What was said unintentionally was taken to heart by the listener.

Uncle Wang suddenly slammed his hand on the table, startling Li Chu and Wang Ziwen, who quickly looked at him.

"I understand, Xiao Chu!"

"Uncle, what do you know?"

"We've all misunderstood; they're after the medicine."

"For the medicine?"

For the first time, Li Chu felt that his brain wasn't working properly.

"Or rather, this whole thing was caused by your medicine, because it was so effective that it attracted the attention of others."

If he still doesn't understand after all this, then he might as well just go to sleep.

But he still couldn't quite understand: "Uncle, I admit the medicine is effective, but did it really have to cause so many deaths and injuries? The prescription is almost identical to the publicly available one, isn't it?"

"Of course there's a difference!"

This time, Wang Ziwen and Uncle Wang said it in unison.

This confused Li Chu even more. Good heavens, the other two had figured it out, but he was still clueless. This made him deeply doubt his own intelligence.

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"Ziwen, why don't you talk to him?"

“Okay, Uncle, Xiao Chu, this is what I think. Actually, the prescription they copied came first, and the medicine was stolen later. Those people first copied your prescription from somewhere, and the medicine they made based on the prescription had problems, or rather, people died from drinking it.”

Then they tried to steal the medicine, but it still didn't work. At this point, they had no choice but to ask Director Shen to intervene, hoping to find out if there were any other problems they hadn't noticed.

After listening to his brother-in-law's words, Li Chu nodded thoughtfully, then touched his nose as he pondered the matter.

Seeing this, Wang Ziwen and Uncle Wang did not disturb him and each drank water.

The knocking startled the three people inside. They were deep in thought when the door was pushed open, and a pretty face with a bright smile peeked in.

"Grandpa, Uncle, Dad, come out and eat!"

The sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner was a feast for everyone, and the television was broadcasting the "New Year's Gala," the predecessor to the Spring Festival Gala.

This program only started last year. It seems like it won't officially become a Spring Festival Gala until 1983.

Amidst the clinking of glasses and the bustling noise, the meal lasted for more than two hours before finally ending.

Uncle Wang, who rarely drinks, had a couple of drinks today.

After clearing away the seven or eight dishes on the table, the tools for making dumplings were brought out. The dumpling fillings were all prepared: chives and pork, chives and eggs, cabbage and pork, radish and pork, a large bowl of kneaded dough, a rolling pin, and a steamer for placing dumplings.

Everyone chatted and laughed as they got to work, creating a joyful atmosphere.

Uncle Wang and the other two also joined in making dumplings. As for what they had just discussed, they could talk about it later; after all, it had already happened.

By the time the three of them returned to the study, it was already the early hours of the first day of the Lunar New Year.

The freshly made dumplings were eaten by everyone, and those who were supposed to go to sleep went to bed. The lively courtyard gradually quieted down. Ding Qiunan brought a pot of hot water to the study and told them not to stay up too late before going back to her bedroom to rest.

The three of them remained in their original seats, drinking freshly brewed tea.

"Xiao Chu, I have a question. Of course, I don't mean anything by it, so don't misunderstand."

"It's alright, brother-in-law. Just ask me anything."

"Why is it that we are fine after drinking the same prescription, but others are either dead or seriously injured?"

After Wang Ziwen finished asking his question, Uncle Wang nodded and looked at Li Chu, waiting for his answer. He also had this question in his mind.

Li Chu smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, Uncle, I don't know if you've noticed, but before I made you drink the pills, there was a soup you drank for several years. Uncle, didn't you keep complaining back then that it was too much trouble and you didn't want to drink it?"

His words brought back memories for both Wang Ziwen and Uncle Wang, as it had all happened more than a decade ago.

After a while, Uncle Wang said, "That's right, I remember now. Back then, your aunt forced me to drink every day. It was the same when we were in Hainan. She made me drink until I threw up. I scolded Xiao Chu a lot for that."

Well, for your health, I still have to get scolded.

Wang Ziwen also remembered, and he asked with some doubt, "Xiao Chu, do you mean these two medicines are related?"

"The connection is too great. Drinking only the herbal decoction won't have much effect, but drinking only the pills is like drinking poison."

Good heavens!

Uncle Wang and Wang Ziwen stared at Li Chu in shock. No wonder those people who tried to make prescriptions and steal medicine failed. Who would have thought that you would need to lay the groundwork for years before you could even drink some medicine?

Uncle Wang also realized why Li Chu had told him that he wasn't worried about the recipe being published or known by others. Why should he be worried? It was others who should be worried.

"Xiao Chu, aren't you worried that someone will test the drug and find out it's toxic, and then accuse you of murder..."

At this point, Wang Ziwen glanced at Uncle Wang.

Li Chu understood what his brother-in-law meant and shook his head at him: "Brother-in-law, let them test that pill. It's definitely not poisonous. Otherwise, they wouldn't have caused two deaths and one injury."

"Hey, there's such a miraculous medicine!"

"That's right. Our traditional Chinese medicine has been developed and refined over thousands of years. Without real skills, how could it have continued to this day?"

Uncle Wang seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Xiao Chu, can these two prescriptions of yours be used on a large scale?"

"Uncle, it's not that I'm hiding anything, it's just that it's really impossible. Both of these prescriptions contain a very special ingredient, a hundred-year-old wild ginseng. Just that one ingredient alone makes it impossible to make it widely available."

Alright, Uncle Wang won't ask anymore. A hundred years, and still wild, something unattainable.

"Xiao Chu, you're really willing to do this!"

“Brother-in-law, what are you saying? If I’m reluctant to give it to you, then why should I keep it? Am I supposed to take it with me when I die? It’s medicine; it only works when you take it. If you leave it there, it’s no different from a dead twig.”

Wang Ziwen shook his head with a wry smile. "Listen to this, isn't it infuriating? Something as precious as a treasure becomes nothing more than a withered twig in his mouth."

Uncle Wang cleared his throat, drawing Li Chu and Wang Ziwen's attention back before saying, "Xiao Chu, if that's the case, I reckon those people won't stop there. They'll definitely pull some more stunts behind the scenes."

"Uncle, you're right. But I think those people will probably still do it secretly, just like before. Especially now that three people have committed suicide, it's definitely attracted attention. They won't dare to act too recklessly, because that would be suicide."

"Find an opportunity to report this to the person at the sanatorium."

"Okay, Uncle, I plan to take Qiu Nan and the children to pay him a New Year's visit in the next couple of days."