After walking around the city, Bai Suzhen saw a shop and thought that the location was suitable for opening a medicine shop. After talking with the shop owner, she found that the price he offered was fair, so she decided to buy it and agreed to discuss the details the next day. After leaving the shop, Bai Suzhen looked at the sky and said, "Qing'er, it's getting late. Let's find a place to stay first."
Xiaoqing nodded, and the two of them found an inn to stay in.
In the dead of night, Xiaoqing quietly closed the door, left the inn alone, and flew towards the government office. The government office in Suzhou Prefecture was not much different from that in Qiantang County. Xiaoqing had once stolen silver from the treasury, so this time he was more familiar with the route, and it didn't take long for him to carry the package full of silver out of the government office gate.
"I have an urgent need, so I will borrow this silver for now. I will definitely return it when I have money in the future." Xiaoqing looked back at the gate of the government office, shook the package in her hand, and then walked away. The two gate gods nailed to the door watched the thief who stole the silver from the treasury walk away in a swagger, but they could not move and were helpless.
"Qing'er, what are you doing?"
Just after walking out of the government office, Xiaoqing heard Bai Suzhen's voice behind her. She subconsciously hid the package in her hand to her side: "My...sister, why are you here?"
Under the moonlight, Bai Suzhen stood gracefully, her black hair fluttering, her sleeves fluttering, her eyes moving, she glanced at Xiaoqing's hands hidden behind her back, sighed silently, and said: "I saw you going out in the middle of the night, so I followed you. I didn't expect you to come to the government office to steal official silver. Qing'er, you are fooling around!" During the day, Xiaoqing said she wanted to borrow silver, and Bai Suzhen was suspicious. But no matter how she asked, Xiaoqing refused to tell her how to borrow silver, so she secretly watched Xiaoqing and followed her when she went out in the middle of the night. Unexpectedly, she saw her nailing the door god to the door panel and entering the government office to steal the treasury silver.
"Nonsense?" Xiaoqing raised her eyebrow and looked at Bai Suzhen, feeling aggrieved: "Why am I kidding? I did this obviously to have money to open a medicine shop." She worked so hard to steal the silver from the treasury, and it would have been fine if she didn't get any praise, but she was even blamed. It was really a good deed that went unrewarded.
Seeing Xiaoqing angry, Bai Suzhen softened her heart and said in a soft voice, "Qing'er, I don't blame you, but I think it's inappropriate for you to do this. Although we need money, we can't take shortcuts and use this method of getting something for nothing! Qing'er, return the money."
"Go back?" Xiao Qing rolled her eyes and pouted, "If we go back, what will we use to buy Boss Li's store tomorrow?"
Bai Suzhen thought for a moment and said, "We can think of another way, for example, we can try to earn money ourselves."
"Sister, you are too naive." Xiaoqing shook her head with amusement. It seemed that she needed to explain the most basic way of survival to this young lady who was not interested in worldly things. She coughed lightly and said, "First of all, let's not talk about whether we can earn money by ourselves. Even if we can, how long do you think it will take us to earn enough money to buy a store?"
"This..." Bai Suzhen was speechless for a moment.
"Sister, we are just borrowing it temporarily. When we have money in the future, I will return the money. It's urgent, we can't care about so much!" Xiaoqing persuaded Bai Suzhen. She was silent for a long time, and finally nodded gently, saying: "Forget it, it's the only way. But-" She changed the subject and her expression became serious: "Qing'er, if you do this kind of thing next time, discuss it with me in advance, don't act on your own."
"Yes." Xiaoqing responded lightly, took out the package from behind, handed it to Bai Suzhen, and said happily: "Sister, with this silver, our medicine shop can open today."
Bai Suzhen smiled and said, "The next step is to let Xu Xian be the doctor of the medicine shop. According to the estimated time, Xu Xian and his group will arrive in Suzhou in a few days, and we will open the medicine shop in the next few days."
"Sister, have you decided what to name the pharmacy?"
Bai Suzhen pondered for a moment and said, "Let's just call it Bao'an Hall. Keeping people healthy is the purpose of doctors opening a medicine shop."
"Bao'antang Pharmacy..." Xiaoqing muttered the name of the pharmacy and clapped his hands in praise, "This is a good name. From now on, Suzhou will have another pharmacy called Bao'antang. I just hope that Xu Xian's medical skills will not disappoint people, so that Bao'antang can become famous in Suzhou."
Bai Suzhen smiled slightly and said nothing, but the same thought flashed through her mind as Xiaoqing's. Only by helping Xu Xian become a famous doctor and helping him achieve his wish, could she repay his kindness. She hoped that day would not come too late.
Xu Xian and his party hurried all the way to Suzhou Prefecture. When they were near the city gate, the chief officer came up to Xu Xian with the shackles and said, "Mr. Xu, we are about to enter the city. I think you should wear this thing."
Xu Xian nodded and said gratefully: "Thank you for taking care of me along the way. I will never forget your kindness."
"Mr. Xu, you don't have to be so polite. Well, it's getting late. Let's go into the city quickly."
After entering the city, everyone went straight to Xujiang Posthouse. The postmaster Hao Jianghua was the cousin of the chief official.
"Uncle, his name is Xu Xian, he is our Li Touer's brother-in-law. He was young and ignorant, and he committed some crimes, so he was exiled to Suzhou Prefecture. Please bear with me in the future."
The officer briefly described Xu Xian's situation to Hao Jianghua. After listening, Hao Jianghua nodded, looked Xu Xian up and down, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him: "It is inevitable for young people to make small mistakes. Just admit your mistakes and correct them and start a new life."
Xu Xian smiled bitterly and nodded: "Thank you for your advice, Master Yicheng." Now if he said that he did not steal the silver from the treasury, no one would believe him, so there was no need to explain it.
Hao Jianghua saw that Xu Xian was handsome and well-mannered, and he had a good impression of him from the bottom of his heart. He said to the officer, "Okay, I will take care of Xu Xian. Oh, and take off the shackles. I don't need them here."
The chief officer removed Xu Xian's shackles as instructed.
Xu Xian moved his sore and numb wrist and said to Hao Jianghua, "Thank you, Master Yicheng."
Hao Jianghua waved his hand, laughed, and said good-temperedly: "From now on, just call me big brother, no need to be too polite."
Xu Xian bowed quickly and said, "Then I will respectfully obey your command, Brother Hao."