139 Work Too Much, Too Tired, Too Hard (1/2)

”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 Wang 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 Wang 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 Wang Yao.

Tian Yuantu stopped Wang 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 Wang 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 Wang 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 Wang Yao.

Wang 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 Wang Yao.

”Try it,” said Wang Yao.

Wang Yao also didn't stay at Li Maoshuang's place for long. He deliberately left before lunch time and went home straight away.

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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 Wang 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 Wang 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.

Wang Yao drove home to have lunch and returned to Nanshan hill afterwards. He documented 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. Wang 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.

Wang 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. Wang 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. Wang Yao went out to check what was going on and found several aphids on his herbs.

Again!

Fortunately, there were not too many aphids. Wang 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 Wang Yao.

Woof! Woof! San Xian nodded as if he could understand Wang Yao.

Wang 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.

Wang 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.

Wang 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. Wang 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.