Chapter 600

In a third or fourth-tier city of the empire, a family of five could live for a year on five gold coins if they were frugal, but in the Rock Fortress, five gold coins might only last five or six days.

This is the economic gap between cities. Similarly, the salary and treatment for the same position in different cities might also have a huge gap.

On the other side, the little girl Shangguan Wan'er came to the Zhai Family Clinic to buy medicine and gathered the courage to report Lin Cheng's name, which immediately attracted the attention of Physician Zhai of the Zhai Family Clinic. After knowing that it was Master Lin Cheng who had asked the little girl in front of him to come here to buy medicine, Physician Zhai earnestly asked about her mother's symptoms and learned the preliminary situation.

Immediately, Physician Zhai asked Shangguan Wan'er to lead the way; he wanted to make a house call himself. As for the cost, Shangguan Wan'er was still a bit worried, but Physician Zhai told her not to worry too much.

Since she was an employee of Master Lin Cheng's blacksmith shop, he would give a 20% discount no matter what. After all, he was the teacher of his own Zhai Yuanba, so he had to give this much face.

When Physician Zhai came out of Shangguan Wan'er's house again, he had fully learned her mother's condition. It was just a common cold, but because she was older and her body's resistance was relatively poor, the high fever wouldn't subside. After taking the fever-reducing medicine from Physician Zhai's portable medicine box, her condition improved a lot.

Next, as long as she persisted in taking the medicine, she would completely recover within three days. However, considering that Shangguan Wan'er's mother was older, Physician Zhai also prescribed a few doses of medicine to calm the nerves and replenish blood and Qi.

"Thank you, Physician Zhai, the cost of your house call and the medicine is..." When asking, Shangguan Wan'er gripped the gold coin bag Lin Cheng had given her tightly, her brows furrowed, and her expression was truly somewhat nervous.

"Haha, child, don't be nervous, it won't cost much."

Seeing that the child in front of him seemed to be about the same age as his own Zhai Yuanba, Physician Zhai couldn't help but touch her head.

"It is your mother's blessing to have a filial child like you... The house call fee is waived. As for the medicine, you still have to come back to the clinic with me. At that time, I will have my apprentice help you decoct the soup medicine, and you can just use a water bag to bring it back for your mother to drink."

Because he was worried that Shangguan Wan'er was just a child and wouldn't know how to decoct medicine, Physician Zhai gave her special treatment. If it were ordinary people, these services would incur additional fees.

"Thank you, Physician Zhai." Shangguan Wan'er was a polite, good child and bowed deeply.

"You're welcome. If you want to thank someone, thank Master Lin Cheng. My child is also receiving education there, and he will definitely be more successful than me in the future."

"Physician Zhai, is your child also working at Boss Lin Cheng's place?" Hearing that Physician Zhai's child was also receiving guidance at Boss Lin Cheng's place, Shangguan Wan'er tilted her head, somewhat puzzled—did Boss Lin Cheng also know medicine?

"Not exactly... My child likes blacksmithing and is the master's disciple. Master Lin Cheng is an eighth-rank blacksmith. I am very relieved that Zhai Yuanba can learn from the master."

When saying this, the sense of relief of a parent hoping for their child to succeed was clearly revealed on Physician Zhai's face, and the warmth and love in his eyes were enviable. As long as the child liked it, he, as a father, would unconditionally support it.

When she was very young, her father sacrificed himself in the magical beast realm, and only her mother had always been with her... She liked drawing, and her mother had always supported her.

But she still longed for fatherly love.

Afterwards, Shangguan Wan'er followed Physician Zhai back to the clinic to settle the fees. It was indeed as Physician Zhai said; it was just a common cold symptom, and the grabbing and decocting of the medicine were not very expensive, only a bit troublesome.

...Please give flowers...

Three times a day, take the medicine once in the morning, at noon, and in the evening.

If Shangguan Wan'er didn't have time to pick it up herself, she could also ask people from the clinic to help deliver the medicine and ensure her mother took it on time, but that would require paying a delivery fee. Shangguan Wan'er considered it and decided to pick it up herself.

She could get up early in the morning to pick up the medicine, notify the people at the clinic in advance to help decoct the morning, noon, and evening medicine, she had time to pick up the medicine at noon, and it would be in time to pick it up after getting off work in the afternoon. After discussing this with the people at the clinic, Physician Zhai also readily agreed. Anyway, the clinic had to decoct medicine for patients every day, so one more person didn't matter.

After getting the medicine and returning home, it was already noon.

Even though she was still just a child, Shangguan Wan'er had long since taken on the household chores, and especially now... with her mother sick, she had taken on the responsibility of starting the fire and cooking.

After feeding her mother the medicine, she fell into a deep sleep again. Helpless, she could only keep the food in the pot so that her mother could still eat warm food after waking up.

In the afternoon, Shangguan Wan'er hurried back to the blacksmith shop to work.

Even though Lin Cheng said she could stay home to take care of her mother today, she, being simple and stubborn, felt she should come to work to repay Boss Lin Cheng.

At this time, Lin Cheng had already devoted himself to the research of the revolver dual pistols. Creating a hero's exclusive weapon was not difficult; the difficulty was how to combine the weapon with the inheritance light orb and extend the corresponding inheritance power.

Simply put, the inheritance within Marco Polo's revolver dual pistols could not be the inheritance of other marksmen like Galo, Huang Zhong, or Sun Shangxiang. Even if the revolver dual pistols were forged, they would be completely unusable because the weapon and the inheritance would not match.