The Concubine Strikes Back: The Marquis Insists on Me to Be His Wife

He pretended to lower his head and think. "Is Shopkeeper Wu bullying me because my family has fallen into poverty? He actually humiliated my treasure like this."

"Don't be impatient, young lady. Please forgive my poor eyesight. I'll take a closer look and make you a new offer later." You must buy such a good ginseng.

"Then I'd like to trouble Shopkeeper Wu to take a good look at it. Although my family has fallen on hard times, I won't sell it unless I can get a reasonable price."

"That's nature, that's nature."

"I can't ruin my heirloom like this!"

"Let me put it this way, young lady. I see that you are sincere in wanting to sell, and I am sincere in wanting to buy, too. Four thousand taels, no more."

"Five thousand taels, not a penny less. Someone once gave my father tens of thousands of taels, but he never thought of selling it. Now, I am really unfilial! I hope that my father's spirit in heaven will not blame me."

"This~girl, let's say 4,200 taels. I really can't add any more."

"Since the shopkeeper doesn't want it, I won't sell it." Su Qing said as she was about to put it away.

"Four thousand five hundred taels. If the girl feels comfortable with it, she can keep it."

"Does Shopkeeper Wu really want to buy it? Are you kidding me, a little girl?"

"Girl, I am absolutely sincere and I am not kidding."

"Okay, since the shopkeeper is sincere, I will give you two hundred taels to treat you to tea. If you don't want to drink tea, then I will leave." After saying this, he was about to stand up.

"Okay, deal. Miss, please have some tea and wait for a while, then take me to the bank to get some money."

"Okay, then please go and come back quickly, there are things waiting for me to deal with at home."

"Go right now, go right now."

"Laifu~Laifu~ hurry up and serve the girl a pot of good tea."

After a while, the shop boy brought a pot of tea.

"Miss, please have some tea."

Su Qing picked up the poured tea and was about to drink it, but she could smell a musty smell. She sniffed it carefully and it was indeed the smell. It was so bad. Perhaps the shopkeeper didn't know that the tea was moldy?

"Brother Lai Fu, can you change a pot of tea? This tea is moldy."

Lai Fu picked up the teapot and smelled the fragrant aroma. "Miss, is the tea moldy?"

"Maybe I smelled it wrong. Go and get busy!" Su Qing put down the teacup and didn't drink it.

After waiting for about an hour, Shopkeeper Wu finally came back.

"Miss Su, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I went to three banks to get the money together. Please count."

Su Qing took the banknotes and counted them. There were four notes of one thousand taels each and eight notes of one hundred taels each.

"Thank you, shopkeeper. It's just right. Here's the ginseng for you." Su Qing handed the ginseng to shopkeeper Wu and left.

"Go slowly, young lady. If you need any good herbs in the future, please come to me."

"Thank you, shopkeeper."

Su Qing hurried back to the carriage. She was thirsty and hungry from waiting.

"Li Shang, Li Yue, let's find a restaurant to rest and eat something. I'm hungry."

"Okay, there's a restaurant up ahead, okay?"

"can."

For Su Qing, as long as she can eat, it's enough.

The three of them drove the carriage to the restaurant, found a seat near the inside and sat down, and ordered a few special dishes.

"Li Shang, go get three rooms and we can stay here. I'm a little tired. Also, here's one hundred taels. Go and exchange them for a carriage and a good horse. You can just sell this carriage and horse."

"Okay girl, I'll take note. After we finish eating, I'll go to the market and buy something suitable. If not, we'll go to the next place."

"It would be better if there was one, so that I wouldn't feel uncomfortable. I really can't get used to sitting here."

Su Qing was not used to riding in a horse-drawn carriage, and Li Shang and Li Yue understood that she was not used to riding in a bad car!