"There's definitely a difference. Robbing is passive, while I sell medicine out of personal will. You can buy my medicine, or you can leave immediately. No one is forcing you two."
The people standing at the back also felt that it was a bit unreasonable. They all chimed in, "Doctor Yao, that doesn't make sense. You see, the previous ones were all free, but now we charge a fee. It doesn't seem fair."
Doctor Yao looked seriously at those who were dissatisfied.
That's right, he originally planned to give the medicine away for free, but these people were ungrateful and repaid him with evil, so it was understandable that he took back the cost of boiling the medicine. Besides, where can you get medical treatment for free?
Yao Dahai said, "I'm so sorry. I'm doing this because of an order from the imperial court. If I don't charge you for the medicine, then I want to ask you, I've made so many potions for you, so should I be the only one to pay for them? But I have no relationship with you, and I don't have the ability to do so. If you don't want to spend money on the medicine... then you should just go back to your tent and wait to die!"
"Death? We don't want to die."
Although they were reluctant to spend money on medicine, what Yao Dahai said made sense. Others had already treated them, and they couldn't let Yao Dahai pay for the full bill. They could only blame themselves for being the last in line.
The people behind them could only accept their fate and said, "Okay, Doctor Yao, please give us the medicine quickly. We are willing to pay for it..."
Seeing that no one had objected, Old Man Shu and his son didn't dare to make a fuss. Old Man Shu, as the 101st 'lucky person', asked, "Doctor Yao, how much is a bowl of this medicine?"
Yao Dahai glanced at Shu Jiaying and saw her holding up five fingers. He immediately said, "Five taels of silver!"
"What? This crappy medicine of yours costs five taels of silver. Oh my God, aren't you just robbing me?"
Yao Dahai's words once again caused a stir, and the people behind him followed suit, saying, "Doctor Yao, what exactly are these medicines you're making? Why are they so expensive? Can you make them cheaper? We are all poor farmers, and five taels of silver is too much for us!"
Facing these questioning voices, Yao Dahai calmly adjusted his beard and said with a smile, "Of course not everyone will pay five taels of silver per bowl. I'm talking about the 101st person who buys medicine. He'll need to pay five taels of silver per bowl, and the 102nd will pay half that, which is 2.5 taels per bowl. From the 103rd onwards, I'll only recoup the cost. I'll charge you one cent per bowl. That should be affordable for you all, right?"
"If we can afford to share, of course we can!"
Knowing that they didn't have to spend five taels of silver to buy medicine, the people standing behind finally felt relieved. However, Old Man Shu and Shu Guozhong were not convinced. They said to the people standing behind them: "We won't buy it. We'll let you go first."
The 103rd patient was worried that if he got number 101, he would have to buy expensive medicine, so he quickly waved his hand and said, "Thank you, you two go first."
"We all said we won't buy it, you buy it first."
"No... You two were already in line ahead of me. How could I cut in line? I won't buy first. I'll let you..."
"Hey... stop arguing. Number 103, the two of them asked you to buy first, so go ahead and buy it. Thank you for your patronage, a penny."
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