Chapter 465

Hearing this, the sisters Fang Xiue and Fang Xiuying looked at each other simultaneously, and then Fang Xiue said:

"Xiao An, when you come over next time, bring me some of that deer blood; I happen to need some deer blood powder."

Wang An agreed casually, saying:

"Mm, I'll bring it along with that black ointment when the time comes."

Afterward, Fang Xiue explained while eating:

"The medicine I prepared for you today was missing one ingredient, deer blood powder, so I used ginseng as a substitute. The ginseng wasn't old enough, so I feel the medicinal strength might be a bit lacking. When you drink the medicine back home, drink half a wine cup of deer blood each time."

Wang An was stunned upon hearing this and asked subconsciously:

"Medicine? What medicine? What's it for?"

Fang Xiue gave Wang An a charmingly coquettish roll of her eyes and said:

"What do you think it's for? Haven't you noticed that your body doesn't hurt much anymore?"

In fact, Wang An had already noticed this when he woke up just now, but he thought the Eagle Element was at work, so he didn't pay it any mind.

Hearing this, Wang An carefully felt his injuries again; they were certainly still painful, and quite painful at that, but they were indeed within his range of tolerance.

And most importantly, this kind of pain only made one feel vaguely uncomfortable, but it didn't hinder him from doing anything at all, meaning there was absolutely no need to worry about the issue of self-care.

At this moment, Fang Xiuying, who was on the side, said very confidently and also very smugly:

"Did you really think our sisters' medical skills were given for free? Let me tell you, Xiao An, from the time we were old enough to understand things, unlike you all who studied things like the 'Three Character Classic' or the 'Hundred Family Surnames', we studied medical prescriptions."

Wang An blinked his eyes and didn't dare to respond; the main thing was that Wang An could only recite the first twenty or thirty characters of the "Three Character Classic" and the "Hundred Family Surnames", and he didn't know what came after.

This was damn awkward.

Furthermore, what Wang An was most familiar with wasn't "At the beginning of life, nature is good; natures are similar, habits make them different."

But rather, "If a child is not taught, it is the father's fault; if teaching is not strict, it is the teacher's laziness."

Because back then, Wang An believed that if he were to become the dregs of society, the fault lay entirely with his parents and all the teachers who had taught him.

He himself was not at fault!

You have to know, what kind of bad intentions could a child possibly have?

However, after Wang An entered the fence in his past life, he suddenly realized that his kind was purely: "Rotten wood cannot be carved."

"Mud cannot be plastered onto a wall."

"A dog cannot change its habit of eating excrement."

Because as a thing, man is "naturally evil" at the core; if one doesn't walk the straight path, then damn it, no one can stop them.

However, when Fang Xiue mentioned ginseng, Wang An suddenly thought of his uncle Liu Deyuan, who had once given him two ginseng roots with damaged root hairs.

Although they weren't worth much if sold, they were actually the same for medicinal use or soaking in wine.

So Wang An said to the Fang sisters: "I still have two ginseng roots there, but the root hairs are damaged. I'll bring them over for you together when the time comes."

Hearing "ginseng", Fang Xiue's eyes lit up instantly, but after thinking about it, she still said: "You don't need to bring the ginseng. That thing is damn expensive, and it doesn't have much use usually. It's also good stuff to keep for stewing soup for your uncle and aunt."

Wang An actually noticed Fang Xiue's expression and also admitted that what Fang Xiue said was right.

Because as a thing, ginseng really doesn't have much use other than being soaked in wine, but, if you absolutely have to use this thing, you really have no other way.

As everyone knows, ginseng can replace many medicines, just as Fang Xiue said earlier, because there was no deer blood powder, so ginseng was used as a substitute.

But conversely, in a prescription for treating a serious illness, if ginseng is required but you don't have any on hand, then you can't replace it with other medicines. Wang An said indifferently: "They're just two small ginseng roots with three-grade leaves, and the hairs are broken anyway. They're of no use to me, and they'd be better in your hands than in mine."

Fang Xiue thought for a moment, then said: "Then thank you, Xiao An."

Wang An waved the hand holding his chopsticks and said with a smile:

"What's there to thank? Isn't there ginseng in the medicine you prepared for me? If you put it that way, do I have to thank you too? By the way, where did you get that thing?"

After Wang An finished speaking, before Fang Xiue could say anything, Fang Xiuying said quite dissatisfiedly: "I was the one who dug it up, not my sister. You should thank me."

Wang An immediately said: "Mm, thank you, thank you."

Fang Xiuying rolled her eyes at Wang An and muttered:

"Pfft, not a bit of sincerity."

In fact, at this moment, Wang An suddenly realized a problem.

According to Han Shuisheng, ginseng as a thing mostly grows in patches.

That is to say, in the deep mountains, either this thing isn't there at all, or as long as you find one, there shouldn't just be one in that area, but rather a whole bunch.

This is also the origin of the "Old Anzi".

Of course, this saying isn't entirely correct; after all, if ginseng seeds are eaten by animals, and then the animals run off somewhere to defecate, no one knows where that is.

In that case, if one occasionally grows, there won't be any other ginseng nearby.

Thinking of this, Wang An asked: "Sister Ying, before you dug up this ginseng, didn't you look around nearby? Oh, I heard that this thing usually grows in a big patch."

Hearing Wang An's words, Fang Xiue also turned her gaze toward her sister.

Only to see Fang Xiuying's face full of astonishment; clearly, although Fang Xiuying knew how to collect herbs and prescribe medicine, she was obviously ignorant about professional ginseng digging.

After the astonishment, Fang Xiuying said with a face full of dejection:

"I had no idea about that saying at all. It's over, it's been two years now; even if there was ginseng in that patch of land, I reckon it's long since been dug up by someone else."

Although Fang Xiue didn't blame her sister, it was clear to see that her face was full of the feeling of heartache.

Wang An was quite calm, because Wang An had already heard many people say that ginseng as a thing is very spiritual, and only those who have a predestined relationship with it can see it.

Otherwise, even if it were right under your feet, it would be as if you were looking at it without seeing it.

Wang An blinked his eyes and pressed: "Do you still remember where that patch of land is? If it's just around the village, generally no one would think there's ginseng in that place."

Fang Xiue immediately asked with a face full of hope:

"So if you put it that way, if there is ginseng in that place, it's very likely it hasn't been dug away?"

Wang An nodded with a smile and said: "Mm, that's right. What's certain? If ginseng were that easy to run into, it wouldn't be so valuable."

Only to see Fang Xiuying, upon hearing this, immediately say with a face full of excitement:

"Xiao An, then let's go take a look tomorrow. If it hasn't been dug up by anyone, then it'll all be ours."

After Fang Xiuying finished speaking, Fang Xiue also turned her gaze toward Wang An with a face full of excitement.

Wang An looked at these two excited sisters as if he were looking at two big fools.

After a while, Wang An realized that these two sisters hadn't come to their senses yet, so he said with a face full of helplessness: "You two look outside."

(End of chapter)