Chapter 159 Selling herself to save her mother
Shu Huan saw this scene from not far away. She couldn’t hold back anymore, covered her mouth and snickered.
Who was the one extorting?!
Ji Danqing was also perplexed and smiled, "Is collecting money from examining a patient extortion?
Xu shi raised her voice and said, "What prescription is worth five silver liang? If this isn’t extortion, then what is it?!"
Ji Danqing patiently explained, "Checking the pulse is one liang, the prescription is one liang and visiting the patient is three liang."
"Liar!" Xu shi scolded. "In the herbal dicine shop, I only need a couple of copper coins to have two packages of dicine!"
In fact, the truth had long co to light. The onlookers found it interesting to watch them quarrel and therefore forgot to jeer. At this mont, when they heard Xu shi’s words, those who recognized Ji Danqing burst into laughter, "Hey, woman (derogatory), Doctor Ji is a famous doctor. He doesn’t usually co out to visit the patient. It was already very generous of him to charge you only five silver liang!"
Visit the patient! When Xu shi heard this keyword, she imdiately beca complacent. "Whoever that had invited him should pay! I won’t pay him!"
Liangchen chuckled. "This madam, aren’t you hurt or in pain anymore?"
Only then did Xu shi realized that she didn’t know when she had stood up and started to scold people in full spirit and energy. She exclaid, wanted to sit back on the ground and continued to pretend to be seriously hurt. However, after she squatted halfway, she realized that it was too late to redy. So, she could only stand up awkwardly again.
The onlookers laughed at the sight of this.
Gu Xihe imdiately felt he was cleared of the injustice, held his chest up and said, "See, you extorted first, so I called a doctor over to examine you. If you didn’t extort , why would I call for a doctor? Naturally, you have to pay this fee of consultation!"
Xu shi had always been arrogant and unreasonable. She still wanted to go back on her words, but only to realize that she was trying to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it. The onlookers who were originally attracted by the crying noise to criticize Gu Xihe and force him to pay, were now criticizing her. Soone even said, "That little brother’s trouser has been torn apart by you, compensate for that too!"
ijing said softly at the side, "The trouser is made by tailor Zhao at the east of the city and is worth at least ten silver liang."
Gu Xihe’s food and clothing expenses had always been very exquisite. She (M) didn’t exaggerate at all and only spoke the truth. As soon as she said it, the onlookers imdiately went silent. One could even hear soone gasping for air.
Visiting the doctor because of illness couldn’t be helped. Even if one couldn’t be examined by a famous doctor, one could spend a dozen copper coins to find an ordinary doctor to check the pulse. However, the trouser that one was worn casually on the body was even so extravagant, it just made ordinary people jealous.
Fortunately, this money should be paid by Xu shi and had nothing to do with others. After the crowd had been silent for a while, they clamored again...
"This money must be paid!"
"What has this little brother done wrong!? He has lost ten silver liang for no reason. It really doesn’t make sense if this money isn’t paid!"
"Ten silver liang! There is also the fee of five silver liang for inviting the doctor! I don’t think she can even pay it even if she sells herself. Why don’t we jointly be the witness, let her write a certificate of indebtedness and pay it back when she has the money in the future."
"Does she look like soone who would have money in the future?"
"That’s not guaranteed. If she continues to extort people like this, perhaps she’ll get rich one day!"
As the crowd spoke, they laughed again.
Shu Huan got an idea, gestured and called ijing to her side. She whispered, "Go, think of a way to let her write a slave contract."
ijing was stunned. For a mont, she couldn’t co to her senses. "Are you muddle-headed? She’s so old, who will buy...."
Halfway through the speech, she (M) rembered Xu shi’s identity. She was afraid that Shu Huan would bla her for her rash words, so, she quickly covered her mouth.
However, Shu Huan didn’t even notice this at all. Even if she did notice it, it was already generous of her that she didn’t follow in disdaining Xu shi. How would she still bla her (M)? At this mont, she was just in a hurry to get free and said, "Who told her to sell herself? Let her sell !"
"Ah...," Her thought was so bizarre that ijing was still stunned.
Opportunity knocked but once!
Shu Huan didn’t speak to ijing anymore. She stamped her feet, took out a bottle of hot pepper water, poured out two drops and rubbed it on her eyelids. Afterwards, she imdiately covered her eyes with a handkerchief and whimpered on the way. "Mother, my dear mother!"
This cry was in fact so loud that Shu Huan herself beca numb, but she was going with the ntality of disgusting Xu shi. She clearly saw Xu shi beco stunned and she (X) blankly turned to look in her (SH) direction. Shu Fu who was standing still at the side, shivered slightly too. She imdiately felt joy, so she acted more diligently. She threw herself in front of Xu shi. With red eyes, as she wiped her tears, she said, "Mother, how did we suddenly owe him so much money? What do we do?!"
The whole crowd was totally baffled. They didn’t know why suddenly a daughter popped out, but when Xu shi heard her (SH) saying this, she (X) thought there wasn’t any loss anyway, so she just answered, "How do I know? These people grouped together. They only know to bully us, the orphan and the widow!"
This was to ask for sympathy and directly kicked Shu Fu out of the family list, putting on the sign that this man was dead.
Shu Fu’s lips trembled with anger for a long ti, but because the female tiger (X) at ho had accumulated power for a long ti, he was used to being oppressed and afraid to argue, so he could only sulk and bear it.
Shu Huan took advantage of the situation and cried for a while. This caused Xu shi to cry too. She (X) thought she might as well cry more miserable, perhaps this stepdaughter would suddenly have a sting of conscience and could take out so money to pay it back for her (X). While she (SH) was at it, she (SH) could give a few more liang as family expenses. Even if she (SH) didn’t pay it for her (X), since she was familiar with Gu Xihe, she could put in a few good words, then this matter would be easily solved.
She (X) had a good sche in mind, but didn’t expect after Shu Huan made her (X) cry and verified her (SH) identity, she (SH) stopped accompanying her (X) in pretending to be pitiful. Instead, she (SH) looked up with tearful eyes at Gu Xihe who was confused at the side. "This little master, our family is poor. Even these clothes on are borrowed from my neighbor sister. I really can’t afford to pay you money. Can’t you be generous? I’m willing to sell myself to pay back the debt. I only ask you to not let those guards from the feudal office lock my mother up...."
As she said, she turned her head and cried again, "Mother...."
But, in her heart, she was thinking that this hot pepper water was really useful. She could have as many tears as she wanted. It made her acting very genuine and sincere. She was almost moved by it herself.
Gu Xihe understood her instantly without any explanation. He was very cooperative. He put his hand on the chin, and then glanced at Shu Huan, pretending to put on a hesitant look. "This ah! Even if your appearance is good, you can’t even be sold for more than fifteen silver liang! But I’m a kind man, and for the sake of your filial piety, this matter can be considered...."
Ji Danqing coughed lightly by the side and whispered, "Fourth young master, didn’t you say a few days ago that a maid is needed for serving tea and pouring water in the residence? I think her age is appropriate."
Gu Xihe nodded and said, "Yes. That’s right, then I’ll buy you!"
Ji Danqing took out the brush and ink. He said, "This humble one is going to write the slave contract, everybody please be the witness of this."
In a few words, the matter of selling oneself was settled!
There had been such a dramatic change in the matter that the crowd could only look at it, and no one had really co back to their senses. It wasn’t surprising that Shu Huan was so bold now. Just now, the crowd only paid attention to the gossip and didn’t pay any attention to the relationship between the people present, or her whispering with ijing. From the beginning, she had deliberately picked the dead corner out of sight to stand. One or two people from the crowd had noticed her, but she thought that they wouldn’t rember in such a short mont to beco suspicious.
Although they couldn’t rember, how could Xu shi not rember? It wasn’t until now that she realized that she had been fooled by them. She (X) imdiately stopped crying, jumped up from the ground, pulled Shu Huan and scolded her, "Very well! You all think that I can be easily bullied? You almost got fooled!"
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