Chapter 112: Barefoot Doctor Mr. Kong

Chapter 112: Chapter 112: Barefoot Doctor Mr. Kong

Yun Zhen put the flour and rice into the cart, said "return," and immediately appeared in the council room.

Hearing the commotion, Yun Xiu and Yun Duo came in with Little Bao, followed by the Village Chief and Li Cuilan.

"Goddess, you’re here so early today. Our beef offal soup isn’t even out of the pot yet," the Village Chief said, looking at Yun Zhen.

Yun Zhen smiled and explained, "I came back late before because I had to buy a bunch of things for the village. Now that we don’t have to worry about food and clothing, and everyone has no urgent needs, I just bought two sacks of flour and two hundred catties of rice. Since there was nothing else to do, I returned to the village a bit earlier."

Then she shared some good news. "The woodwork and crocheted dolls I took with me today were also sold out. They sold for a total of fourteen taels of silver."

Fourteen taels of silver! The few of them counted on their fingers.

"In past years, our Taoyuan Village couldn’t even earn a dozen taels of silver in a whole year, but the Goddess earned it all back in a single day!" the Village Chief trembled with excitement.

"Isn’t that the truth! The Goddess truly possesses vast Divine Skills!" Li Cuilan placed her palms together and bowed to Yun Zhen.

Yun Zhen didn’t take all the credit. "Uncle Zhao and Uncle Wang, as well as the villagers who did the crocheting, put in the most effort."

The Village Chief still insisted, "But without you, even if we had all the abilities in the world, how could we sell the woodwork to the Immortal Realm and learn this profitable craft of crocheting?"

"My second uncle is right. The Goddess has the greatest merit!"

Yun Zhen thought of the medical books in the treasure land in her mind. "Let’s not talk about this anymore. Village Chief, call Mr. Kong in for me. I have something to discuss with him."

"Goddess, are you sick? Why are you looking for Mr. Kong?" the Village Chief hurriedly asked with concern.

Mr. Kong was the village’s barefoot doctor. He had once been a resident physician at a clinic in the county town. His peers, jealous of the love and respect he received from the commoners, framed him for medical malpractice, claiming he had treated a man with a venereal disease to death. As a result, he tragically suffered imprisonment. Fortunately, the previous Lord County Magistrate was honest and upright. He investigated the situation thoroughly and released Mr. Kong without charge. However, his reputation was ruined, making it impossible for him to stay in the county town. Thus, he returned to Taoyuan Village, only treating the local villagers.

They wondered if the Goddess was sick since she wanted to see Mr. Kong.

"Can an immortal get sick too?" Li Cuilan asked worriedly.

Yun Duo said with concern, "Zhen Niang, if you’re sick, you should find a doctor in the Immortal Realm. Although Mr. Kong’s medical skills are brilliant, he certainly can’t compare to the doctors in the Immortal Realm."

"Your mother is right. Besides, as the saying goes, even the cleverest housewife can’t cook without rice. No matter how good Mr. Kong’s medical skills are, he hasn’t gone up the mountain to gather herbs for months. Even if he diagnoses the problem, he doesn’t have any medicine to give you," Yun Xiu agreed.

SWISH!

Yun Zhen didn’t say anything, but she brought out six large chests.

"Books!" Everyone saw clearly what was inside. They were books wider than a person’s palm. Yun Xiu, who loved books as much as his own life, immediately picked up one of the heavy tomes to flip through it. However, it was so heavy that he accidentally dropped it on the ground.

THUD! The loud sound made everyone present tremble. Such a thick book, harder than Shitou stone, could probably crush someone to death.

"To be exact, they are medical books," Yun Zhen explained.

Yun Xiu exclaimed in astonishment, "The characters on the items Zhen Niang brought before were missing strokes and parts, but I can actually recognize all the characters in these books! So many medical books... Zhen Niang, where did you get them?" He was absolutely shocked.

Yun Zhen’s face revealed the joy of finding a treasure. "The people of the Immortal Realm didn’t want them anymore, so I picked them up. We don’t know medicine and can’t understand what they say, but Grandpa Kong has studied medicine for half his life. He can definitely understand the words in them.

"Once his medical skills improve in the future, he can also treat everyone’s illnesses."

The Village Chief was overjoyed. "I’ll go invite Mr. Kong over right now."

Everyone’s tents were pitched in the wheat threshing floor, so it was only a few steps to Mr. Kong’s home. The Kong Family had five members: Mr. Kong, his son and daughter-in-law, his eldest grandson in his twenties, and his ten-year-old eldest granddaughter. The Kong Family used four tents in total. Mr. Kong lived in one by himself, his son and daughter-in-law shared one, and his grandson and granddaughter each had their own.

"Mr. Kong!" the Village Chief called out at the door.

"Village Chief, did you come over for something?" Mr. Kong was sixty-five this year. Although he was old, his body was still tough and hale. He could walk steadily in the snow without a cane. He opened the door and walked out.

Mr. Kong hurriedly asked, "Did the Goddess ask you to come find me?"

"How did you know?" The Village Chief was stunned, but he didn’t forget the purpose of his visit. "The Goddess asked me to bring you over. She has something to discuss with you."

Mr. Kong sighed. "Could the Goddess be sick? That makes sense. She has been running around for our entire village and must have fallen ill from exhaustion. We still need to let the Goddess rest more."

The Village Chief retorted, "What are you thinking, old man? The Goddess has the constitution of an immortal. How could she get sick?"

"The Goddess asked you to go over because she has good news for you." Having practiced medicine for half his life, Mr. Kong was extremely obsessed with medical books and rare herbs, a fact the Village Chief knew well. Previously, when Grandpa Zhang’s eldest son dug up a ginseng root, it was Mr. Kong who pulled strings to sell it in the county town.

Mr. Kong was curious about what this good news could be.

"Goddess, Mr. Kong is here," the Village Chief said as he pulled the old man into the room.

"Goddess, the Village Chief said you were looking for me?" Mr. Kong originally hadn’t believed in ghosts or gods. Having lived for the better part of his life, he felt he had seen it all. However, when the snow disaster struck the village and the youngest daughter of the Yun Family became a Goddess, his understanding of the world was completely overturned. He realized how ignorant and arrogant his previous thoughts had been. He was shocked that there truly were deities in this world. He was also thankful; with the Goddess here, the villagers wouldn’t have to die.

Yun Zhen pointed at the several large chests and stuffed a thick medical book into his arms. "Grandpa Kong, take a look. What are these?"

Mr. Kong took one look and was instantly dumbfounded. "Medical books!" he exclaimed in shock.

Without even opening them, he knew from the titles alone that these were all medical books. Thirsting for knowledge, he flipped through the pages. The medical concepts introduced inside were endlessly profound, far more brilliant and sophisticated than the medicine he had studied for half his life, yet they were not difficult to understand. He wondered how there could be so many medical books.

Yun Zhen saw his excitement. "I picked these up from the Immortal Realm, and I figured you would definitely be able to use them. Grandpa Kong, study these medical books well. Once you’ve mastered them, you can treat everyone. There are also three diagrams here, illustrating human bones and internal organs."

"This is too profound! What Divine Doctor left behind this treasure? How could it be discarded so casually?"

Mr. Kong stroked the thick medical book as if it were a precious treasure, then unfolded the anatomical diagrams to examine them. The more he looked, the more astounded he became. He realized this was truly the handiwork of immortals! Every bone and every piece of flesh in the human body, inside and out, was depicted with absolute clarity. He felt that obtaining the legacy of a Divine Doctor meant his life had not been lived in vain!

He promised, "Rest assured, Goddess, I definitely won’t let down your expectations. I will diligently study these medical books, work hard to learn the treatment methods inside, and treat the entire village in the future."

"Grandpa Kong, I believe in you. Dad, Village Chief, call a few strong young men over to help Grandpa Kong move the books into his tent." Seeing Mr. Kong’s excitement, Yun Zhen arranged for people to deliver the medical books to his home.

Li Cuilan ran out. "I’ll go get my Dashan to help."

"One, two, three... there are a full twenty-six medical books here. If sold outside, even a single volume could fetch a thousand taels of silver." Yun Xiu counted them, trembling with awe. He understood the value of medical books; they were more precious than their weight in gold.