Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 749 - Chapter 749 739. Ai Cao Descendant_1

Chapter 749: 739. Ai Cao Descendant_1 Chapter 749: 739. Ai Cao Descendant_1 The moon and stars hung high as the night breeze stirred, and in the grass outside the courtyard, crickets chirped loudly.

Meanwhile, Wu Lan was dexterously lighting a small piece of Ai Zhu while rubbing her stomach and strolling around, mumbling to herself:

“Tantan, was it too casual to feed Princess in front of them tonight? There weren’t many pieces of meat in her bowl; after they leave, she won’t complain and make us return the dog, will she?”

As she spoke, she regretted, “If only I had known, I would have served them a couple more bowls of rice. Don’t they say, ‘he who eats your food becomes shorter in words’?”

Song Tan chuckled: Serve more?!

They ate until their bellies were round and then chewed on two hawthorn pills, walking around the courtyard for over half an hour before they dared to drive off.

If they had had another bowl, they wouldn’t have been able to leave tonight and would’ve needed to visit Doctor Xiaoguo for an acupuncture session to aid in digestion.

Song Tan reassured, “Don’t worry, the dog is definitely ours, rest assured.”

Back then, when Xiaozhu came, they were secretive because the dog had just arrived, and things hadn’t been fully settled yet.

But now that both the person in charge and the caretaker had come by, seeing the dog’s condition, no one could accuse the Song Family of doing a slipshod job.

Besides, they didn’t add any meat or bones to the meal tonight, but they still cooked a pot of meat for the dogs every day, so they hadn’t shortchanged them at all.

Wu Lan finally felt relieved upon hearing this, but she still complained a bit:

“I think it’s normal that they didn’t take good care of the dogs. Look at Princess and the others; their injuries aren’t fully healed yet! They come over today and immediately have them practice jumping on the board and crawling through hoops…”

“I said it’s exhausting; I asked them to give the dogs a break, but he insisted on checking their condition… What condition? Isn’t it enough that they’re retired and healthy?”

Song Tan laughed heartily, thinking that their superiors needed to deal with external dissatisfaction, and they had to shoot some videos to prove that adopting the dogs was the right decision, didn’t they?

Moreover, if today’s filming went well, perhaps they’d want to adopt from her family again next year?

So she explained, “It’s okay, Mom, this level of activity is nothing to the dogs. Haven’t you noticed how happy they are to be trained?”

“They weren’t quite used to just lounging around in our courtyard before, but they will adjust after a while.”

When the grass grows back, and she goes with Professor Song at the end of the month to choose some sheep and cattle, they’ll have their work cut out for them!

As they were talking, Guo Dong suddenly came to visit:

“Song Tan, there’s something I need to discuss with you.”

“What is it?” Everyone was walking around the courtyard digesting their food and chatting; Song Tan was teasing a cat with a blade of grass–

Several little orange cats were darting about so quickly; just the other day, when they sent the cows to the pond, they were bold enough to crouch by the edge, ready to pounce!

Turns out she had raised a bunch of little thieves for her family!

But…

They’re so cute, stealing a couple of small fish or shrimp is acceptable, right?

For example, right now, no one in the world can resist anything fluffy, and Guo Dong was no exception.

After finishing her thought, she squatted down, just as adeptly plucking a kitten and cuddling it in her arms, then said:

“Our Ai Tiao is really effective, isn’t it? We had agreed to adjust for the villagers, charging a handcraft fee of just 10 or 20 yuan.”

“I don’t find it troublesome, but their relatives and neighbors from other villages come by, and my clinic hasn’t been empty these past few days.”

“We don’t have that much Ai Tiao to begin with, how will there be enough to go around with such demand?”

“No one listens when I bring this up; perhaps you could discuss it with aunty on how to handle this.”

Although she is a doctor, she’s quite young and the village elders, bringing people over and sweet-talking… Moreover, the Ai Tiao was not something she bought, but a gift from Lao Song’s family, which made it even harder for her to refuse.

Song Tan thought for a moment, “This is simple. Tomorrow you just say there are no more Ai Tiao left, all used up. Anyone who wants moxibustion will have to come find our family themselves.”

As for their family, they certainly had none either. The dog days of summer had passed, and after this period of treatment, the villagers who could be treated had mostly been treated, so having one more or one less Ai Tiao really didn’t matter.

But if it wasn’t controlled, everyone would bring their aunts and uncles, and those aunts and uncles would bring their relatives… That would truly be overwhelming.

Doctor Xiaoguo nodded in agreement, yet couldn’t help but praise, “The Ai Cao from your family really works wonders! We really should plant more next year–you know? Its mosquito repellent effect is better than all mosquito coils!”

“Ever since my clinic started offering moxibustion, not a single insect can be seen in the whole place.”

“I know,” Song Tan said offhandedly: “Brother Yanping said that a top fan in his livestream room smoked the room with this, and the next day all the insects in the room were dead, and he highly recommended that we develop mosquito repellent products…”

As Guo Dong was listening, he suddenly sniffed, “Why is there such a strong scent of Ai?”

She turned her head and saw a small Ai Zhu perfectly stuck in an iron plate on the small table in the courtyard, with wisps of smoke spreading all around!

“You’re doing this for…” Doctor Xiaoguo was in disbelief!

“Mosquito repellent,” said Song Tan nonchalantly, playing with a few cats with the Foxtail Grass, not giving it a second thought.

“Mosquito repellent?!”

The cry of Doctor Xiaoguo made everyone in the courtyard look over, but she, incredulous, pointed at the Ai Zhu:

“Do you know how effective your family’s Ai Zhu is?!” “If I were to sell these outside, just one of these could sell for 20 yuan, believe it or not?! How could you use it as a mosquito repellent?”

Why not just use a mosquito coil?

“Don’t get worked up, calm down,” Song Tan quickly reassured: “Didn’t you notice this scent is a bit different?”

“No.”

Doctor Xiaoguo sniffed again and genuinely replied.

If the quality of Ai Zhu was so easy to distinguish, there wouldn’t be so many people analyzing the smoke, the ashes, and the colors… ending up buying all those fake three-year-old Ai Zhu.

And now this…

“It definitely smells like your family’s Ai, that’s for sure!”

Song Tan smiled, “It can’t count as an Ai Zhu–rolling up those leaves is too much trouble.”

“This is some leftover Ai Cao stems from stripping the leaves before. After drying them, I ground them up with a grinder. Just so happened to have some leftover mulberry paper, so I rolled them all up as mosquito coils.”

“Didn’t you say using a high-temperature blade would damage the medicinal properties of Ai Cao? But for mosquito repellent, it’s no big deal.”

Doctor Xiaoguo stood dazed, taking another careful look at the Ai Zhu, eyes shining:

“Song Tan, you’re really something! How come I never thought of using it as mosquito repellent?!”

“You really are relentless, not stopping until you’ve squeezed out all the value! But the method is too good, I really detest mosquitoes. Next year, next year we must make more! Make sure to produce a lot of this kind of mosquito coil, surely many people will buy them!”

Song Tan thought to himself, since he was preparing to allocate a precious part of the mountain to grow Ai Cao, how could he not make full use of it and honor its Spiritual Energy?

Come to think of it, the Ai Cao they harvested last time on the mountain had grown back. They had picked the tender leaves and used them to make fertilizer, and by late autumn, perhaps they could harvest a few more bundles of stems and leaves for mosquito coils?

They wouldn’t need it here, but other cities certainly would!

If that’s the case, using high-quality Ai leaves from spring for Ai Zhu, and the rest grown after for mosquito repellent, wouldn’t that also be a never-ending supply for generations to come?

Goodness!

This Ai Cao surely deserves to bear the Song surname!

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