Transmigrated Farmgirl's Scheme to Get Rich - Chapter 177
Possession
When the people heard Ms. Hua’s words, they hastily went back to the town with their shovels. Rumours of Ms. Hua’s deceased husband acting maliciously again spread throughout the town.
Mr. Cao and Zhao’er followed Lu Junming back to town. Mr. Cao took Mo Yan’s pulse, but didn’t immediately prescribe any medicine for her but instead took out the largest silver needle from his medicine chest.
Lu Junming asked frightfully, “Sir, do you really need to use such a big needle?”
Mr. Cao told everyone to stand back, and only had Zhao’er by his side as an assistant. He raised Mo Yan’s hand up and used his thumb to locate and pinch her purlicue. After that, he slowly inserted the silver needle. The needle entered the purlicue and came out the other side on the palm of his hand. Even Zhao’er was so shocked his eyes widened and his mouth was wide open. [1]
The house of the workshop was entirely silent, and the people present didn’t dare to even breathe. Mr. Cao repeated his action with Mo Yan’s other hand, and only extracted the needles after waiting for a while, and then inserted a few more needles on her arms and head.
After the needles were inserted, they saw Mo Yan let out a deep breath before her breathing evened out as she started to sleep peacefully.
Lu Junming asked, “Sir, did she actually get possessed?”
Mr. Cao nodded, “You could say that. Her sudden illness was due to not fully recovering from her previous illness, a weakened body, and suffering from a fright.”
He took out a brush and a piece of paper from his medicine chest to write a medicinal formula, and realised something after he had written it, “I’m not sure if her illness will act up again, so I’ll have to watch over her for the night. This formula…”
Zhao’er said, “How about we procure it from Mr. Ho’s nearby clinic?”
Lu Junming said, “Sure, I’ll go with you!”
He dragged Zhao’er out of the door, put him on his horse, and they went to Mr. Ho’s clinic. Mr. Ho looked at the medicinal formula and asked, “This formula was prescribed by Mr. Cao, who is this being used for?” [2]
Zhao’er responded, “Sister Mo Yan. She got possessed, and we would appreciate it if you could make this as soon as possible.”
The news of Mo Yan being possessed quickly spread throughout the town. However, this time they weren’t just rumours, as Mr. Ho could prove that the medicine he provided was to calm the psyche and ward off evil.
Chi Jie settled the Zhen couple, but didn’t have the spirit to be a proper host for them at this very moment.
When nighttime arrived, Ms. Hua burnt yellow paper again, taking it out of the workshop while muttering a prayer and throwing it to the side of the road.
Mo Yan slept through this, and Mr. Cao and Zhao’er were watching her by her side.
Chi Jie surreptitiously asked Lu Junming, “Are possessions really a thing?”
He shook his head, but didn’t know how to explain. However, Ms. Hua believed there was no harm in at least going through the motions, and repeated her actions of throwing away the burnt yellow paper once every two hours.
When Zhao’er started getting sleepy, Lu Junming picked him up and put him into his own bed, and also told Ms. Hua to rest. However, she refused and insisted on watching over Mo Yan.
Mr. Cao said, “This ‘possession’ isn’t actually due to an evil spirit, but just due to a nasty shock. Yan’er had not fully recuperated from her prior illness, her body is naturally weak, and she just suffered from a shock, which is why her psyche was so disturbed.”
The medicine had long since been prepared, but as Mo Yan hadn’t woken up yet, she hadn’t drunk it. Lu Junming said, “Sir, you should go rest first as well! I’ll watch over her here, and I’ll call you if something happens.”
Mr. Cao was starting to be unable to power through, so went to sleep in the same room as Zhao’er. Ms. Hua relied on taking a short nap every now and then, but still insisted on throwing away burnt yellow paper every two hours.
The medicine in the bowl had already been reheated several times already, but Mo Yan still showed no signs of waking.
Lu Junming lowered his head and saw a segment of cane reed on the ground. It had probably been accidentally brought inside by either him, Zhao’er or Ms. Hua. He bent down to pick it up, removing the two ends before blowing into it. Air passed through the cane reed.
He cleaned the cane reed before trying to blow his spit out of it, and it slowly dribbled out of the other end. After cleaning and trying twice more, he finally placed one end of the cane reed in Mo Yan’s mouth, while swallowing a large mouthful of medicine and slowly blowing it into the cane reed. He saw her throat move, she swallowed it!
Just like that, he spent half an hour feeding her the bowl of medicine. After feeding her the last mouthful, he took the cane reed out, and after seeing one last drop of medicine on Mo Yan’s lips, wiped it off them.
Lu Junming had always hated the taste of medicine, and this medicine was particularly bitter, so at this very moment he felt like even the air he was breathing in was bitter.
He wanted to get something sweet to eat, and remembered that Chi Jie would usually eat a piece of candied fruit while he was considering a problem.
He was making a mess in Chi Jie’s office when Chi Jie entered, having hastily gotten dressed, “Why are you messing around in here in the middle of the night? Did you also get possessed?”
“You’re the one who got possessed, that medicine was way too bitter. I remember that you have candied fruits here, quick, give me one.”
Chi Jie reached under his desk and took out a piece of candied fruit. Lu Junming lowered his head to take a look, and it turned out he had a small pouch hanging under his desk which contained the candied fruit.
As Lu Junming was eating the candied fruit, Lu Junming asked, “You’re not ill, why did you drink medicine?”
“Didn’t I have to feed Mo Yan?”
“You!” Chi Jie pointed at him, and then towards where Mo Yan was sleeping, his eyes as wide as saucers, “You fed her medicine mouth-to-mouth?”
Lu Junming pressed his hand down, “There was a cane reed in between the two of us, what are you thinking?”
Only then did Chi Jie let out a yawn and sleepily went to the toilet.
Lu Junming then took a piece of candied fruit back to the room Mo Yan was sleeping in, and put it in her mouth before watching her. He saw her chew a few times subconsciously, every now and then, before swallowing it.
He started laughing from the side. Ms. Hua woke up, and when she saw him laughing with no one else in sight, she was so scared a shiver went down her spine, “Lu Junming, are…are you ok?”
She must’ve thought Lu Junming had also been possessed!
Lu Junming smiled and said, “Godmother, don’t worry, I’m not possessed. I just put a piece of candied fruit in Mo Yan’s mouth, and she actually ate it. Don’t look at how she’s sleeping, she’ll eat anything you put in her mouth, and I was wondering if we should try to make a meal to feed her with.”
Ms. Hua complained, “You scared me to death with how you were laughing in the middle of the night!”
Lu Junming replied, “Godmother, don’t worry, I naturally have killing intent and no evil spirits, no matter how strong, can approach me.” [3]
Ms. Hua stood up, wanting to ward off evil spirits by burning yellow paper again, but was stopped by Lu Junming, “I think she’s fine now, Godmother, get some rest! I’m going to crash in Chi Jie’s room for now.”
He entered Chi Jie’s room, and crawled into his bed without a second thought.
After the commotion that lasted until late at night, all of them were exhausted and slept until mid-morning the next day. They didn’t wake up even when people started going to work, and the Zhen couple had to let them in.
Chi Jie had always liked sleeping in, and when he was woken up by people from the outside, he felt like his bed had shrunk, and found Lu Junming after blindly moving around.
“How did you climb into my bed?!”
Lu Junming replied blearily, “Mr. Cao and Zhao’er were occupying my bed, where else would I go instead of here?”
“Is Yan’er alright?”
As soon as she was mentioned, Lu Junming instantly shot up and got out to see if she was alright. He yelled ‘Godmother’ out the door, but heard Mo Yan’s voice responding ‘Lu Junming.’
He entered her room, and saw Mo Yan sitting on the bed, “You’re awake, do you feel better now?”
Eyes dazed, Mo Yan asked, “Why is there such a bitter taste in my mouth?”
After thinking about what had happened last night, Lu Junming couldn’t help but laugh out loud again, and Mo Yan yawned, “Did you get possessed, why are you laughing to yourself?”
Lu Junming hurriedly tried to explain his laughter away, “Nothing, nothing, I was just happy that you’re better now.”
Mr. Cao and Zhao’er had also woken up, and went inside to check Mo Yan’s pulse, “Your pulse is stable, and you’re fine now. You just need to take two more doses of medicine.”
Zhao’er immediately said, “I want to stay here to prepare medicine for sis.”
“Alright, you haven’t seen your mother in some time anyways, there’s no harm in letting you stay here for a few days.”
Lu Junming wanted Ze Wu to send Mr. Cao away, but he said, “Don’t bother, it’s just a few kilometres, I can walk there in a jiffy.”
P.S. I assume this is going to follow the magic levels of most non-cultivation web serials, where nothing supernatural is actually going on save for the existence of time travel.
[1] The purlicue is the bit between the thumb and the index finger.
[2] I’d assume most doctors would be less respectful of Mr. Cao after his clinic was closed.