Xiaowu didn't say anything at first, but couldn't resist Wang Qiao's inquiries. Finally, he said, "My dad's old illness flared up. My brother wrote to me, saying there's a very skilled traditional Chinese medicine doctor in our area who said we need wild ginseng aged over many years to mix with the medicine to alleviate my dad's symptoms. I've asked at several hospital pharmacies and looked for a long time but couldn't find good ginseng, so I wanted to ask Qingxue for help."
If Xiaowu hadn't run errands for Feng Qingxue by delivering ginseng to Professor Xie, he wouldn't have thought of Feng Qingxue now that he couldn't find ginseng. But he knew that good ginseng was rare, and he was afraid that Feng Qingxue might not be able to find it for him either.
