Chapter 83: Became the Village's Most Handsome Young Man

"Divine Doctor Huang, please come in quickly, our boss is inside."

Just then, the pharmacist in charge of watching the shop ushered Huang Ziming into the inner room, and upon turning around, saw Lin Meng.

He looked Lin Meng up and down, seeing she was an unfamiliar face and still so young, and at once knew she wasn't really there to buy medicine.

"Little girl, just browse around; I have things to attend to in the back, so if you need anything, ring the bell for me."

Having said that, without waiting for Lin Meng to speak, the other party hurried away.

Lin Meng pursed her lips, not annoyed at all; she had just come to see what kinds of medicine shops like this usually sell.

Now that she had money, she needed to think of a way to do some business.

Ye Fan could get her medicinal materials there, and opening a Chinese medicine shop seemed like a good choice.

Lin Meng wandered around the shop at random, but didn't see anything noteworthy.

In shops like this, high-quality medicinal materials are not usually displayed openly on the counter.

But it was clear that the medicinal materials sold in this shop were all relatively rare varieties, so it's no wonder even Divine Doctor Huang comes here to patronize.

Lin Meng found it boring and turned to leave.

Suddenly, she heard an argument coming from the inner room, and immediately saw Divine Doctor Huang straining as he rushed out carrying a large basket.

Seeing this, Lin Meng quickly stepped aside, at the same time staring in surprise at Divine Doctor Huang.

With those old arms and legs, he's running that fast—anyone unaware would think he had a ghost chasing him from behind.

"You old thing, if you're not selling it, what are you putting on display here for?!"

Just then, another old fellow rushed out, not slow in speed, with a loud, vigorous voice, and holding a medicine-pounding pestle in his hand.

Huang Ziming, holding the medicine basket in his arms, stuck out his neck toward the other party in a provoking way.

"Hehe, I brought it just to show you what fine treasure I bought today—I never said I'd give you a stalk."

Having said that, Huang Ziming swaggered out of the Imperial Medicine Pavilion, shaking his head and swaying his body.

The old shopkeeper was so angry he stomped his feet on the spot; if it weren't for the pharmacist holding him back, he would have already swung the medicine pestle at Divine Doctor Huang's face.

"I'm so angry, I'm so angry! How could I have such a despicable friend as him?"

The old shopkeeper was red-faced with anger, and the pharmacist could only try to calm him down.

"Master, calm down; Divine Doctor Huang is just like this, and it's not the first day we've known him."

"Hey, where exactly did that old geezer buy such fine snow lotus? Go investigate and tell me right away."

The old shopkeeper gave the order, and the pharmacist promptly replied, "Yes."

Lin Meng stood in the corner, watching Divine Doctor Huang leave; she couldn't go, she couldn't stay, so she finally gave a light cough to draw their attention.

Sure enough, the old shopkeeper and the pharmacist finally noticed her, and the young pharmacist couldn't help but utter a surprised "eh".

"Are you not leaving yet, customer?"

Lin Meng pursed her lips, but the old shopkeeper was relatively kind, smiling at Lin Meng and saying:

"Little girl, what do you want to buy?"

Lin Meng thought for a moment and then casually said:

"Sir, do you sell wild ginseng here?"

Lin Meng's opening remark was a bombshell, causing the old shopkeeper to stare wide-eyed, clutch his chest, and retreat a few steps, as if she had struck a sore spot.

"What's wrong? Can't I ask this question?" Lin Meng tilted her head.

The pharmacist immediately gave Lin Meng a white-eye.

"You ask such a question—wild ginseng is such a precious medicinal material, how can you mention it as casually as buying a radish? Could it be bought so easily?"

"Even if you asked every Chinese medicine shop in the country, you'd get the same answer."

"This stuff is hard to come by; you have to wait, with countless bigwigs lining up for it."

The old shopkeeper still had his hand over his heart, not for any other reason, but because just earlier Old Huang himself had told him that the people from the Chinese Medicine Association had just purchased several stalks of top-quality wild ginseng, each of auction-grade quality, which made him green with envy.

He also hadn't expected that, in broad daylight, a young person would come running to his shop and blurt out a request for wild ginseng.

"Sigh—" the old shopkeeper heaved a heavy sigh, then waved his hand at Lin Meng.

"We truly don't have any wild ginseng here; even if we did, it would be gone by the time it's your turn."

"Little girl, if it's not a serious illness, there's no need to take wild ginseng; ordinary ginseng is just as good, and I also have red ginseng, American ginseng, and the like, all of good quality."

Seeing the other party start to push sales, Lin Meng forced a smile, waved her hand, and left the Imperial Medicine Pavilion.

Seeing the person leave, the young pharmacist couldn't help but complain.

"Master, have these people all gone crazy? Why do they keep mouthing wild ginseng? Do they know how scarce it is?"

The old shopkeeper raised his hand, "No more chatter—quickly go check where those medicinal materials are coming from."

"Snow lotus is one thing, but even wild ginseng and wild iron skin stonecrop—these medicinal materials are available, and he wants to have them too!"

——

As Lin Meng got into the car, out of the corner of her eye she saw Divine Doctor Huang hastily turn into a Chinese medicine clinic whose sign read "Old Huang's Famous Doctor Hall".

So Divine Doctor Huang's clinic was here.

She didn't think much of it and drove away.

After returning to Clear Pond Town, Lin Meng immediately went to that funeral shop, where the artisan had already assembled the spirit house, and all the paper crafts included in the package were ready.

The artisan pointed to one of the vehicles and two paper effigy persons and said:

"Little girl, you're quite filial, even knowing to burn a luxury car for your elders—rest assured, our vehicle is crafted after the latest Maybach model, guaranteeing that when your family drives it in the underworld, they'll have plenty of face."

Then he pointed to a pair of paper effigy persons and said:

"On this pair of golden boy and jade girl, you need to write the names of the deceased, so your elders can easily claim them."

The artisan explained a few points of etiquette and taboos to Lin Meng, then confirmed the delivery address and the site for setting up the spirit house, after which Lin Meng returned home.

The next morning, Lin Meng hauled a cart of spirit money back to the village.

The big, boxy vehicle drove into the village entrance, and sure enough it drew a crowd of villagers.

Everyone was very interested in this big and magnificent car.

"Yo, hurry up and look, this is a Benz, a luxury car!"

"In our village, only Lin Jianyang's family has a Benz BMW, right? This car looks even classier than Lin Jianyang's—it must cost a fortune!"

The younger villagers, especially the men, upon seeing the big G, felt as if their legs were nailed to the ground and couldn't move.

"The Benz G is the dream car in their men's eyes! Driving a Land Rover makes you a big brother; driving the big G makes you a big brother among big brothers."

Lin Meng saw more and more people staring at her car, and she couldn't help but curl her lips.

She lowered the car window, her gaze seemingly casually sweeping over everyone's faces.

Those amazed and envious gazes instantly turned into shock.

"Lin Meng?"

"My goodness, how did Lin Meng suddenly become so rich?"

"Who would have thought? Last month she was just an unemployed drifter riding a little donkey, and in a flash she became the person in the village driving the fanciest car, becoming the village's most attractive!"

"Soon, the news of Lin Meng driving the big G spread from one to ten, from ten to a hundred, and even reached the ears of her several uncles."

Lin Jianyang could no longer sit still.

"He himself looked down on this niece, yet she ended up driving a big G that he couldn't even afford—how could this be allowed?"