Chapter Five: Moving House
The second family is one of the four great families of the Great Zhou Kingdom, with two huge Qilin stone statues standing at the entrance. The gate is about 20 zhang high and is one of the largest houses in the capital city.
The second family had a lot of people coming and going every day, but the person in charge of welcoming guests at the door was exceptionally good at remembering faces, and as soon as the demon king approached, he immediately recognized him.
"Master Horn, the carriage is waiting outside." The person who greeted him stepped forward respectfully and said. In any case, Master Horn was a direct descendant of the second family, so even if he wanted to go out, his status was much higher than that of these servants.
"Hmm" The demon king just nodded lightly.
Under the leadership of the person who welcomed them, Ya Jiao and the medicine shop assistant walked out of the gate together. Outside the gate was a horse-drawn carriage, which was specially used by the medicine shop. Ya Jiao didn't say much and directly got on the carriage. The medicine shop assistant put the package inside the carriage and sat outside with another coachman, driving the carriage away slowly.
"The one who welcomed him at the gate also bowed and said as the carriage moved."
Yao Jiao sat in the carriage, looking out at the outside world. The capital of this great Zhou country was still very prosperous. As they drove out, there were all kinds of shops along the way, and the main road was also very wide, not inferior to those big cities in previous lives.
The horse carriage drove for almost an hour before arriving at the pharmacy left by Father.
"...Law..." The coachman stopped the carriage.
The young lady lightly jumped down from the carriage.
"Welcome, young master." Outside the pharmacy stood nine people of different ages, respectfully bowing to the demon horn.
"Hmm" The demon horn nodded lightly. The demon horn knew that this was a set of pharmacists, a total of ten people.
"Who is the shopkeeper?" asked Yaogua.
"Young master, my surname is Wang and I used to serve in the second family for a period of time. You can just call me Old Wang." said one of the slightly stout men respectfully.
"Go in and speak," said the demon horn.
"Yes, young master," everyone immediately said.
The groom and his former partner led the horse-drawn carriage in through the back door and went to make arrangements for the demon's horn.
The demon horn walked in front, with nine people following behind. When the demon horn arrived at the entrance of the store, it also took a closer look. This medicine shop was quite good, and it was bigger than other shops seen along the way. On the signboard above the shop, four gold-plated characters "Cangyun Medicine Shop" were engraved.
As I stepped into the pharmacy, I found it to be extremely spacious, covering an area of nearly three hundred square meters. To the left of the entrance was a counter for registration and payment, with numerous medicine cabinets attached to the walls, each small drawer filled with various medicinal materials. The outer edge of the medicine cabinets had a layer of counters that separated patients from the medicine cabinets. On the right side were many chairs for people to sit and rest, while in the center were two sets of tables and chairs where elderly Chinese doctors could take pulses and diagnose patients on site. In the middle of the hall, towards the right, was a door curtain leading to the backyard.
"Alright, let me introduce you to the situation with Cangyun Medicine Shop." said Yaojiao.
"Yes, young master. This is the Cangyun Medicine Shop. There's me as the shopkeeper, and this is my son. You can just call him Little Wang. Not long ago, Little Wang came from the second family to study under me. He was arranged by Master Cangshan himself to assist me in managing the Cangyun Medicine Shop for you, young master." Old Wang said, pointing to a youth who looked relatively steady.
"En" The demon king nodded slightly. The young master of Cangshan is actually his own uncle, full name, Second Cangshan.
"These two are the resident doctors of the pharmacy, Master Wang and Master Zhang." Old Wang said, pointing to the two slightly older but still spirited men.
The horned demon nodded at them while the two old Chinese doctors also bowed their hands respectfully to the demon.
"There are seven more apprentices, this is Da Ge, Er Xiao, San Xiao, Si Xiao, Wu Xiao, Liu Xiao, and Qi Xiao who carried your luggage for you earlier." Old Wang continued to introduce.
"Alright, everyone has worked hard. From now on, work will be the same as before and all treatments will remain the same. Trouble Old Wang for me. Today is my first day here, so let's start by giving each person ten days' worth of wages as a reward for my first time taking over the pharmacy." said Yaogao.
"Thank you, young master," everyone laughed and said. Originally, they were worried that the new young master was too young and would mess up the pharmacy, but now it seems that everything was unnecessary worry.
"Cangyun Medicine Shop, in the capital city, can only be considered a third-rate medicine shop. Every month, it has a net income of about 600 taels of silver. Young master, do you want to check the account books?" Old Wang asked, taking out a set of account books from behind the counter.
"It's alright, you're the second son of the family, I trust you, leave it to you to manage, and I can rest assured. Now it's just a third-rate pharmacy, but it'll get better in the future," said Yaogao.
"Thank you for trusting me," Old Wang said emotionally.
"From now on, I am the master of this pharmacy. When you enter or leave, call me 'Old Master', no need to call me 'Young Master' anymore." The demon ordered.
"Huh?" Everyone was taken aback at first.
"Yes, sir," everyone immediately responded.
At this time, another patient walked up to the door of the store and saw a group of people gathered together, hesitating in his heart whether he should come in.
"Alright, everything is back to normal as before. There's a new charter, I'll let you know later. You all go do your own things, and Old Wang just needs to talk to me." Yao Jiao ordered once again.
"Yes," everyone said.
Everyone took their positions.
Lao Wang's son walked to the counter, while Lao Wang accompanied him into the counter, walking to the central curtain and entering the backyard.
"Master, although the Cangyun Medicine Shop is a third-rate medicine shop, its backyard is very large. We live in the courtyard on the right side, and the left side has been cleaned up by us. It's a courtyard where Master Cangyun used to live."
"Hmm" The demon king nodded.
In Old Wang's introduction, the demon horn also toured these four weeks. The right courtyard is relatively large and can accommodate eight households. However, the left courtyard can only accommodate two households. But the demon horn lives alone, which is absolutely enough. A wall in the middle separates them. Good to be interconnected.
"The right wing is where my family lives, as well as the owner of the Cangyun Wine House and his family, and six servants. The left wing has been cleaned up." Old Wang explained.
"En" The demon king looked at this scene with satisfaction. The right courtyard was indeed very large, and the horse carriage had stopped in the right courtyard before.
"Master, from here in the backyard, across a street, is the Cangyun Wine House. Do you want to go take a look now?" Old Wang said.
"It's getting late, let's talk about it tomorrow." The demon king shook his head and said.
"Yes, sir," Old Wang replied respectfully.
Then, after introducing again, Old Wang retreated, leaving only the demon horn remaining in his own left courtyard.
The west wing has a living room, two bedrooms, a study, a kitchen, a warehouse and a dining room. However, the kitchen is rarely used as everything is usually sent over by the servants from the east wing. In the center of the west wing there are two large ginkgo trees, next to which is a deep well and a stone table and chairs. It looks pretty good.
