Chapter 139: Work Too Much, Too Tired, Too Hard
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“It’s better than nothing that I can get temporary relief. I also had a belly ache two days ago. It was very uncomfortable that I couldn’t even sit still!” said Professor Lu with a smile.
“I see, I’ll give you some herbs to try. How long are you going to stay here?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.
“Three days,” said Professor Lu.
“I see. I’ll think about it and will deliver the herbal decoction to you after I get it ready,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
“You don’t need to deliver it. Call me once the decoction is ready. I’ll get someone to fetch it,” said Tian Yuantu.
“Okay,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
Tian Yuantu stopped w.a.n.g Yao when he was ready to leave.
“How about having lunch together here?” suggested Tian Yuantu.
“Thank you, but I’ve got errands to run. Shall we catch up on another day?” said w.a.n.g Yao.
“Okay, Professor Lu, could you please wait for me for a moment? I’m walking Yao out,” said Tian Yuantu to Professor Lu.
Tian Yuantu walked w.a.n.g Yao downstairs.
“Professor Lu is from the University of Hu Cheng Tong Ji. He is an expert in civil engineering. Our organization hired him as a consultant. He came here to provide advice from time to time. I happen to have a very important project here, so I asked him to take a look,” said Tian Yuantu while walking.
“I see, good for you. Well, I’m fine by myself, you can go back to Professor Lu,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
w.a.n.g Yao drove to Li Maoshuang’s place after leaving Tian Yuantu’s.
“Hi Yao, what is it? Wow! Manually made tea leaves! This is precious!” said Li Maoshuang with a smile after taking the tea leaves from w.a.n.g Yao.
“Try it,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
w.a.n.g Yao also didn’t stay at Li Maoshuang’s place for long. He deliberately left before lunch time and went home straight away.
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Tian Yuantu and Professor Lu were chatting happily inside Tian Yuantu’s office at Jia Hui organization.
“Your friend is very nice,” said Professor Lu.
“Yeah, he’s also very capable. Let’s try his tea,” suggested Tian Yuantu.
“Sure!” said Professor Lu.
Tian Yuantu took out a tea set and opened the pack w.a.n.g Yao gave him. A lovely smell of tea leaves came out as soon as Tian Yuantu opened it.
He took out a small amount of tea leaves and put them inside the teapot. Then, he poured some hot water inside the teapot. The room was full of the nice smell of tea.
“Good tea! Good tea!” said Professor Lu. He was impressed by the smell, color, and taste of the tea.
“Indeed!” Tian Yuantu appraised the tea too. After all, he was an expert.
He took up the teacup and had a sip. The tea was fresh and sweet, and the taste lingered in his mouth for a long time.
“I haven’t had such good tea in ages! It tastes even better than those well-known teas!” exclaimed Professor Lu.
“Would you like to have more tea? I’m just sharing the gifts that were first given to me. Would you like to have some?” said Tian Yuantu with a smile. Actually, Tian Yuantu didn’t mind sharing the precious tea with Professor Lu. But he couldn’t give it all to Professor Lu because it was a sign of w.a.n.g Yao being friendly to him.
“Thank you, but you should keep the tea. After all, it was from your friend. But you can ask if I can buy some tea from your friend. I don’t mind the cost,” said Professor Lu.
“Okay,” said Tian Yuantu.
w.a.n.g Yao drove home to have lunch and returned to Nanshan hill afterwards. He doc.u.mented Professor Lu’s condition in a new notebook because Professor Lu was not seriously ill. His problem was not considered tricky because when he didn’t have an episode, he could live like normal people. The treatment was not tricky, either. w.a.n.g Yao decided to use Stone flower to dissolve the stones inside Professor Lu’s body and some other herbs to regulate his digestive system and settle the liver.
w.a.n.g Yao wrote down the herbal formula he prescribed for Professor Lu. Then, he started to prepare the herbs. The Stone flower was going to be the dominating herb in the formula. w.a.n.g Yao hadn’t used all the Stone flowers he purchased from the system last time, and he had all the other herbs available as well. He planned to brew a decoction the next day.
Woof! Woof! Woof! San Xian barked again. w.a.n.g Yao went out to check what was going on and found several aphids on his herbs.
Again!
Fortunately, there were not too many aphids. w.a.n.g Yao removed those aphids carefully and then touched San Xian’s head gently.
“Well done, tell me once you find pests from now on,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
Woof! Woof! San Xian nodded as if he could understand w.a.n.g Yao.
w.a.n.g Yao looked at those well-grown common herbs which didn’t require special care like licorice roots. Those herbs grew very well with the nurturing of diluted ancient spring water.
Maybe I should start to reap the herbs.
The herbal plants started to get really crowded, which facilitated the spreading of pests.
w.a.n.g Yao had reaped some herbs to exchange for reward points previously. He still had quite a lot left. Some herbs could be used directly, while some had to be dried and processed first.
w.a.n.g Yao decided to keep some herbs for himself, use some to exchange for reward points, and keep the rest to get seeds.
Reaping herbs required care and attention. w.a.n.g Yao knew he shouldn’t rush and needed to plan carefully. He listed all the herbs he had planted, and by the time he had finished, it was close to dusk.
Time pa.s.sed so quickly! w.a.n.g Yao noticed it was already dark outside. He packed away everything, locked the door of the cottage and said goodbye to San Xian before going home for dinner.
w.a.n.g Yao was surprised to find his family had a visitor when he arrived at home. It was someone he knew well.
“Hi, Uncle w.a.n.g,” greeted w.a.n.g Yao.
“Hi, Yao!” It was w.a.n.g Fengming who w.a.n.g Yao visited and saw the other day.
w.a.n.g Yao thought w.a.n.g Fengming came to look for his father, but he actually came to thank w.a.n.g Yao.
“Have you taken all the herbs I gave you?” asked w.a.n.g Yao. He found w.a.n.g Fengming looked better, and his eyes were brighter.
“Yeah, it worked really well!” said w.a.n.g Fengming with a smile.
w.a.n.g Fengming doubted the effect of the herbal decoction in the evening when w.a.n.g Yao delivered the decoction to him, so he only took a little. He felt slightly better before he went to bed, so he took a little more the next morning. w.a.n.g Fengming felt much better in the afternoon. His body was lighter, and he was less tired. Therefore, he continued to take w.a.n.g Yao’s decoction and asked his wife to take some as well. After another night’s rest, w.a.n.g Fengming no longer felt tired, and his stomach ache had reduced too. His wife also felt better. They were surprised that w.a.n.g Yao’s decoction was so wonderful.
He decided to visit w.a.n.g Yao to express his grat.i.tude.
“You are always welcome here, but please don’t worry about bringing anything next time,” said w.a.n.g Yao while he was looking at the fruits brought by w.a.n.g Fengming.
w.a.n.g Yao knew w.a.n.g Fengming and his family well. Unlike w.a.n.g Yide, w.a.n.g Fengming was a nice and honest person, so he was willing to help him.
“Okay,” said w.a.n.g Fengming.
“I’ll give you two more doses of herbal formula tomorrow. Let me know if it works well. By the way, please don’t share the dose with your wife. Your wife is much healthier than you,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
“Sure, I’ll remember it.” w.a.n.g Fengming nodded.
“Uncle w.a.n.g, please don’t tell anyone about the herbs I gave you,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
“Sure.” w.a.n.g Fengming didn’t know why but he didn’t ask.
“Uncle w.a.n.g, I’m like Mr. Li, the barefoot doctor living at the other side of the village. I don’t have any medical qualifications. I trust you and your wife, but not some people. They will use it to attack me.” w.a.n.g Yao didn’t mind explaining to w.a.n.g Fengming why he had to keep his medical skills in secret.
“Don’t worry, my wife and I won’t tell anyone,” promised w.a.n.g Fengming.
w.a.n.g Fengming turned down the invitation for dinner from w.a.n.g Yao’s parents. He said he already had dinner and left after a short while.
“What’s wrong with Fengming?” asked Zhang Xiuying after w.a.n.g Fengming had left.
“He was too exhausted, depressed and furious. His emotions disturbed his meridians and damaged his internal organs. He was seriously ill,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
“That bad?!” w.a.n.g Yao’s parents’ faces stiffened.
“Fengming and his wife are good people,” said w.a.n.g Fenghua after some silence.
“I know. What should I do, Dad?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.
w.a.n.g Yao was eating slowly and silently. His parents didn’t talk much either.
Ding! The sound of a phone notification broke the silence. w.a.n.g Yao took out his phone and found that it was Tong Wei. He glanced at his parents, then walked away into his own room.
“h.e.l.lo, Tong Wei?” said w.a.n.g Yao.
“h.e.l.lo, how are you?” Tong Wei sounded very nice on the phone. Her voice was like the running spring in the hill, and the birds’ singing.
“I’m good; I’m having dinner with my family at the moment. How about you?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.
“I just came home,” said Tong Wei.
“Back to Lianshan?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.
“Yes, when are you available?” said Tong Wei.
“The day after tomorrow,” said w.a.n.g Yao. He was going to brew decoctions the next day.
“Okay, shall we catch up the day after tomorrow?” asked Tong Wei.
“Sure,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
After w.a.n.g Yao had hung up the phone, he found his mother was looking at him strangely.
“Why are you looking at me like this, Mom?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.
“Who did you talk to on the phone? Why don’t you want me to hear your conversation?” said Zhang Xiuying.
“I was talking to my old schoolmate,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
“Which schoolmate? Male for female?” asked Zhang Xiuying. w.a.n.g Yao found his mother became very alarmed every time he mentioned the word “schoolmate.”
“I was talking to Tong Wei. I was just asking her if she was available to come here the next few days. Don’t you want to meet her?” said w.a.n.g Yao. He also wanted to try dating Tong Wei.
“Great!” said Zhang Xiuying excitedly.
The phone call made the whole family happy. w.a.n.g Yao went back to Nanshan hill straight after dinner. His mother was still talking about Tong Wei when he said goodbye to his parents.
w.a.n.g Yao went back to his cottage to prepare the herbs for the decoctions he was going to brew the next day. He needed to brew decoctions for Master Xu, Professor Lu, and w.a.n.g Fengming. He estimated that it would take him half a day to complete brewing all the decoctions.