strictlysupreme Chapter 32 Deliberately Provoking Pharmacist Zheng
Chapter 32 Deliberately Provoking Pharmacist Zheng
Inside a small cubicle of the Anning Prefecture Medical Clinic—
Dr. Kobayashi said to the young apprentice, "Turn your back. Don't turn around unless I call you."
"Yes."
The apprentice respectfully responded, feeling no curiosity whatsoever. What was so interesting about a disfigured woman who was ugly and unattractive?
Dr. Kobayashi said, "You can take off your face mask now."
As summer ended, Xia Mo looked at the refined and handsome Dr. Lin, who exuded an aura of "I'm easy to bully, come and bully me!"
This was the first time Xia Mo had ever seen someone exude such an aura.
At home, Xia Mo needs to be a good girl to her family, but when she's out, she wants to do whatever she wants.
What she wants to do now is to bully Dr. Kobayashi.
So she said, "Dr. Kobayashi, do you really want me to take off my face mask?"
Dr. Xiaolin felt that Xia Mo was a bit strange. How could he treat patients without removing his face covering?
Xia Mo let out a sweet chuckle, reached out, and deliberately and mysteriously lifted her face mask, wanting to see what Dr. Kobayashi's expression would be when he saw her face clearly.
I'm a little bit looking forward to it.
Xia Mo stood an arm's length away from Dr. Kobayashi and reached out to remove the face mask.
Dr. Kobayashi stared at Xia Mo's exquisite and perfect face, completely mesmerized.
In particular, Dr. Kobayashi was standing close to Xia Mo at this moment, and his gaze was fixed directly on Xia Mo's face, as if Xia Mo was using her exquisite beauty to directly confront her face. Dr. Kobayashi couldn't help but feel suffocated.
Dr. Kobayashi gasped instinctively, his face showing shock. When he came to his senses, he realized he had been tricked, and his face darkened.
"Your face is perfectly fine! You deliberately stood so close that I could see your beautiful face directly, just to tease me, on purpose?!" Dr. Kobayashi clenched his fist, his voice trembling with anger as he questioned Xia Mo.
The young apprentice who was standing nearby didn't see it, but he heard Dr. Kobayashi's shocked gasp and angry words.
The young apprentice's curiosity was piqued. What kind of beautiful girl could she be that even Dr. Lin, who was used to seeing beautiful girls in their clinic, was momentarily stunned?
The young medicine boy was itching to see it; he really wanted to take a look too!
Seeing Dr. Kobayashi's reaction, Xia Mo was pleased. Her eyebrows curved into crescents with laughter, and her eyes shone with a bright light.
Dr. Kobayashi was drawn to the brightness in Natsume's eyes, and the anger in his heart was extinguished for a moment, as if it had met water.
Coming to her senses, Dr. Kobayashi became even angrier.
Dr. Kobayashi felt ashamed and turned to leave.
"Wait a minute," Xia Mo's beautiful voice rang out. Before Dr. Kobayashi left in anger, she showed him the ginseng wrapped in cloth.
Dr. Kobayashi looked puzzled and surprised. He said, "You don't actually think that giving me ginseng will make you closer to me, do you?!"
Xia Mo was surprised by Dr. Kobayashi's narcissism, and just looked at Dr. Kobayashi with a smile.
With a serious expression, Dr. Kobayashi solemnly said, "I'll have the clinic's pharmacist come over to give you an estimate. There's no way I'll accept your ginseng!"
Seeing how Dr. Kobayashi handled things, Xia Mo was happy to play along with his narcissism, but she still found it quite funny and gave Dr. Kobayashi a sweet smile.
Dr. Kobayashi reacted as if electrocuted, her cheeks flushing red, and she quickly turned and fled.
As Dr. Kobayashi left at the end of summer, she wrapped the cloth around her face again.
The young apprentice turned his head curiously to look at Xia Mo, only to see Xia Mo's indifferent gaze return.
The young apprentice felt a pang of regret. If he had turned around earlier, would he have been able to see Xia Mo's face?
After a while, Dr. Lin led Pharmacist Zheng in.
Dr. Kobayashi's gaze involuntarily drifted towards Xia Mo, and when he noticed that Xia Mo had already wrapped a face mask around her neck, he didn't understand why he felt a little disappointed.
At the end of summer, a 600-year-old ginseng was placed on a small table in the center of the small compartment.
When Pharmacist Zheng saw the ginseng, his eyes lit up, but then disappointment flashed across them.
"This is a 600-year-old wild ginseng, right?" After carefully examining the roots, Pharmacist Zheng said, "And it was dug up yesterday, isn't that right?"
Xia Mo nodded in agreement.
Pharmacist Zheng deliberately feigned disgust and said, "In the market, the purchase price of ginseng is 200 taels for a 1,000-year-old ginseng, and 20 taels for a 100-year-old ginseng. Your 600-year-old ginseng is worth 120 taels."
Xia Mo shook his head and gestured with the number 180.
Dr. Kobayashi was somewhat surprised. Xia Mo could clearly speak, so why was she silent at this moment?
“One hundred and twenty taels,” Pharmacist Zheng continued.
Xia Mo shook his head, wrapped the ginseng up, and put it in his pocket.
Zheng the Pharmacist understood and said, "One hundred and eighty taels is too much. I can only increase it by five taels every hundred years. This plant will cost one hundred and fifty taels."
At the end of summer, he took out the ginseng again and handed it to Pharmacist Zheng.
Pharmacist Zheng asked, "Do you want a banknote or cash?"
He was just asking around. One hundred and fifty taels of silver would weigh eleven catties and five taels, which was not light. Moreover, it would be easy to make noise when moving around in a small bag, and it would also easily attract the attention of bad guys. Of course, he would choose the silver notes.
Summer's end, however, came in second place.
Pharmacist Zheng was taken aback. The first option was a silver note, and the second option was cash. He hadn't expected that Xia Mo would ask for cash.
“Okay, I’ll go get the cash,” Pharmacist Zheng glanced at Doctor Lin.
The reason why Pharmacist Zheng readily gave out 150 taels was because of Doctor Lin's influence.
Xia Mo took out a piece of paper with many medicinal herbs written on it.
Pharmacist Zheng understood that he was the one who dispensed medicine in the pharmacy. After looking at the herbs on the list, he quickly calculated the cost in his mind and said, "The herbs on this sheet will cost thirty taels."
Pharmacist Zheng asked, puzzled, "Is this a prescription? But are some ingredients missing?"
With a touch of mischievousness, Xia Mo deliberately provoked Pharmacist Zheng by taking out another ginseng he had hidden on his person, indicating that it was to be added to the prescription.
When Pharmacist Zheng saw the rare thousand-year-old ginseng, his heart began to pound wildly.
"This...this...this..."
Pharmacist Zheng was filled with excitement, and his whole body trembled with emotion.
Seeing Zheng Yaoshi's attitude, Xia Mo smiled, pleased by his reaction.
Xia Mo quickly wrapped the thousand-year-old ginseng, put it back in his bosom, and then shrugged at Pharmacist Zheng.
Pharmacist Zheng said, "Are you willing to sell this thousand-year-old ginseng?! I'm willing to offer three hundred taels, which is higher than the market price! Three hundred taels, how about it?!"
Xia Mo shook her head and pointed to the paper in Pharmacist Zheng's hand; she was going to add it to the prescription.
"Is this a bath recipe for body tempering?" Although Pharmacist Zheng couldn't guess which other ingredients were, he guessed the purpose of the recipe.
Pharmacist Zheng said, "Actually, ginseng that doesn't have to be that expensive is also effective."
Xia Mo continued to shrug, indicating that the thousand-year-old ginseng was gone and she would never sell it.
Pharmacist Zheng was still thinking about the thousand-year-old ginseng he had just seen, and how he hadn't received it or even touched it yet, and his heart was clenched with anxiety.
Xia Mo gestured to Pharmacist Zheng to get the medicine.
Reluctantly, Pharmacist Zheng left the cubicle, turning back every few steps.