Traveling to ancient times with a sign-in system

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?"

After hearing 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 Feng 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, standing at the door of the clinic behind him, shouted, "Dad! The doctor needs to prescribe some medicine. Come quickly!"

The words were on the tip of his tongue, but Gu Lianshan swallowed them back. He 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?"

Why take medicine if it can't cure the disease? It's 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. However, the hope is not great, and the medicine is not cheap.

If you are from a wealthy family, you can give it a try. But if you are from a poor family, I don’t recommend taking it this way. Just get some cheap medicine and take it for ten days or half a month.”

Gu Tang raised his eyebrows. Feng would never give up even a shred of 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, "Goodness! You didn't see it, but as soon as the doctor finished saying that, 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 consultation after three months and we'll see if we can 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 you take this medicine, our division of the family property will be successful."

The money from Feng’s medicine is the best excuse for the second branch of the family to split up. The more expensive the better!
Gu Lianshan also thought of this, so he endured the pain and agreed to get the medicine.

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

Restraining the depression in his heart, Gu Lianshan walked to the clinic with a droopy face, with resentment floating all over his body.

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

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's still very greedy. She loves eating fatty pork the most. She doesn't care whether it's steamed, boiled, or fried. I'd like you to prepare a bowl of fatty pork for her every morning and evening so she can enjoy it to her heart's content."

The sudden surge of 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 rich and greasy food. When delivering the food every day, please ask the staff to ask her in advance and try to follow her wishes. She can't get angry because of her illness. If she gets angry, her condition will get worse. We just go along with her..."

The shopkeeper agreed repeatedly and said that 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 is 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.

Wow! If I add another one or two taels, I can buy an acre of medium-sized farmland!
"Boil three bowls of water into one bowl of this medicine, and take it before bed. After taking it for three months, if your symptoms have been alleviated, you can change the prescription and continue taking it for another three months. If you persist like this for a year or so, with luck, you should 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 gamble on your luck. If you are lucky, you can stand up and walk a few steps with a cane. But what if you are unlucky?
Gu Tang blinked. If he was unlucky, would the eighteen taels of silver be wasted, and would Feng continue to lie paralyzed in bed?

Tsk!
After doing the math like this, she felt heartbroken!

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

Looking at the bundled medicine bag, 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, "Pay 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 didn't he take the silver out?

Gu Tang glared at her father. Is he trying to hide some private money?!
Gu Lianshan had no intention of paying attention to Gu Tang. He was holding the silver in his hand with a stiff smile on his face, and handed the silver to the medicine boy with great reluctance.

The medicine boy first checked the authenticity of the silver, then took the scale and weighed it: "The silver 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..."

"Wipe out the thirty copper coins and just charge for the medicine." The doctor interrupted the medicine boy and wiped out the fee for his own consultation.

Asking a doctor to come to the inn to treat Feng is only a short distance away, but the consultation fee is thirty copper coins. If it is farther away, the fee will 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 didn't take it because he thought it was too heavy, and 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 left the clinic together.

It is impossible to leave so many medicines in the inn. We have to take some back to show the clan leader and elders.

Although the Second Branch claimed that Feng's illness would cost a fortune to treat, few truly believed it. Many people were probably secretly skeptical that the Second Branch was deliberately saying this to split the family. Now, if they just put the medicine on an oxcart and drove it around the village, no one would ever again claim that the Second Branch was deliberately instigating the Gu family's split.

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

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

"We can definitely divide it up!" Gu Lianshan said confidently, "If we take this cart 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 extravagant when it comes to medicine? A pack of fifty copper coins, and I bought thirty packs at a time, and there were at least sixty more in the queue!

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, placed it in the most conspicuous place, and asked Gu Tang if there was anything else he wanted to do.

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

"Wait a little longer. I still need to ask at a few clinics and spice shops. I have to ask at every one of them. There are still many things I haven't bought yet."

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

"Dad, look, what is this?"

Gu Lianshan looked up at his daughter's palm 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.

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

"How does this look like wood?!" Gu Tang stared, stretching 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 it over and over again, Gu Lianshan couldn't believe what his daughter said: "Even if your father is ignorant, he knows what incense looks like! Take a good look at it yourself. This thing is clearly a carved flower! It has nothing to do with incense! You 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 worshiping 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 an expression that said, "I'm listening to your nonsense," he pointed at the flower in her palm and said, "If you could just roll it into a long strip, I'd be able to convince myself to believe you. But if you could make a flower, I wouldn't even dream of believing it!"

Gu Tang was speechless.

She looked down at the "flower" in her hand and thought about it from her father's perspective. 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 her, it is not difficult. It can be said to be very simple. Just 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 up 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 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 with it. 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 said he would not 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, strolled around each store, bought everything she needed, spent dozens of taels of silver, and finally 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 nut 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 kept gasping for breath.

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.

By the way, how much money can you earn from selling incense? It seems that the girl never told him clearly.

Gu Lianshan's heart sank to the bottom, and 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 earning money.

"Dear, tell me, you've 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 now, I only sell the incense I make to wealthy families. I spent three hundred and fifty taels of silver, so I must earn ten times as much 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 rich family?

Are you dissatisfied with the longevity of their family?