Chapter 196 A Blind Cat Strikes a Dead Mouse
"Ten thousand taels?" Old Man Li couldn't help but shout when he heard his master's words.
In his view, Lin Luoxi's ability to alleviate his master's symptoms was purely a fluke, and she didn't actually have any real skills.
He felt that even 10,000 taels or 100 taels was too much.
"What, you think your master's life isn't worth ten thousand taels? Let me tell you, if it weren't for the fact that you're my great-grandfather's people, my consultation fee wouldn't be this small amount."
I'm giving you a huge discount because of your great-grandfather.
Hmph, Lin Luoxi thought that if the other party lived in a place like this, giving them a thousand taels of silver at most would already be considered a very good extra income.
But Old Man Li's words made her very uncomfortable. What did he mean? Did he think her medical skills weren't worth ten thousand taels of silver?
If she really wanted to be calculative, she would accept anything, not just ten thousand taels, but even a hundred thousand taels. That sissy, looking down on her, it infuriated her.
"Uncle Li, quickly send over a silver note for ten thousand taels from the accounting office."
The sickly-looking man sitting next to Lin Luoxi clearly sensed the violent aura emanating from her. Fearing that Lin Luoxi might actually pull out the needles and cause death, he looked at Old Man Li with a cold and stern expression.
When did Uncle Li become so clueless? In the past, they invited famous doctors, but to no avail, and the expenses exceeded ten thousand taels of silver. Uncle Li was never this stingy. Why is he making the same mistake again and again today?
"Yes!" When Uncle Li saw his master's expression change, his prejudice against Lin Luoxi was instantly dispelled. He nodded vigorously in agreement and jogged away from the sickly-looking man's room.
"Miss Lin, we were very offensive with our words just now, please don't take it to heart..." Knowing how formidable Lin Luoxi was, the sickly-looking man swallowed his pride and apologized to her.
"Well, for the sake of the money, I won't argue with you." Ten thousand taels of silver—that's another source of income for the family's expenses, allowing me to better complete my plans.
Lin Luoxi now treats the sickly-looking handsome man like a god of wealth. It's normal for a god of wealth to have some quirks, and she can understand that.
"Miss Lin truly lives up to her reputation as a heroine, with such a straightforward personality." Despite being a woman who's greedy for money, the sickly handsome man didn't find her repulsive. Instead, he spoke to her in a joking tone.
"That's right!!" Lin Luoxi treated the other party like a god of wealth, regardless of what he said or how he viewed her.
At worst, we can just not rush him to get better, hehe…
Finally, Lin Luoxi accepted the ten thousand taels of silver notes and wrote a prescription for the other party, saying that she would come back to administer acupuncture after the other party had completed a course of treatment with the medicine in the prescription.
Old Man Li's job was to be the family doctor and housekeeper for the sickly handsome man. After seeing the prescription Lin Luoxi wrote, he repeatedly praised it as wonderful, saying how come he had never thought of it before.
He wanted to discuss the prescription with Lin Luoxi, but couldn't find her, so he could only take the prescription and chase after her.
"Ji Feng, isn't the countryside a better environment for recuperating? Why don't we move there too?" After Lin Luoxi's treatment, the sickly-looking man felt incredibly relaxed and stared blankly in the direction where Lin Luoxi and Lin Jize had disappeared.
"Master, it's already unfair enough that you're living in this poor, remote county town. If you were to go to the countryside, how could I possibly..."
The man called Jifeng jumped down from the roof beam. At first, he didn't understand the meaning behind the sickly-looking man's words and thought that the countryside was not suitable for his noble master.
But when he saw his master's gaze, he realized what was happening.
“Master is right. The people in the countryside are simple and honest, the environment is beautiful, the mountains and rivers are clear, and the air is fresh. It is very suitable for Master to recuperate.” Ji Feng then realized that his master recognized the medical skills of that Miss Lin, so he followed his master’s lead.
“Alright, since even you agree, let’s move immediately and stay with General Lin for a while until we recover before returning to the capital.”
The sickly man looked at Ji Feng with anticipation in his eyes, hoping to see Lin Luoxi and Lin Jize's surprised expressions when they appeared. He was instantly delighted, his eyes crinkling with joy, and he immediately gave the order.
No sooner had the sickly man spoken than a large number of people suddenly appeared in the courtyard, bustling around and busy packing things up.
Lin Luoxi, carrying 10,000 taels of silver notes, was frantically buying all kinds of crop seeds with Lin Jize.
Completely unaware that his display of superb medical skills had led to him being entangled with a perverted handsome man.
"Oh my goodness, why are you buying so much? If you were buying rice or flour, I could understand, but why are you buying these seeds? It's not the season for planting them."
Lin Jize couldn't understand Lin Luoxi's frenzied, sweeping purchases.
"Grandpa, have you forgotten that my family has 800 acres of wasteland? I'm buying these grain seeds. It's a precaution." Using the family's wasteland as cover, no one will know where she's going to plant these grains!
“Your 800 acres of wasteland are all barren land, impossible to grow crops on. You bought so many seeds. Don’t end up with no harvest at all.”
"It's better to use the money to buy food; it's much better to eat it than to waste it in the ground."
Lin Jize also knew that most of the wasteland that Lin Luoxi's family bought was barren land, and if it didn't take two or three years to cultivate, it would be impossible to grow crops.
"Grandpa, don't underestimate me. If I say I can grow crops, then I can grow crops."
"Otherwise, look, even that sickly person couldn't be cured, but I'm the only one who can."
Lin Luoxi was very confident that she could grow grain on those 800 acres of wasteland, and casually mentioned what had just happened.
"Okay, okay, you're good. But let me tell you, you can't tell everyone what you met or did in that courtyard today..." Lin Jize heard Lin Luoxi's words and quickly pulled her to a secluded place, giving her repeated instructions.
"Grandpa, General Lin wants me to keep this a secret, so please tell me your secret quickly."
It would have been better if she hadn't mentioned it, but once it was brought up, Lin Luoxi immediately thought that Lin Jize had used his secret to exchange for her coming to this county town.
"Okay, okay, I'm really scared of you. I'll tell you all about it on the way back." Lin Jize wanted to slap himself; this girl had clearly forgotten.
"Oh, then I need to buy some more things." Lin Luoxi discovered that this county town had a wider variety of goods than her own Qingshui County, making her want to buy some of everything to take back to her family.
"You bought so much stuff, are you sure you can carry it all back?" Lin Jize looked speechlessly at the pile of things Lin Luoxi had, and laughed with a hint of schadenfreude.
"Hey, you don't need to worry about that." Lin Luoxi smiled mysteriously, curled her fingers and put them in her mouth to whistle.
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