Chapter 491

The man's eyes darted around, and he stretched out his hand: "Five taels of silver a month, how about it?"

"Five taels?" Jixiang's eyes widened. "You might as well just rob someone! Look at this location, is it even worth five taels of silver a month?"

Le'an also said, "That's right, don't think that just because we're women we don't know anything. Five taels? Even the best shops in Jizhou City wouldn't charge more than that!"

The man said with a bitter face, "Ladies, we're discussing this, aren't we? If you think five taels is too expensive, a discount is fine. Let's talk it over!"

"Besides, I only quoted a price that was too low because I thought this young lady was quite wealthy, and that would be embarrassing for her, wouldn't it?"

Yunxi glanced at him.

She was dressed in the simplest of things, and this person probably only dared to ask for an exorbitant price because she had arrived in a carriage and had brought two maids with her.

It seems she'll need to be even more low-key in the future.

However, she still wanted to negotiate for the courtyard: "You don't know, we rent this courtyard to use as a clinic to treat the sick and save lives. Do you think we could lower the price a bit?"

"A clinic?" The man was taken aback. "You young ladies know medicine? Besides, a great philanthropist has recently come to our Jizhou City, and many clinics have lost business. You've really missed the opportune time to come!"

Jixiang and Le'an exchanged a glance and said in unison, "We're here to rent a courtyard for that great philanthropist!"

The man blinked.

A moment later, the man quickly changed his expression: "Oh my! No wonder you all look so kind. You're here to do something for a philanthropist. Look at me, I was blind!"

"What about the rent for this yard?"

"No problem!" The man slapped his thigh and gestured, "One or two ounces will do!"

Jixiang and Le'an exchanged a glance and remained silent.

This person is genuinely greedy, and also genuinely honest; he doesn't act at all, and when he slaps himself, the resounding slap is real.

The man seemed oblivious to Jixiang and Le'an's expressions. Seeing how readily he agreed, Yunxi immediately paid a year's rent.

After accepting the money, the man lowered his voice and said, "Gentlemen, I am also in business. Let me offer you some advice: it is certainly a good thing for us ordinary people that the philanthropist is providing free medical consultations, but there are also many people in this city who rely on treating others to make a living, aren't there?"

"In the past six months, quite a few people in the city have become dissatisfied with the philanthropist. Now that the philanthropist is preparing to open a clinic, he can't continue as before. After all, when doing business, you have to leave room for others, right?"

Yunxi took his words to heart and nodded, saying, "I understand. I will tell the doctor when I get back. If you have any influence in this city, please tell everyone that now that we have taken over this place, we can't just sit around and do nothing. We will need your help in the future."

The man's eyes immediately crinkled with laughter: "Of course, of course!"

"Then we won't see you off. We need to get this yard tidied up as soon as possible."

"Hey, you guys are busy!"

After seeing the man off, Yunxi went to Doctor Feng's place and told him that the courtyard had been rented. She then relayed the man's words to Doctor Feng, who nodded repeatedly and said he understood.

Yunxi led the setup of the clinic, while Doctor Feng sat in the courtyard as usual, seeing patients. Once the clinic was ready, Doctor Feng could simply move over.

Over the course of more than a month, Yunxi, along with Jixiang Le'an and several of Doctor Feng's apprentices, traveled almost all over Jizhou and finally renovated the entire clinic.

Although the counters and other items were already in place, they showed signs of heavy use. Yunxi figured that it wouldn't hurt to spend a little more money, so she had them renovated inside and out and had the counters and medicine cabinets rebuilt.

Yunxi even wanted to carve flowers on it, but Jixiang and Le'an had to persuade her to give up the idea.