When Qin Changlin saw her, he acted as if he had met his idol, leaving Gu Youyou at a loss for words.
Gu Youyou touched her forehead and pondered for a moment before asking, "Are you actually going to sell the medicine or not?"
Qin Changlin was startled and slowly calmed down from his excitement, saying, "Yes, of course I will sell it. Miss, please come this way, it will be ready in a moment."
Qin Changlin invited Gu Youyou to sit beside the consultation desk, then he went to the back to prepare the medicine.
Normally, this task would be performed by an attendant, but his personal involvement showed the respect he had for Gu Youyou.
After getting the medicine, Gu Youyou paid and was about to leave when Qin Changlin stopped her.
"Miss, please wait a moment!"
"Hmm, what is it?" Gu Youyou asked, looking at him suspiciously.
Qin Changlin looked troubled, glanced at the people gathered in front of the pharmacy waiting for treatment, and still spoke, "Miss, this... I would like to ask you for a favor. Judging by the prescription you wrote, you are clearly an expert here, and you must have been trained by a master. This... "
Gu Youyou, growing impatient, said, "Speak plainly. Anything but asking me to treat your patients is fine."
Gu Youyou could clearly see through the praise just what he was aiming to do.
For Gu Youyou, her own health was the top priority; she did not want to overexert herself and revert to her previous condition.
Only someone who had been bedridden for half a year could appreciate how difficult it was to get back on their feet.
However, the favor Qin Changlin wanted to ask of Gu Youyou was exactly to treat the patients outside.
Gu Youyou was obviously not inclined to grant this favor, and he began to feel distressed.
Gu Youyou frowned and said, "Xiaoqin, please step aside. I need to go home and prepare the medicine."
Looking up, Qin Changlin saw Gu Youyou’s frail frame and unusually pale face and realized that she was both the one who had written the prescription and the patient herself.
He said, "Miss, I’ll have the attendant prepare the medicine for you. Why don’t you wait to drink it before going home?"
He scratched his head sheepishly and said, "Miss, you could... use this time to treat our neighbors, which won’t delay your business. Is that acceptable?"
Qin Changlin asked cautiously and looked at Gu Youyou with concern in case she rejected the idea.
Gu Youyou felt uneasy; she did not know when Jin Zijin would return and was worried that he would be concerned if he came back and did not find her.
Seeing Gu Youyou still hesitant, Qin Changlin hurriedly said, "Miss, we won’t charge you for the consultation fee. Just... please take pity on these neighbors. Everything can wait, but illness can’t!"
Looking through the door frame at the neighbors tormented by illness, Gu Youyou’s heart softened. As a healer, if she wasn’t treating people, what else could she do? Since someone was offering to prepare her medicine, staying for an hour or so would not be too much trouble.
Of course, her willingness to stay was mostly because she could keep the consultation fee.
She and Jin Zijin only had fifty silver pieces. Jin Zijin had rented a place in town, which must have been costly, not to mention the money needed for repairs. Even if Jin Zijin had some savings, they couldn’t have been much, and their current spending was unsustainable.
If she could earn some silver by treating people, wouldn’t that lessen the burden on Jin Zijin?
Gu Youyou nodded slightly and said, "Alright, but you see that my health isn’t good, so I agree, but I will only see patients for one hour."
Since Gu Youyou had agreed, no matter how long she would stay, Qin Changlin was overjoyed and quickly agreed with a smile.
"However long you say, Miss. Please follow me!"