Chapter 46: A Bountiful Harvest

After a hearty meal at the Cheng Family home, Mo Xiaobai returned to the Cheng Ji Pharmacy.

By then, the herbs Mo Xiaobai was taking away were already packed and sorted into individual cloth bags, with only some of the precious herbs stored in wooden boxes by Fatty.

“Fortunately, I have a Space Bag now. Otherwise, relying only on the default backpack provided to Players, I truly couldn’t hold over a hundred kinds of different herbs.” Mo Xiaobai looked at the pile of herbs in front of him that resembled a small mountain. He took out his Space Bag and started throwing the herbs in one by one.

Fatty stood by the side and asked, “May I ask when the Baron will leave the city?”

Mo Xiaobai made an estimate: “Probably within the next one or two days.”

“Then, tomorrow I will assign three old farmers from the herb garden to travel with the Baron.”

“Fine, I will come to pick them up.” Mo Xiaobai did not want to delay too long either, after all, Daming Village was waiting for him to start a new round of construction.

After packing all the herbs into his Space Bag and seeing that it was more than half full, Mo Xiaobai smiled with satisfaction.

That is what it means to make the best use of things!

Just as Mo Xiaobai was preparing to take his leave, Fatty spoke up: “May I ask the Baron, did you visit my younger brother’s house at noon?”

“That’s right. I plan to invite your brother to Daming Village, and he agreed.”

“It is a blessing for your brother to be noticed by the Baron. Although he is a bit lazy, he still has some skills. If the Baron can use him, it is better than letting him waste his life.”

“Do not worry. No one is useless under my hands.” Mo Xiaobai laughed heartily. He had already made plans on how to arrange Cheng Liya’s position. After all, it was impossible for him to truly be a chef for the rest of his life.

However, until he found a better replacement, it was not a bad idea to let this guy be in charge of cooking. His parents and Little Dot would definitely like the buns he made once they arrived.

Leaving the Cheng Ji Pharmacy, Mo Xiaobai did not continue to wander around. As soon as he returned to the Dong Residence, a servant who had been waiting at the gate rushed forward to greet him: “My Lord, the Old Master has returned and brought a few guests with him. Please come to the reception hall immediately when you arrive.”

“The Old Master from the Dong Family is back?”

As soon as Mo Xiaobai heard this, he understood that the favor he had asked of them had finally been fulfilled. He immediately followed the servant to the reception hall.

As soon as he entered, he saw four or five people chatting and laughing.

“Old Master Dong.”

Mo Xiaobai first greeted Dong Father, then looked to the side: “Good day to the senior physicians.”

“I did not expect the Baron of Bai Ri to be such a young and refined Lord.”

At this time, an old man with gray beard on the guest side laughed and said, “I heard that the Lord’s territory is still short on a few doctors to treat patients. Do any of us old men with dimming eyes meet your approval, Baron?”

Mo Xiaobai had not expected the old man to speak so directly, but he was prepared. He immediately clasped his hands in a greeting: “Although I do not understand medicine, I know that medical arts are a study that one might pursue for a lifetime without ever seeing the full picture. Honored elders have lived to learn, so how dare I, a junior, be disrespectful.”

Since these people were invited by Dong Father, there was no need to doubt their medical skills, so Mo Xiaobai only needed to pacify them with kind words.

In short, it was just giving them high praise.

“To learn until the end of life is a good thing. Very good.”

At this moment, another middle-aged man on the other side clapped and agreed. This guy was different from the others; he smelled strongly of medicinal soup, as if he had soaked in a pile of herbs for at least half a year without bathing.

After the second man finished speaking, the third one quickly took over: “I heard that the Dong family’s young lady has already gone to your territory with you. I guess your territory is not very large. Is Jun Xin, a single person, enough for you?”

“Miss Dong’s medical skills are naturally extraordinary, but she is still young, and her value lies in her potential and future. Our Daming Village is currently booming and needs seniors like you to guide us often. Your strength lies in your rich experience.”

During this exchange, Mo Xiaobai gave the people before him all the respect they deserved.

After hearing him speak, the few people sitting down nodded at each other.

In fact, they had already been a bit tempted when they received the invitation from the Dong Residence. Now that they had seen Mo Xiaobai in person, they knew that they would receive the appropriate respect and treatment when going to Daming Village, so any doubts in their hearts disappeared.

“If you are not unwilling, this old man is willing to follow the Baron to your honorable territory.”

“Let us go together.”

“At this age, it is good to still have some use left. Let us go to Daming Village.”

…

With the medicine arranged, the doctors secured, and a five-star Michelin chef from Qimilin hired, Mo Xiaobai felt that he had indeed harvested a great deal.

However, he was still not entirely satisfied. Since he had come to Juancheng only once, he felt he should scrape the land clean.

However, before Mo Xiaobai could go to visit blacksmiths, carpenters, and kiln workers from various trades, the entire city of Juancheng suddenly went under strict guard, and shops in the market areas all closed their doors and stopped business.

An incident happened in the East Market!

“So, finally, the blow was struck?”

“I only wonder if you have found out the true reason for the murder.”

Mo Xiaobai gazed toward the direction of the East Market. Although he had only met the girl named Xiao Bai once, he still hoped she would succeed in her Class Transfer.

However, transferring to become a Ranger was not about becoming an assassin.

Chivalry breaks the law with martial arts, and the Mohist School did not advocate pure violence.

The next day.

The East Market opened as usual, but the murder from the previous day still lingered in the minds of many.

When Mo Xiaobai arrived at the Cheng Ji Pharmacy, the moment he saw Fatty, he noticed the man’s eyes glaring at him in anger, as if he were a completely different person compared to yesterday. His tone was so cold it was unlike he was speaking to a business partner.

“The person has been brought to the Baron. Please come with me now.”

“Cough, cough… Yesterday…”

“Baron, do not mention yesterday again. If not for the contract being already set, I would only want to cancel this transaction.”

Got it!

This Fatty must be blaming Mo Xiaobai because of the girl who committed murder, including him in his anger.

Mo Xiaobai shook his head, thinking to himself: This task was not given by me. Why are you blaming me?

Fatty was in a foul mood, so Mo Xiaobai did not argue with him. Glancing at the group of old farmers on the side, he immediately smiled and said: “I am the Lord of Daming Village. This time, I have to trouble you all to stay in my territory for a while.”

The old farmers kept saying they did not dare. Seeing them being timid, Mo Xiaobai did not say much more and simply led them out of the pharmacy.

Leaving the pharmacy, Mo Xiaobai naturally went to pick up Cheng Liya.

Pushing open the courtyard gate and walking in, Mo Xiaobai saw that, just as the day before, Cheng Liya was scattering rice to feed the chickens.

It seemed his mood was very good.

“My great chef, are you ready to move?” Mo Xiaobai walked over with a smile, glancing around the inner courtyard but not finding Xiao Bai anywhere.

“Stop looking. She has already left.”

“Oh? So you passed?”

“Kind of.”

After throwing the last handful of rice, the middle-aged man’s face showed a faint smile: “She told me to go to Daming Village with you. Also, she asked me to pass on a message to you.”

“It must be something unpleasant.”

“She said that if you are not comfortable living with you, be careful. When she comes back, she will settle the score with you.”

“Haha~ I haven’t seen her for half a day, yet her tone has grown quite strong.” Mo Xiaobai chuckled and said, “Actually, I am also looking forward to what changes she might show when we meet next time.”