"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 .

. . .

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 .

. . . . Its better than nothing that I can get temporary relief . I also had a belly ache two days ago . It was very uncomfortable that I couldnt even sit still! said Professor Lu with a smile . I see, Ill 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 . Ill think about it and will deliver the herbal decoction to you after I get it ready, said w.a.n.g Yao . You dont need to deliver it . Call me once the decoction is ready . Ill 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 Ive 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? Im 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, Im fine by myself, you can go back to Professor Lu, said w.a.n.g Yao . w.a.n.g Yao drove to Li Maoshuangs place after leaving Tian Yuantus . 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 didnt stay at Li Maoshuangs place for long . He deliberately left before lunch time and went home straight away . . . . Tian Yuantu and Professor Lu were chatting happily inside Tian Yuantus office at Jia Hui organization . Your friend is very nice, said Professor Lu . Yeah, hes also very capable . Lets 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 havent 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? Im 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 didnt mind sharing the precious tea with Professor Lu . But he couldnt 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 dont 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 Lus condition in a new notebook because Professor Lu was not seriously ill . His problem was not considered tricky because when he didnt 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 Lus 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 hadnt 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 Xians 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 didnt 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 shouldnt 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 Yaos decoction and asked his wife to take some as well . After another nights 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 Yaos 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 dont 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 . Ill give you two more doses of herbal formula tomorrow . Let me know if it works well . By the way, please dont share the dose with your wife . Your wife is much healthier than you, said w.a.n.g Yao . Sure, Ill remember it . w.a.n.g Fengming nodded . Uncle w.a.n.g, please dont tell anyone about the herbs I gave you, said w.a.n.g Yao . Sure . w.a.n.g Fengming didnt know why but he didnt ask . Uncle w.a.n.g, Im like Mr . Li, the barefoot doctor living at the other side of the village . I dont 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 didnt mind explaining to w.a.n.g Fengming why he had to keep his medical skills in secret . Dont worry, my wife and I wont tell anyone, promised w.a.n.g Fengming . w.a.n.g Fengming turned down the invitation for dinner from w.a.n.g Yaos parents . He said he already had dinner and left after a short while . Whats 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 Yaos 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 didnt 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 . Im good; Im 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 dont 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 . Dont 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 .