The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

Chapter 148

Chun Ning admired her older sister very much, as she could not only diagnose and treat illnesses and make medicine, but also judge people.

She said Zhao Minghua would sell this medicine at a high price, and sure enough, "Dr. Xiao's Frostbite Ointment" was priced at five taels of silver per bottle as soon as it hit the shelves.

"Sister, will anyone buy it?"

Chun Ning finally understood why business people could make money; they could earn three taels of silver in the blink of an eye.
"People will buy it, and it will sell well."

"Didn't you say that people who can afford it generally don't get frostbite, and people who get frostbite might not be able to afford it?"

"You forgot, the frostbite cream also has another function: moisturizing, protecting and nourishing the skin." Different people use this frostbite cream for different purposes, and the focus of their business promotion varies: "Just you wait and see, he will definitely come to us for more stock soon. It's time to hurry up and process more."

"Then should I go to the ceramics factory to make small ceramic bottles?"

"Go ahead and make a thousand this time."

Once we've sold these thousand bottles, it's about time to start selling other medicines.

When Chun Ning went to the ceramics factory to negotiate, the factory owner no longer complained about the small quantity. He even said that he could just tell him what styles he needed in the future, and they would definitely make finished products that would satisfy Chun Ning.

Because he needed to make a large quantity of frostbite ointment, Chunnuan needed a batch of medicinal herbs, and he didn't look for anyone else but Zhao Minghua.

"These are the raw materials you use to make frostbite cream?"

Zhao Minghua looked at the list of medicinal herbs and asked.

Spring warmth gave him a disdainful look, letting him figure it out himself.

"You really are carefree." Zhao Minghua meant that you shouldn't have written all the necessary medicinal herbs on one list. "It's lucky it's me, so I won't pry into your Xiao family's secret recipe. If it were someone else, they could have stolen your frostbite cream business with this list."

"Then why do you think I gave you the list of medicinal herbs directly?"

Zhao Minghua laughed when he heard this.

This shows that she trusts him and is reassured by his fiancée. It is his good fortune to be trusted like this by his fiancée.

"Don't worry, I will never leak the list of medicinal herbs. I will get the raw materials from different herbal medicine merchants in batches."

"I believe you." Chunnuan nodded, in fact, she wasn't worried at all.

What good will it do to have the medicinal herbs?
The medicinal herbs have to be processed after they arrive, which is not something that ordinary people can do, and it also requires precise proportions.

Moreover, Chunnuan wasn't that foolish. In fact, she added three other ingredients needed for the pills to this batch of medicinal herbs.

Clever as she is, she always adds other medicinal herbs needed for other medicines when purchasing medicinal materials.

Even if this person isn't Zhao Minghua, or even if Zhao Minghua intends to betray him, if he actually has the herbs on the prescription, he's guaranteed not to be able to make anything. If it's a medicine that's ingested, it might even have the opposite effect.

Don't call her cunning; one should be wary of others, but one should not be without the intention to harm them.

The Xiao family had experienced too much from the capital to Sichuan, and the honesty and integrity of their great-grandfather and grandfather did not bring them any practical value.

Even family members can be disregarded when faced with personal gain.

It is said that there is no kinship in the imperial family, but in fact, kinship depends on the person. Even among powerful families, there are many siblings who scheme against each other for fame and fortune, let alone engaged couples.
Chunnuan knows Zhao Minghua to some extent, and he is indeed reliable in many ways.

But the human heart is unpredictable and unfathomable; one wrong move and everything could be ruined. So, Chunnuan subtly tampered with the prescription, unbeknownst to Zhao Minghua, who was still secretly delighted. Chunnuan was both amused and annoyed, but dared not reveal her true intentions, letting him enjoy his secret pleasure.

After the medicinal herbs were purchased, this time, apart from my aunt and a few others, all my younger siblings came to help with making the medicine.

Yes, it's about helping out, not learning, and Auntie San didn't object to that.

What she feared most was letting her children learn pharmaceuticals, feeling that it wasn't a promising career path.

Chunnuan didn't mind. Everyone has their own aspirations. The Huang family, Third Aunt's family, was originally a family of scholars, so it's understandable that she maintained this deep-seated belief and passion.

After all, you can't put all your eggs in one basket; diversifying your business has always been part of Chunnuan's plan.

In the courtyard of the Xiao family in the village, children of all ages were busy at work.

Chunnuan was like a supervisor, walking around looking at things. Chunning was even busier, as his older sister had entrusted him with quality control.

Strictly speaking, Chun Ning was in charge of producing all the goods this time, and she handled the proportions and other details very well.

Chun Ning and Chun Nuan have complete peace of mind. Let me say it again, a top student can excel at anything; their new brain works wonders.

When two hundred bottles of the new frostbite cream were produced, Zhao Minghua came to visit again.

"I want to increase my order; I'll take as much as I can get."

"Brother Zhao, where did you sell all these goods? Why are you so good at selling them?" Chun Ning was truly envious, as she had been turned down at Qianjintang.

"Changzhou is the exclusive sales location of our Baicaotang. I also took it to Shuzhou. We were lucky in Shuzhou and met a young lady from an official family whose frostbite was cured. In fact, her complexion became better. I told her that it could moisturize and care for her skin. She bought ten bottles at once, saying that she would share them with her sisters. Then, within a few days, the frostbite cream sold by Yikangtang was sold out. This time, it was Yikangtang that urged us to restock."

Do you have chilblains on your face?
Chun Ning couldn't even imagine what it would be like for a rich young lady to have frostbite on her face.
These daughters of officials valued their appearance above all else; hands are a woman's second face, so you can imagine how important the face was. A chubby face covered in red, swollen chilblains, possibly even turning black and festering… the scene was truly unimaginable.

"Yikangtang?" Chunnuan wasn't concerned about the official's daughter's frostbite, but rather the name of the pharmacy.

"Yes, Yikangtang. What, do you know their owner?" Zhao Minghua asked Chunnuan specifically when she asked.

"Is the owner's surname Tang?"

"Yes, Tang Qinglin."

"It really was him." Chunnuan frowned. "You didn't say that the Dr. Xiao who sells our frostbite ointment is actually Physician Xiao, did you?"

I hope someone will remember my grandfather's name, but I also hope it won't be remembered by anyone with ulterior motives.

"No, I only said it's a secret recipe passed down through generations by the famous Doctor Xiao in Changzhou." Zhao Minghua sensed something was wrong: "Is there something wrong with Tang Qinglin?"

“It’s not that there’s a problem, it’s that we have a grudge,” Chun Nuan said. “If possible, I hope you will not let the Xiao family’s ointment be sold by them again.”

"why?"

Zhao Minghua had a very pleasant conversation with Tang Qinglin in Shuzhou, and they had the illusion of becoming friends despite their age difference. The young lady from that official family was also a regular customer of his shop, which is why he had the opportunity to make his frostbite cream a hit.

Since Chunnuan was unwilling to interact with him, he was bound to ask why.

"What did Tang Qinglin do to offend your family?"

(End of this chapter)