Jin Shanyao up and walked out. "You can discuss the specific details with Meng Anzhi."
"Is Meng Anzhi that little girl?"
"Right..."
Zhang Jiuwei chased after Jin Shanyao left the house, excitedly asking, "I only took over the Lineage business when I was fifteen. How old is she this year?"
Jin Shanyao didn't want to see her, so she quickened her pace and casually replied, "Ten years old."
"You can talk business at the age of ten, that's amazing..." Zhang Jiuwei followed closely behind, but the other person suddenly stopped, and she bumped into Jin Shanyao's back without paying attention.
Jin Shanyao silently clenched her fist. When people are embarrassed, they want to be alone... and so do trees...
" Miss Zhang, can we discuss business after the New Year?"
"Oh... okay, I'll be going now." Zhang Jiuwei realized she had talked too much, her face flushed, and she hurriedly walked towards the courtyard gate.
"Hey..." Jin Shanyao called out from behind, "Take your... Bodhisattva away."
Zhang Jiuwei's face flushed instantly. She hurriedly returned to the main room, almost snatched the jade bodhisattva, and quickly left Anzhi Hall.
Looking at the tightly closed courtyard gate, Jin Shanyao finally breathed a sigh of relief... Then she went inside and took out the book " Flowers Pinned into the Embrace," annotating it with the following notes: 1. She's after your body. 2. She's after your money. 3. She's delusional.
Thinking about it, something doesn't seem right... I crossed out "presumptuous" and circled "wanting your money," adding a note: Important...
Time flies, and when Qing Yang returned, it was already the fifth day of the first lunar month.
"Master, the matter has been taken care of."
Jin Shanyao put down her storybook and looked at her, "Was it all right?"
Qing Yang laughed, "It went smoothly. Feng Shun was dumbfounded as soon as I arrived. When he was being sold, he even asked me, 'How did Master know? Did someone tip him off?'"
However... I found out that Feng Shun's younger brother, using the name of the Anzhi Hall, sold a lot of counterfeit medicine.
"Oh... that's something I didn't expect. How did you handle it?"
Qing Yang's smile faded slightly. " Magistrate Yang and I posed as buyers and caught them red-handed."
"Well done..." Jin Shanyao took out ten taels of silver from the drawer and handed it to her, "Thank you for your hard work. We have more and more mountains to cover, and we will have to go out on patrols more often in the future."
You have a clear mind and quick reflexes... You've learned a lot about pharmacology from me over the years, so I'm afraid you won't be able to stay home much longer."
Qing Yang accepted the reward money and smiled, "Master, what are you saying? Ever since I started following you... my parents have become incredibly successful in the village. I heard they even built a new house this year."
It's the best house in the surrounding villages. They're even willing to hire people to do the spring planting. Now, nobody dares to laugh at us for not having any men in our family."
"I heard you didn't go home to visit?"
Qing Yang, clutching the reward silver, Jin Shanyao, saying, "I was afraid of delaying my master's business, so I rushed back as soon as I finished."
Jin Shanyao disapproved, saying, "You child, you're already at your doorstep, why don't you go back and take a look? Don't do that again next time... Go and rest."
"Hey..." Qing Yang had just left the study when Qing He came up to her, "Haven't eaten yet? I'll make you a bowl of hot noodle soup, how about pickled cabbage and pork?"
Qing Yang laughed, "Now that you mention it, I'm actually hungry. Come on, let's cook together." The two of them went into the kitchen.
In the study, Jin Shanyao picked up the book " Sharing a Pillow in Blue Robes " and began reading it with a contorted expression. Uh... what are these two grown men doing??
Meng Anzhi and Meng Anci exchanged a glance. "Auntie... would you like to read another book?"
Jin Shanyao grimaced and turned a page. "No way... There's a reason this book is a bestseller, but I haven't figured out why yet."
"I'll show it to you after I've analyzed it and labeled it..."
Meng Anci's expression was strange. "Auntie, I don't need to read it, right? I haven't finished reading ' Flowers Pinned into the Embrace ' yet."
Jin Shanyao her tongue, "You're young and inexperienced. How can you get a high score on the policy essay? You have to make up for it by reading books... Don't be so closed-minded. Besides those few books for the imperial examinations, you should also read other things."
She turned the page again with a pained expression. "Ugh... "Jin Shanyao. "Isn't this just a troublemaker?" she thought, quickly finishing the page with a look of disgust.
Pointing to the book in Meng Anci's hand, he said earnestly, "Don't forget to look at the annotations... Write down any thoughts you have in there, your sister will need to write annotations when she reads it later."
Meng Anzhi's heart clenched suddenly. "Auntie, I still need to read medical books... Is this really necessary?"
"Studying medicine is a lifelong endeavor, while reading storybooks is a temporary hobby. Once you've finished reading and annotating them, you can put them back on the shelf."
Meng Anzhi, harboring resentment, collapsed to the ground with a thud, declaring herself dead and untouchable...
Meng Anci chuckled to himself as he quickly flipped through the chapter on the Cold War. He wrote a note on it, "Don't let misunderstandings linger overnight."
He then closed the book and handed it to Meng Anzhi... "Sister, read it carefully, there aren't many points left for you to make..."
Meng Anzhi snatched the book from him, glared at him, opened it, and was immediately met with a blinding stare. The dense annotations outnumbered the page content, leaving her nowhere to write her opinions.
She skimmed through the text, her brows furrowing more and more as she read. When the female lead gave up a large order to pursue the second female lead, she wrote a note, " The Lineage business is a matter of life and death; never let emotions cloud your judgment."
After finishing reading, Meng Anzhi closed the book and sealed " Flowers Pinned into the Embrace " away on the bookshelf.
Just after the Lantern Festival, Zhang Jiuwei paid a visit, but this time she was accompanied by a handsome man who was holding a child in his arms.
The two had just stepped into the Anzhi Hall.
The man's gaze met Jin Shanyao's.
Ah ho... Jin Shanyao his head and perked up. That look in his eyes... could he be here to cause trouble?
The thought of the Jin Shanyao instantly roused her, and she beckoned to the man, "Come, come... sit here and watch me, I'll let you look to your heart's content."
The man didn't stand on ceremony and sat down opposite Jin Shanyao while holding the child.
Zhang Jiuwei felt extremely embarrassed. " Baili Ce, are you out of your mind? You dare to ruin my business? Don't blame me for kicking you out."
Baili Ce looked at Zhang Jiuwei with a mournful expression, holding the child like a wronged wife. He stood up and stood aside without saying a word, as if the whole world had bullied him.
Jin Shanyao was stunned speechless by his behavior... How could his wolf-like eyes change so suddenly? She wanted to imitate him.
Zhang Jiuwei sat down opposite Jin Shanyao and said with a smile, " Shopkeeper Jin, I'm here to discuss cooperation."
Jin Shanyao her head and said to Zhou Xiaosi, "Call Anzhi over..."
Zhou Xiaosi responded, and a moment later Meng Anzhi walked in. She naturally sat down next to Jin Shanyao, and just as she called Miss Zhang", she heard a cough.
Meng Anzhi glanced at Baili Ce, then looked away and said to Zhang Jiuwei, "I heard you want to buy medicinal herbs."
Zhang Jiuwei handed over a purchase order, "These are what I want. I wonder if Anzhi Hall has them?"
Meng Anzhi glanced at the paper. "You're late this year. The inventory on the estate is for the shops. Of the items on your list, I can only give you one-third. I don't know..."
Zhang Jiuwei and said, "That's good. If it's less this year, I'll order more next year."
"Alright..." Meng Anzhi quoted the price, and both parties signed an agreement, agreeing to pick up the goods from the estate three days later.