Her Cultivation Diary-Chapter 1986 - 1746: Setting Up a Trap? (2)

"So hot, so hot, so hot!"

Zheng Qu quickly put down what he was holding and hurriedly walked a few steps to take over.

After lowering his head to look at the big bowl, he couldn’t help but laugh: "You really packed this solid!"

The rice noodles were piled high, topped with a thick stack of braised beef, the broth was less than a centimeter from the edge of the bowl, really afraid it’d spill with just a few more steps.

Huo Xueying urged him: "Smell it! Tell me if it smells good. Can you finish it? If not, give the rest to me."

The overbearing aroma of the braised beef, cilantro and scallion, the mix of perilla mint lemon, and the creamy white broth with crispy soybeans floating inside...

Zheng Qu said earnestly: "I can eat two bowls."

Huo Xueying instantly felt triumphant: "You can eat two bowls, I can eat two bowls too!"

Song Tan: ...Two childish fools! Eat as much as you want.

Only...

"Hurry up and eat, once you’re done I’ll take you to cut in line at Doctor Xiaoguo’s place. If the weather’s good after that, we’ll head up the mountain to pick peaches..."

Wait!

Zheng Qu is from the secretary’s office, right?

Song Tan suddenly looked at him with a complicated expression: "When you go out to play, if you run into the leaders, will you be nervous?"

Zheng Qu, head full of braised beef aroma, shook his head randomly:

"Nervous for what? It’s just a normal weekend..."

"Oh." Song Tan felt assured:

"Then eat first, everyone eats a bowl each, if you eat too much and need moxibustion therapy, it won’t be convenient."

Looking again at Huo Xueying — well, no need to look, she’s already brought out her big bowl from the kitchen.

The two sat at the small dining table in the yard, heads close together, neither glancing at the other.

...

Meanwhile.

At Doctor Xiaoguo’s clinic entrance, many people were already sitting on benches chatting.

Seeing them, everyone remarked with envy and familiarity: "Someone’s cutting in line again today..."

Many are regular patients, knowing Doctor Xiaoguo won’t see patients before the designated time — she really can’t handle emergencies, that’s not her specialty.

In short, now everyone knows she’s here early to let friends and family cut in line!

But this way, it doesn’t take up everyone’s normal queue time nor delay their treatment, so after a bit of envy, everyone lets it be.

Only someone shouted: "Doctor Guo, the herbal tea here needs more water, where’s your bucket? I’ll go and get it."

Doctor Xiaoguo was speechless: "Such a big bucket, brewed last night before bed, gone already?"

The people sitting and standing in line chuckled awkwardly, each hiding the shop’s large exclusive water jug behind their legs.

Doctor Xiaoguo: ...

The large bucket, she didn’t have the strength to lift it, her pillow embroidery boyfriend is useless too...

"The water is all mountain spring water, prepared in advance, stored in a water tank there. The herbs also need to be remixed..."

Mountain spring water?

Sweet?

Not using tap water but choosing mountain spring water must mean there’s something special about it?

Everyone’s focus shifted: "We thought the water in your tank was tap water, can we taste it? Haven’t drunk stored tank water in years."

Doctor Xiaoguo: ...Tsk!

"It’s communal, please be hygienic! Use your own cups — if your cup is full, cover it with the lid, your lid is big, try it, you’ll be fine."

The man who asked first happily picked up the large ladle on the water tank lid, and three or five people immediately lined up behind him:

"Brother, let’s taste it together, my hometown is rural too..."

The leaders and Secretary Wang watched this scene with particular interest.

The village clinic may be small, the regulations might not be as strict as a proper third-level hospital.

But the human harmony, doctor-patient relationships here are unparalleled.

And about the water in that tank, not to mention them, even the leaders themselves wanted to try it.

"Why must you use mountain spring water?"

Upon entering the room, they voiced this question too.

Without nurses and doctors, Doctor Xiaoguo was preparing by herself — it’s easy to go from frugal to lavish, she used to do everything alone, never felt anything.

After a few days of enjoyment, now she only wants to rely on the employees.

Busy as she spoke:

"That mountain spring water is from the mountain top at Song Tan’s home, every day the security team fetches a few buckets during patrol, puts them in the car, and brings them down the mountain for me..."

"Have you tasted Aunt Zhang Hong’s tofu? Their tofu is good because they also use the mountain water."