In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 79 Not Simple

"Park guard dog!"

A look of surprise flashed in Chen Dao's eyes. He never expected that the first advancement of this Xia Guoguo dog would be the advancement path of a fighting dog!

It's easy to see from the characteristics of park guard dogs that this breed is extremely suitable for guarding homes and property. If you could train enough park guard dogs yourself...

Doesn't that mean I have a large number of loyal henchmen who are no less than ninth-rank martial artists?

"very good!"

Chen Dao led two dogs to the donkey cart.

When Chen Cheng and the others saw Chen Dao leading two dogs over, they couldn't help but ask, "Brother Dao, do you want to eat dog meat?"

As they were being questioned, their eyes gleamed, as if they were already fantasizing about the taste of dog meat.

Unfortunately, Chen Dao gave a negative answer: "No! I was planning to use these two dogs to guard the house."

After saying that, Chen Dao picked up the two dogs and put them on the donkey cart. The two docile dogs did not resist and let Chen Dao pick them up and put them on the cart.

Then everyone got into the cart, started the donkey cart, and headed towards Baicaotang.

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"Uncle, do you think Brother Dao is interested in the granddaughter of the owner of Baicaotang?"

Outside Baicaotang, Chen Si, watching Chen Dao enter, couldn't help but ask gossipy questions. Chen Dao would visit Baicaotang every time he came to the city, making it hard for him not to have such suspicions.

"The granddaughter of the owner of Baicaotang is indeed beautiful!"

Chen Jiang chimed in, saying that he had met Su Qiaoxi before and knew of her beauty, but he only admired her looks; as for pursuing her…

That's impossible. Let alone whether the concept of free love even exists in this era, even if it does, the gap in social status is insurmountable.

He was just a peasant boy who couldn't even get enough to eat, while Su Qiaoxi was the granddaughter of the owner of Baicaotang in the county town. The difference in their social status meant that they could never be together.

Chen Da did not respond to the two, but he had some doubts in his heart. Chen Dao had already been to Yuan's Pharmacy once before, and now he was going to Baicaotang again. It was hard not to suspect his purpose.

Of course, Chen Da wasn't a talkative person, so he didn't voice his doubts.

Inside the Hundred Herbs Hall, Su Qiaoxi looked at Chen Dao, who had just entered the pharmacy, with shining eyes. To be precise, she looked at Xiao Yuan, who was hanging on Chen Dao's shoulder with her chin resting on his shoulder.

"Young Master Chen, you've arrived."

Su Qiaoxi jogged up to Chen Dao, but her beautiful eyes were not on Chen Dao, but on Xiao Yuan.

She stretched out her index finger and gently poked Xiao Yuan's nose. A human-like look of disgust immediately appeared on Xiao Yuan's face. She shrank her round face behind Chen Dao, not letting Su Qiaoxi touch it.

"Miss Su, Manager Su."

Chen Dao greeted the two people in the pharmacy with a smile, and then said, "I'm here to buy some medicinal herbs."

"Is it a blood-clotting fruit?"

Su Shihua, who was sitting behind the counter, turned around and took out a cloth bag from the medicine cabinet, saying, "Qiaoxi already told me before. This is the blood clotting fruit that the shop has reserved for you. There are 100 in total. You can count them."

Upon hearing this, Chen Dao was about to walk to the counter to check when Su Qiaoxi suddenly whispered, "Um...Young Master Chen, could you leave Xiao Yuan with me for a while to take care of her?"

Chen Dao glanced at Su Qiaoxi and couldn't help but laugh. This girl talks a good game, taking care of Xiao Yuan, but she's clearly tormenting Xiao Yuan.

"Xiaoyuan, don't hurt people."

Chen Dao did not refuse. He took Xiao Yuan off his back, gave her some instructions, and handed her to Su Qiaoxi.

Su Qiaoxi was overjoyed as she hugged Xiaoyuan and began to play with her wildly.

Chen Dao walked to the counter, counted the items, and after confirming that the quantity of blood-clotting fruits was correct, said, "Manager Su, do you have licorice root and foxtail grass for sale?"

"Sweet licorice? Foxtail millet?"

Su Shihua thought for a moment, then turned around and took out two kinds of medicinal herbs from the medicine cabinet behind him, placing them on the counter: "These are licorice root and foxtail grass."

Chen Dao looked at the two kinds of medicinal herbs on the counter: sweet licorice, which was shaped like grass but had some subtle differences, and foxtail grass, which had petals that resembled a dog's tail and red stamens.

"May I ask, Manager Su, what are the specific effects of these two medicinal herbs?"

"Sweet licorice has a sweet taste and is a medicinal herb that can relieve coughs. The juice of foxtail grass can stop bleeding and heal external injuries."

"I see."

Chen Dao nodded, inquired about the price of the medicinal herbs, and said, "I wonder how many foxtail grass and licorice root the shop has. I plan to buy them all."

"Buy all?"

Su Shihua glanced at Chen Dao with surprise. Although he was a little puzzled as to why this person wanted to buy so much, he did not ask any further questions. Instead, he said as if he knew the contents of a book well, "There are a total of 80 licorice roots and 60 foxtail grass plants in the shop. If you want them all, I will charge you 250 coins."

Both licorice root and foxtail grass cost 2 copper coins each, and Su Shihua gave Chen Dao a discount of 30 copper coins.

"to make."

Chen Dao took out 2 taels of silver and 50 copper coins from his money bag and bought all the medicinal materials, including 100 coagulation fruits, before preparing to leave.

Meanwhile... Su Qiaoxi clearly hadn't had enough fun with Xiaoyuan. Seeing Chen Dao preparing to leave, she pleaded, "Young Master Chen, could you stay a little longer?"

Chen Dao opened his mouth, unable to refuse the girl's plea, so he could only sit in the Hundred Herbs Hall and watch Su Qiaoxi and Xiao Yuan play.

Su Shihua glanced at the two of them, a smile appearing on his aged face.

A full half hour passed before Su Qiaoxi reluctantly handed Xiao Yuan back to Chen Dao: "Young Master Chen, please come again soon!"

"Yes, Miss Su."

Chen Dao smiled and agreed, then hoisted Xiao Yuan onto his shoulder and walked out of Baicaotang.

Su Qiaoxi looked longingly towards the gate and murmured, "How did Young Master Chen find such an adorable animal? I want one too."

"This young master Chen is no ordinary person."

Su Shihua said with a deep gaze.

As a doctor, he was very sensitive to changes in a person's complexion. The last time he saw Chen Dao, Chen Dao's face was extremely pale, and he looked sickly, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness.

When we met Chen Dao again this time, he not only looked radiant, but he also walked with a powerful stride, which is definitely not the state of an ordinary person.

Su Shihua even suspected that Chen Dao might have become a martial artist, but then he felt that it was unrealistic. Chen Dao had only bought some blood-coagulation fruits. The effect of blood-coagulation fruits in strengthening qi and blood was almost useless. How could someone become a martial artist by relying on blood-coagulation fruits?

Regardless of whether he was a martial artist or not, Su Shihua did not think Chen Dao was an ordinary farmer's son, because a farmer's son would never buy such a large quantity of blood-clotting fruit, nor would he buy so many foxtail flowers and sweet licorice, and he would never casually take out several taels of silver to buy medicinal herbs like Chen Dao.