Because of its great reputation, Jirentang's consultation fees are not cheap. When it holds free clinics every month, it attracts people from all over the country to come for treatment. You can get the prescription from the doctor and get the medicine at Jirentang or at other pharmacies.
Many people are too lazy to go through all that trouble and mostly choose to have their medicine dispensed at Jirentang.
The woman had no choice but to get up, take the prescription, and try her luck at other pharmacies.
To her surprise, she went to every pharmacy, and the cheapest prescription she could get cost five hundred coins per dose. She had no money to pay such an exorbitant price.
Looking at the child in her arms who was too weak to cry anymore, the woman had no choice but to tear off the hem of her clothes and beg the scholar at the stall to write the words "selling herself to buy medicine" for her free of charge.
She was willing to sign a death contract and sell herself into slavery as long as someone paid for her son's medicine.
In the Great Chu Kingdom, once someone was registered as a slave, they were treated like a commodity, their life and death determined by the buyer, and their children would also become slaves.
Boys who were enslaved were forbidden from studying or entering officialdom. Even if they joined the army, they could not be promoted no matter how great their military achievements were. Girls could only become maids or concubines, or even be sold into brothels.
Even if ordinary people with good social status have a hard time at the beginning, they still have a chance to turn their lives around.
Men could either study to enter officialdom or join the army to achieve merit and bring glory to their families. Women could also marry into moderately wealthy families and become the mistress of the household; if they were registered as slaves, they would be slaves for life.
But when faced with life and death, when even life is about to be lost, what does it matter if one is a slave?
The woman knelt by the street, holding her child, bending over as much as possible to shield the child from the snowflakes.
Lin Wanqing watched this scene with indifference, feeling nothing.
In her previous life, she had seen too many patients' families who had to sign agreements to discontinue treatment because they couldn't afford the medical bills.
In her eyes, the poor should be eliminated.
She boarded the carriage and slowly passed by the woman, her mind preoccupied with how to win Miss Zhong's favor the next day.
Lin Wanqing knew very well that although she was a reborn person, she was not omnipotent and had to rely on all available connections and resources to climb higher.
After Lin Wanqing's carriage passed by, the woman felt a person standing in front of her, and her face was full of surprise. Was someone going to buy her?
But when she looked up and saw that the other person was just a ten-year-old boy, her eyes were full of disappointment, and she lowered her head again.
Yuan Hong carefully looked at the words written on the rag in front of the woman, and then looked at the baby she was holding.
Madam Lin always told him that there are many pitiful people in this world, and if he encounters someone he can help, he should try his best to help them.
Yuan Hong spoke up: "My sister can treat your child's illness. Would you like to come with me?"
The woman was startled and looked up: "Really?"
Yuan Hong nodded. In his eyes, Sister Jin was omnipotent and could cure any disease in the world.
Someone nearby recognized Yuan Hong: "Isn't this the younger brother of Doctor Su from Ren'ai Hall? Young lady, you should say yes to him quickly. Doctor Su's medical skills are no worse than those of the doctors from Ji Ren Hall."
Upon hearing this, the woman burst into tears of joy: "This servant is willing, this servant is willing, thank you, thank you, young master."
The child was dying, and at this point, she had no right to refuse when someone offered to help.
Some onlookers, including some who were just curious, followed them toward Ren'ai Hall.
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