Meng Yang had the pleasure of drinking herbal tea once, brought back by his old friend when he went out to talk business. He took a sip and his whole body flowed, and he still remembers the feeling clearly to this day.
“You know how to make herbal tea?”
Song Wangyue nodded her head.
Meng Yang almost slapped his thigh, “Great, as much as you can make, uncle grandfather will take it all.”
Song Wan Yue smiled, “Making herbal tea is very simple, uncle grandfather wants it, I will write the recipe to you, you go back and make it yourself.”
“This is not possible, uncle grandfather can’t take advantage of you, the amount of money is the amount of money, you go ahead and make it, when it’s done, give uncle grandfather a few more bowls, uncle grandfather wants to drink it.”
Song Wangyue went to the kitchen, Xiao Si had already brushed the pot and held the firewood, waiting by the stove.
When he saw Song Wan Yue, he immediately squatted down and nimbly lit the fire. After Song Wan Yue poured the herbs into it and added the right amount of water, he said while burning the fire, “Miss Song, you go and rest, I’ll just boil it.”
Song Wan Yue looked at him strangely.
Xiao Si’s heart thumped as she looked at him, feeling that what the young master said was true, and that Miss Song really wanted to give the young master a new boy to serve him.
“I’ll be right outside, call out to me when you’re almost done simmering.”
He didn’t care, he lifted up his sleeve and casually wiped it off, and continued to burn the fire vigorously.
“Why is he so abnormal today?”
Song Wangyue asked Gu Yi.
Gu Yi pretended not to know anything, and deliberately probed towards the house to look, “Abnormal? I don’t see it.”
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When the herbal tea was ready, Song Wan Yue scooped out a basin and had Song Lin fetch well water and put the basin inside so that the herbal tea could cool faster.
When he heard the boy say that it was ready and was waiting to cool, he couldn’t wait to come over and see that the herbal tea was still steaming hot and circled the basin twice.
Song Wangyue smiled as she watched, took a clean spoon and scooped some into a bowl, took another bowl and poured it back and forth to cool, and brought it to him, “Uncle grandfather try it.”
Meng Yang tipped it over and took a sip, his eyes lit up, “This is the taste.”
After he finished, he tilted his head and drank the bowl of herbal tea clean, handing it to the boy on the side, “Yue’er, don’t go back today, make some more herbal tea and Uncle Grandpa will take it all away.”
“Jiangnan is a long way away, these herbal teas will be transported there, I don’t know how much will be lost on the way, I’d better write the recipe to you later.”
“No, no.” , Meng Yang waved his hand, he must not dip his toe in the water so much.
Gu Yi’s eyes slipped around a few times, “If uncle grandfather really can’t bear to take it, it’s fine to give silver to compensate.”
Yes, Meng Yang’s eyes lit up, “Good, is 10,000 taels enough?”
Song Wan Yue, ……
Gu Yi narrowed his eyes with a smile, “Thanks a lot uncle grandfather.”
Song Wan Yue gave him a fierce glare, Gu Yi just ignored it, and diligently gave Meng Yang another bowl, “I heard that it is hot in Jiangnan, after uncle grandfather goes back, he can put the herbal tea made in the ice cellar, not only is it more refreshing, the effectiveness of dispelling fire is also doubled.”
Song Wan Yue,……
Gu Yi took the bowl in Meng Yang’s hand, “It’s hot outside, Yue’er and I will accompany uncle grandfather to go back to the house first and wait, so they can go buy paper and pencil.”
“Fine, fine.”
Meng Yang went back to the courtyard, Gu Yi followed him attentively and accompanied him as he walked and talked, Song Wan Yue could only follow him over.
Xiao Si quickly bought the pen, ink, paper and ink stone, and in front of Meng Yang Song Wan Yue wrote the recipe, and instructed him to make sure to tell the customers clearly when he sold it, that although herbal tea was good, it should not be drunk in excess, and drinking too much would be counterproductive.
After saying that, afraid that he could not remember, and wrote on paper, together with handed to Meng Yang.
Meng Yang happily took out the silver ticket, and Song Wan Yue could only accept it, thinking that she could not ask for the 10,000 taels of silver for nothing.
“I’ll start making the pills tomorrow, how much does uncle grandfather need, I’ll go buy the herbs now.”
Meng Yang thought for a moment, “The wind-cold one needs 50,000 pills, the great tonic one comes to 10,000 pills.”
Song Wan Yue’s eyebrows knitted slightly, making so many pills required quite a lot of herbs, if they went on a buying spree blatantly, they would definitely attract the attention of others.
“What’s wrong?”
Noticing her strange appearance, Meng Yang hurriedly asked.
Song Wangyue’s eyebrows stretched out and she looked as normal, “It would take many days to make so many pills, I was thinking of making a batch out first, you take them back first, and let your people bring them back behind you.”
Meng Yang also had this intention, it was already May, the weather in Jiangnan was already hot, he could earn money a day sooner if he rushed back to make the herbal tea.
“Just listen to you, I’ll stay for five days, make as much as you can, and I’ll depart back after five days.”
Song Wan Yue nodded, “Uncle grandfather rest, Gu Yi and I will go and buy herbs.”
The two of them had just left the house when the shopkeeper, Wei, came over with his staff. He was still thinking about what Xiao Si hadn’t finished saying, so he came over before the customers had finished, wanting to ask Xiao Si while he was making herbal tea.
“The herbal tea is in the kitchen, go and make it yourselves, be gentle and don’t disturb the rest of the family, I’ll go with your young master to buy herbs.”
Wei answered and stood respectfully to one side, waiting for the two to get into the carriage and leave before leading the fellows in gently.
Song Wangyue and Gu Yi went to several pharmacies, but at this time of year there were few people with wind chills, and each pharmacy did not have much stock, so they were afraid of attracting attention and did not dare to buy all of them.
The carriage stopped in front of the last pharmacy, the largest in the county.
The two of them got off the carriage and walked into the shop.
The mate came forward, “Are the two of you seeing a doctor or getting medicine.”
“Buy medicine.”
“Please come here ……”
Before the words were finished, a man lifted the curtain from behind and the fellow hurriedly paused in his words and saluted, “Young master.”
The visitor’s gaze swept past Song Wangyue and Gu Yi, and was about to look towards the hall when he quickly looked back again, his eyes flickering quickly when he saw the person clearly.
“Miss Song, Young Master Gu.”
Song Wangyue smiled and nodded, “Young Master Zhang.”
Zhang Zhuan hurriedly asked, “The two of you are ……”
“Here to buy medicine.”
“What medicine to buy, I’ll have the fellows prepare it for you two ……”
“This medicine shop is owned by Young Master Zhang?”
Zhang Zhuan paused before returning, “It’s the family’s property and I’m temporarily in charge.”
The news of Zhang Huai’s death had already come back from the capital, but Master Zhang had been missing for months, so Zhang Zhuan was the family’s while second young master, and naturally took over the family’s business.
Song Wan Yue had an idea in mind, “I have something I need the help of Young Master Zhang, can I find somewhere to talk about it in detail.”
“Of course you can, let’s talk later.”
Zhang Zhuan took the two of them to the back of the room and took their seats. Song Wan Yue didn’t beat around the bush and said directly, “I need a lot of herbs for wind chill, and I hope that Mr. Zhang can help.”