Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 127

Chapter 127: Shocked
After serving Fen Lan a pot of tea and a plate of water chestnut cake, Duan Yixin walked to the backyard. Fen Lan sat on her seat and looked at the plate of water chestnut cake for a moment. She picked a piece and took a small bite. In the next second, her eyes widened in surprise.

Looking at the translucent water chestnut cake between her fingers, Fen Lan murmured in amazement, “Miss Duan is indeed full of surprises. This is the first time I have tasted this kind of cake. I wonder what ingredients are needed to make this cake.”

After eating a piece of water chestnut cake, Fen Lan thought for a while and took out a clean handkerchief. Then she wrapped three pieces of water chestnut cake and kept them carefully. After that, she poured herself a cup of tea. As the tea slowly fills the cup, a nutty aroma with a hint of mint slowly fills the air.

She held the teacup, smelled the tea carefully, and took a sip. When the tea entered her mouth, the aroma of nuts spread instantly. Fen Lan swallowed the tea and tasted a hint of sweetness and minty aroma on the tips of her tongue. After two seconds, the sweetness disappeared, leaving only a long-lasting fresh taste of mint.

Shocked by the complex taste of the tea, Fen Lan took another sip and looked thoughtfully in the direction of Duan Yixin’s house. While Fen Lan was enjoying water chestnut cake and tea, Duan Yixin was busy in the woodshed.

She stood in front of the wooden table in the corner of the woodshed, looking at the list while her mind was busy figuring out how to combine materials to achieve the effect Hong Qiaole wanted.

After thinking for a few minutes, she took out ginger, mint, licorice, orange peel, Zhi Zhui Ju, Hui Xiang, marshmallow leaves, and cloves from the warehouse. Some of these materials are the remaining medicinal materials she collected from the forest, and some are from the boxes in the warehouse.

Duan Yixin then took out a small silver scale from the warehouse and weighed the medicinal materials carefully. After that, she also took out a piece of paper given by Chi Xinru this morning.

She spent twenty minutes in the woodshed weighing and mixing the ingredients for herbal tea. After packing up the herbal tea with a piece of paper, she put the remaining materials and silver scales into the warehouse. Duan Yixin then left the woodshed carrying a pack of herbal tea and walked to the front yard.

When she came out of the house, Fen Lan had already finished a pot of tea. Looking at the empty plates on the wooden table, Duan Yixin smiled slightly and said, “I hope Miss Fen didn’t wait too long.”

Fen Lan stood up and said with a smile, “Thanks to the delicious pastries and tea, I enjoyed the waiting time. Has Miss Duan prepared the herbal tea?”

Duan Yixin nodded, handed the package to Fen Lan, and said, “I used eight kinds of ingredients to make this herbal tea. Some materials are hard to find, and I only have a little bit, so I can only prepare this much.”

When Fen Lan opened the wrapper, she recognized only the orange peel in the herbal tea mixture. She also found out that she had never seen the other materials before.

After checking the materials, she carefully wrapped the herbal tea mixture and asked, “Miss Duan, how much does this pack of herbal tea cost?”

Duan Yixin thought for a while and calculated the price of the medicinal herbs based on the price she gave to Tan Lidan. As for other easy-to-find medicinal herbs, she lowered the price because Hong Qiaole ordered a lot of herbal tea from her.

After calculating for a while, Duan Yixin calmly said, “This pack of herbal tea mixture costs thirty taels of silver.”

As soon as these words came out, Fen Lan suddenly took a deep breath. As a first-rank maidservant, her monthly salary is two taels of silver. Compared with other jobs, such as workers or farmers, her monthly income is very high. However, according to the price of herbal tea that Duan Yixin gave, she can’t even afford a pot of tea with her monthly salary.

Fen Lan looked at the small package in her hand and thought to herself, ‘This package should only weigh about two taels. Isn’t the price too expensive? How much does Seventh Young Lady have to sell for a pot of herbal tea for her to be able to earn some profit?’

While Fen Lan was still in shock because of the price, Duan Yixin asked, “Miss Fen, do you want to take back the remaining seventy taels of silver? You can pay me after I prepare the herbal tea.”

Fen Lan raised her eyes to look at Duan Yixin and said, “I will not take back the money. My young lady just asked me to send the list and negotiate the price.”

After saying that, she paused for a second and asked, “Miss Duan, can the price of this herbal tea be lower?”

Since the ingredients she used to prepare this pack of herbal tea were better than the ingredients she used to prepare the herbal tea for Tan Lidan, Duan Yixin shook her head and said, “I’m sorry, Miss Fen. The price is already very low. The materials I use are of the highest quality, and I can assure you that Miss Hong will be happy with the price I give you.”

Listening to Duan Yixin’s answer, Fen Lan glanced at the empty teapot on top of the wooden table. She licked her lips as she remembered the unique and delicious taste of the tea. Judging from the taste of that pot of tea, Fen Lan was sure that the herbal tea mixture Duan Yixin prepared for her young lady must be better than what she drank today.