The siblings happily walked towards the town.
Chen Qingqing remembered that today was the day she was supposed to treat Master Fan's illness. Even if the Fan family didn't invite her, as a doctor, she should still go and see him.
If Master Fan doesn't want to renege on his promise, he will definitely ask me to treat him, and I can take the opportunity to clean the lice out of his belly button.
If he didn't want to give money, he certainly wouldn't let me in.
Having made up his mind, he led Chen Han toward the Fan residence.
Upon arriving at the gate of the Fan residence, Chen Qingqing said to the gatekeeper, "Hello, sir. I am the doctor who treats your Master Fan. I am here today for a follow-up examination. Please inform him of my presence inside."
The servant looked Chen Qingqing up and down, his eyes darting around. He secretly admired Steward Shi, who had given prior instructions that the master's itching disease was completely cured and that any doctor who came to the door should be kicked out immediately.
Butler Shi specifically instructed that if Miss Chen, who claimed to have cured the master's illness, came, even if she said the master's illness wasn't cured yet, don't believe her. She was just exaggerating to get money for her services.
She didn't need to give her a friendly look, and insisted that the consultation fee had already been paid.
Anyway, the master's illness has been completely cured. No matter what happens, we won't let her enter the Fan family's gate. We must save as much money as possible for the master.
The servant frowned and glanced at Chen Qingqing impatiently.
"Who are you? Our master's itching disease has been cured for a long time. Why would he need a doctor? Go away, go away, and don't cause trouble."
As expected, the Fan family was determined to renege on their promise. Chen Qingqing said calmly, "Young man, your master's illness is not yet fully cured. Although it doesn't itch now, it will relapse if he doesn't continue treatment."
"Shut up! Who told you to curse our master? What do you mean by 'relapse'? Our master is already cured. Didn't you hear me? Get out of here."
"Alright, since your master's illness has been cured, I'd like to trouble you to inform Butler Shi and have him come out to settle my medical fee."
As expected, they've come to ask for money. The servant sneered, "What consultation fee? Didn't I already give you that? Why are you asking for more?"
Chen Qingqing thought of the several fat lice in Fan Caizhu's belly button, and thought, "That's great!" She raised an eyebrow and smiled.
"Young man, you must have made a mistake. The hundred coins from the day before yesterday were a tip from your master. The consultation fee hasn't been paid yet."
"What nonsense are you spouting? Our master's family is wealthy and powerful, would we be short of your little bit of money? I think you're really tired of living, daring to come to our Fan residence to extort money." The servant puffed out his beard and glared, putting on a show of arrogance, and shouted to the group of people beside him, "Brothers, some blind fool has come to cause trouble, what do you say we should do?"
The servants of the Fan family burst into laughter.
"What can we do? Beat her until her bones are broken and see if she grows up with a brain."
“Beating her up would be too easy on her. In my opinion, we should send her to the authorities and accuse her of extortion. Let the county magistrate punish her properly and see if she dares to come to the Fan residence to cause trouble again.”
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Chen Han had never seen anything like this before. His legs trembled with fear, and he tugged at Chen Qingqing's hand, "Sister, let's go!"
"Xiao Han, don't be afraid." Chen Qingqing was not intimidated by their imposing manner and remained calm. "I'll say it again. Master Fan's illness may seem to be cured, but the root cause has not been eliminated. If you don't believe me today, his old ailment will relapse tomorrow, and the itching will be even more severe than in the past few days. If you delay his treatment, don't blame me for not warning you."
The servant laughed loudly, "Nonsense! Our master went to Zuixiang Pavilion for a night of pleasure yesterday. How could he have such a refined interest when he's not fully recovered?"
"We'll see, you'll regret this one day."
"Get lost, get lost! Stop scaring people! Our master is perfectly fine!"
"That's right. If you dare to talk nonsense again, we'll be very rude to you."
The servants of the Fan family began to make threatening remarks.
Chen Qingqing walked away calmly with Chen Han without looking back.
Chen Han, still shaken by what had just happened, asked, "Sis, where are we going?"
Chen Qingqing decided to go to the pharmacy to sell the ginseng first, otherwise she wouldn't be able to do anything without money in her pocket.
"Let's go to the pharmacy first, and then I'll take you to the Confucius Academy to register."
Before they knew it, the two had arrived at the busiest street in town.
Chen Qingqing walked straight into 'Miraculous Healing Hall'
Doctor Miao was treating a patient when he looked up and saw Chen Qingqing. He shook his head and smiled, "Young lady, what brings you here again?"
"Dr. Miao, I dug up a ginseng on the mountain. Can you tell me how much it's worth?"
"Quick, let me see it." Doctor Miao's eyes lit up.
Chen Qingqing took out the ginseng from the cloth bag and placed it on the table in front of Doctor Miao.
Doctor Miao examined it carefully, a look of surprise on his face. "This ginseng is large and thick, and it looks quite old. It's a top-quality ginseng that has grown to this size. I'll give you one hundred taels of silver. Is that alright?"
Chen Qingqing almost jumped up on the spot. This ginseng was modernly cultivated. Although it was big and plump, its medicinal effect was less than one-tenth of that of wild ginseng. One hundred taels of silver was simply too good to pass up.
"Okay." Chen Qingqing nodded.
Doctor Miao's eyes gleamed. Buying such a large ginseng for a hundred taels of silver would double the price immediately, making a killing. He quickly took out a hundred taels of silver and handed it to Chen Qingqing, saying, "Miss, don't forget to visit my shop if you have ginseng of this quality again."
"That's natural."
Leaving the pharmacy, Chen Qingqing felt incredibly relaxed.
With this hundred taels of silver, not only could they pay back the money they owed Wu Baoan, but they would also have enough for Chen Han's tuition.
However, it seems a bit hard to spend money earned through such opportunistic means!
Forget it, whatever. Since Brother Black and White Ghost gave her such a treasure, isn't it to give her an unfair advantage in this era?
Chen Han was completely stunned, his eyes filled with admiration. In his eyes, Chen Qingqing was powerful and domineering, not afraid of provocation from evil people, and able to make money. He would definitely learn from his sister.
"Sister, let's go register at the academy first!"
Chen Qingqing looked Chen Han up and down. He was wearing a tattered coarse cloth outfit. Although it was washed very clean, it was still too worn out. If he wore this to the academy, his classmates would definitely laugh at him.
Although she disliked comparing herself to others, she didn't want anyone to look down on her younger brother.
As the saying goes, clothes make the man, and since she was going to school, she thought it best to dress presentably.
This shows respect for the Master and also makes oneself feel confident.
"Xiaohan, let's go sign up for the party. I'll take you to get a couple of outfits made."
"Sister, no need, I can still wear these clothes."
Chen Han knew that his sister didn't earn money easily; those were ginsengs she dug up in the Wild Wolf Valley at great risk. If he wanted this and that, what difference would he make from Chen Zhancai?
"Listen to me, the clothes have to be made." Chen Qingqing said firmly........
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