Regent, the princess you found is a treasure

While I was thinking about this, I heard a voice saying, "Master, are we really going to close the door?"

Su Luoxue looked in the direction of the voice and saw the shop where the three of them were standing. Because the shop was not open for business today, she did not pay attention to it for a while. At this time, she saw an old man and a young man walking out of the small door next to the shop. The words just now were said by the young man.

The old man said helplessly: "Alas, we are just ordinary people. We can't fight others, and we can't afford to offend them. We should go back to the countryside and be barefoot doctors. This capital is a place of trouble. Let's leave."

As he spoke, he asked the boy to take out a wooden sign and hang it on the shop door.

Su Luoxue and the other two went forward and took a look. They saw a wooden sign that read: This shop is for sale.

After hanging up the sign, the master and the apprentice were about to turn around and enter the store. Su Luoxue quickly called out to the old man: "Boss, please stay."

The old man turned around and saw three girls. The one in the middle was probably the young lady, and the two behind her were probably her servants.

The old man bowed to Su Luoxue and said, "Young lady, why did you call me?"

"May I know your name, boss? Are you going to sell this shop?" Su Luoxue said.

"My surname is Liu. I really can't continue this business. I plan to sell it and take my apprentice A Niu back to my hometown." The old man asked: "Miss, are you interested?"

"I have this idea, but I wonder what Manager Liu did in the past? I didn't see the signboard either?" Su Luoxue asked.

Shopkeeper Liu saw that Su Luoxue was interested in this shop, "Young lady, please go inside and talk." While letting people in, he said, "This shop used to be a clinic, but I can't do it anymore. I just took down the sign this morning."

Oh, what a coincidence. Su Luoxue thought as she followed Shopkeeper Liu into the store. It was a two-room shop. Because the doors were not open, the light in the room was a little dim, but she could still see that the room they walked into should be a pharmacy. The whole room was filled with tall Chinese medicine cabinets. She walked into another adjacent room, which should be the place for consultation.

"Manager Liu, how come such a good clinic of yours is closed? I just saw that Huichuntang across the street is doing pretty good business." Su Luoxue looked at the old man in confusion and asked, "Excuse me, is it that your medical skills are not good enough, or is it?"

"No, my master has always been a great doctor and is very kind to others. If the people on the other side hadn't bullied us and forced us to leave, why would he have sold the shop and returned to the countryside?" As soon as Su Luoxue finished asking, Doctor Liu's apprentice Aniu said angrily.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Shopkeeper Liu glared at Aniu and said angrily.

Hearing what Ah Niu said, Su Luoxue became interested. "Manager Liu, I want to buy your shop. If you don't mind, can you tell me why?"

Shopkeeper Liu glanced at Su Luoxue, sighed, and said, "Let's go to the back yard and talk slowly."

Su Luoxue discovered that there was a second courtyard at the back, which was very spacious.

Shopkeeper Liu invited Su Luoxue to sit down, asked Ah Niu to make some hot tea, took a sip and said, "My clinic has been open here for more than 20 years. It was doing well until Huichuntang, also a clinic, opened across the street 5 years ago."

Shopkeeper Liu sighed and continued, "At first there were rumors that many of the herbs sold in my clinic were fake. At the time I didn't suspect them, I just thought it was a misunderstanding, so I explained it to others. Later, someone carried a dead body to the door of my shop, saying that he died from taking the medicine he bought from me. I couldn't explain it clearly, and the government was alerted. They arrested me and beat me with ten boards, which almost cost me my life. I had to pay 200 taels of silver to avoid being locked up. While I was recovering from my injuries, someone from Huichuntang across the street came and said that if I left here, I could save my life, otherwise it would be hard to say."

"They are too domineering!" Meixiang couldn't stand it anymore and said angrily.

"They are engaging in unfair competition," Banxia said.

Su Luoxue nodded. Banxia was right. She was indeed from a merchant family.

"Why are they so domineering? Do they have some backing?" Su Luoxue asked.

"I also secretly checked and found out that the boss behind Huichuntang is the younger brother of the prime minister's wife, the second son of the Shangshu Mansion." Shopkeeper Liu said: "Hey, we ordinary people really can't afford to offend him. Last month, I arranged for my family to return to my hometown in the countryside first, thinking of selling the shop and going back."

Zhang's brother from her mother's family? Su Luoxue thought to herself, no wonder the ancients said that enemies often meet on a narrow road, it's true.

"Shopkeeper Liu, to be honest with you, I want to buy your shop. How much do you think you want?" Su Luoxue said.

Shopkeeper Liu thought for a moment and said, "Young lady, I'll tell you the truth. My shop and yard together cost 500 taels. I'd like to ask you, what do you want to do by buying my shop?"

"The clinic." Su Luoxue stood up and walked around the yard, looking around. "Manager Liu, 500 taels, fixed price."

This yard is perfect for her. The two front storefronts can be used as a waiting room and a pharmacy. The rooms in the front yard can be used as a medical room, inpatient room, etc. There is also a yard in the back where her own people can live.

Su Luoxue was more and more satisfied as she watched, but when Shopkeeper Liu heard that she was opening a clinic, he quickly advised her: "Miss, you must not do that. The Huichun Hall across the street has a powerful backer, and you can't afford to offend them."

"Our young lady is not afraid." Meixiang said.

Su Luoxue looked at Meixiang with satisfaction and gave her a thumbs up.

"Manager Liu, thank you for your reminder, but don't worry, they can't do anything to me." Su Luoxue said with a smile: "Manager Liu, I have a request. Is it possible?"

"Miss, you say." said Shopkeeper Liu.

"I took over your shop, but I don't have a suitable manager at the moment, and I can't stay here every day. I would like to ask you to continue to be the manager of this shop. I will give you 150 taels of silver a year, and you, my little apprentice, will get 5 taels of silver a month. Do you think this is okay?" Su Luoxue said.

Shopkeeper Liu thought for a moment and said, "Miss, are you really not afraid of them?"

"Since I dare to choose to fight against them, I am naturally not afraid. I am just afraid that they will be the ones crying." Su Luoxue said.

Shopkeeper Liu looked at Su Luoxue and inexplicably believed in this girl. "Okay, I do."

"Okay, from now on you will be the doctor in my clinic, and I will call you Doctor Liu." Su Luoxue said, "I will close the shop for a few days. I want to renovate it. From now on, our clinic will be called Jishengtang, and I will supply all the medicinal materials in the shop."

"Okay, but I don't know your surname or name yet, sir?" Doctor Liu said.

"My last name is Su. From now on, Doctor Liu can just call me Miss Su." Su Luoxue said, "I will arrange the renovation of the clinic."

"Okay, I'll follow Miss Su's instructions in everything," said Doctor Liu.

"Then I'll go back now. I'll find someone to renovate the place in the next few days. You don't have to see me off, Doctor Liu." Su Luoxue said, and walked out of the shop.

When they reached the street, Su Luoxue took a look at Huichun Hall, smiled coldly, and took Meixiang and Banxia back to the bamboo garden.

After the master and servant left, Ah Niu asked, "Master, do you think this girl can really beat the other side?"

"I believe it, and I also want to see what happens to the other side." Doctor Liu said.