Chapter 245 Seeking Cooperation
Xu Qingye washed the dishes and returned to the room. When he saw the thick clothes and cloak neatly folded on the bed, the hot water bottle on the bookcase, and the pair of thick boots on the shelf at the bottom of the cabinet, a hint of warmth rose in his originally calm heart.
He turned his head to look out the window at the slender figure sitting in the yard making medicine with her back to him, his eyes warm and determined.
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Song Yuntang prepared the medicine, labeled them one by one, noted the name and purpose of the medicine, and then took them to Xu Qingye.
"This medicine is for catching a cold, this one is for coughing, and this one is very effective for reducing fever. The rest are for injuries, some for bruises and injuries, and they help heal the wound. I've also prepared a small roll of clean cotton cloth for bandaging."
After showing these medicines to Xu Qingye one by one, they were neatly placed in a box on the bookshelf.
"I've put all the medicines here. Just use them if you have the corresponding symptoms. If you have any symptoms you can't identify, remember to come home and see me as soon as possible."
"good."
She went on to say, "Everything here is almost arranged. I will stay one more day tomorrow. I have to go back early the day after tomorrow."
Hearing this, Xu Qingye looked at the book in his hand, but he couldn't concentrate on reading it.
Song Yuntang glanced at him and went out to pack the medicine box.
After spending so many days with Xu Qingye, she felt reluctant to let him leave suddenly.
It's just that their feelings are not too deep, nor are they inseparable.
She really had to keep an eye on things in the town. Xu Qingye had started studying again, and not only had his living expenses increased, but as he got to know more people, the social expenses would gradually increase. He had to hurry up and make money.
After putting the organized medicine box into the room, Song Yuntang half-leaned on the bed, picked up the book under the pillow and started reading.
As I watched, I began to feel sleepy, so I curled up, closed my eyes, and fell asleep.
Xu Qingye turned around and saw her curled up with her arms hugged. He stood up quietly and pulled the quilt over her.
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Soon it was time for Song Yuntang to go back.
She got up very early that day.
The glutinous rice wine made a few days ago is ready. She scooped a large bowl of it from the jar and sent it to the Wu family next door. From today on, the job of cooking for Xu Qingye will be officially entrusted to her.
When I returned to the yard, Xu Qingye had already gotten up and finished washing up.
He specially took an hour off yesterday to accompany Song Yuntang to buy medicinal materials, and then send her to the carriage to see
Song Yuntang closed the gate, looked at Xu Qingye and said, "I just said hello to Aunt Wu. From today on, she will bring you lunch and dinner on time. You still need to take good care of your health, so you can't be careless about eating and dressing."
Xu Qingye nodded, "I'll go make breakfast."
After saying that, he went to the kitchen.
Song Yuntang wasn't sure if she saw reluctance in Xu Qingye's eyes just now. This man was too patient, so it was difficult for her to guess what he was thinking.
She packed up her medicine box and sorted out the silver in her purse.
It cost nearly two hundred and seventy taels to buy the yard and purchase additional things, but I got one hundred taels from the Zhu Mansion, so I still have two hundred and seventy-two taels in my hand.
I thought I would have to buy some medicinal herbs after dinner.
In order not to delay Xu Qingye's studies, Song Yuntang packed up his things and went to the kitchen to help.
For breakfast, I had sweet wine and eggs, and also fried two sugar cookies that Song Yuntang had made yesterday with white flour, sugar, oil and sesame seeds and saved for this morning.
After breakfast, Xu Qingye picked up Song Yuntang's medicine box and went to the dock with her to purchase medicinal materials.
I don’t know if it’s due to a bad harvest, but this year not only have food prices gone up, but even medicinal herbs have gone up in price.
Food and medicinal materials are what people rely on for survival. If the prices of these two things rise too high, the coming winter will be uncomfortable.
Song Yuntang was worried that the price of medicinal materials would continue to rise in the future, so he took advantage of the fact that the price of medicinal materials had not risen much at the moment and purchased medicinal materials worth 220 taels of silver.
Because we purchased a large amount, the price was kept lower and was not higher than the price of the medicinal materials purchased before.
However, it is not an easy task to transport so many medicinal herbs back to Cile Town at once.
Song Yuntang asked the medicinal herb merchants to deliver most of the medicinal herbs to the yard on Liuqiao Street first, and then when Song Jinsheng and others came to the county to deliver the goods, they would bring them back one by one. This saved her from spending extra money, and it was also much safer than leading a team of carriages to deliver them back by herself.
As for herself, she rented a carriage and left the county town with a carriage full of medicinal herbs.
Xu Qingye wanted to lead the drug dealers back to Liuqiao Street first. It was not convenient for him to send Song Yuntang out of the city gate, so he gave the coachman some instructions before letting them leave.
The carriage stopped as soon as it left Anyang County.
Song Yuntang hurriedly lifted the car curtain and asked, "Why aren't you leaving?"
Li Xiuqi's face was filled with joy when he saw Song Yuntang coming out of the carriage.
"Sister Song, it's really you!"
"You are..." Song Yuntang asked uncertainly, "The young master of the Li family?"
The boy smiled and nodded quickly.
"It's me, Li Xiuqi."
Song Yuntang was a little surprised, "I haven't seen you for half a month. The young master has changed a lot. I almost didn't recognize him."
Li Xiuqi smiled somewhat embarrassedly.
"After Sister Song revived me, I followed Sister Song's instructions and exercised every day. Sister Song's medication was very effective and cured my illness. Naturally, I saw a big change."
Song Yuntang pursed his lips, "How do you know I'm in this carriage?"
"I'm not sure, actually." The young man scratched his head and said, "Yesterday my mother and more than a dozen ladies from the county town arranged three mahjong tables. I heard the county magistrate's wife mention Sister Song, so my mother asked a few more questions. Knowing that you were leaving today, I came to the city gate early in the morning to wait for you."
Song Yuntang nodded.
"What do you want from me?"
"Yesterday, many ladies heard of my sister's name and wanted to seek medical treatment. If she hadn't known that my sister was leaving today, the county magistrate's wife would have brought them one by one to meet my sister." Li Xiuqi looked at her, "My family has a clinic in the county town. I came here today just to ask my sister if she has considered coming to the county town to see patients?"
Song Yuntang looked at him.
"I do have plans to open a clinic in the county, but I haven't considered going to other clinics to see patients. I still need to think about this matter."
If you go to another medical clinic for consultation, you will be under their control.
Instead of doing that, she might as well open a small clinic of her own. With the foundation provided by the county magistrate's wife, business would surely be good.
Li Xiuqi took a box from the follower behind him and handed it to Song Yuntang.
"If I had known that a person with superb medical skills like my sister would not like to be constrained, here is the current situation of our clinic and an agreement. If my sister wants to open a clinic in the county, she can consider cooperating with us. We have a ready-made store, and my sister only needs to provide one person. At that time, the profits will be split 20% and 80%, with my sister taking 80% and us only taking 20%."
A doctor with excellent medical skills will definitely deal with various big families and forces in the future. Extending an olive branch to her before she grows up will only benefit the Li family in the future.
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