Falling into the mortal world

The old doctor wondered what a precious apprentice he had taken on.

Fortunately, I did not let the rumors and gossip outside influence my judgment.

Lan Qingqing said, "Master, this is a diagram of human anatomy. You can study it when you have time. I'm going to the prefectural city these next few days to find a treasure. When I get back, we'll study cesarean sections together."

The old doctor was speechless at Lan Qingqing's words. This girl wasn't normal yet! Afraid of upsetting Lan Qingqing, the old doctor could only say okay.

If the experiment fails later, the girl will naturally give up.

After saying goodbye to her master, Lan Qingqing went with her mother to the carriage market to rent a carriage. Her mother had laid out thick cotton quilts on the carriage.

Lan's mother went to buy more food and snacks to take on the journey.

The coachman took into account that Lan Qingqing was pregnant, so the carriage did not travel very fast. What should have been a three or four-day journey took seven days.

The driver wasn't annoyed that they were traveling slowly, since they had been paid a good fare and weren't in a hurry.

Upon arriving in the prefectural city, after disembarking from the carriage, the group immediately sought out an inn to stay in. Many people in the prefectural city recognized Lan Qingqing; even with a veil, she was easily recognizable. In the prefectural city, Lan Qingqing was the kind of person men loved and women hated.

Therefore, Lan Qingqing put on a veil as soon as she arrived in the prefectural city. There were many women wearing veils in the prefectural city, so she was not easily recognized.

Lan Qingqing led everyone to the largest inn in the prefectural city, Yunlai Inn. Upon arrival, Lan Qingqing immediately booked two superior rooms: one for herself, Feng Caidie, and Lan's mother, and one for Lan Xiaotian.

The superior guest room had a daybed, where Lan's mother slept, while Lan Qingqing and Feng Caidie slept on the bed.

Now the family income is relatively stable, and Lan's mother is no longer as reluctant to part with anything as before.

If it were three months ago, she would never have been willing to spend ten taels of silver to stay at an inn; at most, she would have found a deserted, dilapidated temple to stay in.

The next morning, before dawn, they all got up. Lan Qingqing and the others decided to first inquire about the black market.

Lan Xiaotian learned from the shopkeeper that to enter the black market for internal transactions, one had to pay five thousand taels of silver. Moreover, five thousand taels could only allow two people to enter.

This caught Lan Qingqing off guard, even though she had heard a lot about the black market before.

But since it wasn't something I was really interested in, and I only listened to some of them casually, I never expected there to be this side to it.

The first priority now is to find a way to make money. Lan Qingqing has some dendrobium that she picked on the cliff before, but it won't sell for five thousand taels.

Lan Qingqing still had a thousand-year-old ginseng, which she had found herself in a datura bush at the bottom of the cliff. It should be worth tens of thousands of taels of silver. However, Lan Qingqing didn't intend to sell it; it was something that could save her life in a critical moment, so naturally she hadn't brought it with her. Now she could only think of other ways.

Lan Qingqing first went to the pharmacy to sell the dendrobium she had. Upon arriving at the pharmacy, the young apprentice greeted her warmly. "What kind of medicine would you like to buy?" he asked.

"We're not here to buy medicine, we're here to sell medicine," Lan Qingqing said.

Upon hearing that the customer wasn't there to buy medicine but to sell it, the shopkeeper's smile immediately vanished. "We don't buy medicine here. If you're not buying any, please leave now and don't interfere with our business."

Lan Qingqing and the others were speechless with anger at the waiter's attitude; they hadn't expected him to be so rude.

Lan Xiaotian said, somewhat annoyed, "How can you talk like that?"

"What did I say? He looks all dressed up, but I never expected him to be a penniless wretch." the waiter said, disgruntled.

"The herbs in this pharmacy are all supplied by specialized herbal medicine merchants, so why would we accept herbs of dubious origin?" the shop assistant said arrogantly.

What was Lan Xiaotian trying to say? Lan Qingqing stopped her, "Xiaotian, let's go! They won't take you here, let's go look somewhere else, isn't there a pharmacy across the street?"

"Let's go check it out on the other side," the guy said dismissively. "Hurry up and go, see if they'll take your herbs."

Lan Qingqing was too lazy to get entangled with such a person. With such a sharp and mean-spirited person, this pharmacy wouldn't last long.

Lan Xiaotian said angrily, "Sister, we should teach that guy a lesson!" Lan's mother then gave Lan Xiaotian a sharp rap on the back of the head. "What are you saying? Your sister is pregnant. What if she gets hurt if we start arguing?"

Lan Xiaotian said somewhat dissatisfiedly: Mother, I was just saying it, I didn't actually fight anyone.

"Talking about it won't work either," Mother Lan said seriously.

Lan Qingqing said with a smile: What's there to be angry about? Evil people will be punished by heaven. It's not our place to play the hero.

"Yes!" Feng Caidie echoed.

Lan Xiaotian said with a hint of resentment: "Look, I only said one sentence, and you all said the rest."

As they talked, they arrived at the pharmacy across the street. As soon as they entered, the shopkeeper greeted them and asked, "What medicine would you like to buy?"

"We're not buying medicine, we're selling it. We just have a few medicinal herbs on hand, and we don't know if your shop buys them," Lan Qingqing said.

The shopkeeper patiently explained: "Madam, our pharmacy has specialized medicinal herb suppliers. We don't accept loose medicinal herbs from outside sources."

"Why don't you take a look at the medicinal herbs we want to sell, and then consider whether we should buy them?" Lan Qingqing said.

"Madam, I don't mean to make things difficult for you. Unless you're bringing rare medicinal herbs, we don't accept ordinary herbs here," the shopkeeper explained.

Lan Qingqing took out a piece of dendrobium and gave it to the shopkeeper. "Shopkeeper, do you think this is considered a precious medicinal herb?" Lan Qingqing asked.

Upon closer inspection, the shopkeeper realized it was dendrobium, a medicinal herb that mostly grows on cliffs, making it rare and expensive.

The shopkeeper rubbed his eyes, somewhat uncertainly, and after confirming again that it was indeed dendrobium, he reached out and took it to examine its quality. It was of excellent quality, a top-grade dendrobium.

The shopkeeper asked, "How much do you have, Madam?" Lan Qingqing took out the basket from behind Lan Xiaotian and removed the cloth covering it, revealing the dendrobium inside. Upon closer inspection, the shopkeeper found it to be half-full of dendrobium.

"I'll buy this dendrobium at the market price, twenty-five taels of silver per catty, what do you think, young lady?" the shopkeeper said.

Lan Qingqing thought about it and realized it was pretty much what she expected. After all, she had studied medicine under a senior doctor and had some understanding of the prices of medicinal herbs.

"Okay, then weigh it here!" Lan Qingqing said.

When the shop assistant across the street saw Lan Qingqing and her companions actually weighing medicinal herbs at the pharmacy across the street, he became curious and came over to take a look. What he saw made him regret his decision immensely.

This dendrobium is a real treasure! If I were to collect it, I could make a fortune from it.

This filled the man with regret, but it was too late to change anything.