Volume 4: Transformation into Mystery Chapter 568: A lousy doctor?
As Zhou Facai told the story, the news that Li Xuanfeng bought the clinic had spread completely in the past two days, and almost all the residents nearby knew about it.
When they heard that Li Xuanfeng took out one hundred taels of silver to solve the trouble caused by the previous doctor, they immediately felt that this man was really rich.
Among them, many people were jealous of Li Xuanfeng's considerable wealth, and immediately mocked him for being a soft persimmon who could be bullied at will and only knew how to use money to avoid disaster.
However, it was precisely because of hearing this that the nearby residents became even more skeptical about Li Xuanfeng's medical skills. Looking at this unregistered clinic, no one dared to step in and try.
The news that Gao Sheng became an assistant in the clinic was also spread by the other two big men. Because of jealousy in their hearts, they spoke very unpleasant things about Gao Sheng.
According to their rumors, Gao Sheng did everything he could to please Li Xuanfeng, almost kneeling down to lick Li Xuanfeng's favor, and finally became Li Xuanfeng's associate.
Originally, many people who knew Gao Sheng were extremely skeptical about this, but as more and more people spread the rumor , these people gradually began to believe it.
When Gao Sheng was looking for his friends to buy medical books together, the nearby residents saw the two of them and the medical books in their hands and immediately started talking about it.
"This person actually wants to buy medical books, and it seems that he bought all of them, regardless of whether they were of low quality or high quality. Does he know nothing about medicine?"
"No way, that doctor is truly a crappy one, even worse than the one who escaped."
"He opened a clinic and then learned medical skills. Is this crappy doctor planning to use us as a training ground?"
"Could it be that he is so unscrupulous just because he has a few lousy bucks in his hands?"
Three people make a tiger. As people nearby talked about it, the matter seemed to be completely true. It spread around the clinic in a short time, causing everyone's eyes to change when they looked at Li Xuanfeng's clinic , as if they were avoiding a monster.
" This kind of person is so horrible. Even if you pay me, I won't go to this clinic for treatment. I won't go even if you kill me!"
"Yeah, otherwise you might not even know how you died!"
"This is horrible. Is there no one in this world who cares anymore? Anyone can open a clinic and treat human life as worthless!"
Because the news spread so quickly, Gao Sheng had inevitably heard people's discussions while he was buying medical books. He immediately explained with an angry look, "Mrs. Li is very good. She is definitely not the crappy doctor you say she is!"
Someone immediately sneered and retorted: "Have you seen his medical skills?"
"Then tell me, why did he buy all those medical books?"
After two questions, Gao Sheng could only stare blankly. He couldn't answer at all. He looked even more angry. He even wanted to continue shouting and arguing, but was finally stopped by his accompanying friend.
Gao Sheng's friend smiled helplessly and said, "You have no way to defend yourself now. Let Doctor Li handle this matter himself. As long as he demonstrates his superb medical skills, the rumors will be broken by themselves."
After hearing his friend's words, Gao Sheng barely suppressed his anger and continued to look for medical books for Li Xuanfeng with him.
Money makes things easier. With such sufficient silver, Gao Sheng and his companions were able to buy medical books smoothly with almost no obstacles.
However, there were so many medical books that it took the two of them most of the day to collect all the medical books in the city and transport them to Li Xuanfeng's clinic.
While Gao Sheng was looking for the medical book, Li Xuanfeng sat beside the desk and almost never got up. Only Shen Luoyan left the clinic once, carrying a basket of vegetables.
There is a market not far from the clinic with a wide variety of vegetables. Shen Luoyan has already decided to buy vegetables there in the future.
After coming to Qingshan City and buying this clinic, Shen Luoyan became like an ordinary woman, taking care of her husband's daily life.
By the time all the medical books were collected and brought back to the clinic, the scorching sun in the sky had cooled down and was hanging above the top of the mountain.
It was only Gao Sheng who brought the medical book back to the clinic in the carriage; his good friends did not bring the medical book with them.
Although this person said that there were some matters that needed to be dealt with at the clinic, he actually did not want to have anything to do with Li Xuanfeng's clinic.
This clinic had already caused quite a stir, and now rumors about the crappy doctor were spreading like wildfire. He was worried that Li Xuanfeng would affect his reputation.
If other people were to be affected by Li Xuanfeng's bad reputation and dare not come to him for medical treatment, that would be a huge loss!
If Gao Sheng had not offered him three taels of silver as a salary, he would not even have gone to look for medical books for this clinic.
After Gao Sheng returned to the clinic, he did not put away the medical books he had bought, but walked quickly to the front of Li Xuanfeng and shouted urgently:
"Doctor Li, because they saw us buying medical books, rumors are spreading outside that you don't know any medical skills and are a lousy doctor!"
Li Xuanfeng raised his head slightly and said with a smile: "Let them spread whatever they want, no need to pay attention."
Seeing Li Xuanfeng's calm expression, Gao Sheng became more anxious and said, "If this matter gets out, no one will dare to come to your clinic for treatment."
This time, Li Xuanfeng did not even raise his head, nor did he pause for a moment as he wrote, "It's okay, let them go."
Seeing that Li Xuanfeng was not anxious at all, Gao Sheng's expression suddenly became extremely helpless. He didn't expect that it was the eunuch who was anxious while the emperor was not. Li Xuanfeng seemed to not care about this matter at all.
Gao Sheng continued to persuade him, "Prove it to them, and the rumors will be broken by themselves."
After hearing this, Li Xuanfeng shook his head and smiled, saying, "Li's medical skills do not need to be proven to anyone."
Then Li Xuanfeng continued, "Okay, it's getting late, you should go home first, and put these medical books on the bookshelf tomorrow."
Seeing Li Xuanfeng's firm tone, Gao Sheng had no choice but to stop thinking about it. He clasped his fists slightly and turned to leave the clinic.
After walking out of the clinic, Gao Sheng shook his head and smiled helplessly. Li Xuanfeng opened the clinic at noon and let him go home before sunset. This meant that he only worked for about four hours every day.
Gao Sheng had never encountered this kind of work before, and he had never encountered an employer who paid such high wages.
Moreover, the work assigned by Li Xuanfeng was so easy that Gao Sheng even felt uneasy about taking such a high salary.
However, after spending a few days getting to know each other, Gao Sheng realized that Li Xuanfeng would definitely not agree to reduce his wages, so he decided to find an opportunity to bring up the matter later, or to work harder to help Li Xuanfeng share his worries.
If other people in Qingshan City knew what the two were thinking, they would probably find it extremely strange. Such a boss and a servant are probably hard to find in the world.
The boss was actually thinking about how to pay his employees more, while the employees were thinking about how to get the boss to pay them less.
In the eyes of others, the ideas of these two people are extremely fresh and unconventional...
It is true that birds of a feather flock together...
When Gao Sheng returned home, he was greeted by his smiling wife and a delicious meal that had been prepared for him.
After meeting Li Xuanfeng, Gao Sheng's family's meals have improved greatly. Now they have a rich combination of meat and vegetables.
You know, a few days ago, the food was still plain and without any meat.
After earning a few taels of money from Li Xuanfeng that day, Gao Sheng returned home and shouted, "Mother, we'll have an extra meal today!"
At that time, Gao Sheng's wife glared at him fiercely and spat coldly: "The family is already on the verge of starvation, who gave you the confidence to say such a thing?"
Gao Sheng didn't care about his wife's unhappy expression at all. He patted his chest and laughed, "My boss!"
The wife was extremely surprised when she heard this: "When did you have a boss?"
Gao Sheng laughed and said, "Just today, look, this is the wages he gave me."
As he spoke, Gao Sheng took out the tael of silver, which instantly stunned his wife. She took the silver tremblingly, her face full of disbelief.
"Not only did they hire you, but they also gave you one or two wages in advance?"
Gao Sheng had anticipated his wife's expression at this moment, and he laughed and explained, "This is not the wages paid in advance, but today's wages. The future wages will be calculated separately."
"What? Today's wages are only one tael?"
Gao Sheng's wife seemed to be listening to a fairy tale, her expression full of disbelief.
Seeing her expression, Gao Sheng smiled even more: "My boss said that he will pay me two taels of silver every month ."
Seeing Gao Sheng so excited, his wife knew that what he said was true, and she was overjoyed. She smiled and murmured, "Then we can have more food. Let's celebrate that you found such a good boss."
With that, she turned and walked out of the house, going to the store to buy some groceries for a snack.
During dinner, Gao Sheng's wife asked happily about the whole story, and Gao Sheng told her the truth.
After hearing this, Gao Sheng's wife couldn't help but smile and sighed: "We actually met such a good boss. Our family has finally changed. You are so honest and simple."
After listening to Gao Sheng's description, his wife already knew that Li Xuanfeng was attracted by Gao Sheng's simplicity and honesty.
Before, she often blamed Gao Sheng for being too honest and being easily bullied by others. But now she feels that it is all worth it and they seem to have finally made it.
After receiving a salary of one or two taels from Li Xuanfeng and becoming a worker in his clinic, their family's situation instantly reversed.
Originally they could only tighten their belts to make ends meet, but now they can live a fairly affluent life.
Thinking of this, Gao Sheng's wife couldn't help but well up in tears and her heart was filled with excitement.
Seeing his wife so excited, Gao Sheng asked his wife, children and the elderly not to tell anyone about the matter so as not to bring trouble to the employer.
However, due to the propaganda of the group of people who came to cause trouble for the clinic and the other two big men who came to see Li Xuanfeng with Gao Sheng, Li Xuanfeng's image of being rich and powerful has already been established in the minds of the nearby residents.
However, Li Xuanfeng didn't care about these at all. He was still concentrating on finding medical knowledge and writing the Five Elements Medical Book.
