Chapter 24 No one wants this medicine at all
Fang Chengxu turned over and dismounted with a face full of defeat, like a defeated rooster, with his head drooped. He saw so many people suddenly pouring out of his house, and they were all well-known people in Fucheng.
After being stunned for a moment, he lowered his head dejectedly without even saying hello, trying to reduce his sense of presence as much as possible.
Someone recognized him at a glance: "Isn't this Mr. Fang? He's finally back, let us wait."
Fang Chengxu tried his best to smile and grinned.
"Back."
"I heard that you went to the capital to make a fortune."
"Where there."
Fang Chengxu burrowed in like he was running away.
When Old Mrs. Fang heard that Fang Chengxu was finally back, she hurriedly came out to welcome him. She also wanted to show off to the scornful neighbors. She immediately raised her voice and asked, "Have you sold all that stuff? Sold it?" How much money? It must be very popular, right?"
Everyone was extremely curious and stamped their feet one after another, turning their faces to listen to the excitement.
Fang Chengxu said irritably: "We'll talk about it when we get home."
Old Mrs. Fang continued to say happily: "You must be exhausted, right? It must be very laborious to make a net profit of eight or nine thousand taels this time."
Eight or nine thousand taels? It’s still a net profit, good guy, did you hear that right?
Someone asked curiously: "What kind of business is Mr. Fang doing? Is there such a huge profit?"
Fang Chengxu said sarcastically: "Where is it? My mother was joking."
"Master Fang really doesn't show off his wealth, he is so humble and low-key." Everyone was filled with envy.
Fang Yuan also changed from the depression that she had just done something wrong, and happily stepped forward to dig through the baggage on his shoulders: "Is this the makeup and jewelry you brought for me? So many?"
Fang Chengxu's face was extremely ugly, and he slapped Fang Yuan's hand: "Don't move."
His hands were strong and impatient. Fang Yuan felt a little aggrieved: "I don't want your money, I'm just looking at it. Why are you so anxious?"
It must have been a good thing for Tong Zhaoer, so he reluctantly pulled it again.
The bag spread out to a corner, and Fang Yuan said "Hey" in surprise: "Why is it medicine? Isn't this medicine for sale?"
After her reminder, Mrs. Fang also looked over and saw the box of Jiuxin Pills exposed from the bag on Fang Chengxu's shoulder.
She also stepped forward, pulled away Fang Chengxu's baggage, and was stunned when she saw it.
"Why haven't you sold a box? Didn't I say that you can sell it if you give me one thousand taels, so you don't have to be too greedy?"
Fang Chengxu said in a muffled voice: "I told you, let's talk about it when we get home."
Mrs. Fang was anxious and asked eagerly: "Is there something that delayed you? Or is it Tong Zhaoer who won't let you sell it and keeps it for yourself?
You have such soft ears, you will listen to whatever she says. , Does a little girl deserve to take such good medicine? Is this going to bankrupt our family?”
Fang Chengxu had been upset for a long time and was being scolded endlessly. He finally got impatient and said, "No one wants this medicine at all!"
"What?!"
Old Mrs. Fang was shocked: "How is that possible? You asked in person the day before yesterday. Aren't they still very popular? Yesterday, someone came out and offered three thousand taels of silver a piece."
"Then why don't you sell it?" Fang Chengxu growled in a low voice: "If I had sold it yesterday, I might have been able to sell it for a thousand taels, but today no one wants the 10 taels."
"Why?" Mrs. Fang's heart trembled, and she grabbed Fang Chengxu's sleeve tightly: "Why did it change overnight?" Fang Chengxu gasped for breath: "This is the heart-saving pill. The reason why they were raised to a thousand taels of silver each was because the Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion in the capital wanted to pay a lot of money to buy it!"
"Then you can go directly to the Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion and sell it to them directly. This will save you the price difference."
"Do you think I haven't thought of it? But people from the Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion said that Renhetang now sells Jiuxin Pills, and each pill only costs five taels of silver. Who would spend a thousand taels to buy ours!"
Old Mrs. Fang clutched her heart tightly, her breath stuck in her throat, and she could only stare.
Fang Chengxu and Fang Yuan hurried forward, rubbing their hearts and feeling relieved.
Everyone watched the excitement for a long time and vaguely understood what was going on.
While gloating over the misfortune, someone reminded Fang Chengxu: "Mrs. Fang is suffering from a heart disease, right? Don't you have a heart-saving pill? Give her one pill quickly. I heard that this medicine is very effective!"
Fang Chengxu was reminded and immediately took out the medicine and stuffed it into Mrs. Fang's mouth.
Although Mrs. Fang was in danger, she still felt sorry for her four hundred taels of silver and kept her mouth shut.
Fang Chengxu shouted anxiously: "This medicine is worthless now, so if you keep it, it will be in vain!"
Old Mrs. Fang thought that it was indeed true. If she didn't eat, it would be an advantage to her granddaughter. She immediately opened her mouth obediently.
I have to say that this medicine works very quickly. After taking it for a while, Mrs. Fang's breathing became smoother and her heart no longer cramped.
He slapped his thighs and cried loudly: "My five thousand taels of silver, my fields! Why am I carrying a thousand taels of silver like this!"
With this crying scene, more and more people were watching. Fang Chengxu could only persuade her to help Old Mrs. Fang into the house, and those who were watching the excitement naturally started to talk away.
Old Mrs. Fang was lying on the bed. She took a long time to catch her breath. She immediately grabbed Fang Chengxu's hand and said eagerly: "Go to Renhe Hall, find their shopkeeper, and try to get him to take back the medicine. Three hundred taels of silver." Just one pill will do.”
Fang Chengxu broke her fantasy with just one sentence: "Renhetang is selling this Jiuxin Pill now. How could the shopkeeper not know about it?
I've said it a long time ago, how can you make a profit from such a good drug store? , I’m afraid he already knew that Jiuxin Pills would be purchased in large quantities, so he was in a hurry to get rid of them.”
Mrs. Fang cried and wiped away her tears: "No matter what, I bought the medicine from Renhetang. If he doesn't return it, I will hang myself in front of his medicine shop."
"Why bother?" Fang Chengxu said angrily: "Since ancient times, there has been no refund when this medicine is sold. You are too courageous, why did you take it upon yourself to invest so much money?"
Old Mrs. Fang wanted to excuse herself, and thought hard: "It's Liang Jiang! Liang Jiang must have colluded with the drugstore shopkeeper to deceive me!"
Fang Chengxu said helplessly: "Yesterday's heart-saving pill was indeed worth thousands of gold. If I had gone yesterday, I might have taken it. But you and Azhao were arguing endlessly and refused to give in, so you delayed going. It's just that we don't have the fortune. .
How could Lai Liangjiang cheat you? Besides, you have already put aside Liang Jiang in this matter, and they didn’t interfere at all. "
A few words made Old Mrs. Fang speechless: "So all the mistakes are my fault. I shouldn't be obsessed with money. I shouldn't take risks. I didn't do all this because you were forcing me to do it." Isn’t it all about collecting the betrothal gift?”
Fang Chengxu lowered his head guiltily: "I'll talk to Azhao carefully. She is considerate and not the kind of person who is greedy for money."
"Isn't she greedy for money?" Mrs. Fang sneered: "Your sister is going to be sent to the government. I asked her to borrow five hundred taels of silver for emergency purposes, but she didn't even want to borrow it!"
"What's going on?"
Fang Yuan was also angry at Tong Zhaoer's ruthlessness and told what happened today in a more embellished way.
"She caused me to be ridiculed by my sisters. I couldn't help but do it to defend her reputation, but she refused to save her! If it were Liangjiang, let alone five hundred taels of silver, she would not let me suffer. Such cowardice.”
The words of the mother and daughter made Fang Chengxu furious for a moment: "I'll ask Azhao!"
Does she have no regard for her family at all?
(End of chapter)