amaotonovel Chapter 30 People lined up to express their gratitude one after another
Chapter 30 People lined up to express their gratitude one after another
There are so many people lining up to express their gratitude, so what kind of gifts can I receive today?
Rong Su had just taken four thousand taels from Gao Zhuangshan and Jiang Suifeng the day before.
Today, Jiang Yanyu sent someone to invite her to the small pavilion to chat, expressing her desire to thank her.
At some point, several bamboo screens were hung on all sides of the small pavilion.
In the gentle autumn breeze, it ripples and makes a lot of noise.
When Rong Su approached, she saw Jiang Yanyu already sitting inside, but it seemed that there was someone familiar besides her.
She reached out and lifted the screen, walked in, and saw Liu Zhu sitting inside.
When Liu Zhu saw her, he stood up as if by reflex, looking a little timid.
Seeing him like this, Jiang Yanyu reluctantly reached out to pull her back, asking her to continue sitting down. "Sister Zhuzhu, there's no need to be like this. You've already escaped slavery. Now you're the Second Miss of the Jiang family. There's no need to be so timid."
Liu Zhu seemed a little at a loss, lowered his head, and nodded softly: "Yes."
Listening to their words, Rong Su found a stone chair and sat down opposite Jiang Yanyu. Then he poured himself some water and asked, "So you invited me here to thank me?"
Jiang Yanyu was not surprised by Rong Su's direct personality. During the time she spent with Rong Su, she seemed to have seen some of her character. Although she had not fully understood it, she did not find it strange.
"Yes. Zhuzhu and I both want to thank you for helping us. That's why we invited you here to thank you in person."
Liu Zhu shyly raised her head and looked at her, then nodded and whispered softly, "Yes. Miss Rong, Zhu Zhu doesn't have anything valuable to thank you for. This jade pendant is something my mother left me, and it has some value, so I wanted to give it to you as a thank you gift."
As she spoke, she took out a blue jade pendant from her bosom. On the jade pendant was carved a pair of playful fish, which were lifelike and full of vitality.
After just one look, Rong Su liked it a lot. Without any hesitation, she took it and looked at it carefully. Then, she nodded with satisfaction and said to Liu Zhu, "It's a nice jade pendant. I'll accept your gratitude."
Seeing Rong Su like him, Liu Zhu couldn't help but show a happy expression on her face, but she was still a little embarrassed. She said softly: "Thank you for giving me the opportunity. Otherwise, I might have lost the chance to be with Master Gao because of my stubbornness."
After hearing her words, Rong Su could not deny it. She put away the jade pendant and said calmly, "At least this ending is what you want now, that's good."
"Miss Rong. Actually, I have a question that I want to ask you." Liu Zhu looked at Rong Su and hesitated for a long time before asking.
Seeing the confusion on her face, Rong Su did not refuse and nodded, "Ask."
Liu Zhu pursed her lips several times, as if considering her words. After a while, she looked at her and asked, "That day, you asked me to invite the young master to the deserted temple. You only told me at the time that you would persuade the young master to stand on our side. But then Madam Gao came. I asked Sister Jiang about everything that happened afterwards. Sister Jiang said she didn't know about those things either."
Unexpectedly, Liu Zhu would care about this. Rong Su glanced at her and replied casually, "Oh? If you care so much about this, it's okay to tell you. I think the person who should be asking these questions is not you, but Gao Zhuangshan, right?"
When Liu Zhu heard this, a trace of embarrassment appeared on her face, obviously she had guessed it right.
"Forget it. It seems that Gao Zhuangshan was not able to ask me these questions that day because Master Jiang was there. So I will tell him through you today." Rong Su said indifferently.
Seeing that Liu Zhu and Jiang Yanyu were looking at her seriously, she took a sip of tea and then spoke slowly.
"That's right. Everything that happened afterwards was actually under my control. Including the fact that Madam Gao would come to find Gao Zhuangshan, and that Master Cheng would coincidentally come to the deserted temple at that time. I calculated all of this."
Jiang Yanyu's face was tinged with confusion, and she humbly asked, "I remember you said you didn't find any evidence that Madam Gao poisoned Master Zhou. How come Master Shen and the others had it on them at the time?"
Rong Su hadn't expected Jiang Yanyu to observe so carefully, so she explained everything to her. "Not long ago, I secretly asked Shen Peiqing and the others to find evidence. I told them that regardless of whether they found evidence or not, they had to invite Master Cheng. So there was also an element of gambling involved. I was betting that Shen Peiqing and the others would find evidence in time and invite Master Cheng."
"Miss Rong, are you so sure that Mr. Shen and the others will find evidence?" Jiang Yanyu seemed a little surprised by Rong Su's risky behavior.
Seeing her expression, Rong Su remained calm. He played with the lid of the teacup with his fingers, curled his lips and said, "No matter how certain it is, I won in the end. Other things are not that important, right?"
Jiang Yanyu heard that Rong Su didn't seem to want to elaborate anymore, so she stopped asking and took out a silver carved bracelet from her sleeve, placed it on the table, and pushed it in front of Rong Su.
"Miss Rong, this is the thank you gift I wanted to give you. Actually, it's strange to say, when I first met you, I had an urge in my heart to give you this jade bracelet, but I just couldn't find a reason. Now, I finally have the chance."
When Rong Su saw the jade bracelet, her mind went blank for a moment. She stared at it in a daze for a while until she heard Jiang Yanyu's soft call. Then she came back to her senses and asked Jiang Yanyu in a calm voice, "Is this jade bracelet yours?"
Jiang Yanyu smiled lightly, nodded, looked at the jade bracelet, and then said to her, "Yes. This is a gift from my mother on one of my birthdays. I wear it occasionally."
After hearing these words, Rong Su felt such complicated emotions for the first time. He glanced at Jiang Yanyu who was smiling faintly, then looked at the jade bracelet. He slowly reached out to take it and looked at it carefully. The memory of this bracelet was so deep in his mind that he could recall it from his previous life.
Jiang Yanyu and Liu Zhu seemed to have something else to do, so they left first, leaving her alone sitting in the small pavilion, looking down at the jade bracelet in her hand, lost in deep thought.
She had an impression of this jade bracelet.
In her previous life, when she arrived in Lincheng after being displaced, she was penniless and almost had to beg with beggars.
Just when she was starving and cold, and was about to faint from hunger because she hadn't eaten a full meal for several days, a kind-hearted woman took pity on her and helped her.
However, since she didn't have any extra silver on her, he only gave her a silver carved jade bracelet.
Afterwards, she saw her hurriedly walking out of the city with a bag and she didn't even have time to ask a name.
Thinking about it now, she vaguely remembered that a man next to her called her "Yu'er".
Holding the jade bracelet, Rong Su gently pulled the corner of her mouth and whispered softly: "It seems that fate is a cycle. You helped me when I was in trouble, and now I have repaid your favor."
Just as my thoughts were wandering away, suddenly, a reader popped up in front of me.
[Due to the reader upgrade, the next stage of the small plot content task will be opened]
[——Find the Blood Lotus of Quanshan Mountain and stop someone from using it to harm others. Successfully changing the ending will earn you a level up. Failure will result in a downgrade.]
[Note: Quanshan Blood Lotus is a poison, not an ordinary medicinal herb]
Rong Su saw the task content given by the reader and paid special attention to the fact that failure would result in downgrade.
Immediately, she felt threatened. She confronted Xiaozhu with a cold face: "There has never been a demotion in previous missions. Why is there suddenly such a punishment?"
Xiaozhu saw that she was dissatisfied and had no choice but to defend her.
[Host, there was a previous quest where if the host didn't complete it, they would automatically return to the starting point as a punishment.]
Hearing a hint of sophistry in this strange voice, Rong Su raised an eyebrow and said sarcastically, "Oh, let's put it this way. Don't try to divert my attention. What I'm asking now is why there is a penalty of demotion for failure!"
Xiaozhu didn't expect Rong Su to be so difficult to fool, and his voice sounded a little aggrieved and pitiful.
[Host, I'm just a little assistant. The reader is responsible for issuing all tasks. It may think that you threatened it before, and it's uncomfortable, so it suddenly gave you a demotion.]
Rong Su was immediately angered and sneered, "Very good. In other words, it's just unhappy and is now seeking revenge?"
Xiaozhu was unable to say anything and could only pretend to be silent.
Not hearing Xiaozhu's reply, Rong Su bit her lip, feeling inexplicably unhappy in her heart. She was also a person who held grudges, and now she still needed to use the reader. She didn't want to have any disagreements or conflicts with the reader for the time being unless it was absolutely necessary.
This would only waste her time for revenge. Her time is so precious, she should use it to deal with Rong Yingxin.
After realizing this, Rong Su didn't bother to argue with the reader anymore. As long as the mission didn't fail, it would be fine.
Xiaozhu had just felt the faint anger in Rong Su, but suddenly he couldn't feel it anymore and was about to ask out of curiosity.
Just then, another side quest popped up in the reader.
[The reader triggers small plot side quests based on the host's small plot content]
[——Accumulate 1000 points of Medical Reputation within one year. When you reach 1000 points, your reader will be upgraded to level 5 and you will receive a mysterious blind box gift. There is no punishment for this side quest.]
[Note: Saving one person earns 1 point. Once your accumulated fame reaches 10, you can accumulate fame simply by using the name.]
When Rong Su saw this side quest, she was a little surprised. Before she could react, Xiaozhu was already happy for her.
[Host, that's great! Because of your kindness, the reader feels guilty and specially compensates you. Not only is there no punishment for this side quest, but there is also a mysterious blind box gift for completing it.]
After hearing this, Rong Su's originally bad mood gradually faded away, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, staring at this side quest, this quest seemed good, the reputation of medical skills, she didn't understand where this came from.
However, she knew one thing, that is, if she became famous, famous enough to shock Rong Yingxin, or make her feel afraid, it might not be a bad thing.
Thinking of this, she felt much better.
"However, it will take time to publicize my medical skills. And as for saving lives, there are no patients who need me to save them now." Rong Su lowered his head and murmured softly.
Just when she was at a loss, two servants walked by on the path. They seemed to be talking about something, and when they saw her, they bowed to her respectfully.
She nodded lightly, and then heard the conversation between the two servants.
"Recently, my mother has been suffering from dizziness and blurred vision. Fortunately, there is a clinic in the city, otherwise I would be worried."
"That's true. There's only one clinic in our city. Last time I had a sudden fever and went to see a doctor, the clinic was packed with people. I had to wait for half an hour and couldn't finish my work. Oh, when will there be another clinic in the city?"
"Yes, but there are not many doctors willing to stay in Lincheng to open a clinic now. After all, Lincheng is not a good place to make money. If it were me, I would also open a clinic in Zhongdu, where there are many dignitaries."
The two servants talked to each other with sighs, then shook their heads and walked away in frustration.
After listening to their conversation, Rong Su raised her hand and pinched her chin, thinking about it. It turned out that she rarely saw any medical clinics in the city, and there were only two drug stores.
Feeling strange, she went to find Jiang Suifeng.
After hearing her question, Jiang Suifeng sighed softly and said, "Miss Rong, you don't know that our city is primarily prosperous due to trade. Farming is second only to agriculture. As for clinics and pharmacies, few people think of running them. First, clinics don't make money. Second, studying medicine is time-consuming. No one wants to waste time on making money, and clinics really don't make money."
Rong Su didn't understand how the clinic couldn't make money. People are not made of stone. It is impossible for them to not get sick all year round. There will always be times when they need to see a doctor. Moreover, the epidemic may spread soon. At that time, there will be more places that need clinics.
"Master Jiang, I don't quite understand. A clinic isn't some free charity. They have to charge for treating patients. If they charge, how can they not make money? There are at least a few thousand people in the city, if not tens of thousands. Isn't this kind of business impossible?"
Jiang Suifeng was slightly taken aback, then chuckled and shook his head, saying to her, "It seems Miss Rong doesn't know. There's a rule about running a clinic in Lincheng that doctors can't charge more than one or two taels of silver per consultation. But the cost of prescribing herbs alone is not small. This kind of business is a loss-making business. Who would want to do this?"
Hearing this, Rong Su couldn't help but be shocked. She didn't expect that Lincheng had such a rule. No wonder there were so few Chinese medicine clinics in the city.
This is simply like running a clinic and doing charity work.
Who would be willing to open a clinic?
"The only clinic in the city can hold on only because of the support from Lord Cheng. Otherwise, there would be almost no clinic left in Lincheng." Jiang Suifeng sighed and shook his head helplessly.
Rong Su was puzzled: "If that's the case, why not abolish that rule?"
Jiang Suifeng frowned slightly, then said helplessly, "Without a clear order from Zhongdu, how can the officials of the state capital have the qualifications to abolish the regulations?"
"Then I don't understand why Zhongdu has set up such cruel and inhumane rules?" Rong Su was not speaking up for the people of Lincheng, she just couldn't understand Zhongdu's approach. What was the purpose behind it?
Jiang Suifeng seemed to have seen through this problem long ago, and his expression showed helplessness.
"Lincheng is one of the few places in Zhongzhou where trade is flourishing. If Zhongdu wants to develop its economy and make money, it will start in Lincheng. If too many clinics open, who will still be willing to do business?"
Rong Su just felt that this idea was extremely abnormal, but what did the abnormality have to do with her? Now this abnormality gave her a great opportunity.
After figuring this out, she looked at Jiang Suifeng and suggested with a faint smile, "Since that's the case, if they don't open it, then I'll do it."