Su Jiu'an realized he might have let something slip, and quickly coughed lightly: "Ahem, I meant I was going to file a complaint with the authorities and ask the prefect to uphold justice for the people."
Su Ruojin smiled slightly: "Let them in."
The door opened, and Su Yunfeng and Su Wenzhou entered the room first, walking to General Su's side: "Dr. Su, how is my father?"
"It's nothing serious now," Su Ruojin explained the situation again.
Upon hearing that General Su was alright, the three members of the Su family breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, Doctor Su."
Su Yunfeng then remembered something and hurriedly took out a silver note and handed it to Su Ruojin: "Dr. Su, I don't know if this is enough to pay for the consultation fee. If it is not enough, I will have someone send more."
Su Ruojin glanced at the silver note; it was five hundred taels. She didn't accept it.
"The consultation fee is one tael of silver. You can buy the medicine yourselves for now; I won't charge you. The medicinal bath is one tael of silver per session, and you can soak for three days. The cost of lodging in the backyard is one tael of silver. The total cost is five taels of silver."
Five taels of silver...
This is way too cheap!
Su Yunfeng hurriedly stuffed the silver note into Su Ruojin's hand: "Dr. Su, you saved my father's life. This is a small token of our appreciation. Please accept it."
Su Ruojin accepted it without hesitation: "Then thank you very much, Mr. Su."
She has her own pricing standards for treating patients and saving lives. If a patient has money and is willing to pay more, Su Ruojin will not refuse. This money can just be used to subsidize some poor people who cannot afford medical treatment.
When Su Ruojin decided to open her clinic, she set a rule that she would not charge the poor a single penny.
As for wealthy people, they can quote their own prices, and if they want to pay more, that's up to them.
After arranging everything, Su Ruojin returned to the backyard, where Yuan Hong quickly handed her a glass of water: "Sister Jin, have some water."
Madam Lin looked distressed and said, "You're all sweaty from exhaustion. Wipe yourself off quickly, or you'll catch a cold."
While Su Ruojin was saving lives at the front clinic, she and Yuan Hong couldn't offer much help and could only stay quietly in the backyard, not wanting to cause any trouble for Xiao Jin.
Only Yuan Hong couldn't contain his curiosity and secretly ran out to take a look. He was looking at Su Ruojin from the side, looking like he wanted to say something but didn't dare to, and was a little restless.
Su Ruojin saw his expression and found it somewhat amusing: "Alright, ask whatever you want to ask."
Yuan Hong's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Sister, who are they? They're dressed worse than me, yet they're throwing out silver notes. How much are they?"
Yuan Hong only caught a glimpse of the Su family giving out a silver note from a distance, but he didn't see the exact amount, which is why he was curious.
"You mean this?" Su Ruojin took out the silver notes and placed them on the table. Old Madam Lin was startled when she saw the denominations. "How come there are so many?"
Yuan Hong picked up the silver note and looked at it again and again, somewhat excited: "Sister Jin, the clinic has already earned five hundred taels of silver before it even opened. Doesn't that mean we'll soon become rich?"
Rich people?
Su Ruojin smiled faintly. Becoming rich is not difficult. It's just that wealth should not be flaunted in this world. Sometimes money is a good thing, but it can also bring more trouble. On the contrary, a peaceful life is more precious.
Therefore, over the years, although Madam Lin and Yuan Hong seemed to live in an ordinary courtyard in Yanyang City and wear ordinary clothes, they ate pills carefully prepared by Su Ruojin, which were hard to come by even if they were worth a fortune.
"Xiao Jin, who are they? Will they cause any trouble?" Looking at this windfall, Madam Lin felt uneasy, fearing it might bring trouble to Xiao Jin.
"Grandmother, it's alright. General Su's family is upright and honest; nothing will happen," Su Ruojin said, taking a sip of her tea.
"Which General Su?" Old Madam Lin didn't react for a moment.
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