Chapter 142 – Stay (1)
When the old doctor was treating Li Mo’s injury, Li Man stood next to him the entire time. She was worried that the old man would secretly do something bad and mistreat Li Mo. But, after observing the old man, she realized that although he had a bad temper and a poisonous mouth, he was very conscientious with his work. Although she had already washed Li Mo’s wound, the doctor cleaned the area again before putting on the medicine and bandaging the injury.
Once he was done, Li Man sincerely said, “Thank you, doctor.”
The old doctor coldly harrumphed. He didn’t even glance her way to acknowledge her words. Instead, he turned to Li Hua and said, “Let him properly rest for the next several days. Don’t let his wound get wet. Also, here’s three day’s worth of medicine. Remember, this medicine only needs to be changed once a day.”
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After saying this, he gave the medicine bottle to Li Hua.
So oldest brother would only take three days to recover? Li Hua was elated. “Thank you very much doctor. How much will this cost?”
“Cost?” The doctor scornfully swept his gaze over Li Man. “A bottle of my jin chuang medicine costs one silver tael. Even if you sell everything in your home, it wouldn’t be enough.”
(T/N: Jin chuang medicine is made from this plant plus other herbs.)
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Li Man’s eyes brightened. “Doctor, are you saying that you’re not going to charge us? That’s great. Sure enough, I was wrong about you. You’re a great ministering doctor, a compassionate Bodhisattva that helps the needy.”
The doctor enjoyed hearing her praise a lot. However, he felt pained when she suggested that he wasn’t going to charge them. “Who said I didn’t want money? My fee is one silver tael and not a coin less.”
“Three days’ worth of medicine is too much. I already feel much better after the medicine was applied. Let’s just keep one day’s worth. As for the other amount, doctor, you can take it back,” said Li Mo, who was still lying down on the bed.
The old doctor glowered at him. “Li Mo, don’t push yourself too hard. Your wound was very deep this time. If you don’t use the medicine for three days, it’ll be very detrimental to your wound. The weather is getting warmer too. If your injury gets infected, it won’t be a mere matter of one silver tael. It’s not guaranteed yet that your life has been saved.”
It was that serious? “Doctor, we want the medicine,” Li Hua quickly walked to the wardrobe and opened it. However, after taking out the coin bag and opening it to look, even if he added up all of the copper coins they had, it wasn’t enough for one silver tael. “Doctor, we don’t have enough at the moment. I can give you what we have now, and I’ll bring the rest over on another day. Is that okay?”
“No, the great me doesn’t accept deferred payments.” The old man deliberately gave him a hard time.
“Who wants your lousy medicine?” Li Man angrily took the medicine from Li Hua’s hand and threw it at the old man. “Your medicine is probably fake or mixed in with other stuff. Would an injury need three days to heal if this was real jin chuang medicine? I thought my initial impression of you was wrong. That you were actually a good doctor, a divine doctor even. But, you’re actually the type of person that hits people when they’re down and takes advantage of them when they’re in dire straits. You’re just a fake medicine peddler that swindles people out of their money.
Her words were a bit too malicious. Hearing these words, Li Mo furrowed his brow. He wanted to say something, but he swallowed his words after Li Hua gave him a meaningful look. Li Yan turned around. He couldn’t bear to see the old man, who looked as if he was going to faint from anger.
“Y-You… Ignorant little girl, what do you know?” The old man was also angry enough to start scolding. He pointed at the bottle. “This medicine was personally made by this old one. It’s infinitely better than the jin chuang medicine you can buy elsewhere. Plenty of people try to buy this medicine from me, and I’m not even willing to sell it to them. How dare you say this is fake?”
T/N: I wonder how serious Li Mo’s injury really is. Is he used to always downplaying the severity of his injuries in order to not worry his younger brothers? Or, are they making a mountain out a molehill?