But even though he admired him, the old doctor still extended his hand and said, "Your wife's consultation fee is also five coins."
This was the most basic fee for a consultation, which wasn't much compared to what the attending doctors in the big pharmacies in the county town charged.
Things were better than he had expected, so Zhou Silang happily counted out forty coins to give to him, then went outside to check the darkening sky.
He glanced at the slanting sun rays that had yet to completely fade in the sky, leaned on his waist and crouched down to coax Manbao, "Manbao, would you like to sleep with me and your fourth sister-in-law tonight? I tell you, Aunt Fang's house has a lot of tasty things..."
"Just say you don't want to go home and that you want to stay over," Manbao wasn't a fool; how could she not understand his intentions?