Siheyuan: At the beginning, I can integrate everything!

Xu Damao was taken away.

Along with the seal on his dilapidated woodshed, it became the most conspicuous pillar of shame in the Hongxing Courtyard.

Qin Jingru's retreating figure disappeared at the entrance of the alley, as if she were fleeing a famine.

This farce has now come to a complete end.

Zhang Huaimin put down the empty milk cup in his hand and patted his belly with satisfaction.

The warm winter sun feels so comforting on my skin.

He stood up, stretched, and his bones cracked.

"The flies and mosquitoes in this yard have been mostly cleared out."

Zhang Huaimin was secretly making plans in his mind.

Yi Zhonghai was demoted to sweeping the floor, Liu Haizhong picked up steel slag, Jia Jia was crippled and grabbed, and Xu Damao was uprooted.

Now this courtyard house is clean and tidy, but it looks a bit lifeless.

Zhang Huaimin, with his hands behind his back, strolled leisurely through the middle courtyard and arrived at the backyard.

The backyard was quite large, but apart from the main house and side rooms, there was a large wasteland in the northeast corner.

This land is usually left unattended.

It was piled with broken bricks, broken tiles, and a dilapidated bicycle frame that someone had thrown away.

In summer, this place becomes a breeding ground for mosquitoes and flies.

In winter, the weeds wither and die, making the place look even more desolate and dilapidated, a complete mess.

Zhang Huaimin walked to the edge of the wasteland, his brows furrowing slightly.

"It's such a waste to leave this wonderful place lying around like this."

He's now a specially appointed consultant with deputy factory-level benefits, earning eighty yuan a month plus special meat coupons.

They live a more comfortable life than even the top leaders.

Now that our material needs are met, we must also improve our spiritual and cultural development.

"How about creating a garden? Or planting some rare herbs?"

Zhang Huaimin stroked his chin, and a flash of inspiration struck him.

He combined the knowledge of "Thirteen Ghost Needles" with a great deal of medical theory.

If I could grow a top-notch medicinal herb garden in this backyard, it would be a pleasure to look at.

In the future, if any special medicine is needed, it will be convenient to obtain the ingredients locally.

Just do it.

Zhang Huaimin looked around and made sure no one was in the backyard.

Sha Zhu went to work, and the deaf old lady was so frightened by him last time that she stayed in her room pretending to be dead every day.

Now is the perfect time to put your skills to the test.

With a slight thought, Zhang Huaimin caused the system panel to unfold on his retina.

"System, open the store and filter for plant growth traits."

[Ding! Filtering for you...]

Soon, rows of trait icons radiating green light appeared before their eyes.

Zhang Huaimin's gaze instantly locked onto a high-level icon priced at 1500 Shock Points.

[Advanced Molecular Plant Growth Activator]!

This thing is amazing.

The description states that it can alter the growth cycle and gene structure of plants at the molecular level.

Ignoring the limitations of seasons and climate, it can even bring dead trees back to life and cause ordinary seeds to mutate into extremely rare and special traits!

"This is it."

Zhang Huaimin clicked the redemption button without hesitation.

[Ding! 1500 Shock Points consumed, exchange successful.]

【Should we use it immediately?】

Zhang Huaimin did not use it immediately, but instead took out a few small paper packets from the system space.

These were some common medicinal herb seeds that he casually bought a few days ago at Tongrentang, the largest pharmacy in the city.

There are goji berries, angelica, ginseng, and some unidentified wildflower seeds.

He scattered the seeds all at once on the barren land in front of him, which was full of broken bricks and withered grass.

There was no tilling or fertilization.

It was as casual as children playing house.

After doing all this.

Zhang Huaimin stretched out his two fair and tender little hands, palms down, aiming at the wasteland.

"Integrate, cover this area!"

[Ding! Advanced molecular plant growth activator, fusion initiation!]

Om-!

A wave of emerald green energy, imperceptible to the naked eye, rippled out from Zhang Huaimin's palm.

It instantly enveloped the entire wasteland in the northeast corner of the backyard.

A miracle occurred silently at that moment.

The soil, which had been frozen solid, seemed to have been awakened to life by some mysterious force.

It began to undulate slightly and rhythmically.

"Shh...shh..."

An extremely faint sound of breaking ground echoed in the quiet backyard.

Those ordinary seeds that Zhang Huaimin casually scattered on the ground.

The moment I came into contact with this advanced active ingredient, it was like being injected with super hormones!

Less than a minute had passed.

The first tender green shoot stubbornly pushed aside the broken tiles covering it and emerged from the cold ground.

Followed by.

It's the second stroke, the third stroke...

Hundreds and thousands of green shoots sprouted like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, at a terrifying speed that defied the laws of nature.

It's growing and growing taller like crazy!

Those withered weeds instantly transformed into the purest nutrients under the impact of this powerful vitality.

Five more minutes passed.

The wasteland in front of Zhang Huaimin had completely changed.

There are no more broken bricks or rotten tiles.

Instead, there is a lush, vibrant, and fantastical herb garden!

What's even more stunning are the shapes of those plants.

Under the genetic modification of advanced active ingredients.

Those ordinary medicinal herbs and flowers underwent incredibly bizarre mutations.

The once unremarkable goji berry tree has now grown to be more than a person's height.

The branches are covered with mutated goji berries that are as translucent as rubies and as big as longans!

Those angelica plants had leaves that had a dreamy, ethereal blue color and emitted a faint fluorescent glow.

The most eye-catching feature was a few ginseng plants growing in the corner.

Their leaves are as large as palm fans, and are faintly surrounded by a purple aura.

Although the roots and stems are still buried in the soil, the bursting forth of the plant essence is a hundred times more concentrated than Tongrentang's prized product!

Besides medicinal herbs.

Even those nameless wildflowers shone with a rainbow of colors.

The petals are crystal clear, as if they were carved from the finest glass.

"The effects of this active ingredient are surprisingly powerful."

Zhang Huaimin looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction and took a deep breath.

As these rare and exotic plants grow.

A very special, refreshing fragrance.

It began to permeate and rise within this garden of herbs.

The fragrance is not strong or pungent.

It carries a unique chill found only in icy and snowy landscapes.

Yet it also contains the most primal vitality and fragrance of plants.

Just one puff and I feel my mind clear and my internal organs cleansed.

It was as if all the fatigue and worries vanished in this exotic fragrance.

"This tastes even better than Sha Zhu's pot of meat buns."

Zhang Huaimin chuckled softly.

He could even feel the presence of this herb garden.

The air quality and temperature throughout the backyard have undergone subtle changes.

Although it was a cold winter with heavy snow.

But the area around this medicinal garden is as warm as spring, and not even a single snowflake can fall in.

Mission accomplished.

Zhang Huaimin clapped his hands.

He didn't linger; he turned and walked briskly back to his east wing in the front yard.

He wanted to take a good nap and enjoy this rare moment of peace and quiet.

As for how much of a sensation this herb garden will cause?

That's none of his business.

Night falls.

The residents of the courtyard house gradually returned home from get off work.

Everyone's attention was drawn to the military jeep parked in the front yard and the soldiers standing guard.

Everyone is speculating what great achievement Consultant Zhang has made this time.

No one noticed the miracle shrouded in darkness in the backyard.

Until the next morning.

As dawn broke, the alley was still shrouded in darkness.

"Hoo-ha-"

Yan Bugui, wrapped in his tattered cotton-padded coat and holding a large broom, shakily pushed open his own door.

Today it was his turn to sweep the yard again.

Although he was extremely unwilling, he dared not slack off in order to impress Zhang Huaimin.

"This awful weather, it's freezing!"

While complaining, Yan Bugui breathed out white puffs of air and began sweeping little by little from the front yard inwards.

I just caught a glimpse of the moon gate in the middle courtyard.

A very faint northwest wind blew in from the direction of the backyard.

"Um?"

Yan Bugui stopped sweeping.

His sense of smell, comparable to a dog's nose, instantly detected a strange odor carried on the wind.

"What...is this smell?"

Yan Bugui sniffed hard.

The fragrance was extremely faint, yet it seemed to possess a life of its own, penetrating straight to the heart and lungs.

It's not the greasy, fragrant stew from someone else's house.

It didn't have the powdery smell of the cheap face cream sold at the supply and marketing cooperative.

Instead, it was a fragrance he had never smelled before, a fragrance that made people feel comfortable all over, with a refreshing scent permeating every bone!

Yan Bugui only took two puffs.

My eyes, which were red from grading assignments last night, suddenly stopped hurting.

Even my old, aching legs felt like they were being enveloped in a warm current, and I felt much lighter.

"My God... this... could this be the taste of an elixir of immortality?!"

Yan Bugui's eyes widened, his pupils behind his gold-rimmed glasses filled with shock and greed.

He swallowed hard, feeling as if he were drunk, lightheaded and euphoric.

No!

The smell is coming from the backyard!

Something amazing must have come out of the backyard!

Yan Bugui didn't even bother to pick up a broom.

He rubbed his frozen hands together, crouching down like a thief.

Following the increasingly strong and exotic fragrance.

They tiptoed and hurriedly peeked through the moon gate in the backyard.