Starting with a cub, the superpower boss becomes the richest man by lying flat

Chapter 6 Selling Ginseng

After getting away from the crowd, Lin Xin realized that there was something wrong with the little girl in her arms. Her little arms were tightly wrapped around her neck, her little body was very stiff, and she would let out a suppressed sob or two from time to time.

Lin Xin felt annoyed. She had forgotten that Lin Nan was just an ordinary child. He had never experienced the apocalypse of cannibalism and probably had never seen blood. The miserable state of those two people today must have scared him.

"Nannan, Nannan?" Lin Xin gently patted the child's back while channeling a trace of her wood energy into him. She lowered her voice and asked in his ear, "What's wrong with you?"

Lin Nan stared at her blankly for a long while, then suddenly burst into tears, mumbling, "Blood, so much blood, wow wow wow ~ sister ~"

Seeing that he could speak, Lin Xin secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly coaxed him, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Nan Nan is the bravest. When she grows up, she will protect her sister! Right? And all that blood belongs to the bad guys. If the bad guys bleed, they can't bully the good guys anymore!"

"Really?" Lin Nan sobbed and confirmed with her sister.

"Of course. When has my sister ever lied to Nan Nan? Right?"

"Then, when Nan Nan grows up, she will make the bad guys bleed, so that no one can bully her."

Lin Xin was so upset after hearing this, she was afraid that if she continued she would teach the child bad things, so she quickly changed the subject and pointed to the shops on both sides of the street to tell him what they were selling. She told him to look for anything he liked and she could come and buy it for him after she sold the radish.

After coaxing him for a long time, she finally succeeded in making Lin Nan forget the unpleasantness that just happened. He started chattering like a chatterbox, saying that he wanted this and that. Lin Xin wiped the non-existent cold sweat from her forehead and thought to herself that she must never do such a bloody thing in front of her brother next time, otherwise he would be scared. Where can she find another Lin Nan to compensate the original owner?

After this incident, Lin Xin had learned her lesson. This time, when choosing a pharmacy, she wouldn't care about the luxurious facade. Yong'an Hall was indeed decorated quite nicely, but what happened? It was like a donkey dung ball, shiny on the outside, but full of shit inside.

But she walked from the beginning to the end of the street, and she didn't see any pharmacy. She had no choice but to ask the aunt selling eggs on the roadside.

"You won't find another medical clinic or drugstore on this street except Yong'an Tang," the aunt told her with a pout. "Ever since the old owner passed away and the young owner took over, Yong'an Tang has changed. Not only is medical treatment exorbitantly expensive, but they've also announced that they've found a new source of medicinal materials and won't accept bulk purchases. Even many of their old customers have stopped cooperating."

"It's just donkey shit!" Lin Xin cursed softly, then asked, "Then there's no herbal medicine shop in town that sells medicinal herbs?"

"Yes, there are, it's just..." The aunt looked at Lin Xin and her brother's clothes, then at the backpacks behind them, and then whispered, "The old doctor over there has a bit of a strange temper and his words are unpleasant to the ear, but his medical skills are really good. You can try your luck there and talk to him. Maybe you can get a good price for it."

"Thank you, Auntie," Lin Xin said as she stood up and, using the backpack as a cover, pulled out a handful of wild chrysanthemums from the space. "I'm sorry you took up so much time to tell me so much. These wild chrysanthemums aren't worth much. Take some home and make tea with them. They'll help clear away heat and reduce internal heat."

"No, no," the auntie quickly waved her hand in refusal. "It's just a few words from me, it's not worth taking your things! Besides, you've had a hard time, these can at least be bought for a few cents! Be good and take them back quickly!"

Seeing that she was about to put the wild chrysanthemums into her backpack again, Lin Xin immediately picked up Lin Nan and ran away quickly.

"This child!" The aunt muttered with a smile as she watched the brother and sister walking away.

Lin Xin finally found the pharmacy, hidden at the end of another street, following the directions the aunt had given her. However, she hesitated. This pharmacy was far beyond her expectations. First, it had no name at all, only the words "Medical Clinic" written on a wooden board. The handwriting was fine, sharp and precise, but for a sign for a combined medical clinic and pharmacy, it seemed a bit perfunctory.

The outer wall had been battered by the ravages of the head for who knows how many years. The wall was mottled, the doorposts faded, and there was even a broken tile on the porch. She had every reason to doubt whether this pharmacy could afford to pay her the price of selling ginseng.

However, time waits for no one. Lunchtime is almost here, and she still has nothing in her pocket! Even if she can go hungry, what about Lin Nan? It's so public, even if she has space, it's hard to show off.

Finally, Lin Xin gritted her teeth and climbed the steps in front of the door. She stepped over the threshold and looked inside.

Wow! It’s like two completely different worlds in here and outside!

The Chinese medicine cabinets that lined the two walls were made of mahogany. The chair under the dozing old man and the table he was lying on were made of golden nanmu. The partition from the inside was a four-panel ivory screen. Even the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone on the table looked like they were not ordinary items. Lin Xin's heart immediately settled in her stomach. At least the money for the ginseng could definitely be afforded here.

"Have you seen enough, little girl? If you keep looking at me, I'll charge you!" Seeing that Lin Xin was standing at the door and peeking but not coming in, the sleepy old man couldn't help but speak.

Lin Xin stood up straight upon hearing this, coughed dryly, walked into the house, and asked directly, "Do you buy medicinal herbs here?"

"Herbs?" The old man squinted his eyes and replied, "Of course I accept them, but I have very high requirements for the quality of medicinal herbs. I don't want those that are messily prepared."

"What about the unprocessed ones? Will you take them? What's the price?"

"Never prepared before? Fresh herbs?" The old man immediately lost most of his interest. "Let me take a look at them first!"

Lin Xin happily took out the ginseng covered in mud and wrapped in rags from her backpack and placed it on Jinsinan's table.

"Hiss~" As the rag was opened, a light medicinal fragrance wafted out. The old man's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at the ginseng on the table in disbelief. It looked like he almost wanted to take a bite to see if it was real.

The old man struggled to divert his gaze from the ginseng, wiped his face, and asked Lin Xin in an almost flattering tone, "Little girl, what price do you plan to sell this ginseng for?"

Price? Lin Xin was stunned. How would I know what the price should be?
But the old man seemed to understand her quite well. He said very considerately, "I won't cheat you. Although this ginseng is 120 years old, I have to prepare it myself to preserve its medicinal properties. So the price I can offer you is 1,200 taels of silver. I guarantee that you won't find another place in this town that offers such a high price."

One thousand two hundred taels. Lin Xin didn't know what the purchasing power of this one thousand two hundred taels was, but she guessed that the old man really didn't cheat her, and what he said was quite right. She had never studied Chinese medicine, but she just awakened the wood-type supernatural power at the end of the world, and she didn't know how to prepare medicinal materials at all.

The most important thing is that she is confident! She can get as much ginseng as she wants today. If she is really cheated this time, she can just make up for it.

So Lin Xin nodded happily, "Okay."

(End of this chapter)