My Sweetheart novel Chapter 292

As the time for Kathy to leave City N drew nearer, she practically spent every day with her grandfather.

Kathy just found out that it’ll be grandfather’s birthday in a couple of days.

The Booth family didn’t want to hold an extravagant banquet. They planned to celebrate the Old master’s birthday at the Booth residence.

Kathy was struggling to think of what present to get for her grandfather and asked Alexia for suggestions.

“Are you in B country? It’s a pity I’m not back yet. I heard that there is a shop over there which sells some precious medicinal herbs. Your grandfather’s health is frail. Why don’t you get some rare medicinal herbs for him? I think it’ll do some good for his health.”

Kathy paused for a moment, this was something she didn’t think of.

Grandfather has a private doctor to manage his nutrition so she never needed to worry about it.

After hanging up the call, she looked for the doctor to inquire. Recently he had been looking for a type of herb in the hope of sustaining grandfather for a while longer.

“Ms. Kathy, it would be great if you can find this herb.”

Kathy took over the prescription and waited for Joseph to come back before asking him if he could locate it.

With Joseph’s contacts and being the head of the medical research center, it shouldn’t be too difficult for him.

“This medicinal herb can only be found in B Country. Wait for my news.”

“Really?” Kathy’s eyes lit up.

Joseph grinned, “I’ve said before, as long as it’s Mrs. Joseph’s requests, I will endeavor to fulfill them.”

The next day, Joseph rescheduled his morning engagements and went out with Kathy.

The both of them had been in B Country for a while but this was the first time they went out together.

Kathy wore an off-white dress and put on light make up.

Joseph held onto her hand, “Do you want to date me?”

Kathy laughed, “Yes, will Mr. Joseph accept?”

“I can’t wait to.” Joseph lifted her face and kissed her affectionately.

B country has numerous specialist shops hidden in the back alleys and out of sight.

Kathy stopped at an elegant and clean shop front.

They had gone to several medicinal shops but they were not what Joseph was looking for.

As they entered the narrow door, they came into a dimly lit room filled with the fragrance of old wooden cabinets.

They began to smell the faint scent of medicinal herbs and Joseph couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

They continued along a long corridor and finally reached a slightly bigger shopfront. A series of drawers and the words on them caught the attention of Joseph.

The shelves also had several old medical books. There were rows of bottles filled with freshly prepared traditional medicine which he was familiar with.

There was only an old lady in the store who did not greet the customers. She focused on attending to her herbs.

With a pestle in one hand and a white porcelain bowl in the other, she ground some green herbs into a paste.

Joseph paused and looked at the row of shelves behind her.

“Excuse me, I would like to take a look at that bottle.”

Kathy looked along where Joseph was pointing. It was a green medicine pot. He took it over and emptied its contents onto a sheet of paper and picked up the pot to inspect carefully.

Kathy was puzzled. They were here to buy medicine so why was Joseph so interested in this medicine pot…

“Joseph, is there anything special about this pot?”

“Even if we find the herbs for grandfather, it needs to be kept in a special container with a distinct smell. Otherwise, they will rot.”

Kathy was stunned to find out this reason.

She didn’t expect Joseph to know so much about traditional herbs.

“This white with green flowers porcelain pot was made during the Qing dynasty. The grey flower patterns are even and the most important part is it is flawless and free of defects. This medicinal pot is a priceless antique.”

In his view, the gift to grandfather should include this medicinal pot.

Kathy was stunned and disappointed.

The old man was steadfast and he would not sell them no matter what she said.

“How?” Kathy asked anxiously.

“What if I use another rarer and more precious herb to exchange? Sir, will you be willing to consider?” Joseph bowed and asked politely.

“I will not exchange, no matter what herb it is!”

“Rehmannia glutinosa. There are barely a hundred of them remaining in the entire world. It was extinct twenty years ago. I heard that its value is in the tens of millions. I have one of them. I can use it to exchange for these herbs.”

Kathy was shocked, tens of millions for a herb?

Although the herbs on her prescription are close to extinction, surely they were not priced at the tens of millions…

He was…

She quickly grabbed him, “No!”

This was her gift to grandfather and she didn’t want Joseph to spend any more money.

“Really?” The old man’s eyes lit up and stood up in excitement.

Joseph grinned, “If you are willing, I’ll hand it to you tomorrow.”

“Joseph, no, it’s too expensive. I don’t want to buy it anymore…” Kathy stopped him.

But it was obvious that he had made the decision.

“Of course, tomorrow I will bring it to exchange for those herbs.”

“Okay… okay!”

Kathy still hadn’t come to her senses after they left the medicinal store.

The transaction was completed just like that.