Chapter 140: 140
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After Wang Yao had finished preparing the herbs, he went out to practice Tai Chi in a seated position . He leaned against the wall and looked at the sky .
Lianshan was not an industrial city . So the air was nice and clean, and the sky always looked high and far .
Wang Yao had learned something from looking at the sky every night . He could predict the weather of the next day by observing the sky . He found the position of stars contained a lot of secrets, which were worth to observe and study .
Wang Yao didn't go to sleep until the middle of the night . It was so quiet on Nanshan hill . Only the sound of wind could be heard .
Wang Yao got up before dawn the next day . He had a lot to do during the day .
After he had had breakfast, completed breathing exercises, and finished working in the herbal field, the sun was high up in the sky .
It was a nice day . The time was right, the land was fertile, and Wang Yao was ready . It was the perfect time to brew decoction .
Wang Yao made sure he had enough firewood before starting to brew a decoction . He also called his family to tell them that he wouldn't go home for lunch .
"San Xian, I'm about to brew a decoction; don't let anyone in!" shouted Wang Yao .
Woof! Woof! Woof! San Xian barked to accept Wang Yao's instruction and then went on patrol .
Wang Yao started to brew the decoction inside his cottage .
He started a fire, put herbs inside the multifunctional pot, and adjusted the fire accordingly .
As said on TV, the taste of food depended on a cook's experience in ingredients and cooking . It could apply to brewing decoctions, too . Brewing
decoctions involved a lot of factors, including the person's ability to control
the time and fire .
The smell of herbs started to come out of the cottage from 9 am and didn't stop until the afternoon .
Wang Fengming's illness was the most serious among all three patients . Therefore, he required a large number of herbs, and it took much longer to brew the decoction for him . Professor Lu's condition was not too bad, so he didn't need a lot of herbs, and the process of brewing a decoction for him was easy . But, Wang Yao was serious about every single step of brewing decoctions from the beginning to the end .
When Wang Yao had completed brewing all the decoctions and walked out of his cottage to rest, it was late afternoon . The sun became red and was no longer shiny .
Because Wang Yao was going to meet Tong Wei in town the next day, he didn't deliver the decoctions to his patients in town immediately .
Wang Fengming had already felt much better after taking the first dose of decoction Wang Yao gave to him . His spirits had lifted, and his eyes were brighter . Wang Fengming and his wife were very touched when Wang Yao gave them another two doses and insisted that Wang Yao should stay for dinner .
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"Sorry, I have to go now . I'm meeting someone in town . Make sure you and auntie rest well," said Wang Yao .
"Okay, thank you . Let me know if you need anything," said Wang Fengming .
"Sure, thanks," said Wang Yao .
Wang Yao drove out of the village after he had delivered the decoction to Wang Fengming . He then drove to Riverside Town, which was located to the southeast of Lianshan to deliver a decoction to Xu Maosheng . It was a twenty minutes' drive for Wang Yao . Xu Maosheng and his wife were both at home when
Wang Yao arrived . Xu Maosheng stopped cooking tea leaves and came out to
welcome Wang Yao .
"Here is the decoction for your wife . After taking two doses, make sure she rests well, and she should be able to recover," said Wang Yao .
"Thank you for coming here . You could have asked me to fetch it from your place," said Xu Maosheng .
"That's fine, I like driving anyway," said Wang Yao with a smile .
Xu Maosheng finished drinking a large glass of water as he was talking to Wang Yao .
"Uncle Xu, don't spend too much time cooking tea leaves from now on," said Wang Yao . He noticed the redness in Xu Maosheng's eyes and his warm, heavy breathing .
Xu Maosheng had to be very close to the fire when he was cooking tea leaves . He had toxins in his body from the fire and smoke due to years of
processing tea leaves . Only young and healthy adults could resist the smoke
toxins . Xu Maosheng was strong, but he was not young anymore . His health
started to go downhill, and his immune system was no longer functioning well . Fortunately, he loved drinking green tea, which could resolve the toxins a bit .
The tea leaves cooked by fire could resolve toxins caused by fire . How magical that was!
"You are right, and I don't have the energy to work as hard as before," said Xu Maosheng . He knew he was getting old and felt tired easily when he was cooking tea leaves . He took a whole day off to rest after cooking half a kilogram of tea leaves for Wang Yao .
"You can drink more tea," suggested Wang Yao .
"I never stop drinking tea . I've got plenty of tea leaves at home," said Xu Maosheng with a smile .
Wang Yao didn't stay long at Xu Maosheng's place . He drove back to Lianshan afterwards and called Tian Yuantu on his way .
Tian Yuantu insisted that Wang Yao stay after they met .
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"Don't leave, let's have dinner together . Ask Mingbao if he's available . I'll call Professor Lu," said Tian Yuantu .
"Okay," agreed Wang Yao .
Tian Yuantu picked the same restaurant where he invited Secretary Yang for dinner last time . The restaurant was located on a quiet road . Apart from Wang Mingbao and Li Maoshuang, Tian Yuantu also invited a deputy chief of some bureau .
Wang Yao was not keen on dining with anyone from the local government . But, he found Wang Mingbao was very happy to get the opportunity to
sit with the deputy chief . After all, Wang Mingbao was a businessman . It would bring him potential business if he knew more people from the local government . Li Maoshuang had changed a lot . He no longer drank a lot of alcohol like before . He only had one glass of wine .
Wang Yao was happily chatting with Professor Lu . Professor Lu was in good spirits, especially after Wang Yao had given him a dose of herbal decoction for free .
They said goodbye to each other after dinner .
Tian Yuantu stopped Wang Yao .
"Are you available tomorrow?" asked Tian Yuantu .
"Sorry, no . Do you need me?" said Wang Yao .
"I bought a big area on a hill near town to build a vacation house . Are you interested in having a look with me?" asked Tian Yuantu .
"Near our town?" Wang Yao was curious about which hill it was . Lianshan was surrounded by large areas of foothills . The foothills were not connected to each other, but there were still quite a lot . Wang Yao's village was located in the middle of four foothills .
"Yes, that's why I asked Professor Lu to have a look at what kind
of buildings should be built here," replied Tian Yuantu .
"Maybe on another day?" suggested Wang Yao .
"Okay," agreed Tian Yuantu .
Wang Yao didn't drink any alcohol . He drove home straight away .
The weather was nice the next day .
Zhang Xiuying called Wang Yao early in the morning to remind him of bringing Tong Wei to home for dinner . Actually, Wang Yao got up very early . Most villagers were still sleeping when Wang Yao was doing breathing exercises .
Wang Yao drove out of the village and headed to Tong Wei's home in
Lianshan town center . He called Tong Wei when he arrived at her door . A moment later, Tong Wei came out . She was wearing light makeup and casual clothes .
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"Hi, have you had breakfast?" asked Wang Yao .
"Yeah," replied Tong Wei .
"Where would you like to go?" asked Wang Yao .
"Up to you . I don't mind," said Tong Wei .
Wang Yao found it difficult to find a suitable place as Lianshan was not big . The only interesting places were the hills around Lianshan town center where Wang Yao had visited numerous times . He thought both he and Tong Wei would probably find it boring to visit those hills again . Haiqu was nearby, but there weren't many places worth seeing . Haiqu was close to the ocean while Dao City, where Tong Wei worked was close to the ocean too . Dao City had a much nicer beach .
Wang Yao couldn't think of a good place to visit .
"What's going on?" asked Tong Wei as she noticed Wang Yao didn't start the car .
"I'm still thinking of where we should go," said Wang Yao .
"Haha," laughed Tong Wei . "I heard a place called Changqing hill has been quite popular recently . Shall we go and have a look?" asked Tong Wei .
"Sure," agreed Wang Yao .
It was much easier when a destination had been decided . Interestingly enough, Wang Yao had never been to Changqing hill before . Wang Yao put the address in his GPS and drove off .
"How long are you going to stay this time?" asked Wang Yao .
"Three days . I have three days off every month," replied Tong Wei .
"Sounds nice," said Wang Yao .
"Right, when are you going to show me your herbal field?" asked Tong Wei .
I've been waiting for you to ask, thought Wang Yao .
"Anytime . Well, we can go to Changqing hill in the morning and come to my place in the afternoon . Then we can have dinner at my home . I'll drive you home after dinner . How does that sound?" Wang Yao told Tong Wei his plans for the day .
"Sounds super!" said Tong Wei happily .
"Okay, let's go!" said Wang Yao excitedly .
Wang Yao found the so-called Changqing hill was just a small hill with a few towers on top of it . Those towers were built recently . There was also a hotel on the hill . In fact, the place is very similar to Nanshan hill .
"Let's go and have a look since we are here anyway," said Tong Wei after she saw Wang Yao's disappointed look .
"Okay," said Wang Yao .
Although the hill was boring and there was graffiti everywhere on the towers and labels that hadn't been removed, Tong Wei was in a good mood . She posed for Wang Yao to take photos from time to time .
What amazed Wang Yao was that there were quite a few visitors on the hill, even though it wasn't even the weekend . He was wondering if those visitors were like him and didn't need to work .
There were also a lot of stones on the hill .
He found there were many stones stacking up at one part of the hill . The stones were used by the developer to build a tourist attraction called "18 holes . "
"Shall we go and take a look?" asked Tong Wei when she moved closer to Wang Yao . She was slightly short of breath after climbing the hill . Her breath smelled as nice as flowers .
"Sure," said Wang Yao .
The pathway on the hill was narrow, with stones on both sides . Some of the stones formed a hole . Many visitors liked to take photos on the stones .
"What a shame to have these stones here," murmured Wang Yao .
"What did you say?" asked Tong Wei .
"Nothing," said Wang Yao .
"Be careful!" someone suddenly shouted .
A large stone rolled from the top of the hill to the visitors, and it was only two meters away from Tong Wei's head .
"Move!" shouted Wang Yao .
But Tong Wei was too shocked to move . Her face went white .
Wang Yao ran in front of Tong Wei and used his Qi to move the stone to a different direction . The stone, which was over one hundred kilograms changed its path and dropped into the river next to the hill, making a loud sound .
"Are you okay?" Wang Yao took a look at Tong Wei and was relieved after he found that she hadn't been injured .