CHAPTER 579: 332, SEND FIVE MORE JIN! _3

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After receiving the call, Xia Ye took a taxi directly from the Academy of Sciences to Xie Yuan’s house.

She had begun preparing the medicine for Liu Manyi long ago, although she hoped that Liu Manyi would never need to use it, but now it seemed...

Moreover, more importantly, the prescription she was preparing for Liu Manyi was missing an herb called Aiyeqing, which grew in extremely cold areas and was not available in ordinary pharmacies. The only possible place to find it was at her disciple Xie Yuan’s home.

The Xie Family’s servants recognized Xia Ye. Although she had only come over to eat a few times, she was the only young girl who had accompanied Elder Xie for meals!

After serving tea to Xia Ye, the servant respectfully said, "Miss Xia, please wait a moment. I will go to the Bamboo Forest to inform Elder Xie."

"Please hurry," Xia Ye said, "a human life is at stake."

Half a minute later, Elder Xie had not shown up, but his great-grandson, Xie Zikun, arrived first.

The last time Xie Yuan gifted Xia Ye the extremely valuable Snow Mountain Cordyceps as if they were fruits not worth any money, it had angered Xie Zikun so much that he did not get out of bed for half a month. Moreover, afterward, Xie Yuan changed the mechanisms of the Treasure Pavilion, so Xie Zikun couldn’t make any sneaky profit from it either.

Now, seeing Xia Ye daring to come again, he straight away took on the air of the future heir of the Xie Family and asked unfriendly, "What are you here for now?"

Xia Ye knew although he was ignorant about medicines, he had always coveted Xie Yuan’s treasures, so she said, "I’ve come to buy some... Aiyeqing from Elder Xie."

"Aiyeqing?" Xie Zikun’s greasy face opened in astonishment, "You really dare to covet it! That treasure’s value is even incomparable to the Snow Mountain Cordyceps!"

Upon hearing these words, Xia Ye felt relieved; it meant that Xie Yuan’s home indeed had it.

"How much, name your price."

Xie Zikun saw her calm and collected demeanor and took in her attire. Although her sneakers were dirty, and her coat was very casual, he recognized that none of those items were cheap.

"If you really want to buy it, fine," he said, raising his hand to stroke his chin, "13 million per tael, and that’s the final price."

Xia Ye had no time to waste on nonsense: "Good, I’ll take ten jin (5 kilograms)."

To be precise, what she needed was the extracted essence of Aiyeqing. Ten jin of it could just produce enough essence for a three-day dose.

"You want ten..." Xie Zikun started to speak and then suddenly his tone rose sharply, "What? Ten jin???"

Buying herbs was always done by the tael, nobody ever heard of buying them by the jin before!

One jin is equal to ten taels; ten jin would be one hundred taels.

Moreover, Aiyeqing was rare in production; selling her one tael was already a huge favor, let alone ten jin. It was an outrageous demand!

He assumed Xia Ye was joking: "Go, go, go! Hurry up and leave! Don’t wait for me to throw you out!"

Of course, Xia Ye wasn’t going anywhere, "Just tell me if you’re selling or not."

"Sell my ass!"

As the two were arguing, Xie Yuan hurried over from the rear courtyard connected to the Bamboo Forest. He was very pleased to hear Yeye had come to look for him; he walked so quickly that he was still panting a little as he spoke, "What’s this about selling or not selling?"

Xie Zikun couldn’t contain his anger, "Great-grandfather, this time it’s really not my fault! She insisted on buying Aiyeqing and wanted ten jin at once! I didn’t sell to her, am I wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Yuan glared angrily, "Sell? If you dare sell it to her, I’ll break your legs!"

Xie Zikun, for the first time, actually felt happy being scolded. He gave Xia Ye a cold snort, but his happiness didn’t last long as soon as he saw Xie Yuan wave his hand grandly and instruct the attendant behind him, "It’s rare for Yeye to ask for something. Whatever she asks for, I will give her as much as she wants!"

Xie Zikun: ??!

The room fell silent, with even the attendant uncertain whether he had heard wrongly.

Xia Ye glanced at Xie Zikun with a look of disbelief on his face, and she smiled meaningfully, "This medicine is not cheap; you don’t have to give it to me for free. Just give me a discount."

Xie Yuan felt as if she were slapping him in the face, "What discount! The Xie Family’s herbs were never meant to make money! If they can find someone to make use of their value, then that is their best destiny!"

Seeing that he insisted, Xia Ye explained briefly, informing Xie Yuan about Liu Manyi’s condition and how she intended to utilize the ten jin of Aiyeqing.

It was also to reassure him.

But to Xie Yuan’s surprise, after hearing her plan, inspiration shone in his turbid eyes, and knowing that she was using it to save a life, he felt even more urgency.

With caution, Xie Zikun asked, "Great-grandpa, are you really planning to give her ten jin for free?"

Xie Yuan’s gaze was profound, "Ten jin might not be enough..." he stroked his beard, and his next words made Xie Zikun feel like vomiting blood. He said, "Add five more jin to it!"