Chapter 22
In the VIP room, the manager-on-duty was a middle-aged man with powdered face and sleek hair in a suit . Seeing that the lady brought Zhang Lisheng and Tao Lielin into his territory, he asked enthusiastically, "Please take a seat, dear sirs . "
"Yaodi, which kind of service does these two sirs are looking at?"
"Manager Zhang, these two guests came to our bank to apply for Golden Wheat Card . The depositing amount is 700,000 yuan . " The lady named Yaodi, replied while smiling .
The middle-aged man nodded and showed a thumbs up to Yaodi secretly, then said to Tao Lielin in a formal manner, "Sir, I'm Zhang Jiulin, the VIP manager of the Damu Town Business Hall… Agricultural Bank of China, Sichuan branch . My employee number is 09878, I'm honored to be at your service today…"
Tao Lielin was stunned for a second and said while pointing at Zhang Lisheng . "It's not me who is applying for the card, it's him . I don't have so much money lying around . "
"Him?" Zhang Jiulin said with his eyes wide-opened, "People under 16 can't apply for such a consumer card . "
"This sir had turned 16 this July," Yaodi answered on behalf of Zhang Lisheng .
Tao Lielin who was standing beside him added immediately, "But Shan Chongzi doesn't have an ID card, his father didn't have it either . I've only brought his household registration, recommendation letter and official seal from the village . "
"Manager Zhang, please see what you can do . "
Zhang Jiulin smiled with relief and said, "Sir, don't worry . To high-end customers who are applying for Golden Wheat Card, the only request from our bank is to show the ID card to prove that the client is already 16 years old . "
"There's no need to show other documents or proofs . "
"That said, you'll just have to hand me the 700,000 yuan that you're depositing to the household registration and I'll apply the card for you immediately . "
"Really? Why is it different from what I heard?" Tao Lielin asked in doubt .
"Aren't we continuously bringing improvement in service?" Zhang Jiulin answered with a customary smile .
Just like that, as the service that he was applying for was a high-end application with a certain amount of cash, Zhang Lisheng who was under 18, and did not apply for an ID card received the very first credit card in his life, without having to go through any obstacles .
As he received the little silver card from Zhang Jiulin's hand, he said, "Thank you . " He then put it into his pocket carefully, after touching it thoroughly .
Zhang Lisheng was relieved as soon as he walked out of the bank . He conveniently tossed the wooden box that he brought along with him into the trashcan by the street and said, "Uncle Ah Lie, I would like to go to the supermarket to buy some food, toothpaste, and soap on my own . Can I?"
Although Tao Lielin began to call Zhang Lisheng 'Shan Chongzi' again, in reality, he had treated him as an adult who held a higher status completely . He smiled, as he answered, "Sure, I'll wait for you at the tea shed at the town entrance . "
After Tao Lielin left, Zhang Lisheng walked onto the busy streets of Damu Town on his own . However, he did not go to the supermarket in town . Instead, he walked into a Miao Pharmacy whose exterior was old .
The store was small, the four walls were darkened from the fuming of the herb pots . There was a rough porcelain herb pot containing herbs placed in the middle of the pharmacy, which was the ancient way of how a pharmacy was presented .
The herb pot was as tall as a person's height, while the pot mouth was over one meter wide . Under the herb pot was a Miaowei old man with gray hair who looked low-spirited, and often dozing off . He was fanning the charcoal stove occasionally with a cattail-leaf fan .
There was a pot filled with herbs, cooking on the stove .
The old Miaowei man's eyes lit up when he saw a customer walked in, and he was going to stand up .
However, when he realized that the customer was a young man who looked extremely poor, he held his head down with low spirit again .
Zhang Lisheng did not mind the pharmacy owner's cold treatment . He sniffed the herb fragrance in the store and asked, "Boss, do you have ginseng leaves, wintersweet roots, turmeric… and dense flower Bulbophyllum herb?"
"Yes . " Hearing that the young man before him was asking for over thirty to forty types of herbs, the old Miaowei man put down his cattail-leaf fan and looked at him properly .
"I want authentic wild ones . "
"Wild herbs are expensive you know?"
"It's alright if it's expensive, as long as they're authentic . "
"If I tell you that the I want 100g dry herbs for each of those that I've mentioned just now, how much would that be?"
The old Miaowei man calculated for a while and said, "It'll be 2,400 yuan . "
"Wrap them up for me and throw in 10 red-banded snakes as well . " Zhang Lashing nodded and opened the zip on the inner pocket of his working clothes . He passed the money to the old Miaowei man after taking out 24 pieces of 100 yuan in cash, "You look like an old Miaowei people from the mountain land, these herbs must be authentic from the wild . "
"I'll be mad if they're not, and ruined my plan . "
The old Miaowei man took the money and said after calculating as well and checked as if they were real, "You're not one of those apathetic kids who traveled here outside of the mountain, why would I lie to you?"
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