Chinese Medicine: Starting with Daily Intelligence-Chapter 157: Feedback

The entire camp was in an uproar.

Soldiers poured out of their tents, and medics came rushing over.

But they didn’t see the scene they expected: swarms of insects surrounding Li Yuewei and the other two men.

Instead, the insects just buzzed nearby, not daring to approach the trio.

"This is..."

Everyone stared, dumbfounded, at the incredible scene.

Some even rubbed their eyes, wondering if they were hallucinating.

The sentry was the first to react.

He greeted the three of them in his airtight protective suit, asking excitedly, "Captain, how are you not afraid of the mosquito bites? Did you get some powerful new repellent from headquarters?"

The others all looked over, their faces full of anticipation.

If there really was a medicine that could fend off the mosquitoes, it would be amazing. They wouldn’t have to suffer anymore.

"It’s not that."

Li Yuewei held up the Brocade Bag that Yang Tian had given him, his voice booming. "It’s not from headquarters. It’s a Mugwort Bag that Comrade Yang Tian’s sister sent!"

The crowd instantly erupted.

The soldiers swarmed around him, all asking at once:

"For real?"

"Let me smell it!"

"How long does this thing last?"

"Where can we buy them?"

"I’ve used mugwort before. Why wasn’t it this effective?"

Li Yuewei was jostled about until he had to roar, "Attention!"

Once the men quieted down, he turned to Yang Tian. "Go call your sister! Now! Immediately!"

In the communications room, Yang Tian was ecstatic.

His entire company stood behind him, dozens of pairs of eyes fixed on him with fervent hope.

The moment the call connected, his sister’s familiar voice came through, tinged with surprise and worry. "Xiao Tian, is something wrong? Why are you calling at this hour?"

Normally, he was only allowed to call once a week.

And it wasn’t his scheduled time to call.

Yang Tian quickly said, "Sis, nothing’s wrong. My captain gave me special permission."

"Oh."

Yang Qing breathed a sigh of relief. "Why the special permission?"

Yang Tian replied, "Because of the Mugwort Bags! They work so well! The mosquitoes smell the mugwort and stay far away. I’m even wearing a short-sleeved shirt right now."

"Haha..."

Yang Qing was delighted to hear this and said proudly, "Of course they do! I tested them myself. You little brat, you didn’t even believe me when I told you."

"Hehe, I was blind to the greatness before me. I didn’t realize how amazing my sister is."

After a bit of flattery, Yang Tian got to the point. "Sis, two Mugwort Bags aren’t enough. You need to buy me more, at least 50."

"Fifty? You might as well just kill me. Do you have any idea how much one costs?"

"How much?"

"Five hundred."

"What? That expensive?"

Yang Tian was stunned. He thought about how his sister had bought him two, and how he hadn’t appreciated it at first, which made him feel even more guilty.

Then, he looked at Li Yuewei, his eyes asking the question.

Li Yuewei didn’t hesitate. "Buy them! Headquarters will pay. Have your sister buy them."

The regiment’s logistics department had to spend hundreds of thousands every year on mosquito prevention supplies.

And the results were still poor.

The Mugwort Bags might be more expensive, but one was worth a whole batch of other supplies.

It was a great deal.

"Sis, just buy them. Our regiment will pay you. Um, or you could just give us the store’s phone number, and we’ll place the order."

"Xiao Tian, it’s not as simple as you think. Dr. Li said the ingredients are precious and they’re not for public sale. I had to beg for a long time just to get two."

"Ah..."

"How about this? I’ll go ask again and see if I can buy more."

Li Yuewei, who had been listening nearby, took the phone from Yang Tian and said solemnly, "Yang Tian’s sister, this is Yang Tian’s captain. I must ask for your help in coordinating this. On behalf of the border defense company, I thank you."

Yang Qing quickly replied, "You’re too kind, sir. I’ll go and ask for you tomorrow."

...

The next morning, Yang Qing arrived at Li’s Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic.

When she pushed the door open, Li Xu was in front of the medicine cabinet, inspecting herbs.

"Dr. Li!" Yang Qing hurried forward, her voice urgent. "Can you sell me another 50 premium Mugwort Bags?"

Li Xu’s hands paused, and he looked up.

He recognized her—he had sold her two Mugwort Bags the last time she came.

"Why do you need more?"

"Dr. Li, it’s like this..."

Yang Qing quickly explained, telling him Yang Tian’s story.

"The premium Mugwort Bags are incredibly effective against insects. There are dozens of men at their border post, so two is nowhere near enough. That’s why they want to buy more."

"I see..."

Li Xu fell silent.

Fifty bags was not a huge number, but not a small one either.

It would require fifty grams of rosewood.

That was equivalent to a small piece of the Rosewood Sculpture.

’I can spare that.’

’Especially since it’s to help border guards.’

"Dr. Li," Yang Qing pleaded, "they really need them..."

"Alright." Li Xu nodded. "Consider it a contribution to the frontier." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Yang Qing’s eyes instantly lit up. She excitedly pulled out her wallet. "I’ll pay right now!"

"No need," Li Xu said with a wave of his hand. "Pay when you come to pick them up tomorrow."

Song Sisi had been sitting to the side, eating her breakfast.

After Yang Qing left,

Song Sisi sidled over. "Boss, is there anything you need me to do?"

"Wipe the grease off your mouth, then prepare the herbs. I’m going to go scrape some Padauk Powder."

"You got it."

...

Back at her office, Yang Qing was still buzzing with excitement.

Work wasn’t busy, so she opened her phone, found the official account for *Urban Life*, and quickly typed on the virtual keyboard:

[True Story: How a Mugwort Bag Changed the Lives of Border Guards]

She described in detail the situation at her brother’s border defense company and the miraculous changes brought about by the premium Mugwort Bags.

After hitting ’send,’ she leaned back in her chair and let out a long sigh of relief.

The comment section quickly came to life:

"For real? The mosquitoes in North Bay are notoriously vicious!"

"Looks like you really have to buy the premium ones. The regular Mugwort Bags I bought are totally useless."

"Is that the TCM clinic on Construction Road? I’m going to check it out this afternoon! The mosquitoes are driving me crazy this summer."

"This isn’t just some sponsored post, is it?"

Yang Qing replied earnestly to every comment: "This isn’t an ad. The premium Mugwort Bags aren’t for public sale because the ingredients are too precious. I just wanted to share this heartwarming story..."

...

「Meanwhile.」

At the *Urban Life* editorial office.

Lin Xiaoyu arrived at work on time, sat down at her desk, and brewed a cup of steaming herbal tea.

Thinking about the special feature from a few days ago, she opened the official account’s back-end and immediately saw the post from Yang Qing.

Many of the people who had previously doubted the effectiveness of mugwort were now wavering.

"Huh?"

Her eyes lit up.

She immediately replied: "We’re so happy we could help the border guards..."

After replying to a few more comments, she rubbed her shoulders and slender waist.

As an editor who often spent hours hunched over her desk, her lumbar and cervical spine weren’t in great shape.

’If this keeps up,’ she thought,

’I’m definitely going to get a herniated disc.’

’I really hope not.’

Lin Xiaoyu grew worried.

Her father had a herniated disc, and he suffered terribly from it.

She did not want to get the same illness.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind.

’Doctor Li is so amazing. I wonder if he treats back pain?’

’I’ll go to the clinic on the weekend and ask.’