Xu Baiwei is extremely talented and down-to-earth. If you study with her for two years, you might become a barefoot doctor, if not a great one.

There were more customers in the afternoon, but most of them suffered from heatstroke. During the dog days of summer, the weather was scorching hot, and many of the workers couldn't withstand the blazing sun while working.

Fortunately, Li Xiyue had previously brought back a lot of Ten Drops Water, and after giving it to the patient, the symptoms were relieved.

The master and apprentice were busy all afternoon, only finding some free time after sunset.

Seeing that Xu Baiwei looked tired, Li Xiyue told her to go home early.

She was about to go back to her room to lie down for a while when Xu Dashan came over with a snake in his hand.

"Dr. Li, we caught a live snake. Do you want its gallbladder?"

Li Xiyue's eyes lit up, "I want it!"

Snake gallbladders are a high-quality traditional Chinese medicine with a history of over a thousand years in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. Its functions include clearing heat and detoxifying, benefiting the liver and improving eyesight, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, dispelling wind and dampness, and promoting blood circulation.

Snake gallbladders were later found in Sichuan fritillary bulb and loquat syrup.

It is also found in some medications for treating rheumatism and liver disease.

The fresher the snake gallbladder, the better the effect. If the snake dies, the gallbladder will turn yellow and the medicinal effect will be less.

"Then I'll take it out for you." Xu Dashan was a very experienced hunter who had hunted many snakes before and was very skilled at extracting snake gallbladders.

Li Xiyue went to get the scissors.

He folded the snake in half, felt a hard spot on its belly, and then cut it open with scissors, revealing a greenish-blue snake gallbladder.

He pulled it out, handed it to Li Xiyue, and then asked, "Would you like some snake meat?"

"No, I won't eat it, thank you Uncle Dashan." Li Xiyue quickly refused.

She was afraid of snakes and wouldn't even touch them, let alone eat them.

Xu Dashan chuckled, "Then I'll take it home and stew it with soybeans; Panpan loves it."

Li Xiyue nodded. Unfortunately, this snake wasn't one that could be used in medicine; it could only be eaten for its flesh.

After thinking for a moment, she said, "Uncle Dashan, wait a moment." She went inside and put the snake gall away, then took a few large apples from her spatial storage and went out into the yard. "Take these apples back for Panpan to eat."

"This... Dr. Li, you're too kind." Xu Dashan scratched his head.

Li Xiyue said, "Snake gallbladders are very precious medicinal materials. Consider it an apple I'll trade for them with you."

"Okay." Xu Dashan accepted it. It was hot, and his wife and son had no appetite, so they wanted something sweet and refreshing.

After seeing the person off, Xia Zhu arrived with a few friends.

"Sister, look what we found!"

Li Xiyue looked into the basket and saw it was full of cicada shells. She laughed and said, "Where did you find so many cicada shells?"

"In the cornfield," Xia Zhu said with a smile.

Two months after the spring corn was planted, it is now ripening, and there are indeed many cicada shells on the corn stalks.

But corn leaves are prickly, and the fuzz on them can cause skin to itch and turn red.

The children must have suffered a lot while picking cicada shells. Sure enough, upon closer inspection, there were many red marks on their necks and arms.

Li Xiyue quickly gave them the appropriate reward and told them to go home and take a shower, and then apply some medicated oil.

Several children, carrying snacks, chased and played along the way, their laughter ringing out like silver bells.

The sky was ablaze with red on a midsummer evening, and the wind rustled through the golden rice paddies, carrying away the children's laughter.