Chapter 180

Xu Ran followed Qin Shuwu and went over there to have a look. He found that the decoration inside the shop was almost finished. Of course, its decoration was quite common, which was no different from that of many shops that Xu Ran had seen up till now. Standing at the door, he pointed to a place and said to Qin Shuwu, “Brother Qin, one more thing needs to be added here.”

Qin Shuwu came up and asked him, “What is it?”

Xu Ran said, “Get a wooden shelf here, just like the kind of thing to store something in the house with no planks on both sides of it while there is a plank either on the bottom or on the top of it. In this way, the food for sale will be put on the wooden shelf, and its label will be pasted beside it. In that case, customers can see the food clearly and know its title and ingredients. They just need to raise their hands and get the food they like. ”

“This is a good idea, but it will take some time to make a wooden shelf! Worse still, you can’t supervise the work by the side. It’s hard to be satisfied with things that are made in a hurry. All these will be very troublesome! ” Qin Shuwu said frankly.

Xu Ran waved his hand, “Don’t worry about this! I will arrange for Brother Xu An to do it, and I will watch it myself. This wooden shelf is sure to be made. As long as we have enough timber available and hurry up, this work should be completed soon. ”

“Since that’s the case, you will just arrange this matter!” Qin Shuwu agreed.

Xu Ran nodded, “Yes, I will.”

Qin Shuwu added, “This shop should have a name. You give it a name, okay? After all, you are a Xiucai. You’d better christen the shop! ”

‘To christen the shop!’ Xu Ran touched the back of his head. He was at a loss how to complete the task as a stupid fellow in naming himself.

He understood that as a deli, its name should not be too literary and artistic. If it was too literary and artistic, the general public would not come to visit it. Its name should be easy to remember, so that people could keep it in their mind at a glance. It was really a hard task!

Xu Ran replied, “All right. Let me think about it carefully. Next time I come, I’ll tell you the result. At the moment, I can’t think it out all of a sudden.”

Qin Shuwu nodded in agreement, “No problem, but you have to hurry up. I’m still waiting to make a signboard for the shop.”

Xu Ran responded with a troubled expression, “All right.”

After a pause, Xu Ran told Qin Shuwu something else.

“Brother Qin, I wonder if you can help me buy something?”

As Xu Ran requested so politely, Qin Shuwu guessed that it was not something simple. No matter what, Qin Shuwu felt he should know what it was, so he asked, “Tell me what it is. Let me see if I can help you.”

Xu Ran pulled Qin Shuwu into his own shop and did not talk about it until he was sure that no one was around, “It’s some common herb-medicine actually. However, as I need a large quantity of it, I can’t buy it alone. Thus I am here to ask you for help. You see if you can get someone to help me for it?”

Qin Shuwu knew that medicine could not be taken casually. If the medicine was bought to harm people, he would be finished once he was caught.

At the thought of this, he frowned. He didn’t expect Xu Ran to request him for this. He asked Xu Ran, “What kind of medicine do you want to buy? Tell me, please. And what do you want to buy it for?”

Xu Ran handed Qin Shuwu the paper where Gao Quan had noted down the medical herbs he wanted to buy, and then said, “These herbs are for the medicated bath treatment of Tangtang and Guoguo. It is for the good of their health.”

Qin Shuwu was relieved to hear that it was for Tangtang and Guoguo, and he did not doubt that Xu Ran would do anything bad. After all, Xu Ran would never harm his children.

Qin Shuwu then asked, “Tell me then how much medicine you want to buy. I’ll ask some of my acquaintances to buy it for you. I know a few physicians in the town’s clinics. We can buy the medicine in different clinics so that we won’t cause suspicion.”

Xu Ran told Qin Shuwu the specific quantity that he needed, and then added, “I’ll buy one of these herbs on this paper, and you’ll get the rest for me.”

Qin Shuwu took a closer look at the names of the herbs on the paper and then replied, “All right. Let’s go about the work separately. Do you have money with you today? I’ve just bought the shop. I am afraid I don’t have enough money for these herbs.”

Xu Ran took out some silver notes from his arms, “I’ve got 500 taels of silver with me. I wonder if it’s enough?”

Xu Ran then gave Qin Shuwu 400 taels and left 100 taels for himself.

Qin Shuwu replied, “It should be enough. Anyway this is also a huge expense. Do you still have money for your family? Not to mention this shop for processed food, you should have spent a lot on fruit trees!”

Xu Ran said, “Don’t worry! I can mange it. What I am not sure is that I how much these herbs will cost right now. Let’s just buy them first! If it’s not enough, I’ll think of a way to settle the problem.”

Qin Shuwu accepted the silver notes and replied, “All right. Let’s start our work now. Good bye.”

Thus both of them left. Qin Shuwu went to arrange the decoration next door and then went away with a staff member working in a fruit shop.

Xu Ran was alone. He didn’t buy much, so he could carry them on his own.

Although he had been to the town many times, Xu Ran was not very familiar with the clinics or medical stores in the town. He could only look for them one by one.

Xu Ran thought of the clinic where he once took Liu Tong to see the doctor. He guessed that maybe he could go there and have a look. He remembered that the doctor appeared to be good at medicine. He wanted to let him see if there were any problems with the herbs written by Gao Quan.

While thinking about these, Xu Ran walked towards the clinic.

At the moment, there were no patients in the clinic when Xu Ran arrived. The doctor was sitting on a chair reading something. Xu Ran guessed that he had nothing to do because no assistants were seen around.

The doctor still remembered Xu Ran. He asked, “Hello, mister. Did your spouse give birth？”

Xu Ran nodded， “Yes. And my baby has just had his hundredth day celebration.”

“Haha, he must be a handsome Ge’er. You’re so blessed!” The doctor smiled.

Xu Ran didn’t expect that he knew this, so he also smiled, “It’s indeed a blessing. Thank you a lot.”

The doctor waved his hand, “Not to mention it. As a physician, I should offer my help to anyone in need. Besides, your spouse was basically healthy, but only that you young people were a little too impulsive.”

Xu Ran could say nothing about it, and he knew he was really too stupid at that time.

The physician noticed Xu Ran’s awkward expression and stopped teasing him. He asked him, “Mister, what can I do for you this time?”

Hearing this, Xu Ran quickly took out the prescription written by Gao Quan, “This time, I’m here to buy some herbs. Also, I hope you to see this prescription for me.”

The physician took the prescription and read it seriously. After that, he took a look at Xu Ran and his eyes exposed his subtle feeling, “Mister, this is a master who wrote this prescription! I believe I can’t write this out with my ability.”

Xu Ran was surprised to hear that. He didn’t expect the physician to respond that way.

He told the physician, “This was brought back by a friend of mine, saying that it is good for my health. I have been poisoned before and I have been in poor health ever since. That’s why I want to use these herbs to have a medicated bath to see if it works for me.”

“Reach your hand out,” the physician said to Xu Ran.

Xu Ran reached out his hand without hesitation.

His body was indeed poisoned once and he had nothing to fear.

The physician took Xu Ran’s pulse, and then watched Xu Ran seriously. He then took back his hand and said, “Your body was indeed poisoned. As long as you don’t work too hard, it won’t affect you much. This medicated bath treatment costs a lot of money, although it will definitely work for you. Tell me which herbs you still need. If I have them here, I will give them all to you.”

Xu Ran pointed to a name of a herb on the paper and said, “I want this medicine. I have to go back and see the other ones. If I still need them, I will come to you again.”

“All right. I happen to have the herb you mentioned. A few days ago, my apprentices went to other places and collected a lot of medical herbs. I hope you can go back and ask your friend if this prescription can spread out. If can, can you lend me this prescription? It’s a good thing!”

Xu Ran knew that the old physician requiring this way meant that he was an honest person and would not use the prescription without permission.

Xu Ran nodded, “All right. I’ll ask him about it. And we will not know its effect until I have tried it. If a doctor rashly writes a prescription to his patient without any test, he will be in trouble if anything goes wrong. ”

The physician stroked his beard and nodded, “It is true. Wait a minute, please. I’ll go and get you the medicine.”

With that, the physician turned around and went into the counter to get the medicine for Xu Ran.

Xu Ran was wandering and looking around in the shop.

As the physician only needed to get a herb, he soon got everything ready. He had packed two large bags of herbs for Xu Ran.

Xu Ran took the medicine and asked the physician, “Doctor, how much is this medicine?”

The doctor smiled, “This medical herb is really not cheap. It costs 10 taels of silver for this little bit of herbs in your hand.”

Xu Ran weighed the medicine in his hand and then asked, “Are they five jin all together? Why do I feel them very light?

The physician replied, “If you don’t believe me, you can go to weigh them yourself. This is definitely five jin.”

As the physician had said so, it was not good for him to have a check again. Xu Ran weighed the herbs in his hand again and this time he felt that they were a little heavier, so he nodded, “Ten taels of silver, right?”

“Yes, ten taels of silver. I promise that my price is right and I won’t cheat you. If you don’t believe me, go and check in the other clinics.”

Xu Ran paid the money and thanked the physician.

As soon as Xu Ran reached the door, he saw Qin Shuwu coming over with his men and a lot of bags. Qin Shuwu also saw Xu Ran and joked, “I didn’t expect to bump into you like this.”

Xu Ran smiled, too, “I’ve only been to this clinic in town, so I came over to take a look. The physician here is also an acquaintance of Brother Qin’s?”

Qin Shuwu nodded, “Yes, we’ve known each other for over ten years. Well, did you get what you need?

“Yes. I bought them here,” Xu Ran replied.

The physicain had noticed that Xu Ran stopped at the door greeting someone. He took a look at them and then smiled. He was amazed to find they were all acquaintances.