Peach Blossom Divine Medical God
Chapter 38 - 38 38 Understanding the Situation

38: Chapter 38 Understanding the Situation 38: Chapter 38 Understanding the Situation After feeding the rabbits, Chen Yang returned to the medical clinic.

These days, he had been busy trying to make money, and it had been a long time since he last properly managed his own medical clinic.

Having nothing particular to do today, Chen Yang wanted to just lie down in the clinic and have a good rest for the day.

But who would have known?

Just after noon, as Chen Yang had finished lunch and was preparing to lie down on the rocking chair to rest, he suddenly smelled a hint of fragrance.

He was familiar with this fragrance because he had smelled it that morning as well—it was Wu Kexin’s scent.

Upon catching the scent, Chen Yang immediately got up from the rocking chair, looked outside the clinic, and saw that it was, indeed, Wu Kexin standing there.

“Yo, Village Head, what brings you to my clinic again?

Is there something you need?” Chen Yang asked with a smile.

“I do need to discuss something with you.

I’ve settled into my living quarters, so I’m ready to start working.

However, I’m completely unfamiliar with the surrounding environment of Liuhe Village and its available resources, so I’d like you to show me around,” Wu Kexin said straightforwardly.

“So that’s how it is.

Just give me a moment, Village Head, I’ll bring some things and we can go take a look around nearby,” Chen Yang nodded and then turned to enter the inner room.

While agreeing to Wu Kexin’s request, Chen Yang also became somewhat curious about this beautiful female village head.

On her very first day in office, after barely settling in, she was already eager to start work—a bit too diligent, wasn’t she?

Entering the inner room, Chen Yang rummaged around, took an umbrella, and a kitchen cleaver from home, then walked out.

“I’m ready, let’s head out, Village Head,” Chen Yang said.

Seeing the cleaver in Chen Yang’s hand, Wu Kexin blinked and then asked, “We’re just going to look around Liuhe Village, why do you need to bring a cleaver?”

“Well…

Liuhe Village is on the edge of the Primitive Mountain.

Having a cleaver makes me feel a bit safer.”

Chen Yang responded casually.

“Oh.”

Upon hearing this, Wu Kexin simply acknowledged with an ‘oh’ and didn’t think much of it.

As for Chen Yang’s mention of danger, she didn’t really believe it.

What era was this?

Surely a tiger couldn’t just spring out from the mountains, could it?

With a clatter, Chen Yang shut his home’s rolling shutter and then set off with the beautiful village head.

After getting drenched by the downpour, Wu Kexin had changed her clothes.

Now, she was dressed in a large, loose white T-shirt with a pair of short blue denim shorts, revealing a pair of slender and white legs that were a delight to the eyes.

Chen Yang kept glancing at her from time to time, but he did not stare continuously.

They weren’t very familiar with each other yet, and if he let himself go and kept staring, he’d probably be considered a lecher…

Chen Yang first took Wu Kexin to the large open area at the entrance of the village.

From there, they could see a vast expanse of paddy fields in front of the village, as well as many villagers working in the fields.

Gazing at the vast farmland before her, Wu Kexin nodded slightly.

“Do most of the villagers in Liuhe still rely on farming for a living?” Wu Kexin suddenly asked.

“Yes, Village Head.

We don’t have many advantages in Liuhe Village.

Almost all of our villagers rely on farming to sustain their livelihoods,” Chen Yang nodded in confirmation.

“I see.”

After looking around there, Chen Yang continued to lead Wu Kexin around, essentially circling the entire village, and explained in detail the situation surrounding Liuhe Village.

Wu Kexin listened attentively all the while, occasionally nodding expressionlessly.

On her way to take office in Liuhe Village, Wu Kexin had already learned that the village was very poor.

But she hadn’t expected Liuhe Village to be this destitute.

The only sources of income for the village were the paddy fields in the front and the land behind the village.

Moreover, the conditions in Liuhe Village were truly harsh.

Not only was there no bus service, but even for children to go to school, they had to walk more than ten kilometers each day to attend the school in the town.

“Aren’t there several other villages within a dozen miles of here?

Why don’t you join together and set up a school nearby?” Wu Kexin suddenly asked, looking at Chen Yang.

Chen Yang did not reply immediately upon hearing this question.

“Village Head, follow me.”

Instead, he chose to take Wu Kexin to another place.

Without speaking, Wu Kexin followed closely behind Chen Yang, who then led her to an abandoned three-story concrete building.

“This is our village’s old school, but it was closed down due to the lack of students eventually,” Chen Yang said, pointing at the concrete building before them.

Looking at the dilapidated, long-abandoned concrete building before her, Wu Kexin nodded slightly.

After wandering around for the day, she had also noticed that there weren’t many children of school age in the village.

Just five or six in total.

Indeed, it would be quite wasteful to set up a school for just five or six children.

Having understood these circumstances, Wu Kexi could only sigh deeply; the situation here was much more difficult than she had imagined.

“What’s wrong, Village Chief?

Feeling disheartened after getting to know our village’s situation?” Chen Yang asked with a hint of a smile as he teasingly looked at Wu Kexin’s sighs.

Wu Kexin lifted her head to glance at Chen Yang and shook her head, “I’m not disheartened; it’s just that I didn’t expect that, even in this day and age, there could still be a mountain village as poor as Liuhe Village!”

“I said that I came this time saying I would drive the development of Liuhe Village, and I am determined to achieve something here.”

Wu Kexin said with full confidence.

Looking at Wu Kexin’s confident face, Chen Yang remained silent.

Although he did not know where this beautiful village chief got her confidence from, her determined expression deeply resonated with Chen Yang.

As one of the villagers of Liuhe Village, and also the only college graduate at the moment, he too wanted to lead his hometown towards wealth.

But he had always lacked the means, so this idea had been suppressed in his heart.

Now, seeing someone with the same idea, he naturally felt somewhat moved.

“Although Liuhe Village’s conditions are tough, it’s not without resources; Liuhe Village does have certain advantages,” Chen Yang suddenly said to Wu Kexin.

“Advantages?

What advantages?” Wu Kexin asked with some excitement.

She had followed Chen Yang around Liuhe Village for a large loop but this was the first time she heard him talk about the village’s advantages.

Chen Yang glanced at Wu Kexin, then turned around, pointed at the mountains behind Liuhe Village, and said, “The hundred-mile deep mountains behind Liuhe Village are the village’s biggest advantage.”

“Chen Yang, are you joking with me?

Others say the mountains are an obstacle to all economic development, but in your eyes, they are Liuhe Village’s advantage?” Wu Kexin was slightly startled, then somewhat puzzled she said.

“Village Chief, you may not be aware, in other places, mountains might be stumbling blocks to the economy, but the mountain behind Liuhe Village is different.

If utilized properly, it’s definitely the key to the village’s wealth!” Chen Yang explained patiently: “The mountain behind Liuhe Village is largely still in the state of the original Primitive Mountain ecosystem!

It has never been damaged by human activities.”

“The wild animals that live there, as well as the medicinal plants and such, are all very much in demand outside.”

“If we can make good use of these resources, they will surely drive development in this area!”

Chen Yang’s words made a lot of sense.

After listening, Wu Kexin also fell into deep thought.

“The wealth you are talking about, does it come from breeding wild animals and excavating medicinal plants from the mountain?” After pondering for a while, Wu Kexin looked at Chen Yang and asked.

“Exactly, it’s about breeding wild animals, as well as digging up and planting medicinal herbs!” Chen Yang nodded.

“Hmm…

indeed!

That can be considered Liuhe Village’s greatest advantage!” Upon hearing this, Wu Kexin also nodded in agreement.

To live off the mountains and the waters.

For a place as impoverished as Liuhe Village to have such an untouched Primitive Mountain is indeed like having an unexplored gold mine.

However, to truly tap into this gold mine still poses certain challenges.

“Chen Yang, could you take me into the mountains to have a look?

I want to completely understand the situation with the mountain so that once I am back, I can thoroughly study the methods you’ve mentioned to see if we can depend on the mountain to lead the villagers of Liuhe Village to a shared prosperity.” After a moment of silence, Wu Kexin suddenly proposed.

“Of course,” Chen Yang readily agreed to Wu Kexin’s suggestion.

Since he had also planned to engage in the breeding industry, having this beautiful village chief work with him might mean fewer troubles down the road.

And so, Chen Yang led Wu Kexin into the mountains.

Walking through the lush trees and thick shrubs, in the most pristine forest, Wu Kexin was in high spirits.

Having lived in the city all her life, she deeply yearned for this kind of original existence.

Now walking in such an environment, everything seemed so novel.

While walking in the mountains, Chen Yang continued to introduce Wu Kexin to the specific conditions of the mountain.

When Wu Kexin heard that deep inside this mountain was a primeval forest still untouched by man, she was truly amazed.

She hadn’t expected that in this day and age, there would still be such mountain areas.

It was really quite rare.

The two walked through the mountain for quite a while, and this journey let Wu Kexin see many new and fascinating things.

There were rare herbs several decades old and animals active among the thickets – wild rabbits, wild chickens, squirrels, and other small animals.

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