Chapter 139 Dai Sanlang Picks Up His Wife
After Lihua finished washing up, she got into bed and fell asleep as soon as her head touched the pillow.
Xia Daohua pretended to sleep because she was planning to visit the big house at night to find out about Xia Youcai's family.
Jinhua, however, was troubled and could not sleep. She tossed and turned over and over again, more diligently than turning over a pancake.
Xia Daohua couldn't help feeling a little anxious.
She closed her eyes and waited for Jinhua to fall asleep. She felt that the waiting time was extremely long. She had to listen to Jinhua sighing and groaning while trying hard to suppress her sleepiness...
This is really challenging, okay?!
Jinhua tossed and turned for a long time. She probably thought that Lihua and Xiadaohua were asleep, so she couldn't help but mutter:
"This damned guy, is he really holding a grudge? Otherwise, why hasn't he come to pick me up yet?"
In fact, Dai Sanlang, whom Jinhua was thinking about all the time, was still recovering from his injuries.
The bloody wounds on Dai Sanlang's face caused by Jinhua had been examined by a doctor from Puji Hall, who prescribed ointments for external use and decoctions for internal use. In total, more than 40 taels of silver were spent, and Dai Sanlang's mother was so angry that she lay on the kang with her hands on her chest for the whole day.
The Dai family's luck is average.
When the entire Dai family came together to escort Dai Sanlang to Pujitang to treat his injuries, they neither happened to catch the day when Imperial Doctor Wang was seeing patients, nor did they happen to encounter the time when Imperial Doctor Wang was inspecting the shop on a whim.
It just so happened that several of the best doctors stationed at Pujitang were also invited by people in the town to see patients.
The person in charge of Puji Hall is a disciple of Imperial Physician Wang, who has just been on the apprenticeship for a few days.
This guy is very bold and has a very aggressive style of using medicine. He especially likes expensive and good medicine.
When this prescription was prescribed, Pujitang was happy, and the patients from wealthy families were also happy.
Although the poor are not happy, generally speaking, when they get sick, they can get through it. How many truly poor people would be willing to go to Pujitang?
Dai Sanlang's family was making a lot of noise, and their words and actions showed off their wealth without any scruples, and also made a fuss about how much they valued and loved Dai Sanlang.
The doctor in charge naturally used his familiar routine with confidence and boldly prescribed medicine:
A bottle of plaster costs three taels of silver, and two bottles are needed in a row.
The price of a decoction is one tael and eight qian of silver, three doses a day, and it needs to be taken for seven consecutive days.
Not counting the medical fees, the total cost was more than 40 taels of silver. Including the medical fees, the total cost was 48 taels of silver.
This made Dai Sanlang's parents very angry!
Dai's mother rolled her eyes and fainted immediately.
The doctor in charge smiled and said in a straightforward manner:
"Hurry up and carry the old lady to the back hall for rescue! First, give her a dose of Snow Lotus Heart-Nourishing Soup. Waiter, go and boil the medicine!"
Dai's father hurriedly stopped him: "Oh, oh, don't dare to drink such expensive medicine."
The doctor laughed heartily and said:
"Old man, don't be so unwilling to sacrifice your life for your wealth! Your original wife is still the best!
Although this Snow Lotus Soothing Heart Soothing Soup uses precious snow lotus and ginseng, the total price is not expensive.
The eleven herbs only cost two taels and three cents of silver in total.
And this medicine doesn’t need to be taken continuously, just one dose will wake the person up.”
Father Dai quickly declined: "We are peasants, and our lives are worthless. How can we afford such expensive medicine? Oh, I dare not, I dare not, please be kind and change the prescription!"
The doctor in charge looked stern:
"Old man, this is where you are wrong!
Why didn’t you say it earlier?
The medicine has already been boiled, and you tell me you dare not use it?
This medicine is targeted at the condition. It's prescribed according to your wife's condition, and it has been decocted. Now that you touch your upper lip to your lower lip, you throw it away without a care. Who can I sell it to?
Besides, the most important thing is the money. If you do it so casually, isn't that a waste of money?"
The Dai family made a lot of noise in Puji Hall, which attracted a lot of onlookers.
The Dai family thought that Pujitang would be scared now!
He immediately started cursing Pujitang for being heartless and for forcing people to buy and sell things.
The doctor in charge was not afraid at all and spoke clearly, explaining the whole cause and effect. Everyone heard that the Snow Lotus Heart-Nourishing Decoction was a life-saving medicine. Although they knew that the price was indeed not cheap, they also felt that between the doctor and Dai's father, the latter was more annoying.
Especially among the people watching the fun, there were many old ladies, aunties, young wives, and young ladies...
When they saw that Dai's father was a stingy man who was willing to spend more than 40 taels of silver to treat his son's face but was reluctant to spend more than 2 taels of silver to save his wife's life, they felt angry and helped Pujitang to scold Dai's father.
The Dai family became enraged and started fighting with the doctor in charge, but were stopped by the guards of Puji Hall.
Dai Sanlang, the first one to take action, was easily caught by the tall and strong security guard of Pujitang, who lifted him over his head with ease and was about to throw him to the ground.
Dai's father and Dai Sanlang's two sisters hurriedly tried to stop them, begging, crying, apologizing and kneeling, which made everyone laugh at them.
Finally, Dai's mother was also awakened by the family's noise, and the Dai family obediently paid for the Snow Lotus Soothing Heart Sour Soup that caused the farce, although Dai's mother didn't actually drink a sip.
The idle people in the town watched this fresh and exciting show. Pujitang collected fifty taels and three cents of silver. Only the Dai family returned to the village in shame. They stayed at home for several days and did not dare to go out to see anyone.
Fortunately, although the doctor in charge of Pujitang likes to use expensive and good medicines, the effect of this medicine is quite good.
Dai Sanlang applied the medicine for a few days, and the wound on his face not only healed well, but even the scar was very faint and could not be seen. According to this trend, if he finished using these two bottles of medicine, there would probably be no scar left.
Although it doesn’t really matter whether a man has scars or not.
But Dai Sanlang has always thought that he has outstanding looks, so how could he bear to have an imperfect face with scars?
These days, Dai's mother dared not speak loudly and walked very carefully.
Because she fainted, not only did the Dai family lose two taels and three cents of silver, but they also lost their precious face in front of so many idle people in the town and offended Pujitang. She had been scolded by her mother-in-law several times.
In fact, she was already very cautious.
But no matter how cautious you are, how can you escape if you meet someone who is determined to find fault with you?
Dai's mother had had enough of this kind of life, so she began to urge Dai Sanlang to bring his wife Jinhua back home.
It’s nothing, I just want to find someone to share the firepower with me.
Jinhua had just had a fight with Dai Sanlang, making the neighbors laugh at her. The reason for going to Pujitang was that Jinhua scratched Dai Sanlang's face...
With this instigator around, won’t no one be keeping an eye on me?
Even if they continue to stare at me, at least they won't just stare at me.
Second update.
(End of this chapter)
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