Chapter 625 Selling Rice

Chapter 625 Selling Rice

Her gaze fell on Old Madam Gu's legs, and she thought to herself that since she'd already helped, she might as well see it through and take a look at the old woman's legs too.

Old Madam Gu had long been impressed by Ji Yuntang's medical skills, never expecting that someone so young could be so skilled in medicine.

Upon hearing that Ji Yuntang wanted to treat her legs, Old Madam Gu was overwhelmed with gratitude.

She quickly said, "Miss, you've already helped my family far too much. How could I possibly trouble you further?"

Ji Yuntang said, "Auntie, just think of it as me doing good deeds for my own sake. As a physician, isn't it my job to help patients get rid of their illnesses?"

"If not for that, then why would I have worked so hard to learn medicine?"

Old Madam Gu looked at Ji Yuntang, a smile spreading across her lips.

"Miss, I, an old woman, will say this right now—you and this young master are destined for great fortune. Your good luck is still ahead of you!"

She'd never had much schooling or seen much of the world, yet the moment she laid eyes on Ji Yuntang and Luo Junhe, she could tell they were a well-matched couple, handsome and beautiful, with an air of distinction.

Looking at their skills and actions, Old Madam Gu felt they were even more remarkable.

Though Luo Junhe spoke little, while he'd been waiting for Ji Yuntang earlier, he'd already chopped all the firewood piled outside the Gu family's place and even carried it all into the kitchen for them.

And Ji Yuntang had cured her son's illness—Old Madam Gu would be lying if she said she wasn't moved.

What did the Gu family do to deserve meeting such kind-hearted people?

By this time, Ji Yuntang had already finished checking Old Madam Gu's pulse.

She discovered that the woman had injured her leg in her youth, and without proper rest, she'd gone back to walking around, then gotten chilled from cold water.

Over time, her leg began to go numb and ache, and eventually she started walking with a limp.

In plain terms, this was what people called chronic cold-leg syndrome.

And Ji Yuntang really had a trick up her sleeve for treating it.

She described the condition she'd found from the pulse to Old Madam Gu, then said, "Auntie, let me do acupuncture on you first. See if the pain in your leg eases a little."

Old Madam Gu nodded. "Then I'll trouble you, miss."

She'd long given up any hope for her leg. She'd sought treatment many times in her youth, but nothing had ever improved.

Gradually, as the family's circumstances grew harder, she'd simply stopped trying.

Old Madam Gu knew very well that in a place like Liangzhoukou, finding a good doctor was next to impossible.

Most importantly, her family couldn't spare the money to treat her illness.

So her leg condition dragged on for decades.

Ji Yuntang had Old Madam Gu rub her legs with a hot towel first and massaged them.

Then she took out acupuncture needles, heated them over a fire, and slowly inserted them into both of Old Madam Gu's legs.

It wasn't until an hour later that she finally removed the needles.

"Auntie, how do you feel now?" Ji Yuntang asked.

Old Madam Gu stood up and gently moved her legs, immediately feeling that the pain had lessened.

She tried walking without her cane and was surprised to find that she walked steadily, and her limp had improved significantly.

Old Madam Gu was beside herself with joy. She never imagined that one day she could truly walk without a cane.

And this was only after a single acupuncture session from Ji Yuntang.

Ji Yuntang also prescribed medicine for Old Madam Gu, and again, she didn't charge them for the medicine.

Afraid she wouldn't have time to come back later, she gave them a large supply all at once.

Old Madam Gu kept thanking her. "Miss, young master, thank you so much. You've saved our entire family's lives."

A slight smile curved Luo Junhe's lips as he stepped forward to tightly hold Ji Yuntang's hand, their fingers tightly intertwined.

"My wife has always been kind-hearted and loves to stand up for what's right. Auntie, there's no need to be so polite."

Old Madam Gu looked at them, a blessing shining in her eyes. "The two of you have such a wonderful relationship."

Ji Yuntang and Luo Junhe didn't stay long at the Gu family's place. They took their carriage back into the city.

They picked any inn, rented a deluxe room, and settled in for the night.

Luo Junhe arched an eyebrow and asked Ji Yuntang, "Is A Tang really going to do business selling rice on the streets of Liangzhoukou tomorrow?"

Ji Yuntang poured herself a cup of water and grinned at him. "That's right. Tomorrow you'll be Boss Yun, and I'll be the boss's wife. I'll take ten large sacks of rice out of my storage space, and we'll go sell it on the street."

"There's no way that selling fine rice at a low price won't lure out that lousy city lord."

Ji Yuntang had already planned it out. The people of Liangzhoukou needed food more than anything right now.

If she went into the city and sold fine rice at a low price, it would inevitably hurt the interests of the city's merchants, and those people would surely go to the city lord's mansion to file complaints.

But so what?

If she wanted to sell her rice at a low price, that was her business, and it had nothing to do with them.

Even if the city lord's mansion stretched their influence, they couldn't stop someone from selling goods here, could they?

Buying and selling was, after all, a fair deal between willing parties.

Ji Yuntang was curious to see how this so-called City Lord Jiang would handle it.

The next day, before dawn, Ji Yuntang and Luo Junhe got up and headed out.

They found a secluded spot, brought out two long flat carts, and loaded the rice from the storage space onto them.

Ji Yuntang didn't bring too much—just around five hundred catties for the first trip.

By the time they hauled the rice into the city, found a good spot, and set up their stall, the people of Liangzhoukou were gradually getting up and heading out as well.

Ji Yuntang really kept it real. She directly took out a makeshift megaphone and started shouting at the crowd.

"Don't miss out if you're passing by! Premium fine rice for only ten coppers a catty! Come check it out, folks!"

As soon as she said that, it immediately caught the attention of a big crowd, who all rushed over at once to see what the commotion was about.

Ji Yuntang and Luo Junhe's stall was immediately surrounded, packed so tightly you couldn't squeeze in.

Some villagers, upon seeing the rice in the sacks, asked in disbelief, "Is this really fine rice? I've never seen grains so plump and full."

Another man said, "Isn't fine rice supposed to be five hundred wen per catty? How could it be this cheap? Could this be another trick by unscrupulous merchants to fool us?"

"Yeah, they jacked up the price of rice so high, and now suddenly they drop it this low. What exactly are they trying to do? Are they trying to squeeze us poor folks dry?"

"..."

Luo Junhe watched the crowd voice their accusations one after another, but his own face showed no joy over the rice price drop; instead, they all ganged up on him, leaving him deeply conflicted.

How much oppression from officials and merchants had the people of Liangzhoukou endured to end up like this?

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