I Can See Through Everything - Chapter 31

Chapter 31 Luck and Change

As soon as Lu Qing entered the house, he saw a brand new large iron pot placed there.

Doctor Chen went back to the inner room and took out a cloth bag.

“These silver taels are from selling the Red Moon Carp. Keep them.”

The old doctor handed the cloth bag to Lu Qing.

Lu Qing took it and felt the heavy weight, and couldn’t help but be surprised.

“So much, Grandpa Chen, how much did the Red Moon Carp sell for?”

“You are lucky.” The old doctor said, “The nobleman I sent the medicinal materials to this time has a wife who has been weak recently and needs to nourish her body. When she heard that I had a Red Moon Carp, she asked to buy it for one hundred taels of silver without saying a word.”

“One hundred taels?” Lu Qing glared, “Grandpa Chen, didn’t you say before that my Red Moon Carp was too big and its value had dropped?”

He remembered that the old doctor had said before that the best Red Moon Carp only cost one hundred taels a piece.

“That’s why I said you were lucky,” the old doctor said, stroking his beard. “Normally, only the best Red Moon Carp is worth a hundred taels.”

“But that nobleman dotes on his wife, and this Red Moon Carp, besides being incredibly delicious, is also incredibly nourishing. That’s why he offered me the highest price.”

What a coincidence!

Lu Qing couldn’t help but agree with the old doctor.

His luck was truly remarkable.

“This hundred taels is all the cash you asked for. After deducting the ten taels I paid for your treatment and the five taels I paid for the iron pot and salt, there’s still eighty-five taels left.”

Lu Qing opened the bag and took a look. The white silver inside was dazzling.

It was mostly silver ingots, some large and some small, ten taels each, five taels each, with some small change.

Clearly, the old doctor had considered his daily needs and had exchanged some for small change.

As for the fifteen taels he’d spent, Lu Qing didn’t mind much.

The old doctor charged ten taels of silver for the consultation and medicine, which sounded quite expensive.

But based on his understanding of the old doctor, he suspected that the old doctor had charged less.

As for the cost of buying an iron pot and salt.

Let’s not talk about the salt, but the iron pot was expensive, which was what he expected.

After all, in his memory, when the original owner sold the iron pot at home, he also made a lot of money.

Until now, there are not many families in the village who can use iron pots.

You can imagine how expensive an iron pot is.

But no matter how expensive the iron pot is, Lu Qing will buy it.

He has been in this world for so long, and most of the food he eats is either boiled or stewed, and his appetite has become bland.

With an iron pot, he can cook many more dishes.

It doesn’t matter if the clothes are a little worse, but when it comes to food, you must not treat yourself too badly. This is Lu Qing’s consistent life principle.

“Also, I have already opened this iron pot for you last night. You can use it directly when you go back, and you don’t have to open the pot yourself.” The old doctor said again.

Lu Qing took a look and saw that the iron pot was shiny with oil, and it had been thoroughly cooked.

“Grandpa Chen, it takes a lot of oil to cook the pot, I’ll give you money.” Lu Qing opened the cloth bag.

“No need.” Old Doctor Chen waved his hand, “It’s just two pieces of fat pork, it doesn’t cost much, and I’m too lazy to cut you any more silver.”

Seeing that the old doctor was unwilling to accept it, Lu Qing had no choice but to give up.

He knew that people in this world had a contemptuous attitude towards pork.

Especially the upper class nobles, who thought that pork was cheap and was something that only the poor people at the bottom would eat.

People who were slightly richer preferred to eat beef and mutton.

Therefore, the price of pork in this world was not expensive.

Of course, this was not expensive, but only compared with beef and mutton.

For the common people at the bottom, as long as it was meat, it would not be cheap.

So even pork cannot be eaten frequently.

Only during festivals, or when the family is well-off and guests come to visit, will they buy some to eat.

However, Lu Qing also knew that the old doctor was obviously not a man who was short of money. He probably didn’t care about two pieces of fat pork at all.

“Thank you, Grandpa Chen.”

“Okay, don’t fuss about such a small matter.” The old doctor said indifferently, “Lie down on the bed first, I’ll give you acupuncture.”

Lu Qing took off his shirt as he said and lay on the wooden bed.

The old doctor took out a silver needle.

He said, “Today is the third time I’ve given you acupuncture, and it’s the last time. After this time, you won’t need it again in the future.”

“Grandpa Chen, are you saying that my body is healed?” Lu Qing asked in surprise.

“I can’t say you’ve fully recovered, but your vitality is basically stable. From now on, just eat well and get enough rest, and you’ll slowly recover. You don’t need the strengthening and nourishing needles anymore.”

“Thank you, Grandpa Chen.”

“Alright, relax and don’t move.”

Doctor Chen began the acupuncture. A moment later, Lu Qing fell asleep.

The old doctor frowned as he watched the slumbering Lu Qing.

Although Lu Qing had been recuperating with him and making good progress,

he still couldn’t pinpoint the cause of Lu Qing’s sudden recovery.

During this time, he’d carefully examined Lu Qing’s body while he was giving him acupuncture.

There was nothing wrong with him, and no underlying illness.

This puzzled him.

After pondering for a while, still unable to come to a conclusion, the old doctor finally relaxed his frown.

Even if he couldn’t find the cause, it was good that Lu Qing had finally recovered, making his treatment worthwhile.

“Grandpa Chen, is my brother asleep?”

Xiaoyan asked softly.

After watching Lu Qing give acupuncture treatments a few times, the little girl wasn’t as frightened as before.

However, she still hesitated to watch Grandpa Chen insert the needles.

“Well, he’s asleep. Let’s go. Let’s not disturb your brother’s rest. Let’s go outside. Grandpa brought back some cakes from the city yesterday. I heard they were delicious.”

“Really? What kind of cakes were they?”

“It’s called osmanthus cake…”

When Lu Qing awoke from his deep sleep, he felt a surge of energy.

He was certain that this wasn’t just an illusion like the first time he had acupuncture, but that his body had truly recovered. He

had to thank Dr. Chen for all this.

Just as Lu Qing was thinking, he heard Xiaoyan’s laughter from outside the courtyard.

He smiled softly, put on his shirt, and walked out.

Dr. Chen and Xiaoyan were still sitting on the stone bench. The little girl was holding a cake, chatting about something, her legs swaying back and forth, her head tilted back and laughing happily.

The scene was almost identical to what Lu Qing had seen when he woke up from his first acupuncture treatment.

However, at that time, he was weak, had nothing, and even had difficulty surviving.

But now, his body has basically recovered, and he has just earned hundreds of taels of silver.

In the future, he will also have the opportunity to study medicine with Doctor Chen.

Everything has changed.

This chapter is to make up for last night’s headache. I didn’t finish it yesterday. Sorry, there will be two more chapters tonight

(end of this chapter)