Chapter 105 (2/2)

A bearded middle-aged man pushing a cart stopped and asked as he saw Tang Xiu.

Tang Xiu said, “Yes!

The bearded middle-aged man said with a laugh, “Young Big Brother wants to buy a lot of medicinal ingredients? If so, how about hiring my “porter” service? The price is very cheap.”

Porter?

Tang Xiu asked inside with some puzzlement. After having heard the bearded middle-aged man’s explanation, only then did he understand that “porter” was the service offered by some people for visitors who bought a large number of medicinal herbs as they followed the visitor along with their carts, helping the visitor to carry and load the herbs. He thought for a second as he nodded and asked, “How much?”

With a happy expression, the bearded middle-aged man hastily said, “100 yuan per 2 hours if you only buy a cart of herbs. 200 yuan for 5 hours. If you buy more than one cart, I recommend to directly take a day package of 500 yuan for a day.”

Tang Xiu pondered for moment and then asked, “You’re familiar with this Medicinal Herb Market, yes?”

The bearded middle-aged man said with a grinning smile, “Yes, I’m way too familiar. I’ve been a porter for 8 years here, so I know which stalls have good medicinal herbs, and which ones don’t. I’m crystal clear what herbs the shops have, and which shops that have genuine valuable medicinal herbs. If you buy my porter service, I’ll take the responsibility to become your guide and explain to you about the Medicinal Herbs Market’s situation.”

Tang Xiu said, “I’ll give you 1,000 yuan. You’re to be my porter for the day.”

Doubled?

The bearded middle-aged man was overjoyed. His expression turned more respectful and said with a smile, “Young Big Brother is a good man. I, Zhao Dazhuang, will absolutely make your spending worth it. What medicinal herbs do you need? You can tell me and I’ll take you there in no time.”

Tang Xiu shook his head and said, “You accompany me first! If I can’t find and buy the medicinal herbs I want, then you guide me.”

“OK!” The bearded middle-aged man happily complied.

Two hours later, Tang Xiu had bought all the needed ingredients to concoct the Golden Bell Liquid, and the number he bought each ingredient was 10 times more. The small cart pushed by the bearded middle-aged man was about to be fully filled.

“Huh?”

When Tang Xiu had just finished the last transaction and was prepared to continue buying the other herbs to concoct the Spirit Condensation Pill, he suddenly saw that in the middle of the square, a booth and shop area was surrounded by a lot of people. A lot of people ran from all directions toward that place.

The bearded middle-aged man followed Tang Xiu’s eyes as he suddenly shook his head and said with a wry smile, “A 100 year-old mother has always been able to bring up 80 children. A mother surely is the greatest human being in the world. How many times has it been? The 16th time?”

Tang Xiu said, “What does that mean?”

The bearded middle-aged man said, “2 years ago, a mother and daughter came to our Medicinal Herbs Market. The mother was 40-years-old at that time, and her daughter was still very young and very pitiful! She suffers from a strange disease and has always been suffering from pains. In order to cure her daughter’s illness, the mother has travelled to all major cities in the country, looking for famous doctors everywhere. Unfortunately, even though she has met countless Western medical doctors or Chinese medical doctors, nobody was able to cure her daughter’s strange illness.”

“During these 2 years, she always comes with her daughter and takes a spot in the square of this Medicinal Herbs Market, having consultations with all doctors to treat her daughter’s illness. She also announced that anyone who is able to cure her daughter, she would give him millions worth of her family assets.”

“2 years have passed by and not only was she unable to find a godly doctor to cure her daughter, she also has spent most of the 1 million she has. It’s been 2 months since the last time she opened the spot here. The last time, she only had hundreds of thousands of yuan, so now, she should have less.”

Tang Xiu was in a daze as he looked at the bearded middle-aged man. His heart was filled with sorrow and grief. The caring and loving mother’s hands moved along the lines of the jacket on his body, slowly closing the seam button before he left, and reminding him to not return home late.

Mothers were indeed the greatest humans in the world.

And the person he missed the most when he was in the Immortal World for 10,000 years was his mother. The thing he was holding in the palm of his hand fell as his mouth was unable to speak the “mother” word!

At this instant, his compassion was moved…

“Let’s go there and take a look!”

The moment Tang Xiu finished speaking, he strode to the square between the booth and shop area.

In the middle-sized square center, a half meter high platform was built whilst a few Medicinal Herbs Market’s security guards were maintaining the order there. A single bed with a curled up and trembling little girl was placed at the center of the 20 square meter platform.

A graceful middle-aged woman was at the bedside with a pitiful and sad face as she constantly looked around at the crowd with a longing expression.

“Everyone, the remaining money I have is only 300,000 yuan. I beg whoever is able to cure my daughter. I’ll give all the remaining wealth I have. She’s too young. There should be a lot of Chinese medical doctors at this Jingmen Island’s Medicinal Herbs Market. Please, I beg you!”