The Lucky Heiress

Chapter 413: Queuing to See Doctor Xu_1

The enthusiasm had somewhat diluted in the next two days, but the sales were still quite good.

In just three days, half of the coal in one warehouse was sold, as well as one third of the quilts and winter clothes in the other.

The triple profit made Wei Ruo earn a significant amount of money.

Three days later, the temporary relief facility that Wei Ruo had envisioned was half built. Because of its simple structure, much of the timber used was readily available, and the craftsmen hired were skilled, so it took less time to build.

The structure of the relief station was simple but sturdy, entirely of wood, housing two large stoves, with three of the four walls partitioned with wooden boards and the fourth covered with a cloth curtain.

Once half of it was built, Wei Ruo immediately had people start using the built-in large stove to cook porridge and distribute it to the disaster-stricken people…

In less than half a day, news of the porridge distribution spread around.

Many people came in admiration, filling the area in front of the shelter.

The two large pots of porridge were all given out in less than half a day, more was cooked at noon, and distributed in the afternoon.

At the same time, the other part was also under vigorous construction.

This side was being made into a medical station, so its construction was relatively slow.

Although the medical station was not yet built, the news of Xu Heyou’s consultation had already spread.

Most people had not seen Xu Heyou, they had only heard of him last year during the epidemic.

However, the famous doctors in the city gave high praise to him, and the Government Office had also recognized his name and rewarded him for his achievements in controlling the epidemic, so everyone highly admired this unpublicized Doctor Xu.

Knowing that it was him who funded the relief station and provided food and free medical treatment, and that he would personally attend to the patients, the public was filled with anticipation.

The news spread within the Government City and also reached Wei Qingwan’s ears.

Wei Qingwan was familiar with the name Xu Heyou, because the Scar Removal Ointment she used came from this Doctor Xu.

After she had been applying Xu Heyou’s ointment for a while, the scars on her back had significantly lightened.

However, the ointment was consumed quite fast, almost half of the second box was gone and when the remaining half was finished, she would have to buy more.

But she did not have enough silver, she had tried all conceivable methods, but still lacked the money.

When the nurse Li went to Tongde Hall to buy Scar Removal Ointment for the second time, she tried to negotiate with the people of Tongde Hall.

But the people at Tongde Hall told her that they were just sales agents, and had no right to change the price.

To change the price, it must be agreed upon by Doctor Xu himself.

The people at Tongde Hall also said that Doctor Xu was very kind and would voluntarily reduce the price or even give his medicines for free to patients in difficulty.

If she could meet Doctor Xu himself, she might be able to persuade him to sell some at a lower price.

However, Wei Qingwan never had the chance to meet Doctor Xu himself and did not know where to find him.

But unexpectedly this time Xu Heyou himself was going to provide free consultation, and this was a rare opportunity to meet him in person.

So, Wei Qingwan had Cuihe go out and find out when the medical station would be finished.

After running around to find out, Cuihe brought back good news: the temporary medical station at the relief center would be completed in a couple of days, and the free clinic would most likely start immediately afterwards.

Weigh Qingwan sank into thought, her face looking very solemn.

“What’s the matter, Miss?” Cuihe asked with concern.

“I need to find a way to meet Doctor Xu.”

“Miss, you are a young lady of the General Residence, it’s inconvenient for you to go out, let me and my mother do it.”

“No, it’s more sincere if I go myself. In case you guys upset Doctor Xu, it will be difficult for me to see him again.” Wei Qingwan refused.

“Miss, you are of noble birth, and have been granted marriage by the Emperor. It is not convenient for you to go to the relief station with that crowd.”

“What noble birth with a scarred back?” Wei Qingwan scoffed at herself, “Wei Qingruo is always going out, right? Now she is rushing off to provide disaster relief, why can’t I go where she can?”

Weigh Qingwan had made up her mind and was prepared to do whatever it took to restore her back to its original state.

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Two days later, the temporary medical station was completed, and more people came to the relief station.

In the morning, before the medical station officially opened, there was a long line outside the door, even longer than the queue for rice porridge next door.

The walls of the temporary medical station were made of wooden planks, and the so-called door was a curtain, with the line of people waiting outside the curtain.

Next to the curtain, a burly man was guarding, preventing anyone from breaking the rules.

The line was very long, and Wei Qingwan and Cuihe, who arrived late, were in a position far behind in the queue.

The mistress and servant changed into coarse clothes, as the free clinic was mainly for ordinary people, and anyone dressed luxuriously in the queue would attract disdainful glances from those around.

Wei Qingwan smelled the odors coming from the poor people in coarse clothes ahead and behind her, and couldn’t help but frown, covering her mouth and nose with her hand.

“Cough, cough, cough…”

The man behind began to cough violently. The sound of his cough made Weigh Qingwan feel uncomfortable all over, and it seemed that the saliva he spat out while coughing was about to spray onto her.

Wei Qingwan wanted to run away in disgust.

“Miss, please bear with it a little longer, we’ll be there soon. Doctor Xu seems to be very popular, and since it’s a free clinic, there are naturally more people.” Cuihe comforted in a low voice.

“I know.”

Although Wei Qingwan was very unhappy, she had no choice but to tolerate it. She had come this far and definitely could not give up halfway.

In order to see Doctor Xu in person, she had made a lot of determination.

After a while, the line started to move, meaning Doctor Xu had arrived.

However, the line moved very slowly. An hour later, Wei Qingwan found that she was still quite a distance away from entering the medical station.

Wei Qingwan couldn’t stand it any longer: “How many people are ahead of us?”

“I’ll go check.”

Cuihe ran ahead to see, then came back and told Wei Qingwan: “Miss, I’ve checked and there’re still thirteen people.”

“Why are there still so many people?”

“Miss, please bear with it a little longer, we’re almost there.”

“What else can I do but wait?”

Since she had waited so long, she certainly couldn’t give up now. Otherwise, all the suffering she had gone through would have been in vain.

After another half hour, there were only three people left ahead of Wei Qingwan.

At this time, a voice came from the relief station:

“Doctor Xu is going to take a rest. The next doctor in the free clinic will be Doctor Cheng from Zhengyu Hall!”

Hearing this, the people in line were stunned. Doctor Cheng from Zhengyu Hall? Was Xu Heyou leaving?

But everyone was just slightly puzzled and didn’t have any objections.

As long as it was free consultation for them, who cared who the doctor was?

Moreover, the reputation of Doctor Cheng from Zhengyu Hall was no worse than that of Doctor Xu.