Chapter 5: Do you dare to come back?
Diagonally in front of the peach tree, the wind blew through the lush leaves, and a hint of red hidden in the depths could be vaguely seen.
Ye Qingyue had better eyesight than ordinary people since she was a child, so she was able to discover it.
If it were someone else, even if they saw it, they would just ignore it as a wild flower or something.
Ye Qingyue hugged the trunk, staring at the vague hint of red, feeling her heartbeat quickening.
Then, she threw away the long stick in her hand, quickly got down from the peach tree, and climbed up the big tree where the hint of red was hidden among the leaves.
After some struggles, Ye Qingyue climbed close to the hint of red.
It was a flower, somewhat similar to a lotus, but the petals were bright red and delicate, as if they could drip blood.
The dark red roots penetrated deeply into the trunk. The trunk it parasitized was thicker than other trunks, but there were many unnatural cracks on it, which made it look shaky.
The combination of the two exudes a strange beauty that is both enchanting and decadent.
"Sure enough, I'm not mistaken... It's the parasitic tree blood flower!"
Ye Qingyue could hardly suppress the excitement in her heart.
The parasitic tree blood flower is an extremely rare and precious medicinal material. It has an excellent tonic effect on patients with congenital deficiencies and weak bodies. It is only found in small quantities in China.
Because of its harsh growth conditions and inability to be cultivated artificially, the parasitic tree blood flower became extinct in the early 1980s.
Ye Qingyue had only seen the miraculous medicinal effects of the parasitic tree blood-bearing flower in textbooks and medical records.
She had never expected to see it here!
"It's a pity that it's not ripe yet, so we can't pick it."
Ye Qingyue observed that the innermost petals of the parasitic tree blood-bearing flower were not as bright red as the outer petals, but light red.
If we pick them now, the medicinal effects will be greatly reduced, and it will be a waste of natural resources!
All petals must be bright red and fully mature to have the miraculous medicinal effects recorded in the records.
More importantly -
"My miracle doctor system is still in dormant mode. When the system is restarted, maybe I can bring the parasitic blood flower into the space for cultivation, or even mass production!"
Ye Qingyue muttered, without stopping her hands. She plucked a few soft wood branches from the side, inserted them into the cracks around the parasitic blood flower, and used the leaves to block it tightly.
In this way, unless someone climbs up the tree, it is impossible to find it from outside. After
Ye Qingyue did all this, she climbed down the tree again, picked up a long wooden stick, clamped two pieces of animal feces and placed them under the tree.
Very good, this way even people who climb the tree can't be found.
Ye Qingyue fiddled with the surrounding leaves to make the scene more natural.
After confirming that there was nothing unusual, Ye Qingyue noted the location of the tree, then returned to the peach tree and found the peaches she had knocked down before.
She picked a few that looked good, washed them in a nearby stream, and returned to Ye Feng.
"Fill your stomach first."
Ye Qingyue stuffed two green peaches into Ye Feng's hand, picked up one and took a bite. The sour taste and dry texture made her frown.
However, she still ate the whole peach in a few bites.
Ye Feng on the side also slowly ate up the two peaches.
The family is not rich, and not having enough to eat is normal.
Compared to bad food, being hungry is more terrible.
Ye Qingyue was not idle in the afternoon. She taught Ye Feng how to massage acupoints to stop coughing.
"Ah Feng, put your thumb and index finger together."
Ye Qingyue instructed Ye Feng, "Do you see the highest position of this muscle bulge? This place is called the tiger's mouth point."
"Next time you cough, press the thumb of your other hand on the tiger's mouth point of this hand and massage towards your little finger. You have a weak constitution, so don't use too much force, be gentle..."
"Generally speaking, your cough will be relieved after massaging for ten minutes."
Ye Qingyue said while holding Ye Feng's hand to demonstrate to him.
In fact, there are also some particulars to massage acupoints to stop coughing.
Massaging the tiger's mouth point is to treat those who have a long-term cough.
It is not that you can get rid of it by massaging the tiger's mouth point as soon as you cough.
Different coughs caused by different situations should be massaged at different positions.
It is useless to press blindly, which will only waste your energy.
"I know."
Ye Feng nodded obediently, and then asked curiously: "Sister, when did you learn all this?"
Ye Qingyue had expected Ye Feng to ask this.
Not only Ye Feng, but if she continues to show her medical skills in the future, more people will ask her.
Ye Qingyue had already thought of an excuse for this.
She said: "Do you still remember Granny Zhong who used to live at the end of the village?"
"Of course I remember, Granny Zhong is so pitiful... Alas."
Ye Feng thought of the old woman who was isolated for special reasons and finally couldn't stand hanging herself, and sighed.
Granny Zhong's ancestors have worked in the palace for generations.
When the elders in the village scare children, they say that Granny Zhong likes to catch disobedient children and eat them in the airtight dark room at the end of her village!
So the children in the village hated Granny Zhong and would throw stones and chicken shit at her.
Naughty boys would even poop and pee at the door of Granny Zhong's house!
In their words, they were helping Granny Zhong and doing it for Granny Zhong's own good.
But in Ye Feng's heart, Granny Zhong was a good person, not an old witch who ate children.
Eight years ago, he was playful and ran away from home despite his illness, sneaking into the forest behind the village.
When Ye Qingyue found him, he was so tired that he was panting and sitting on the ground, unable to move, so she had to carry him down the mountain.
But Ye Qingyue was only nine years old at the time, a malnourished little kid, and he sprained his ankle before he had walked far.
The two children fell to the ground, looked at each other, and burst into tears in a few seconds.
It was Granny Zhong who found them and sent them home without anyone noticing.
Ye Feng always remembered this favor, but it was a pity that Granny Zhong hanged herself two years ago before he could repay her.
"The villagers only know that Granny Zhong's ancestors worked in the palace, but they don't know that Granny Zhong's family has been imperial physicians for generations, and her daughter has even studied abroad."
Ye Qingyue said, "Eight years ago, after Granny Zhong saved us, I would always sneak to find her and bring her food. It was also at that time that she taught me medicine."
She didn't lie, but she exaggerated.
Granny Zhong did teach her medicine back then, and she was her mentor in medicine.
If it weren't for Granny Zhong, she wouldn't have applied to a medical university later.
However, the two of them only lived together for six years, and in the later period, Granny Zhong had a mental breakdown and couldn't even have a normal conversation, let alone teach.
Therefore, Ye Qingyue only learned some superficial things from Granny Zhong.
But others don't know, and you can't just cut your own throat with a knife to verify it, and ask Granny Zhong in the underworld, right?
Ye Qingyue planned to use this to cover up her medical skills.
"So that's how it is."
Ye Feng believed what his sister said.
He didn't ask Ye Qingyue why she didn't say it before.
After all, the past few years were a special period.
If anyone said that he knew Chinese medicine, it would be easy to get into trouble. As
the brother and sister chatted, it got darker.
Ye Qingyue changed back into her own clothes.
The short-sleeved dacron shirt was not easy to take back, so she hid it in a secluded place, planning to find a chance to take it away.
After doing all this, Ye Qingyue took Ye Feng home.
As soon as they entered their room and were about to close the door, a huge force pushed in from the outside.
I saw a burly man rushing into the room, shouting with his neck thick: "Ye Qingyue! How dare you come back?!"