Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn
Chapter 303 - 61: Fiery Golden Eyes_2

Chapter 303: Chapter 61: Fiery Golden Eyes_2

"It must be very precious. Just one box of Huaqi Ginseng Tablets that my mom uses to stay alert is pretty expensive, and it doesn’t look like they added much ginseng. So you can imagine how valuable several hundred-year-old ginseng could be. Two hundred thousand doesn’t seem expensive at all," even Zeng Xuerou was tempted to buy it, if only she wasn’t currently short on money and needed to save some for the pharmaceutical factory budget.

After all, the miraculous effects of ginseng have been known since ancient times. It wouldn’t be surprising if a five to six hundred-year-old ginseng indeed had the magical effect of prolonging life.

"Fifty thousand," the fur-coated woman stood at the doorway, her face set in an unyielding expression.

"Fifty thousand?" Huang Yaoshi broke out into a cold sweat at this figure, wiping his forehead as the sweat continued to drip down relentlessly.

"Just fifty thousand. If you can’t afford the price, I’ll look elsewhere. I only came to your store because I heard it’s the oldest on the street. If I weren’t too lazy to go to Hebei, I’d definitely get a better price for this ginseng at An Country Market," the fur-coated woman said indifferently, as if her ginseng would have no trouble selling wherever she went.

An emperor’s daughter need not worry about finding a suitor, Huang Yaoshi gritted his teeth, "Wait a moment, let me call the lady boss to discuss this."

Huang Yaoshi went behind the counter and made a call, explaining the situation over the phone, then followed by several nods. After hanging up the phone, Huang Yaoshi finally let out a sigh of relief, his face beaming with a smile: "Done, the lady boss has agreed, fifty thousand it is."

The expression on his face before and after the phone call was like night and day, and his demeanor was now jubilant.

However, Xiao Xian and Zeng Xuerou were both quite surprised, never expecting the experienced old pharmacist of this decades-old wholesale store to be a woman.

Zeng Xuerou whispered to Xiao Xian, "Don’t tell me the lady boss of this store wants to buy the ginseng to extend her life."

Xiao Xian didn’t respond, simply giving the brocade box another glance.

"You’re a big storefront; you should have fifty thousand in cash. I don’t want to make another trip down here, what with all the dust," the fur-coated woman covered her mouth, showing distaste, meaning for Huang Yaoshi to quickly settle the payment.

"Alright, alright, let me take another look, and once I’m sure, I’ll go to the nearby bank to withdraw money," Huang Yaoshi, eager to finalize the deal, took the ginseng back into his hands, weighed it carefully, played with the ginseng whiskers, and cautiously placed it back into the brocade box.

Huang Yaoshi, not trusting his apprentice to handle the task, wanted to personally go to the bank. He hadn’t walked far before he turned back around, giving Xiao Xian and Zeng Xuerou an apologetic gesture, "I will be right back. If you can’t wait, my apprentice can take you inside first." The old man was very polite as he spoke, ready to leave when suddenly someone blocked his way.

"That ginseng cannot be sold," a voice nailed Huang Yaoshi to the spot, the sentence lingered in the wholesale medicinal store.

Cannot buy? Or cannot sell?

"Cannot sell? Why can’t my ginseng be sold? Or are you willing to offer a higher price?" The fur-coated woman was delighted at the notion. After all, she had only made a verbal promise, and since she hadn’t received the money yet, she’d sell to whomever offered the highest price.

"Ah, young customer, you can’t be unreasonable. I gave the first offer and was the one to buy it first," Huang Yaoshi got a fright, seeing Cheng Yaojin appear out of nowhere. The price of fifty thousand was already high, and if a higher price were offered, he’d have to confirm with the lady boss again, who had mentioned she was going up the mountain to look for herbs and wouldn’t be back for a few days. In such a short time, she would likely have already left, making it difficult to contact her.

"I misspoke, I was wrong. It’s not that it cannot be sold; it’s that it cannot be bought. Mr. Huang Yaoshi, you’ve been deceived. That’s not five hundred-year-old ginseng at all. This ginseng isn’t five hundred years old; in fact, it’s only three to four years old. Those whiskers and that color—all fake," Xiao Xian had been hesitating whether to reveal the truth or not.

When the fur-coated woman entered the room and opened the brocade box, Xiao Xian had seen everything very clearly.

But she was in a difficult position to speak out. Firstly, Huang Yaoshi was an experienced pharmacist; who would believe the word of a young girl like her? Secondly, even if someone did believe her, and it appeared that ginseng, which had deceived even Huang Yaoshi, could be seen through by her at a glance, it could invite unnecessary suspicion, and she didn’t want to cause trouble.

Yet watching Huang Yaoshi joyfully heading out the door, about to pay and finalize this losing transaction, Xiao Xian couldn’t bear it. After much deliberation and determination that beyond this street lay the great northward roads where no one would recognize her, Xiao Xian took a stand.

"Hmph, you impudent girl, you better not spout nonsense. I don’t know where you sprang from, but the old pharmacist has already personally declared my ginseng is real. How then can you say my ginseng is fake?" The fur-coated woman’s face turned mocking, accusing Xiao Xian of slandering her.

"Xiao Xian, you can’t just say whatever you want," Zeng Xuerou also felt something was off, as the smell and appearance of the mountain ginseng seemed very different from regular ginseng.

"Young guest, please don’t cause trouble. I started learning about medicinal herbs when I was sixteen, and I can tell the age of ginseng just by its scent. This deal is very important to our store today. If you have the intention to disrupt it, I can only ask you to leave and not do business with your Pueraria Root," Huang Yaoshi, fearing that Xiao Xian’s words might upset the already irritable seller, could only warn Xiao Xian, hoping she would restrain herself.

"I’m not causing trouble," Xiao Xian, splashed with dirty water in retaliation, was no longer pleased. She had initially intended to give a rough idea, but under these circumstances, if she didn’t clarify, others might think she was in the wrong, "I’ll make it plain then, not only is her product not centuries-old ginseng, but it is also not wild mountain ginseng. Moreover, it’s artificially cultivated ginseng."

"Nonsense," the fur-coated woman, startled internally by the challenge to her meticulously forged mountain ginseng, questioned how mere words from Xiao Xian could expose it, "How could artificially grown ginseng not be recognizable?"

"It’s not recognizable because how you cultivate your ginseng is different from others; you specifically grow it at the foot of Changbai Mountain, using natural mountain soil, which makes it look very similar to wild ginseng. It’s like what Grandma Zeng once said; in Zhejiang, it is now popular to breed farmed seafood in near-shore tidal flats, which tastes better than pond-raised and is also more similar to wild varieties," Xiao Xian became more articulate and forceful.

The fur-coated woman tucked her hand inside her clothes and clenched it into a fist. A faint color of spiritual energy began to stir restlessly.

**

Thank you, "Forest Kaka" for the pink ticket~(To be continued. If you enjoy this novel, you are welcome to vote for recommendation ticket and monthly ticket on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation.)