SFS Chapter 378 Photographed
Chapter 378 Photographed
The Minister of Personnel's Mansion certainly has no shortage of this little money, but the Zhu family has more than just their branch. If they spend a high price to buy the herbs, the other branches will definitely be unhappy, and then it will be difficult for their mother, the lady in charge, to manage the inner house.
Two thousand taels is not a small amount, and no one else is bidding.
Zhu Hongxiu was unwilling to accept the offer and said, "Two thousand one hundred taels."
"Three thousand taels." Li Congxiao said lazily.
Zhu Hongxiu's face turned grim. She called the waiter and muttered a few words to him. The waiter nodded and took the order to leave.
"Is there a higher price? If not, this rare herb will belong to the owner of the auction."
After waiting for a while and seeing no one else bidding, the man made the final bid and said loudly, "Congratulations, sir, for obtaining a rare herb."
Zhu Hongxiu's face was as black as charcoal, and she didn't even have the mood to socialize with Qin Huiyin and others. Zhu Jingxuan's eyes were dim, but he didn't say anything.
After a while, the waiter came back and said to Zhu Hongxiu, "The other party said that he is of great use and cannot be parted with."
"You didn't tell me who I was?"
"He said. He said that even if it was a royal relative, he wouldn't give it up."
"Forget it, Hongxiu, let's leave it at that!" Zhu Jingxuan stood up, "I have other things to do, so I'll go back first."
"Brother." Zhu Hongxiu stood up and said, "I'll accompany you."
"No need. Just play with your friends!" Zhu Jingxuan looked at Qin Huiyin, and when the latter looked at him, he shifted his gaze with a somewhat stiff expression.
"Grandmother will definitely ask about this matter, and with your personality, you won't tell her the truth. I'll go back with you, and if Grandmother and Mother ask, I'll at least have an explanation." Zhu Hongxiu said angrily, "When I find out who bought the herbs, I'll make sure he gets punished. I begged him so kindly, but he didn't even give us the Zhu family any respect."
Qin Huiyin and Xia Ruwan also stood up.
"You guys can continue to play, don't be restrained." Zhu Hongxiu said, "We came here for the herbs. Now that we haven't taken any pictures, we are not in the mood to look at anything else."
"Maybe there's another way. Don't worry. Besides, that herb is so miraculous, but someone has already found it. If someone can find it once, they can find it again. Before, no one knew what it looked like, but now that they've seen it, more people will definitely be looking for it. Maybe soon it won't be a rarity anymore."
"Thank you, Sister Qin, for your comfort." Zhu Hongxiu forced an unnatural smile. "We'll be leaving now."
After the Zhu brothers and sisters left, Qin Huiyin and Xia Ruwan looked at each other and then breathed a sigh of relief.
"The person you just photographed is Mr. Li, right?"
"Probably...right!" Xia Ruwan wasn't quite sure either.
"It must be him." Qin Huiyin said, "Shall we go back now?"
"Don't worry, aren't we going to bid for Aunt Li's bracelet? We've come all this way, but if we don't win anything, then wouldn't it be a waste of time?" Xia Ruwan said, "And that inkstone, let's see if we can win it."
While valuable, the bracelet and inkstone weren't exactly rare, so Qin Huiyin bid for them at five hundred and six hundred taels, respectively. With these two items successfully auctioned, the auction drew to a close. Neither of them liked to start a sale without finishing it, so they persevered to the very end. Xia Ruwan won a set of gold silk soft armor, while Qin Huiyin secured a sleeve arrow. When the auction concluded, both of them returned with a full load.
"Miss Xia, Second Miss, Mr. Li is here and has been waiting in the tea room for quite some time." The housekeeper reported.
Qin Huiyin and Xia Ruwan looked at each other.
The two strode towards the tea room.
In the tea room, Li Congxiao was lying on the tea table, the tea stove beside him was bubbling, and the aroma of tea filled the air. Li Congxiao's followers saw them come in and called out to him.
Li Congxiao sat up, looked towards the door, yawned and said, "You're finally back."
"Why did Mr. Li think of coming to have tea with us?" Qin Huiyin's eyes rested on the ice box next to her.
Li Congxiao got straight to the point. He opened the ice box and handed the herbs in front of him to Qin Huiyin. "This is the herb that Doctor Wei mentioned earlier. Now that we have it, I hope your son-in-law can prepare the ointment as soon as possible so that Wan'er can use it sooner."
"Wan'er..." Qin Huiyin looked at Xia Ruwan mischievously, "When did you two become so close that you can even call each other by your maiden name?"
Xia Ruwan pinched Qin Huiyin's arm: "Don't talk nonsense."
"Hiss, now that you're on good terms, you start to pinch me, right?" Qin Huiyin said aggrievedly, "Forget it, I'm redundant. I'm giving you guys some room to talk."
Xia Ruwan pulled Qin Huiyin in her arms and looked at Li Congxiao awkwardly. When she saw Li Congxiao's deep eyes, her face flushed and she asked tentatively, "Where did this herb come from?"
"I found someone to buy it from," Li Congxiao said. "It was really lucky. I was out playing when I saw a herbalist selling it. He didn't know the value of it and only wanted ten taels of silver. Luckily, I met him. I'm not the kind of person who likes to take advantage of others, so I gave him three hundred taels, which is enough for him to live comfortably for the rest of his life."
Qin Huiyin gave Li Congxiao a thumbs up.
"High, really high."
"That's right! I'm a profiteer. I won't take advantage of him, but I won't suffer any loss either." Li Congxiao said, "Wan'er's injury is also related to me. I should pay for it. Wan'er, please don't be polite to me, otherwise you will take this opportunity to make a fortune from me. You won't have this opportunity again in the future."
Qin Huiyin sat at the tea table and turned to Xia Ruwan and said, "Sit down and talk."
Xia Ruwan sat beside her and looked at Li Congxiao: "You don't have to pay back the three hundred taels, but what about the three thousand taels? You don't have to pay it back either?"
Li Congxiao: "...What do you mean by three thousand taels?"
This was the first time that such a carefree and unrestrained man showed such a guilty look.
"We went to the auction today," Qin Huiyin said. "Because we didn't have a wing room, we happened to meet the young lady of the Zhu family. She invited us to join her, so we stayed in the Zhu family's wing room. The Zhu family also wanted to seize this herb, but Sister Wan'er and I were embarrassed to speak up. We had originally prepared for the herb to belong to the Zhu family, but we didn't expect someone to show up. The young lady of the Zhu family was so angry that she gnashed her teeth and said that the man had better not fall into her hands, otherwise she would make him suffer. Who do you think that person is?"
Li Congxiao coughed lightly and said, "You know, I've been singing for so long in vain, haven't I?"
"The show is quite good, and we quite enjoy watching it." Qin Huiyin said with a smile, "I'm a little sleepy, so I won't talk to you anymore. You guys can chat slowly."
Qin Huiyin stood up, looked back at them and said, "Don't worry, I will have the servants guard the door and not allow anyone to disturb you... talking."