Chapter 74: Everyone Has a Scale in Their Heart
As Di Yelei and the medicine pageboy went in one after another, the elderly doctor had already diagnosed Elderly Mr. Di, administered an injection, and left the wing room.
Seeing Elderly Mr. Di waking up from his coma, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Elderly Mr. Di, who had just awakened, was still in a state of confusion. Although he managed to open his eyes, he soon fell back to sleep again.
The elder doctor was then invited into the hall, after cleaning his hands, he settled down on a chair to quickly prescribe a medicine!
It wasn’t until he put down his brush-pen, that the elderly doctor glanced at the anxious faces around him.
“The patient’s illness was caused by extreme rage, leading to a reversal of blood and qi that rushes to the brain. To suppress the condition, at the very minimum, we will need ginseng that is over a hundred years old to save him. Luckily, I happen to have some ginseng that is around 120 years old. Part of it has already been used, but if you’re willing, we can use it to treat the patient,”
Di Yelei was the first to step forward, “Use it! Dr. He, please do whatever it takes to save my father! As for the money, we will find a way. Dr. He, I beg of you!”
The elder doctor didn’t say anything, he just stared at the others.
“So… how much does this ginseng cost?”
Ms. Zhao, who was standing nearby, hesitantly asked.
“A complete piece of old ginseng will cost 300 taels of silver. As for the patient’s condition … well, let’s do it this way! I will use two slices of the ginseng and an additional ginseng whisker for his medicine, and I will only charge you 50 taels of silver. The rest of the money for the medicine and consultation fee will be calculated separately.”
Everyone gasped!
So much!
All of them gasped at the high cost of the medicine!
Although they were mentally prepared that the medicine wouldn’t be cheap, they never expected it would be such an enormous sum!
Liu Sisi was also taken aback. It might be a mere figure for the wealthy, but for the ordinary farmers, one tael of silver was enough to support a whole family for a year!
The elder doctor’s asking price of 50 taels of silver was practically robbing these families of their lives!
Di Gaoyuan standing nearby couldn’t wait any longer!
Without waiting for Ms. Zhao to speak, he hurriedly strode forward two steps, “Dr. He, did you … is it possible that you mentioned a higher price? We previously heard that the hundred years old ginseng was priced at 200 taels of silver, so why…”
“True, a hundred-year-old ginseng does cost 200 taels of silver, but what I brought is 120-year-old ginseng.”
The irritated elder doctor stood up, “The older the ginseng, the more potent it becomes. I’ve been practicing medicine for years, don’t tell me you think I am trying to swindle you? Such an ignorant group!”
“No, not at all! Dr. He, you’ve misunderstood. Gaoyuan didn’t mean that, he was merely asking out of curiosity!”
With his face turning red, Gaoyuan waved his hands in denial. Even when accused of ignorance, he didn’t dare to refute.
“I’ve been practicing medicine for so many years, and no one has ever doubted my medical ethics!”
Clearly, the elder doctor was upset!
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