Trading system, I exchanged vegetables for golden pills.

The local pig's trotters weighed about seven or eight pounds each, and there was a plate of them on the table and a large pot of them in the pan.

Even if there were more than four of them, they still couldn't finish the food!

The dishes are simple, but the portions are definitely generous.

"Wow, it's been so long since I've had my sister's cooking!" The second uncle was as happy as a child.

"You really are something, never even bothering to come see your sister. You yourself said it's been years since you last came!" Mother Ye scolded playfully.

However, she still served her second uncle a bowl of chicken soup and gave him a big chicken leg.

Ye's mother gave the other big chicken leg to Ye Chen, while Ye's father could only watch longingly.

Although the meal was simple, everyone enjoyed it very much.

The food from this farmhouse is really different from what you eat in big cities; the meat is fragrant, and the vegetables have a sweet aftertaste.

Even the rice tastes different now.

Perhaps that's the charm of firewood!

Big cities have their own technological prowess, while small rural villages have their own rustic charm.

My second uncle rarely comes over, and the food is so good, how can we do without wine!

Father Ye took out his homemade high-proof liquor, determined to have a contest with his brother-in-law.

Ye Chen also brought back some thatch, but Ye's father still preferred to drink his own homemade brew, probably due to habit.

Ye Chen was stunned when his father took out a large glass bottle.

Good heavens, this is medicinal wine!

The wine had turned black, and there was a whole bunch of stuff inside; I had no idea what it was.

"Hehe, come on, today you must try the wine I made myself. I've been making this wine for 3 years and haven't drunk a drop myself. You're in for a treat!" Father Ye said as he opened the wine bottle.

"Three years, Dad, won't it expire? How about we drink Maotai instead? Give me this bottle, I'll get rid of it for you!" Ye Chen took two bottles of Maotai from the side.

His second uncle glanced at him sideways: "Heh, don't think I don't know what you're up to. Are you saying you won't let your second uncle drink the good wine? I drank expired wine today!"

Mr. Ye grinned: "Guess what's in it!"

Seeing his father's mysterious expression, Ye Chen couldn't help but ask, "Dad, I'm not married yet, don't give me any weird wine!"

Father Ye rolled his eyes at him: "Drink it if you want, don't if you don't. But let me tell you, some of the precious medicinal herbs your grandfather left behind are in there!"

Ye Chen felt dizzy: "Damn it, I knew something was missing last time I came back! You spendthrift! You used hundreds of years old He Shou Wu to make wine?!"

Ye Chen remembered that his grandfather had left behind some medicinal herbs, including He Shou Wu (Polygonum multiflorum) that was over a hundred years old, but there wasn't much of it.

Ye Chen had taken it out to play with when he was a child, but his grandfather gave him a good beating and then hid it away.

Mr. Ye retorted confidently, "How dare you talk to your father like that? Those are my father's things. What's wrong with using them to make medicinal wine? Besides, what are we going to do with them if not use them to make wine? We'll just leave them to feed worms anyway. We'll drink the wine eventually, won't we? I looked it up, and that stuff is really good for making medicinal wine!"

Ye Chen was speechless!

Yes, yes, yes, that's what your dad left behind, you have the right to do with it!

My grandfather practiced medicine his whole life and collected quite a few precious medicinal herbs.

However, Ye Chen only remembered He Shou Wu because he had seen a TV show before where a man riding a donkey ascended to heaven after eating He Shou Wu!

Since they've been used to make liquor, Ye Chen will have to drink a few cups of it!

As he spoke, Ye's father had already served everyone a bowl, five large bowls in total.

Why five big bowls? Because Big Yellow was staring longingly under the table, drooling, so Father Ye poured a bowl for it too.

They didn't have those small wine glasses with a volume of 10 or 20 milliliters, because Mr. Ye felt that drinking from those wasn't satisfying enough, so they always drank from large bowls!

Smelling the alcohol, Ye Chen thought to himself, "This smells like money!"

The liquor is certainly not as expensive as Maotai, but those medicinal herbs are probably not easily found on the market.

"Come on, let's not say anything more, let's have a drink first and try my high-tech tonic wine!" Father Ye called out.

"Come on, cheers!" Second Uncle's eyes also lit up as he picked up his bowl.

Ye's mother smiled but didn't say anything, but she also picked up the bowl.

Ye Chen obediently gathered the bowls to the lowest point and clinked them together with the others.

"Woof—"

The dog barked too, to add to the excitement, as if to say, "Damn it!"

Ye Chen took a sip, and immediately a strange taste rushed to his head!

Goodness, that's a really high alcohol content!

It was spicy with a strong medicinal flavor, and the various flavors were mixed together, so Ye Chen couldn't really tell what it was.

You could tell just by looking at their expressions; Ye's father's face was squeezed into a "米" (rice) shape!

My second uncle clenched his teeth, closed his eyes tightly, and grinned into a crescent shape.

Mother Ye hurriedly started drinking the soup!

Ye Chen felt the spiciness enter his stomach, and the next moment he was stunned. It was a familiar spiritual energy!

Wow, this wine is imbued with spirit!

Without saying a word, Ye Chen gulped down the entire bowl of wine!

Seeing this, Ye's father tried to stop him, but it was too late: "You silly boy, how much can you drink like this?"

"Come on, drink some soup quickly. You child, I told you not to finish the whole bowl!" Mother Ye was getting a little anxious.

Who drinks a whole bowl of wine in one go, without even eating a few bites of food?

My second uncle frowned and remained silent, seemingly sensing something carefully; he probably also noticed that the wine was unusual.

He took another sip and savored it carefully.

Ye Chen looked at his parents and said, "Mom and Dad, this wine is good for your health. Drink a few sips, then absorb this energy using the breathing technique I taught you!"

After Ye Chen finished speaking, he began to absorb and refine the spiritual energy on his own.

The spiritual energy contained in these ingredients and medicinal herbs is somewhat different from the energy contained in Qi-tonifying pills and spirit stones.

After this energy is refined and absorbed, most of it will flow into the Qi Sea and become no different from ordinary spiritual energy, which is not surprising.

But the amazing thing is that a small portion of it flows into the limbs and bones and is absorbed by the muscles and bones!

It's more like nourishing the physical body!

Although Ye Chen didn't know why this was happening, there was no doubt that it was good for his health!

He had already experienced this when he drank chicken soup last time.

Although Second Uncle has keen senses, he is still somewhat inferior to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen understood the benefits best.

Ye's parents exchanged a puzzled look after hearing Ye Chen's words.

However, my second uncle had already started practicing the breathing technique.

Seeing this, Ye's parents temporarily put aside their other thoughts and began to follow along with the breathing exercises.

The dog on the ground had already licked the bowl of wine clean, and it even started cultivating like a human.

And just like that, a perfectly good meal turned into a collective training session!

Ye Chen was the first to finish absorbing and refining it. He looked at his palm and felt that his breathing was much smoother than before!