Chapter 54: Five Hundred Yuan

Chi Wan’s actions were actually aimed at asking for “directions.”

The two yuan she had spent earlier were a “key.”

She fabricated a story.

She claimed to be a poor young wife from a poor family who couldn’t even afford enough food to eat.

Now, her elder family member was seriously ill.

They couldn’t afford a doctor or medicine.

But the husband thought it would be unfilial to let his elder family member die, so he didn’t want to give up!

But what could they do with no money at all?

In desperation, they finally remembered their family heirloom.

It was said that her husband’s grandfather, in his younger years, was a hunter who went up into the mountains.

By chance, he dug up a wild ginseng root in the sparsely populated mountains.

It was as big as a palm.

Not only was it well-shaped, but its roots were also flourishing, making it definitely a good product.

From then on,

That wild ginseng root was kept as a family heirloom, passed down through generations, and was not even allowed to be touched.

Now, they were at the end of their rope.

They couldn’t even put food on the table, and their family was about to die, so they had to sell the family heirloom, the wild ginseng.

But they couldn’t just sell it to anyone.

Firstly, they needed to find someone who knew the value.

Secondly, they needed to find someone who had the money.

If they just sold it to anyone, they might be cheated and wouldn’t even know it.

Therefore…

“Auntie, you look like a kind-hearted person. Your family is in the medicinal business, so you must have connections. This is literally my life-saving money. Please, please do me a favor and tell me which pharmacy in this county can offer a good price?”

Chi Wan’s dirty little face showed a pleading expression, her eyes filled with pity as she stared at the woman in front of her.

The woman was an honest person, but she was also a smart person.

After hearing the whole story, she understood that the two yuan of Fritillaria that Chi Wan had bought earlier wasn’t actually for medicine, but a way to show goodwill.

Now that she had received the money, she was ready to help.

For someone in the medicinal business, hearing about wild ginseng immediately made their eyes light up.

If it’s genuine, how could they not be tempted!

However,

The woman only ran a small business, and her family didn’t have the money to buy a wild ginseng.

Therefore, she wouldn’t get involved.

“Young lady, you seem like a straightforward person. Auntie does know a few connections here, but are you sure that wild ginseng is real? Don’t get your hopes up.”

The woman reminded her kindly.

Chi Wan knew that her method was successful.

She hurriedly nodded repeatedly, “It’s real, it’s real. It’s definitely real! It’s been kept in the family for decades.”

“If you’re sure, then that’s good. Listen to me carefully, you need to remember this. Just go forward from this road…”

The woman pointed in a direction.

She gestured with her hands and spoke carefully.

Chi Wan was listening intently, committing everything to memory.

However,

At that moment, a figure blocked Chi Wan and the woman.

His sudden appearance

Also interrupted the woman who was giving directions to Chi Wan.

The location of the pharmacy was only mentioned one-third of the way.

Chi Wan immediately showed a displeased expression.

But just as she was about to speak, she saw Liang Qiuchi again.

“Why is it you again?”

Chi Wan frowned.

Chi Wan came to the black market by bicycle, while Liang Qiuchi came on foot, asking for directions and inquiring all the way.

He was out of breath, with a little sweat on his face.

The fair face of the playboy was also flushed with the exertion.

He panted heavily.

He said in a broken voice, “You… you… you were asking… asking for directions to the pharmacy… find… find me…”

Chi Wan’s brows furrowed even tighter.

It wasn’t that she didn’t trust Liang Qiuchi, but she was unhappy that her words were overheard by someone else.

She even felt a hint of anger.

Liang Qiuchi seemed completely unconcerned.

Instead, he stared at Chi Wan’s dirty face and the blue cloth wrapped around her head, finding it quite amusing.

It was exactly like the auntie next to her.

Liang Qiuchi smiled and asked.

“Do you have to dress like this to come to this place?”

Chi Wan didn’t respond to his words.

She turned around and continued chatting with the auntie, trying to find out the exact address.

“Auntie, can you tell me again, where is that pharmacy? I didn’t hear clearly.”

Just then,

The crowd in the alley suddenly surged.

Someone

Shouted loudly.

“Not good! People with red armbands are coming!”

“They’re right ahead!”

“Everyone run!”

As soon as this voice came, the woman, who had been quite friendly, immediately became nervous.

The woman quickly packed up the medicinal herbs she was selling.

She didn’t even bother talking to Chi Wan anymore.

She took her things and ran away in a flash.

In just a minute,

The alley, which had been relatively crowded, was suddenly left with only Chi Wan and Liang Qiuchi.

Now…

Chi Wan didn’t even have anyone to ask, so she could only turn to Liang Qiuchi.

The two of them stared at each other.

Liang Qiuchi calmed his breathing, and his heaving chest calmed down.

He looked at Chi Wan with a leisurely air.

As if waiting for Chi Wan to speak first.

Since things were like this,

Chi Wan didn’t pretend anymore.

She untied the cloth on her head, wiped her face roughly, and dusted it off with her hands.

She said,

“Liang Qiuchi, stop beating around the bush, where is that pharmacy you mentioned? Let’s go.”

Liang Qiuchi smiled.

“That’s right, you should have come with me earlier.”

Just like that,

Chi Wan and Liang Qiuchi left the black market, one after the other.

Liang Qiuchi walked ahead.

He didn’t take Chi Wan to any big pharmacy or to a well-known doctor in the county.

Instead, he took the back roads.

He turned left and right.

As if entering a residential area.

Liang Qiuchi was afraid that Chi Wan wouldn’t believe him, so he kept talking along the way.

“Chi Wan, I’ve been living in this small county since I was six years old, I’m very familiar with this area…”

“When I was young, something happened to my family, and my mother’s health hasn’t been good since then…”

“She’s been taking medicine for over ten years now. The doctor who lives here was specially found by my father, his medical skills are definitely top-notch…”

Chi Wan believed that Liang Qiuchi wasn’t lying.

From what she had seen of Liang Qiuchi’s mother, her clothes and demeanor,

The doctor who could treat her must have extraordinary skills.

However…

“Since that doctor is so skilled, why hasn’t your mother recovered after taking medicine for over ten years?”

Chi Wan asked.

Liang Qiuchi, who was walking ahead, stopped suddenly.

He didn’t turn around.

He just paused slightly.

Then he continued walking forward.

His voice, when it came again, was slightly lower.

“My mother suffers from a heart ailment. Even the best doctor can’t cure it.”

In those words,

Chi Wan heard the rare seriousness and solemnity in Liang Qiuchi’s voice.

It turned out that even this wealthy young master had his own worries.

Further down,

It was Liang Qiuchi’s private matter, and Chi Wan had no interest in prying into other people’s privacy.

Besides…

It was the smell of medicine!

When Chi Wan turned into another alley, she smelled a faint scent of medicinal herbs in the air.

For most people,

Most people don’t like the smell of medicine, especially the bitter taste of traditional Chinese medicine.

But for Chi Wan,

This smell was both familiar and reassuring.

She could already smell the medicine just standing at the entrance of the alley, which meant that the doctor hidden in the residential area must be extraordinary.

Further forward,

It was a small courtyard similar to Zheng Kui’s house.

Square and rectangular.

But unlike Zheng Kui’s dilapidated house,

This family, from the alleyway to the wooden door, was all clean and tidy.

On the wooden door,

There were even red couplets from the Spring Festival, as well as an upside-down “Fu” character.

The handwriting.

Strong and powerful.

Sharp and incisive.

“Doctor Sun, I’m here!”

Liang Qiuchi didn’t even knock.

He reached out and pushed open the door.

He walked straight into the house.

As the door opened,

Chi Wan immediately saw the medicinal herbs drying in the courtyard.

She glanced at them.

A look of surprise appeared in her eyes.

Not to mention,

As she gradually walked in, she saw that the rooms on both sides of the main hall were filled with drawers full of medicinal herbs.

At a glance,

If each drawer contained one type of medicinal herb, there were at least hundreds of types.

Too… spectacular!

Chi Wan had never seen so many when she was studying at university.

As the saying goes,

Great things are hidden in plain sight.

True doctors are hidden among ordinary people.

That’s probably what it means.

“Doctor Sun, Doctor Sun, Doctor Sun… It’s already noon, you wouldn’t still be asleep, would you?”

Not only did Liang Qiuchi not knock, but after entering, he called out repeatedly.

He didn’t show any sign of being uninvited.

And his words also revealed his close relationship with Doctor Sun.

After a while,

The sound of a cane hitting the ground came.

Dong dong dong.

Approaching continuously.

Then,

Doctor Sun finally came out.

He had a full head of white hair, and he looked almost a hundred years old, but his eyes were bright, his spirit was full, and his body was strong.

It made people feel like he was only sixty or seventy years old.

Doctor Sun looked at Liang Qiuchi and tapped his cane.

“You little rascal, you’ve always been like this since you were a child, you don’t know how to knock when you come to my place!”

“Didn’t your mother say you went to study in the capital? Why are you back now?”

“You wouldn’t be causing trouble at school again, would you? Your mother will definitely be angry and her condition will worsen.”

The two of them interacted like grandparents and grandson.

Doctor Sun’s way of scolding Liang Qiuchi was like scolding his own grandson.

Liang Qiuchi was still his usual carefree self.

He said, “I wanted to come back, so I came back. Why do I need a reason? Forget about that! I didn’t come alone today, I brought someone with me.”

With that,

Doctor Sun’s gaze fell on Chi Wan.

Since she had been transported to this book, Chi Wan had met all sorts of people, even the Third Uncle of the Huo family, but none of them had made her feel pressured.

But when she met Doctor Sun’s gaze,

Chi Wan felt like… she was being seen through.

As if she were transparent, every part of her body was being dissected and analyzed by Doctor Sun.

She suppressed the strange feeling and said respectfully,

“Doctor Sun, hello, my name is Chi Wan.”

Doctor Sun leaned on his cane with one hand and stroked his white beard with the other.

He looked at Chi Wan and said, “You’re not here to see a doctor, are you?”

That was the point.

Before Chi Wan could speak, Liang Qiuchi answered.

“Doctor Sun, how did you know she’s not here to see a doctor?”

Doctor Sun replied calmly, “Her body is better than yours, who lives a life of luxury every day, she’s perfectly healthy.”

That’s true…

Chi Wan felt the nourishment of spiritual energy in her spiritual treasure space every day, her body was completely beyond that of ordinary people.

Could it be… that Doctor Sun could see that?

Chi Wan couldn’t believe this speculation.

But Doctor Sun just glanced at her, without any examination, and he could tell so much, he was definitely not an ordinary doctor.

“Since Qiuchi brought you here, come in and talk.”

Doctor Sun said.

He turned slightly and walked towards the house, leaning on his cane.

This time,

Liang Qiuchi didn’t follow.

He just said to Chi Wan, who was walking forward, “This old man Sun has a strange temper, I can only help you this far.”

“It’s okay. I’ll take care of the rest myself.”

Chi Wan nodded and replied.

But Doctor Sun’s voice came from inside the house again.

“You stinky brat, who are you calling an old man!”

The shout.

His voice was full of energy, like a middle-aged man.

Liang Qiuchi shrunk his neck and stopped talking.

Chi Wan walked into the house and saw a room full of Huanghuali furniture.

Steady and understated.

But… it was all money!

This furniture, even if you had money in a few decades, you wouldn’t be able to buy it.

This Doctor Sun, he was more than just a doctor.

Chi Wan was shocked in her heart, but her face remained calm and natural.

She sat opposite Doctor Sun at a desk, with a small stove for boiling tea and a set of purple clay teapots on the table.

The aroma of tea.

The aroma of medicinal herbs.

They blended perfectly in this room.

Chi Wan looked at all this with appreciation, then went straight to the point.

“Doctor Sun, I have a rare herb here, I wonder if you’re interested in buying it?”

As she spoke,

Chi Wan took out a white cloth from her bag.

She gently unfolded the cloth, revealing a dried Blood Essence Grass.

Even after being dried, the leaves of the Blood Essence Grass were still a dark red blood color.

As if blood was still flowing through the veins.

Doctor Sun, who had been calm, his eyes changed instantly when he saw what Chi Wan was holding.

In just a moment,

Doctor Sun straightened his back, his eyes became bright and energetic.

He carefully picked up the Blood Essence Grass, examining it carefully, back and forth, over and over again.

He even broke off a small piece of the root.

He put it in his mouth and chewed it.

After a few minutes of identification,

Doctor Sun’s gaze towards Chi Wan had completely changed.

He smiled and said, “You’re so young, how did you know about this? Do you know what this herb is called?”

Chi Wan replied, “I saw it in an ancient book before. It’s called Blood Essence Grass.”

“Not simple. Not simple at all.”

Doctor Sun said “not simple” several times, his words full of admiration for Chi Wan.

Then…

He slowly extended a hand.

All five fingers were spread out.

He shook it gently and said,

“This much.”

Chi Wan originally thought it was fifty.

After all, this was a small county, even if it was a very valuable thing, not everyone could afford it.

But Doctor Sun said,

“Five hundred for one plant. How many do you have? I can buy them all!”