??Chapter 446: 446. Xiaozu’s Pyramid Sche Skills [Seeking Monthly Pass]_1
Chapter 446: 446. Xiaozu’s Pyramid Sche Skills [Seeking Monthly Pass]_1
For a mont, the unique sweet aroma of honey perated the air, making Guo Dong unable to resist the urge to swallow.
The honey, tinged with a hint of light orange, trickled down from the spoon in thin streams, as if it contained the essence of heaven and earth.
As she intently gazed at the spoonful of honey in Qiaoqiao’s hand, she finally cleared her throat and sat up straight:
“I don’t believe it, unless you let
taste it.”
…
After a while.
When Wu Lan entered the living room to pour a glass of water, she saw Guo Dong sitting upright on the couch, her eyes fixed on the half bottle of honey on the table.
And Qiaoqiao was blinking earnestly, watching her intently.
“What’s wrong?” Wu Lan asked curiously.
But she saw Guo Dong suddenly stand up, grinding her teeth: “Isn’t it just 1000 yuan a bottle? I’ll buy it!”
Guo Dong spoke with conviction, as if the 1000 yuan was being gouged from her flesh with a knife.
But just as she finished speaking, she saw Wu Lan start to laugh: “Buy what, there’s no need to buy!”
Her heart surged with excitent, and she looked over expectantly—
“We’re out of stock of honey.” Wu Lan said calmly.
Guo Dong: …How can this be?!!
“Not even a little bit left?”
Her eyes turned to the half bottle of honey, and so did Wu Lan’s, before she quickly shook her head: “No, no, that half bottle is for our own consumption, and that’s really all there is—how about you wait a bit longer?”
“In a couple of days, there will definitely be so. However, if you really want it, you have to pay a deposit first. I’ve got several other people waiting as well.”
Goodness gracious!
Given the quality, Guo Dong truly believed people were waiting; without further ado, she imdiately pulled out her phone: “Auntie, I’ll transfer the money to you right now!”
And while transferring the money, Wu Lan was still persistent: “Doctor Xiaoguo, have you really not considered staying in our village?”
“Look, if you beco our village doctor, you can stay in Old Li’s clinic, and we can slowly add furniture. I can even give you a set of bedding.”
Along with taking care of the old couple’s health—though we’d obviously pay for the dicine, we’re just more dedicated, it’s a fair deal.
Wu Lan’s calculations were clicking into place.
As for the bedding—that was a cotton quilt made from a large investnt back in the day. After years of refluffing and restitching, just so of it had been used after moving to the new house.
But it wasn’t all gone; many were newly bought by the children, too many to use up, and every now and then, they still needed to be refluffed… quite a hassle and also costly.
Guo Dong: …
She struggled once more to refuse: “No thanks. I’m going to the city.”
Wu Lan sighed deeply, seeing that persuasion was futile, and left again.
anwhile, Secretary Xiaozu had been listening at the door for a while, and now entered the room with a smiling face, casually asking: “By the way, Doctor Guo, have you decided which neighborhood you want to rent in?”
“It’s best to find sowhere more secluded, with not many neighbors around, since you work with traditional dicine. You’ll be brewing and grinding herbs, making lots of noise, not to ntion the unpleasant slls.”
“If a neighbor complains, even though it doesn’t bother you to do your own thing, such encounters are inevitably distressing…”
After all, while people only need to brew dicine once a day, she’d likely have to deal with the constant sll of Chinese herbs boiling.
A sudden realization struck Guo Dong.
Indeed!
Initially, she set up her clinic in the urban village not just due to a lack of funds, but also because in that environnt, no one would complain about how much she brewed dicine in her clinic.
But once she moved to a residential area, who could stand having their ho sll like Chinese dicine every day?
The sll was domineering, and even with an exhaust fan, it was impossible to block it completely, not to ntion that the fan couldn’t possibly run 24 hours a day.
Then there was grinding Chinese herbs into powder—those who know about wall-breaking blenders know their noise. Others might blend soy milk for at most half an hour to an hour, but if she started making dicine balls on a large scale…
Guo Dong beca anxious.
At this mont, however, Secretary Xiaozu sighed again:
“You’ve got to choose carefully! You’re a single lady living in such a secluded place, it’s hard to guarantee you won’t encounter so trouble.”
Although the current security situation isn’t that bad, extre incidents can happen at any ti.
Just thinking about such situations…
Guo Dong’s scalp tingled.
She was not a woman incapable of defending herself, but fighting and grappling were a different matter altogether.
“And,” Secretary Xiaozu continued with a worried face, “you live too remotely. Do you cook all three als yourself? Mixing food with the sll of dicine, won’t it taste bad?”
That was an understatent!
Now, Guo Dong’s hair almost stood on end!
Her cooking skills were at best average and just enough to be edible.
But to simr Chinese dicine and cook at the sa ti, imrsed in the sll of herbs for every al, she wasn’t even considering whether it would affect her appetite—the key was that the dicinal fus also had a certain therapeutic effect!
And that wasn’t even tailored for her own body!
At this mont, even though she was battle-hardened, she still felt a bit numb.
“Then… Director Zhu, do you have any recomnded neighborhoods?”
Secretary Xiaozu smiled very harmoniously, “Ah, I was also transferred from another place, how would I know which neighborhoods in the city are suitable— I think our vacant clinic is quite good.”
Doctor Li had moved his belongings away a few days ago, and now there was just an empty building and a caretaker left—after all, there were still two patients who needed intravenous infusions, and he could only leave after they were done, his anxiety clear all day long.
Secretary Xiaozu kept talking enthusiastically, “…The clinic has such a big yard, and you can apply to the Village Departnt for equipnt to cut and grind the herbs. There are sickbeds too. Although Old Li moved all the furniture, you could use the sickbeds for now, no need to buy new beds.”
“The kitchen may not have everything, but if you get a small pot and pick so vegetables from the field, it doesn’t cost anything…”
“Moreover, our village is vast and sparsely populated; it doesn’t matter if you decoct dicine all day long or use the grinder—nobody will complain. And you don’t even have to pay for the house, as long as you take on the identity of our village doctor, the state even pays you a monthly salary!”
“Good heavens!” She exaggerated a dramatic gesture of wringing her hands, “Why didn’t I study dicine?!”
Guo Dong: … It’s not necessary.
But… what to do?
She was already beginning to waver frantically in her heart.
Could it be that Director Zhu had been undercover in a multi-level marketing company? How co every word he said hit right ho? Was this too perfect or what?
It was as if this position was tailor-made for her!
No! Guo Dong thought: I need to stay calm!
She had escaped from one village, not to be rooted in another one!
Only the cold city could offer more tolerance for a single woman!
But…
She quietly unlocked her phone and checked her balance: …(*??????????) what to do? It seems like I really don’t have much money left…
Guo Dong sat there anxiously, suddenly not knowing what to do.
As Secretary Xiaozu looked at the blazing sun outside, he skillfully put on his straw hat with another idea in mind:
“Qiaoqiao, do you have any chilled trella soup today? Bring
a bowl.”
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