Chapter 758: Chapter 758: Very Attentive

“What’s wrong?”

Seeing Lin Chuxia staring at him in a daze, Gu Peng asked.

“Nothing, just thinking you’re really attentive.” ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ NovєlFіre.net

Gu Peng nodded, “When you’re out and about, it’s necessary. As an assistant, I naturally need to handle everything for the boss.”

“Looks like my red packet won’t be wasted.”

Lin Chuxia joked, closed the door, and went back inside to wash up.

Gu Peng looked at the door, hearing the sound of water coming from inside, then turned his gaze and walked a few steps to the side.

At that moment, Yu Fei came over, “I asked Niu Dali to go back to the village and tell the village chief. Tomorrow morning we’ll head over. There are a few households in the village that grow herbs well, and the village chief will take you to see them then.”

He looked at the surrounding mountains and sighed, “If you really set up a herbal planting base here, the locals are going to have good days ahead.”

Even before Lin Chuxia arrived, his grandfather had asked him to accompany her, and he had already learned some things about Lin Chuxia.

He knew Lin Chuxia was a doer.

Gu Peng didn’t respond to his topic, instead asking about dinner.

Over the past few days on the train, although he tried to make their meals agreeable, it had still been makeshift.

Tonight’s main task was to have a good meal and a good night’s sleep.

“The shop has meals, cooked by the landlady, it’s simple but it’ll fill you up.”

Gu Peng thought and asked, “Is there any restaurant nearby?”

Yu Fei laughed, “This is just a small town, it’s not very big, where would there be a restaurant? If you want something good to eat, I’ll ask the landlady to make something for you with a bit of money.”

“Two meat dishes, one vegetable, a soup, and a fish,” Gu Peng said, taking out 50 yuan from his pocket and handing it over.

Yu Fei looked at the money and laughed, “No wonder you work for a big boss, alright, wait here.”

Generous with the money.

This place is poor and remote, wanting to eat fish and meat isn’t easy.

But money can really make things happen.

Lin Chuxia finished her bath and also washed the clothes she’d worn over the past few days on the train.

By the time she was done, Gu Peng also came out of the room with wet hair.

The landlady had already prepared the meal.

Looking at the dishes on the table, there was even a fish, which pleasantly surprised Lin Chuxia.

The main staple was rice.

The landlady’s cooking skills were average, but she still ate a big bowl of rice.

The rest of the food was completely polished off by Yu Fei and Gu Peng.

After days on the road, they were already tired, so after eating and washing up, they all went back to their rooms to rest.

Early the next morning, just after a few people finished breakfast, Niu Dali came rattling over on a tractor.

On the tractor was an elderly man.

Yu Fei introduced to the two, “That’s the village chief of Qingyan Village, his surname is Ma. Ma is a big family name in Qingyan Village.”

Village Chief Ma warmly greeted Lin Chuxia and the others, his deeply wrinkled face smiling so broadly that his eyes were hardly visible.

“Finally, you’re here. Must have been a hard journey?”

Lin Chuxia smiled and extended her hand to shake with the old man, “Not too bad, thank you, Village Chief Ma.”

“It’s nothing, it’s nothing.”

After a bit of small talk, Lin Chuxia and Gu Peng packed up and got on the tractor.

This time the journey wasn’t far, it took about half an hour to reach a small village scattered on the mountainside.

On the way, Village Chief Ma introduced the situation of Qingyan Village to the two. Adding to the information they got from Yu Fei earlier, Lin Chuxia was almost fully informed about the village.

The village chief wanted Lin Chuxia and the others to visit the village committee office, but Lin Chuxia didn’t want to waste time.

The plan for the next few days was to look around Qingyan Village and see the herbal planting situations of the villagers, as well as the local customs and practices.

So they asked Village Chief Ma to take them to see some villagers who grew herbs.

Of course, Village Chief Ma agreed and had Niu Dali drive the tractor to a villager’s farm.

It was the busy farming season, and the villagers were all working in the fields.

Niu Dali’s tractor was said to be the only one in the entire village.

The rattling sound of the tractor on the road caught the attention of villagers working not far away, who straightened up to look. On seeing Village Chief Ma on the tractor, they greeted him.

Village Chief Ma warmly waved back and introduced to Lin Chuxia and the others, “Don’t let our poverty fool you, the people here are very honest, true farmers, they work very solidly.”

Lin Chuxia didn’t doubt these words, just like the villagers in Qin Family Village, they had the inherent virtue of hard work.

“Look, we’re almost there. This is the land of Zhao Juncai from our village. His family grows the best and most herbs in the village. Look at that large spread of Angelica.”

As he spoke, they arrived and got off the vehicle.

Village Chief Ma went to greet the people in the field while Lin Chuxia stood by the edge of the medicinal field, observing the Angelica being grown.

Angelica has the power to regulate and replenish the blood, long regarded as the number one medicine in gynecology, known as the holy medicine of the blood, even revered as the king of medicine.

Due to its significant effects, many traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions cannot do without Angelica, hence the saying “nine out of ten prescriptions contain Angelica.”

This herb prefers cool climates and often grows in cold and humid mountainous areas.

The growth conditions here were indeed very suitable for Angelica, and the present medicinal field looked pretty good too.

After a while, the village chief brought over a young man.

The man was dark-skinned, much like Niu Dali, clearly accustomed to working in the fields.

He was not very tall, and his sunken cheeks made his cheekbones more prominent.

Niu Dali had mentioned earlier that the man was a few years older than him, around thirty-four or thirty-five.

Yet the man’s hair was already graying, making him look at least ten years older.

Furthermore, Village Chief Ma seemed to be in his sixties, but according to Niu Dali, he was only fifty.

This region is poor with a low standard of living, some people are still struggling to make ends meet, making it easy for them to age quickly.

Village Chief Ma first spoke with a smile, “Juncai, these are the herbal traders sent by the authorities. We have hope for growing herbs now, Mr. Lin will help us grow herbs, and also help us sell them, hurry up and tell Mr. Lin about how we grow these herbs.”

Zhao Juncai scrutinized Lin Chuxia, then looked at Gu Peng behind her.

Finally, his gaze fell on their shoes.

Lin Chuxia was wearing flat leather shoes, while Gu Peng had military boots on.

Seeing him staring at them in silence, Village Chief Ma nudged him, “Juncai, speak up.”

Then he smiled and explained to Lin Chuxia, “People from small places are usually shy, but don’t be fooled, Juncai is excellent at farming. Everyone in the village follows him in planting herbs. If there’s something they don’t understand, Juncai will help them, he’s very enthusiastic.”

After saying this, he nudged Zhao Juncai again.

Only then did Zhao Juncai coldly say to Lin Chuxia and Gu Peng, “If you want to see the herbs, come with me.”

He said this and then took the lead, walking deeper into the medicinal field.

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