Phi-Fic Chapter 57 You are also a member of the Xie family
Chapter 57 You are also a member of the Xie family
Tang Ling called the salesperson over and pointed to the glass bottle on the counter. "How much is this?"
The salesperson replied indifferently, "Two cents."
In the 1970s, you couldn’t get into the supply and marketing cooperatives without connections. Being able to work there was like having a stable job, and you were the envy of others. Naturally, you felt superior to others and had no idea of putting customers first.
Having been here several times, Tang Man no longer cares. "Give me twenty."
The salesperson took a closer look at Tang Man. This glass bottle was only slightly larger than the iron box of vanishing cream. It had been on the counter for several years and no one had ever looked at it. The woman in front of him looked quite normal. How could she have a problem with her brain and actually spend money to buy something like this?
Thinking of this, the salesperson couldn't help but look at the man next to her with sympathy, but this look made her unable to look away.
The man had a very good face, handsome features, fair skin, and a pair of deep eyes that looked at the woman beside him tenderly and affectionately, as if the woman was the only one in his eyes.
Tang Man noticed that the salesperson's state was not right. She followed the salesperson's line of sight and found that the salesperson was looking at Xie Yan.
Xie Yan didn't notice that the salesperson was looking at him. He still looked at Tang Man tenderly until he saw Tang Man looking at him. He smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's okay." Tang Man smiled, turned around, and found that the salesperson was still looking at Xie Yan. She couldn't help feeling a little unhappy, so she raised her hand and knocked on the glass cabinet.
"Knock down."
He spoke again, "Do you have any more of this glass bottle? I want twenty."
"Yes, wait, I'll get it." The salesperson finally came to his senses and ran away.
After coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Xie Yan asked, "What do you want to buy this glass bottle for?"
"Mrs. Liu wants you to make five bottles of body lotion for her."
"Ah!" Xie Yan looked at Tang Man in confusion. Why would Mrs. Liu ask him to make body lotion for her? And she had never mentioned this before!
Tang Man explained, "Madam Liu said that my skin is good and asked me what I use. I told her that I made the lotion myself, so she asked you to make five bottles for her. I thought that since we are going to sell it, we can't keep using bamboo tubes. The lotion you make is very effective. Madam Liu might recommend it to other customers after using it. If you make a few more bottles, you can take them out immediately if someone wants them. Even if no one wants them, you can keep them for yourself."
Xie Yan was silent for a few seconds before he said, "The body lotion I gave you is Yulu Cream, which is a recipe passed down from the Xie family. It contains a lot of rare medicinal herbs. If I sell it, the price will be a bit expensive."
Tang Man didn't expect this to happen, and asked hurriedly, "How much is appropriate?"
"Grandpa set the price at 5 yuan."
"It's so expensive." Tang Man had never expected that this thing would be so expensive. She immediately regretted that she should not have agreed to Mrs. Liu's request on her own initiative.
Xie Yan patted Tang Man's hand and said, "It's okay. I will talk to Madam Liu about it tomorrow."
If she really said it, she would offend people, and she wants to make money from the body lotion!
Tang Man did not say what she was thinking. She was thinking about how to solve this problem all the way. After thinking for a long time, she finally came up with a solution.
"We will continue to make the Jade Dew Paste. When it is done, you can give a bottle to Mrs. Liu first. Then tell her: Because the Jade Dew Paste is made from rare medicinal materials, it is quite expensive. But since you have already said so, my wife asked me to give you a bottle as a thank you for your help to my wife."
Xie Yan stared at her without blinking, and when he heard her say the words "my wife", a strange feeling surged in his heart.
"Although our Jade Dew Cream is a bit more expensive, it is indeed useful. After Madam Liu uses it, she will definitely come to us to buy more, and even introduce her friends to buy it. Then, we can make a lot of money with the Jade Dew Cream. By the way..."
Tang Man turned around and saw Xie Yan in a daze, as if he didn't hear what she was saying. She couldn't help but frowned and asked, "Did you hear what I said to you?"
Xie Yan came back to his senses and asked with a smile, "Well! What were you going to say just now?"
"I want to say that you must deliver the Jade Dew Cream in front of Secretary Liu. Don't let this little thing make people think that you and his wife have something going on."
"Okay, I understand." Xie Yan nodded in agreement.
Xie Yan took Tang Man to perform acupuncture on several patients introduced by Secretary Liu before they went home together. There was a constant stream of people coming to see the doctor that afternoon, and Xie Yan only had time to make the Yu Lu ointment after dinner.
He did not avoid Tang Man, because it was not convenient to use one hand, and he asked Tang Man to help him. While boiling the Chinese medicine, he even told Tang Man all the precautions and which medicinal materials to use.
Tang Man smiled and joked, "Isn't this the secret recipe of your Xie family? You told me everything, aren't you afraid that grandpa will scold you?"
"You are a member of the Xie family."
Tang Man blinked. She hadn't even adapted to the identity of the youngest daughter of the Tang family yet, and now she suddenly had the identity of the granddaughter-in-law of the Xie family. It was really hard for her to adapt, but on the surface she still had a smile on her face.
"Even so, shouldn't this secret recipe be kept secret from the foreign daughter-in-law?"
Xie Yan explained with a smile, "The Xie family doesn't have such a rule. Once you enter the Xie family, you are a member of the Xie family. As long as you are willing to learn, you can learn along. Of course, the Xie family is not without secrets. The Xie family has some things that are only passed down to the next clan leader, and no one else in the clan leader's family can learn them."
"Then doesn't your mother also know about this Jade Dew Cream? Isn't the Xie family afraid that she will reveal the secret recipe?"
Tang Man asked subconsciously, and only then realized what he had said. A look of embarrassment appeared on his face, and he wished he could bite off his tongue. This was the biological mother who abandoned him. How could he ask such a question?
Xie Yan was silent for a few seconds before he said calmly, "I heard that she is not interested in these things and will never step into the clinic unless it is necessary."
"Oh!" Tang Man curled her lips and didn't continue talking. She didn't know if it was because she was used to being alone in the real world. After coming here, she found that her emotional intelligence was very poor. Sometimes she said things that she shouldn't have said when she was excited.
"Doctor Xie... Doctor Xie..." Zhou Yonglin's anxious voice came from the door.
Tang Man followed Xie Yan out of the kitchen, and Zhou Yonglin walked into the clinic with a strange man in his forties.
Zhou Yonglin walked up to Xie Yan and was about to leave. "Doctor Xie, come with me to see a patient. I'll tell you the situation on the way."
"Wait for me to get the medicine box." Xie Yan pulled his hand back, walked quickly to the main hall, put on the medicine box, and came out and told Tang Man, "The Jade Dew Paste will be ready after a while of cooking. Let it cool down a little in the pot, filter it with gauze, and put it into a glass bottle. Don't cover the lid yet. Let it cool down completely before covering it."
Xie Yan, who had already walked to the door, couldn't help but say, "You won't go out at this time, how about I lock the door from the outside, so you don't have to wait for me to come back, and you can go to bed early after you finish making the jade dew cream."