Grandma passed away suddenly. In her will, she bypassed Uncle, who had his eye on the compensation for the demolition, and left the old herbal medicine shop to Huang Qin.
Hurrying back to her hometown, Huang Qin awakens a special ability: "spirit sight."
She can see the murky energy in people's hearts, clumped together and blocking their chests.
She can also see medicinal spirits, transformed from plants and trees, hiding in cabinets and drifting through the air.
The entire old street is slated for demolition, and the neighbors are growing anxious.
Grandma left behind a box of old account books, filled page by page with the longings of ordinary people: sorrow, irritation, guilt...
The little medicine shop welcomes countless customers carrying troubles in their hearts:
An old woman has been coughing for a long time and can't lie down. Her lungs feel as if they've been filled with plaster. A medicinal spirit born from aged tangerine peel eases the chronic illness she's suffered for years.
A young man keeps his head down and says nothing, his chest bristling with scarlet thorns. A clump of rush medicinal spirits protects the last spark of life within him.
Huang Qin treats illnesses with herbs, communicates with medicinal spirits, and untangles knots in people's hearts.
Plants and trees help people through hardship, and people learn to save themselves.
Gradually, Huang Qin understands that Grandma left her more than just a medicine shop.
What she is protecting was never real estate to be sold to the highest bidder. It is the comforting scent of medicine in a room, an old ledger filled with people's hopes, and a legacy that must not be severed by the times.
[Reading Guide]
1. A collection of healing stories, with no melodramatic family feuds.
2. The herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis in this story are fictional. If you feel unwell, seek care at a licensed medical institution. Do not gather herbs or imitate the treatments yourself.
Theme: Live well
