C7

When Xiaotao heard that the punishment was a monthly fee, her face was immediately filled with smiles. "Good sister, I just couldn't react in time. I beg you, please don't tell Madam!"

Xiao Cui enjoyed looking at Xiaotao's cowardly look. She snorted, then pulled Xiaotao and walked towards the main courtyard.

In the side room of the main courtyard, Yang Suyun was standing beside her son's bed with a worried look on her face as she constantly changed his wet towel. The carefully brewed soup had long since cooled down, but because the child was ill and unconscious, most of the soup flowed out again.

Xiaotao was secretly pleased. She bowed her head slightly and blessed Yang Suyun. "Madam."

Yang Suyun raised her head. Her eyes, which had been red from her son's illness for two days, were terrifying. "Xiaotao, I heard that your aunt's son also had a high fever?"

Xiaotao nodded. "Indeed, how did Madam come to know of it?"

Yang Suyun waved her hand. At this moment, she didn't have the mood to explain anymore. "Don't worry about how I found out. Your aunt's son was cured by the pill concocting at the medicinal garden?"

Xiaotao nodded. "That's right. According to Aunt, it took less than an hour before the fever subsided."

Yang Suyun's face lit up as she hurriedly stood up and asked Xiaotao, "Does your aunt's family still have any pills left?" How could she not be worried when there were many children who became foolish or even died from illness after being exposed to high fever for a long period of time?

Xiaotao looked confused as she said in a low voice, "I heard Aunt said that there's still one more. She said that it must be kept for later use urgently."

Yang Suyun was overjoyed. She rushed to Xiaotao's side in a hurry and grabbed her arm, "Quick, quickly go to aunt's house and get the medicine. I'll give whatever she wants, quickly."

Xiaotao, however, didn't move. She wouldn't give her the medicine without paying first. It was normal for Yang Suyun to take some from other stores since her man was County Magistrate.

When Yang Suyun saw that Xiaotao did not move, she knew that she was going to take the money first, so she immediately became unhappy.

"Madam, aunty has always been a sarcastic person. If you want her medicine, I'm afraid it won't be that easy!" Xiaotao's voice was like a mosquito's buzz, but it was clearly audible.

Yang Suyun glanced at her son, gritted her teeth and asked, "How much did you buy it for?"

Xiaotao's delicate lips curled up into a smile as she said, "The medicine shop sells for one silver tael, and my aunt spends three times the price for three silver taels from someone else. If madam wants it, she would need at least five silver taels."

What? What lousy pill is this? It actually costs five taels of silver!

Although five taels of silver was not much, the cost of Lee Mansion was still not decreasing. Almost all of the dowry that Mo Bairong had left behind for the marriage was used up, leaving only some untouchable land shops that had been transferred to Lee Miaoyin's name by Mo Liwei not long after his death. Although this was under her control, due to the years of poor management, the originally prosperous house was now gradually getting colder, and it no longer flourished like before.

Otherwise, why would she want to hire a teacher? It was all because she wanted to save money.

In order to save her son, she finally gritted her teeth and ordered Xiao Cui to take out an entire 5 taels silver ingot and give it to Xiaotao, telling her to immediately take out the silver to exchange for medicine.

After receiving the silver, Xiaotao turned around and left the main courtyard, returning to Lee Miaoyin to report the situation. Lee Miaoyin handed her a small spindle that weighed one or two pounds and said to Xiaotao, "Give this silver to your aunt, communicate with her, talk to her nicely, and follow Yang Suyun's temperament. Once Li Ping is well, she will definitely send someone to investigate.