Gu Youyou was stunned for a moment before nodding and saying, "Hm? Ah! I'm opening a clinic! Colleague, why are you so happy about that, aren't you afraid that I'll steal your business?"
Qin Changlin was both shocked and delighted, saying, "Afraid? Not at all, I'd be thrilled if you opened a clinic in town. You don't know, ever since my teacher returned to the town, he's hardly ever in Jisheng Hall. I, having taken up this profession halfway, am simply like a duck being forced onto a perch. I'm scared of prescribing the wrong remedies and then having the patients report me to the county office.
If you really come, don't open a clinic on your own. First, a new clinic doesn't have a reputation, the neighbors won't trust it, and besides, the silver needed... it's not a small sum. How about this? I'll talk to my teacher and have you join us at Jisheng Hall as a consulting doctor, how does that sound?"
