Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 44 0044 Recipe and House

In the south of the city, inside Cheng’s Medical Clinic.

"Uncle, I'm back."

Cheng Zongyang knocked on the back door and shouted.

On the way back, he did not touch the note, nor did he do anything he shouldn't have done. He was not in a hurry to read it, but stuffed it into the bamboo tube of the wooden frame and put it into the wilderness in an empty alley.

You can never go too far wrong.

Soon, Cheng Zongwen opened the door and said happily:

"Brother, it's time to eat. Mom and Dad specially prepared extra food."

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said, "Okay."

He was not polite to the outsider or a stingy relative.

This is not the first time I have eaten at my second uncle’s house, and I always control my food intake.

In the main room, everyone was waiting.

Cheng Chen smiled and said, "Your second uncle was waiting for you to come back together. You just came back, so you washed up and prepared to eat."

"Okay, thank you, uncle and aunt." Cheng Zongyang replied with a smile.

"You, kid, are always so polite. He is not a stranger." Mrs. Cheng Chen glared at her nephew with dissatisfaction.

"Hehe." Cheng Zongyang smiled.

After dinner…

Cheng Chen and her eldest daughter cleared the table, while the youngest daughter ran to the medical hall in front and did something unknown.

As for Cheng Zongwen, he took the book back to his room.

Only Cheng Guangshan and Cheng Zongyang, uncle and nephew, were left in the main room.

"Yang'er, I have already got you all the herbs you need. I have prepared two kinds of medicinal food, called Deer Antler Qi-Replenishing Soup and Ginseng Health-Nourishing Soup. There is also a kind of medicinal wine, called Snake Gallbladder Wine, which is also for replenishing the body and Qi.

After you take it back, you can put the corresponding amount of medicinal food according to the recipe, no more than one bowl a day.

After you bring the medicinal materials for the medicinal wine back, wash the snake gallbladder and put it in to soak with the medicinal materials. The wine is 10 jin.

If you want to drink it quickly, steam it in water, bury the jar in the ground for seven days, and then you can drink it. Do not drink more than one or two liang a day. "

Cheng Zongyang listened carefully to his uncle's instructions and asked some questions:
"Uncle, is there a limit on the amount of snake gall that can be used to make wine?"

Cheng Guanghai said, "The herbs I gave you are based on ten kilograms of herbs, so you can put three pills in. No more than five pills at most, otherwise the medicinal effect will be too strong and it will become poisonous."

Cheng Zongyang was thinking in his heart.

The black-horned python's gallbladder was very large, as big as his fist. Although he was still a teenager, his fist was not much different from that of an adult.

The gallbladders of five ordinary snakes combined are probably only half of the gallbladder of a black-horned python.

Now, Cheng Zongyang became a little hesitant. Was his alcohol tolerance a little too low?
After thinking for a while, he asked, "Uncle, will adding wine dilute the efficacy of the medicine?"

Cheng Guangshan glanced at his nephew and said, "It's possible, but it depends on how much you add. If you add too much, the effect of the medicinal wine will be much worse."

"How much should be put in ten snake gallbladders?" Cheng Zongyang asked tentatively.

Cheng Guangshan glared and said, "Why do you put so many in there? Can't you just make two jars with ten pieces? Why do you have to put them together?"

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said, "So, you mean, you can add 20 kilograms of wine?"

Cheng Guangshan sighed and said, "Okay, but the medicinal materials should be used in a proper way, so we have to increase or decrease the dosage accordingly, otherwise the efficacy will be worse."

"Okay, thank you, second uncle. Then change the amount of medicinal materials for me, to ten pills. By the way, what time is it now?" Cheng Zongyang asked while putting things into the backpack.

Cheng Guangshan looked at the time outside and said:

"It's almost noon. Are you going home?"

Cheng Zongyang said, "I have something to do and will be back soon. If there is anything urgent, send someone to the village to inform us."

"Okay." Cheng Guangshan nodded slightly and went to the clinic to get another one.

When his uncle wasn't noticing, Cheng Zongyang put twenty taels of silver on the table and kept only five taels as a reserve.

This was also the last bit of money he had.

The herbs he picked up included many precious ones, which were worth a lot of money. In addition, the prices of herbs had risen this year, so he couldn't let his second uncle pay for them.

For him, it doesn't matter if he is given too much money, but it is not okay if he is given too little.

Cheng Guangshan did not notice his nephew's actions. He took the medicine and gave it to Cheng Zongyang, then sent him out through the back door. Cheng Guangshan frowned and returned to the main room. As a result, he saw two ten-liang silver notes on the table.

"What's going on?" Cheng Chen came in with a cup of tea and placed it on her husband's table.

"This kid is really..." Cheng Guangshan was holding two silver notes, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Then he said puzzledly: "I don't know why, Yang'er seems to be hiding something, so mysterious."

Cheng Chen thought it was a big deal and smiled: "What's the big deal? Who doesn't have a secret? Besides, don't you know Yang'er's personality? Just accept it. It just happens to pay back the money owed for the medicinal materials.

Also, you should pay more attention to your little daughter. She has suddenly become interested in medicinal herbs these days and has been flipping through herbal medicine collections."

"Oh?" Cheng Guangshan was quite surprised: "Didn't she not want to learn before? Why is it so sudden?"

Cheng Chen smiled bitterly and said, "Do you know what she was reading? She was only reading the poisonous weeds chapter in the herbal collection. What do you think this girl was thinking?"

Cheng Guangshan didn't think much of it and said with a smile: "As long as she is interested, let her watch. It's just that Ying'er doesn't want to learn."

Cheng Chen rolled her eyes at her husband and said, "Do you want all three of your children to become doctors?"

Cheng Guangshan retorted: "I also inherited this skill from my father-in-law, so I naturally have to pass on the Chen family's medical skills. Otherwise, wouldn't the medical skills passed down by my four generations be wasted?"

Mrs. Cheng Chen did not say much. Her family's medical skills, including her husband's, have been passed down for five generations, so the medical skills are naturally long-standing, but her husband is still young and also has a lot to learn.

There is no end to learning the profession of a doctor.

"It's up to you, but Wen'er said yesterday that he also wanted to learn martial arts."

Cheng Guangshan was stunned: "Isn't he studying? Why does he want to learn martial arts again? Didn't he see his cousin learning martial arts and also want to..."

The couple also had a rare chance to rest today, chatting about family matters in the main room. The disturbances from the outside world seemed to have disappeared.

Cheng Zongyang went straight to Tianxiang Tower.

In Tianxiang Tower, Cheng Zongyang didn't see waiter Sun, only Zheng Yan was sitting there drinking tea.

"Manager Zheng, sorry to have kept you waiting." Cheng Zongyang bowed and apologized.

"It doesn't matter. Now that you're here, just take it."

Zheng Yan took a sip of tea and pointed to a sign next to the table.

Cheng Zongyang was stunned, walked forward to take it, and saw a few words engraved vertically on the wooden sign.

——No. 28, Lane 6, Nantang

On the back are the three characters [Yufeng County].

"Manager Zheng, what is this?"

Zheng Yan smiled faintly and said, "According to your requirements, this house meets your goals. I have also helped you lower the price to four hundred taels. As for the guarantee tax, it is not necessary for me."

After hearing this, Cheng Zongyang scratched his head a little embarrassedly. He had some prejudice against this old man, but he never thought that he could help him to this extent.

It seems that I am still narrow-minded. Cheng Zongyang sighed in his heart, but he thanked me with a happy face and said:
"Thank you very much, steward. I will remember your kindness in my heart."

Zheng Yan nodded slightly: "In the past six months, I have seen that you are a very good person and are very smart. That's why I want to give you some advice.

I will be leaving in two days. Are you willing to follow me? I can't say that I will be rich and powerful, but at least I will have enough food and clothing, and I won't have to work so hard to hunt. It all depends on God's will."

Cheng Zongyang was stunned. Sure enough, the guy heard it right!

His face was filled with joy, then he felt embarrassed, and finally he sighed and bowed:

"I am grateful for the promotion and kindness of the steward, but as the saying goes, one should not travel far away when one's parents are still alive, and my family still needs me to work. I am afraid that I will let down the steward's kindness. I hope the steward will not be angry."

Zheng Yan seemed to have anticipated Cheng Zongyang's refusal and was not angry.

He really admired Cheng Zongyang. If it were an ordinary person, he would not even bother to pay attention to him, let alone guarantee the purchase of a house.

Zheng Yan stood up and patted Cheng Zongyang on the shoulder with a smile, saying admiringly:

"In that case, it's up to you. But my promise is still valid. If you want to come someday, you can come to Qianye County to find me. I can still give you a job. If you have any questions, you can take this jade pendant to find Captain Zheng."

Zheng Yan took off a jade pendant from his waist and placed it on the table.

"As for this wooden sign, you can take it to the government's housing management office. They will help you transfer the house. Just pay four hundred taels of silver, and you don't have to worry about anything else."

"Thank you, Manager! I'll remember this." Cheng Zongyang bowed again with all his heart and took the jade pendant from the table.

"Let's go then."

Hearing this, Cheng Zongyang didn't ask any more questions. He bowed again, then left the restaurant with the wooden sign and jade pendant.

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