The Prime Minister Seduced Me to have Babies!-Chapter 309: Scalpers

This person was delighted, "Then thank you, brother."

He reached out to take the number slip.

Unexpectedly, the other person suddenly withdrew his hand and smiled, "Brother, I’ve been lining up here since midnight. If you take my number, shouldn’t you give me some compensation for my efforts?"

Ah Hu watched from a distance and said nothing.

The man thought for a bit, unable to see the doctor today, he would have to stay overnight, and even staying at an inn costs money.

He sighed, "Alright, brother, I don’t have much silver on me. How about just one coin of silver? I can’t offer more."

The other person thought for a moment, nodded, "Fine, one coin it is, let’s just call it making friends."

The two exchanged silver for the slip, and the person who got the silver quickly left.

At lunchtime, Ah Hu found a moment to tell Gu Yunjiao about this.

Gu Yunjiao’s eyes widened; in modern hospitals, there are scalpers selling numbers, she didn’t expect it here too.

Indeed, where there’s demand, there’s a market.

If a solution isn’t found, these scalpers might start lining up at midnight to sell numbers.

Eventually, they’d monopolize the twenty slots for the day.

Those who want to see a doctor would have to first let the scalpers earn money.

Gu Yunjiao frowned, "What should we do?"

Ah Hu shook his head, "I don’t know what to do either."

Lin Shuo stepped over, "There’s no good solution. Ah Hu and I can only keep a closer watch."

"We’ll prohibit them from selling."

Gu Yunjiao thought carefully, "This probably can’t be stopped."

"They can sell it not in front of you. For instance, a young person queues, and later an old man gets treated. If you accuse them of selling, they could claim that’s his father, and he queued for him. What can you say to that?"

"We can’t conduct a residence check just to see a doctor."

While they were struggling for a solution, Jiang Youzhi walked in briskly.

Gu Yunjiao looked at him, "Isn’t it not break time yet? Why are you here?"

Jiang Youzhi responded, "There’s a literary gathering tomorrow, all the academy teachers will attend, so we have a day off."

He said, "What are you guys frowning and talking about?"

Ah Hu explained the situation with the number selling.

Jiang Youzhi thought, "Why not implement an appointment system?"

"The day before, or days in advance, register the patient’s name, age, address, and general symptoms. If they don’t match, they don’t get treated. This way, such things won’t occur."

"Patients from outside can book later, allowing them to plan their time."

Modern hospitals do have appointment systems, usually by phone or text, which Gu Yunjiao hadn’t considered yet.

She nodded happily, "That’s a great idea, Sanlang is indeed smart."

Ah Hu and Lin Shuo exchanged glances, was she implying they were stupid?

Gu Yunjiao belatedly glanced at both, "I didn’t mean that?"

Lin Shuo tilted his eyes, "What do you mean?"

"We don’t know what you mean, why not tell us?"

Gu Yunjiao was dumbstruck, feeling like she’s digging a deeper hole with words.

She huffed, lifted her skirt, and ran ahead.

Jiang Youzhi chuckled, "Why tease her?"

Lin Shuo laughed, "Teasing her is fun, isn’t it?"

Ah Hu also laughed, "She got all flustered just now."

When she’s treating patients or making medicine, they only feel she’s competent and admire her.

Yet ordinarily, she’s still a young girl, showing her innocent and cute side occasionally.