A Hunter’s Wife - Chapter 22
Chapter 22: Selling Medicinal Herbs
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
It did not take long for Rong Xiang to see Mao Xiaoyu’s figure from afar.
He had just revealed a happy expression when he saw that there was someone following behind his sweetheart. His slightly curved lips subconsciously pursed again.
“Auntie, Xiaoyu, you’ve come.” Rong Xiang first greeted Liu Xianniang.
Liu Xianniang smiled and nodded. “Xiaoyu said she wanted to go to the town. I haven’t been there in a long time, so I wanted to join in the fun.”
Rong Xiang nodded. “Then let’s go now. We should be able to catch the ox-cart from Li Clan Village.
If they were fast, they would be able to reach Li Clan Village in about an hour. There were people who would drive ox-carts to town at a fixed time every day.
The fare was not expensive, only two copper coins per person.
Fortunately, Liu Xianniang’s father doted on his daughter and did not bind her feet. Therefore, the three of them did not take long to travel.
The three of them were lucky enough to board the Li Clan Village’s ox-cart, and they arrived in town early.
On the bustling street, there were all kinds of shops doing business on both sides of the road. Mao Xiaoyu looked around curiously.
This was a scene that could only be seen on television. It had to be said that this place was much livelier than the modern era.
“Xiaoyu, you want to go to the medicine hall?” Rong Xiang asked.
Rong Xiang came with a sack of game. He did not have to set up a stall to sell, but he had a long-term cooperation with the town’s Hundred-flavor Pavilion Restaurant. As long as it was fresh game, it was fine.
After so many years of hunting, Rong Xiang’s arrows were even more accurate, and all the prey he hunted could be brought to the restaurant in one breath.
Seeing that Rong Xiang was still trying to take care of himself while carrying such heavy things, Mao Xiaoyu’s heart trembled.
She shook her head. “Is the restaurant far? Go and sell your prey first.”
At the side, Liu Xianniang agreed, “That’s right, your matter is more important. let’s go and sell the prey first.”
He did not know when the game would die, so of course, it was better to get rid of it as soon as possible.
Rong Xiang did not waste time. Anyway, the Hundred-flavor Pavilion Restaurant was in the middle of the street, not far away.
The mother and daughter followed behind Rong Xiang and discussed the goods at each stall in a low voice.
Don’t blame this mother-daughter pair for being ignorant, it was really excusable!
They had not left the village for more than ten years.
The other person was even more outrageous. She was a newbie who had just arrived in ancient times.
The head shopkeeper of the Hundred-flavor Pavilion Restaurant valued Rong Xiang very much. When he saw a familiar figure appear at the door, he welcomed him even more enthusiastically.
“Little Brother Rong is finally here. I’ve been waiting anxiously and wanted to ask the shop assistant to go to the village to find you.” Shopkeeper Liu said with a grateful expression.
“I was delayed by something the day before yesterday, so I just went up the mountain to hunt yesterday,” Rong Xiang did not say much. he only needed a few words to explain why he did not come to deliver the prey yesterday.
Mao Xiaoyu touched her nose under her mother’s gaze. It was not her fault.
She did not want to be thrown into the mountains either!
“Little Brother Rong, please wait a moment. The workers will immediately weigh it.” While Shopkeeper Liu was speaking, one of the workers behind him had already taken the sack to the backyard.
Rong Xiang nodded and exchanged a few words with the shopkeeper.
Mao Xiaoyu was a little tempted. She wanted to sell the wood ear.
However, when she thought about how her wood ears had not been dried, she gave up.
In this era, people still thought that wood ears were poisonous, and she would need to put in some effort to open up a market.
It was better to wait for a while, until she had saved more goods.
Rong Xiang did not know that the little girl had thought so much in such a short time. After he took the money from selling the game, he turned around and looked at the mother and daughter behind him.
“Aunt, you must be hungry this morning. What shall we eat?” With the elders present, Rong Xiang could not ask Mao Xiaoyu about it.
Liu Xianniang waved her hands immediately. “Xiaoyu and I ate at home before coming out. We’re not hungry.”
“Brother Rong, haven’t you had breakfast yet? Don’t worry about us, go and eat.”
He was so tall and big, how could he not eat this meal?
Rong Xiang did not reply to Liu Xianniang’s words. He gave Mao Xiaoyu a look.
Eat it?
Mao Xiaoyu touched her stomach and smacked her lips.
she nodded at Rong Xiang. “Brother Rong, are you hungry? ”
Her original intention was to treat Rong Xiang to a meal, but she did not have money now. That would have to wait until after the herbs were sold.
However, if Rong Xiang was hungry now, then…
Rong Xiang shook his head, “I’m fine. If you’re not hungry, we can eat together during lunch.”
His mealtime was not fixed, and sometimes he would miss the mealtime because he was chasing a deer.
Ignoring her mother’s disapproving look, Mao Xiaoyu said, “Then, Brother Rong, please wait a moment. I will eat it after I sell the herbs.”
“Xiaoyu!” Liu Xianniang felt that her daughter was a little insensible.
He had kindly brought the mother and daughter to town, but now his daughter was willful and wanted to starve him.
“Brother Rong, don’t listen to Xiaoyu.” Liu Xianniang was afraid that her daughter would be insensible and make Rong Xiang angry.
“Aunt, I’m fine. The medicine shop is not far ahead. It won’t take long.” Rong Xiang did not wait for her to finish and quickly interrupted her.
Aunt Liu was being too careful with him. Rong Xiang wasn’t very good at dealing with these kinds of relationships.
Hearing Rong Xiang’s words, Liu Xianniang could only helplessly nod her head.
As expected, the medicine shop was not far away. After the three of them walked for the time it takes an incense stick to burn, Mao Xiaoyu saw the front of the medicine shop.
“There are only two medicine shops in this town. Ji Ren Tang is the largest, and it has a branch in the county,” Rong Xiang introduced.
The furthest he had been to was the county, so he knew a thing or two about the situation there.
Mao Xiaoyu nodded and walked into the gate of Ji Ren Tang with unswerving determination.
Rong Xiang and Liu Xianniang followed her into the medicine shop.
Ji Ren Tang’s business was very good. Behind the counter, three apprentices were busy collecting medicine.
On the side, a worker who looked like a doctor saw that there were guests and quickly came over to ask.
“Are you here to see a doctor or to get medicine?”
Mao Xiaoyu looked around. “Is the shopkeeper here? I want to sell medicinal herbs.”
“Miss, what medicinal herbs do you want to sell?” the steward asked.
There were many kinds of medicinal herbs. the cheap ones cost more than 10 wen per 500 jin, and the expensive ones cost three to 500 taels of silver per gram.
The shopkeeper was so busy, how could he come out to meet guests at any time?
If this girl wanted to sell medicinal herbs that were worth more than 10 wen per jin, the shopkeeper would be angered to death!
Mao Xiaoyu frowned. she did not expect it to be so troublesome to see the shopkeeper.
However, she did not want to show the Chinese knotweed to everyone, but the other herbs were not as precious, and might not be enough to meet the shopkeeper.
After hesitating for a while, Mao Xiaoyu could only take out a piece of ‘ginger’ and show it to the waiter.
Rong Xiang and Liu Xianniang, who were standing on both sides of Mao Xiaoyu, were both stunned. They thought to themselves, ‘Can ginger be sold in a medicine shop?’
