magic eye doctor

Chapter 3795 Ant Elder Eats the Purifying Elixir
In April of the Gregorian calendar, rural areas enter the busy farming season.

When the little girl returned to the village, most of the able-bodied people had gone to work in the fields. Some families had elderly people or young children who had not yet gone to school at home, and most villagers' doors were tightly closed.

Zhou Bapi's family and several other nearby households were not at home; all the doors were closed.

Lan San and Hei Jiu each carried their own luggage and backpacks, and also helped the little girl carry the local specialties they had packed back from the Northwest.

The little girl carried two suitcases in addition to her own small backpack.

Most of the villagers were out working, and we didn't encounter anyone on the road. When we passed by Village Chief Zhou's house, we found that the door was also locked.

Similarly, the Le family was also quiet; the south building's main gate was closed, while the north building's gate was open.

When the little girl and the two handsome guys arrived at the main entrance of the North Building, they only saw Old Man Yan waiting in the main room.

Not seeing Elder Ant was nothing out of the ordinary for Lan San and Hei Jiu. It was April 4th, the traditional Cold Food Festival. Every year on the Cold Food Festival, Elder Ant would retreat to the South Tower to avoid the smoke and fire.

When Old Man Yan saw the young master of the Le family and the two handsome young men, he greeted them with a smile and invited them to sit down. He even made tea for them and told the young girl, "Your head of the family has gone to fertilize the early corn, and the big wolfhound has gone with Village Chief Zhou to help herd the cattle."

Village Chief Zhou wasn't on duty that day, so he took the Le family's cattle with him when he went to graze them.

Nowadays, early rice seeds have been sown in the fields, and corn or other crops are being planted in the fields one after another. Families who raise cattle and sheep cannot let them graze freely; someone needs to keep an eye on the herds to prevent them from damaging the crops in the fields.

Lan Sanhei Jiu sat down to drink tea to soothe his throat and asked, "Which plot of land does Uncle Le's family grow early corn on? It's still early, I'll go help out."

"I guess we won't need you anymore. The couple from Yueqing only planted a little over an acre of early corn, and they've been fertilizing it for two days in a row. This morning they said they'd finish in half a day at most."

Old Yan said that he probably didn't need any help. Lan San then asked if the Le family had transplanted their early rice. The little girl had returned from her research and brought new rice seeds to the family. The Le family had started sowing and cultivating the seedlings in mid-January.

Based on the timing, it should be transplanted around the Qingming Festival.

"The Le family is hardworking. They transplanted all the early rice seedlings into the fields a week ago, and even the mid-season rice seedlings were sown and cultivated a few days ago. After Qingming Festival, they will plant sweet potatoes, then plant a batch of corn, as well as beans, sorghum, and the like."

Old Yan smiled broadly, while Lan San and Hei Jiu were speechless. They were like heroes with no opportunity to use their talents!
Le Yun smiled so much that her eyes curved into crescent moons. After drinking a cup of tea, she first took her backpack upstairs to put it in the study, then took a cloth bag downstairs to the south building.

Old Yan didn't follow along like a little tail, nor did Lan San and Hei Jiu. They went upstairs to put down their luggage and make their beds.

Le wandered to the south building, opened the door himself, went in, closed the door again, and leisurely climbed to the third floor. He pushed open the living room door and saw an old man waiting for him.

The old man grinned as if he'd found money.

After waiting for the little girl to pop up, Old Ant grabbed her and gave her a few loving pats on the head: "What have you been busy with, little girl? You're a bit late this time. Why don't you just wait a little longer and bring Leshan home with you?"

"I had some urgent business to attend to in Songhai City, and I returned directly to Ebei from Songhai City yesterday." After being patted on the head several times, Le Yun jumped away, keeping her distance from Ant Old Man.

Knowing when to stop, Old Ant didn't try to catch the little girl again. He moved his feet and sat down on the couch.

Le Yun moved an embroidered stool and placed it opposite Old Ant, sitting across the table from him to prevent him from catching her and touching his head.

After sitting down, he took out two bags of specialties from Northwest China from his cloth bag and gave them to Old Ant: one bag of spicy beef jerky and the other bag of dried sea buckthorn berries.

The little girl came back from out of town and brought back some local specialties. Old Ant happily moved the snacks aside and then stared at the little girl's cloth bag.

Le Yun took out a small jade box, took out a Cleansing Spirit Pill from a self-sealed pouch and gave it to Elder Ant, explaining: "This pill is the top-grade version of the Marrow Cleansing Pill, which can remove impurities from bone marrow, bone tissue, and meridians."

The pills are mild in nature, and cultivators can withstand their effects without needing to use acupuncture. However, due to differences in individual constitutions, the effects may last for three to five days, or even longer.

Since you don't eat hot food today, this is perfect for you.

"After you finish taking your pills, then it'll be Old Man Yan's turn."

“Okay, I’ll take it today.” The old ant perked up, took the pill, and asked about some details he needed to pay attention to.

The little girl briefly described some of the reactions after taking the medicine, placed the two bags of local specialties for Old Man Yan on the table, stopped chatting with Old Man Yi about land and life, and went downstairs with the bag containing the jade box.

After leaving the living room, the old man and the little girl rushed back to their bedroom, packed their change of clothes and old towels, ran into the bathroom on the fifth floor, put their belongings away, closed the door, swallowed the pills, and sat down on the floor to cultivate.

The little girl ran to the south building and returned to the guest room in the north building. She told him that Elder Ant had taken the elixir and was in seclusion in the bathroom on the fifth floor. She asked Elder Yan to go to the fourth floor to wash up every morning for the past few days. She also told him in advance that Elder Yan would take the elixir and go into seclusion after Elder Ant came out.

The young girl always thought of him and Elder Ant, and even prepared Marrow Cleansing Pills for them, which made Elder Yan feel extremely comforted.

After chatting with Old Man Yan for a while, the little girl took the bag back to her bedroom, went for a walk around the livestock shed, and then went to the backyard garden to pick some tender radish sprouts and bok choy to take home.

The Le family didn't have much farm work to do, so Lan San and Hei Jiu took on the chores, including washing vegetables, finding the black rice the little girl had mentioned, and soaking it in advance. They also soaked the rice for making rice noodle rolls, preparing to grind it into a paste and make rice noodle rolls in the afternoon.

It was still early before noon, and the two handsome men couldn't sit still. They also saw that Lejia had a lot of green vegetables, which were perfect for making spring pancakes. So they got to work, found some flour and started kneading dough.

Let the kneaded dough rest before chopping the filling.

Old Yan happily went to the garden to pick vegetables; he was in charge of that task.

The handsome young men were quick and efficient, and the little girl didn't stop them. She didn't help, but instead strolled around the garden in front of the building with her hands behind her back, and then wandered around the front and back of the south building. After wandering around for a while, she strolled back to visit her neighbors, from the Cheng family to the Liu family and the Zhang family, visiting them all the way.

Cheng Youde, Liu Lu, and Zhang Poluo went to work in the fields, while their parents stayed at home.

No one was home at Uncle Zhou's house, which was just across the alley from Le's. The gate was closed, and it was assumed that Uncle Zhou was planting corn or something. Grandma Zhou was also helping out in the fields.

When the eldest child of the Le family came to visit, the old folks, including Cheng Wu and Zhang Laosan, were overjoyed. They chatted with the little girl and gave her snacks.

The little girl wandered around outside for more than two hours before returning home at 11 o'clock.

The two handsome young men didn't let the little girl worry about housework. They had already found some pork ribs to stew and were making pancakes. The pancakes they made filled two large boxes.

The handsome guys were having a great time working, while the little girl just watched from the sidelines.

At 11:30, Le's father, Zhou Qiufeng, returned home.

The couple were still outside when they heard cheerful voices coming from inside the house. They were quite happy, so they went through the small door at the back of the house into the backyard, put down their farm tools, and then went to the main room.

Before the couple even reached the door to the back room, their little girl opened the door, jumped out, and leaped into their arms.

Zhou Qiufeng, the father of the child, was being held in a hug around the waist. She reached out and hugged the child, rubbing her little head, feeling sweet inside.

"Lele is back so early, did she have breakfast?"

They went to a plot of land at the foot of the mountain to fertilize the corn. It was located on a bend in the road, and they couldn't see the village from there. They only found out that their little darling had returned when they met the villagers on their way home.

"I've eaten. I went back to Shishi yesterday and stayed there for one night before coming back." Le Yun hugged her father's waist with one arm and Aunt Feng's waist with the other, acting like a clingy little devil in front of the head of the family.

Knowing that his daughter had eaten breakfast before returning home, Le's father, Zhou Qiufeng, felt relieved. He looked his daughter over for a while and, finding that she hadn't lost weight or gotten darker, finally felt completely at ease.

After spending some time with their child, the couple led their clingy little one back to the main room. They had originally planned to prepare lunch, but upon hearing that the handsome young men were already stewing ribs, they happily relinquished their responsibilities.

After greeting the Le family, Lan Sanhei Jiu went into the kitchen to continue making pancakes, using up the last bit of dough, and then heating up medicinal food and stir-frying vegetables.

Lunch was ready before noon.

For lunch, I had pork ribs stewed with mushrooms, roast duck, and chicken wrapped in lotus leaves in bamboo tubes, plus stir-fried pork slices with radish sprouts.

The staple foods are black rice and spring pancakes.

Spring pancakes come in two types: vegetarian and meat filling.

The two handsome guys have been practicing their cooking skills so much that they are almost catching up with their captain. If they were to take the certification exam, they would at least be intermediate chefs.

Because the old man Yi Lao doesn't eat cooked food during the Cold Food Festival, there were only six people in the Le family at noon.

After a lively meal, Dad rested briefly, then packed up a spring pancake and went to find Uncle Man.

He knew where Uncle Man was. He found the foot of the back mountain and walked about a mile along the road leading to a valley. He found Uncle Man herding cattle in a tea grove by the roadside.

Village Chief Zhou brought some dry rations. If the cows hadn't eaten their fill of grass after a long day and wouldn't be back until the afternoon, he would just have some dry rations for lunch.

If the cows are full after only half a day, they will go home for lunch.

He was already on his way home. Since the cows didn't want to go home yet, he didn't force them and let them graze as they walked.

The large wolfhound accompanied Village Chief Zhou, walking and stopping along the way. When it saw the male head of the Le family, it wagged its tail to greet him.

Seeing that Yueqing had come looking for him, Village Chief Zhou, who was sitting on a rock, glared at him irritably: "What are you rushing over for? Have you finished working in the fields?"

"It's done," Dad replied honestly, and quickly handed over the lunchbox containing the spring pancakes.

"Lele is back. She and her handsome friends made pancakes. I brought you some, Uncle Man, please have some to tide you over."

"Lele's back!" Upon hearing that Lele was back, Village Chief Zhou's face immediately lit up with sunshine, and he accepted the lunchbox with a beaming smile.

The large wolfhound that had been sitting to one side suddenly jumped up and ran towards home.

"Oh my, the black dragon has become a spirit! It heard Lele was back and ran home as soon as it heard that." Village Chief Zhou couldn't stop laughing when he saw the big wolfhound dart out.

Watching the big wolfhound run away, Dad felt a little resentful; he also wanted to go home and cuddle with his little girl!

The big wolfhound ran away. Village Chief Zhou took out a wood-chopping knife from the basket on the side, chopped a small branch and made a pair of chopsticks, then opened his lunchbox and ate a pancake.

Le's father waited by the side until Uncle Man finished eating before he went to herd the cattle home.

In Yueqing, village chief Zhou, carrying a basket on his back, walked slowly behind her herding cattle.