When I returned home after a tour outside, it was already dark and the long street was a bit quiet.
There was a faint noise coming from another street. Gu Yanyue leaned over to take a look and suddenly felt a little curious.
Yu Wenran sensed her thoughts and before Gu Yanyue could speak, he took her hand and curled his lips slightly, "Let's go."
"Your Majesty, why are you so ignorant of romance?"
However, before he could finish his words, he was pulled away by Yuwen Ran.
After passing through a few streets and alleys, on the other side of the town is the bustling night market.
The crowds were shoulder to shoulder, and vendors were setting up stalls on both sides of the street, shouting and hawking their wares.
Her face, illuminated by the lantern, was fair and pretty, and particularly gentle and charming.
Gu Yanyue was attracted for a moment and couldn't help looking around.
Come to think of it, this was her first time in such a place.
Yu Wenran's eyes were always on her. He took her hand and the two of them walked side by side, strolling leisurely.
Gu Yanyue hadn't felt so relaxed for a long time.
While strolling around, Gu Yanyue suddenly caught sight of a clinic on the street and stopped, holding Yu Wenran's hand.
Yu Wenran turned around and looked at her with concern, "What's wrong?"
Gu Yanyue raised her chin towards the clinic and said, "Let's go in and take a look."
After she finished speaking, without waiting for Yu Wenran to say anything, she pulled him over.
Walking up the stairs, I found that there were not many people in the clinic. Compared with the bustling night market outside, it seemed much quieter.
In front of the counter, a middle-aged man in a simple robe was negotiating with the shopkeeper.
"Boss, can you give me a cheaper price this time? I've been taking the medicine you prescribed for several days and it hasn't helped. I can hardly afford it anymore."
The middle-aged man did not look very energetic, his face was a little sallow, and he looked haggard. He was also weak in arguing with the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper waved his hand, still looking down at his abacus and the account book, not looking up at him, not intending to give in at all. "The price of medicine is not something I, a worker, can decide. Please don't make it difficult for me. Why don't you go look elsewhere?"
The bargaining ended with the middle-aged man leaving in disappointment. Gu Yanyue and Yu Wenran, who were standing near the door, couldn't help but look at each other.
The shopkeeper also noticed them. Seeing their elegant attire, a smile immediately spread across his face. He bent down and greeted them attentively, "What can you two do? Do you need medical attention or medicine?"
Gu Yanyue walked over holding Yu Wenran's hand and glanced at the medicinal herbs on the counter and the environment inside the clinic.
There were only a few candles lit in the clinic, making it seem a little dim. The noisy sounds from the night market outside could be faintly heard, but were blocked out.
Gu Yanyue thought of the middle-aged man who had just left in disappointment. Her eyes turned slightly and she couldn't help but ask, "What medicine did that man just now want?"
"Oh, that's it."
The shopkeeper didn't think much about it. He took out the medicine bag, untied the string, and spread out the brown paper in front of Gu Yanyue to show her.
When Gu Yanyue saw it, she took a closer look and identified the medicinal herbs inside. She couldn't help but frown.
"this……"
She thought it was some expensive medicine, but it turned out to be just this.
Although Gu Yanyue is not a doctor, he knows some medicinal herbs.
The medicines here are just the most common ones. If they were in the capital, even poor families could afford them.
But why couldn’t the middle-aged man afford it?
They don't look that poor.
The shopkeeper hunched over, and seeing Gu Yanyue's puzzled expression, he was also a little puzzled, "What's wrong?"
Gu Yanyue sorted out her thoughts and asked, "How much do you sell this medicine?"
"One ounce of silver per bag."
"So expensive?" Gu Yanyue couldn't help but stare blankly, and looked at Yu Wenran next to her, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.
Although one or two taels of silver meant nothing to them, for those slightly poorer families, one or two taels of silver was their total expenses for a month.
The shopkeeper's eyes gradually changed as he looked at the two of them. They became less attentive and respectful, and more indifferent. He lowered his head to fiddle with the abacus to check the accounts. "My products are not expensive. Here, they are all priced this way."
The corners of her lips twitched slightly, "Really?"
"If you don't believe me, you can go to another place and I won't stop you."
Gu Yanyue frowned. The shopkeeper was so confident, so he must have believed it was true. So he asked, "How much does it cost to see a doctor?"
"The price starts from half a tael of silver. The medicine boy will check it out for you. A slightly better doctor will charge two taels."
Gu Yanyue's eyes widened. "This is too expensive."
The shopkeeper sneered, "Girl, you are not from this place, are you?"
"no."
"No wonder then."
"No wonder what?"
"All the medical treatments here are priced the same. There's no such thing as expensive or not."
Gu Yanyue was speechless. "Have you ever been out of Jiangnan and visited other places?"
Only in Jiangnan is medical treatment ridiculously expensive.
"I know what the young lady is going to say, but there's nothing I can do about it. Whether medical treatment is expensive or not is not something we can decide. I'm just an agent. If you think it's too expensive, go to the government."
It can be seen that the shopkeeper's attitude is gradually becoming impatient.
Gu Yanyue keenly noticed something strange and narrowed her eyes. "So, your clinic is connected to the government?"
The shopkeeper turned his face away, unwilling to admit it, "I didn't say that."
But Gu Yanyue saw through it clearly, her eyes deepened, and she pulled Yu Wenran away.
Next, they visited four or five medical clinics, and after some trial and error, most of the answers they received were like this.
The price of seeing a doctor in a clinic in Jiangnan is indeed outrageously high.
At the same time, they also received some information that there seemed to be some high-ranking officials from some place behind the clinic.
As for the rest, we will have to go back and check carefully to find out.
"It seems that the situation in Jiangnan is more complicated than we thought."
Gu Yanyue fell into deep thought. Yuwen Ran touched her head and was about to speak when suddenly a handkerchief with the scent of powder fell from the sky and landed on Yuwen Ran's shoulder.
Gu Yanyue subconsciously looked up and saw a group of beautifully dressed girls waving handkerchiefs at them from the second floor of the street.
But he was not looking at her, but at Yu Wenran beside her.
"Sir, come in and sit down."
"We have excellent tea here."
The whole building is filled with red sleeves waving, and this is probably the scene.
Before coming here, Gu Yanyue had heard that the people of Jiangnan have always been open-minded, but she didn't expect that they could be so open.
I was speechless for a moment.
Yu Wenran still had an icy face that kept strangers away and ignored those beautiful women.
But the other party's enthusiasm did not diminish at all, but became even more enthusiastic.
If there wasn't a distance between them, I would probably have pulled Yu Wenran in to sit with him.
Gu Yanyue poked his abdomen with her elbow, curled her lips, and became jealous!
"Young Master Yuwen has been enjoying a lot of romantic opportunities lately. They're all so welcoming. Would you be doing them a disservice if you didn't go in and have a seat?"
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