Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn

Chapter 797: Chapter 114: The Method of Immortality (2)

"There’s no sound, but as for the image, the moment I was bounced back, I seemed to see something like an egg. Anyway, I definitely didn’t see anyone like the ’Master Mei’ you mentioned," Yezi still remembered he was about to move forward again when he received a warning from Mei Nian.

"It doesn’t sound right. Since Master Mei won’t let us get close, let’s put this matter on hold for now. I think the Dream Beast was also frightened this time and won’t recover easily. Let’s try some other methods first," Xiao Xian suggested. After listening, Zhou Ziang and Yezi exchanged a glance, sharing a rare moment of camaraderie.

The ancients said that beauty was the hardest blessing to accept, and what Xiao Xian wanted Zhou Ziang and Yezi to cooperate on naturally involved two great beauties.

As for Xiao Xian, her task was not light. She had to deal with the most unfathomable "Fake Mei Nian" in the "Plum Rice Ball".

After careful consideration, Xiao Xian still decided not to tell Yu Gang the truth of the matter. After all, he is just an ordinary person with weak defenses. But thinking of Mei Nian lying there in a hospital bed, suffering more than a vegetable, Xiao Xian couldn’t help feeling guilty.

Before leaving 411 Hospital, Xiao Xian went to visit Mei Nian and the soon-to-deliver Zhuo Feng again. She communicated with them in a "language" only they understood.

"I will take care of Uncle Yu," Xiao Xian wrote this sentence on Mei Nian’s hand.

Tears welled up in Mei Nian’s eyes, and she blinked twice, struggling to hold back her tears.

Xiao Xian knew she was saying, "Thank you."

In Zhuo Feng’s hospital room, under the dual treatments from the hospital and the antiemetic drugs, plus Feng Xing’s thoughtful care, Zhuo Feng was like the happiest expectant mother in the world. Her face was rosy, she had gained some weight, and she radiated the glow of impending motherhood.

"Xiao Xian, you’ve lost weight again recently. Are you trying to upset your aunt?" Zhuo Feng jokingly scolded, pinching Xiao Xian’s wrist.

"No, it’s just that school has been particularly busy lately," Xiao Xian explained with a smile, knowing that Zhuo Feng, though attentive, noticed she had lost only two or three pounds. But when she said she had been at school year-end and start, Zhuo Feng never doubted.

"Is it about what your Uncle Yu mentioned, the new plant research center at Huake Institute? He and Mei Nian came over yesterday, and Mei Nian even brought a box of Korean ginseng, saying it was for my postpartum care," Zhuo Feng, always forthright, had already smoothed over any past friction with Mei Nian during their recent interactions.

"She brought Korean ginseng? Let me have a look," Xiao Xian was wary of anything that Fake Mei Nian delivered, so Zhuo Feng had Feng Xing take out the ginseng.

After glancing at it, Xiao Xian said, "Aunt, I think I should return these ginseng to Master Mei first. The market price for ginseng this year isn’t cheap, and we shouldn’t just take it for free. If you’re going to take ginseng to supplement, it’s better to combine it with dietotherapy. I’ll find some ginseng whiskers for you at the pharmacy another day; slow supplementation is better for postpartum recovery."

Hearing her niece’s words, Zhuo Feng had no doubts and didn’t mind Xiao Xian’s suggestion of using ginseng whiskers. Instead, she praised her: "Xiao Xian, you’ve become more sensible these past few years. My relationship with Mei Nian isn’t the best, even though she was much more cordial this time. But taking it for free seems a bit off. You really thought it through. If your grandparents saw this, they’d be so happy," mentioning her parents in Zhejiang, Zhuo Feng couldn’t help but recall her late brother and sister-in-law, her eyes turning red.

Concerned that she might upset herself and affect the baby, Xiao Xian suggested that Feng Xing accompany her aunt for a walk downstairs, while she left the hospital with the ginseng.

Once out of 411 Hospital, Xiao Xian threw the beautifully packaged box of ginseng into the trash can.

"What a vicious mind that ginseng spirit baby has," Xiao Xian felt a tinge of fear. If it weren’t for today’s coincidence, this ginseng might have seriously harmed Zhuo Feng.

Logically speaking, a ginseng spirit baby that’s just taken form should have no sense of good or evil, but due to Xiao Xian spoiling its plans at the bottom of a ditch, it bore a grudge against everyone around Xiao Xian.

The box of Korean ginseng was indeed real ginseng, but the Spiritual Energy contained within was peculiar. What appeared to be a few years of garden ginseng actually held as much Spiritual Energy as century-old ginseng.

Wild ginseng is rare, and hundred-year-old ginseng even rarer. For a whole box to possess the Spiritual Energy of century-old ginseng, it clearly wasn’t naturally grown. Put simply, it was akin to ginseng injected with hormones, with medicinal effects absorbing dozens of times faster. If someone with a weakened constitution ingested such potent ginseng, it would damage their internal organs and harm their lungs and digestive system.

Ordinary people, if not seriously ill, just need regular ginseng for nourishment. But if Zhuo Feng consumed this ginseng with miraculous effects, though she might recover well post-childbirth initially, over time, significant side effects would emerge, requiring a dependence on ginseng for nourishment.

"I wonder what bad intentions ’Fake Mei Nian’ had. If she’s daring enough to give such medicine to my aunt, she might also sell it to other customers. I should check the pharmacy to prevent any incidents that could ruin the ’Plum Rice Ball’ brand," Xiao Xian originally planned to return to school, but the Korean ginseng issue diverted her, so she decided to visit a pharmacy first. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian () to cast recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)