Chapter 44: Providing Information
After Duan Yixin agreed, Tan Lidan asked the servant to weigh the medicinal herbs. While waiting, Tan Lidan asked, "Miss Duan, could you increase the quantity of medicinal herbs sold to us?"
Duan Yixin thought about her plan to grow medicinal herbs and said, "Maybe I can increase the quantity in the future. But now, it is difficult for me to supply more medicinal herbs since I’m working alone."
Tan Lidan felt disappointed when he heard her answer. After a few seconds of silence, he asked, "If I send our workers to help you collect medicinal herbs, will you be willing to show them where to collect the medicinal herbs? As long as Miss Duan helps us process the medicinal herbs, we will pay you the same price."
When he asked this, Duan Yixin raised an eyebrow at him. Tan Lidan looked at her expression and knew that his request was unreasonable, but he couldn’t afford to fail the task assigned to him by his Master.
He needs to collect more than six hundred jins of Bei Mu by the end of this month. Time was running out, so Tan Lidan could only thicken his face and tell Duan Yixin this unreasonable request.
After a long silence, Duan Yixin said, "It seems that Shopkeeper Tan is in a hurry. Why do you need to collect so many medicinal herbs? Judging from the reputation of Chang Shou Pharmacy as the number one provider of medicine in Chunshan Town, there should be enough inventory for months."
Since he needed her help, Tan Lidan had no choice but to answer her questions.
He looked embarrassed and said, "Miss Duan may not know that we just received a large order from a customer yesterday, requiring us to prepare more than six hundred jins of medicinal herbs before the end of this month. Since our owner has accepted this large order, we can only do our best to fulfill it. Otherwise, the reputation of our Chang Shou Pharmacy will be damaged."
After listening to Tan Lidan’s explanation, Duan Yixin nodded to express her understanding, while Jian Yi stared at Tan Lidan and thought, ’He dared to call Master a customer. This Lidan is really tired of living.’