As soon as Fang Xiu'e entered the room, she threw herself directly into Wang An's arms and began nibbling on his head.
Wang An naturally didn't resist. After a few simple nibbles, he impatiently scooped Fang Xiu'e up by the waist and carried her into the inner room.
One was a young lad of just 20; the other was a young married woman of 24.
Most importantly, since he started digging ginseng, Wang An hadn't fought a battle in several days.
As for Fang Xiu'e, it had been over a month since she had received Wang An's affection.
Generally speaking, both of them were feeling very intense desires at this moment; they both wanted it.
Thus, after a few seconds, the two of them shed all their equipment and started fighting directly.
It must be said that this style of fighting definitely allows one to invest themselves heart and soul.
Soon, the fight entered a white-hot state—it was like clashing armor and galloping horses, like billowing war smoke.
Of course, the two people currently locked in slaughter didn't notice any of this, because they had completely fallen into a state of madness, utterly oblivious to everything in the outside world.
After an unknown amount of time, everything finally calmed down!
The two looked at each other and smiled, drenched in sweat, before they began to set the table and pick up bowls to eat, their backsides still bare.
Mainly, they had to eat; they were simply too hungry. This activity was truly a labor-intensive job.
Furthermore, the two of them had a few more battles ahead; if they didn't replenish their strength properly, they might not be able to keep the fighting going.
While eating, Wang An asked Fang Xiu'e
"You got off work so early today; your boss won't come after you, will he?"
Fang Xiu'e swayed her great snow-peaks and said
"No, it's the busy farming season right now, so there are hardly any patients. Didn't you see that we can't even get enough people together in the office?"
Wang An nodded, then suddenly asked with some concern
"That kid dispensing medicine in the pharmacy—I feel like his work is really not that great. Uh, don't forget to help me check later if those medicines are being matched correctly."
Looking at Wang An's expression, Fang Xiu'e suddenly burst out laughing, "Hahaha..." laughing so hard that her snow-peaks bounced wildly. It must be said that it was quite a sight to behold.
However, Wang An was currently in that brief period of emptiness following an extreme peak, so he was able to turn a blind eye to such a scene. He said with drooping eyelids
"What are you laughing at? Seriously, I see that kid can't even find the medicine right. Several times I saw him put the medicine back after he'd already finished picking it."
At this point, Wang An couldn't help but exclaim
"Holy shit, is he just an apprentice? Or the kind who got in through connections?"
Hearing this, Fang Xiu'e laughed even louder.
Seeing that Fang Xiu'e was only laughing and not speaking, Wang An anxiously squeezed her snow-peaks a few times. Fang Xiu'e, perhaps feeling the pain, said while still laughing
"It's not like he'd dispense the wrong medicine; he's just been here a short time and isn't proficient at dispensing yet. We all went through that stage."
Hearing Fang Xiu'e say this, Wang An finally put his mind at ease.
After chatting about some useless things, Fang Xiu'e's eyes suddenly flickered, and she said to Wang An
"How about we try it—doing it while eating? What do you think?"
Upon hearing this, Wang An's eyes widened into perfect circles, and he even forgot to chew the rice in his mouth.
It must be said that in this past month, this woman Fang Xiu'e had been bottling things up quite severely!
Consequently, when the meal was only half-finished, the two of them shamelessly stuck together once again.
Of course, this time they were sitting.
As the old saying goes, "A good meal is not afraid of being late." Actually, this phrase could be reworded as "A good meal is not afraid of being slow."
In any case, the meal Wang An and Fang Xiu'e had was truly quite slow, and truly quite good. Mainly, Fang Xiu'e felt very full—both of her mouths were full.
Without Wang An having to say a word, Fang Xiu'e returned the semi-dried ginseng to him, and after another round of searching, she also found the "scar-removing" prescription.
Only then did Wang An, whose legs were feeling weak, remember that he had brought two Grade 3 leaves and four sixty-year-olds.
When Wang An handed the six ginseng roots to Fang Xiu'e, her peach-blossom eyes went blank with shock.
After a while, Fang Xiu'e murmured
"Why are there so many? Where did these come from?"
Wang An said with a smile
"Dug them up. If you need this stuff, just tell me, and I'll get you more later."
Fang Xiu'e said in total shock
"Do you know? The wild ginseng our hospital buys from the supply and marketing cooperative and the pharmacy costs nearly 500 for one over 30 years old. These two of yours are already 1,000!"
Wang An was instantly bewildered, because he remembered the cooperative's purchase price—a Grade 3 leaf was clearly 300.
However, a simple thought revealed the trick behind this, so after the initial bewilderment, Wang An didn't take it to heart.
Wang An said with a smile
"Mm-hmm. If you're short on money, just sell them. Next time I'll get you a couple of damaged ones to use. I'm telling you, damaged ones don't actually hinder the use at all..."
Before Wang An could finish, Fang Xiu'e curled her lip and said
"That's just the excuse they use to drive the price down. When our hospital buys them, they don't distinguish between damaged or not. Besides, we sell them as slices."
Hearing this, Wang An suddenly felt a surge of anger. Mainly, those lazy bastards at the supply and marketing cooperative were truly shameless!
They buy damaged ones for 100 and sell for 500; they buy complete ones for 300 and also sell for 500.
Holy shit, that profit margin! It's even more ruthless than selling black opium!
Clicking his tongue, Wang An said nothing. There was no point in speaking; silence was the only way.
Stopping the discussion on the matter, Wang An pinched Fang Xiu'e's pretty face and said to her
"Alright, I'm leaving now. You should tidy up and get to work too."
Fang Xiu'e hurriedly stepped forward and gave Wang An another kiss before waving him goodbye.
Leaving Fang Xiu'e's house, Wang An sat on his horse and looked at the "scar-removing" prescription in his hand, unable to help but suck in his teeth.
Mainly, the names of the medicines in the prescription made one feel numb and tingly just by looking at them.
Centipedes, scorpions, snake skin, soft-shell turtles, leeches...
To be honest, Wang An seriously doubted the authenticity of this prescription. Smearing these things on one's face didn't look like it could "remove scars" no matter how you looked at it.
Fortunately, this stuff wasn't being smeared on Wang An's own face, so he still went to the pharmacy and bought these items according to the prescription.
The reason he went to the pharmacy instead of the hospital was that Fang Xiu'e said the hospital didn't even have many of the things listed.
However, while dispensing the medicine, the clerk at the traditional pharmacy kept frowning at the prescription.
It wasn't until Wang An had finished getting his medicine and was about to leave that the clerk couldn't help but say
"Little brother, use this medicine with caution! Be careful not to poison yourself!"
(End of Chapter)