Su Wan arrived in Suiyang County in the evening. Instead of going directly to the pharmacy, she found an inn to stay at first.
She didn't get up until it was fully light the next day. After washing up and having a simple breakfast, she changed into a simple sky-blue long robe, put her hair up in a man's bun, and headed towards the pharmacy.
Just like last time, the pharmacy was open for business, with people carrying medicine bags coming and going, and a medicinal smell wafting out from the pharmacy.
She looked up at the horizontal plaque hanging above the pharmacy, which had three large characters written on it: Baohetang.
I remember that Baohetang was founded by my mother when she was still alive; to be precise, it was left to her daughter as part of her dowry. Now, however, it has been seized by the Yang couple.
Su Wan looked towards the entrance of Baohetang. People were coming and going, and the business seemed to be doing quite well.
If you look closely, you'll find that only those who are dressed appropriately are here.
When Su's mother first opened Baohetang, it was to enable poor families to afford medicine. Therefore, the doctors' consultation fees here were not high, and the medicinal materials were the cheapest in the entire Suiyang County.
It has now become a place only the wealthy can enter and exit.
As she was looking around, she suddenly heard a commotion inside the door, and those who were about to enter quickly parted to the sides. A middle-aged man in tattered clothes scrambled out of the room.
The middle-aged man sat on the ground, holding his head, and said, "I'll come back next month to pay it back, I'll come back next month!"
Several pharmacy clerks with their sleeves rolled up came out of the door, some of them carrying sticks. They all had fierce looks on their faces, looking more like bandits than businessmen.
One of the shop assistants glared at him and said, "Give it back? What the hell? I've told you so many times, the manager isn't here. Are you blind?"
Su Wan stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing? Why are you doing this to him?"
A shop assistant turned to look at her. Seeing that she was neatly dressed and had a fair complexion, he knew she was no ordinary person. He toned down his arrogance and said, "Young master, you don't know this. He owes our pharmacy money and hasn't paid it back."
Su Wan said, "He owes the pharmacy money, of course he should pay it back, but everyone has difficult times. Why are so many of you surrounding him?"
The shop assistant said, "Young master, you're a deadbeat who owes money everywhere. Our pharmacy has already given him a two-month grace period... but since you've pleaded for leniency, we'll let him pay the outstanding medicine bill next month."
After saying that, the shop assistant waved and led the others back into the pharmacy.
At this moment, the middle-aged man also stood up, and Su Wan said to him, "Do you owe the pharmacy money?"
The middle-aged man brushed the dust off his clothes, then looked up and exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't this... Doctor Su?"
Su Wan asked in surprise, "You know me?"
The middle-aged man looked back at the pharmacy and said, "Dr. Su, let's talk over here." After saying that, he walked into a small alley on the side of the street.
Su Wan was protected by guards and was not afraid. She followed the middle-aged man into the alley.
Upon seeing her approach, the middle-aged man knelt down on both knees: "Goddess, you are too kind to forget me. I am Zheng Lun. Thanks to the medicine you gave me last time, my son is cured."
Su Wan frowned and thought for a long time before finally remembering. Wasn't this the middle-aged man she had met when she came to the pharmacy last time?
At the time, this person had no money to buy medicine, so she gave him some broad-spectrum antibiotics.
Ultimately, it was Lupin's slap that caused her to lose her memory.
"Get up and speak, you don't need to kneel." She reached out to help him up. "Don't reveal my true identity to outsiders, just call me Doctor Su."
Zheng Lun stood up excitedly and said, "Goddess, I know about how you healed the King of Xirong. Now that Xirong and our Great Jin have made peace, we..."
He was speaking excitedly when Su Wan interrupted him, saying, "Your name is Zheng Lun, right? Why did you get kicked out of the pharmacy again? Did you run out of money for medicine again?"
Zheng Lun's expression quickly turned from sunny to gloomy, and he said with a mournful face, "Dr. Su, you may not believe it, but it's actually related to what happened last time."
"What relationship?"
"Didn't you tell me that once I had the money for the medicine, I could pay the pharmacy back?"
"yes."
“I went to return the money, saying it was for Dr. Su’s medicine. They checked the accounts and actually said that I was a month behind on the payment for the medicine.”
Su Wan was surprised. This man had no money at the time, and she had given him the medicine as an emergency measure, telling him to return it to the pharmacy later. She never expected the pharmacy staff to fabricate a claim of a month's delay. She wasn't even a doctor at the pharmacy; how could she have claimed a month's delay?
What did they say?
Zheng Lun said with a bitter face, "They said that Dr. Su, you are indeed a doctor in the pharmacy, but the medicine payment has been overdue for a month and you need to pay the late fee."
"Late fees?"
"Yes, that's Baohetang's rule. They said if you don't pay your medicine bill for a month, they'll charge a late fee of three cents. If you still can't pay next month, they'll charge another three cents... I took three taels, but it wasn't enough."
Su Wan opened her eyes wide and asked, "And now?"
"It was originally three taels, but after two months it's become five taels." Zheng Lun took out a small bag from his pocket, opened it, and inside were a few pieces of loose silver.
Su Wan glanced at the silver in his hand and said, "Isn't this already five taels?"
Zheng Lun said helplessly, "I finally managed to save up five taels and came to pay today. But the shop assistant told me the manager wasn't here, and even called me a deadbeat and kicked me out. Doctor Su, I have a family to take care of, how can I wait here forever? They won't even tell me when the manager will be back..."
Hearing this, Su Wan roughly understood.
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