Chapter 122: Not Enough Silver_1
"No need, we’ll be back by lunch. Keep an eye on your sister," Yang Baixiang said affectionately as he stroked Erni’s head. "Go back now, and your eldest sister will bring you something to eat when we return..." He hadn’t eaten dinner last night and didn’t have time for breakfast today either. Despite his hunger, he could only endure it, knowing his mother would never prepare anything for him to eat.
"We better hurry," Yang Peili said, somewhat impatiently.
Yang Baixiang waved to Erni and then climbed onto the mule cart.
Erni could only watch helplessly as the mule cart moved further away.
In the clinic, Yang Ruxin had already packed up. There wasn’t much to pack, just a matter of wrapping up the medicine prescribed by Doctor Wang.
Yang Baixiang carried Xun Hui to the mule cart and to protect against the sun, he handed an umbrella to Yang Ruxin, asking her to hold it up while sitting on the edge of the ox cart.
Yang Peili’s eyes widened at the clinic’s counter, "What? Two taels of silver is not enough?"
"This patient is in a serious condition," Doctor Wang sighed. "We’ve used the most potent medicines, and I’ve also prescribed three days’ worth of tonic soup containing ginseng. How else to keep her strength up? I used ginseng root fibers to keep the cost down. Using whole ginseng slices would have been even more expensive. Besides, not to mention for Li Yi’s sake, I haven’t even charged for the acupuncture..."
Yang Peili let out a heavy breath.
"If it weren’t for the fact you are leaving today, I’d have asked for the fee already... Oh, and that Feng Family woman who was given acupuncture yesterday, she dirtied a bedsheet in the clinic..." Doctor Wang instructed his assistant to hand Yang Peili the soiled bedsheet that Feng Caie had used the day before, "Including the money owed by Xun Hui, the total amount you need to pay is an additional two hundred and twenty-three coins..."