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"What do you know!" Wang Xiaoyang burst into tears and shouted at Xiao Ran as he turned around.

He looked pitiful and was still sobbing.

“I really don’t understand, but Old Wang was still thinking of you at the last moment,” Xiao Ran said sullenly, then looked at the broken bamboo dragonfly in her hand.

She sighed heavily, walked over to Xiaoyang, and stuffed the tattered bamboo dragonfly back into its place. "I hope you can understand."

This time, Xiao Yang didn't throw a tantrum. He just looked at the bamboo dragonfly in his hand for a while before running out.

"Hey, Xiao Yang! Where are you going so late..." the old man shouted, but due to his advanced age and frailty, he could only chase after him for a few steps before he began to struggle.

Xiao Ran quickly helped the old man up and said to the boy behind her, "Duan Li, go and take a look."

Duan Li grunted in agreement and then flew away.

"Grandpa, I sent him to chase after Xiaoyang. Please come inside and rest."

The old man felt relieved for a moment when he saw Duan Li's agile figure, but when he heard Xiao Ran say that she would help him into the house, he began to feign weakness and coughed a few times:

"Cough cough... I'm getting old and my body isn't what it used to be. It's so late already, cough cough... I'm really not feeling well here and can't entertain you properly, young lady. You should go back now."

Xiao Ran knew that this was the old man's way of telling her to leave, and she chuckled to herself.

She patted the old man on the back to help him catch his breath: "How can this be! Old man, my daughter is a doctor with a good reputation in the village. Doctors are here to save lives and heal the wounded, let alone someone like you. There is no reason for me to leave!"

Just as the old man was about to speak, he felt Xiao Ran pressing on a certain acupoint on his hand.

"This is the Yuji acupoint. For sudden coughing and difficulty breathing like you, pressing this acupoint is most effective, but..."

The old man first scratched his head, then felt an itch on his cheek and scratched his face again, asking, "But what?"

"If there's nothing wrong, it might cause itching and soreness all over the body."

Upon hearing this, the old man immediately pulled his hand away from Xiao Ran's grasp.

She stole another glance at Xiao Ran's puzzled expression, "Um, I suddenly don't feel so sad anymore."

Xiao Ran suddenly realized, "That won't do! This will only make it more necessary to treat it, and the repeated relapses will only make it more serious!"

The old man sighed, knowing that the young girl in front of him was determined to come into his room today, and he was at his wit's end.

He could only wave his hand and say, "Alright, alright! Come in and take a look for me."

Xiao Ran immediately stepped forward and helped the old man into the house.

As soon as you step inside, the aroma of wood immediately fills the air.

A variety of wooden wheels were laid out in front of her, along with some wooden utensils that she couldn't quite understand.

However, she knew it referred to the things she had just seen on the stone wall.

The old man walked straight to a chair in the room and sat down, casually twisting a few wooden utensils on a small table next to him.

The leaves on the wooden implement slowly began to turn, sending out a wisp of cool breeze.

This was different from the waterwheels she had seen before, which were large and sometimes the air they brought in was hot, even on hot summer days.

The old man ignored Xiao Ran's surprise, quickly poured himself a cup of tea, closed his eyes, and gulped it down, saying, "It's so hot, I'm dying of heat..."

Seeing that Xiao Ran hadn't sat down yet, he opened one eye and said, "Sit down, what are you standing there for? Didn't you want to examine me?"

Xiao Ran then sat down.

The old man continued, "I've spent half my life toiling away, doing all sorts of things. It's normal to have some ailments now that I'm old, but..."

How do you know I have a problem?

Xiao Ran was slightly taken aback when she heard this.

Actually, she could tell that the old man was faking illness and coughing. In addition, she originally wanted to investigate the matter of Guanyin soil, so she followed the old man's lead and threatened him a little so that she would have the right to talk to him.

The strange thing is that when she was helping the old man up, she secretly checked his pulse.

The pulse was strong and powerful, taut like a taut string, as if it were the vigorous vitality and robust physique of a young man.

But she clearly saw an elderly man with gray hair, and even if he was in good health, he wouldn't be like a young man.

Xiao Ran remained silent, but the old man spoke first.

"Young lady, don't whisper anything. I'm hard of hearing and can't hear you..."

“You can hear me clearly.”

Xiao Ran interrupted the old man.

The wooden cabin wasn't very soundproof. The chirping of cicadas and the croaking of frogs after the rain outside the window, like court music, echoed into the silent room.

The old man slowly sat up, completely unlike his previous carefree demeanor, and began to look directly at the young girl who had just come of age.

He coughed twice, cupping his fist near his mouth, and said, "...What did you say?"

Seeing that the old man was still pretending not to hear, Xiao Ran chuckled softly, then walked over and sat down on a nearby chair.

“I said, you can hear me clearly.”

The old man lowered his hand, somewhat serious, "How did you know..." But before he could finish speaking, he seemed to suddenly remember something and changed his tone, "What do you know?"

Xiao Ran naturally didn't understand these intricacies, but she still pretended to be profound and remained silent.

The old man waited in vain for an answer and began to get anxious, but seeing how calm the girl in front of him was, he seemed to suddenly understand something.

“What do you want to know?” he asked.

Xiao Ran curled the corners of her lips and said, "Are you aware of the Guanyin soil that has recently appeared in the village?"

The old man smacked his lips and looked to the side: "How would I know? I haven't left this godforsaken place for years..."

"Really?" Xiao Ran smiled. "But you mentioned Guanyin soil when you opened the door."

The old man fell silent.

He had never imagined that an outsider would come to his godforsaken place, let alone that this person would be such a clever and bright young girl.

Even Xiao Yang was someone he met by chance while he was out.

“I asked Xiaoyang to sell them. This is a good deed for those people in the village who can’t afford to eat.”

"Since it's a good deed, why don't you sell it openly and without fanfare? Why do you have to sell it so secretly, in the middle of the night?" Xiao Ran asked.

"I..." the old man hesitated, unable to finish his sentence.

Xiao Ran slowly uttered the words, saying, "It's because you know that this so-called Guanyin soil is nothing more than a slow-acting poison. Although eating too much of it can fill your stomach, it will also cause you to die from abdominal distension."

The old man turned his head to the side, refusing to look at her.

"You use the name of a Bodhisattva, claiming to be compassionate and dedicated to saving all sentient beings. In reality, you are just trying to profit from the blood and sweat of those people."

The old man remained silent, but in the flickering candlelight, his face grew increasingly dark.

"No! That's not how it is."

Suddenly, a childish voice rang out.