Manbao said, "I can convince Mr. Zhuang."
Shopkeeper Zheng did not want her to go and persuade Mr. Zhuang at all, so he said, "You should wait patiently. Doctor Ji wants to take you out these days to get some experience with various diseases. The back and forth is very time-consuming."
Gu felt their communication was too difficult. Once the shopkeeper left, he leaned to Manbao's ear and whispered, "Are you dumb? Your brother is in the medicine trade, and he deals with our pharmacy. He's about to get into the business of medicine trading. Do you think the shopkeeper would let you contact the herb farmers privately?"
Gu spoke softly, "If you lure away all the farmers of the pharmacy, where would we go to cry?"
It hadn't occurred to Manbao, and it took her a while to realize this point.
The master had said that these kinds of relationships involving interests were the most complex. To avoid complicating matters further, Manbao could only sigh and temporarily suppress her feelings.
