Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce-Chapter 72 - Gathering Medicinal Herbs (2)_1
Chapter 72 -72: Gathering Medicinal Herbs (2)_1
Chapter 72 -72: Gathering Medicinal Herbs (2)_1
Turning around, she saw Ye Ge wearing a straw hat, carrying a pole on his shoulder.
It was still early, and there was a faint mist around Ye Ge.
He stood in that mist, his deep eyes looking at her.
She couldn’t help feeling a little breathless, but she managed to greet him casually, “Good morning, Ye Ge…”
He walked up to her, his gaze fixed on her face, and his voice low and soft, “Up the mountain so early?”
“Yes, I’m going to gather some herbs,” Nan Feng explained her trip to the Medical Hall, then she asked Ye Ge, “And you?
Are you also heading into the mountains?”
“I’m going to cut some firewood, the second master’s house has run out,” Ye Ge replied.
“Should we go up together?”
“Shall we go up together?”
They spoke at the same time.
Thereafter, both of them laughed together.
At that moment, Nan Feng felt a warmth in her heart, and then her face turned red.
She quickly turned away.
Somehow, she thought about the time when he said that everyone is friends and should help each other.
Yes, just friends.
So, the warmth in her heart gradually cooled down.
Nan Feng quickly focused her attention back on herb picking, especially after they reached deeper into the mountains, they only exchanged a few words before they each headed their own ways.
…
By the end of the day, Nan Feng only found three He Shou Wu plants and a few Daqingye plants.
But after tallying it all up, she realized she could earn a hundred Wen, which made her satisfied.
As the sun was about to set, Nan Feng wrapped up her day of herb picking and prepared to descend the mountain.
She thought Ye Ge had already left, but when she reached the same fork in the path where they separated in the morning, she saw Ye Ge standing there waiting, with two bundles of firewood beside him.
Her heart once again warmed, and it felt as if a stream of molten rock was surging within her.
She couldn’t clear up why she was feeling this way.
Ye Ge saw her too, but he appeared calm, simply asking how much she had gathered that day.
Nan Feng truthfully told him, and then asked Ye Ge, “Why don’t you come herb picking with me?
We can make money together?”
Ye Ge shook his head, “No, I have other things to do.”
“Oh?
Some other businesses?
Is it profitable?” Nan Feng teased.
Ye Ge casually replied, “It’s about the same as herb picking.”
Nan Feng felt a little letdown, the molten rock in her heart was suddenly extinguished.
She knew from his tone that he didn’t want her to be involved, so she didn’t ask further.
At that moment, Ye Ge added, “Actually, I wanted to accompany you, but something came up and I have to go to the county for a few days.”
After hearing Ye Ge’s words, Nan Feng suddenly didn’t feel so disappointed anymore.
He said he actually wanted to accompany her!
He just had other things to do.
Did that count as a love confession?
And so, Nan Feng descended the mountain with mixed feelings of joy and disappointment.
…
Over the next few days, Nan Feng continued to search for medicinal herbs in the mountains.
Because of her courage and willingness to venture, she quickly gathered quite a lot.
Although none of them were expensive herbs, when she took them to the Medical Hall, the owner was astonished.
The Medical Hall often suffered a shortage of herbs.
Some herbs had to be purchased from the county, while some needed to be picked from the mountains.
The owner, being busy tending to patients, could only go to the hills to gather common medicinal herbs for colds and fevers once every few days.
Yet there before him, this little girl had gathered a basketful.
The owner scrutinized the herbs carefully and found all them genuine.
He was greatly amazed and promptly paid Nan Feng in silver.
He also gave her a list of the most needed herbs, asking her to gather them according to the list.
The owner later learned from Nan Feng that she identified the herbs based on the “Compendium of Materia Medica”.
He then took the opportunity to lend Nan Feng two medical books, highlighting the most urgently needed herbs and letting her gather them according to the illustrations in the books.
