131: Chapter 131 Moving House Plan (3)_1 131: Chapter 131 Moving House Plan (3)_1 Baohe Hall is a century-old dical center, where dicines of all kinds are available at fair prices, and the doctors on duty are carefully selected for their virtuous character.
The space of the dical Center is vast, spacious and open, with an antique and elegant decoration that carries the flavor of years gone by.
Extensive shelves line the lengthy east, west, and north walls, made up of nurous small drawers.
Each drawer is labeled with the na of the dicine it contains, with thousands of dicines stored on the three walls.
A few nimble youngsters stand on either side of the entrance of the dical Center.
As soon as soone cos in, they greet them in turn, directing them to a doctor who specializes in their particular ailnt for treatnt.
There are four doctors in the dical Center, all senior physicians.
They sit around the periter of the center, thodically treating patients.
As soon as Cai Wei and the others stepped inside, a young shop assistant ca over, warmly greeting them, “Ladies and young masters, please co in.
Are you here for dical treatnt or to pick up dicine?”
Cai Wei briefly explained her father’s condition.
The shop assistant listened carefully, then imdiately ushered them over to an elderly doctor near the south window and relayed Cai Wei’s words to him.
The old doctor had a benevolent deanor and kindly eyes, showing him to be a compassionate old man.
After listening to the shop assistant’s recap, the old doctor pondered for a mont and said: “From what you’ve described, your father’s condition arises from excessive ntal and physical strain, nutritional deficiency, and a sudden attack of heart fire.
The condition is both weighty and light; if he rests and recuperates well, a few doses of dicine can greatly improve his condition, otherwise, it might endanger his life.”
Cai Fei beca anxious upon hearing the words ‘endanger his life’, and hurriedly asked: “Doctor, what should we do then?”
The old doctor said: “The urgent matter at hand for your father’s condition is to rest peacefully and recuperate.
If you can afford it, the best redy would be ‘Ginseng Soup’ for nourishnt.
It works quickly and replenishes qi and strengthens the body.
Ginseng Soup, as the na implies, is a soup made solely from ginseng.
Cai Wei blinked her eyes; her space was already overflowing with ginseng, enough to fill a whole cart, just from the thousand-year-old ginseng.
“However, I don’t know why, but recently, dicine rchants from the Liaodan kingdom have been buying up ginseng in our Great Jin dynasty on a large scale.
Many pharmacies have sold out of ginseng, or if they do have it, the stock is extrely low.
Naturally, this makes it a rare and expensive commodity with a high price.
Even a small, three to five-year-old ginseng sells at ten taels of silver, so if you find this difficult, I can prescribe so other nourishing dicines for you instead.
However, their effects are slower than that of ginseng.”
When Cai Fei heard that a small ginseng could cost ten taels of silver, she bit her lip and looked at Cai Wei in silence.
Wen’er and Wu’er also stared at their sister with big, expectant eyes.
A twitch ran through the corner of Cai Wei’s mouth as a pain shot through her heart.
So, her brothers were waiting for her to speak up and provide the money.
If she didn’t buy the ginseng, they would be disappointed in her.
But if she did buy it, considering the amount of thousand-year-old ginsengor even more nurous than white radishes she had in the forest of her space, the loss seed unbearable.
After taking all factors into consideration, she made a wise choice between the money and her prestige as an older sister.
“Let’s buy it!” So, two thumb-thick, dry pieces of small ginseng – of uncertain age and potency – were purchased by Cai Wei for twenty-three taels and four coins.
This made her internal organs writhe in pain, and she imdiately decided to recoup her loss.
Given the currently high price of ginseng, rather than letting the ginseng in her space go to waste, it would be better to exchange it for silver.
With good luck, she might even make a huge profit.
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