Chapter 17: Chapter 17: It’s Not Easy to Earn Money
Seeing Qin Xiaoyao's anxious face, Doctor Li continued. "Regarding the medical expenses, if the injury isn't serious, external application and oral medicine should be enough, and that will be around five to six hundred copper coins."
"In addition, if I have to make a house call to your Brook Falls Village, it'll be thirty copper coins per trip. If there are other people in your village who want me to take a look at them, the lowest price is twenty copper coins. There's an extra five copper coins for the consultation fee."
Seeing that Qin Xiaoyao's expression turned troubled again, Doctor Li continued. "Therefore, if it's convenient, I suggest that you bring him over. This way, I can conduct a face-to-face consultation."
Qin Xiaoyao quickly thanked Doctor Li.
"Doctor, what you just said is only applicable if the injury is not serious. If the injury is serious, then…" she asked Doctor Li again.
Her attractive husband's injuries were in the memories of her predecessor.
Not only had he been bitten by a wild wolf, but he had also been caught in a bear trap.
At that time, Hunter Huang had spent a lot of effort to help him stop the bleeding.
That kind of injury was definitely not light.
Doctor Li frowned.
"If it's serious, I'll have to take a look at it first. If we need to use precious herbs, it may cost ten or twenty taels. It's hard to say."
Qin Xiaoyao's heart skipped a beat.
Ten or twenty taels?
With the 73 copper coins in her pocket, it was not even enough to make up a single silver tael.
Fortunately, it was enough to cover the doctor's house call and consultation fee.
Doctor Li saw Qin Xiaoyao's expression and understood.
He was just about to comfort her and say that the situation might not be that bad and then persuade her to let him take a look at the patient first.
However, Qin Xiaoyao said, "Then I'll register first. I'll have to trouble you to make a trip there in the afternoon, Doctor."
Doctor Li was satisfied with Qin Xiaoyao's reaction.
Then, he took out a book and recorded the patient's address.
After that, Qin Xiaoyao paid another ten copper coins as a deposit, and the matter was finally settled.
"By the way, Doctor. Do you accept medicinal herbs here?" After he was done, Qin Xiaoyao pulled over the bamboo backpack on her back that she had placed by her side.
Facing the doctor's puzzled gaze, she pointed at the Chinese yam and said, "I dug up some Chinese yam in the mountains. Do you accept them here?"
Doctor Li was shocked.
He got up and walked to Qin Xiaoyao's side to check the things in her backpack.
He discovered that it really was full of Chinese yam.
Unfortunately, Doctor Li's expression immediately turned into one of regret.
"It's indeed Chinese yam. It's a pity that our Hundred Herbs Hall only accepts processed herbs. "
Indeed, for convenience's sake, all the medicinal herbs in the Hundred Herbs Hall were purchased from medicinal herb merchants.
It could be used immediately after purchase, and there was no need for people to process it.
He did know how to process the Chinese yam, but unfortunately, he had to work in the clinic in the morning and often go out on house calls to see patients in the afternoon, so he did not have much time to do these things.
Qin Xiaoyao was stunned.
Processed?
Only then did she remember that the Chinese medicine in the pharmacies was indeed all processed, and many medicinal herbs could not be used directly.
People who didn't know how to process medicinal herbs couldn't even use them most of the time.
Qin Xiaoyao felt very disappointed.
Doctor Li suddenly spoke.
"However, the Chinese yam can be used to make congee or stew soup."
"It's rare for me to see fresh Chinese yam. If Ms. Qin doesn't mind, can you sell ten catties to me?"
His little grandson was a picky eater, so he thought of buying some Chinese yam for his daughter-in-law to cook for the whole family as nourishment.
Qin Xiaoyao's face lit up.
"Of course!" she said hurriedly.
"I don't know how much Ms. Qin is asking for them?" Doctor Li asked again.
Qin Xiaoyao was stunned.
"Er… I've never sold it before. Doctor Li, you can do as you deem fit," she replied.
She said that because she knew the old doctor was not the kind of person who would take advantage of others.
This person's reputation was considered the best in the vicinity.
In addition, she was still waiting for the other party to check on her attractive husband's injuries.
Doctor Li muttered to himself.
"The Chinese yam in the pharmacies is not cheap, but it's a dried Chinese yam that has been cut into pieces. But this thing of yours is also hard to come by."
"How about this? Why don't I pay six copper coins per catty to you?" Doctor Li said.
The best vegetables on the market could only be sold for three to four copper coins per catty.
Even the cheaper lean pork was only ten copper coins.
He was buying this Ms. Qin's Chinese yam at six copper coins per catty, so he did not take advantage of her.
Qin Xiaoyao nodded her head without even thinking about it.
"Alright. I'll take your offer."
After that, Doctor Li asked his assistant to get the weighing scale and bought ten catties of Chinese yam from Qin Xiaoyao.
Qin Xiaoyao received the sixty copper coins, put them away, and left the Hundred Herbs Hall in a good mood.
Now, she had 123 copper coins in her pocket.
Walking on the street, Qin Xiaoyao quickly went to the next place.
It was a grocery store that sold leather goods.
This was what she had learned when she lived in town.
The owner was an old man, and his shop was fairly old. Hunters from outside the town often came here to sell leather goods.
When Qin Xiaoyao arrived, a Hunter had just finished selling his leather and was coming out.
"This lady, what would you like to buy?" The shop owner thought Qin Xiaoyao was here to buy something, so he welcomed her warmly.
"I'm not buying anything, but I want to sell two hare pelts. Do you accept wild hare pelts, Shopkeeper Wang?"
Shopkeeper Wang was taken aback.
"Hehe! I do, I do. Please let this old man here take a look." He beamed at Qin Xiaoyao as he said these words.
Qin Xiaoyao's face lit up.
Then, she put down the backpack and took out the two pieces of hare pelts.
Shopkeeper Wang took the two pieces of wild hare pelts and looked over them. He found that they were relatively intact.
"Not bad. There isn't much damage to the fur."
"These two pelts are worth five copper coins each. It's a total of ten copper coins. If you have no objection, I will accept them," Shopkeeper Wang quickly said.
He had always been honest in his business dealings. In fact, this price was actually on the high side.
The main thing was that the two pieces of pelts were of good quality. It was obvious that they had been obtained by experienced hunters.
If he gave this price to this lady, in the future, when her family got more pelts, they would still send them to him.
In business, one had to look at the long term prospects.
"Deal!" Qin Xiaoyao quickly agreed.
Then, she accepted Shopkeeper Wang's ten copper coins.
When she walked out of the shop, the money in Qin Xiaoyao's pocket had grown to 133 copper coins.
There was only a bowl of boiled hare meat, a bowl of Chinese yam, and less than twenty catties of raw Chinese yam left in her basket.
"The clinics don't accept raw Chinese yam, so I have to think of another way," Qin Xiaoyao muttered.
Then, she walked in the direction of the market in the west of the town.
Yes, she was going to look for her father.
So be it if she was shameless. At this point, if she didn't ask her father for help, how was she going to treat her attractive husband's leg?
After passing through a busy street, Qin Xiaoyao entered the market.
The peddlers' shouts and the customers' bargaining voices were noisy and ear-piercing.
After walking through the crowd for a while, Qin Xiaoyao finally arrived at Qin Dazhuang's meat stall.
At this moment, there were many people surrounding the meat stall.
Qin Dazhuang was the only one busy behind the counter.
He greeted the customers and answered their questions while cutting, weighing, and collecting money. He was so busy that he resembled a spinning top.
Qin Xiaoyao furrowed her brows when she saw this.
Then, she quickly walked over.