Chapter 32: The Annual Collection of Medicine

"Did you do it?" The medicine saint held the treasure of the medicine family "Compendium of Materia Medica" in his hand, and studied it with fascination. It's not that he wants to take advantage of the baby apprentice, it's that the apprentice tells him that only if he eats it thoroughly can he pass on more pharmacological knowledge and pharmaceutical skills to her. Although he is much more proficient than him in some aspects, he still lacks basic skills.

In the process of studying this treasure book, Lao Yaosheng felt that his pharmaceutical level had made a leap forward in these days, and he would definitely benefit immensely!

Gu Ye stuffed his head and practiced concocting calamus. After this calamus is to be collected, it is necessary to scrape off a layer of hard skin on it with a copper knife, and then steam it with tender mulberry branches, dry it later, and then pick out the mulberry branches, and then become it after the setback. Hearing this, she didn't raise her head: "What did I do?" Master, why are you talking headlessly? ”

"Pretend, you pretend!" The Medicine Saint's gaze shifted from the book to the verdant and unusually green calamus in the disciple's hand, curious where she had collected such a fresh calamus at this time.

He discovered a lot of unsolved secrets in his apprentices, but he didn't plan to ask, let alone tell them. Not only did he attach great importance to this apprentice, but also because the hall master of the Hidden Soul Hall warned him to keep his mouth in mind before he came, otherwise he would never be able to speak!

The king of Hades is cold-hearted and cold-hearted, and he will definitely not open up because he is a famous medicine saint. He didn't dare and wouldn't joke with his own life.

Gu Ye put the shaved calamus in the pot and steamed it, added a handful of firewood to the stove, turned around and looked at the medicine saint with a smile, and there was a little smug in his little eyes: "Hehe, this is God's punishment for them to talk nonsense, what does it have to do with me." Whoever asked them to smear Master, you deserve it! ”

"You!" The Medicine Sage was even more sure that he had done it in vain, and he was quite moved by her to defend herself, but he still solemnly warned her, "Although for our medicine family, poison is at our fingertips, but after all, it is against the peace of heaven, use it with caution!" ”

He knew that the baby apprentice had suffered a lot of sins when she was young, and he didn't want her to become an extreme and vicious poison doctor, so he persuaded her bitterly.

Gu Ye grinned and said, "Master, don't worry!" That kind of medicine just explodes the toxins in their bodies at the same time, which looks weird and scary on the surface, but it is actually good for their bodies. You also know that there is a lot of toxins in your body, and sooner or later you will get sick. ”

"Is it really good for the body?" The Medicine Saint was skeptical.

Gu Ye rolled his eyes: "Of course it's true, it's more real than real gold!" Master, there are not many medicinal herbs at home, so I'll go up the mountain tomorrow to take a look. ”

"You be careful," the Medicine Saint couldn't help but remind, "This Cangmang Mountain is in the north, and those medicinal herbs produced in the south are for your grandfather to buy in the town." ”

Gu Ye touched her nose embarrassedly, was she too careless. Since the last time she brought back a basket of fresh Sanqi, Master looked at her like a monster. Oh, isn't it just forgetting that the medicinal herb Panax notoginseng is not produced in the north! However, her master is quite interesting, obviously her heart is full of all kinds of doubts, but she never asks the reason. Well, with such a master here, it's quite worry-free.

"I just don't know my grandfather's family background, and I can't help but afford to toss me like this." If you buy crude medicine, it costs a lot of money.

"Oh, Master, why are you beating me?" Gu Ye held his head and looked at the Medicine Saint in confusion, his face full of grievances.

"Fool, the pile of concocted medicinal herbs in the utility room, are you going to keep them for dinner? The medicinal materials concocted by our Medicine Saint are still worried that they can't be exchanged for silver? Really, why did I take on such a stupid apprentice as you! The Medicine Saint walked out of the pharmacy with his hands behind his back, with a bit of pleasure in his expression, it felt so good to be able to make him a genius apprentice!

"I'm not stupid, have you ever seen a stupid person who never forgets? You are jealous of my talent and beauty, alas...... Geniuses are always lonely! Gu Ye shamelessly boasted to himself, making himself laugh as he spoke.

She got up and went into the utility room. Inside were wooden shelves with bags of concocted medicinal herbs. Gu Ye divided these medicinal materials into categories: some were made by the master for her demonstration, and the products produced by the Medicine Sage must be high-quality, and the price will definitely not be low; Some of them were some small mistakes in her concocting process, but the medicinal effect was better than that of ordinary medicinal materials, and it should be no problem to earn back the capital; There are also some that she successfully concocted, and they are no worse than Master's in terms of quality and medicinal efficacy, hmm...... You should be able to make a small profit.

Looking at these medicinal herbs, Gu Ye seemed to have a pile of white flowers and silver in front of her eyes, and her big eyes were shining with bright stars.

This little money fan can still sit still, and hurriedly ran into his grandfather's room. Seeing that Gu Xiao was rubbing the medicated oil on her legs, she hurriedly took over, and the dog's legs were massaged and hot compresses, and her attitude was extremely courteous.

Gu Xiao smiled and watched his granddaughter busy in front of him, and sighed in his heart: It's still a girl's intimateness. Seeing that his granddaughter did not leave after doing all this, but sat down by his kang, looking like she had something to say, she asked strangely: "Ye'er, if you have anything to say, what else is there to be hypocritical about our grandfather and grandson?" ”

"Grandpa, our family's utility room is almost full of medicinal herbs......" Gu Ye hinted very vaguely.

However, Gu Xiao obviously didn't understand what she meant, and thought for a moment and said, "You can't put down those medicinal materials you made?" It doesn't matter, grandpa will nail you a few more wooden frames, put them on the outside, and you can put them on as much as you like. ”

"It's not! I want to sell those herbs and buy some crude drugs to come back and practice. Gu Ye went straight to the point and explained the purpose of coming.

But Gu Xiao misunderstood her meaning again: "Oh...... There aren't enough herbs! It's grandpa's negligence, in this winter, there are fewer herbs that can be picked on the mountain, no wonder you are short of raw medicine to practice your hands. Don't be afraid, grandpa will go to town tomorrow to help you buy the herbs...... We don't lack silver! ”

"No, Grandpa." Gu Ye hurriedly stopped the grandfather who went to open the cabinet to get the silver taels, "Medicinal materials can only play their role if they are sold, so they are always piled up in the utility room, if it rains and snows again, then the fruits of my labor these days will not be all in the soup?" ”

Gu Xiao glanced down at his granddaughter's little hand, which had become rough from practicing concocting, nodded with a serious expression, and said, "Well, you're right!" Can't let your efforts go to waste. Okay, I'll go to the Jimin Hall in town tomorrow and ask for the price. ”

"Grandpa, can you take me? I also want to go to the town to see the market for medicinal herbs. Gu Ye made a request, she wanted to see which medicinal herb sold the best and could make more money. It's a pity that the potions in her space are obviously effective, but they can't be exchanged for money, and she has to relearn those most primitive concoction methods. Alas...... Heroes are useless!

"Okay! Grandpa will take you to eat something delicious! Gu Xiao touched his granddaughter's furry little head and agreed to her request with a smile.

Before dawn the next day, the grandfather and grandson got up. Gu Ye instructed his grandfather to put bags of medicinal herbs in baskets and put them on horseback. Gu Ming pouted unhappily and followed to help, grandpa and sister went to town, but they couldn't take him, so depressed!

"Brother, don't be sad, I'll bring you something delicious when I go back!" Gu Ye was picked up by his grandfather on the donkey of the village chief's house, waved his little paw at his brother, and followed his grandfather out of the village.

The mountain roads are rugged and can only accommodate one horse. Fortunately, whether it was the war horse under Gu Xiao's crotch or the little donkey, they were all used to such mountain roads, although the speed of walking with medicinal herbs on their backs was not too slow. When they arrived at the slightly flat mountain road, Gu Xiao also urged the horses to trot for a while.

At first, he was afraid that his weak little granddaughter would not be able to keep up, but every time he turned around, she sat firmly on the back of a donkey, and her skillful riding movements did not look like a raw hand. Thinking of his grandchildren riding his war horse in front of the house when he was free, he felt a little clear in his heart.

The grandfather and grandson set off at dawn and did not arrive in the town until late at night. Knocking on the only inn in town, the grandfather and grandson washed up, ate something hastily and went to sleep.

Early the next morning, Gu Ye was woken up by the sound of people on the street. Hey? The last time I came to town, it was still deserted, why is it so lively today? She got dressed, washed up in a hurry, and went out of the inn without bothering to eat breakfast.

As soon as I went out, I smelled the strong aroma of medicine. On both sides of the main road of this nameless town, there are dozens of stalls of all sizes, all of which are filled with medicinal herbs. From time to time, customers stop and bargain with the stall owner.

Gu Xiao had already heard the news he wanted, and came behind his granddaughter to solve her doubts: "Our wild herbs are abundant in this Cangmang Mountain, and many people make a living by collecting medicines. Every year from the eighth day of the first month of winter to the thirteenth day of the first month, there will be merchants from other places to buy medicinal materials, and gradually formed a scale. We just happened to be in time to meet this herbal gathering. Didn't you say that you want to purchase crude drugs, you can go and have a look. At least the price is much lower than buying from a pharmacist. ”

Gu Ye looked at the stalls one by one, most of them were crude drugs that had never been concocted, and even if there were occasional concocted medicinal materials, the techniques were very inferior, and the medicinal properties were very ordinary. Along the way, she also met acquaintances!

"Doctor Wu, you are also here to sell medicinal herbs!" Wu Angelica's stall is full of ordinary medicinal materials that can be easily found in the mountains, but they are all simply concocted, so the business seems to be better than other stalls. However, most of the people who bought his medicinal materials were some bell doctors who walked the streets and alleys, and big customers didn't look down on his shoddy concoction techniques.

Wu Angelica glanced up at Gu Ye's grandson, and quickly lowered his head and was busy bargaining with others. In his eyes, Gu Ye, who studied medicine with the Medicine Sage, is competing for a job with him, so naturally he will not have a good face!

Seeing that Gu Ye seemed to be very interested in his medicinal materials, Wu Angelica felt a little complacent. Little girl, what's so great about learning medical skills for a few days, I won't have to buy medicinal materials from Lao Tzu in the future. Hmph, when the time comes, Lao Tzu will have to slaughter you!