Ultimate Village Doctor

Long Xiaoshan drove back to the village, arriving around noon.

Back at the farm, everyone was eating lunch, and today's meal consisted of chive dumplings.

Long Xiaoshan scooped up several dozen, prepared a dish of soy sauce and vinegar, and started gobbling them down. Because he had been preoccupied with the matter of that old Daoist in the morning, he hadn't eaten anything and was now famished.

While he was eating, He Xiangyue came over, smiling, and said, "Son, I've arranged everything for you."

"Arranged what?" Long Xiaoshan didn't catch on immediately.

"Still playing dumb, come inside."

He Xiangyue poked Long Xiaoshan's head with her finger and headed towards the office.

Long Xiaoshan, somewhat baffled, followed her in.

Upon entering, he saw Chun Tao also sitting there. Her face turned red and she lowered her head as she saw Long Xiaoshan walk in.

He Xiangyue closed the office door.

After looking over both of them, she smiled with satisfaction and said, "I must say, you two are quite a match."

"Mom, what are you talking about?"

"What am I talking about? You don't understand? Yesterday, I agreed with Chun Tao that she would become your woman."

"What." Long Xiaoshan almost fell to the ground.

Just yesterday, there had been strong opposition, and now it was being spoken of so directly. He quickly looked at Chun Tao, whose face was entirely red, but her demeanor clearly implied consent.

Long Xiaoshan suddenly didn't know what to say and stood there, dazed.

"Chun Tao, from now on you'll be part of our Long Family. Whatever you eat, wear, or use will be provided by us. Even if you have sons or daughters in the future, they will belong to our Long Family, and you'll be well taken care of. There's just one thing, Xiaoshan can't marry you. If he marries another woman in the future, you can't interfere, you understand?" He Xiangyue said.

"I understand, Auntie," Chun Tao nodded.

A broader smile appeared on He Xiangyue's face as she said, "Good girl."

"Mom, what are you saying? If Chun Tao is my woman, why can't I marry her?" Long Xiaoshan said urgently.

"Xiaoshan, I'm doing this for your own good. Besides, Chun Tao has agreed to this arrangement. As for marrying or not, you're not lacking money now, so how could we possibly mistreat Chun Tao?" He Xiangyue said.

"But..."

"Little Xiaoshan, don't bother arguing. I'm doing this willingly. Auntie is right. I can't marry you," Chun Tao chimed in.

"Why not?" Long Xiaoshan truly didn't understand.

"Xiaoshan, the thing is, your father and I didn't have a marriage certificate either. I don't care about that. As long as you have me in your heart, that's all that matters. Besides, you're meant for greater things; you won't only have one woman in the future," Chun Tao explained.

"What are you talking about..." Long Xiaoshan muttered with a bitter smile.

He realized that Chun Tao and his mother had already come to an agreement.

And he was completely unable to persuade either of them.

Situations like this indeed exist in rural areas.

To people, having several women was something quite normal for a capable man; in fact, the more women a man had, the more remarkable his abilities seemed.

"All right, I'll leave you two to talk. I'm heading out. Also, Xiaoshan, from now on don't have Chun Tao do farm work. Let her help you in the office. I heard that those city bosses have secretaries, so I think Chun Tao should be your secretary," He Xiangyue suggested with newly acquired knowledge.

A secretary!

Long Xiaoshan couldn't help but recall a saying he had heard somewhere.

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Or works on the secretary when there's no business!

He subconsciously glanced at Chun Tao, imagining her in a secretary's outfit, and a sly smile crept across his lips.

Long Xiaoshan sat in the office, taking out the items he had gotten from the old Daoist, and began to examine them.

He received three books from the old Daoist.

One was on geomancy, another on talisman-making, and the third on Daoist magic.

All the books seemed ancient, yet despite their yellowed pages, they were surprisingly sturdy, as if specially made.

In the corner of the books, Long Xiaoshan noticed the name "Black Scale Gate" and a dark symbol.

Black Scale Gate, what is that?

Could it be a sect?

Without giving it much thought, Long Xiaoshan started reading the geomancy book first. After practicing the Longevity Art, his memory had improved significantly, and now that he had made another breakthrough, his ability to remember seemed even more formidable.

As he read on, he only needed a slight review to commit it to memory.

His interest grew as he read. Turns out geomancy encompassed so much more complexity than the superficial knowledge available online.

It was the real deal in geomantic secret techniques.

The old Daoist must have been genuinely gifted, as he was even able to command ghosts.

Before he knew it, Long Xiaoshan was engrossed in the material.

The ring of a phone pulled him from his absorption. He saw it was a call from Shen Yuerong and quickly picked up.

"What, you're at the village entrance? Okay, okay, I'll come to pick you up right away."

Long Xiaoshan stood up hastily and headed outside.

Seeing that Couple Long Dashan was standing not far away, overseeing the farm, he shouted, "Dad, Mom, get ready. The Mayor is coming to inspect our farm."

What!" The cigarette fell from Long Dashan's mouth.

"The Mayor is coming and is already at the village entrance. I'll go to pick them up."

"Ah, okay, okay," Long Dashan managed to reply, tongue-tied.

For a simple and earnest farmer, the Mayor was like a high-ranking official, someone of great importance.

Even among the farm laborers, news that the Mayor was coming to inspect stirred everyone up.

Longyang Village was so poor that not even the Mayor had come down to visit before - at most, some minor village officials would make an appearance.