Splendid Pastoral: The Strong and Hot Wife

Chapter 125 Buying Cinnabar

After hearing Lu Sanqi's apology, Xu Xiaomi turned around and looked at him funny. She wanted to see how thick his skin was.

However, people didn't think so. Seeing that Xu Xiaomi was willing to look at her, Lu Sanqi hurriedly approached Xu Xiaomi and said, "Miss Xu! I really didn't target you before, there are too many liars in this county..."

"Oh? Hearing what Dr. Lu said, your family is in a good family? When you see people dressed in ordinary clothes, you don't believe what they say?
However, I, Xu Xiaomi, came here to buy medicine, not to show off. No matter how well dressed I am, what can I do to hinder you, a doctor?Where are you going to block it? "

Xu Xiaomi felt tired listening to him, and interrupted him impatiently before he finished speaking and asked.

"Yes yes yes! Miss Xu said yes! From now on, I will never do this again!"

Lu Sanqi answered with a very educated look.

"It's just, aunt..."

"Okay! This girl doesn't want to worry about this anymore, what should you do, why go!"

Seeing what he wanted to say, Xu Xiaomi interrupted him impatiently again, this time Lu Sanqi turned around and walked away silently.

Xu Xiaomi thought of what he said at the time. It was not a matter of making mistakes, but a matter of thinking and character.Therefore, Xu Xiaomi didn't want to hear his explanation at all.

At this time, the cloth curtain on the door leading to the back hall was lifted, and Wei Zhuang came out from inside with a red cloth bag.

Looking at Xu Xiaomi with a smile, he said, "Miss Xu! Hey! That's all!"

Xu Xiaomi took the cloth bag in Wei Zhuang's hand, opened it in his hand, and saw bright red crystals the size of peas inside.

Xu Xiaomi reached out and took a piece from mine. Taking advantage of the sunlight outside the door, Xu Xiaomi took a closer look at the fine cinnabar.

This should be grains of sand. Xu Xiaomi looked at the blood-red sand grains, as if seeing gold solidified one by one.

So, he laughed silly.Wei Zhuang looked at her laughing like that holding the cinnabar, and was so scared that she thought she was bewitched!
Who knew that Xu Xiaomi giggled for a while, then put the cinnabar in his hand into the red cloth bag, looked at Wei Zhuang and asked, "Mr. Wei! What price do you plan to give me for this cinnabar?"

Wei Zhuang saw that she was back to normal, but he looked at Xu Xiaomi foolishly and smiled and said, "Hehe! Ms. Xu, look at it!"

Xu Xiaomi looked at Wei Zhuang with wide eyes, laughed loudly and said, "Haha... Mr. Wei is joking, right?

Your Evergreen Pharmacy is located in Jinquan County. The medicines are the most complete and the most expensive.How do I know how much silver you want to count for me? "

After hearing this, Wei Zhuang was afraid that Xu Xiaomi might misunderstand, thinking about whether Xu Xiaomi was the county magistrate's cousin or not, she was here to buy medicine today.

Therefore, no matter what role she is in, she must be honest.

If she just came here to buy medicines, his Evergreen Pharmacy would be the largest in Jinquan County.Then if she is really the county magistrate's cousin, how can she afford to offend her as a merchant?

Therefore, Wei Zhuang hurriedly said: "Miss Xu, don't worry, for the previous disrespect to the girl by the shop assistant, my boss sincerely apologizes to the girl, and to express my apology, all the medicines that the girl bought in this shop will be half priced today."

Xu Xiaomi listened and stared at him for a full 2 ​​minutes. In ancient times, there was no woman who watched a man act recklessly.

In the end, Wei Zhuang, a big man, was also blushed by Xu Xiaomi, and he was embarrassed to look at her again, so Xu Xiaomi was sure that what he said was true or false.

"Mr. Wei! Then let me make a price for your cinnabar!" Xu Xiaomi asked.

Seeing how straightforward she was, Wei Zhuang also said sincerely: "Ms. Xu, to be honest, this cinnabar was bought from a neighboring country. There is no cinnabar produced in my Dazhou territory, so the cinnabar is usually bought by pharmacists or doctors. It's two taels of silver and one penny.

However, today, Miss Xu is here, and I will give you a tael of silver.How much does Miss Xu want to buy? "

Xu Xiaomi listened, stared at Wei Zhuang with her watery eyes, and squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying.

Heart said: My mother!so expensive?This cinnabar stone is so heavy, how many pieces are there for a penny?
A tael of silver for a penny?How much wheat and rice do you have to buy for one tael of silver?Years ago, the five members of their family could not spend a tael of silver for half a year.ah!

Xu Xiaomi's flesh hurt for a while, and finally, he still thought that now he had to buy cinnabar and go back to refine mercury, so that those five people could help him earn more money.

So, he generously asked Wei Zhuang to weigh a ounce or two of cinnabar for her.

Wei Zhuang asked the man to weigh the cinnabar for her, wrapped it in cloth, and handed her a handful to take it, but he didn't want to touch the silver for a long time.

Wei Zhuang stood in front of her, looking at her playfully.Xu Xiaomi slowly took out a ten tael bank note from the inner pocket of his clothes.

I took it out and looked at it again and again, but I didn't want to give it to Wei Zhuang.Seeing Wei Zhuang, he approached her cheekily, but she intentionally avoided his hand.

But Xu Xiaomi knew that this money had to be paid today, but before paying it to others, he could hold it in his hands for a while.

Seeing that she just held the banknote in her hand and didn't hand it to him, Wei Zhuang wanted to get closer to remind her that the banknote should be given to him.

However, I didn't expect Xu Xiaomi to just pretend not to see.He could only snatch the bank note from Xu Xiaomi while she was distracted by looking at the bank note!
Seeing that the bank note in Xu Xiaomi's hand was taken away, ah!screamed.Finally, seeing the banknote in Wei Zhuang's hands, Xu Xiaomi could only look at him with an embarrassed smile.

"Hey... Mr. Wei! Then take care of it! I'm leaving!"

Xu Xiaomi really couldn't bear the ten taels of silver!Thinking about her coming here, from her family being so poor that she didn’t even have to eat black batter to now, after building a house, she still has three or forty taels of silver on her body.

In those days when there was no food or clothing, Xu Xiaomi had worked hard for this money.

After Xu Xiaomi finished speaking, he walked towards the gate listlessly. Only then did Wei Zhuang remember that he had told the kitchen that he had prepared meals for Xu Xiaomi and wanted to keep her for dinner.

Hurry to catch up and said: "Hey! Miss Xu, let's go after eating! I've already asked my servants to get ready!"

Xu Xiaomi smiled and said, "Thank you Mr. Wei! I still have something to do, so I won't bother you!"

After finishing speaking, he rushed out of the door sadly.

Wei Zhuang looked at her from behind Xu Xiaomi, and said to himself amusedly, "Hey! This girl is really interesting!"

When Xu Xiaomi was on the street, Wei Zhuang remembered, didn't he want to see if she was really the county magistrate's cousin?Why not send her off?
So, he chased after him and said, "Miss Xu, go slowly, I'll ask someone to take you back!"

Xu Xiaomi turned to look at him, heard his thoughts, quickly shook her head and said, "Thank you, no need!"

After Xu Xiaomi finished speaking, he ran away without a trace. Wei Zhuang looked around and thought that there was no one around, thinking that he was dazzled, so he rubbed his eyes with his hands, but there was still no trace of Xu Xiaomi.Thinking that he saw a ghost, he hurriedly ran to Changqing drugstore in fright.

Xu Xiaomi didn't want to see Wu Yue!That guy wants every new thing he sees.If he knew that he used his name to bluff people today, wouldn't he want to blackmail her again?

Now she was going to the Yun River to buy some vegetables and meat for her third uncle and four cousins, and had dinner with them, so she had to rush back to Xujia Village, so she didn't have time to waste time with him!

Xu Xiaomi bought vegetables and went to the bank of Yunhe River, cooked some food and had dinner with his uncles, aunts and cousins, and then went back to Xujia Village.

At this time, it was still early, so Xu Xiaomi went to have a look at the place where the five people were placed.

The five people each built their own house on the tree, drank some water she sent when they were thirsty, and ate cakes sent by Xu Xiaomi when they were hungry. good.

When Xu Xiaomi returned home, her grandfather and second uncle were still busy making a mixing bucket, saying that they would go to Guilin Village to harvest wheat tomorrow.

At this moment, Xu Xiaomi remembered that he hadn't prepared the equipment for refining mercury and the tools for panning for gold!So, I hurriedly took a pen and paper and went to Qinglong Town.

Now, wherever Xu Xiaomi goes, he will fly wherever there is no one.So, she went there very quickly!

At this moment, she has already drawn the blueprint of the pan for extracting mercury and the blueprint of the fine sieve for panning gold to uncle.

The uncle saw it, asked the fourth uncle and a few apprentices to put the mold on, and started to get busy!

By the time the two things were done, it was already dark.Uncle stayed with Xu Xiaomi for dinner in the town, and went to Boss Jin's place to stay overnight.Xu Xiaomi was impatient and insisted on going back to Xujiacun.

In the end, the uncle couldn't hold her back and had no choice but to ask his apprentices to send it to her, but Xu Xiaomi also refused.

She took the pan and sieve made by her uncle and the others, and returned to Xujia Village in a while.

After arriving home and having dinner with his family, Xu Xiaomi plunged into the kitchen in the west front yard, refining mercury.

Xu Xiaomi has no experience with this, so she can only observe while heating.When the pan was burning red, the cinnabar stones that were originally as bright as blood turned into black powder and settled under a layer of crystal clear liquid.

Xu Xiaomi looked at the fruits of her labor happily, but she couldn't share her excitement with her family.

Only Xiaoxiang, the phoenix-tailed butterfly, flew around her and kept saying, "Oh! The master has succeeded! Oh! Oh! The master has succeeded!"

Xu Xiaomi looked at it and said deeply: "Xiaoxiang! I can only share my success with you for the time being, and no one can know about it! Only you and I can know it, and it will always be like this, unless this week changes With the emperor, our cause can be made public!"

Xiaoxiang looked at her and said, "Master! Xiaoxiang doesn't understand what you said, but Xiaoxiang knows it. If the master becomes the emperor, then this secret can be made public!"

Xu Xiaomi chuckled and said, "Xiaoxiang! You can't talk nonsense! Since ancient times, in my memory, only one woman was the most successful and the only one! The master doesn't want to be the emperor, the master just wants to Live your life in peace."

(End of this chapter)