The two of them went back inside and took their seats. After taking a few glances at the room, Grand Master Sun scolded, “When you found out that Jin’er was coming to the city to take the exam, your sister-in-law had prepared a place for you to stay early on.
“What are you talking about? You and I are brothers, how can I be polite to you? It’s just that Jin’s son got a wind chill on his way here, and I’m afraid that he’ll give you guys the wind chill; on the other hand, staying at the inn is a good way to get in touch with other students and exchange experiences, so that we won’t be in a mess when we enter the examination hall.”
Senior Master Song nodded slightly, “You are right to be concerned.”
He then changed the subject, “In your opinion, will the two Song siblings agree?”
Elder Sun couldn’t say, so far he couldn’t figure out the relationship between the three.
Miss Song called out to Brother Song Si, called out to Gu Yi but called out to Young Master Gu, Young Master Gu also called out to Brother Song Si but called out to Miss Song as a little girl. Moreover, while Young Master Gu’s entire appearance was not that of an ordinary rich family, Song Si and Song Wan Yue looked like ordinary peasants, but they could make mint oil and pills, both of which were unparalleled.
“After all, Mr. Song and Miss Song are still too young to make such a big decision, so it’s only right to discuss it. You haven’t seen Jin’er for a long time either, I’ll have someone call him over.”
Master Sun ordered towards the door, and Sun Jin was quickly called over, sniffling and saluting Grand Master Sun, “Cousin uncle.”
For generations the Sun family had been in business and had never had anyone who was well read, Sun Jin being the only one. The Sun family all looked up to him, and the Grand Master was no exception, extending his hand to help him, “Why are you still polite to your uncle, are you feeling better?”
“Much better.”
Although there were still some nasal sounds, there was strength in his body, and his head did not hurt or feel dizzy.
Grand Master Sun gestured for him to sit down, “Jin’er, tell Grand Cousin Uncle how the pills are working?”
Even though he had prejudice against Song Si and the others, Sun Jin had to admit that the pills were very effective, and after only one day, he had become much lighter.
“I took the first one the night before last, and I’m much better today. It’s not like the past, when it took days of bitter soup to work.”
Hearing this, Grand Master Sun’s heart was at ease.
“Does Grand Cousin want to buy their pills?”
Grand Master Sun nodded his head.
“You should be more careful, those are treacherous people.”
“Jin’er!”
Master Sun reprimanded with displeasure and chortling.
But Sun Jin pretended he didn’t hear, “Grand Cousin Uncle doesn’t know, they are very good at playing tricks, that day at the inn, they knew I was sick and deliberately pretended at my door that they also had a wind chill, luring my father out to buy pills.”
“Jin’er, don’t talk nonsense.”
“Where did I talk nonsense? Father, think about it, we only heard that young master sneeze a few times when we were buying the pills, and never heard it again, so what are they doing if they are not pretending to be sick?”
Master Sun hadn’t thought much about it, but when he heard Sun Jin say that, he froze for a moment and thought back carefully, he hadn’t heard Gu Yi sneeze afterwards, and he looked alive and well the next morning, not at all like he had caught a wind chill.
“Perhaps, it’s because his symptoms were mild and he got better after taking the pills.”
“Father was fooled by them, the boy didn’t have wind chill at all, they were just putting on an act to get us to buy the pills. I’ve asked Dr. Sun, the herbs in the pills are all ordinary herbs, and a pair of them in a pharmacy would only cost 20 to 30 yuan, but they only made them into pills and dared to sell them for one tael of silver. It is because they see that we are rich and eager that they dare to ask for more.
The calculations in Master Sun’s heart moved a little, but on his lips he said, “Although the herbs are ordinary, the prescriptions are very good.”
“If you want it, you can pay the price downwards, two hundred yuan a piece, if they are willing to sell it, but if not, you can pretend not to buy it and leave.”
Although he had always studied, his family was always in business, and having been nurtured since he was a child, he had learned by ear, and Sun Jin had more or less learned some business routines.
“Jin’er, I’m afraid that won’t work, we just ordered them five hundred for eight dollars each ……”
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you’re getting.
The first of these is that the price is higher, so that in the future, they will only supply us.”
“They’ll be eager to agree! Those treacherous people won’t let go of such a good opportunity.”
“No, they only promised to sell us pills, but not to sell to just one family.”
“They are trying to catch us in a trap, Grand Cousin, you must not fall into their trap.”
“Master.”
A shout rang out from the doorway.
Hearing that it was the voice of his personal servant, Grand Master Sun looked towards the door, “Come in!”
A middle-aged man about the same age as Grand Master Sun hurried in, “Master, I just saw that Master Yao of Renshantang had also gone to look for the Song siblings.”
Grand Master Sun rose to his feet, lifted his feet and headed out.
Renshantang was also a big pharmacy, only one street away from them, and their business was comparable to theirs.
Just as they reached the door, they saw the owner of Renshantang, Mr. Yao, enter Song Si’s house.
“What’s going on?”
The servant whispered, “He was led here by a man, and I just overheard an earful, and it seems that the man was there to sell in his medicine hall.”
Grand Master Sun turned around and came back to sit down, pounding his legs in anxiety, “What can be done about this?”
Once someone from Renshantang bought the pills, how could he still be the only family in the future?
……
Inside Song Si’s house.
After Yao took his seat, he got straight to the point, “I’ve tried your peppermint oil and it works very well, I’ll take all of it as much as you have.”
“Sorry, we can only sell you a hundred bottles.”
As Song Si’s words fell, the smile on the blue-shirted scholar’s face disappeared and he said anxiously, “Sir Song, I saw that you still had quite a few this morning.”
After he had gotten the peppermint oil, he had gone to many inns to sell it for one hundred and twenty wen per bottle, but most of the students knew that if a friend came with them, the buyer and seller would refund the friend ten wen for one hundred and twenty wen, and he had been hawking it for a good half a day, but had not sold a single bottle.
He changed his mind and went to a distant pharmacy to peddle it, but to his surprise, he was instantly spotted by the shopkeeper at Renshantang, who said he would buy as much as he could get.
“Someone had ordered it first, but my elder brother was kind enough to save you this hundred bottles.”
Song Wangyue said.
