Chapter 165: Contradictions and Entanglements Ponder
Fujino Zhilan is smart and studious, as long as Ula no Tao says it once, she can remember it, and after following her out of the city for a few days, she has already learned a lot of medicinal herbs.
After returning home, Alayan Zongxue examined her, and she could tell almost every herb's rhizome, leaf shape, color, taste, and various characteristics, and even what diseases could be used to treat her.
Fujino Kiyoki urged her to go out and find work, but she wanted to stay and help the Alayan sect, saying that she liked to fiddle with medicinal herbs.
Seeing that the brother and sister were arguing, Alayanzong came to persuade her: "Since she is willing to help, let's stay!"
Fujino Zhilan is full of joy, Fujino Kiyoki is usually pampered with her, and there is nothing she can do, so she has to let it go.
The three of them no longer went out to mow the grass and collect medicine, and the hay they had saved during this time was enough for three horses to eat for a month or two.
The herbs they picked needed to be dried, and some of them had already dried, so the three of them sorted and sorted them.
Alayanzong found some old cloth from Bailey Changfeng, and Ula no Peach and Fujino no Ran washed it, cut and sewed it, and made many small cloth bags.
Ula no Peach found that Fujino no Lan's female red was better than her, the stitches were even and dense, and the hands were fast, sighing to herself, and secretly studying hard.
Allah used his kitchen knife stunt to sharpen the kitchen knife and chop up the herbs.
Ula no Peach and Fujino no Ran put the cut herbs into a cloth bag, and Alayan Zong wrote a label with the name of the medicine, and they attached it to the cloth bag so that they could find it.
I went to Bailey Changfeng and borrowed a few more Eight Immortal Tables, moved them into the West Wing, and put them together, putting the medicine bags on them.
Seeing these achievements, several people realized that they had achieved extraordinary results, and they were very satisfied with their work, so they boasted about themselves.
Allah took two stones that he had found in the mountains in advance, and chiseled and ground them to make stone pestles and pestles, which were used to pound medicine.
After that, Allah went to several markets before he found a small scale that could be used to weigh medicine. And brought a piece of news, saying that there were wholesale herbs found in the south of the city, and there were many varieties. This made the Alayan sect very excited, and he could go there to purchase it in the future.
Everything is ready to stop.
Ula no Peach and Fujino no Ran specialize in weighing medicines, and Allah is in charge of pounding medicines, and sometimes decocting medicines for patients. Of course, he had to take time out to take care of the three horses, and he had to worry about three meals a day.
Alayanzong can concentrate on diagnosis and treatment, saving a lot of effort to find medicine and running errands, improving the efficiency of diagnosis and treatment, and shortening the waiting time of patients.
Even so, the three of Ulla's Peach are also very busy. That Fujino no Orchid is diligent in his hands and feet, and he will give a cup of hot tea to Alayanzong when he is free to grab medicine. This made Alayanzong a little moved, since the stall was set up for free clinic, he had not drunk hot water under this willow tree.
Of course, Fujino no Ran was originally a passionate and unrestrained person, and in addition to giving priority to serving tea to the Alayan Sect, he would also serve a cup to Ula Peach and Allah Xiaoer.
This made the two of them drink to the mouth to warm their hearts, and they worked more energetically, and Allah's little two made funny remarks, which made the two beauties laugh non-stop.
It seems that everything is on track, every day, over and over again, and although it is busy, it is happy and fulfilling.
Due to the large number of patients, the amount of medicinal herbs is also very large, and in a few days, some varieties of those medicinal herbs that are self-picked have been exhausted.
If there must be a gap in picking, many patients can not use medicine in time, so they have to go to other pharmacies to grab medicine, then patients will have to spend more silver.
Alayandzong wrote a list of medicines and asked Allah to ride to the market he knew to wholesale the medicines.
The herbs were bought, and Alayanzong found that the silver taels also cost a lot. Although he still had some on him, Allah also had some silver coins in his possession, and there was also the reward that Nanfu was expected to give, and even then, these silver taels would not last long.
If there is no silver tael on the body, not to mention that it is difficult to carry out the free clinic, even the eating and drinking of several people will become a problem.
Alayanzong talked about this at the dinner table, and Fujino Kiyoki said with some shame: "I just sold some coolies, and the money I earned was too little, and I could barely support our brother and sister. Now that I live here, I still stain your light. The little copper coins in his hand are enough for the two of them to spend their daily expenses at best, and they can't add to the scales at all. ”
Ula Peach put forward his own opinion, "We are busy every day, but we are getting poorer and poorer. Although your idea of free clinic is noble and can be done for a while, it will definitely not last long. ”
Allah was only busy with his work on weekdays, and he didn't have any good ideas about such things, but now his mouth was silent.
When Fujino saw her brother say that, she felt like a white eater, but she really couldn't think of any tricks. However, as long as she can follow the Alayan Sect every day, even if she runs around without touching the ground, she feels very satisfied and happy.
The Alayan Sect, who is usually very smart, is actually a little confused now. He began to wonder if he was wrong to open a clinic to provide free clinics and help the poor?
Since the three of Ula Peach helped, in the past few days, Alayanzong found that Nanfu was expected to have come twice. Every time he came over with some silver taels, he was still smiling, saying that he was giving a reward to Alayanzong, but it was clear that it was shared proportionally.
Alayanzong found a problem, the silver taels were getting less and less. After some reflection, Alayanzong suddenly understood that most of the patients took medicine from him, and there were fewer people who went to Nanfu to get medicine there, so naturally the income of his pharmacy also decreased a lot. Naturally, the share of what he spoke of would be reduced accordingly.
Alayanzong suddenly felt that he was caught in a pair of contradictions.
If you want to treat more patients and help more poor people get rid of their pain, you need to prepare more medicinal materials.
If they rely on the peach of Ula to pick this medicinal herb, the efficiency is too low, and it will not be available for use at all. If you want to buy it, you need a certain amount of financial support. But every day they can't make ends meet, and the little money they have will eventually run out.
If you want to get some more silver taels from Nanfu Wang, you have to let the patients go to him more often to get medicine. If so, it will increase the financial burden on the patient. This is contrary to his original intention of helping the poor and sick.
This knot Alayanzong can't untie even after thinking about it.
One morning, there were relatively few patients, and a large number of people had not yet come up, and after reading the last one, Nabailey Changfeng dragged a broom and came to the side of the Alayan Sect with a smile.
Alayanzong hurriedly gave up his seat, handed over a cup of tea, and said, "Uncle Bailey, I've been busy lately, and I haven't chatted with you for a while. ”
Bailey Changfeng nodded and said, "For what the little brother did, the old man saw it in his eyes. Your practice of helping the poor and the needy is deeply admired by the old man. The afterlife is terrifying!"
Alayanzong sighed, "Alas, don't make fun of me, the old man is in trouble now, I am very entangled, and I still hope that the old man will guide me." ”
So, he explained his financial difficulties and his original intentions, and let Bailey Changfeng take the pulse.
Bailey Changfeng smiled and said, "I shouldn't have asked, I don't know what the economic strength of the little brother is? On a whim, it's hard to persevere.
"Have you thought about it? Your approach is noble, but you are upsetting the balance between the doctor and the patient. Your medical treatment and medicine here are all free of charge, and more and more patients will naturally come. Those clinics that charge will have fewer patients and their income will be lower. Their lives will get harder and harder.
"In the long run, what do they eat? Don't forget, they still have families. The entire clinic pharmacy in Qiao Luxi Bird City will be closed. Have you thought about any of this?"
When Alayanzong heard this, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat, he couldn't hurt another group of people because he saved one group of people! So what am I going to do?"
Bailey stroked his beard under his chin and smiled, "It's a fee! You can diagnose your condition for free, but you still have to charge money for medicinal herbs." In this way, no matter where the patient picks up the medicine, he has to pay the price, which is fair. Just because they are poor does not mean that others are unable to live. For patients who really can't afford to buy herbal medicines, they can be exempted, but those who can come up with the money still have to be charged. ”
Bailey Changfeng said, picked up his broom and continued to sweep the floor.
Alayanzong stood behind the desk for a long time, thinking about Bailey's words, until a sick person came to call him, and he came back to his senses.