C35

"One tael of sugar is thirty-two cents. If Miss wants it, I'll give you the same price as before. Thirty taels of sugar, how about it?" When the shopkeeper heard that there was business, he became very enthusiastic, but despite his enthusiasm, he still refused to lower his price by a single bit.

"Shopkeeper, this is because you are wrong. Yesterday, I only wanted two bags of five yuan worth of sugar, a total of one or two. You can count me as thirty coins. But today, I am going to buy some more, how can you calculate my original price?"

"But yesterday, it was also the same price." Although the only effect was not too great, Wu Ya still wanted to save some money, so he decided to fight for it.

Even if it was bad, it was bad on the surface. There were many twists and turns in his mind, but they were rare.

However, this shopkeeper …

Come to think of it, storekeeper, are you sure you didn't cross over?

Qin Wuya's face was filled with black lines as she said, "Shopkeeper, can you still calculate this backwards?"

"Why not? "Look, after this calculation, you should now feel comfortable, and I won't be losing money anymore. Isn't that very suitable?" With that, the shopkeeper's smile became even wider. "Miss, how much sugar do you want to buy this time? Do you want to dress properly or do you want to dress separately? "

"This time, I want five taels of sugar. I will take five as usual and give me ten small packets of it. Speaking of which, Shopkeeper, can't you give me a few more?" The shopkeeper's words made Qin Wuya feel helpless, but he was still unwilling to just let it go like this.

"Fine, I'll take it apart for you. 5 coins for a small bag, for a total of 5 or 2 layers. Count it as 30 taels of silver, for a total of 150 taels." Obviously, Wu Ya's last words were completely ignored by the shopkeeper. He paid Wu Ya some silver and the storekeeper's hands were not idle, but after a while, he quickly wrapped those sugars in front of Wu Ya and said:

"Does the girl want anything else?"

"Do you have a yellow powder?"

"Of course there are yellow powder. However, it's already June now, and most of it was sold at the beginning of May. Thinking that the sun would be cold in the future and no one would want it, I didn't enter much.

"Not much, just a few taels." Wu Ya thought about it for a moment. Although this wasn't expensive, it wasn't cheap either. Even if he had five more, he still wouldn't be able to afford it.

"Two taels?" So many? What is a girl for? If the yellow powder were to use it to make wine, it would only be worth half a coin per jar. The weight of the yellow wine must not be too much, if there is too much, it will kill you. "

Although this storekeeper was a little cunning and glib with his words, his heart was not bad. Ordinary storekeepers would only sell their goods, so how could he care about so many things.

What the shopkeeper said was true, yellow powder added with alcohol was truly unacceptable. In Wu Ya's previous life, when he was studying, he had done experiments with yellow powder to create arsenic.

It turned out that the yellow powder was known as arsenic tetrasulfide. When heated to a certain temperature, it could be oxidized to arsenic trioxide, a highly toxic ingredient in the air.

Xiong Huang was indeed able to effectively expel the insect repellent, but the reason was because of its toxicity.

Generally, when people make yellow wine, they grind it into powder and pour it into white wine or yellow wine. In fact, drinking it would not only fail to expel evil spirits and detoxify poison, but would also be poisoned.

This was because once this yellow was added to the wine, the effect of the insect repellent would multiply. No matter how much you added, it was likely that you wouldn't have to wait for the worm to come and drink it first.

In fact, if ordinary families made yellow wine in the past, they wouldn't need to drink it directly, they could only leave it there. That kind of special smell was enough to disperse snakes and bugs. Of course, if they were to head towards the mountain forest and it wasn't convenient for them to carry around, then drinking a small amount would also be good.

However, Wu Ya's situation was a bit different. She had originally planned to directly buy some yellow powder and scatter some around her hut. She didn't bring them for food, so she didn't need to worry too much about them.

As he thought about it, Wu Ya said, "Shopkeeper, don't worry. I'm not going to use this to brew wine. My family has a snake. I'm planning to buy some to sprinkle in the corners, so I need more of these."

"Oh, so that's how it is. Why don't the girl buy some wine? You used it together? "

It wasn't that Wu Ya didn't think of buying some wine, but after mixing the yellow powder in, the results would be better. However, this wine was extremely expensive. After all, it was only used for sprinkling, so it was truly too extravagant.

"The shopkeeper must be joking. This wine is an extremely precious thing. If I use it like this, won't my siblings beat me to it?"

"Hehe!" That's true, the older student did not think much of it, but the older student did not have too many yellow powder s, at most, it would not even be one or two grams, I am afraid it is not enough for you. "

With less than one tael, it was indeed not much, but it would save him a lot of effort to spread it out. This time, Qin Wuya was in a bit of a predicament, Clear Water Town was a small place, there were two such grocery stores in the town.

The Easterners were shameless. Forget about the high prices, the items weren't that good. Once you went in, they would not buy it, but if they got anxious, they could still find work to beat you up.

The people who were at a disadvantage could only endure it. They couldn't do anything about it since the shopkeeper's back seemed to be related to the county's yamen. Even the town's manager didn't dare to offend him.

When they left the Guest Home Resturant yesterday, he had asked the Wei Jia Sister-in-Law about this, and that was why she went straight to the house, it was just that there were not many males and females here, it was hard on Wu Ya.

After thinking for a while, Wuya asked, "Then does storekeeper have yellow powder here?"

"Oh? Does the girl know yellow powder? This was quite rare. Many people only knew about yellow powder s, but didn't know that there was actually a female yellow powder that they relied on.

The female yellow powder is extremely similar to the yellow powder and has the same medicinal properties as well. It is also extremely useful in exorcising the snake worms, but not many people know about the female yellow powder and would normally come to purchase them. I do not have any goods here. "

"Oh, so it's like that." Wuya was a little disappointed, but then the shopkeeper said:

"This yellow powder is not worth much, and I don't have much either, so I'll take the money and give it to the lady. The lady can use it for now, in two days, the old student will go to the county to bring some goods, and the lady will bring some?"

"Thank you so much, Shopkeeper." Wuya laughed.

"Does young lady want to bring yellow powder or female yellow powder?" The shopkeeper asked again.

"Are there really that much of a difference between the two?" I only know two similar uses, but I don't know how much money there is. "

"There aren't many paths, but they're still a bit lacking. Not many women know about it, so it's easier to sell it, and it's a bit more expensive."

"The shopkeeper can just bring me some of the females, but I need to trouble you to bring more. My home is close to the mountain, so it's very dark and humid. I know how to attract those things the most."

"As for the older students, don't worry about them." The shopkeeper said politely.

Of the two to five taels of silver from selling the fruit jam, two taels of silver had been tightly wrapped by the five ducks and hidden in the pockets of his undergarments. It was a life saving money that he could not afford.

The other five silver taels were exchanged with Wu Ya in the Guest Home Resturant for a total of one thousand gold coins. Wu Ya had sold the yellow snake for a total of one hundred and twenty gold coins, adding the remaining eighteen gold coins from yesterday, Wu Ya now had a total of one hundred and thirty-eight gold coins.

The yellow powder did not need any money, so she still had a total of 988 gold coins. Although it was not a lot in the eyes of others, but to the current Qin Wuya, it was still a huge sum of money. This era's copper coins were extremely valuable, even though there were not even a thousand, it was still heavy enough to make Wu Ya slow down.

But so what if it was heavy? This kind of pressure was very reliable in the heart, causing people to unconsciously feel more at ease.

Life is such a reality, when you have nothing, money can give you a sufficient sense of security.

Wu Ya thought that he was probably such a realistic person. Look, it was just a bag of copper coins, yet it had somewhat cleared up his anxious mind these two days.

Although this amount of money was like a drop in the bucket to Wuya's debt, but sometimes it was like a hope, even if it was small, but it still brought joy to people.

Wuya suddenly remembered that in his previous life, many men were cowardly, incompetent, and unwilling to suffer even the slightest pain, constantly learning from others to curse at the women of this world. There was reality. Yet, he could not see how much effort the women around him were putting in to stay alive.

They might be fussy about something, they might be strict with him at one time or another, even when they were strict with themselves.

They had thought that the man beside her would work as hard as they had expected, fighting for a safe and secure life for their future.

However, men's thoughts were often different. Too many people were willing to let things go on like this, unwilling to suffer. If you don't live well, you will only blame society. If you exhaust your youth and energy, you won't be able to bear it.

As long as you choose to leave, he will place all the mistakes on top of your head. Reality, money, as if the end of everything is only a single woman's fault.

Wu Ya suddenly thought, so what if my reputation is bad? Perhaps it was a blessing in disguise?

In his previous life, hadn't he seen a lot of this kind of combination? After seeing so many women swallow all the pain and tears, he still had to pretend to be strong and leave those men with final dignity and arrogance, using all the insults behind his back as the motivation to struggle.

Thinking about that, the corner of Qin Wuya's mouth unconsciously curled up into a smile, right? If she was able to live like this, although she would suffer a bit, she would still be overjoyed.