Chapter 134: Medicine is poisonous, the sooner you take it, the sooner you die

Chapter 134: Medicine is poisonous, the sooner you take it, the sooner you die

Hearing this, Gu Tang stopped what he was doing and asked curiously, "My grandma didn't make a fuss?"

When she heard with her own ears that her illness could not be cured, given Feng's temper, if she didn't take the opportunity to make a fuss, then she would not be Feng anymore!

Gu Lianshan looked like he had a toothache: "It's all a fuss, and now he's still howling in the house!"

Gu Tang felt happy in her heart. It seemed that Feng had given her father a lot of trouble just now.

Before Gu Lianshan could pour out his grievances to his daughter, Gu Ping'an, who was standing at the door of the clinic behind him, shouted, "Dad! The doctor wants to get some medicine. Come quickly!"

The words were on the tip of his tongue, but Gu Lianshan swallowed them back, turned around and waved at his son, indicating that he understood.

Gu Tang looked puzzled: "If it can't be cured, why do we still need to take this medicine?"

What medicine should I take if it can’t be cured? Isn’t that a waste!

"The doctor said that although there is no hope of recovery, if I can take medicine for a few months, the symptoms may be alleviated a little, but the hope is not great, and the medicine is not cheap.

If you have a wealthy family, you can give it a try. But if your family is poor, it is not recommended to take it like this. Just get some cheap medicine and go home to take it for ten days or half a month. ”

Gu Tang raised his eyebrows. Feng would never give up even the slightest hope. She would definitely force her father to pay for the medicine on the spot.

Sure enough, Gu Lianshan was so distressed that he slapped his thigh and complained, "Good fellow! You didn't see that when the doctor finished speaking, your grandma immediately said that our family is rich and has no shortage of money! She insisted that the doctor prescribe more medicine!"

"Since my grandma wants to eat it, then just grab it, anyway..." Gu Tang approached her father and whispered, "We just made a fortune from my grandma, so let's do as she wishes and let her try it..."

All medicines are poisonous. With Feng's dilapidated body, the more she eats, the faster she might die!

Gu Lianshan sighed, "The doctor also agreed. He said to take one bowl a day for three months to try it out. Come back for a follow-up visit after three months and then we'll see whether to increase or decrease the dosage."

"Okay! Then take it for three months first. My grandma has already said in front of others that our family is not short of money. I'm afraid no one will believe you if you cry about being poor now. Besides, as long as this medicine is taken, our division of the family property will be successful for sure."

The money from Feng’s medicine is the best excuse for their second branch to split up the family business. The more expensive it is, the better!

Gu Lianshan also thought of this, so he endured the pain and agreed to get the medicine.

Otherwise, with his bad temper, even if Feng Shi knelt down in public, let alone shouting that they were not short of money, he would never agree to prescribe so much medicine!

Holding back the depression in his heart, Gu Lianshan walked towards the clinic with a sullen face, resentment emanating from his entire body.

Gu Tang tied a knot on the rope, clapped his hands, walked into the inn, and went straight to find the shopkeeper.

Business was slow in winter, and the shopkeeper was dozing off behind the counter. Gu Tang woke him up and handed him a silver coin.

"Although my old lady is ill, she is very greedy. She likes to eat fatty pork the most. She doesn't care whether it is steamed, boiled or fried. Please prepare a bowl of fatty pork for her every morning and evening so that she can enjoy it."

The sudden surge in business made the shopkeeper smile with narrowed eyes. He took the silver with both hands and nodded continuously: "Don't worry, young lady. Two bowls of meat will be delivered on time every day."

Gu Tang smiled brightly: "My grandma loves to eat meat and oily meals. When delivering meals every day, please ask the waiters in advance and try to follow her wishes. She can't get angry because of her illness. Once she gets angry, her condition will get worse. We just go along with her..."

The shopkeeper said yes repeatedly and said he would definitely act according to Gu Tang's wishes.

After giving instructions to the shopkeeper, Gu Tang returned to the clinic to wait for her father.

Feng's medicine has been prepared by now, one packet a day, a total of ninety packets for three months.

Of course, it’s impossible to distribute all ninety packs today.

I'll prescribe thirty packets today, and then come to the clinic to get more medicine after you finish them.

A packet of medicine costs fifty copper coins, ten packets cost five hundred, and thirty packets cost one and a half taels of silver!

If there are ninety bags, that would be four and a half taels of silver.

Good job! If you add another one or two taels, you can buy an acre of medium-sized land!

"For this medicine, boil three bowls of water into one bowl, and take it before going to bed. After taking the medicine for three months, if the symptoms are really alleviated, you can change the prescription and continue to take it for another three months. If you persist in this way for a year or so, if you are lucky, you will be able to stand up and walk a few steps with a cane..."

The doctor ordered the medicine boys to pack up the medicine while he stroked his beard and talked to Gu Lianshan.

Gu Lianshan had a wooden face and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking at the moment.

Gu Tang took a glance and guessed that her father must be cursing in his heart!

The medicine cost is one and a half taels of silver a month, which is eighteen taels a year!

After spending eighteen taels of silver, you still have to try your luck. If you are lucky, you can stand up and walk a few steps using a cane. But what if you are unlucky?

Gu Tang blinked. If he was unlucky, would the eighteen taels of silver be wasted and Feng would continue to lie paralyzed in bed?

Tsk!

After doing the math this way, she felt heartbroken!

The medicine boys worked very quickly and soon all thirty packets of medicine had been packed and tied up with ropes for easy carrying.

Looking at the bundled medicine package, Gu Lianshan felt so distressed that blood was dripping from his eyes. He turned his head and stared at his daughter.

Gu Tang was confused. Why was he staring at her?

Gu Lianshan curled his lips and said, "Take out the money."

Gu Tang suddenly realized and quickly took out a silver coin from his sleeve and handed it over.

Her father was about to take the silver when Gu Tang suddenly remembered something.

Yesterday, her father took a piece of silver from Feng's private stash, but he didn't spend it. Why doesn't he take the silver out?

Gu Tang glared at her father. Was he trying to hide some private money? !

Gu Lianshan had no intention of paying attention to Gu Tang. At the moment, he was holding the silver with a stiff smile on his face, and handed the silver to the medicine boy reluctantly.

The medicine boy first checked the authenticity of the silver, then weighed it on the scale: "It weighs two taels!"

After putting the silver away, the medicine boy took the abacus and began to calculate: "The medicine costs one and a half taels of silver, and the doctor's outpatient fee is thirty copper coins..."

"Erase the thirty copper coins and just charge for the medicine." The doctor interrupted the medicine boy and erased the cost of his own consultation.

To ask a doctor to come to the inn to treat Feng, it would cost thirty copper coins as a consultation fee for such a short distance. If it were farther away, the amount would probably be several times higher.

Gu Tang thought of Doctor Gu in the village. Doctor Gu charged very little for consultation. He would not charge patients from the same village, but for patients from other villages, he would charge ten copper coins at most and two copper coins at least, depending on the distance.

No wonder Doctor Gu’s business is so good.

The medicine boy followed the doctor's instructions and gave Gu Tang five hundred copper coins, and also found a ruler to wrap him up to prevent him from being seen when he went out.

Gu Tang thought it was too heavy and didn't take it, so he asked Gu Ping'an to take it and hold it.

As for the medicines on the ground, her father could carry them all by himself.

After thanking the doctor again and again, the father and his two sons carried the medicine bags and the copper coins and walked out of the clinic together.

It is impossible to leave all of this medicine in the inn. We have to take some back to show to the clan leader and elders.

Although their second branch announced to others that Feng's illness would cost a lot of money to treat, not many people really believed it. Many people were probably wondering in their hearts that their second branch said this on purpose in order to divide the family business.

Now, as long as we put these medicines on the ox cart and drive it around the village, no one will ever say that the split of the Gu family was deliberately instigated by the second branch.

"How many packets of medicine do you want to leave?" Gu Lianshan asked Gu Tang.

Gu Tang replied without hesitation: "Just leave five packs, one pack a day. Can this family not divide them up in five days?"

"We can definitely divide it up!" Gu Lianshan said confidently, "If we take this truckload of medicine back, I, your father, will be the most filial son in the village!"

Gu Tang paused. Indeed, who in the village could be so generous in taking medicine? A pack costs fifty copper coins, and the starting number for a grab is thirty packs, and there are at least sixty packs waiting in line!

After untying the knot on the medicine bag and counting out five packets, Gu Tang handed them to Gu Ping'an and asked him to deliver the medicine.

"Give the medicine to the two old women and tell them to boil three bowls of water into one bowl, and feed it to the mother before bed. One packet a day, and don't stop."

"Oh." Gu Ping'an responded and went to the inn with the medicine bag.

Gu Lianshan bundled the medicine again, put it in the most conspicuous place, and asked Gu Tang if there was anything else he wanted to do.

"If there is nothing else to do, let's go home and try to convince the elders today so that we can formally discuss the division of the family tomorrow."

"Wait a minute, I still need to ask at a few clinics and spice shops. I have many things left to buy."

After saying this, Gu Tang took out the "flower body" backflow incense made by the incense making machine last night, and held it in the palm of her hand for her father to take a closer look.

"Dad, look, what is this?"

Gu Lianshan looked up when he heard this, and glanced at his daughter's palm for a few seconds, and was stunned for a moment: "What is this?"

There was a small brown flower in the girl's little hand, and the top of the petals was pitch black, as if it had been burned by fire.

Curiously, he stretched out his finger and poked it, feeling it was hard, and immediately asked, "Is it carved from wood?"

"How does this look like wood?!" Gu Tang stared, and stretched her little hand towards her father again, "This is incense! I made the incense!"

"What the hell is this?!" Gu Lianshan looked confused and continued to stare at the flower in Gu Tang's hand.

Is this incense? Whose incense looks like this?

After looking at it several times, Gu Lianshan couldn't believe what his daughter said: "Even if your father is ignorant, I know what incense looks like! Take a good look at it yourself, this thing is obviously a carved flower! It has nothing to do with incense! You also know what the incense we use during festivals looks like, why are you talking nonsense!"

Gu Tang was unhappy: "Who told you that? There are many kinds of incense. Some are used for worshipping gods and Buddhas, repelling insects and mosquitoes, and some are used to calm the mind and help sleep, fumigate the house, fumigate clothes, etc. There are so many kinds, too many to count!"

Gu Lianshan still didn't believe it, with a look of "I'm listening to your nonsense" on his face, pointing at the flower in her palm: "If you can just roll it into a long strip, Dad can convince himself to believe you, but if you can make a flower, Dad won't even dream of believing it!"

Gu Tang was speechless.

She looked down at the "flower" in her palm and put herself in his shoes. Indeed, if she were her father, she would not believe that the "flower" in front of her could be fragrant.

If she wants her father to believe in herself, it is not difficult. It can be said to be very simple. She just needs to light the incense.

But this is backflow incense. Since ancient times, the smoke from burning incense has always floated upwards. If this is lit in public and people see the smoke floating downwards, the father and daughter will probably not be able to leave Bei'an City.

"I won't argue with you now. When we get home, I will light it and let you see for yourself whether it is real or not." Gu Tang vowed.

Seeing his daughter so determined, Gu Lianshan glanced at the black mark on the petals and muttered to himself.

Could it be that he really had made a mistake?

After taking a few glances at it, Gu Lianshan became more and more uncertain. He reached out to take it and play with it, but his daughter withdrew her hand unexpectedly.

"This is incense! It's not a solid object. You are not careful. If you knock the petals off, I won't be able to show it to you." Gu Tang put the incense away and refused to let her father touch it.

Gu Lianshan withdrew his hand and decided not to touch it!

After Gu Ping'an came out of the inn, Gu Tang urged her father to drive the car inside to find the spice shop and the clinic.

There are quite a few medical clinics in Bei'an City, but not many spice shops.

She went to the clinic first, then visited each store and bought what was needed, spending dozens of taels of silver. Finally, she went to the spice shop.

This time she stopped people on the street and asked several times, and chose the largest spice shop in Bei'an City.

She is currently still short of more than a dozen spices, including perilla, jasmine, magnolia, cypress kernel, magnolia, etc.

These are cheaper than spices such as agarwood, sandalwood and borneol, but the total price is still prohibitive for Gu Tang, and he can only buy them by the pound.

Even so, he still spent dozens of taels of silver.

After calculating, she found that she had spent all the 350 taels of silver she got from selling the deer!

Fortunately, I have basically bought everything and can go home.

Seeing his daughter spending money like water, Gu Lianshan was so distressed that he was gasping for breath all the way.

He kept comforting himself, saying that he had to buy it for making incense. His daughter said, don't think about how much money you spend, but think about how much money you can earn in the future.

So, how much money can you make from selling incense? It seems that my daughter never told him clearly.

Gu Lianshan's heart sank to the bottom, the more he thought about it, the more painful it became.

He didn't dare look back at his daughter. While driving the ox cart, he pretended to be calm and asked about how to earn money.

"Daughter, tell me, you have invested so much money, how much do you think you can earn?"

How much do you earn?

Gu Tang's mind once again popped up the "Flower Body" backflow fragrance, and he said a number without hesitation: "At least ten times!"

"What the hell is ten times?!" Gu Lianshan's voice trembled, his hands shook a few times, and the whip in his hand almost fell.

Gu Tang patiently explained: "For the time being, I only sell the incense I make to wealthy families. I spent 350 taels of silver, so I must earn ten times the money back."

Especially for the incense made by the incense-making machine, she plans to take the high-end route and adopt hunger marketing!

Gu Lianshan’s mind was buzzing. Was his daughter going to use that tattered flower to fool a wealthy family?

Are you dissatisfied with their family's longevity?

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