The Greatest Village Doctor In The World-Chapter 48: Yuan Ling Grass
After seeing off Huaihua and her daughter and noticing that Li Shiyun hadn’t come to find him, he decided to give her a call.
"Village Chief, didn’t you say you’d come to see me this morning? Why didn’t you show up?"
"Something came up in town unexpectedly, and they needed me at a meeting. Let’s wait until this afternoon," Li Shiyun answered.
"Oh, all right."
A hint of disappointment in his voice, Ling Feng hung up the phone, thinking that since that was the case, he might as well take this opportunity to go up the mountain to gather some herbs.
After getting his things ready, he turned to leave the house but suddenly remembered Wang Cai and called out to him.
With a whoosh, Wang Cai came running from behind and sat down near him, looking up cheerfully.
"Let’s go, come with me into the mountains to gather herbs, and I’ll get you some lunch as well," Ling Feng said.
Wang Cai was delighted, stood up, and ran outside. In a blink, he had reached the entrance of the village.
Shaking his head, Ling Feng hopped on his tricycle and left home, heading towards the mountains.
Once in the mountains, he busied himself collecting various medicinal herbs, while Wang Cai ran wild through the fields, as joyous as if he were back at home.
Before long, Ling Feng had already gathered almost a basketful of herbs, and Wang Cai had caught several wild rabbits.
The dog was ruthless with the rabbits, killing them with one bite and then gleefully running back to leave them on the tricycle before continuing his hunt.
As they ventured deeper into the mountains, while searching for herbs, Ling Feng suddenly spotted an herb he had never seen before, Yuan Ling Grass.
"Huh? I’ve never seen this before?"
Muttering to himself, Ling Feng hurriedly pulled up the herb.
At the same time, relevant information suddenly popped into his mind!
Yuan Ling Grass was useless to humans but could be mixed with other medicinal ingredients to make Yuan Ling Pills, which when fed to animals, had remarkable effects.
After reading this, Ling Feng’s eyes bulged with surprise, thinking that this was a great find!
He had been worrying about how to make his farm-raised pheasants and wild rabbits grow quickly, and now he had stumbled upon this miraculous Yuan Ling Grass!
Fortune truly favored him!
With this thought, Ling Feng stopped picking other herbs and called over the exuberantly roaming Wang Cai, "Sniff this grass and help me find more!"
Wang Cai came over, took a whiff, turned his head, and took off. Moments later, he started barking from afar.
Based on the experience gained from previous mushroom foraging, this method was the simplest and the least tiring. So before long, Ling Feng’s basket was filled with several dozen Yuan Ling Grass plants.
Noticing that it was already midday, he didn’t get greedy and headed home down the mountain with Wang Cai.
As soon as they reached the entrance to the village, a woman with a bamboo basket was walking back. Ling Feng called out with a smile, "Auntie Wang, did you go up the mountain?"
"Yeah, did you go into the mountains too, lad? How come I didn’t see you?" Wang Yan turned around and glanced at him sideways.
Ling Feng noticed she was wearing quite a few layers today, bundling herself up, and said with a hint of regret, "I went deeper into the mountains. Did you go mushroom picking?"
"That’s right, this basketful could sell for over thirty yuan!" Wang Yan proudly showed off the mushrooms in her basket.
The basket contained common mountain mushrooms such as pine mushrooms and field mushrooms. Ling Feng nodded and remarked, "You’ve picked quite a few; not having much rain recently, it’s already good to have this many."
"Where did you go?" Wang Yan asked.
"Gathering herbs, I also had a pretty good haul today," Ling Feng said with a smile.
Upon seeing his basket, Wang Yan glanced at it and immediately pursed her lips, "That weed is also an herb? Stop kidding around!"
"Why don’t you believe me? I’m a doctor, can’t I tell the difference between herbs and weeds?" Ling Feng said, speechless.
"Psh, that grass is everywhere in Little Beiwa, if it really was an herb, wouldn’t it have been picked clean by now?" Wang Yan said disdainfully.
Her words made Ling Feng pause, then he quickly asked, "Auntie Wang, have you seen this grass over there?"
"Yeah, don’t you know about that barren slope in Little Beiwa? That grass is all over the place there!" Wang Yan said.
"Hey!" Ling Feng clapped his thigh joyfully, "Thanks, Auntie Wang, I’ll make sure to thank you properly tonight if you have time!"
"Really? Should I come to your place or will you come to mine?" Wang Yan no longer cared about the weed-or-herb debate, asking with a flirtatious face.
"Come to mine, why not?" Ling Feng blinked, feeling like something good might happen tonight.
Wang Yan laughed out loud, "Dream on, kiddo, you think this old lady is going to deliver goods to your door? Go dream on!"
After she said this, she turned around and sashayed away provocatively.
Ling Feng stared after her, exhaling quietly, "This woman, didn’t manage to get her last time, and now she’s stringing me along, just you wait!"
Having thought this, he twisted the throttle and quickly caught up with Wang Yan. As he overtook her, he reached out his right hand and gave her buttock a pat, "That’ll teach you to sway!"
Startled, Wang Yan wanted to chase after him but couldn’t catch up to his electric tricycle. Frustrated and blushing, she stomped her foot and yelled, "Ling Feng you rascal, don’t let me catch you!" 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
By then, Ling Feng had already driven off into the distance, laughing heartily as he headed home.
Once he got home, he didn’t bother to prepare food for Wang Cai but instead ran back to his room, took out some Yuan Ling Grass, and quickly combined it with other herbs to create a batch of black medicinal pills.
The pills were dark in color and looked a lot like black beans. Ling Feng didn’t know what kind of amazing effects they would have. He took a few and mixed them into the feed for the pheasants and wild rabbits, then entered the breeding area from the back.
"There’s something good for lunch today, you guys give it a try, if it’s tasty, eat up!" he said while pouring the feed into the trough.
Watching the small animals polish off the food without any noticeable changes, Ling Feng felt a bit disappointed.
However, he knew this wasn’t something to rush, even the Yuan Ling Pill, no matter how miraculous, wasn’t going to make the animals grow bigger right after eating it, right?
So, he could only go back to the house, planning to check on the effects again in the evening.
After lunch, just as he had finished cleaning up, he heard Li Shiyun’s voice from outside, "Are you home?"
"I am, Village Chief, please come in!" Ling Feng promptly replied.
Li Shiyun pushed open the door, beads of sweat on her forehead. She seemed to have just returned from the town.
Her face was flushed as though she was overheated. Seeing this, Ling Feng quickly moved a fan towards her, "Overheated, huh? Blow some wind your way."
Li Shiyun was touched but shook her head, "It’s not the heat. I just got into a little scuffle at the village entrance, but it’s nothing.
"Hmm?"
Ling Feng was surprised, "What fight? What happened?"
"It’s nothing, don’t worry about it," Li Shiyun said, shaking her head.
The more she refused to say, the more curious Ling Feng became. He stepped forward and took her hand, "No way, you have to tell me. Who dares to bully our Village Chief? I won’t let them off!"
Li Shiyun was taken aback, her small hand enveloped by his larger one, a warmth spreading through her that made her feel electrically charged!
Her face turned red, and she struggled but couldn’t break free, finally saying, "It was that mushroom buyer, purposely driving down the prices. When I saw him bullying others, I stepped in to say a few words, but then he started spouting filth!"
The moment Ling Feng heard this, he got angry, "What? Didn’t you hit him?"
