Pei Xingyuan said, "In that case, out of those more than two thousand patients, can you not save at most only ten percent?"
Shang Ruyi replied, "But, it isn’t absolute."
"Oh? Is there another way?"
Shang Ruyi said, "Previously, in Fufeng, the dication was used, firstly because Feng Chen was the only patient, and secondly because She’er brought enough dicine, so we weren’t frugal in its use. However, with such a large number of patients, the dication naturally needs to be reduced. For his treatnt, we used eight qian per person, but for these patients, five qian per person should suffice; the usual three doses per day can also be changed to two doses."
"..."
"Moreover, he drank the dicine for more than twenty days, with the last few days as a precaution against a relapse. In fact, at least five days of the dication could have been spared."
Yu Wenye, upon hearing this, glared at her.
Although he never showed any fear of the bitterness of the dicine while drinking it, bitter is bitter, and whose tongue wouldn’t taste it? Moreover, three doses a day made him lose all appetite, and in the last few days, he nearly couldn’t eat at all.
Unexpectedly, it was this young woman—
As he cast a glare, Shang Ruyi imdiately felt guilty and lowered her head, then quickly said, "So in these calculations—"
Pei Xingyuan imdiately said, "About three thousand jin of dicine is needed."
At his words, both Yu Wenye and Shang Ruyi were sowhat surprised. Especially Shang Ruyi, who could explain it because she’d been calculating this matter since last night, was astonished that Pei Xingyuan had just co up with the number.
And he was right.
Shang Ruyi couldn’t help but look at him with fresh eyes, "Mr. Pei, you are amazing!"
Pei Xingyuan, hearing this, got even more smug, swaying his head and waving his hand, "It’s a small thing, even more, and this little student could easily calculate it."
Seeing him so full of himself, Yu Wenye couldn’t help but turn his head away, acting as if he hadn’t seen anything. But Pei Xingyuan knew that they were discussing important matters and quickly stopped showing off, continuing seriously, "But even with these calculations, it’s still not enough."
Shang Ruyi also nodded in agreent.
About two thousand jin short.
This ti, even Pei Xingyuan frowned.
Though normally he seed unserious, it was just in his nature, but he understood the gravity of major issues. Especially since the numbers they discussed might an life or death for hundreds or thousands when applied to others, missing a single person would an that person couldn’t survive.
That is the bloody reality!
He muttered, "Is there really no other way?"
At this mont, Shang Ruyi glanced at him and then at Yu Wenye before saying, "Actually, there is another way."
"...!?"
Hearing this, Yu Wenye looked at her with so surprise, seemingly puzzled by her hesitation and lateness in ntioning it. But Pei Xingyuan didn’t react and just anxiously asked, "What way?"
Shang Ruyi glanced at Yu Wenye before softly saying, "It’s an ergency now, so using dicine can’t compare to usual tis. The dose Feng Chen took was naturally the best, but now with so many patients and insufficient dicine, the only way is to use so other dicine with similar effects as substitutes."
Upon hearing this, Pei Xingyuan’s eyes lit up, "Can it be done?"
Shang Ruyi replied, "For instance, grains of paradise and magnolia bark have similar effects, and white-backed root and plantain with talc have similar effects. If we’re really short, we’ll have to use these to make up the difference."
"..."
"With this, the dicine available at hand can at least be tripled!"
"...!"
Pei Xingyuan’s eyes brightened even more, saying joyfully, "In that case, we can treat at least sixty percent of the patients, that’s fantastic!"
The result was still less than ideal, but at least it was a vast improvent from before.
Although Pei Xingyuan was grinning from ear to ear, Shang Ruyi’s expression didn’t lighten much with finding the solution, instead, when eting Yu Wenye’s deep, all-seeing eyes, her breathing grew heavier.
At this point, Pei Xingyuan seed to sense sothing too, asking them, "We have a solution, why aren’t you two happier?"
Shang Ruyi replied, "This thod also has a problem."
"Oh? What problem?"
"dicine specific to the condition yields the best efficacy; the thod I thought of, while it can save more people, reduces dicinal potency significantly."
"..."
"A decrease in potency ans—"
Shang Ruyi lifted her head to look at Yu Wenye, and softly said, "It will take longer to cure those people!"
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