Chapter 443: They both blush easily (1)
A Blessed Daughter
Chapter 443: They both blush easily (1)
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Wei Yichen was about to return to the academy, and Wei Jinyi was also nearly ready to leave home.
Wei Ruo had specially prepared some medicine for him as well. In case he caught a chill or came down with a fever, having some emergency remedies on hand was always reassuring.
Wei Jinyi looked at the full box of items she handed over and said, “I won’t be able to use all of this. I still have what you gave me last time.”
“Just take it. Taizhou Prefecture is short on medicine. If you really fall ill and need something, even if you can get a doctor, it doesn’t mean you’ll be able to buy the medicine you need.” Wei Ruo reminded him. At moments like this, she sounded like an old nag. If Wei Jinyi dared not listen, she could easily lecture him for another half an hour.
Wei Jinyi accepted the box first, then said, “I’ll still be staying in Taizhou Prefecture for a while. There’ll be chances for us to meet again.”
He was only leaving the Colonel’s Residence for the time being; it wasn’t as if he and Wei Ruo were parting and would never see each other again.
“Where you stay is your business. As your younger sister, I’m just doing my part,” Wei Ruo said with a smile.
Wei Jinyi paused for a moment, feeling inexplicably complicated. He should naturally be happy that she cared for him, but the words “younger sister”…
He asked Wei Ruo to stay and sit for a while—not to do anything, just sit together and drink tea.
There was no pavilion in the new Yingzhu Courtyard here in the city, so Wei Jinyi had placed a stone table in the yard, and Xiaobei brought over some chairs.
Wei Ruo was writing out tomorrow’s shopping list on paper: chuanbei powder, rock sugar, loquat leaves, bamboo leaves, bezoar, gentian flower…
“Are those the ingredients for your loquat syrup?” Wei Jinyi asked when he saw it.
“Yes. Ordinary loquat syrup is made with fresh loquats. But since I make mine in winter, there’s no place to find fresh fruit, so I use a few other medicinal herbs instead. By combining their properties properly, the effect achieved far surpasses that of regular loquat syrup.” Wei Ruo explained its unique qualities without holding anything back.
Her version used far richer ingredients than the traditional recipe, so naturally, its medicinal strength was different.
Serving at the side, Xiaobei couldn’t help gasping in awe. “Miss, you’re incredible! No wonder your loquat syrup can sell for the sky-high price of ten taels!”
Wei Ruo said, “Ten taels for a jar of loquat syrup truly is outrageous. Ordinary families would never spend that much on it. But for a household like the Xu family in Taizhou—if spending one or two hundred taels could free their elderly master from the torment of illness, then it’s worth every coin. So from the very beginning, I never intended to sell my loquat syrup to ordinary people.”
“Of course, the ten-tael price wasn’t something I came up with myself. It was Madam Xu who set it. Since she named that price, I naturally couldn’t sell it cheaper afterward. Originally, I only planned to make that one batch for her, but unexpectedly, quite a few people came to buy it later. It just shows how many wealthy families there are in Taizhou Prefecture.”
In the world Wei Ruo used to live in, the gap between rich and poor was already huge—some people could spend millions without blinking, while others struggled over just a few thousand. In this world, the gap was just as extreme— if not worse.
Xiaobei couldn’t hide his admiration. “Even so, it’s only because your medicine is genuinely good, Miss. I’ve never seen anyone sell medicine at such a high price.”
Beside her, Xiumei couldn’t help teasing, “Xiaobei, are you hiding some intention? Why are you sweet-talking my lady?”
Wei Ruo had specially prepared some medicine for him as well. In case he caught a chill or came down with a fever, having some emergency remedies on hand was always reassuring.
Wei Jinyi looked at the full box of items she handed over and said, “I won’t be able to use all of this. I still have what you gave me last time.”
“Just take it. Taizhou Prefecture is short on medicine. If you really fall ill and need something, even if you can get a doctor, it doesn’t mean you’ll be able to buy the medicine you need.” Wei Ruo reminded him. At moments like this, she sounded like an old nag. If Wei Jinyi dared not listen, she could easily lecture him for another half an hour.
Wei Jinyi accepted the box first, then said, “I’ll still be staying in Taizhou Prefecture for a while. There’ll be chances for us to meet again.”
He was only leaving the Colonel’s Residence for the time being; it wasn’t as if he and Wei Ruo were parting and would never see each other again.
“Where you stay is your business. As your younger sister, I’m just doing my part,” Wei Ruo said with a smile.
Wei Jinyi paused for a moment, feeling inexplicably complicated. He should naturally be happy that she cared for him, but the words “younger sister”…
He asked Wei Ruo to stay and sit for a while—not to do anything, just sit together and drink tea.
There was no pavilion in the new Yingzhu Courtyard here in the city, so Wei Jinyi had placed a stone table in the yard, and Xiaobei brought over some chairs.
Wei Ruo was writing out tomorrow’s shopping list on paper: chuanbei powder, rock sugar, loquat leaves, bamboo leaves, bezoar, gentian flower…
-chuanbei powder
-rock sugar
-loquat leaves
-bamboo leaves
-gentian flower
“Are those the ingredients for your loquat syrup?” Wei Jinyi asked when he saw it.
“Yes. Ordinary loquat syrup is made with fresh loquats. But since I make mine in winter, there’s no place to find fresh fruit, so I use a few other medicinal herbs instead. By combining their properties properly, the effect achieved far surpasses that of regular loquat syrup.” Wei Ruo explained its unique qualities without holding anything back.
Her version used far richer ingredients than the traditional recipe, so naturally, its medicinal strength was different.
Serving at the side, Xiaobei couldn’t help gasping in awe. “Miss, you’re incredible! No wonder your loquat syrup can sell for the sky-high price of ten taels!”
Wei Ruo said, “Ten taels for a jar of loquat syrup truly is outrageous. Ordinary families would never spend that much on it. But for a household like the Xu family in Taizhou—if spending one or two hundred taels could free their elderly master from the torment of illness, then it’s worth every coin. So from the very beginning, I never intended to sell my loquat syrup to ordinary people.”
“Of course, the ten-tael price wasn’t something I came up with myself. It was Madam Xu who set it. Since she named that price, I naturally couldn’t sell it cheaper afterward. Originally, I only planned to make that one batch for her, but unexpectedly, quite a few people came to buy it later. It just shows how many wealthy families there are in Taizhou Prefecture.”
In the world Wei Ruo used to live in, the gap between rich and poor was already huge—some people could spend millions without blinking, while others struggled over just a few thousand. In this world, the gap was just as extreme— if not worse.
Xiaobei couldn’t hide his admiration. “Even so, it’s only because your medicine is genuinely good, Miss. I’ve never seen anyone sell medicine at such a high price.”
Beside her, Xiumei couldn’t help teasing, “Xiaobei, are you hiding some intention? Why are you sweet-talking my lady?”
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