During famine years, I had a divination slip in hand, and my whole family ate chicken, duck, fish, a

The butcher glared at Ye Qingqing, his eyes blazing with fury, and gritted his teeth, wishing he could tear her mouth off!

"you do not know?"

Someone exclaimed in surprise, "You must be incredibly lucky! You found a treasure while buying a cow! That piece of gallstone could probably buy a whole herd of cows!"

Keep a low profile.

Ye Qingqing took a piece of cloth from her basket, wrapped the bezoar inside, and tucked it into her chest, saying leisurely,

"Boss, are you still buying my beef?"

The butcher was so angry his teeth itched. "Buy... I'll buy my ass!"

"Then clean up the ox. I've already paid you one tael of silver. Please clean it up quickly."

Ye Qingqing raised an eyebrow. "Big brother and sister-in-law, you two stay here and keep an eye on him. Cuicui, Brother Dazhuang, let's go to the pharmacy."

"Okay, don't worry, Second Girl!"

Li Chunyan patted her chest excitedly and said, "If he doesn't clean up the beef properly, I'll overturn his stall!"

Ye Cuicui looked puzzled, her clear eyes revealing a touch of naivety.

"Second sister, why are we going to the pharmacy if we're not going to watch the slaughter?"

Ye Qingqing, "..."

"You know bezoar is very expensive, right?"

"Yeah, I know, didn't they just say that?"

"Do you know why it's expensive?"

Why?

"Because it's a traditional Chinese medicine! A very, very precious one, it can save lives in critical moments! Silly girl!"

……

Looking at her innocent and naive younger sister, Ye Qingqing felt that she should find her a school to attend.

It's good for girls to learn more cultural knowledge and broaden their horizons.

Less than half an hour later, Ye Qingqing returned to "Huimintang" and went straight to Manager Zhou.

"Hiss..."

"Hiss..."

On the table was a piece of bezoar the size of an egg. Manager Zhou rubbed his teeth as if he had a toothache, his eyelids twitched, and he felt dizzy.

If I remember correctly, this girl came here just this morning.

He sold a wild ginseng for 300 taels in one trip!

Three hundred taels! He worked himself to the bone for a year running his pharmacy and that's all he earned.

In the blink of an eye, this young lady arrived with a piece of bezoar!

"Manager Zhou, do you have a toothache?"

Ye Qingqing looked at him with a smile.

"Um...no, no, it hurts my heart."

Manager Zhou raised his hand to his chest and couldn't help but look up at the sky through the window.

Good heavens, aren't you being a little too biased?

This girl experienced two strokes of good fortune in one day that most people never have in their entire lives!

This is like chasing after someone and feeding them a bowl of gold nuggets!

"Miss Ye, where...where did you get this?"

Shopkeeper Zhou, his face filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment, asked, "I've never even seen such a large bezoar before!"

Ye Qingqing raised an eyebrow and said, half-jokingly,

"From inside a cow's belly, where else could it come from? I was just walking along when I suddenly wanted to eat beef. I happened to see someone selling cows on the street, so I bought one and planned to kill it and eat it."

Who would have thought that when the cow's stomach was cut open, this thing would fall out!

The butcher said this is a treasure, something called bezoar, a valuable medicinal herb, so I came here right away to ask you to take a look.

Shopkeeper Zhou: "Really?!...Hehe."

I don't believe you!

You're quite the bluffer!

Would a butcher tell you directly when he cuts this up? He'd probably just quietly slip it into his pocket!

"Manager Zhou, stop rubbing your teeth like that! How much is this worth? Do you buy it here?"

Ye Qingqing said with a half-smile, "We need to hurry back to the village. If you don't accept it, I'll take it to my Aunt Zhen. Maybe she'll accept it."

"Take it! Take it! Take it! This is a rare and valuable item, why aren't you taking it?"

Manager Zhou sprang up like a spring, paced back and forth in front of Ye Qingqing with his hands behind his back, and said thoughtfully,

"It's just that the price is a bit hard to say. This is the first time I've seen a bezoar the size of an egg, so the price is hard to determine."

According to market prices, one tael of bezoar costs one hundred and fifty taels of silver. Your piece is of superior quality in terms of color, texture, and medicinal properties. For Miss Zhen's sake, I can't cheat you; I'll give you one hundred and seventy taels per tael.

"What? One ounce can sell for 150!"

Ye Cuicui's hand trembled, and she almost dropped the teacup on the ground.

My goodness, are they talking about silver?

It was 150 copper coins, and she had never even touched one in her 13 years of life.

This is the first time in my life I've had more than a hundred copper coins, and it was given to me casually by my second sister!

"Shopkeeper, this piece weighs a full five taels and four mace."

The accountant whispered a reminder from the side.

The shopkeeper's asking price wasn't high, but don't forget that this thing is about the size of an egg, which is 918 taels!

The pharmacy could only come up with less than 500 taels of silver. Where was they going to get 918 taels to take with that girl?

Manager Zhou's eyelids twitched again, and he forced a wry smile, saying...

"Miss Ye, to be honest, even if I sold this pharmacy, it would only be worth two or three thousand at most!"

"I don't have enough money right now to buy this piece of bezoar."

Ye Qingqing nodded. "It's alright. I'll try asking at other shops. If all else fails, I'll go to the county seat one of these days..."

As she spoke, she began to wrap up the bezoar.

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant!"

Shopkeeper Zhou's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly reached out to stop Ye Qingqing, "Miss Ye, I mean I want to eat this, but I can't eat it all by myself."

You need to give me some time so I can find someone to help me redeem it.

So, you siblings can have some tea here... I'll go ask my colleagues, and I'll get back to you in less than half an hour!

"Someone, bring some snacks up to Miss Ye, from Guihua Shop!"

"Okay, then we'll wait."

Ye Qingqing nodded, stood up and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Manager Zhou."

"Miss Ye, great news! It's settled!"

In less than fifteen minutes, Manager Zhou returned in a hurry with another manager-like person. Upon seeing her, he smiled and said…

"This is Manager Fang of Jimintang. I saw him as soon as I went out."

Shopkeeper Fang is very interested in your bezoar; our two families plan to partner up and buy it!

Manager Fang, please come up and take a look..."

"Um."

Shopkeeper Fang opened the cloth bag, and his eyes lit up the moment he saw the bezoar.

He held it in his hand, weighed it, looked at it from left to right, then scratched it with the tip of his little fingernail, smelled it, and couldn't help but nod repeatedly.

"Good stuff, really good stuff! I was thinking, Manager Zhou, that your price of 170 is a bit too high."

These days, you can buy anything for 170!

"Young lady, shall we settle on the price Manager Zhou quoted?"

"Okay, it's settled."

Ye Qingqing smiled and said, "Thank you both, it's settled then!"

The accountant hurriedly said,

"Miss Ye, it's 918 taels of silver in total. Would you like a silver note or...?"

……

She stuffed nine hundred-tael silver notes into her bosom and put 18 taels of loose silver into her money bag. With an air of indifference, Ye Qingqing walked out of the pharmacy.

In less than half a day, I made a net profit of 918 taels!

Including the wild ginseng, she earned over a thousand!

Why is the sunlight overhead so kind and gentle today?

It turns out that when people become very wealthy, even the beggars on the street seem handsome!

With a little more effort, earning a small goal shouldn't be a problem!