Chapter 339 I'm Not Leaving (Updated Yesterday)
Wang Feiyin nodded slightly and said, "There is one more thing. Master Qian took the lead and got several masters and officials to come to the mountain temple to do good deeds. A total of 380 taels were donated. I will give you the list later. You can find someone to make a stele in front of the temple. It can also be regarded as a tribute to the merits."

Pan Yun happily agreed, "Mr. Qian is really a kind man."

Wang Feiyin agreed with this point. He had donated money to Pan Yun before. This time, he donated another 100 taels. The remaining 280 taels were raised by the 32 people he invited.

Some donated fifty taels, several gentlemen donated twenty taels, and the vast majority donated two or five taels.

They don't feel bad about donating the money for one or two meals, as it not only gains them a good reputation, but also gives an explanation to the owner of the money.

There was no light on in the kitchen, but firewood was burning for warmth. By the light of the fire, those who were out and those who were at home happily shared what had happened in the past few days.

Pan Yun said, "Miao Zhen and I exchanged the copper coins we exchanged in the county town for silver. The price of silver was 1,030 coins when we exchanged them."

Miao He: "Wow, then we made 170 wen per tael, right?"

Pan Yun nodded.

Wang Cong: "When we came back, the price of silver had risen again, to 1,120 wen. As the Chinese New Year approaches, I think it will continue to rise, and will gradually fall after the Chinese New Year."

If they exchange it into silver at that time, they will make a profit.

Moreover, the silver exchange rate in different regions is also different. The more prosperous the place, the higher the price of silver will be.

Wang Cong could be a porter of silver and copper coins. He rubbed his chopsticks while looking at Pan Yun eagerly, "Master Junior, my space magic weapon..."

Pan Yun: "I'll take a night off and do it tomorrow."

Wang Cong grinned and hinted, "If I buy a lot of copper coins, I'm afraid one won't be enough~~"

Tao Yanbai put down the spoon, squeezed next to Wang Cong, and looked up at Pan Yun.

Pan Jun patted his shoulder with her wet hands, "Don't worry, you'll be there too."

Tao Yanbai was satisfied, just one was enough for him.

"As for you, hehehe, I will carve all the jade you give me that I can. I will give you two when the time comes, and the rest will all be mine."

Wang Cong agreed immediately, "Okay!"

Pan Yun said, "My nephew, I also have a piece of jade in my hand. Although it is not as good as yours, it is also good material. Please help me dig two jade plaques. I want a pair, no, five."

She decided to carve one for herself.

Wang Cong cleaned the chopsticks and handed them to Tao Yanbai, then wiped his hands immediately: "Let me see what it looks like."

Pan Yun also wiped his hands and took out the jade material to show him.

Wang Cong held the jade in his hand and said nothing for a long time, "How many jade plaques do you want?"

Pan Yun stretched out his hand, "Five of us. Senior Brother Three and Senior Sister Four will have one pair, and Miao Zhen and Miao He and I will each have one."

Wang Cong took a deep breath and said to Pan Yun, "Forget it. I don't want the jade card space anymore. Can you help me carve out two jade pendants? At most, I can hang one around my neck."

He said, "You can give the pair of jade tablets I dug out to Third and Fourth Uncles. As for your piece of stone... let alone five jade tablets, I had to be very careful to dig out three. You are too delusional."

Pan Yun leaned forward to take a look, "How could that be? This stone is quite big, and the jade plaque is not that big..."

Wang Cong said expressionlessly, "There is still waste material in the middle. Please wait for me to cut it out. If nothing unexpected happens, the best place to make the jade plaque is the middle one."

"The jade plate should be thicker to avoid scratches. I am already good at cutting it into three pieces. The rest can be made into jade beads or jade rings..."

Every profession has its specialties. Pan Yun had carved jade, but had never touched the original jade. She said "Oh" and kept quiet.

Wang Feiyin looked at the time and urged, "Go back to sleep after you've washed the dishes. We have to go down the mountain early tomorrow morning."

Everyone responded.

Pan Yun and Miaozhen and Miaohe went back hand in hand, planning to divide the money.

Miao He called Tao Yanbai, "Third Brother, do you want to come with us?"

Tao Yanbai hesitated for a moment and then said, "I don't have any money."

"If you don't have money, then make some. Why are you hesitating?" Pan Jun grabbed his shoulder and pulled him away. "Come on, let's discuss how to make money together."

Tao Yanbai went with them.

Pan Xiaohei meowed, but didn't leave. Instead, he pulled a pile of grass to the side of the stove and lay down next to it.

There was charcoal fire in the stove and boiling water in the pot, which was kept warm by the embers. By the next morning, the water in the pot was still warm, just right for washing.

Pan Xiaohei felt that this place was warmer than Pan Yun's house.

Pan Yun didn't care and pulled Tao Yanbai back to the house to discuss the next plan to make money.

"After this money-making trip, I found that revealing bounty notices is indeed very profitable," Pan Yun said excitedly. When his eyes met Tao Yanbai and Miaohe's faces, he paused and frowned, "You...are not suitable."

Miaozhen: "They can save the lives of wanted criminals."

Pan Jun's eyes lit up, "That's a way."

Tao Yanbai: "...Aren't we trying to catch a wanted criminal? Why would we save the life of a wanted criminal?"

Pan Yun sighed, "Most wanted warrants require the life or death of the criminal. The bounty for life is different from the bounty for death."

Tao Yanbai swallowed his saliva and said, "This means..."

Miao He: "It means that Junior Master is too powerful. He will beat them to death when he attacks. We have to save their lives."

Pan Yun and Miao Zhen nodded together. Pan Yun: "Of course, besides revealing the bounty notices, we can also make other money. Now that we have come down from the mountain, there are many ways to make money."

She said, "I can sell talismans."

Miaozhen: "I can tell people's fortunes."

Miaohe: "I can't see patients yet, but I can sell medicine!"

Tao Yanbai: "I can now see patients independently. I can be a traveling Taoist doctor, but it's not very profitable to be a traveling Taoist doctor."

Pan Jun patted him on the shoulder and said, "That's because you haven't become famous yet. If you become famous, you will be able to receive various scheduled illnesses like Third Senior Brother. Those are rich people who can make a lot of money."

"Look at this patient from Changzhou Prefecture. He sent someone from afar to invite Third Senior Brother. The travel expenses alone cost him one hundred taels, not to mention the other consultation fees and medicine costs. Third Senior Brother and I have inquired about this. He earned this amount just from this one patient during this trip."

"Eight hundred taels!" Tao Yanbai and Miao He exclaimed. The two brothers and sisters swallowed their saliva and murmured, "Big Brother has worked hard for half a year and this is all he can earn, right?"

Pan Yun said: "A good and famous doctor can make a lot of money. Rich people in this world are afraid of death. As long as there is a slight possibility, they are willing to pay a huge amount of money."

Tao Yanbai was excited for a moment, then calmed down and said, "But I am different from Third Uncle. I have average talent, and the internal force in my Dantian is just a little bit, and even less when it turns into Yuanli. Third Uncle sometimes uses Yuanli to treat illnesses, and the effect is increased a hundredfold..."

Before he could finish, Miao He slapped him on the shoulder and said solemnly: "Third Brother, I believe in you, you can do it!"

Pan Yun also patted his shoulder and said, "I believe you too. Most doctors in this world don't have Yuanli. Can't they cure difficult and complicated diseases? Yuanli is just a kind of energy. I believe that you doctors can definitely research and develop an energy that can replace Yuanli, so that ordinary doctors can also cure those difficult and complicated diseases."

Tao Yanbai suddenly felt a great sense of pride in his heart, and he couldn't help but look at Miaozhen.

Miao Zhen nodded at him.

Tao Yanbai let out a breath and smiled. Fourth Junior Sister was the most knowledgeable. If she nodded, it meant that this matter was feasible.

Since it is feasible, why doesn't he give it a try?
Tao Yanbai said seriously: "Uncle Junior, when you go out to gain experience again, take me with you."

Pan Yun agreed immediately, "Okay!"

Miao He clapped his hands happily and said excitedly: "Third Brother, then you won't leave?"

Thinking of the life he had been despised for in the past few months, Tao Yanbai forced a smile and said, "I'm not leaving."

Once he made up his mind, Tao Yanbai could no longer sit still and immediately stood up, "Little Master, I'll go back to the house to get the money. I only have eight taels in total. If you need to exchange copper coins next time, please help me exchange some as well."

Although it is small, it can accumulate.

Over time, it accumulated slowly, and that's how he saved his money.

Because he was young and had a tender face, Tao Yanbai didn't charge much for his medical treatment. Most of the time, it was between two and ten cents. He usually charged five cents. Sometimes, if he met a poor patient, he would only charge one cent, or even no money at all.

So it was particularly difficult for him to save money.

Rich people would not go to him for medical treatment. Even if they could not invite Tao Ji, they would go to other doctors in pharmacies for treatment.

Just as Junior Master Uncle said, it’s because he is not famous.

What if he is famous even though he is young?

Isn’t Junior Master-Uncle quite old?

But whether she was a temple priest in Sanqing Mountain or traveling around the world, people respected her.

Because she already has a certain reputation.

Her reputation as a temple priest was earned through her words and her money;

Reputation in the underworld is earned through fighting.

If he wanted to be a Taoist doctor, he had to make a name for himself by curing illnesses and saving lives.

Didn’t Third Uncle also become famous at a young age?
After all, his medical and Taoist skills are far inferior to those of his third uncle, and he has no way to let the world see his medical skills.

Tao Yanbai turned around and walked to Wang Feiyin's door, lingering there.

Wang Feiyin, who was rubbing the soles of his feet in the room and preparing to go to sleep, saw him walking around. He didn't come in even though he had rubbed his soles warm. He could only sigh and said, "Come in."

The person outside the house froze and remained silent for a long while.

Wang Feiyin said, "Don't just stand there like an idiot. I'm talking about you. You're walking around in front of my door in the middle of the night. Don't you have something to say to me?"

Tao Yanbai looked up in panic and saw that his senior brother was standing in front of his door.

Seeing him looking over, Wang Cong gave him an encouraging smile, nodded slightly, and motioned for him to go in.

Tao Yanbai took a deep breath, mustered up the courage to push the door open and went in. He saw the master uncle sitting cross-legged on the bed in the dim night.

Seeing him come in, Wang Feiyin waved his hand, and the oil lamp in the room lit up instantly, making the room a little brighter.

The yellow light shining on people added a sense of warmth, which made Tao Yanbai feel a little more at ease.

He turned around and closed the door, then stood in front of Wang Feiyin with his head lowered, "Uncle Master."

Wang Feiyin: "Just tell me, what's the matter?"

Tao Yanbai raised his head slightly and whispered, "I, I want to go to Longhushan Academy to learn martial arts."

Wang Feiyin: ...Why did Sanqing Mountain start a fight with Longhu Mountain today?

　see you tomorrow
　　(End of this chapter)