On the way home, Gu Ye threatened the two boys: "Remember, this leopard came by chance by Brother Lihu. Xiaohai and I just went up the mountain to dig up medicinal herbs! We met when we were going down the mountain! I heard you. No? If grandpa or my brother finds out about what happened today, I won't want to go into the mountains in the future!"
Li Xiaohai obediently promised that he would not say it out. What he said was not good for him either. He didn't want his mother and sister to worry about him.
Zhang Lihu frowned: "At least I have to let my father know, right? Don't worry, I will tell him the truth. He loves you so much, and he should help you keep it a secret!"
"Are you sure that Uncle Zhang will not be the same as my grandfather and brother, forbidding me to go up the mountain because of the danger of my going into the mountain?" Gu Ye was not so optimistic.
Zhang Lihu stopped talking. Mother said that his father always wanted a daughter, but unfortunately, when she gave birth to Zhang Lihu, she hurt her body and failed to give him any siblings for all these years. Gu Ye is beautiful, well-behaved, sensible and intelligent, Zhang Lihu's father is more concerned about her than his own son.
I heard that Gu Ye fell ill because of his loss of health when he was a child. His father sent things to Gu’s house. Knowing that Gu Ye likes to eat pheasant stewed with mushrooms and pheasant soup, all the pheasants he arrived were reluctant to buy, and they were all delivered to Gu’s house. .
His father also used game and replaced wild ginseng in the town, because he found out that ginseng chicken soup is the most nourishing. Sometimes, Zhang Lihu even suspected that Ye Er's younger sister was his father's, he picked it up!
If his father knew that Xiaoye Ye was almost injured by a leopard in front of him, he would definitely beat him up, saying that he was useless and couldn't even protect his sister. In the end, out of love and protection for Younger Sister Ye'er, Grandpa Gu and Xiao Mingzi will definitely make the same decision.
"Then how are you going to explain this leopard skin?" Zhang Lihu was a little confused. He knew that sister Ye Er was going to use leopard skin to make a mattress to honor her master.
Gu Ye scratched his hair that was a little messy in the wind: "How about I pay you the market price and think I bought it from you?"
Zhang Lihu shook his head again and again and said, "No! No!! You killed this leopard! I will sell you what you got for money! Who do you take me for? Take away the leopard skin and say yes to the outside world. I gave it to you!"
"It won't work! When my grandfather comes back, he will definitely scold me, and then send the money to your house!" Gu Ye exaggerated a bit. Gu Xiao was reluctant to scold her, and the money still had to be paid. The granddaughter received the things from the stinky boy for nothing. What would the villagers say
Seeing that they were about to enter the village, the two still did not discuss a result. In the end, Gu Ye made a decision without hesitation: "I'll give you five taels of silver, and the leopard skin is mine! Otherwise, you can take the whole leopard back with you. I'll find a way to use the mattress for Master later!"
Zhang Lihu was very unhappy when he won five taels of silver from Gu Ye for nothing. He secretly made up his mind that he would earn more money in the future, and one day he would be able to return the five taels!
After grinding for a long time for Zhang Leopard's skin, Gu Ye hurried back home, just in time for lunch. After the meal, Gu Ye took a nap for a while, then got up and started working in the pharmacy.
Jimintang brought news that recently, Bupleurum is out of stock, and I hope to make more and send it over. In the cold spring, more people are sick, and the demand for Bupleurum increases sharply. In addition to her Xiaoer Bupleurum granules, this medicinal material is also needed. These days, she has been concocting this medicine.
The gastrodia elata dug up by Li Xiaohai weighed a pound. At the price of 2 taels per pound of crude medicine, Gu Ye gave him 3 taels of silver. Widow Li did not expect that once her son entered the mountain, it would be worth more than three months of work for her and her daughter. It is no wonder that when Doctor Wu was there, he did not worry about eating and drinking, and he also accumulated a lot of money. She is even more grateful to Gu Ye for teaching her son to recognize medicine selflessly!
"Mother" Li Xiaohai watched his mother put Yin Zizhenzhi away again, and hesitantly said, "I want to go to Uncle Gu to study with Brother Gu Ming. You don't need to go out to repair, I can go up the mountain to dig herbs after school. Sell money for your own study!"
Widow Li glared at him with a smile, and said, "Silly boy, your sister and I have already discussed it, and I will send you to study when the private school starts in a warmer environment! You can concentrate on your studies, and you don't need to worry about brining. Now, our family can afford you!" After speaking, she gave Gu Ye a grateful glance.
The work of the Gu family's helpers is easy and easy to use. If anyone from the village is pulled out, they can do it well. It is not necessary for them to be their mother and daughter. Gu Ye did not choose the homes of Gu Laojiu and Gu San, who were close relatives to them, but chose them, which is to show pity and care for their orphans and widows. She often tells her children to remember the kindness of the Gu family to them!
"Is Ye Er Ye Er at home?" Gu Li'er's crisp voice came from outside.
"Sister Li'er, I'm here!" Gu Ye put down the Chaihu in his hand, walked out of the pharmacy, saw Gu Li'er and Aunt Ying standing pretty at the gate of the courtyard, he smiled and said, "Aunt Ying is here too, come in quickly !"
"I came here in the morning, and Aunt Yan said you went up the mountain to collect herbs." Gu Li'er took Ying Gu and entered the yard, "It smells of vinegar. Ye'er, what are you doing? "
Gu Ye greeted them to visit his pharmacy and explained their confusion: "I'm making Chaihu with vinegar. Burning Chaihu with vinegar has the effect of promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, soothing the liver and relieving depression."
Gu Li'er didn't think much, just wanted to step into the pharmacy, but was dragged by Ying Gu: "They are making medicines, what are you doing in there?"
"I went in to help, why is it called making trouble?" Gu Li'er looked aggrieved.
Aunt Ying pulled her aside and said in a low voice, "The method of concocting medicinal materials is to be kept secret. Why did Doctor Wu kill people in the first place? He was stealing from others' concocting methods, but if he didn't learn it correctly, the medicinal materials were poisonous. You It’s good to want to help, not to mention whether Ye’er is willing to help you, in case your method of handling the medicinal materials is wrong, but you do something bad with good intentions!”
As soon as Gu Lier heard it, Aunt Ying made sense. She really wanted to help, but if Ye'er misunderstood that she wanted to steal her teacher and became defensive against her, she wouldn't even have to be friends in the future!
Gu Ye seemed to have seen through her thoughts and said with a smile: "Sister Li'er, Aunt Ying, you guys are here just in time, I'm in need of help! Jimintang is rushing to ask for medicine, these days, I've been busy to death. , I wish I could give birth to three heads and six arms! Since you are self-inflicted, don't try to hide and relax, come and help!"
Gu Lier's face opened instantly. She just said it! Younger sister Ye Er is not the kind of person with a small belly! She answered cheerfully, "Hey! It's here!" and entered the pharmacy. Aunt Ying looked at her back and shook her head, hesitated for a moment, and then entered the pharmacy.
They were both entering Gu's pharmacy for the first time, and their hearts were filled with a sense of sanctity. The pharmacy was rebuilt from a utility room, with a bamboo and wood structure, about the size of three rooms, with large windows on all sides. At this time, the doors and windows are open, and the interior is full of light. In the house, neat rows of shelves were filled with medicinal herbs. On one side are baskets of crude drugs, and on the other are bags of prepared medicinal materials.
The outermost is Gu Ye's medicine table. At this time, one by one, crock pots, a basket of chopped Bupleurum, a jar of rice vinegar, neatly visited the medicine table.
Gu Li'er stood beside the medicine table and said eagerly, "Sister Ye'er, what do you need us to do? I can first state that I don't know anything about medicinal herbs. It's best to assign me an easy job, so as not to mess it up for you." When it was over, she stuck out her tongue.
Gu Ye smiled and said, "Does any of you know how to use a scale?" The two little girls, look at me, I look at you, and shook their heads in unison. Gu Li'er had an annoyed expression on her face.
"It's okay!" Gu Ye quickly weighed the Bupleurum into ten jin slices, and assigned Gu Li'er to put the slices into the crock pot one by one. She pointed to the vinegar jar and said to Aunt Ying, "Aunt Ying, help me put two pounds of vinegar into each pot."
The utensils for scooping vinegar are bamboo vinegar raisins. Gu Ye is a large vinegar raisin that can beat half a catty at a time. When he scoops four times in the vinegar jar, it is two catties.
"Is this all right?" Gu Li'er stretched out her head and glanced into the crock pot. It's not difficult to concoct medicinal materials!
"Sister Li'er, mix the chaihu with vinegar and stuff it with oiled paper. Smear until the vinegar is completely absorbed by the chaihu, then heat it, fry it dry, and let it cool." , I searched a lot in my previous life, but Gu Ye didn't feel the need to hide it.
The method of processing medicinal materials is of course important, but more important is the control of the heat and the medicinal properties. Otherwise, how can there be a distinction between a pharmacist and a great pharmacist
Aunt Ying glanced at her and said hesitantly, "You told us how to make it. When your master comes back, won't you blame you?"
Before Gu Ye could open his mouth, Gu Lier snatched the conversation: "Aunt Ying, let's just help, we will not concoct the medicinal materials and sell them when we go back, nor tell others how to concoct them. How could Ye Er's master know about Ye Er? Spread the method out?"
"I'm afraid that you won't be able to hold your breath and talk nonsense everywhere. If Ye'er is blamed by her master, or expelled from her master, it's our fault!" Yinggu was calm and thought deeply.
Gu Li'er restrained the smile on her face and solemnly promised: "Sister Ye'er, don't worry! If you go out of this door, everything that happens in the pharmacy will rot in my stomach! If I say it out, call me a bowel. Wearing belly is bad, not good"
Gu Ye hurriedly covered her mouth and said angrily, "Sister Li'er, what are you doing! If I didn't trust you, I wouldn't have invited you into the pharmacy to help! If you cast poison spells again, I would Ignore you!"
Gu Li'er grinned: "Just for your trust, we can't betray you and cause you to be expelled by the genius doctor! Work!" Gu Li'er threw herself into the ranks of helping with enthusiasm!
The work of infiltrating Bupleurum only needs to be careful, and there is no technical content, and the two of them quickly get started. With their help, a day's work was completed in more than two hours!