bestfiction Chapter 414: The prosperity of the Chu family is also my responsibility
Chapter 414: The prosperity of the Chu family is also my responsibility
The herbal medicine shop is a bit far away, three streets away.
Qiao Jianer felt a little strange: "Grandma, if there is no suitable shop at the moment, you can wait a while. There is no need to go so far to buy it. It will take a long time to go back and forth."
When the Chu family left, my mother not only did not take the three hundred taels, but also stuffed two hundred taels back with her. Five hundred taels was enough to buy a shop in a good location.
Old Madam Chu knew what the maid was talking about. She had not wanted to mention that matter at first, fearing that it would make her daughter sad, but since she had asked, she couldn't hide it.
Otherwise my daughter and granddaughter would feel that the money was not used to its full potential.
She said, "That day, Yunni secretly slipped me an extra two hundred taels. I have five hundred taels in my hand, so I can wait for a shop that's closer."
"But when we passed through the town, we met Rui'er."
"Song Ruier?" Qiao Jianer felt something was wrong when she heard it.
This guy's appearance must be bad news.
Old Madam Chu took a look at her face and felt a slight pang in her heart.
The girl had a cold expression and a look of disgust between her eyebrows.
Looking at Qiao Yunni again, she also frowned, as if she was troubled by knowing who had gotten into trouble again.
Old Madam Chu became more and more frightened. Could it be that she missed something important?
She had just met her daughter and granddaughter, so she must not do anything wrong.
What if they get angry and never come again? Wouldn’t that mean the two old ladies will live out their lives in loneliness?
If that's the case, what's the point of her living?
At that moment, Old Madam Chu was very uneasy.
The day had just begun, and Qiao Jianer didn't want to affect Old Madam Chu's mood.
She jumped into the carriage and said, "Grandma, let's go to the herbal medicine shop first and talk about it in the evening."
Those things still need to be made clear to the Chu family to prevent Song Ruier from taking advantage of the situation.
Last time, the Qiao family was so focused on finding relatives and reuniting, and the Song family didn't show up, so they ignored the Song family.
It turned out that Song Ruier was playing a game of chess.
When some vicious dogs are not barking or moving, they are either preparing to bite people or preparing to steal bones.
Old Madam Chu was in the carriage, her heart in turmoil.
The carriage rumbled forward, and she finally couldn't help but ask, "Ni'er, did Mom do something wrong?"
"Mom didn't do anything wrong. There are some things we didn't explain clearly."
Qiao Yunni also realized why the Song family didn't make any movement during the days when the Chu family was at the Qiao family.
Seeing that Old Madam Chu was fidgeting like a child who had done something wrong, Qiao Yunni held her hand with heartache.
"Mom, it was our negligence. We should have told you last time you came to Datian Village."
"But now, it's not too late."
Fortunately, Song Ruier only took away one hundred taels of silver and did not cause any irreversible consequences.
Old Madam Chu breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that the mistake was hers. If that were the case, how would she face her daughter and granddaughter?
The herbal medicine shop is a bit out of the way, but it is spacious, with a backyard and a shed.
Various medicinal herbs are arranged in different categories in the shop. Some are placed on the shelves, some are placed in small cloth bags on the big table at the door, and some are sealed in jars, and so on.
In the backyard, there were two guys who were grinding and drying herbs. They were very busy. Some herbs needed to be sliced, some needed to be ground into powder, and some needed to be made into pills.
Qiao Lian'er is not very familiar with medicinal herbs, but her space has an identification system. As long as she turns on the identification system, she can immediately identify the name of each medicinal herb, its therapeutic effects, and its grade.
She turned on the recognition system and quickly got the statistical results.
Among the medicinal herbs in the shop, only two are high-end products, and there are more than a dozen mid-range ones. The others are ordinary medicinal herbs that are common in the mountains and can even be cultivated artificially on a certain scale.
So my grandma's herbal medicine shop has basically no competitiveness.
"Grandma, who did you buy these herbs from?"
"Most of them are bought from big pharmacies. They have more ready-made medicinal materials, which is convenient and saves trouble. Some are also bought from small medicine stalls." said Mrs. Chu.
Qiao Jian'er shook her head when she heard this. "If that's the case, we have to sell our medicine at a higher price than the big pharmacies to make a profit, but our reputation won't be as good as the big pharmacies, so customers won't come here to buy medicine."
Old Madam Chu was astonished that she figured out the reason why the shop was so quiet so quickly.
"Yes, but if we sell it at the same price as the big drugstore, and we take into account the cost of the shop and the labor costs of the two shop assistants, we will lose a lot of money. The good products of those small drugstores are sold to the big drugstores, and the ones we pick are all inferior. The only way to make a profit is to go up the mountain to find the medicine ourselves."
If Madam Chu could still deceive herself yesterday, the girl immediately saw the reason behind it and she had no choice but to face the facts.
"Grandma, are you willing to listen to me? I can revive the shop's business." Qiao Lianer said.
This family must be rich. Only when they are rich can they go out and make arrangements, invite people home, serve good wine, good food and good tea, decorate the house more grandly, and make people look at them with respect.
This is the principle that we should first present our clothes and then respect others.
Madam Chu's eyes lit up: "Sickle, you said it, and I know that my precious granddaughter is smart."
Qiao Jianer said, "I have a batch of medicinal herbs here. Their healing and strengthening effects are several times better than those in large pharmacies. Once customers see their effectiveness, even if they are a little more expensive, they will be more willing to buy them from the Chu family shop."
Then he walked out and opened the carriage.
The carriage was followed by a compartment similar to a storage room. It was very large and filled with a dazzling array of medicinal herbs that she had just taken out of the space, including top-grade Ganoderma lucidum, Polygonum multiflorum, Tianshan snow lotus, saffron, Gastrodia elata, and Paris polyphylla.
They are all fatter and thicker than what you usually see.
There are also many medicinal herbs whose names cannot be pronounced, but they are extraordinary at first glance.
Old Madam Chu was stunned and looked at Qiao Jianer in disbelief: "Jianer, where did you get these?"
Such a good medicinal material can only appear in dreams.
"I'm from Xiyan Country. I was originally planning to open another shop in the provincial capital and sell it there. My grandma also sells medicinal herbs, so I decided to sell it here."
"That must have cost a lot of money. Consider it my job to help you sell it." Old Madam Chu said cheerfully, "Whatever you earn from me, I'll pay you when you come in every month."
She was secretly happy in her heart. That was great. By thinking about the profits, she had a better hope of seeing the mother and daughter every month.
"Grandma, I'm familiar with merchants from Xiyan Country. They're rich in food and medicinal herbs, and it doesn't cost much, so I keep all the money I earn. I put the things here, and how much I earn is up to me."
"How can this be possible? As an elder, I cannot give you more wealth and protection, and I even want to take benefits from you." Old Lady Chu firmly objected.
Qiao Jianer said seriously, "Making the Chu family prosperous is not only your responsibility, but also my responsibility."
"Otherwise, grandma will be distant with me."