At the small market at the docks, there was only one simple shop selling medicinal herbs. There were very few kinds of herbs in the shop, and the quality of the herbs were not very good. Of course, the price was also quite cheap. Fortunately, huangdan powder wasn’t a rare medicinal herb. Yu Xiaocao bought twenty copper coins worth of huangdan powder at the pharmacy that seemed like it would be blown down by a gust of wind. After that, she also bought some soda ash at a nearby general store.   

After thinking about it, Yu Xiaocao asked Fang Zizhen, who had been following her and asking all sorts of questions, “Uncle Fang, do you have any black tea? It doesn’t have to be really good quality; average quality will do!”

Fang Zizhen creased his brows and thought about it. Then he shook his head and replied, “I’m a rough man, so I don’t know anything about tea. Isn’t drinking wine more pleasurable than drinking tea?”

Yu Xiaocao hung her head in slight disappointment. She had thought that she could save some money since the price of tea wasn’t low after all!

Seeing her look like a frozen eggplant that had withered, Fang Zizhen felt slightly bad and said, “I’ll help ask Little Zhang for you later. That fellow seems like someone who likes to pose as a culture lover. If he doesn’t have...