Chapter 25: The Dandy Cousin

Bai Zhu didn't expect that there was a Minsheng Hall in the capital, so he walked in decisively.

The shopkeeper looked at the two wild ginsengs and Polygonatum sibiricum, and when he saw that they were sold by two little girls, he deliberately gave them the lowest price.

How could Song Yanjin accept this? The wild ginseng system estimated the price to be 300 taels, so she would sell it for at least 500 taels. She gave the shopkeeper a flat price, which scared him enough.

"My dear lady, your wild ginseng is less than 500 years old, but you want 500 taels of silver. This is obviously too much. Let's both make concessions and I will increase the price to 250 taels of silver." The shopkeeper couldn't let go of the wild ginseng. The ginseng was of high quality, and he had already decided which noble person he would sell it to.

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and it was obvious that he had ill intentions and was intentionally offering a low price. The shopkeeper of Minshengtang in Lin'an was very easy to talk to, but he didn't expect that the shopkeeper in the capital would be a rip-off.

Bai Zhu snatched the ginseng and said, "My young lady offered five hundred taels for it, but the shopkeeper thought it was not worth the price. Let's sell it to another pharmacy. There will always be someone who can afford it."

It's easy to talk without any pain in the waist. The young lady and I traveled through mountains and rivers, looking for the medicinal herbs with great difficulty. The shopkeeper gave a random price and refused to sell them to you.

Song Yanjin smiled as she tidied up the herbs on the table and put them in the basket. Baizhu really pleased me!

"Hey, hey, no, the price is negotiable." The shopkeeper quickly stopped the two girls who were about to step out of the door. If they missed such good ginseng, they would regret it so much that they would not be able to sleep at night.

Bai Zhu shook off the hand on her back and said, "There's nothing to discuss. We can sit down and talk for five hundred taels."

The shopkeeper was heartbroken, but finally gritted his teeth and nodded in compromise.

Two ginsengs were sold for five hundred taels, and the remaining common herbs, including Polygonatum sibiricum and Polygonum multiflorum, were sold for a total of one hundred taels. Song Yanjin happily walked out of the pharmacy with six hundred taels in his pocket.

Time is of the essence, so Song Yanjin takes Bai Zhu to a third-rate academy and plans to take it over today.

The headmaster was a straightforward man and received many buyers in a few days, but he did not expect that the one who was most determined to buy was a young lady.

At the yamen, the title deed of the academy was transferred to Song Yanjin's name, and Song Yanjin generously handed over two thousand taels of silver to the dean.

The purse that was bulging in the morning was deflated. Song Yanjin held the remaining five light silver bills in his hand, feeling extremely heartbroken.

It was noon now, and Song Yanjin and Bai Zhu were each eating a sesame bun and going home.

When passing by Zuixian Tower, a person rolled out from inside and landed at Song Yanjin's feet.

"Hahaha"

"Zhou Xun, if you crawl under the prince's crotch, the prince will not punish you for your unreasonable crime."

"Climb. Climb."

The Zuixian Building was bustling with activity. Song Yanjin stepped aside the servant and looked up to see a group of young men laughing around a blue-dressed boy lying on the ground. The young man in white standing on a chair was very handsome and looked very similar to his uncle. Wasn't he the dandy cousin?

Song Yanjin rushed in with a dark face and grabbed his ear, "You little brat, why don't you go home and see His Highness? Why are you showing off here?"

"I didn't know you were such a dandy. You should know the limit of pleasure. It's ridiculous to humiliate others like this. If the princess knew about it, she would definitely not forgive you."

"Ah~ It hurts, it hurts!"

The pampered Xia Yunheng tried to pull his hands back, but was held back.

I was so angry that I was furious. Who dared to mess with me?

Turning back, Xia Yunheng swallowed his saliva in fear, "Cousin."

Seeing that the prince knew this unruly lady, the young masters raised their hands and stopped the servant who was rolling up his sleeves and preparing for a fight.

Xia Yunheng's childhood fear surged into his heart. This was the female devil who almost shot him off with an arrow!

Song Yanjin let go of his hand and kicked him on the butt a few times, "You've really grown up. You dare to humiliate people in public like this. You've grown in height in vain over the years, but you haven't grown in brains."

The people on the ground were dressed extraordinary. There was so much evil going on in the royal city. If his uncle, the emperor, knew about it, he would punish him severely.

"Cousin, how old am I now? You are still so arrogant. Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to get married?" Xia Yunheng yelled and pulled out the hands that were restrained on his back, trying to find an opportunity to escape.

The eunuch standing behind him breathed a sigh of relief. His Highness couldn't discipline the Crown Prince, but he didn't expect that Miss Song could still give him a scolding. Thank God!

Song Yanjin didn't remember how arrogant he was when he was a child, but he still held him tightly and kicked him on the butt.

"Ah~"

After being kicked, Xia Yunheng covered his butt and struggled to escape from the clutches of Zuixianlou. He lost face in front of all the lackeys today and silently remembered his cousin.

The attendant guards followed and chased after him.

The young masters of the noble families looked at each other in bewilderment. When did such a beautiful young lady appear in the capital? She was even more ferocious than Cheng Ruhui, the queen of the general's mansion!

Song Yanjin sighed and left Zuixianlou, taking Baizhu back to West Market.

The scorching sun is getting hotter day by day. The crops in the fields were growing well and there will be a good harvest in autumn.

Now it is midsummer and there is no rain. The area is dry as withered grass. There are riots outside the city and poor families in the countryside are selling their children.

The prices of commodities in the capital have skyrocketed. Rice, which usually costs one or two taels, now costs hundreds of taels of silver. The wealthy and powerful families all have farms and granaries, and they take advantage of the rising prices to make a profit.

Song Yanjin, who had stocked up enough goods, commuted leisurely to and from the academy every day. The journey was long, so he made up his mind to spend a hundred taels of silver to buy a carriage at the market.

Neither Song Yanjin nor Bai Zhu could drive, so they asked Xiao Ruan to buy a servant.

At the slave market, Baizhu asked the timid slaves who could drive a cart, and the little boy boldly raised his hand.

Song Yanjin saw that he was skinny and wearing coarse linen clothes, but his eyes were bright, showing that he was a smart man.

Xiao Ruan took out his indenture, Song Yanjin took it and renamed it Qingmu.

The car that came from the market was driven by Xiao Ruan, and now it was handed over to him.

"Sister Song, half a month ago you told me to go back and stock up more food. It was really a divine prophecy!" Xiao Ruan, who was sitting in the same row with Qingmu on the car, couldn't help but sigh.

Bai Zhu in the car smiled and shook her head, then stood up and lifted the car curtain, "Have you stockpiled anything?"

Xiao Ruan said honestly, "I told my family, but they didn't believe me and instead called me mentally ill. But I still listened to Sister Song and stored a lot of food in my private courtyard, so even a ten-year drought wouldn't be a problem."

Song Yanjin's mouth twitched slightly, you are really good!

Xiao Ruan often came to eat and occasionally talked about his past. He was not loved by his father and mother. At the age of ten, he set up a stall to sell women's jewelry, pearl flowers and other things without telling his family. Later, he started reselling houses on the recommendation of a good friend.

He was smart and clever, and had accumulated some assets at the age of fifteen.

Back at the house, the carriage entered through the back door. Xiao Ruan and Qingmu worked together to build a stable from the vegetable garden.

The side room that Song Yanjin used as a warehouse was vacated for Qingmu to live in. The two of them moved the dried vegetables, meat and two carts of rice that were bought later into another side room, Baizhu Room, after an entire afternoon of hard work.

Now there is one more person and one horse. People are not a problem, but the horse needs to eat food and fodder, soybeans. If there is no green grass, it can eat dry grass, which is now everywhere outside the city.

Qingmu also had to change his clothes. There were only two girls, Song Yanjin and Baizhu, at home, and there were no clothes for boys, so Baizhu went out and bought some ready-made clothes.

The most expensive item in the capital is grain, but the price of cloth is stable.