"All the tendons and veins are severed?" Ke Bingling was stunned. After a moment's hesitation, she clasped her fists in a solemn bow and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I haven't paid attention to this before, and I really can't recall it right now. I hope the owner can give me a few days so I can send someone back to check the files."
Feng Yuanning said, "Okay, thank you for your help. Please let me know when you find someone. For those who are truly in need, I will waive the fee."
Ke Bingling said with a serious face: "Shopkeeper, you are worrying too much. No matter how difficult it is, we can't afford even five cents of silver." Five cents of silver refers to five hundred coins.
Feng Yuanning explained, "Well, the hot spring discount period has ended. The price for the first entry has been adjusted to 100 taels, but subsequent entries will still cost 500 wen."
Ke Bingling was taken aback for a moment, then agreed with him. "Shopkeeper, you should have raised the price a long time ago! You should have noticed, right? Yesterday, two people from the Xuanjing Division, who were apparently in good health, impulsively went to the hot springs. If the price wasn't so low, they wouldn't have been so impulsive and wasted such a fantastic opportunity. If you adjust the price to 100 taels of silver now, incidents like this will be much less common. 100 taels is enough to calm everyone down, and at least make them think carefully before making a decision."
As she spoke, she glanced at the two people present with deep sorrow.
Feng Yuanning: "..." No, she was so busy yesterday that she didn't even notice this.
One of the two people being accused by Ke Bingling couldn't help but retort, "But, I used to have pockmarks all over my face, and now I've become more beautiful after soaking in the hot springs. This is a kind of destiny-changing experience for me. How can it be considered a waste of opportunity?"
"Which is more important, beauty or life?" Ke Bingling shook her head, and said with regret, "What if you encounter a life-or-death crisis in the future, and there is no second chance to change your fate?"
"But you are naturally beautiful, how could you know how much discrimination and disgust I have suffered because of my appearance?"
A hint of a sneer crossed Ke Bingling's cold and elegant face. "Why would you care about such a superficial person? Have you ever been treated unfairly because of your appearance? In our Xuanjing Division, the virtuous are promoted, the strong are promoted, and promotions are determined entirely by merit. Your appearance will not have any impact on you."
Seeing that they were still planning to continue arguing, Feng Yuanning could only turn around and leave, going into the kitchen to get busy.
The suitable temperature makes people feel comfortable, and even the kitchen is so cool that cooking is no longer a torment.
Ke Bingling argued with the other person for a while, but in the end neither could convince the other.
A member of the Xuan Jing Division changed the subject: "Did you guys feel that the store suddenly became cooler at some point?"
"So I'm not the only one who discovered this?"
"I just reached out the window and it's indeed much cooler inside the store than outside."
"Did the owner deliberately dispel the heat in the store?"
"If it's not the owner, could it be someone else?"
Ke Bingling didn't join in their discussion. Instead, she suggested to the two people she had previously accused, "Since the owner rarely asks us to do something, why don't you two investigate and try to get things done for the owner as soon as possible?"
"But it's so hot outside..."
"Can't we just send one person?"
Ke Bingling pursed her lips, her brows furrowed as she lowered her eyes and held her forehead. "You're truly clueless. The owner told you to do something, so you just go immediately. How can you be so afraid of hard work and fatigue? The owner is clearly giving you a chance to show off. Don't you understand?"
"……All right."
"clear."
It's not an isolated case.
In the guest room upstairs.
The Guo family father and son were also discussing the indoor temperature.
"Dad, you used to complain about the heat here, but look, isn't it cooler now? I'm not moving back, I'm staying here." Even if he was beaten to death, he didn't want to move back to Medical Valley. If he left here, he would be like a fish out of water, unable to jump again.
Elder Guo Yushi glared at him and said, "So what? Staying here for a day costs one tael of silver, and you still want to eat and drink well? How can I afford that much money for you to squander?"
Guo Yitang was unconvinced and exposed him: "You are lying. You clearly get a lot of money just by treating patients, and the valley also pays a large sum of money every month."
His father has already beaten him once, and he has already vented all his anger. He probably won't beat him a second time for the time being... right?
"You little brat, do you think making money is easy? Do you know how much effort your father put into learning medicine? Do you know how difficult it is to treat people? Do you know how tiring it is to see patients at the entrance of the valley all day?"
"I...at worst, I can start working hard from now on. I'll start practicing seriously and studying medicine..."
"Okay! It's a deal then!" Guo Yushi slammed the table, his round cheeks trembling. He took out a medical book and placed it on the table. "Here, as long as you memorize this book within three days, I'll reward you with thirty taels of silver. For every day you delay, the reward will be reduced by five taels of silver."
"Dad!" Guo Yitang's eyes widened in disbelief, "How could you..."
"If you can't do it, don't ask me for money anymore."
"But..." Guo Yitang rolled his eyes and lowered his head, "I don't have to study medicine. I can also learn martial arts."
"You can also learn martial arts. As long as you can break through to the next level within a month, I will reward you with one hundred taels of silver. Similarly, for every month of delay, ten taels of silver will be deducted from the reward."
Guo Yitang raised his head, opened his eyes wide, and felt extremely difficult.
It is certainly easy to brag, but when faced with a specific task, he suddenly felt that it was too difficult.
Guo Yushi squinted his eyes and said, "Why? Can't you do it? If you can't, then you'll have to live on five taels of silver a month for the rest of your life. Don't even think about asking your mother for money. I'll let her know about this."
All existing martial arts sects have almost reached a consensus on the disciple training system.
Based on the annual assessment results, disciples are divided into four grades: A, B, C, and D.
Guo Yitong is the lowest-level D-class disciple. Although both his parents are elders of the Medical Valley, he will not receive any preferential treatment in the Medical Valley.
As a D-level disciple, he could only receive a monthly salary of five taels of silver.
Guo Yitang: “…”
Guo Yushi clicked his tongue and shook his head. "Look, you just promised something, and you're already regretting it. Since you can't do it, forget it. Once you've used up your money, move back to Medical Valley on your own initiative."
Guo Yitang gritted his teeth, stuffed the medical book into his arms, and raised his head: "What if I complete both tasks?"
Humph, actually he just didn’t work hard enough before. As long as he gritted his teeth and went to the ice spring a few more times, could he really not complete the task?
"Of course it's a double reward."
"Deal! No regrets!" Asking him to move out of the hotel was a complete impossibility. Wasn't that just hard work? He started working hard now.
At this time, there was a knock on the door. Guo Yitang hurriedly got up and opened the door, only to see that it was Xiu'er who was carrying a tray of food.
The dishes on the tray were: two plates of grilled cold noodles, two bowls of ice jelly, and a plate of black pepper beef fillet.
Guo Yitang sniffed and smelled an extremely tempting fragrance, which made him swallow his saliva.
He followed Xiu'er and waited for her to put five dishes on the table before he sat down and started eating.
First up is the black pepper beef tenderloin.
Well, the meat is tender, yet it has the unique toughness of beef. It tastes like steak with black pepper sauce. Can it be considered a substitute for steak?
He had eaten steak several times before, so this plate of black pepper beef tenderloin was nothing new to him.
He couldn't help but turn his gaze to the grilled cold noodles, picked it up with chopsticks, took a bite, and immediately opened his eyes wide.
tasty!
The dough is chewy and has a very nice texture when chewed.
What’s even more delicious is the sour, sweet and spicy red sauce inside and outside the dough, and the cucumber, chicken fillet, egg, coriander, lettuce and sausage wrapped in the dough.
The chicken is tender, the lettuce is crisp, the cucumber is sweet...and paired with the sour, sweet and spicy sauce, it couldn't be more delicious.
He was amazed that noodles could be made into such a variety of dishes.
He didn't know how this sauce was made, but the combination of sour, sweet and spicy was so wonderful that he didn't even care about the ice jelly he wanted to drink, and just focused on eating the grilled cold noodles in big mouthfuls.
In a short while, he wolfed down the whole plate of cold noodles.
After he finished eating, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. He didn't like coriander in the first place, so why did he eat it just now because he was so hungry?
He looked up at his father Guo Yushi, only to see that his plate of cold noodles was also empty.
How about going downstairs and ordering a few more servings of grilled cold noodles? The portion is so small, it's not enough to eat. I haven't even tasted enough of it.
…
At the same time.
Changling County Government Office.
Captain Qi Borong went to the yamen to report for duty. Just as he was about to leave with his detectives, he was stopped by his lawyer: "Captain Qi, the county magistrate wants you to come over. He has something to discuss with you."
Qi Borong was startled: "Okay, I'll go right away."
He went to the back hall and saw County Magistrate Yin sitting behind a long table, his face as gloomy and unhappy.
When County Magistrate Yin saw him walk in, his expression suddenly darkened. He slammed the table and said, "I heard that you actually took people to post notices on the street yesterday to promote that hotel near the county town. Who gave you permission to do that without permission?"
Magistrate Yin, whose real name was Yin Hongda, looked like an elegant elder with a long gray beard, neatly dressed, and an official hat on his head.
As one of the members of the Xuan Jing Division who oversees intelligence, Qi Borong knew very well that under the official hat of County Magistrate Yin, he had actually been mostly bald a long time ago.
In order to cover up his shame, County Magistrate Yin always wore various hats on his head whenever he went out.
Qi Borong had already prepared an excuse and replied calmly, "Your Excellency, the reason I did this was mainly to reassure the people. The appearance of that hotel was too bizarre. After I have investigated the situation, I will naturally inform the public of the details to prevent the people from panicking."
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