Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo showed Old Man He and the others the land they could cultivate, then they found Old Man Ji absorbed in the koi in his pond. Old Man Ji offered to buy the koi, and Chen Mo agreed to sell them for 100,000 yuan each.

• Chen Mo told Old Man He that each recuperating guest could use a plot of the tilled backyard land, and Old Man He happily inspected it with the others.
• Old Wu and Old Man He found Old Man Ji lying beside the fish pond, captivated by Chen Mo's koi.
• Xiao Zhao helped Old Man Ji up and onto a bench, while Old Man He scolded him for neglecting his health.
• Old Man Ji praised Chen Mo's koi and asked whether they were for sale.
• Old Man Ji offered 100,000 yuan per koi, and Chen Mo accepted.

Chen Mo used his Spiritual Sense to diagnose Old Man Ji and discovered a small liver lesion that hospital tests had missed, along with severe weakness caused by his old surgery and treatment. He explained the condition to the worried elders but chose a cautious, gradual recovery rather than an immediate cure.

• Chen Mo examined Old Man Ji and the two grandmothers, finding their ailments generally mild but Old Man Ji's health badly weakened after surgery.
• Chen Mo detected diseased connective tissue in the remaining portion of Old Man Ji's liver and traced his weakness to poor recovery and the strain on his kidneys.
• Old Man He asked Chen Mo whether Old Man Ji's illness was serious, and Chen Mo explained that the liver lesion had begun to develop again.
• Old Man He and Old Man Wu grew worried, while Nurse Xiao Zhao silently doubted Chen Mo's diagnosis because the hospital had found nothing.
• Chen Mo decided to let Old Man Ji recover slowly and avoid drawing attention by curing him too quickly.

Chen Mo prescribed a strict treatment plan for Old Man Ji, including stopping his current medication, and argued with Xiao Zhao over the risks and responsibility. Old Man Ji chose to trust Chen Mo, whose quick acupuncture technique stopped his cough and strengthened his confidence in the treatment.

• Chen Mo told Old Man Ji to take his prescribed medicine, receive acupuncture, follow a controlled diet, and stop all current medication the next morning.
• Xiao Zhao challenged Chen Mo's order and demanded to know who would take responsibility if Old Man Ji's condition worsened.
• Chen Mo refused to accept responsibility and defended his approach, while Old Man Ji stopped the quarrel and apologized for Xiao Zhao's outburst.
• Old Man Ji decided to follow Chen Mo's instructions, noting that he already felt physically better after entering the courtyard.
• When Old Man Ji began coughing again, Chen Mo pressed his Lung Meridian Acupoint and immediately stopped the cough.

Chen Mo agreed to treat Old Man Ji, who accepted the long recovery time and Chen Mo’s fees and invoice terms. After examining Old Man He and Old Man Wu’s wives, Chen Mo prepared a month of individualized medicinal cuisine, while the older men quietly planned to judge his results before bringing more people to Gourd Valley.

• Old Man Ji asked about Chen Mo’s confidence, and Chen Mo estimated an eighty percent chance of success with results taking about half a year; Old Man Ji agreed to follow his instructions.
• Chen Mo confirmed Old Man Ji understood the treatment, lodging, and fee arrangements, and explained that he could only issue an agricultural trade invoice.
• Chen Mo examined Old Man He and Old Man Wu’s wives and found only common ailments of old age that needed recuperation.
• Chen Mo prepared a month’s supply of individually tailored medicinal cuisine, giving Old Man Ji mild nourishment suited to his condition.
• Chen Mo considered asking Old Huang to supply medicinal plants or seeds for future use.

Chen Mo arranged medicinal meals and wine for his family and the elderly residents, then rejected Old Man He's attempt to persuade him to treat more people. He left the question of taking in additional patients until Gourd Valley was developed.

• Chen Mo explained the medicinal meal dosages and Old Man Ji's dietary restrictions to Uncle, who recorded the instructions.
• Chen Mo prepared medicinal wine without adding Stream Water and arranged for an Aunt to clean the newcomers' rooms.
• Old Man He found Chen Mo resting in the courtyard and hinted that Old Man Ji and the other elders had come hoping for treatment.
• Chen Mo realized Old Man He had been trying to recruit him, but said there was not enough room for more residents until Gourd Valley was developed.
• Old Man He asked Chen Mo to make house calls, but Chen Mo refused, leaving Old Man He to return to his courtyard.

Chen Mo prepared to treat Old Man Ji’s liver disease after the elderly man slept well and felt stronger for the first time in years. The chapter ended with Old Man Ji lying down in Chen Mo’s treatment room as Chen Mo prepared to use acupuncture and carefully controlled True Essence.

• Chen Mo practiced Long Fist and saw the elderly neighbors exercising, including Old Man Ji, who walked with support.
• Grandma Yin and Grandma Yuan told Chen Mo they had rested well, while Old Man Ji described how much better he felt after eating and sleeping at Chen Mo’s home.
• Chen Mo invited Old Man Ji to receive acupuncture before breakfast and asked Xiao Zhao to assist; Old Man He and the others were allowed to watch.
• Chen Mo brought everyone into his prepared treatment room and had Xiao Zhao help Old Man Ji change and lie face-down on a hospital bed.
• Chen Mo planned to use True Essence to remove Old Man Ji’s diseased liver tissue and restore the organ, relying on experiments he had conducted with rabbits.

Chen Mo treated Old Man Ji’s liver disease with acupuncture, concealing his inexperience while gradually removing diseased tissue. He planned to continue the treatment the next morning and stretch it out over several months to avoid attracting patients and trouble.

• Chen Mo inserted, removed, and repositioned acupuncture needles while the observers mistook his careful performance for mastery.
• Chen Mo sent True Essence through needles into Old Man Ji’s liver lesion and drained out black blood and pulverized diseased tissue.
• Chen Mo ended the session and told Old Man Ji to return the next morning on an empty stomach, then eat moderately afterward.
• Old Man He lamented that Chen Mo would not use his skills to treat patients, but Chen Mo stayed silent and Old Man He called him a little fox.
• Chen Mo cleaned the consultation room with a Cleansing Technique and packed its contents into plastic bags.

After curing Old Man Ji’s illnesses, Chen Mo gave his coughing Uncle Delin a homemade lung-soothing paste. Uncle Delin warned Chen Mo that a deputy town head surnamed Liang might be plotting trouble, and Chen Mo agreed to be careful without intending to hide.

• After a week of acupuncture, Chen Mo eliminated Old Man Ji’s ailments, leaving him to slowly recuperate.
• Chen Mo welcomed Uncle Delin, who admired how Big Yellow and Big Gray were growing and asked for one of their puppies someday.
• Chen Mo gave Uncle Delin Lung-soothing Cough-relieving Paste to help with his persistent cough from smoking.
• Uncle Delin told Chen Mo that a deputy town head surnamed Liang was looking to cause him trouble and offered to investigate further.
• Chen Mo thanked Uncle Delin and agreed to be careful, though he had no intention of hiding if trouble came.

Chen Mo’s vegetables and toner brought in enormous profits as demand surged, while Gao Heng expanded their use in the Port Area’s restaurants and First Class flights. Chen Mo decided he needed to increase toner production after sales quickly recouped Gourd Valley’s development costs.

• Chen Mo saw Chen Delin off and returned to managing his vegetable business as villagers noticed his growing income.
• Shen Bowen regretted letting the Zhao Family take the vegetable supply, while Gao Heng profited from the Port District Grand Hotel’s popular vegetable dishes.
• Gao Heng used Chen Mo’s vegetables for First Class meals, received excellent passenger feedback, and assigned Manager Ling to protect the supply channel.
• Gao Heng doubled the vegetable purchase price to 20 yuan per jin to maintain a good relationship with Chen Mo.
• Shen Tingting and Xi Zhihan arranged toner sales, and Chen Mo shipped 1,000 bottles to them while Xin Yan bought another 500.
• Chen Mo calculated that toner sales had recovered Gourd Valley’s development costs and decided to increase production.

Li Rui introduced Chen Mo’s Premium Vegetables at his restaurants, where customers loved them and the new dishes sold out quickly. After a highly profitable launch, Li Rui decided to increase his purchases and raise the price he paid Chen Mo to 20 yuan per jin.

• Li Rui used Chen Mo’s first small shipment of vegetables in several restaurants and offered customers a complimentary dish during a three-day promotion.
• Customers who tasted the Premium Vegetables praised their flavor, and Li Rui’s staff explained their organic production and high prices.
• After the promotion, Li Rui added Premium Vegetables dishes to the menus at several times the price of ordinary vegetable dishes.
• Customers eagerly ordered the new dishes, but limited stock led to shortages and complaints that Li Rui had to address with apologies, discounts, and more complimentary food.
• Li Rui’s restaurants earned more than twice their usual nightly revenue, and he decided to increase his orders and pay Chen Mo 20 yuan per jin.

Chen Mo’s Stream Water-grown leeks became popular at Li Clan Catering and in the Port Area, prompting Li Rui to ask for more. The Port Area doubled its purchase price for Chen Mo’s vegetables, and Manager Ling arranged to visit and try more of Chen Mo’s food.

• Li Rui told Chen Mo that Li Clan Catering was overwhelmed with demand for his leeks, whose effects had made customers especially enthusiastic.
• Chen Mo refused to reduce the Port Area’s leek supply, and he and Li Rui agreed to split the available supply evenly while Chen Mo accepted Li Rui’s offer to raise the price.
• Chen Mo warned Li Rui not to eat too many leeks because of possible side effects and joked about how Li Rui was handling their effects.
• Manager Ling told Chen Mo that Gao Heng had approved doubling the Port Area’s purchase price because Chen Mo’s vegetables were popular and profitable.
• Chen Mo accepted the higher price, and Manager Ling asked him to prepare chicken for a future visit; Chen Mo promised to serve it and other good food.

Chen Mo investigated damage to his vegetable field and confronted a Joint Law Enforcement Team that tried to seal his villa construction site. The team leader faltered when Chen Mo revealed that he had filed the required plans with the Construction Management Bureau.

• Chen Jingui told Chen Mo that animals had been damaging vegetables near the mountainside, and Chen Mo decided to install a camera to identify the culprit.
• Chen Mo checked on Old Man Ji, whose condition had improved enough for him to walk several steps without support.
• Wang arrived with a Joint Law Enforcement Team, claimed Chen Mo had violated construction and land-use rules, and ordered the villa site sealed.
• Chen Mo demanded official authorization and cited the plans he had filed with the Construction Management Bureau.
• Wang became awkward when Chen Mo challenged the team's basis for enforcement.

Wang Li and his team tried to seal Chen Mo’s villa construction site and suspend work on his contracted land, but Chen Mo resisted and recorded their actions. Town Chief Zhou arrived and confronted Wang Li, while Chen Mo learned that Zhou had come to inspect the village because of the major Gourd Valley development project.

• Wang Li ordered his team to seal Chen Mo’s construction site and halt business activities on his contracted land without showing documents.
• Chen Mo began recording, and Wang Li tried to seize his phone, prompting Chen Mo to knock down several members of the team.
• Chen Ming, Da Hai, Chen Delin, and others arrived as Chen Mo explained that the team had called his villa illegal and challenged his land contract.
• Town Chief Zhou arrived with Chen Delin and questioned Wang Li, who stammered in response.
• Chen Delin told Chen Mo that Zhou had come to inspect the village after the town learned about permits for heavy vehicles and special-purpose vehicles needed for the Gourd Valley development.

Chen Mo explained how Wang Li’s group had caused trouble, prompting Town Chief Zhou to apologize and promise a thorough investigation. He then showed Zhou the farm and Gourd Valley development plans, leaving Zhou eager to support the project.

• Chen Delin introduced Chen Mo to Town Chief Zhou as a college graduate preparing to invest in Gourd Valley, and Chen Mo let the description stand despite his private reservations.
• Chen Mo recounted Wang Li’s actions, and Town Chief Zhou apologized, promised to investigate, and sent Wang Li and his men away.
• Old Man Wu urged Town Chief Zhou to investigate, while Old Man He asked him not to let others know the elders were staying in the village.
• Chen Mo told Town Chief Zhou that he was helping the elders with their health and showed him the vegetable fields, ecological breeding operation, and Gourd Valley plans.
• Town Chief Zhou learned the scale of Chen Mo’s projects and decided to support their development.

After several quiet days, Chen Mo continued treating Old Man Ji while waiting for Town Chief Zhou to resolve Wang Li’s threats. Big Gray caught the fox that had been damaging Chen Mo’s vegetables, and Big Yellow led Chen Mo to it, leaving him impressed by the dogs’ cleverness.

• Old Man Ji’s health continued to improve after Chen Mo’s Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment, and Xiao Zhao confirmed the progress with a physical examination.
• Chen Mo recalled how the small animal had repeatedly damaged his vegetable field and why he could not safely set a more advanced array to catch it.
• Big Yellow barked for Chen Mo and led him toward the vegetable field while Big Gray guarded the captured animal.
• Chen Mo recognized the intruder as a fox and realized it had been hunting field mice near the edge of his garden.
• Chen Mo praised Big Gray for catching the fox, and Big Yellow came over to claim attention too.

After Big Yellow and Big Gray caught a fox damaging the vegetable field, Chen Mo learned she was a mother and released her with a field mouse for her young. He agreed with Chen Jingui that they should keep more dogs to guard the crops.

• Chen Mo and Chen Jingui found that Big Yellow and Big Gray had caught a fox among the damaged vegetables and dead field mice.
• Chen Jingui recognized the fox as a mother who had recently given birth and explained his past experience raising foxes.
• Chen Mo released the fox, warned her not to return, and tossed her a dead field mouse; she cautiously escaped with it.
• Chen Jingui warned that foxes could hold grudges, and Chen Mo said Big Yellow and Big Gray would stop her if she returned.
• Chen Jingui suggested keeping more dogs to guard the vegetable field, and Chen Mo agreed to look at the market for some.

Chen Mo expanded his agricultural operations while managing the growing workload and beginning construction on his villa and the road to Gourd Valley. Chen Delin told him the town had only issued a weak response to the earlier trouble, and urged him to rely on the elderly residents’ influence if Deputy Town Chief Liang caused problems again.

• Chen Mo gave medicinal wine to his uncle for the elderly and checked his vegetable fields, fish pond, and livestock.
• Chen Mo managed daily shipments, hired more than forty workers, and oversaw the start of his villa’s renovation and the first phase of Gourd Valley’s road construction.
• Chen Delin visited Chen Mo and said Town Chief Zhou had called to apologize for the earlier incident and remove Wang Li and the others from the joint task force, but had not identified or seriously punished those responsible.
• Chen Delin suspected Deputy Town Chief Liang had sent Wang Li to cause trouble, and Chen Mo expressed disappointment with the town’s handling of the matter.
• Chen Delin urged Chen Mo to seek help from the elderly residents if Liang caused trouble again, and Chen Mo appreciated his concern.

Chen Mo received a call from Yang Yantong, who invited him and warned him that Qin Lixing blamed him for his injuries and might seek revenge. Chen Mo dismissed the threat but kept it in mind as he continued with his life in the countryside.

• Yang Yantong called Chen Mo, and they recalled his rescuing her and her classmates in the mountains.
• Yang Yantong invited Chen Mo to meet her and the others during the holidays.
• Yang Yantong explained that Qin Lixing had been robbed and beaten after leaving the mountains, then blamed his classmates and Chen Mo for what happened.
• Yang Yantong warned Chen Mo that Qin Lixing had hired people to punish Sun Hongkai and had mentioned Chen Mo as well.
• Chen Mo thanked Yang Yantong for the warning, dismissed the threat, and kept the matter in mind.

He Xi complained to Old Man He for leaving her behind when he moved to the countryside, and Grandma Yin invited her to visit. Chen Mo approved the visit and listened as Old Man He offered to bring him more tenants.

• He Xi called Old Man He and complained that he had not taken her with him to the countryside.
• Grandma Yin spoke with He Xi and agreed to send her the address so she could visit during a break.
• Old Man He worried that inviting He Xi might violate Chen Mo's request to keep the rented home quiet, so he went to ask Chen Mo first.
• Chen Mo agreed that He Xi could visit and stay as long as she wanted.
• Old Man He asked Chen Mo whether he could bring a few more tenants to fill the vacant guest rooms.

Chen Mo agreed to let Old Man He arrange more residents at his home, within the limited number of rooms, while construction on Gourd Valley sped up. He Xi visited her neighbor Ouyang Ruo Xi, whose beauty, background, and friendship with He Xi were introduced.

• Old Man He's friends sought places at Chen Mo's home after hearing about Old Man Ji's improved health, and influential elders urged the construction team to accelerate work on Gourd Valley.
• Chen Mo let Old Man He arrange residents, requiring that the current capacity not be exceeded and that each resident bring no more than one staff member.
• After making a call, He Xi went next door to visit Ouyang Ruo Xi because she was curious about why her grandparents had stayed at Chen Mo's home.
• He Xi found Ouyang Ruo Xi reading in the flower room and admired her exceptional beauty and elegance.
• The chapter revealed that Ouyang Ruo Xi was a martial arts prodigy and business genius from the powerful Northwest Ouyang family, and that she and He Xi had become friends after meeting as neighbors.