Chapter 140: Chapter 140: It Went Smoothly After All

“Old sir, you are also a doctor, you know that in our line of work, obtaining some medicinal herbs is for curing illnesses and saving lives, I just…”

“Spare me the useless talk!”

Yin Cheng didn’t listen to the other party’s sob story: “One price, one hundred and fifty tali, put out the silver, and this ginseng is yours.”

On the side, both Qi Ercai and Qi Dalang almost popped their eyes out.

Goodness, they always thought Mr. Yin was impressive, but never imagined he was this impressive.

Just with a few words, he managed to raise the price by thirty tali.

But they also knew that in buying and selling, there is bidding and bargaining; if you increase by thirty tali at once, the other side definitely won’t agree.

In time, after some negotiation, at worst, they would settle for one hundred and twenty talis.

One hundred and twenty talis, that’s not a small amount.

But soon, Qi Ercai and Qi Dalang realized they were overthinking…

The other party hesitated, but didn’t negotiate, directly saying for the three of them to wait a moment, then turned to the backyard.

After a short while, the doctor came out holding a box.

The box was small, appearing to be just an ordinary wooden box, without even any carvings.

Opening the box, inside were two fifty-tali silver ingots, some broken silver, and even two strings of copper coins.

“Here’s one hundred and fifty tali, here’s a scale, you can weigh it.”

As he spoke, the other party pulled out a small scale from his waist, specifically for weighing silver.

Yin Cheng glanced at the stunned uncle and nephew standing still, rolled his eyes impatiently, and personally weighed the silver.

After weighing the silver, he handed the two strings of copper coins to Qi Ercai and Qi Dalang: “What are you standing there for, count them, see if any are missing.”

The uncle and nephew instinctively took it.

The copper coins felt cold to the touch, pulling their consciousnesses back.

They exchanged a complex look, then obediently counted the copper coins.

They didn’t even untie the string, just counted one by one, like fiddling with a bracelet, making the doctor’s eyelids twitch.

The attendant was already standing at the door, broom in hand.

He looked like he was about to go out and sweep the snow, but was actually blocking the door, in case the three of them took the silver and ran away.

Although he felt he couldn’t take on the two strong men alone, he had to try to stop them, otherwise, his master would surely blame it all on him.

Thinking about his monthly salary of only two hundred coins, losing one hundred and fifty tali meant he’d never be able to pay it back in his lifetime.

As the uncle and nephew counted the copper coins, Yin Cheng finally handed the ginseng box to the doctor opposite.

The doctor carefully received it, observed it closely for a while, then nodded in satisfaction: “Indeed, it’s fully seventy years old. Old sir, if you have more good medicinal herbs like this in the future, feel free to bring them over, I guarantee I’ll give you a fair price.”

Yin Cheng snorted, didn’t speak.

Sell medicinal herbs again?

Unless they couldn’t afford to eat, he would never allow those little rascals to sell medicinal herbs!

Especially treasures like ginseng, if anyone dared to sell them, he’d crawl out of his coffin to knock their heads and kick their butts even if he were dead.

“It’s exactly one string of coins.”

Qi Ercai counted quickly, placing the copper coins in the box after finishing.

Qi Dalang counted a bit slower, but not by much, it was also exactly one string of coins.

“Take the money, let’s go.”

Yin Cheng didn’t linger, turning to leave.

Qi Ercai quickly called after him: “Sir, please wait.”

After speaking, Qi Ercai divided the silver into three parts.

He handed the ten tali of broken silver to Yin Cheng for safekeeping.

The fifty-tali silver ingots, he and Qi Dalang took one each.

The two strings of copper coins were also handed to Qi Dalang, while he kept the remaining broken silver.

“We each carry part of it, it’s safer.”

Qi Ercai explained.

The doctor nodded repeatedly in agreement, also reminding: “That’s the right thing to do. Many refugees have entered the city; although they register upon entry, it’s not as peaceful as before, it’s always good to be cautious.”

Yin Cheng accepted, tucked the ten tali into his chest, patted it to make sure it wouldn’t fall out, then urged Qi Ercai and Qi Dalang to leave.

Qi Dalang felt his legs were soft, walking as if on cotton.

In his life, or perhaps even adding a past life, he hadn’t touched fifty tali of silver in total.

But now he had fifty tali on him, it felt like a dream!

Qi Ercai was excited and nervous too, but he didn’t forget to keep Qi Dalang calm.

There was an inn open on the main road to the city gate.

The inn’s first floor already had guests having breakfast, Qi Ercai sent Yin Cheng inside, then hurried with Qi Dalang to the city gate.

There were more pedestrians on the road, but everyone was still clearing the snow, and to the two hurrying along, they only took a couple of extra glances, no one spoke to them.

At the city gate, the line to enter had formed again, although noticeably shorter than yesterday.

There were a few more prominent snow piles at the base of the walls, but Qi Ercai wasn’t concerned with those.

He hurried to his family’s line, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

Qi Quanjin asked: “Second brother, was it smooth?”

“Smooth, smooth, quickly have everyone pack up, we’re preparing to enter the city.”

Qi Ercai didn’t dare say how much silver they made, only urging everyone to get moving.

Qi Dafu and Qi Sangui were already in line.

Not knowing when Qi Ercai would come out, they’d swap spots with people behind as the line moved.

Once everyone packed up and arrived, there were about five or six people ahead of them.

There were others queuing behind them too.

Someone eyed the sudden addition of so many people, thought to say something, but seeing the carriage and many robust men, they could only grumble internally.

The guards at the city gate remembered this group, knowing they were together and not cutting the line, so they said nothing more.

“You all line up for inspection first, I’ll watch the last cart with my wife.”

Qi Quanjin hadn’t forgotten to have his wife keep the grains, so he proactively suggested this arrangement.

Everyone was used to following Qi Quanjin’s lead, not feeling anything amiss.

Currently, the carriage held all the grains, including jerky and some chestnuts.

The chestnuts that didn’t fit inside were placed on the carriage board.

Yi Meng entered the carriage, storing the jerky, chestnuts, and most grains in the space, leaving only two hundred-pound sacks outside for appearances.

Sitting on the plank outside the carriage, she nodded at Qi Quanjin’s gaze.

Seeing the grains and jerky stored, Qi Quanjin relaxed too.

The cart was much lighter; the snow made it difficult to notice any changes in the tracks as the wind and snow quickly covered them.

Yi Meng looked up at the gray sky, letting the large snowflakes fall on her face, internally grateful that heaven was indeed helping them.

Looking at their journey, although there were hurdles, overall, it was smooth.

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