Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn
Chapter 305 - 62: Transaction of Favor and Interest

Chapter 305: Chapter 62: Transaction of Favor and Interest

Huang Yaoshi was lost in thought as he led Xiao Xian and Zeng Xuerou into the warehouse.

The store’s warehouse was located behind the shopfront, comprising five or six dry and shady bungalows. Pueraria Root was stored in one of these warehouses. As soon as Xiao Xian and her companions entered, Huang Yaoshi did as he had mentioned earlier; he led them in and then waited to the side without speaking, allowing them to pick on their own.

"Xiao Xian, are you sure you can pick out the right ones?" Zeng Xuerou followed behind Xiao Xian, filled with doubt, looking at the neatly arranged herbs on the shelves. The storage conditions in the warehouse were excellent, with almost all the Pueraria Roots sealed in plastic bags. In Zeng Xuerou’s eyes, everything appeared a dull gray, making it impossible to discern any differences.

"How much medicine do we roughly need?" Xiao Xian surveyed the warehouse.

Huang Yaoshi was straightforward in speech; the warehouse had Pueraria Root from various years, some batches of which met their requirements.

"About five hundred kilograms, let’s buy a batch to try first. If the effect is good, we will increase production," Zeng Xuerou quickly came up with a figure; calculation and business management were her responsibility.

"Okay, that row there, and the third shelf from the left, and also the very last row," Xiao Xian observed. All she saw were Pueraria Roots aged at least three years but no more than four years. In the formulation of the hangover medicine, Pueraria Root was the main ingredient, while Mint leaves were secondary for flavoring. Once the Pueraria Root was selected, obtaining Mint leaves was a minor concern.

Zeng Xuerou took careful note of their selections and then approached Huang Yaoshi to report their chosen items.

"Good," after the recent ginseng incident, at least one thing was certain. One girl was adept in calculation and business, the other responsible for selecting and inspecting the medicine; their roles were clearly defined, these two youngsters were certainly not simple. Huang Yaoshi put away his underestimating mind. However, he also grew more cautious and had his apprentice dig out the oldest purchase orders, pulling up all the buying records of the past ten years.

Looking over the purchase orders, Huang Yaoshi was astonished; it detailed the origins and corresponding years of the Pueraria Root purchased. The medicinal materials provided to their store all came from reliable medicine farmers, with mostly authentic data. It amazed him that someone could distinguish the age of the most ordinary herbs just with their naked eyes.

Holding the ledger, and thinking of those ginsengs, cold sweat broke out on his forehead once more.

He must contact the boss lady; wasn’t that young customer exactly the sort of person she was looking for?

Only in her teens, yet her ability to identify and her relentless attitude when facing deceit were strikingly similar to the boss lady. He must find out the name of that customer.

Despite the major upheaval experienced today, Huang Yaoshi, clever as ever, had already formed a plan.

After leading Xiao Xian and Zeng Xuerou out of the warehouse, Huang Yaoshi changed from his previous dejection back to his usual amiable demeanor, and even gave them a very reasonable price.

Zeng Xuerou and Xiao Xian were not familiar with the specific market prices for Pueraria Root, so they thought nothing much of it. After they exited the warehouse, Huang Yaoshi deliberately mentioned: "The medicinal materials can be delivered today. I checked, you’ve picked over five hundred kilograms, totaling more than fifty bags of medicine. It would be inconvenient to carry them away. Our store has a special transport vehicle that can help deliver it to your home." As Chinese medicine is generally lightweight but bulky when cut up, transporting five hundred kilograms was no small task.

Huang Yaoshi hoped that by knowing their address, and seeing how harmonious Xiao Xian and Zeng Xuerou were together, he assumed they were sisters or relatives. Once he knew their address, he wouldn’t worry about inquiring into their family background. When the boss lady returned to Beijing, she could thoroughly check them out.

"Oh, does the transport cost extra?" asked Zeng Xuerou, shrewdly. Huang Yaoshi was amused by her question, "No no, it’s all free."

"That’s great. By the way, we also want one hundred kilograms of Mint leaves, but we will buy those from across the street, as your Mint leaves are 50 cents more expensive," said Zeng Xuerou, once again causing Huang Yaoshi to be embarrassed. How come nowadays kids are all so sharp?

Huang Yaoshi then ordered the retrieval of over a hundred kilograms of high-quality Mint leaves from the warehouse. After Xiao Xian and Xuerou inspected them, there was nothing to nitpick.

In the end, it was the "kind-hearted" Huang Yaoshi who compromised; he discounted 50 cents per kilogram and sold the Mint leaves to them at cost price.

After sending off the two overly shrewd little customers, Huang Yaoshi hurriedly ran to the counter, redialing the previous number.

"Hello, the number you have dialed is currently not in the service area, please try again later," Huang Yaoshi had to hang up, muttering to himself, "I hope this time everything goes smoothly for the boss lady on her medicinal quest."

High atop the majestic mountains, any object seemed as minute as dust among the vast wilderness.

A figure that appeared as though it would be engulfed by snow at any moment was moving forward, each step taken with extreme caution.

"Really unlucky, the coordinates set more than a decade ago are all buried under the heavy snow. No wonder people refer to this area as Death Ridge. It’s really cursed, and I can’t even seek a local guide for this," a woman said, dressed in a sturdy, knee-length mountaineering jacket with a high collar pulled up like a mask.

Her face obscured by the mountaineering jacket, only her bright eyes were visible. As she spoke, snowflakes continuously infiltrated.

Those exposed eyes were clear and bright, and the woman moved agilely, indicating she was not old.

She periodically stopped as she walked, not knowing how long she had been going, the blizzard blended day with night, leaving it unclear whether it was day or night.

"There’s no other way, I’ll have to resort to primitive methods." The woman pulled down the collar of her snow jacket, revealing a round chin that helped clarify her full appearance.

The woman was indeed not old, at best in her early thirties, and was quite beautiful. Her nose was fleshy and cheeks plump, giving off a comfortable vibe observer.

A faint green Spiritual Energy leaked from her fingertips, fearlessly against the snowstorm, spreading out in a straight line along the stark white snow.

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