Chen Nan smiled and said, "Although I can't get rich by treating illnesses, I can make money by selling medicine!"
"Ah?"
He Shanshan looked confused. "What do you mean?"
Chen Nan said, "Although my sect prohibits getting rich through medical skills, it doesn't say we can't make elixirs and sell them at high prices!"
He Shanshan rolled her eyes. "If you've already cured their illnesses, who would need your concocted elixirs?"
"The elixirs I'm talking about aren't for treating illnesses, but rather for health maintenance," Chen Nan said. "For example, beauty elixirs for women, body-shaping pills, and breast-enhancement pills. These elixirs can make money."
The Wu sect's heritage was vast, but to refine these elixirs, one needed to have reached the Qi Refining stage.
He Shanshan's eyes lit up. "Do these elixirs you're talking about really work?"
Chen Nan's lips curved upwards. "Naturally."
"Then I'll trust you this time!"
Given the circumstances, He Shanshan could only choose to believe Chen Nan.
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In the afternoon, Chen Nan went to a health store and bought more than fifteen thousand yuan worth of medicinal herbs.
He purchased herbs for refining common elixirs, including hangover pills, weight-loss pills, and a powerful elixir for men called the "Mighty God Pill."
Indeed, the name "Mighty God Pill" sounded incredibly imposing and dominant.
Besides these, he also bought herbs for brewing a summer-heat relieving soup.
It was September, the hottest time of the year. Especially since his parents had to work at their barbecue stall every evening, the summer-heat relieving soup would help prevent heatstroke.
Returning to the clinic, Chen Nan began refining the hangover pills.
He successfully concocted a hundred hangover pills that afternoon.
The hangover pills were about the size of peanuts, grayish-brown, and emitted a faint fragrance.
Even though he had no sales channels yet, Chen Nan wasn't worried at all.
Once the clinic opened, his father would be able to walk.
Once his father strolled around the clinic entrance a few times, he was bound to make a stunning impression, and patients would flock in.
With a steady stream of customers, why would he worry about selling the hangover pills?
After that, he brewed a pot of summer-heat relieving soup.
He left some for He Shanshan, and then he carried a thermos to the night market entrance of the steel factory staff dormitory. His mother was setting up tables and chairs.
Even though it had rained the night before, the highest outdoor temperature today reached thirty-six degrees Celsius.
Especially in the evening, the ground radiated waves of heat.
"Mom, I brewed some summer-heat relieving soup. You and Dad drink a bowl each first. I'll handle the rest." After pouring two bowls of the soup, Chen Nan began his busy work.
Jia Cui looked at him with satisfaction. "Setting aside everything else, with our son's filial piety and sensible nature, the woman who marries him will surely be very happy!"
"Yes!" Chen Shan also had a smile full of joy.
Their son had been well-behaved and sensible since childhood, and his academic performance was always at the top.
If not for being framed three years ago for acting heroically, his life would have been brilliant!
Jia Cui suddenly said, "Hubby, why don't we get a divorce!"
Chen Shan's face turned pale with shock. "What do you mean? Did I do something to make you unhappy? Why do you want a divorce?"
Jia Cui said with a worried frown, "You know Er Ni's attitude towards Chen Nan, right?"
Chen Shan recalled. "When the second child came to this family, she was only two years old. At first, she refused to call me Dad. It was only after our son bought her a lollipop that she changed her tune. I know her personality and what she thinks like the back of my hand. That girl likes Chen Nan."
Jia Cui asked again, "What about Lao San? Do you know Lao San's feelings for our son?"
Chen Shan shook his head.
Jia Cui drank a mouthful of the summer-heat relieving soup and murmured, looking at the busy figure, "If I'm not mistaken, Han Lu should have confessed to Chen Nan on her twelfth birthday, but Chen Nan rejected her."
Chen Shan's scalp tingled, and his eyes were filled with shock. "You mean, the sisters have fallen for the same man?"
Jia Cui sighed. "I hope my judgment is wrong. If it's true, this family will be in chaos from now on!"
"It won't be chaos. Our son will definitely have a sense of proportion," Chen Shan said calmly, but he also felt a hint of unease. If Chen Xia Zhi and her sister truly liked Chen Nan, it would be a bolt from the blue for the Chen family.
At that time, the sisters might become enemies.
Therefore, proposing a divorce and taking the two daughters away from this home was a last resort.
She didn't want her two daughters to turn against each other.
At seven in the evening.
The first wave of customers arrived.
They were four middle-aged men who looked like migrant workers.
"Brother Chen, same as usual!"
Wang Qing greeted them and then, carrying a thermos, motioned for his three fellow workers to sit at a square table.
Seeing them pour the summer-heat relieving soup into bowls, Chen Nan was about to stop them when his mother interrupted. "They are our regular customers. They come to support us every month after they get paid. Don't be so stingy."
Chen Nan gave a bitter smile.
The cost of that thermos of summer-heat relieving soup was not cheap!
However, since his mother had spoken, he didn't say anything more.
As Chen Nan was serving drinks to Wang Qing and the other three, Wang Qing noticed him and smiled, "You must be Brother Chen's son, right? He's mentioned you. Young man, do you have a job now? Would you consider working on our construction site?"
Chen Nan politely replied, "No, thank you. I've opened a clinic, and it will open in a week!"
Wang Qing was surprised. "You know medicine?"
Chen Nan said humbly, "I know a little."
Jia Cui walked over with a plate of peanuts, edamame, and cold shredded lotus root, smiling. "Big brother, although my son hasn't formally studied medicine, he was fortunate to inherit the skills of an old doctor while in prison. This summer-heat relieving soup you just drank was concocted by him."
Wang Qing understood and smiled, "To be honest, after drinking this summer-heat relieving soup, I do feel quite comfortable."
Chen Nan said, "Of course. This summer-heat relieving soup is brewed with dozens of medicinal herbs. It can dispel the summer heat from the five internal organs. Without boasting, after drinking this summer-heat relieving soup today, you won't get heatstroke for the entire summer!"
"That would be for the best," Wang Qing smiled, then changed the subject. "Can you ask your dad to stir-fry us another dish of spicy and sour shredded potatoes?"
"Okay."
Chen Nan knew the other party didn't believe him, but he didn't explain further. He knew that tomorrow would be a high-temperature day, with the outdoor temperature reaching an astonishing forty degrees Celsius. By then, Wang Qing would surely believe him.
As expected.
The next day's high temperatures turned the entire city into a furnace. Even at nine in the morning, the outdoor temperature reached thirty degrees Celsius.
Especially in the afternoon, the temperature reached an astonishing forty degrees Celsius.
Forty degrees Celsius outdoors was already an ordeal, and the steelworkers on the construction site couldn't work normally.
The steelworkers at the Jinxiu Qiancheng construction site all suffered from heatstroke, vomiting and diarrhea, and the entire project came to a standstill.
Su Mei, wearing a white hard hat, led a procession to the construction site for inspection.
When she saw Wang Qing and others helping the migrant workers to rest in a shaded area, a hint of suspicion flickered across Su Mei's exquisite face. "Why are all the others suffering from heatstroke, but you are unharmed?"