Chapter 66: Little Meat Bun's Surgery

Gu Changsheng's predictions proved to be accurate; even after she returned from the mountains with Lan Zhi's family, having gathered herbs, the rise in grain prices had yet to be curbed.

"Alas, yesterday the price of rice and flour soared to eight hundred qian a dou, and I was too heartbroken to spend more silver to buy extra. Now look what happened—the grain shops in the market have shut their doors entirely. How are we supposed to get by now?" Lan Zhi, after taking the rabbit hunted by her husband, spoke with worry clouding her heart.

"Damn that Mu Wanxuan!" Gu Changsheng, carrying a basket of herbs on her back, couldn't help but curse aloud.

"Little sister Lan Zhi, I must head home. I need to tend to my son's illness this afternoon," Gu Changsheng said as she waved goodbye to Lan Zhi's family, with whom she had grown quite familiar over the past few days, and made her way back with her basket of herbs.

As soon as she entered her home, Gu Changsheng called for Uncle Song.