Cui Zhaochen smiled and said, "Just tell me how many herbs you need, young doctor. After all, it takes time to prepare these medicines. Our young master definitely has no intention of cheating you."
Ying Bao was relieved, but she remembered something, so she said to Cui Zhaochen, "I need to be calm and composed when I prepare medicine, and I can't be disturbed by others. If Chen Tiantian comes to harass me again for no reason and wastes the medicine, you can't blame me."
Cui Zhaochen thought for a moment and said, "The girl surnamed Chen was originally sent here by Grand Tutor Xiao. She has nothing to do with my husband. However, I will report your request to him truthfully."
"Okay then." Ying Bao thought to herself, that Grand Tutor Xiao was actually Xiao Mo's biological grandfather, the two of them were birds of a feather, neither of them was worth mentioning.
In the following days, apart from learning the art of incantation, he spent the rest of his time hiding in the newly opened pharmacy making medicine.
Yan Sen also specially sent two teenage students to help her grind and steam the medicine.
The two students came over and helped a little, but soon made many mistakes.
Either they take the wrong herbs, or they add other herbs into the freshly boiled medicine.
Yingbao reminded them several times, but seeing that they still did their own thing and didn't seem to be serious about it, she began to guess something.
When they made another mistake, Ying Bao ran to call Yan Sen over, pointed at the big pot of medicine and said, "This is the fifth time they added the wrong medicine. Now all the precious herbs I have have been ruined by them. I don't have any left to make medicine."
Yan Sen immediately looked at the two students and asked with a frown, "What's wrong with you?"
The two students turned pale and argued, "She's talking nonsense. She prepared all the medicines herself. We just did what she asked."
Ying Bao sneered: "If that's the case, can you tell me why there is raw aconite in the medicine?"
She walked to the pot, scooped out some herbs with a colander, and found several pieces of raw aconite and handed them to Yan Sen. "Please look at what this is, Mr. Yan? This pot of mine is for internal use, but they added raw aconite, an external application medicine, into the pot. What's their intention?"
Anyone who has studied medicine knows that both raw aconite and processed aconite are highly toxic and are mostly used as external application medicines. Even if used for internal use, the dosage must be carefully controlled.
These two students put drugs into the medicine pot without authorization, which is no less than poisoning and killing someone.
Yan Sen was so angry that he pointed at the two of them and couldn't say anything for a long time.
Finally, several guards from the medical department were called in to take the two students away for interrogation.
Yingbao's medicine production stopped because they had run out of medicinal materials.
The next day, Yan Sen had someone send a batch of medicinal herbs, saying it was compensation for her.
She was also told that the two students had been expelled.
Yingbao was not surprised at all.
Those two people who dared to tamper with the medicine are destined to suffer this fate.
It’s just a pity that they were so eager to stand up for Chen Tiantian that they ended up hurting themselves.
That Chen Tiantian is really restless. She even lets two students take risks for her at the same time.
Yingbao shook her head and started to boil the medicine.
It doesn’t matter if no one helps. I can provide for myself and make some medicine for myself privately.
The summer harvest season is coming soon.
Zhou Wuchang also gave Yingbao a few days off during the busy farming season.
So she happily followed her second cousin back home.
The fawns in the home have adapted to the environment here, and several of them have been adopted.
Chen Zhu's family has a little demon, and he takes it out to graze every day.
Another one was adopted by Chen Yin's family, and the family treated the fawn as a mascot.
Hu Zi and Jiang Wu didn't have anything, and they argued over riding horses every day.
Because the pony raised by Yingbao has grown into a tall warhorse, it is incredibly majestic and attracts their attention more than the deer that cannot be ridden.
"Sister, do you want to ride too?" Jiang Wu sat on the tall warhorse and said to his sister proudly, "I'll take you."
Yingbao didn't need him to lead her, she could ride well by herself, "No, wait until you finish riding a circle and then I'll ride."
Because his younger brother Jiang Wu has been practicing martial arts for many years, he is very skilled. He is also taller than other children of the same age and is as tall as Yingbao.
The chestnut horse snorted and rubbed its head against Yingbao. After getting a piece of honey wrapped in Wudingzhi from its little master, it spread its hooves and galloped away.
Yingbao stood and watched for a while, then ran to look at Chuchu's little girl Niuniu.
Niu Niu is already seven or eight months old. She can crawl all over the floor, climb from the mat to the ground, and play with the dirt with her little hands.
She saw Yingbao stunned for a moment, then crawled over quickly with a grin.
Yingbao's mouth twitched, and she wiped her saliva with a handkerchief, teased her for a while, and said to Chuchu: "Don't let her play in the mud, or she will get worms in her stomach."
There are insect eggs in the soil, and if the baby accidentally eats them, they will quickly hatch in the stomach.
Niu Niu is still so young and cannot take strong medicines, so the treatment will be more troublesome.
Chuchu agreed and quickly took her daughter to wash her hands and face and change her clothes.
Yingbao left a box of milk cake for Niu Niu and went to the orchard to find her second cousin.
The loquats, peaches, and apricots in the orchard are ripe, and some of the grapes are also ripe, but it will take another month or two before the pears, hawthorns, and apples can be picked.
Yingbao secretly went to water the lychee, longan and papaya seedlings with the pupil spring, and then helped her second cousin pick the fruits.
Because making preserved fruits is too tiring and not cost-effective, Jiang Quan no longer does it and instead packs the preserved fruits of good quality from other shops.
But the seasonal fresh fruits sold in their shop are still very popular, so the fresh fruit business has to continue.
After a while, Da Ni and Er Ni also came to help, picking fruits and telling Ying Bao about the village gossip.
"Chen Zhao's father also came back the day before yesterday." Erni said, "He beat Chu Man as soon as he got home."
Yingbao asked curiously, "Why?"
"Chu Man pinched Xu Bao until his whole body was bruised and she also pricked him with a needle. She refused to admit it when Chen Zhao caught her on the spot. Now that her father is back, Chen Zhao has filed a complaint." Erni picked a ripe peach, peeled it, and took a bite. It was juicy and sweet.
Yingbao also picked a ripe one and peeled it slowly.
It was also the first time she heard of Chen Changping beating his wife.
In his previous life, he and Chen Wan were almost beaten to death by Han, but he never said a word.
Erni added: "That Chu Man is also a cruel person. After being beaten, she went to beat Chen Zhao again and scratched Chen Zhao's face."
Sakura: …
No wonder I didn’t see Chen Zhao when I came back. It turned out that he had a fight with her stepmother.
"Yingbao, you don't know, Chu Man is very strange. When Chen Changping is not at home, she often goes to the school to find Master Li's mother to do work. She also wants to make shoes for Master Li, which makes Mrs. Li very angry."
Erni said, "Aunt Li has come to Uncle San several times to ask him to take care of it."
Yingbao held her forehead with her hand, "Did my father take care of it?"
Erni nodded: "Yes, Uncle San went to find Patriarch Chen and asked him to take care of it, but it was useless."
I don’t know what’s wrong with Chu Man’s brain. She can’t understand anything people say.
Having just been scolded by the clan leader and parents-in-law, Li Xu and his mother had to go to school again, which made them very annoyed.
Yingbao frowned.
This Chu Man is really a weirdo.
Not only does he behave strangely, he also has no sense of shame.
We must not let her harm Li Xu.
Li Xu is going to take imperial examinations in the future, and if his reputation is tarnished by this woman, his life will be ruined.
Yingbao pondered for a moment, picked up half a basket of peaches and walked towards the school.