Chapter 39
An old man with white hair set up a small stall in the corner of the market.
In addition to two jars of honey, he also had a full basket of herbs, which happened to contain pinellia.
"Old man, I'll take all the pinellia," said Hong Shan.
"No," the old man shook his head, "I'm selling all these herbs together."
"You...Fine, fine," Hong Shan was in a hurry to try the recipe, so he didn't care about the money, "How much for everything?"
"10 taels."
"How much?" Hong Shan's eyes were about to pop out. "A whole basket of rotten herbs, and you dare ask 10 taels of silver?"
"Dear sir, you don't know," the old man took out a little polyrhachis from under the basket, "Look, this is a human-shaped polyrhachis. Eating it can prolong life and improve health. It's very valuable."
"Still not worth 10 taels!"
"Not a penny less."
Hong Shan had no choice. He had to buy it.
As long as he could make the green cream quickly, 10 taels, even 100 taels, he would pay.
"Then give me those two jars of honey for free."
"No."
"I'm spending 10 taels to buy your herbs, and you can't even throw in some honey?"
"Dear sir, you don't know," the old man suddenly looked sad, his eyes turned red, "These two jars of honey, my son risked his life climbing a cliff to collect. He broke his leg for it, and now he still can't get out of bed."
Hong Shan: "Then... how much do you want for them?"
The old man thought for a while, then said slowly, "5 taels. For one jar."
If this was in Yizhou Prefecture, Hong Shan would definitely have this wicked old man beaten to death!
5 taels for a jar of honey, you're worse than a bandit!
"Sold!"
Although it pained him to spend 20 taels on this junk, Hong Shan couldn't care less now. He hurried back to the inn and told his servants to prepare everything so he could start making the green cream.
"Boil all the ingredients in water, then add honey, and slowly cook into a paste over low heat..."
The servant followed the instructions in the recipe step-by-step.
Outside the inn, Zhu Yougui was happily dreaming.
He was going to strike it rich!
After getting the 500 taels and house, the first thing he would do is marry a beautiful wife!
And take three concubines!
Eat fish and meat every day!
...
On Hong Shan's side, the green cream was almost done.
But strangely, the paste in the pot smelled a little off, and the color also looked abnormal, not green at all.
After cooling, he tried some on the back of his hand - not a hint of coolness!
"Master, did we not make it right?" asked the servant.
"We followed the recipe exactly."
"Then how could this happen?"
"How could this happen?" Hong Shan sneered coldly, "This can only mean one thing - the recipe Zhu Yougui gave us was fake! And that old man who sold the herbs must have been arranged by him to swindle my money!"
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