Chapter 10: 10. Chapter 10: Ye Yubin, the Pharmacy Owner

Chapter 10: Ye Yubin, the Pharmacy Owner

Fu Chen'an expressed his understanding and made an appointment to come back at noon for news before preparing to take his leave.

However, when he saw the instant noodles on the shelf, he paused in his tracks: "You gave me two boxes of these before, and the taste was quite good. How much are these?"

Seeing this, Xiao Yingchun smiled to herself: The seasoning packets in instant noodles are nothing but "science and heavy labor" (artificial additives); how could people from ancient times resist such temptation?!

"If you like them, I'll give you two more boxes for free."

"If you want to buy them, it's ten boxes for five taels of silver."

These were large-capacity packs, with twenty-four packs per box; the wholesale price was nearly sixty yuan.

A ten-tael silver ingot was equivalent to six thousand yuan, meaning a profit of only nine times the cost—a very honest price.

Fu Chen'an handed over a ten-tael silver ingot.

Xiao Yingchun: "...I don't have enough stock for twenty boxes here. I'll arrange for more to be sent over later. Take two boxes for now; consider them a gift."

A ten-tael ingot could only sell for ten thousand yuan, making the profit margin less than nine times—she was losing money.

Fu Chen'an didn't stand on ceremony and took the two boxes of instant noodles. Xiao Yingchun also gave him two large bags of starch sausages.

"These—after you tear off the outer packaging, put the sausages inside the noodles and eat them together. They're delicious; give them a try."

Fu Chen'an nodded as he looked at the starch sausages, but his gaze then fell upon the Erguotou liquor on the shelf below.

"The strong liquor you sent last time—the soldiers said the taste was excellent, but Doctor Niu wants to save it for the soldiers to clean their wounds, so they aren't allowed to drink it."

"The soldiers won the battle and want to drink to celebrate. Could you sell me some more liquor?"

Xiao Yingchun said decisively, "Deal!"

After the first time, the second becomes familiar. Xiao Yingchun made an appointment with him to pick up the liquor and instant noodles at noon, and only then did Fu Chen'an leave through the back door with a hint of reluctance.

In the military camp, Doctor Niu was already waiting at the entrance of the tent. As soon as he saw Fu Chen'an returning with boxes in his arms, he rushed forward excitedly: "You brought more instant noodles? What is this?"

Fu Chen'an: "Miss Xiao said these are starch sausages. You can eat them directly after peeling the skin."

"Are they good? Er—I mean... let me check for poison first." As Doctor Niu spoke, he proactively took the instant noodles and sausages, grabbing bowls and chopsticks, ready to "test for poison."

As the aroma of the instant noodles drifted through the air, countless eyes turned toward them, with tears of envy welling up at the corners of their mouths.

How envious they were of Doctor Niu being able to "test for poison."

...

Watching Fu Chen'an leave, Xiao Yingchun stood frozen for a few seconds. Suddenly snapping out of it, she tucked her jewelry into a box and placed it inside the safe.

For the first time in over twenty years, a man had given her gold and gemstone jewelry!

For this alone, she had to make this business a resounding success!

Out the door! Eat breakfast!

Xiao Yingchun went to her usual noodle shop. There was a queue at the door, and the inside was packed with people.

She found the person she was looking for among the diners: Ye Yubin, the owner of Spring Pharmacy.

Early in the morning, an ice-cold beer sat next to Ye Yubin's bowl of rice noodles. He was leisurely slurping noodles and taking sips of beer.

Confirming there was still more than half a bottle of beer left, Xiao Yingchun felt her anxiety ease.

A moment later, Xiao Yingchun sat down in front of Ye Yubin with her own bowl of noodles: "Uncle Ye, having breakfast?"

Ye Yubin glanced at her: "Xiao girl, I heard you made a big deal?"

Xiao Yingchun grinned and didn't deny it.

That was how it was in the village; something that happened only yesterday was already common knowledge.

Seeing that Ye Yubin had finished his beer and was nearly done with his noodles, Xiao Yingchun wolfed down her meal in a few bites and caught up with his pace.

"Uncle Ye, I have something I'd like to ask your advice on."

Ye Yubin gave a knowing smile: "I knew it! If you weren't up to something, you certainly wouldn't be hovering around me!"

Xiao Yingchun chuckled: "I was young and didn't know better back then."

Ye Yubin was referring to Xiao Yingchun's childhood.

When she was little, Xiao Yingchun had woken up early to find Ye Yubin passed out next to the convenience store, having vomited all over himself.

Thinking he had died, Xiao Yingchun had wailed in terror.

Her father had rushed over, seen the situation, and sent Ye Yubin to the hospital for a stomach pump and IV drips, saving his life.

Ever since she saw him again, Xiao Yingchun had avoided him from a distance.

Ye Yubin stepped on the rolling shutter with his flip-flops, unlocked it with his key, and pulled out a plastic stool for Xiao Yingchun to sit on before asking

"What do you want to ask me?"

Xiao Yingchun smiled sheepishly: "I have a friend who wants to buy some medicine. Because the quantity is quite large, they asked me to consult you. How should we handle this situation?"

Ye Yubin asked casually, "How large a quantity?"

Xiao Yingchun pulled out a list and handed it over.

After reading the handwriting, Ye Yubin's eyes widened: "This much? What are they using it for?"

Xiao Yingchun gave a forced laugh: "A large company is preparing for an outdoor training exercise. I heard the intensity will be very high, so they are preparing medicine in advance. I don't really understand this stuff; I just know it's a matter of cash on delivery..."

Ye Yubin realized: "So that big deal you did before was also bought by this company?"

Xiao Yingchun nodded.

Ye Yubin hesitated and advised tactfully: "Xiao girl, you need to find out exactly what this company does."

"Don't let it turn out to be some pyramid scheme. If something goes wrong, you'll get dragged into it too."

"I know life hasn't been easy for you since your parents passed. If you're truly short on money, Uncle Ye still has over a hundred thousand here. You can take it to use first..."

As he spoke, Ye Yubin pulled out his phone, actually preparing to transfer money to Xiao Yingchun.

Feeling a surge of warmth in her heart, Xiao Yingchun hurriedly stopped him: "Uncle Ye, I know you care about me, but I don't need the money."

"The person requesting the medicine is the company's procurement officer. They have about ten thousand people participating in the activity."

"They could have contacted pharmaceutical companies themselves, but because they have a good relationship with me, they wanted me to make a little profit too..."

After much persuasion, she finally got Ye Yubin to put his phone away and agree to supply the goods.

Ye Yubin looked at the list seriously once more.

The list consisted of common medicines, mainly for anti-inflammation and external injuries.

And with such a large quantity, if there were ten thousand people, it wouldn't be strange...

In a rare moment of seriousness, Ye Yubin thought it over and finally nodded: "I can source these medicines for you. It will take at least three days. Does that work?"

Xiao Yingchun nodded decisively: "Works!"

Seeing that the matter was settled, Ye Yubin sighed: "If anyone else came to buy this, I would sell it without a second thought, but you are different..."

Xiao Yingchun knew what he meant by "different" and smiled at him gratefully: "Thank you for your concern, Uncle Ye."

"You girl, if I didn't give it to you, you would definitely have looked for other channels to buy it, wouldn't you?"

Seeing Xiao Yingchun's flattering smile, Ye Yubin bluntly pointed out the risks.

"It's not a big deal if you buy medicine at a high price. But if you buy counterfeit medicine and someone dies, you might end up in jail..."

Xiao Yingchun nodded repeatedly: *Yes, yes, yes. As long as you're willing to help, everything you say is right.*

She certainly wouldn't sell fake medicine; they were all legitimate medicines bought from regular pharmacies.

As for people dying?

In war, people die all the time.

How could that be blamed on her?