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Chapter 216: Chapter 218: Looking down on someone with a dog’s eyes_1
Xiao Lingchuan hastily barked, "Wipe away your tears before you go back, or I’ll be dead meat!"
"Don’t worry, I won’t wrong you!"
Xiao Biyu blinked her eyes, then happily skipped back the way she had come.
Xiao Lingchuan was speechless; he was grateful that he had come up with a method, otherwise he had no idea how his sister might have dealt with him.
The matter of buying a house site had been temporarily shelved, so Qiao Duo’er and Tan Zhenghong went to town together.
As autumn arrived and the weather turned cooler, it was time to prepare cotton clothing for autumn and winter.
Qiao Duo’er found herself in a predicament when she realized that both her former self and Tan Zhenghong were destitute, lacking even decent cotton clothes for winter.
She couldn’t fathom how they were supposed to survive the winter without cotton clothing.
The first thing upon arriving in town was to go to Ren Xin Hall because Tan Zhenghong was eager about the prescription Qiao Duo’er had mentioned.
Seeing his urgent demeanor, Qiao Duo’er couldn’t help but smile, thinking... she didn’t believe love could be made, but it was certain that the more you do, the more you love.
It had been quite a while since Qiao Duo’er last sold medicinal herbs, but the owner of Ren Xin Hall still remembered her.
"It’s been some days since I last saw you. Are you here to sell herbs today?"
The owner asked warmly, as the herbs Qiao Duo’er brought were well-prepared and could be used immediately upon purchase, which he naturally preferred.
Qiao Duo’er shook her head: "No, I’m here to buy medicine."
"No problem, I’ll give you a discount."
Qiao Duo’er listed a series of medicinal herbs, to which the doctor regretfully said, "I have every other herb you mentioned, but I’ve never heard of Soap Grass or Star-of-Bethlehem."
He had been studying medicine for a whole thirty years and had never heard of these two herbs.
Not willing to give up, Qiao Duo’er examined all the herbs in the shop yet failed to find those two.
Unfortunately, these two herbs were indispensable.
Qiao Duo’er felt hurt; she remembered that these two herbs weren’t anything precious. How could they not have them?
"Miss, you might want to check Deji Hall. They have a wider variety of medicines," the doctor couldn’t help but suggest.
Although Deji Hall was Ren Xin Hall’s rival, the girl’s look of disappointment tugged at his heart, making him feel as if he had committed some unforgivable crime.
Qiao Duo’er nodded, had the doctor prepare the other medicines, and then proceeded to Deji Hall.
In her heart lingered a sliver of hope; Deji Hall was a century-old renowned pharmacy, and they might just have those two herbs.
Deji Hall catered specifically to the wealthy people of the town.
"Young man, do you have Star-of-Bethlehem and Soap Grass here?"
Tan Zhenghong asked; the matter concerned his and his wife’s happiness, so he was very proactive.
The shop assistant glanced at Tan Zhenghong and said with some impatience, "No, I’ve never heard of them!"
Suppressing her temper, Qiao Duo’er asked, "May I have a look at your herbs?"
"I already told you we don’t have them; you won’t find them even if you look!"
The shop assistant gave Qiao Duo’er a disdainful look; these two, dressed in half-new clothes and carrying bamboo baskets, were clearly poor villagers from the neighboring area. How could they afford to consult a doctor from Deji Hall?
Pfft, a bunch of poor people should hurry off to Ren Xin Hall!
Qiao Duo’er snorted softly, "You don’t even have all the herbs and yet still have the nerve to call yourself an old and reputable shop, it’s a disgrace!"
"As if people like you could afford medicine from Deji Hall?" sneered the assistant.
Medicine was an expensive commodity; even ordinary medicines cost at least two or three Hundred Wen Money. They probably couldn’t earn that much in a whole month!
So, generally, the poor would just endure an illness, and if they couldn’t bear it, they’d find a local barefoot doctor to get a handful of herbs—that was all.
