Chapter 4 Qingyao Hall

Upon entering the Qing Yao Hall, a waiter ran up to him and greeted him warmly.

"Sir, if I can help you in any way, I guarantee that you will be satisfied."

Father Lin smiled and said, "Am I going to sell some medicinal herbs?"

"Sir, please follow the young one this way."

Father Lin followed the waiter and sat down at a table.

The waiter said: "Sir, show me the herbs, and I will estimate the price based on the herbs."

Father Lin nodded and said, "Okay, please."

Except for the pearl gold and silver grass, all the other medicinal herbs were brought up. Lin Yi didn't understand his father's intention, so he didn't say anything and just watched quietly.

The waiter looked at the herbs on the table and frowned, "Sir, is that all?"

Father Lin didn't finish it, "Well, that's probably it."

When the waiter heard what Father Lin said, his enthusiasm immediately cooled down, and he said coldly: "Even though there are a lot of them, they are all worthless goods, only a few copper coins."

Father Lin didn't care about the waiter's expression, "How many copper coins is it worth?"

The clerk didn't want to waste any more time on Father Lin, so he said perfunctorily: "Ten copper coins at most. If you want to sell the small ones, sell them quickly. If you don't sell the small ones, you'll leave first."

It was pretty much what he expected, so Father Lin agreed.

When the clerk saw another customer at the door, he was afraid that he would be robbed by other clerks. He was about to check out quickly and end the transaction. He hurriedly counted ten copper coins and handed them to Father Lin, just as he was about to leave.

Father Lin grabbed the waiter, but the waiter couldn't walk away, with an angry look on his face. In that moment, the customer had been snatched away, and the waiter was ready to vent his anger.

Father Lin hurriedly said: "Dude, don't worry, I have another medicinal herb here, why don't you take a look at it again?"

The clerk became even more angry when he heard this, and said with a stern face: "Sir, you have made me lose a business."

Father Lin said: "Man, I will never let you suffer."

The clerk suppressed his anger and said, "Okay, I want to see what kind of herbs are worth losing my business."

When Father Lin took the gold and silver grass from the basket, Lin Yi noticed that the boy's eyes lit up, and he heard the boy say angrily: "This is not the same as those, a matter of a copper plate."

Lin Yi found it funny, but Lin's father was not angry. He put the golden sun grass on the table and said with a smile: "Man, are you sure this herb is only worth one copper plate?"

The waiter said coldly: "Is it still worth two?"

Seeing this, Lin's father said, "Hey, it seems that you can't handle this business and the clerk, so you can only find another clerk."

The clerk was anxious and said quickly: "Sir, wait a minute, how about I take this herb and let the appraiser of Qing Yaotang take a look."

As he said that, he was ready to take it away.

At this time, Lin Yi stopped in front of him, raised his head and said, "Brother, let's take it ourselves, or we can ask an appraiser to come here to appraise it."

The boy didn't expect that a little kid would dare to ruin his good deeds, so he glared at Lin Yi and said something.

"Little brat, what do you know? Go aside and play in the mud."

At this time, Father Lin had already held the Golden Silver Grass in his hand and said, "Let's go together."

The waiter saw that the thing he was about to get was so yellow, his face turned red from suppressing it, and he said: "Everyone knows the reputation of Qingyaotang, and they will lie to you."

Father Lin didn't want to expose it and said, "Man, I don't mean that. Let's go together. It will save time."

The clerk had no idea, and with a depressed look on his face, he led Lin and his father into the appraisal room. The appraisal room was simply decorated, with a table and an old man sitting in front of the table, dozing off.

The waiter said to the old man in a low voice and respectfully: "Mr. Liu, please help me identify a medicinal herb."

The old man slowly opened his eyes and glanced at the man, "I knew I was in trouble but came here."

The waiter was still respectful, pointing to the gold and silver grass in Father Lin's hand, and said, "Mr. Liu, I'm not sure how small this herb is, so I need to trouble you."

Only then did Mr. Liu look at Lin Yi and the two of them, "Put the things up."

Father Lin put the gold and silver grass on the table. The old man showed a surprised expression and said, "Yes, this is a gold and silver grass."

The old man observed it for a long time and couldn't put it down.

The guy pretended to be surprised, "Wow, this is a honeysuckle plant."

The old man glanced at the man lightly.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Father Lin quickly asked the old man, "Mr. Liu, how old do you think this gold and silver grass is?"

Mr. Liu didn't hide anything and said, "About one hundred and thirty years."

"Then how much silver is it worth?"

Mr. Liu did not answer. He glanced at Father Lin and then at the clerk. The clerk immediately interrupted, "Sir, Mr. Liu is only responsible for the appraisal and does not care about the price."

Then he said: "This golden and silver grass is not bad, and the young guest officer is also a real person. He also gave this business to me, and he directly offered the highest price, ten taels of silver."

Father Lin looked at the man whose face was not red and whose heart was not beating, and watched quietly.

Seeing that Father Lin didn't respond, the waiter said, "Sir, ten taels of silver is already a small amount for your sake. For other customers, seven taels of silver is the maximum."

After the guy finished speaking, Father Lin said, "Brother, I can't even buy it for fifty taels. You'd better just buy it for ten taels. Forget it, let's find someone else."

The clerk looked surprised, "Sir, are you kidding me? Fifty taels of silver, go to any medicine hall and see who will buy it?"

The old man closed his eyes and enjoyed the back and forth between the two of them.

Father Lin said: "Once I saw the purchase of Golden Silver Grass, fifty taels of silver cost thirty taels of silver. My plant is more than a hundred years old, and it is not as simple as double the price, so I said fifty taels, which can be said to be Extremely low prices.”

The clerk did not expect that Father Lin would see that matter, "Sir, the last time I purchased Golden Silver Grass, it was a special situation. There was a shortage at the time and there was an urgent need, so I offered such a high price. Now the price is the highest in the 50s." Thirteen taels of silver.”

Father Lin smiled and said: "The ones that are fifty years old are thirteen taels of silver, and the ones that are more than one hundred years old are actually ten taels. It seems that you really can't do this business and the man."

The clerk was not embarrassed and said with a smile: "Sir, I'll give you a fixed price, thirty taels of silver."

Father Lin said: "There is no shortage of the fifty-year-old Qingyaotang, but the gold and silver grass that is more than a hundred years old should be very scarce."

The clerk didn't want to continue haggling around, "Forty taels of silver, if you can do this business, you can do it. If you can't do it, you can only see if you have a chance next time. This is already the highest price."

Father Lin knew it couldn't go any higher, so he nodded and agreed.

The clerk was not happy when he saw Father Lin agreeing, because he didn't make much money to begin with. "Sir, please wait a moment while I come over to collect the money and settle the bill."

The guy hurried away.

The old man kept his eyes closed. After a while, the man came in with a cloth bag. Father Lin carefully confirmed that there was no problem and held it tightly with both hands. This was the boxer's ration. You can imagine how heavy it was.

When leaving, Father Lin solemnly thanked the old man, but the old man did not respond and still had his eyes closed.

When Lin Yi just stepped forward, the old man glanced at him.