you making a mistake?"
Manager Song's eyes widened, "You mean, I'm confused? Or is Mr. Wu confused?"
"I...that's not what I meant." Xiao Zhongtang realized that he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly explained.
Bai Gu took back the sophora wood sign and didn't want to argue with the waiter any more. "Manager Song, let's go. Don't let Mr. Wu wait too long."
"Okay." Manager Song nodded, then turned to glare at the small hall, "I'll deal with you when I get back!"
After saying that, he took Bai Gu to find Mr. Wu.
The small hall collapsed to the ground as if struck by lightning.
This time, it will be a big disaster.
Manager Song led Bai Gu up to the third floor, and stopped in front of a certain room, "Mr. Wu is inside, you go in."
Bai Gu nodded, "Thank you."
Bai Gu pushed open the door and walked in. A familiar scent of orchids hit his face.
Manager Song waited in the corridor for Bai Gu to enter the room, then slowly closed the door and went downstairs.
"Little friend Bai, here you are." Mr. Wu sat behind the wooden case and said with a smile.
Bai Gu walked around the screen, stood in front of the wooden case, bent down and bowed, "Mr. Wu."
"I heard that there was a little misunderstanding down there just now?" Mr. Wu pointed to the chair, "Don't be so formal, sit down."
Bai Gu sat down and nodded, "Yes, there is a person in the lobby who said that I smashed the door of the pharmacy with a locust sign and wanted me to pay for it."
"You didn't want to compensate, so you got into an argument?"
"Does Mr. Wu also think that I will mess around with the old guy's locust wood sign?" Bai Gu didn't dare to roll his eyes at Mr. Wu, so he could only look at Mr. Wu with a very strange look.
If I can’t spray you, can’t I still be yin and yang to you?
Mr. Wu was also a little embarrassed by Bai Gu's look, so he could only force a smile, "Then what is going on?"
"Would you believe what I said?"
"Tell me."
Bai Gu lowered his head and said nothing.
Mr. Wu helplessly held up his forehead. No wonder the old guy said that this kid could choke people to death with just one word. It was true. However, he has lived for so long, and he also knows Bai Gu's thoughts.
Don’t you just want a guarantee?
What a simple thing.
"Okay, I will give you justice and I will never favor anyone. How about it, can you tell me?" Mr. Wu shook his head and said with a bitter smile.
This kid is really difficult to deal with.
Bai Gu then raised his head and asked, "Do you mean what you say?"
Mr. Wu was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, "Keep it count, keep your word, and do what you say!"
This kid is still questioning my character, really.
"I just took the sophora wood sign and went to the counter and said I was looking for you. The brat didn't believe it, so he threw the sophora wood sign away and scolded me for being a loser. It's good that I didn't hit him on the spot. I picked it up and asked him to come again. After announcing the announcement, I also asked the shopkeeper Yuan from last time to come and take a look. He knew the wooden sign. But he still didn’t believe it, so he threw the wooden sign away again, and this time smashed the door of the pharmacy. Then I didn’t When he reacted, he grabbed my hand and yelled, saying that I smashed the door of the pharmacy. I was confused, okay? I believe Mr. Wu already knew what happened next. As for what happened? I believe you also have a good solution, so I won’t say much.”
It’s hard to say much about this.
Mr. Wu smiled softly.
They’ve already been teasing me, what more do you want to say?
Teach me how to do things?
Sure enough, anyone who can get along with the old guy is an interesting person.
To use the old guy's words, no one with a compatible temper can pee in the same pot as him.
"Okay, I understand. I will give you justice in this matter." Mr. Wu took out a pen and paper, wrote a few words on it, folded it, and placed it on a tray aside.
At this time, a maid knocked on the door and walked in.
It turned out to be to refill Mr. Wu’s kettle.
Mr. Wu pointed to the note on the tray, "Take this to Manager Song, he knows what to do."
The first half of the sentence was meant for the maid, and the second half was meant for Bai Gu.
Mr. Wu glanced at him.
Bai Gu lowered his head and played with his fingers, pretending not to hear anything.
"Okay, I've asked someone to handle the matter. I believe there will be a result soon, that's all." Mr. Wu said with a smile.
"I hope you will keep your word."
"Don't worry, I can do whatever I say." Mr. Wu made Bai Gu a cup of tea, "Try the Dancong from Luoxi."
Bai Gu took a sip and felt burned, so he quickly stuck out his tongue to dissipate the heat.
Mr. Wu smiled and said, "Dancong tea needs to be brewed with boiling water and then drunk while it's hot to see its aroma. If you don't know this, you're not used to drinking hot water. It's normal to get burned."
"It's a bit astringent and I can't get used to it." Bai Gu blew the tea and drank the rest.
How could the tea that Mr. Wu drank be any worse? It must be expensive!
Even if it tastes bad, you have to drink it.
The more you drink, the more you earn. The more you drink, the more you earn.
Mr. Wu didn't blame Bai Gu for not knowing tea. After all, what kind of good things could a child from a poor family drink? Most of the time you don’t even drink water, right? Look at this dry skin.
"You came to me for something? I heard from Manager Song that you came back from Gu Xuefeng?" Mr. Wu finally got to the point. This was what he was concerned about.
Purple ginseng.
Bai Gu nodded, "I've been searching for a few days on Guxue Peak, and I found something. Let's see if it's true."
With that said, he took out a clay pot from the bag and handed it to Mr. Wu.
Mr. Wu couldn't wait to take it and carefully opened the seal, only to see a dry, purple-black... dry branch?
Mr. Wu was stunned, and then he took out the "twig" and looked at it carefully and repeatedly in his hand.
His face changed from disappointed, calm, shocked, surprised, to finally smiling.
He looked at Bai Gu, his tone a little anxious, "Is there anything else? Apart from this, are there any other discoveries?"
"No, that's all. This is what the good people on the mountain gave me."
"Good man? For you?" Mr. Wu was a little confused.
"Well, he should be a snowplow on the mountain. He has lived in Gu Xuefeng for a long time and is very familiar with the terrain. He took me to find it together."
Mr. Wu frowned, "What's his name?"
"This... I'm not sure. He just asked me to call him Mr. Xu."
"Master Xu?" Mr. Wu muttered in his heart. There is no one on the ancient snow peak. Who could it be?
Could it be...it's him...
"Oh, by the way, Mr. Xu also has a letter for me to forward to you." Bai Gu took out another envelope and handed it to Mr. Wu.
I saw Mr. Wu opening the envelope and taking out the note inside. When he saw the above content, Mr. Wu couldn't help but trembled, and then sat there blankly.
Seeing Mr. Wu staying where he was, Bai Gu became confused and curious about the content of the letter.
What did you write? Why did Mr. Wu react like this after reading this?
Mr. Wu sighed, silently folded the letter and put it back in the envelope. Put the "branch" back into the pot and seal it.
Mr. Wu finally put the two together and put them in the cabinet behind him.
"Little friend Bai, I will check on your sister Ah Yue's illness in two days. Don't worry." Mr. Wu returned to his usual demeanor, with a gentle look on his face.
"Mr. Wu, is that Purple Ginseng?" Bai Gu felt a little disappointed and smiled bitterly, "But you may not have to go all the way to treat Ah Yue."
"Why? Isn't it just to treat your sister that you went to Gu Xuefeng so hard to treat her illness? What?"
"Ayue is dead."
Mr. Wu frowned, "That shouldn't be the case. Whether it's the situation you described or the illness note you brought, your Ayue should still have a few months to live. How could it be so sudden?"
Bai Gu broke into his house, smashed and looted those guys, and beat Bai Xiaoxiao until Bai Xiaoxiao was seriously injured and fell into a coma. A Yue was frozen to death. He gave a brief description, which made Mr. Wu feel a little sympathetic.
"My condolences." Mr. Wu thought for a moment, "You said your other sister was seriously injured? Tell me in detail, I should be able to help."
Bai Gu's eyes welled up with hope, "Xiao Xiao's most serious injury now is on her chest and abdomen. All her ribs are broken, her internal organs are damaged, and there is a lot of internal bleeding. The middle of her spine is also injured. There are other skin injuries. , concussions, etc., no part of my body is in good condition.”
As he spoke, Bai Gu's tone began to tremble. He lowered his head, clenched his fists tightly, and his vision was blurred.
Mr. Wu was silent for a moment, and then said: "I can treat this situation. Find a time. The best thing is to send your sister to me for treatment. Firstly, I can control the injury more accurately. Secondly, The environment and medicinal materials at Cheung Chau Pharmacy are not bad, and the treatment is much faster."
"But... I don't have any money..." Bai Gu thought for a moment, "I have some things. Mr. Wu will see if I can pay off the debt together. If it's not enough, I'll think of a way."
Mr. Wu smiled softly and waved his hand, "No, just what's in that clay pot is enough."
"Um, is it purple ginseng? Is purple ginseng valuable?"
"Anyway, it's more than enough to cure your sister's illness."
Bai Gu looked surprised.
I heard Old Liu Tou say that to cure Bai Xiaoxiao's injury, it must be done in units of gold or an astronomical sum of money.
That "branch", even if it is purple ginseng, is only the size of one ginseng root at best, right? Can it actually cover the cost of treating Bai Xiaoxiao?
This purple ginseng is so valuable!
"Don't worry, I'll keep my word." Worried that Bai Gu wouldn't believe it, Mr. Wu added another sentence.
Bai Gu smiled awkwardly.
"Mr. Wu, do you want to collect snake scales here?"
"Snake scales? It depends on the type of snake. The scales of many snakes are of little use."
"What about the ancient Tuose snake?" Bai Gu took out a piece of snake scale from the baggage and handed it to Mr. Wu.
"Where did you get this thing?" Mr. Wu looked at it carefully and was a little surprised.
How could this kid get the scales of the ancient Tuose snake?
"I picked it up." Bai Gu grinned.
Mr. Wu glanced at him without comment.
Picked it up? Who believes it! It would be damned if this thing was so easy to pick up.
But Bai Gu was right. He had indeed picked up the scales of the Tuoshe ancient snake.
Of course, I had to risk my life.
Bai Gu didn't say much on this point, he just pointed at the snake scale and said, "Mr. Wu, can I exchange money for this thing with you?"
"I bet you want to sell snake scales? Do you know what these things are used for?"
"I don't know, and I don't know how to use it. It's useless even if I know it. It's better to make some money to live."
"Okay, you have your own ideas. Let's talk about it, how much do you want to sell it for?"
"I don't know much about the use of this thing. Only you know. So, I won't say the price. You just need to give me a reasonable price, and I can do it." Bai Gu chuckled.
"You kid." Mr. Wu tapped Bai Gu with his finger and laughed, "How about this, six hundred taels of gold?"
Bai Gu was overjoyed, this was one hundred taels of gold higher than the price quoted by Old Liu Tou!
Make a lot of money!
Bai Gu nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, very yes!"
Then he took out a lot of snake scales from the bag, and then grinned, "Mr. Wu, can you help me see how much these are worth in total?"
Mr. Wu's eyes twitched. This kid fell into a snake's nest to purchase goods, and then came to me to ship the goods, right?
Just this pile of snake scales, there must be at least twenty pieces, right?
"Mr. Wu, I have counted, there are twenty-nine pieces here. Including the piece in your hand, there are thirty pieces in total."
Good boy, come prepared, right?
Mr. Wu glanced at it, a little surprised.
Still three colors.
The ancient three-color tuosha snake. This guy can come back alive after taking the snake scales. He is really blessed and blessed.
"There are so many snake scales, you can't imagine coming to me to sell them for money." Mr. Wu was a little helpless.
"It was Grandpa Liu who came up with the idea. He said that either I have to find someone who knows the goods and kill me. Or I can come to you and ask you to give me a reasonable price. I'm too lazy to find someone who knows the goods, so I came directly to you."
It’s really this old boy’s bad idea!
Mr. Wu gently rubbed the snake scales in his hand, "He should have told you that the price of a single snake scale is low, and the price of multiple snake scales is high. The six hundred taels just mentioned is just the price of a single piece. Since you choose After taking out so many high-quality snake scales in one go, I would be embarrassed to pay the price just now. Let me make a price first, eight hundred taels of gold per piece, a total of twenty-four thousand taels of gold. If there is a seller later Buy it at a high price, and I’ll make up the difference for you.”
After thinking about it again, Mr. Wu added: "Let's round it up, thirty thousand taels of gold. After all, the quality of the snake scales is pretty good."
Bai Gu took a deep breath.
Thirty thousand taels!
gold!
Get rich!
Bai Gu's heart was beating wildly at this time, as if it was about to jump out in the next second.
Ever since he was a child, he had never even heard of so much money. And now, this huge sum of money is about to go into his pocket, how can he not be excited?
This is like how excited a person who often scores zero points in a test would feel when he suddenly gets a perfect score.
No, this is even more exciting than getting a perfect score on the exam!
This is thirty thousand taels of gold!
Bai Gu swallowed a sip of saliva to relieve his dry throat, "Well, Mr. Wu, when can I get this money?"
Bai Gu was so excited that he began to speak awkwardly.
Mr. Wu put the snake scales in his hand together with those on the wooden case, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will come with you when we go downstairs later. Just go to the accounting room to get it. I will give it to you exactly."
"That's good, that's good."
Bai Gu thought for a while, "Mr. Wu, how about I take 20,000 taels later? Leave the remaining 10,000 taels to Xiaoxiao. When the time comes, she will come here to treat her injuries, which may bring trouble to you and the pharmacy." Trouble, these ten thousand taels...just treat it as money for medical treatment and supplements."
Mr. Wu smiled softly, "You, you, are you looking down on the ability of Changzhou Pharmacy, or are you looking down on the value of purple ginseng, or are you looking down on my medical skills?"
"I don't dare, I don't dare. I'm just afraid of causing trouble."
"Don't worry, Cheung Chau Pharmacy has a great business, so ten Bai Xiaoxiao will be fine."
Just a little girl, how much trouble can she cause?
"That's good." Bai Gu nodded with a smile on his face.
If the minor injury can be treated, that's good.
It’s good to have hope for the future life.
That would be great.
