CHAPTER 40: CHAPTER 40: EXCHANGING MONEY

EDITOR: INSCHAIN

Yun Jiao walked over and saw the shopkeeper finishing grabbing the herbs, about to wrap up ten packs on the counter.

She reached out and deftly started wrapping the herbs.

Manager Wang glanced at Yun Jiao while wrapping, "Are these your herbs?"

Yun Jiao shook her head, "No, I’m just helping you out."

Manager Wang continued without pause, he had just finished wrapping five packs when he saw Yun Jiao pulling a hemp rope, tying her five packs neatly, clearly experienced.

Manager Wang handed two sets of herbs to the customer, then asked Yun Jiao, "Do you know how to grab herbs?"

Yun Jiao nodded, seeing another customer hand over a prescription, she said no more.

Manager Wang grabbed the herbs, she helped him wrap them beside him.

They were busy until nearly noon, when everyone went for lunch, the shop was finally empty.

Manager Wang waved to Yun Jiao standing by, "Girl, come over here, did you need something from me?"

She silently helped here, surely seeking something.

Yun Jiao said, "Yeah, I have some musk here, wonder if you’d buy it?"

She had many things in her medicine stash; choosing musk because it’s expensive, needed in many formulations and is a fragrance used in perfumery, generally easy to sell.

Moreover, easy to manage the quantity.

Manager Wang’s eyes brightened, "Can I have a look at it?"

Yun Jiao took out a small paper package, inside were some brownish block-shaped items and granules.

Manager Wang carefully received the package, sniffed hard, then pinched some with his hand, and gently touched some with his finger, putting it in his mouth.

He closed his eyes as if savoring, then opened them and nodded, "Not bad, it’s genuine, quality is good."

He looked at Yun Jiao, "How much silver per gram do you want?"

Yun Jiao pondered for a moment, "How much will you offer?"

Manager Wang raised an eyebrow, placing the package on the counter, "You’re a clever girl; considering you’ve helped me wrap herbs earlier, I won’t cheat you, I’ll give you a fair price, two taels per qian."

Yun Jiao wasn’t clear on the musk pricing of this era, with only one pharmacy in town, she had to sell it.

She nodded, "Alright, Manager Wang, go ahead and weigh it."

Manager Wang took out a scale, cleaned it, and put a piece of paper on it, weighed the paper’s weight, showed it to Yun Jiao, "Four grams."

Yun Jiao nodded, Manager Wang then poured the musk from the package onto the scale.

The weight shifted on the scale a few times, Manager Wang placed the scale under Yun Jiao’s eyes, "Nineteen qian."

Yun Jiao nodded again.

Manager Wang calculated quickly, "The paper is four grams, deducting four qian, there are fifteen qian of musk, totaling thirty taels of silver."

He carefully stored the musk away, then opened the money box to weigh silver for Yun Jiao.

Thirty taels of silver felt a bit hefty.

Yun Jiao placed it in a bag she had prepared, thanked Manager Wang, and left.

After leaving, Yun Jiao glanced back, seeing no suspicious person following her.

After all, it was only thirty taels of silver, not enough to attract criminal intent.

Furthermore, earlier, only the shopkeeper, two assistants, and the seated doctor were inside the pharmacy.

Yun Jiao was hungry; conveniently there was a restaurant by the roadside. She went in, checked the menu, ordered a bowl of meat sauce noodles priced at five wen per bowl.

While eating, she glanced up and saw Mrs. Chen passing by the entrance with Liu Lang and San Ya.