Sanya pointed to a small box on the ground beside her, "Mother, is it this one? I saw two people carrying it in earlier."
Mrs. Chen slapped her forehead, "Look at , getting more forgetful as I age. It must be this one, a thousand taels of gold aren’t light."
Then she opened the box and looked inside, the golden light was so dazzling that it nearly blinded her.
Sanya stood nearby curiously, "Is this gold? There’s so much of it." She wanted to touch it but didn’t dare.
Li Shi didn’t look at the gold; her eyes were fixed on the shimring silk. If these were worn, wouldn’t it be marvellous?
She then heard Ah Tie reading, "A set of red-gold inlaid pearl hairpins."
Mrs. Chen looked around and finally found a black lacquer box inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
Once opened, the eyes of the won in the room stopped moving.
Even the young Sanya and Yingzi’s eyes were shining.
Mrs. Chen patted her heart, uttered a Buddhist chant, closed the box, and set it aside.
Ah Tie continued reading, "A set of red-gold inlaid gemstone hairpins."
"A seven-treasure red-gold necklace."
"A pair of mutton-fat jade imperial concubine bracelets."
"A pair of jadeite round bangles."
"Eight pieces of cloud brocade."
"Eight pieces of Shu brocade."
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anwhile, Yun Jiao was diagnosing patients at the front.
After the commotion, people on the street, sick or not, rushed madly into Renxin Hall.
The chairs that were long empty now finally served their heroic purpose.
Lin Shuo and Ah Hu were busy maintaining order, guiding everyone to queue up.
Jiang Youzhi had to stand beside Yun Jiao to prevent anyone from pushing in.
The three large shops were crowded to the brim.
Yun Jiao first advised Lin Shuo and Ah Hu, "Ask people if they’re here for paediatrics, please let them know it’s not my specialty."
"Also, those here for dental care should be inford that I can’t treat that either."
"Don’t let people wait in line in vain."
Lin Shuo and Ah Hu patiently inquired one by one.
Lin Shuo, being a noble young master, had never done such a thing, but for so reason, he felt quite good about it, at least he could help so people.
Yun Jiao was busy diagnosing and prescribing, Zhang Shun and Liu Zhu were overwheld with preparing the dicine, and called Lao Jiu and Ah Tie from the back to help.
Lao Jiu was responsible for packaging.
Ah Tie backed up the prescriptions.
Seeing that order was restored, Jiang Youzhi also entered the counter to help copy prescriptions, allowing Ah Tie to focus on dicine preparation.
Yun Jiao glanced at the bustling scene in the shop, estimating that this surge of interest could last for at least a few days.
If business continued to be this good, she might have to implent a numbering system.
The workers from Qilin Hall stood at the entrance watching Renxin Hall.
As there were too many people inside, under Lin Shuo and Ah Hu’s guidance, a long line had now ford from inside the shop stretching far out.
The worker hesitated for a mont, then turned to see Manager Sun standing behind him with a grim expression.
He shrank his neck and slipped back inside.
Yun Jiao was busy until the sun set, and as evening approached, there were still a few patients waiting in the shop.
She thought for a mont, then asked Ah Tie to write out numbers one, two, three, four on slips of paper, stamped them, and handed them to the few, softly saying, "It’s late now, the light in the shop is poor, and we can’t afford any mistakes with the dicine. Please co back in the morning, and I’ll attend to everyone in this order."
Only then did they leave with the slips.
Zhang Shun and Liu Zhu closed the doors, Jiang Youzhi fetched water for Yun Jiao to wash her hands.
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