newbobooks Chapter 143 Interested in Buying
Chapter 143 Interested in Buying
Yesterday, Doctor Zheng asked Chen Yunshan to give her a message, saying that he had something to discuss with her.
It just so happened that the two of them were planning to go back to her parents' home before going to the provincial examination, so they left early this morning.
They first went to Renyitang in the city. As soon as the couple entered the pharmacy, they saw two lines at the counter and a pharmacist was selling tooth powder.
On the other side, Dr. Zheng was busy shuttling between the shelves, picking medicinal materials for another team of customers, weighing and packing them.
At this time, Doctor Zheng was examining a patient.
The entire pharmacy looked busy, but it was always in good order.
The couple found a seat in a corner of the pharmacy and sat down. They saw Doctor Zheng busy taking the pulse of an old man. He looked focused and chatted with the old man from time to time, asking about his condition.
The couple didn't want to disturb Dr. Zheng and waited quietly.
After about a quarter of an hour, Doctor Zheng finally finished seeing the patient on hand and hurriedly stood up to greet the two men.
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Please follow me." After saying that, he led the two people to the inner room.
Doctor Zheng invited the two men into the inner room with a smile on his face, turned around and took out an account book and a silver note worth sixty taels from the drawer, placed them on the table and gently pushed them in front of the two men.
"This is the portion of the proceeds from the sale of tooth powder that Madam Song received, as well as the detailed accounts. Please take a look." Doctor Zheng said sincerely.
Song Xile didn't expect that in just over half a month, she could get as much as sixty taels.
She took the account book curiously and quickly glanced at the accounts on it, which detailed the sales volume, cost and profit of tooth powder.
"I never thought that the tooth powder business would be so good. We can make such a considerable profit in just half a month!"
Doctor Zheng nodded with a smile on his face: "Mrs. Song is still far-sighted! At first, I hesitated to make high-priced tooth powder for fear that the price would be too high and no one would be interested in it and it would not sell! I didn't expect that now the supply is in short supply."
"Now it seems that most of the profits come from the high-priced tooth powder. All this is thanks to the two of you helping to find connections. Otherwise, how could this tooth powder be spread so quickly and become known to everyone?"
He paused and continued, "I invited you two here today because I want to talk to Madam Song about something!"
Seeing Song Xile's clear eyes looking at him, he felt a little embarrassed, with a look of embarrassment on his face, and slowly said: "To be honest, my family's pharmacy in Fucheng also knows that I have such a prescription. They are interested in this prescription and are willing to buy it."
Having said that, Doctor Zheng paused, looked at Song Xile's face, and saw that she was not angry.
He went on to explain, "It's just that we have agreed on the tooth powder recipe in advance, so I can't make the decision on my own. So I want to ask Madam Song if she has any ideas. If Madam Song doesn't agree, then I will reject them."
After listening to Doctor Zheng's words, Song Xile thought for a moment and asked, "It's okay for me, but the key is whether you are willing, Doctor Zheng?"
In addition to making money, Song Xile's original intention was to let the tooth powder benefit the people of Nanyun County, so he sought cooperation with Renyitang.
Now other clinics want to buy this prescription, and she has no objection as long as Dr. Zheng has no objection.
Besides, the recipe would no longer belong to her after a year, so it was still a profit for her.
Seeing that Song Xile was not displeased, Doctor Zheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "I mainly considered my wife's thoughts. After all, my wife still has a copy of this prescription."
"I wonder what your expectations are. I will write a letter in reply right now."
Song Xile thought that he would leave for the city the day after tomorrow, so he said, "Doctor Zheng, why don't you give me this letter? It happens that I will accompany Yun You to the city in a few days. Wouldn't it be more convenient to come to your house and discuss it in detail?"
Doctor Zheng suddenly realized and remembered that Chen Yunyou was going to the provincial capital to take part in the provincial examination.
He nodded repeatedly, "That's perfect. Please wait a moment while I write a letter to my wife!"
After a cup of tea, the couple said goodbye to Doctor Zheng, bought some food in the city, and left the city directly with their things.
As soon as the two men left the city, they walked straight to the donkey cart parked outside the city. Next to the donkey cart, an old man with wrinkles on his face and dark skin was attracting passers-by.
The years were bad, and many families who owned cars would pull their own animal carts to the city to solicit passengers in order to earn some money to supplement their family income.
It’s just that everyone is short of money, and unless it’s absolutely necessary, people would rather walk on their own than spend money on taking a bus.
So Chen Yun stepped forward and asked, saying that he could pay a few more coins, and asked the old man if he wanted to leave now.
The old man agreed without thinking.
There are now many donkey carts waiting for passengers outside the city. Sometimes, not to mention the passengers asking for extra money, as long as the passengers don't want to wait any longer, they are willing to go as long as the journey is not far!
Alas, money is so hard to make!
The old man driving the cart waved his whip from time to time, urging the donkey to move forward. It was only noon, and the sun above was already terribly hot.
The scorching sun was mercilessly burning the earth; even the air seemed to become scorching hot, forming waves of heat that blew towards us.
The leaves along the way should have been full of vitality, but they drooped listlessly due to the continued high temperature and drought.
The wheat seedlings in the fields seemed to have been drained of water and looked wilted.
The donkey cart moved forward slowly. Along the way, Song Xile saw many villagers busy carrying water to the fields on both sides of the official road, trying their best to save the dying crops, hoping to save some harvest in this drought.
Song Xile sighed subconsciously: "It would be nice if it could rain!"
The old man driving the cart raised the whip in his hand, sighed and said, "Who said it wasn't true? Look at the weather, it's getting hotter and hotter. The two nearby villages are close to the big river in the city, so they can still draw water to make ends meet. But the pond in our village has dried up long ago, and the crops are doomed!" After that, he sighed again.
Song Xile saw that the old man's back became more hunched when he mentioned this matter. He felt very upset and tried to comfort him, "Don't worry, old man. The county magistrate has organized people to find water and dig ponds, which can alleviate the drought to some extent."
The old man did not hold out much hope for this. "Although the county magistrate has good intentions, the drought has lasted for half a year and water is scarce. How much water can we find even if we dig a pond?"
He is an old man who has experienced famine. Nanyun County is so big, how can it take care of remote places like their village?
Song Xile comforted him, "Father, there is always a way out. Even if we can only save half of the grain in the county, as long as you can stabilize the grain price in our county, we can get through this!"
The old man driving the cart couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope because of Song Xile's words.
He shook the whip in his hand and said with emotion, "If we can really stabilize the food prices in the city, even if life becomes a little hard, we can still get by by tightening our belts!"