Chapter 132 Reduce Medication
Peasants’ lives are cheap; it’s already good enough to snatch back the life. How could they afford ginseng whiskers? As long as he didn’t die, he just needed to take some cheaper medicine, go home, and recover slowly. After all, Eldest Brother’s life is tough, so he should be able to pull through.
By eliminating the ginseng, the cost of the medicine could at least be halved. This way, the Li Family’s compensation should be enough, and their own and the head of the family’s coffin savings might even remain intact.
As for the subsequent medical expenses, what were Lady Lin and Eldest Brother’s two sons for? Surely, they wouldn’t be unable to recover the money for their own husband’s and father’s medicinal costs, would they?
Calculating this way, the outcome was much better than the expected complete financial ruin. With her own interests in mind, Old Granny Zhang settled the bill with Doctor Ma extra efficiently.
While paying the silver, she was also trying to ingratiate herself with Doctor Ma, hoping that he would agree to drop the ginseng from the prescription.
Doctor Ma naturally knew that peasants didn’t have much silver. After being harangued for a long time, he finally reluctantly agreed that he could substitute the ginseng for something cheaper and more affordable in two days.
This was his limit, after all, one can’t risk sending away a life that was barely snatched back just to save money, right?
Although Old Granny Zhang wished the ginseng could be removed tomorrow, it was, after all, her own son. Moreover, her daughter had just made some silver today, so after some thought, she accepted it.
It was only then that Wang Yongzhu wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. Thankfully, although Old Granny Zhang wasn’t very fond of Wang Yongfu, she hadn’t gone so far as to disregard a life just to save money.