Chapter 520: After modification: Chapter 520 Scolding
The female apprentice took a deep breath, boldly stared at Zhang without fear. "What’s the problem with recognition? Can you trust that you’re that kind of thieving teacher?"
"This is... you come to steal from a teacher, we’ve already been caught. Will the master believe you? Stop dreaming! If you are wise, then leave!" the young apprentice said.
However, to the surprise of several people, the iron door inside suddenly opened, and the master and that young man came out one after another.
"What are you doing here? Has Tang Song matured? The master’s face was very unhappy as he shouted at several people.
Knowing that his business was not yet finished, several apprentices saw the master’s face.
Although they wanted to leave, they could see Zhang Dadan standing in the same place, motionless, but not daring to act rashly, fearing this man might take the chance to accuse them, and the master believed his words, which would be amazing!
"Master, it has matured. Return to maturity..." The leading apprentice, who had been in the shop for nearly a year, had already remembered Tang Song thoroughly.
The master was very angry, and seeing the apprentice disobeying him made him even more displeased. He was about to scold him but suddenly realized that there seemed to be a stranger standing in front of him.
"You... are you new here?" The master had no impression of Zhang Dadan, but he didn’t dare to misidentify a person.
Zhang Dadan glanced at the surrounding apprentices with some pride and said, "I came here to get medicine, but the apprentices in your shop..."
Before Zhang Dadan finished speaking, the female apprentice interrupted, "Master, he’s not a customer, he came to steal from you!"
"We saw him acting suspiciously and ghost-like, pretended not to see him, to see what he was doing, but didn’t expect him to sneak into your pharmacy!"
Teacher Fu Wenyan, had even more resentment in his heart, some people dared to come steal from the master? That is very bold. Too bold!
"You... how dare you!" The teacher suddenly became angry, pointing at Zhang Dadan and scolding him.
Seeing him blindly believing the apprentices’ words, Zhang Dadan couldn’t help feeling a bit dumbfounded. Is this person suffering from dementia? Only with the one-sided statements of these people, can they believe them to be the ones stealing from the master?
"Master, you are so smart! I am very bold! Zhang Dadan!" Zhang
This young man is a farmer from the suburbs. While playing games on the mountain, he happened to find Wild Mountain ginseng and carefully dug it out.
When he got home, he searched the internet and found that Wild Mountain ginseng was very expensive, but he didn’t know the exact year, so he planned to sell it for 30,000 yuan.
With a small profit, he hurriedly went to the city and found the first pharmacy, which was this Lucky Hall.
But the boss of Ji Qing Hall told him that the Wild Mountain ginseng plant was only five or six years old and not worth much, only two or three thousand yuan.
Although the young man did not understand ginseng, he knew these goods were worth more than three people in a year.
If you went to other traditional Chinese medicine shops and inquired about it, they said it was not worth much, he would sell it for 3,000 yuan.
However, to his surprise, his ginseng plant was over 20 years old and worth more than 100,000 yuan.
When this young man was shocked and delighted, he also harbored deep hatred for the new groom’s teacher.
This old thing dared to deceive himself? When he said he was leaving, how could he try to stop him? It turned out, he was determined to deceive his ginseng at the price of a radish.
"You old cheat, you should die!" The young man was straightforward. He could not suppress his anger and directly cursed.
Master Ji Qingtang, when Zhang suddenly boldly exposed himself, also accurately stated the ginseng’s age, feeling shocked.
But if he had to give up such a lucrative opportunity, how could he reconcile with himself?
"Don’t listen to him, young man!" He is full of tricks. You heard what he just said; he is here stealing. Surely, he must be sent by our competitors at Jiqing Hall. He maliciously slanders us! The teacher replied righteously.
Several apprentices, seeing the master suddenly recognize Zhang Dadan as the thief, also joined in, "That’s right... he came to sabotage. You can’t believe him!"
Hearing this shout, the young man couldn’t help but hesitate. What kind of person is this young person? Could he really be bankrupt? But he didn’t look very bad, did he?
But he was young, how could he recognize the age and price of ginseng at a glance, was he really deceiving himself for Ji Qingtang?
"Who... who are you exactly? How do you know my ginseng is worth around 100,000?" The young man tried to ask Zhang Dadan boldly.
Though Zhang Dadan wasn’t a good person, he couldn’t just ignore fraudulent affairs, let alone those from Lucky Hall who offended him. How could he easily let them go?
"Brother, I am also a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. Since childhood, I have learned Chinese medicine knowledge with my family. You absolutely can trust my word; you do have 20-year-old ginseng!" Zhang Dadan lied sincerely.
Learned medicine since childhood? The teacher of Jiqing Hall couldn’t help but feel panicked but soon calmed down.
"Since your family has practiced medicine too, you stole your elders’ medicine. How can a man who steals from a master speak the truth?" questioned the teacher.
Seeing the teacher insulting him, scoffing at his peers, Zhang Dadan felt a bit foolish. If he had not mentioned his family’s generations in medicine, the young man would not believe his judgement on ginseng.
But now that he spoke of practicing medicine for generations, the elderly found the motive to question him. It’s too headache-inducing!
"So, you say this ginseng is worthless, right? I won’t argue with you. Can we sell it to another place?" Zhang smiled lightly.
The young man sneered and nodded. Although he didn’t know who to trust, he couldn’t keep asking around in just a few pharmacies.
"Thank you, I will check with a few other traditional Chinese medicine shops." The young man nodded in appreciation at Mr. Zhang.
Then he quickly left. The teacher saw this and quickly seized upon the young man, seemingly genuinely advising him, "Young man, no need to look for pharmacies again!"
"Old man, I am the director of the Chinese Medicine Association, can I deceive you?" If you inquire elsewhere, wherever you go, the price is only 2,000 or 3,000."
Although the young man had never been to school, he was shrewd. He couldn’t help but hesitate, listening to Ji Qing Hall’s teacher’s words.
He is a director of the Chinese Medical Association. If he asked other pharmacies, and wherever he went, the value was only 2,000 or 3,000.
"Mr. Yu, are you threatening me?" The young man turned and looked at the old master. He suspiciously asked.
Seeing the young man was also smart and alert, Zhang Dadan couldn’t help but mock the teacher with a long laugh: "Don’t act righteously because of your conduct."
The surprised teacher asked, "What do you mean by that? Am I really a Qing Dynasty scammer? I tell you, I come from a famous family of doctors in the Qing Dynasty; would we cheat you of your ginseng?"
A famous family of doctors? Zhang Dadan almost spit out old blood. How could any Chinese medicine doctor with a long white beard dare to pretend to be a famous doctor?
Thousands of years of traditional Chinese medicine skills have been tarnished by such people. Why do more people not believe in Chinese medicine? They encounter such types, and half-knowledges misperceived as Divine Doctors!
Zhang Dadan said, "Yu QingWeen, right? You are really famous. Do I need to call you Divine Doctor?"
Seeing his mocking face, Mr. Yu didn’t think it was natural. Instead, he proudly said, "You can call me that!" Anyway, many people call me that, but you are different.