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When he paid the bill, the shopkeeper was a rather shrewd old man. Looking at the buffed kelp in the shop, he asked the delicate lady, "These salty things are almost moldy in the shop, yet not many people buy them back. I wonder why this little lady wants these things?"

The lady was not stupid. She smiled and said, "My family is poor, and I can't afford to eat too good food. If I put these in the restaurant, I think I can eat some. I'll go home and see how I can eat them."

The shopkeeper calculated and glanced at the little girl. Her clothes were clean and she didn't bring any jewelry, so he believed her poor story, but he also told her, "You don't need to put salt in when you cook these salty things. It's already very salty, so you can save a lot of money on salt."

Knowing that he did not have any malicious intentions, she smiled gratefully. It was a pity that she could not say the uses of the kelp, otherwise people would suspect her. She had never been to Seahold before, how could she know so much?

The shopkeeper didn't smile. He calculated the money in his hand and was still thinking, "I wonder if this thing will eat bad people. If it spoils your stomach and you come to me, I can pay you back some money."

This time, the lady in red was even more grateful. Although the shopkeeper looked smart, she was actually very good at heart. If there was a chance, she would definitely let him know the uses of this kelp.

The price of the seeds was one tael of gold, the girl bought a bunch of random seeds that cost around thirty-eight taels of gold, the boss of the store calculated the price, and gave the girl a packet of radish seeds. When the two of them were about to leave, Ye Xuan shouted for her to pay attention to eat.

When she found the kelp, she was really happy. She had originally wanted to hire someone to buy it in Seahold, but she didn't expect that a small place like Qingyuan County would sell it. Unfortunately, there were only so many in the store.

As he returned along the same path, he could hear the faint sounds of weeping in front of him. There were also many people surrounding him, watching the show.

When the lady saw that the banner outside the store had the word "Doctor" written on it, her curiosity was piqued. She walked over with Ye Xuan to take a look.

In the crowd, a girl knelt in front of a middle-aged man and begged, "Please save my dad!" Beside her, the man's face was sunken, but his neck was swollen, and he looked horribly swollen.

The middle-aged man had a goatee and was in a very difficult position. "Your father's illness can't be cured. This old man has no other choice."

The girl couldn't control herself from crying, "Didn't you say that you only need to give my dad ginseng to eat? I will also earn money to buy ginseng for my dad to eat. I beg you, please save him! "

Hearing the girl's words, the middle-aged man looked around in bewilderment. When he found that there weren't any people who knew medical skills, he felt more at ease. "But you can't afford ginseng now. I can't treat your father!"

The girl choked with sobs, and her voice also became much softer, "Then can I...? Can you lend me the ginseng first, I … I'll give it back to you. "

After saying this, she also felt that it was not possible. Her face was red all the way down to her neck. Ginseng was so precious, how could someone lend it to her?

Before the goatee could even speak, a fat woman jumped out from the clinic, pointed at the girl and cursed, "If you don't have money, then why are you still here to see what's wrong with you? Your dad is going to die, hurry up and drag you home, don't block the business in front of our hospital entrance, you've been crying for so long, look how many people have been scared away, how are you going to repay the money we earn?"

"Huh?" The little girl raised her head, looking confused. Her eyes and nose were red from crying, and she looked like a cute little rabbit.

However, that fat woman clearly didn't have any intention of showing mercy to the fairer sex. She looked at her with disgust and wished that she could quickly disappear. If not for the fact that she appeared in time, her husband would have already had his soul snatched away by this little demon!

The man lying on the ground breathed heavily like a bellows. He said to his daughter, "Jin Ling, let's go home. Father is sick."

When the little girl heard this, she immediately cried and shook her head, but what could she do in such a predicament at such a young age?

The little girl held her weak father up. The fat woman looked at him coldly. "You're finally leaving. If you don't leave now, I'll get someone from the government to take you away."

The goatee looked at the little girl with pity in his eyes. He saw that this girl was still young and pretty, and he still wanted to raise her in his hands and wait for her to grow up to be a concubine. Unfortunately, the tigress in his family was too strong, so he had no choice but to give up.

"This girl is the one who sells cows." Ye Xuan whispered into her ear.

The lady raised her eyebrows in surprise. It turned out that selling fifteen taels of silver for three cows was to cure the disease. However, this kind of doctor was too deceitful. Did he really give ginseng for a child to eat just because he saw a doctor?

There was also the girl's father, who had a large neck and was always feeling a sense of familiarity with him.

"Wait!" Before she could even remember, Ye Xuan walked out from the crowd and asked the goatee, "Dare I ask, Doctor, what's wrong with this girl's father?" Why should ginseng be eaten? "

"Yeah, what disease is he suffering from? Why is your neck so big? Could it be an infectious disease? " The onlookers also started to discuss with each other.

"This disease of his is a poor disease. Many poor people have this disease. Earlier, there was a person who was left with this disease. After eating ginseng for a few more months, his family was no longer able to afford it and he died."

The goatee swore confidently. He had been practicing medicine for so long and had only encountered two cases of this disease. However, it was enough to deal with these ignorant commoners in the city.

"Ah?" He had never heard of this disease. Ginseng was so expensive, and the poor could afford it. "Ai, if I have to say it, it's better not to treat it."

"That's right, if you don't eat the ginseng, you will lose your life. If you eat it, you can live for a while, so be it. You might as well leave some money at home."

Hearing this, Jin Ling's father's face turned ashen, feeling more and more sorry for his daughter. He should have entrusted his daughter to someone else a long time ago, and if he sold his family property, he could also use it as a dowry for his daughter.

"That's why we shouldn't get sick without money. Sickness is the business of rich and powerful people. We poor people should earnestly beg the heavens to protect our health for the rest of our lives. Don't drag others down just because you're sick. You can't even afford to eat ginseng, what are you looking at? " The fat woman's words were sarcastic as she rolled her eyes at the crowd.

The little girl felt disgust in her heart. Why was this person speaking in such a disgusting manner? Since when did medical treatment become the right of the rich? Is it not impossible for the poor to see a doctor? Also, he didn't know what disease it was so he just randomly gave the patient ginseng to eat. ginseng was a great tonic, after eating it, he might be able to hang in there for a period of time, but the root of the illness was the reason why he didn't have the money to eat ginseng.

When the lady was angry, she put the things in her arms on the ground and wanted to argue with the fat woman, but when the kelp was put on the ground, a piece of news she had seen before suddenly flashed through her mind, saying that it was caused by a large neck disease in some parts of the country, which was later discovered to be caused by iodine deficiency, and later on by iodine in the country's salt.

Big neck disease, iodine, salt, these words in the brain, the girl remembered, kelp contains iodine, can cure big neck disease!

But she wasn't sure, and she couldn't make up her mind and give others joy.

"This disease is not a poverty-stricken disease! How can doctors save a person when they are poor or rich? The two of you have completely ruined the good words of the saints. No matter what illness it is, it can be divided into rich and poor. Since you don't know what disease it is, you can just say that you don't know how to cure it. The lady did not directly say that she might be able to treat this disease, but pointed out that such statements were wrong. There definitely wasn't just this infirmary in the county. How could it be their turn to criticize the lives of others?

Jin Ling first saw the person who bought her the other day stand out and speak up for her, then saw her beautiful sister speak up for her, and immediately felt no fear in her heart. She pointed at the goatee and said, "You also told me that after eating 3 ginseng, my dad would be better. I only have 15 silver taels for you.

"Could this person be a swindler? I used to buy medicine from his house when I had a cold, and he also suggested me to eat ginseng to recuperate.