The next day, Su Yan didn't get up until 10 a.m. After hurriedly eating a steamed bun, she carried the meat up the mountain.

When they arrived at the agreed-upon location, Weiwu lay down on a rock to rest, his large, lazy body snapping open with a wary, cold look at the sound of footsteps.

Upon seeing the person, it instantly reverted to its lazy posture, got up from the rock, ran to Su Yan's feet and circled around, its tiger head constantly nudging the basket on her back, making whimpering sounds.

Mighty: The tiger is starving! The tiger is starving!

Su Yan: "..." Big brother, you should remember that you are a majestic tiger. What's wrong with you acting like a dog?

The twenty pounds of meat, still steaming hot, were taken out of the pot and carried here. She put down the basket and fed it to Weiwu piece by piece. "I won't be going up the mountain for a while. You should go back to the deep mountains and stay there. If I go into the mountains, I'll look for you at the place where you fought with the wild boar. I'll bring you other delicious food next time I come."

Upon hearing this, Weiwu suddenly raised its tiger head, the meat in its mouth suddenly lost its flavor, and its tiger eyes stared at her with displeasure, as if it were looking at a Chen Shimei (a notorious figure in Chinese folklore known for abandoning his wife).

Su Yan, both amused and exasperated, stroked its tiger head and explained, "I have to go earn money. How can I buy you food if I don't have money?"

Everyone says tigers are ferocious, but this one in front of her is like a clingy little thing. They only met yesterday, but today it's like they're old friends.

The tiger exhaled a thick puff of hot air from its nose, indicating its dissatisfaction. However, considering that this two-legged creature still knew to bring food, the tiger forgave her.

After finishing her meal, Su Yan didn't linger for long and went down the mountain with her basket.

When I got home, only my maternal grandmother and Hu Zi Su Lei were there; my maternal grandfather had gone to work in the fields early in the morning.

Grandma Li is in poor health, and if she goes to the fields with Hu Zi, there will be no one to take care of him. So she stays at home to look after the child. The Li family relies on Grandpa Li to farm and sell the produce to make money.

The two elderly people are almost eighty years old. In other families, elderly people of this age would have been retired and living at home by now. But in Lijiaping, it's just that her maternal grandparents still have to work.

"Ayan's back? Grandma left some food for you in the pot, go and eat some," Grandma Li said with a smile.

She didn't ask where Su Yan went. Grandma Li felt that young people needed their own space, and asking too many questions would annoy the children. As long as Su Yan wasn't doing anything sneaky or shady, it was fine.

Su Yan especially liked this about her grandmother.

If it were her mother, she would have to ask her every question before she could feel at ease, and she would have to rack her brains to come up with a reasonable explanation. It would be too difficult!

"Grandma, have Grandpa eaten yet?" she asked casually.

Grandma Li paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Your grandpa took some steamed buns to the fields, don't worry about him."

"How can that be?" Su Yan disagreed. "People need food to survive. Grandpa is so old, he needs to eat well even more. What if he ruins his stomach?"

As she spoke, she lifted the lid of the pot, revealing only pork and vegetable soup inside, with very little meat. Su Yan felt a pang of sadness; the two elderly people were just used to being frugal, and they couldn't bear to eat all the meat they had at home.

"Grandma, from now on, we'll eat the standard meals: three dishes and a soup. I'll buy the groceries and cook them. If I don't have time, you can't just make do. I'm earning money to make sure our family lives a good life; otherwise, what's the point?"

Upon hearing this, Grandma Li immediately understood what Su Yan meant, and couldn't help but lower her head and wipe away her tears: "Our Ayan has grown up and knows how to care for others."

"This is nothing," Su Yan said, picking up the vegetable soup and a large steamed bun from the pot and eating them as she went. "I'm planning to go to town to sell medicine later, so don't wait for me for dinner, you can eat."

Grandma Li looked at Su Yan with a kind expression, took her hand, and instructed her, "Be careful and come back soon, okay?"

Su Yan responded, finished eating, cleaned up the dishes, and then carried her basket to town.

The original agreement was for five days later, but she couldn't wait any longer; she could only feel at ease once she had the money in her hands.

...

Baicaotang.

As soon as Su Yan entered, she saw that the person keeping the accounts had changed to a young girl.

"Hello, I'm looking for Manager Tang. Is he here today?"

The little girl looked up at her for a few seconds, then hesitated before asking, "Are you Su Yan?"

Su Yan raised an eyebrow in surprise, "Do you know me?"

Upon hearing this, the young woman immediately came out from behind the counter, warmly shook her hand, and said kindly, "My name is Bai Lian. Before I joined the company, Manager Tang instructed us employees to contact him immediately if a girl named Su Yan came in! Manager Tang happens to be in the store today, he is receiving a distinguished guest in his office. Would you like to come upstairs with me and wait for a moment?"

Bai Lian's attitude was overly enthusiastic. Su Yan was practically dragged along by her. If she hadn't gone to the wrong place, she would have thought she had encountered a beggar!

Baicaotang has two floors.

The first floor is for medical treatment and medicine dispensing, while the second floor houses the warehouse, the manager's office, and a reception room.

Bai Lian led her into the reception room, saying, "Please wait here for a moment, I'll go find the manager."

Su Yan responded, and only after the door closed did she look up and examine the interior design.

Although it was set in the 1980s, Baicaotang's decor exuded sophistication and grandeur, though the furnishings were rather simple.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the door was pushed open.

Tang Li stepped in and, upon seeing Su Yan, immediately said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Miss Su, I've kept you waiting."

Tang Li was dressed in a formal black suit today. Although he was smiling, a thin layer of worry was hidden under his brows.

Su Yan: "It's okay, I just showed up unexpectedly anyway."

After saying that, she took out the ginseng wrapped in newspaper from the basket, spread it out on the table layer by layer to reveal its true appearance, and then said, "Mr. Tang, please take a look and see if you are satisfied."

The ginseng roots were covered in fresh soil, clearly indicating that they had just been dug up.

Tang Li's deep eyes lit up instantly, and he excitedly stepped forward to pick up the ginseng and examine it closely. "This...this year..."

His hands trembled slightly, and his eyes welled up with tears of emotion.

“Around six hundred years old.” Su Yan took out He Shou Wu and black goji berries from the basket one after another. “I was lucky this time. I found these on my first trip into the deep mountains. What’s rare is the age of the ginseng.”

The difference in efficacy between three hundred years and six hundred years is more than just a tiny bit.

"With these, that person's life can be kept alive, and there's still time..." Tang Li murmured.

Upon hearing this, Su Yan couldn't help but frown. After hesitating for a while, she still spoke up to remind him: "Mr. Tang, may I ask what disease the person you are trying to save has? Although ginseng can prolong life, it is not always effective. It can only play an auxiliary role."

She felt it was unrealistic to think that ginseng could prolong life.

Tang Li gave a wry smile. "How could I possibly deserve the word 'save'? I'm just following orders to find these rare medicinal herbs. That's something that can earn me merit. The person waiting to be saved is a figure at the top of the social hierarchy in the capital, someone of great importance."