Chapter 519: Chapter Five Hundred and Nineteen: Family Pharmacy
“What is this? I haven’t even drunk water, so why would he help you?” Zhang Dadan squinted at Liu Shu, then calmly said.
Liu Shu smiled, then sat back in his seat. He boldly said to Zhang, “Doctor Zhang Shen, you… you’ve worked hard, I’ll pour you some tea!”
As he spoke, he picked up the teapot and carefully poured Miss Zhang a cup of tea, smiling obsequiously.
Before Zhang Dadan even finished stretching his waist, he drank three cups of tea, stood up slowly, and prepared to leave.
When Liu Zhi saw that he was finally about to leave, he quickly stood up and tried to follow him, but after a few steps, Zhang Dadan stopped.
“What are you going to do?” Zhang Dadan turned around, frowned, and asked impatiently.
Liu Shu was a bit stunned. Then he nodded and smiled. “Of course, I’ll accompany you to collect the medicine.”
“Don’t you want to steal and learn my secret recipe? Let me do it alone!” Zhang Dadan shouted at him, leaving by himself.
After he left, Liu Ce took the direction of the door and cursed fiercely, “What! What percentage? If I hadn’t seen you helping to treat me, would I have helped a bit?”
Zhang Dadan left the tea house and went to the traditional Chinese medicine store Liu Shu had mentioned. In fact, Liu Shu’s illness could be cured without taking decoctions and medicines.
But he did not want to be contaminated by Liu’s filth and was prepared for a conservative and slow treatment.
On the other hand, he also wanted to observe Liu Ze again. If he could truly repent and become a good person, he would help him completely heal. If he remained stubborn, he would be both good and bad.
He went to the pharmacy to fetch medicine not only to help treat Liu Shu but also to prepare a warm-up prescription for Sun’s attack. First, he collected his lies, and second, he avoided Liu Shu asking for his prescription.
After walking for about three minutes, Zhang Dadan saw an old-fashioned shop with a signboard hanging over the door, which read “Jiqing Hall”.
Although the shop did not have the word ‘medicine’ written on it, whether from the style or the shop’s name, it looked like a family pharmacy.
As Zhang Dadan approached the store door, he smelled a lot of Chinese herbal medicine, which further convinced him that this was indeed a home pharmacy.
Zhang Dadan slowly walked into Jiqing Hall. The smell of herbal medicine grew stronger, although slightly bitter, it was also refreshing and invigorating.
Many experienced traditional Chinese medicine practitioners have, for decades, frequently come into contact with herbal medicine besides daily maintenance, inseparable.
From the outside, Jiqing Hall did not appear striking, but upon entering, one could see that the store had a mysterious depth, surrounded by huge medicine cabinets.
Within the cabinets, it was densely packed with drawers, from this scale, various common Chinese herbal medicines should all be prepared!
Only one thing made Zhang Dadan feel a bit strange: he’d been in the pharmacy for a while, yet no one had come out to greet him.
Although there were no customers in the shop, there were three young apprentices behind the counter, engrossed in playing on their phones instead of attending to visitors.
Such a negligent work attitude made Zhang Dadan unhappy, thinking that customers are treated as gods, how did it turn to such a mess here?
Despite his displeasure, Zhang did not want to replace others and punish his peers. He coughed to try to attract public attention.
However, something more annoying happened. The three apprentices only glanced up at Zhang Dadan for a moment, then lowered their heads and continued playing on their phones.
“Hey! I’m here to buy medicine!” Zhang Dadan maintained his anger and patience, reminding them in hopes they would attend to him.
But the man in the middle of the house asked, “Buy medicine? What medicine are you buying? Speak, I’m listening!”
Seeing how rude he was, Zhang Dadan stepped up to the counter, stood in front of him, and asked, “Is this how you treat customers? I came to buy medicine. Can’t you put down your phone first?”
The few guys seen Zhang Dadan nagging boringly but impatiently, leaned on the left apprentice girl, boldly looked up at Zhang, and said angrily:
“Don’t you have eyes? Can’t you see we’re busy? You can wait over there or come back later.”
The apprenticeship girl’s arrogance and impatience stunned Zhang Dadan. Turning around, he asked, “Is your shop state-owned?”
“No! Why do you ask? What’s the matter? Wait a moment!” Seeing the youngest apprentice, he quickly put down his phone.
These arrogant and cynical apprentices in private sectors surprised Zhang Dadan?
Does this Jiqing Hall not intend to make money? How can they expect to retain customers with such an attitude? Their arrogance scared strangers away too.
“Where is your boss? Tell your boss to come out!” Not wanting to talk to them, Zhang Dadan demanded harshly.
The female apprentice playing the game felt pressured and seeing Zhang Dadan not giving up, her temper flared up. She put her phone on the counter and shouted boldly, “Are you blind?”
“Such a big person, can’t you see? I told you to come back later! Are you planning to pick a fight?”
Without waiting for Zhang to open his mouth, the male apprentice in the middle grumbled, “Xiao Hong, why are you arguing for him? You’ll get yourself killed…”
The apprentice Xiao Hong quickly picked up her phone again, meeting her master Lu Ban GG. Her mood got even worse.
“Look… I died again!” Xiao Hong complained to Zhang boldly, as if blaming him for her loss.
Facing the arrogance and arrogance of the female apprentice, Zhang Dadan first felt that the shop owner wasn’t capable, leaving the store in the hands of monkeys and tigers.
“Is anyone here? Does anyone still breathe here?” Zhang Dadan turned toward the inner room’s door, shouting.
Some people hiding behind the counter playing games saw Zhang Dadan walking toward the inner room, quickly put away their phones, and rushed over.
“Why are you so rude? Can you come in here? Are you trying to steal our store’s secret recipe?” the leading apprentice shouted with a spit of rage.
Zhang Dadan inherited the grand emperor’s mandate, with complex and magical medical skills, thinking none of the world’s traditional Chinese medicine practitioners had superior techniques than himself.
Would an obscure Jiqing Hall be worth spending a lot to steal medicines? These people were clearly fearful, preparing to insult him, scaring him off?
But the more they acted, the more they proved there were people inside the room, and these apprentices feared them.
“Humph! I’m looking for your boss to complain about you, just you wait!” Zhang Dadan turned around threateningly.
Then he rushed into the inner room, after a few steps into the inner room, he was blocked by some people, making Zhang Dadan strain his eyes to see the inner room’s scene.
The house’s darkness contained a wall made of steel, making Zhang Dadan immediately wonder if this was a place for artillery materials?
“Indeed, it is theft of medicine. You can’t argue with that,” the female apprentice insisted, holding onto Zhang Dadan’s clothes like clutching a pile of cash.
Zhang Dadan settled down and continued to shout, “Is anyone here? Your apprentices have all expired!”
By Zhang Dadan’s loud shout, the leading apprentice ridiculed, “Save yourself! Useless! The walls and doors are iron. Otherwise, we wouldn’t dare to play games!”
“Hey! Are you admitting to being lazy?” Zhang Dadan freed himself from a few people’s tugging and burst out.
Seeing him shaking free, a few people were shocked, why couldn’t they group-tackle a single person? Did they not eat enough this morning?