Chapter 106: Bartering Goods

  Because Renhe Tang itself has already become very large, the good ginseng is out of stock. This one was just collected from an old ginseng farmer in Changbai Mountain a few days ago. It's a 50-year-old ginseng. Liu Benchang personally took charge of this matter. Unexpectedly, just as Liu Benchang was about to transport it to Beijing, Wei Zhonghua called to ask for the ginseng. Coincidentally, Liu Benchang hadn't returned to Beijing yet and rushed straight to the deep sea.

  Liu Benchang saw Wei Zhonghua's appearance and couldn't help but laugh and cry, saying: "Old Wei, my root is completely incomparable to Xiao Yisheng's!"

  "How can you compare, this ginseng isn't worth one million? Xiao Yu's is only thirty thousand" Hearing Liu Benchang's words, Wei Zhonghua looked dissatisfied. This ginseng had cost him one million, and it was something that was priceless, not something he could have gotten if he wasn't lucky.

  "Dr. Xiao's is 300,000 per piece! Not one root!" Liu Benchang looked at Wei Zhonghua with an attitude of "my things are the best", and then rolled his eyes to look at Wei Zhonghua with a face full of disdain.

  The more Liu Benchang thought about it, the angrier he became. Why wasn't that ginseng his? There wouldn't be more than three of such precious things in all the medical families in the country! And they would use them sparingly too. Unlike him, who casually gave a piece to a stranger. Thinking this, he cast a resentful glance at Xiao Yu.

  "Three hundred thousand for one piece?" Wei Zhonghua's expression, which had been complacent and self-satisfied, suddenly froze. His eyes widened in a daze as he muttered to himself.

  "Old Liu, is it a piece of ginger this big?" Wang Xinlan heard Liu Benchang say 300,000 yuan per piece and thought of the piece of ginger Xiao You put in when decocting medicine. She made a shocked expression and asked Liu Benchang with gestures.

  "Ginger slices? It does look like it!" Liu Benchang heard Wang Xinlan's words, looked at his gestures, and said with an unnatural smile, "If ginger slices were all like this, I'd want a lot of them," but he only thought about it in his heart and didn't say it out loud.

  When Xiao Ye came, she originally brought the sand pot along with the remaining medicine dregs after decocting the medicine, and Wang Xinlan was a bit dissatisfied when continuing to decoct for two more days. Buying new ones wouldn't cost much money, why use leftovers? However, since Xiao Ye had brought them over, she couldn't say anything about it, after all, she had to consider her son's face. She planned to wait until Xiao Ye left before throwing them away and buying medicine again to decoct.

  At this point, Liu Benchang's words made him realize the preciousness of that medicine. Wei Zhonghua had gone to great lengths to find such a good ginseng, and she knew it too. Those small pieces, three slices on top of one root, were enough to show the preciousness of Xiao You's ginseng.

  The Wei army heard Liu Benchang's words and knew the preciousness of Xiao You's ginseng. At that time, although he knew it was ginseng, he still felt a little strange about why Xiao You would put just one piece there, but he didn't think it was so precious, no wonder it had to be packed in a jade box.

  "Xiao Yu, I... how can I thank you..." Wei Jun said with a grateful face as he looked at Xiao Yu.

  Wang Xinlan looked at Xiao Ye with a grateful face. If it weren't for Liu Benchang, she wouldn't have known that the small piece of ginseng was so precious. However, Xiao Ye didn't mention its value at all. Although Wang Xinlan saw that the ginseng was packed in a jade box and knew that what was inside might be valuable, she hadn't expected it to be so precious. The thing is mainly rare and expensive, not just expensive; her family has money and isn't afraid of spending it, but what they fear is that even with money, they can't buy it.

  At this time, Wei Zhonghua saw the appearance of his wife and son, and naturally knew that Xiao Ye must have used ginseng on his son. His own wife and son didn't know yet. When looking at Xiao Ye, the eyes were no longer looking at outsiders, but a look at their own close relatives.

  When Xiao Yu first came to his home, Wei Zhonghua felt that this young man was reliable. Although 300,000 yuan is not a lot, but with Xiao Yu's family income, he can do so much, it can be seen that he is a good person. Wei couldn't help but sigh in his heart, thinking that his son was really lucky to have made such a good friend. This kind of friendship is something that you can't buy even with a lot of money, it's a treasure for a lifetime.

  "Brother Jun, what are you talking about? Have you forgotten how you helped me when I first came to the deep sea?" Xiao Ye said with a serious face upon hearing Wei Jun's words.

  "Haha... Alright, alright, both of you stop talking. You're brothers, just keep it in mind!" Wei Zhonghua looked at the two people being polite to each other and smiled, his expression very satisfied.

  "Old Wei, since your son's illness is no longer a big problem, I'll take back this ginseng. It can be the treasure of our store, a first-class treasure!" Liu Benchang said, seeing the look on several people's faces, he knew that Wei Jun had already used Xiao Yu's ginseng.

  "No way! Old Liu, I'll take this ginseng, so I won't have to search for it when I need it!" Wei Zhonghua was startled when he heard that Liu Benchang wanted to bring it back and said. After buying the ginseng this time, Wei Zhonghua finally knew how hard it was to find such a thing. It wasn't easy to come across one by chance, and even if you were lucky enough to find one, you might not be able to buy it. This kind of thing is something that can be encountered but not sought after, so naturally, he didn't want to let it go.

  Liu Benchang lowered his head and fell into thought for a moment. He also knew that although his things couldn't compare to Xiao Ye's, and were still far behind, they too belonged to the category of things that are hard to come by.

  Liu Benchang heard that Wei Zhonghua wanted to buy, and he was naturally overjoyed. He had come from the capital this time just to sell ginseng to this person. Since the other party wanted it, he naturally wouldn't refuse. Just as he was about to agree, Liu Benchang suddenly thought of a possibility and abruptly raised his head, looking at Xiao Yu and saying: "Doctor Xiao, I'll use these fifty-year-old wild mountain ginsengs to exchange for four... no, three pieces of your ginseng. What do you think?"

  Xiao Yu was also very moved by Liu Benchang's words. Originally, he had three hundred years of ginseng, but he only had a few pieces left. Some light illnesses could be cured with these, and fifty-year-old ginseng was not bad either. Many places used it too. Moreover, this was an entire root.

  A moment later, Xiao Ye raised his head and said to Liu Benchang: "Liu is indeed a business elite! Deal!"

  Liu Benchang was thrilled to hear Xiao You's willingness to trade, and turned his head to say to Wei Zhonghua: "Hehe, sorry old Wei, can't sell it to you!"

  Wei Zhonghua waved his hand indifferently. He had originally bought this ginseng to give to Xiao Ye, but since both parties were willing to trade, it was settled then.

  Liu Benchang is now very proud, this ginseng can be considered a treasure in their store, but it's only suitable for nourishing the body and making medicine, it can't save lives. However, Xiao Yu's ginseng is different, although there's less of it, it's something that can save lives at critical moments.

  Xiao Ye was a lifesaver, but if he used these ginseng for everything, no matter how much he had, it wouldn't be enough! So when Liu Benchang wanted to trade, he readily agreed. It can be said that this exchange resulted in mutual benefit and a win-win situation for both parties.

  Xiao Yu took out three slices of ginseng from the jade box and handed them to Liu Benchang, while Liu Benchang handed over the wooden box containing the ginseng to Xiao Yu, and the transaction was considered complete.

  The transaction was completed, and Liu Benchang sat for a while before leaving the Wei family. He is now more anxious than anyone else in his heart. Renhe Hall is a family-style enterprise, and its predecessor was also a traditional Chinese medicine family. However, Liu Benchang himself did not like medical skills, but liked management, so he did not practice medicine, but took over the position of general manager of Renhe Hall.

  His father and older brother were different from him, they all focused on studying medicine and didn't care about these mundane things. Their family had also had such a ginseng many years ago, but it had been consumed over the past hundred years, which made his father and older brother always regretful that a large traditional Chinese medicine family didn't even have a decent treasure to show for it. These few slices of ginseng just happened to fill this gap, so he was in a hurry to take them back to let his father and older brother see.

  After Liu Benchang left, Xiao Ye and the Wei family also dispersed early, and today's experience had already made them feel physically and mentally exhausted.

  Xiao Yu arrived at the Wei family's guest room, sat cross-legged on the bed and began to practice Zheng Qi Jue. Nowadays, Xiao Yu hardly slept, usually spending his nights practicing, but strangely, he never felt tired. This was perhaps one of the benefits of practicing!

  The next morning, although it had gradually entered winter, the temperature in the south still didn't give people a warm feeling. It should be a very comfortable thing to have such weather in early winter, but Xiao Yu was not used to it. Although Xiao Yu had lived in the deep sea for four or five years, he was still not used to the southern climate. He liked the north's piercing cold winters and scorching hot summers.

  Xiao Yu sat cross-legged on the bed, slowly opening his eyes. In the instant when Xiao Yu opened his eyes, a flash of golden light flashed in his eyes. He raised his head to look out the window, and outside, the sky was already bright. Xiao Yu stretched lazily and got up, walking to the window. Outside, the trees were lush and green, with patches of grass swaying gently in the breeze.

  In the courtyard, Wei Zhonghua, Wang Xinlan and Wei Jun, a family of three, were exercising together, with bursts of laughter occasionally passing through the windows.

  Xiao Yu took a shower and came to the living room feeling refreshed. At this time, Wei Jun and his parents also returned from exercising in the courtyard and were chatting in the living room.

  At this time, the Wei army's complexion had clearly improved, their faces were also ruddy, and their sunken eye sockets had recovered more than half, only their cheeks were still slightly thin, which would have to be slowly replenished later.

  After finishing breakfast, Xiao Yu had not gone to work for over a month. Since he was back, he should go to work too. Wei Jun's antique shop had also been closed for several days due to his illness. Now that everything was fine, they naturally needed to open the shop. So, Wei Jun drove with Xiao Yu heading towards the Antique City.

  The car drove into the parking lot, Xiao Yu was working for someone else, while Wei Jun was his own boss, so Xiao Yu didn't wait for Wei Jun and headed straight to the antique city.

  "Slow down, little brother..." Just as Xiao Yu had reached the entrance of the antique city, a somewhat aged voice called out from behind him.

  Xiao Yu turned his head and looked back, an old man in his sixties wearing a Tang suit, with white hair and beard, and a small tuft of whiskers that gave off a somewhat immortal and elegant aura.