What Cao Xun was most interested in was selling medicine to Zhao Chuan.
This Cao Xun said that he had worked in a drugstore in his early years and knew some medicinal materials for alchemy.
A few months ago, the owner of a drug store changed his career and had to deal with packaging. Cao Xun saw a few rare medicinal materials, checked the classics and looked at the pictures, and thought they were a bargain.
Several people pooled together two hundred middle-grade spiritual stones and bought it.
Little did he know that this was the seller's gimmick. No one cared about those medicinal materials at all. They disposed of several hundred low-grade spiritual stones at a low price for some ordinary medicinal materials. It was not as cost-effective to dispose of them on the roadside as to cut firewood for others.
Everyone laughed.
Next, there was a back and forth about the medicinal materials. Cao Xun and others wanted to take advantage of Zhao Chuan as a newbie to sell them to him.
Zhao Chuan actually didn't know that these medicinal materials were He Danfang materials, so naturally he wouldn't pay a high price.
Cao Xun said: "Brother Zhao, you are an alchemist, these herbs will definitely be useful in your hands."
Zhao Chuan pretended to be confused and said, "Brother Cao, I only know the name. Do you have the formula? What kind of elixir is it made for? What does it do?"
Cao Xun said: "If I had known this, I would have been rich a long time ago. Oh, forget it, it's useless for me to keep it. These medicinal materials, including five hundred middle-grade spiritual stones, are all for you!"
Zhao Chuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Cao is joking, what do I want it for? Make tea? Is it so expensive?"
Upon hearing this, several people looked at each other, a little anxious, but no one said anything.
The following words are just what I want to say, so what should I say?
Zhao Chuan obviously saw that these people were not business material, so he secretly laughed in his heart while drinking tea calmly.
After taking a few sips, Zhao Chuan waved to the waiter to serve two more dishes.
Several people looked at each other, and after a moment they all looked at Cao Xun.
Cao Xun was also anxious. He opened his mouth several times but no words came out.
What to say? They invited a few of them over for dinner.
"Hey, it's not easy for you to practice casually. I want a hundred spirit stones, just to make friends." Zhao Chuan saw this and said with a smile.
Qiao Fu slapped his leg and said, "Brother, don't talk about hundreds or hundreds. You bought it for two hundred, and everyone will lose a little, one hundred and fifty! If Brother Zhao wants it, give it to him, and just pay off the debt." Got it!"
Cao Xun also had a headache. Several people asked him for dog meat accounts every day. After some hesitation, he agreed.
The deal was done.
The waiter ordered a new dish, and Zhao Chuan asked for two more bottles of wine.
After drinking a few drinks, Zhao Chuan said: "In this case, you bought it for two hundred, so just two hundred! The medicinal materials are in the hands of our alchemists. If they are useful, we will make a lot of money, right?"
Cao Xun and others were overjoyed when they heard this and expressed their careful attention to the entrustment.
A few people ate for a while and then dispersed.
After leaving Xianlin Town, Zhao Chuan came to Taiyue City.
Zhao Chuan exchanged 1,000 medium-grade spiritual stones for 180,000 taels of gold tickets.
Money is a good thing when people are living in this world, and Zhao Chuan thinks that only those who have money are good.
The day after Zhao Chuan went out to make alchemy, Cheng Shulan went to Puji Hall for a consultation as soon as possible.
Mrs. Xu, a neighbor, came and complained that she had a toothache due to internal heat. Cheng Shulan prescribed medicine and asked her, "Why do you have internal heat?"
Mrs. Xu snorted and said, "It's not because of my second son. Living in this house divided into two is awkward. The second son often causes trouble. I really want to sell the house and move away."
Cheng Shulan asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Why didn't you sell it?"
Mrs. Xu said: "This house can be sold for 6,000 silver at most, and a yard with one or three entrances costs 8,000. The money is not enough."
Cheng Shulan was secretly happy and said hurriedly: "My yard is too small and I am planning to expand it. Why don't you sell it to me for eight thousand silver?"
Mrs. Xu was overjoyed when she heard this and immediately said, "Is this true?"
"If you want to sell, go to Butler Chu to complete the formalities." Cheng Shulan said.
Cheng Shulan originally thought that the Han Mansion was too small to accommodate such a large family, and she did not want to go to the Zhao Mansion where Han Lingyu's natal family was marrying.
Now that I had money, when I heard that Mrs. Xu wanted to sell the Xu Mansion next door, I took over it at a high price.
After Mrs. Xu left, Jingwen came.
Although she had never met her before, Cheng Shulan was sure that this person was Jing Wen at a glance.
Because of this temperament, how can there be a second beauty like this?
"Are you Miss Jingwen?" Cheng Shulan asked with a smile.
When Jingwen heard this, she quickly asked: "Are you Sister Shu Lan?"
Cheng Shulan stood up and walked over to her and said, "Sister, you are such a fairy. Let's go to the backyard to talk."
Jing Wen looked around and said with some embarrassment: "Sister, this won't delay your Zhenzhen, right?"
"Oh, here, there is no need for me to sit in the clinic. I'm just really bored, so I just want to relieve my boredom. If Miss Jingwen is free, you can come and sit here often!" Cheng Shulan said as he led her to the backyard.
Cheng Shulan is also a great beauty, and she is nourished by Zhao Chuan's skin-building and beauty elixir, and she is also graceful now.
When a woman meets a woman, she naturally has a pleasant conversation and quickly becomes familiar with her.
Of course, both of them have their own thoughts. Jing Wen is curious about what kind of person Cheng Shulan is? , Cheng Shulan is concerned about the relationship between Jing Wen and Zhao Chuan.
According to Jing Wen, she was originally from a large family in the capital, but something happened a few decades ago and the family declined. When Jingwen was young, she got lost at a temple fair and was trafficked. Later, her adoptive parents treated her badly when they had a child of their own. When she was a few years old, she ran away to live on the streets. She was later adopted by her master. She didn’t know what happened to her parents. After hearing this, Cheng Shulan Quite sympathetic.
"Sister Shu Lan, Brother Zhao has such great medical skills, who did you learn it from?" Jing Wen asked as she walked.
Cheng Shulan sighed and said that she was not sure, "Zhao Chuan has been a village doctor since he was a child, but his current medical skills are not what his master taught him when he was a child. He himself can't explain clearly. I only knew him two years ago." , he is my cousin’s savior.”
Jingwen asked again: "Where is your cousin now?"
"Already married." Cheng Shulan said calmly.
I heard that there were newcomers, Chen Suqin and Mu Yao from the Zhao family came over.
Shu Lan introduced them one by one.
Jingwen was very excited to see so many girls and volunteered to play a song for everyone.
The maid carried the guqin and played "Spring River Water Warmth" in the living room.
Suddenly everyone was silent. These girls had all heard and played the piano, but they never knew that the piano could play such beautiful tunes.
Cheng Shulan, Chen Suqin, Xue Yan and others all praised her good piano playing.
Xueyan clapped her hands and said, "Sister Jingwen will play another song!"
Jing Wen replied: "Tomorrow, there will be plenty of time to play in the future!"
Xueyan asked: "Sister Jingwen, can you teach me how to play the piano?"
Jing Wen smiled and said, "Of course you can."
Cheng Shulan said: "Sister Jingwen, will you accept Xueyan as your apprentice?"
Jing Wen waved her hands hurriedly: "I can teach my sister to learn the piano, but I can't be the master of recruiting disciples. Our Wuyun Peak recruits disciples every three years and must follow certain procedures. The final decision must be made by the peak master."
Everyone was a little surprised when they heard it.
"In two months' time, there will be a conference to recruit disciples every three years. At that time, I will return to Ruoling Mountain. Those who want to go can come with me." Jing Wen smiled again.
When everyone heard this, Xue Yan, Shuang'er, Meng'er Cui'er all wanted to sign up.
Xueyan said: "Sister Jingwen, can we sign up to join the Zixiao Sect?"
Jing Wen said: "I don't know about the others. Our Wuyun Peak recruits disciples who are generally seven to ten years old. If you have special talents after this age, you can also relax."
Everyone was disappointed when they heard this.
Jing Wen smiled again and said: "In the world, learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting is just to cultivate sentiments, and there is no need to join a sect. Unlike our sect, the skills are all improved to the extreme. Just like Brother Zhao's medical skills, it can save people silently, and it can also kill people invisible... "
When Xue Yan heard this, she said unhappily: "Sister, don't talk nonsense. My brother's medical skills can only save people, how can he kill people?"
Su Qin also curled her lips and said: "Sister, can Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting kill people?"
Jing Wen said seriously: "Of course, playing the piano can defeat a group of enemies, chess can trap thousands of soldiers, and painting can drive people crazy. If you practice it to the extreme, it will be unfathomable..."
Cheng Shulan's face changed slightly when she heard this. She laughed dryly and said, "Sister, I was joking. Let's go to dinner and chat while eating."
What Shulan didn't expect was that Jingwen was a familiar girl, and she came back a few days later and quickly became involved with the girls.
As time went on, the maid came to like Jingwen very much, so she played casually in the Zhao Mansion and the Cheng Mansion, and sometimes she even stayed in the mansion.
Mrs. Xu, the neighbor, had already planned on buying a house and moving, so she acted quickly and completed the handover in a few days.
However, the second son of the Xu family actually came to sell his other half. He said that half of the original mansion was sold, which ruined the overall layout and made it unlivable. Shu Lan also wanted to buy it together.
Cheng Shulan thought about it and agreed, but said that it would not be handed over until the end of the month.
Butler Chu came to Cheng Shulan to discuss how to renovate the newly purchased mansion.
Cheng Shulan saw that there were too many houses and could not be used at all. So he demolished the middle wing of the newly purchased fifth-indoor courtyard, used the front yard as a servant's room, the second-indoor living room as a dining room, the third and fourth-indoor courtyards, and built four small courtyards on the outside. The inside was completely removed, leaving open space and gardens. Build a two-story square attic in the middle, and finally build a row of tall and spacious main rooms.
Zhao Chuan came back from Taiyue City one month after leaving.
The renovation of Cheng Shulan's newly purchased mansion is nearing completion.
Naturally, Zhao Chuan arrived at Cheng Mansion first, where his wife and children were.
Cheng Shulan also wanted to see Zhao Chuan more than before. She felt that Zhao Chuan had changed in some way since the assassination.
Jingwen's appearance gave her another worry.
Cheng Shulan will never forget the warm world between the two of them when they first came to Qincheng. Han Yuer's sudden appearance caught her off guard and was helpless.
The arrival of Deng Ninzhi made her miserable. The addition of Chen Suqin was unexpected. She took the overall situation into consideration and swallowed the bitter pill.
Jingwen's appearance made Shulan feel even more invisible pressure.
Recently, Zhao Chuan gave her a lot of money, and she vaguely felt that Zhao Chuan was leaving here or looking for Cheng Shujie.
Zhao Chuan said that Jingwen knew Shu Jie's whereabouts, confirming Shu Lan's worries.
Zhao Chuan is indeed very busy.
When Taiyuecheng came back, he visited his son and met Cheng Shulan.
But Zhao Chuan no longer knew what to say when facing Cheng Shulan. He was absolutely sorry for Cheng Shulan in his heart, and he just kept giving money and things.
"Sister Shu Lan, I'll give you these tens of thousands of taels of gold tickets. Dingyan Pill is a good thing..."
Cheng Shulan obviously didn't care about these things and said, "Why did you give me so much money? Are you really going to leave? Will you come back? Will you ignore me and Ye'er from now on?"
Cheng Shulan burst into tears as she spoke, pouring out her worries and questions.
"These are all precautionary measures. I haven't decided yet whether to leave or not. I won't care about you, so don't think too much."
Faced with the mess he had made some time ago, Zhao Chuan really wanted to walk away.
But in the past few years of operation, and this large group of people are reluctant to part with it, they have been hesitant.
The one who was most troubled and worried was Shu Lan.
For the time being, it was better to appease each other. The two chatted for most of the night, each sharing his or her heart. Finally, the weather cleared up.
