054 Baicao Valley

Wu Min looked at his wife's tearful eyes, feeling mixed emotions. "My dear, you are going too far. This is a big deal. Can't you discuss it with your family? We already have Sheng'er. What does it matter if it lasts five or ten years? Now that the child is like this, her life will be ruined, you know?"

Father-in-law, big brother, I think we should go to my eldest cousin and ask him in detail how the child can get the most appropriate treatment. As for my wife's current pregnancy, I insist on giving priority to her health, and I will not consider other things for the time being."

Qi Shanxing nodded. He was satisfied with his son-in-law, but also felt guilty.

"I understand. Now the three of us will go find Sicheng first. We won't take the child with us since he's asleep now."

"Dad, I can't"

"Shut up!" Qi Wei was also angry. "My father, your husband and I will think it over carefully. If you continue to be stubborn, we will not care about you."

Qi Jiaojiao was silent.

Her father and brother were the most important to her, and she had indeed done many things wrong.

My husband was obviously angry too.

She didn't understand that all of this was done to give her husband more children, even at the cost of her own health. Was that wrong? Which man didn't want his own son?

Qi Shanxing took his son and son-in-law to Baicaotang.

However, Shopkeeper Ge said that the eldest son had gone to Baicao Valley for Wu Ping's medicine and would not be back until tomorrow afternoon. He also said that the eldest son asked them to carefully consider whether to keep the fetus in the womb, after all, it would be difficult to do anything if the time was too long.

Of course they understand this. If the fetus is too big to be aborted using medication, the only option is to give birth to it. Pregnancy and childbirth still involve many risks, both for adults and children.

The few people could only return to Sun Mansion and wait to discuss...

It is said that Sun Sicheng set out early in the morning and arrived at Baicao Valley in the afternoon.

Throughout the Great Zhou, the Sun family owns more than 40 medicine shops and more than 20 herb valleys. The herb valley in Yong'an Prefecture is the earliest one among them. Although it is not as big as some herb valleys in Jiangnan, the one in Yong'an Prefecture is considered the largest in this area.

There are several experienced pharmacists in the pharmacy in this valley, so he couldn't wait to get the prescription and the freshly made pills.

Since his grandfather, they have focused on training their own pharmacists and medicine growers. These are basically orphans or have signed contracts bought from pharmacy shops. When it comes to medicine prescriptions, they cannot be too cautious.

When Valley Master Fang Xiao heard that the eldest young master was coming with people, he hurried out to greet them.

"The eldest son is coming?"

"Fang Xiao, time is limited. Please inform Master Qin and the others. I have a new prescription to show them."

"good."

Fang Xiao has followed him since he was a teenager. He is calm and steady, has great kung fu skills, and is his most capable subordinate. He is only 33 years old this year. In addition to helping him manage Baicao Valley, he is also in charge of some matters in the nearby provincial medicine store.

A quarter of an hour later, in the meeting room.

Qin Wang looked at the prescription carefully, mumbling to himself. After a long time, he nodded repeatedly: "Wonderful, really wonderful, a true master's prescription."

"Master Qin, I have a suggestion. Can you try to add some incompatible and irrelevant herbs to this Shuxin Pill? As long as the medicinal properties are not affected, it will be difficult for colleagues to analyze the ingredients even if they study them more."

Master Qin was silent for a moment and passed the prescription to the pharmacist next to him.

"Young Master, you can only give it a try. It will definitely not affect the medicinal properties, but it is difficult to control. If you want a good effect, you should probably go with the original prescription."

"Yes, but hurry up. I need to get the first batch of pills by tomorrow afternoon at the latest, and I have to rush back to Baicaotang tomorrow night no matter what."

Master Qin nodded and said, "Master, let's hurry up."

"Master Qin, I accepted a young apprentice a few days ago. The child is very smart. I plan to take him to Jiangnan at the beginning of next month and try to come back in October. After returning, I have to rush to the capital. I will not take him with me this year. I plan to let you take him to learn how to make medicine, and have someone send him back to the medicine store in the middle of December. His parents are also living in the store now."

"Then I congratulate the eldest master on having a talented disciple. This is naturally acceptable."

For the whole afternoon, the ingredients of the prescription changed again and again, but they couldn't affect the medicinal properties, and they couldn't be easily researched by others. It would be best to use raw medicinal materials.

All these things added together make it quite difficult.

It lasted until late at night before the final result was decided. It was decided to start making the first batch of medicine tomorrow morning. Although so many experienced pharmacists worked together to review and deliberate, the original prescription was almost impeccable after all.

To be cautious, it is better to try it first, and then go into mass production after a period of time if there are no accidents.

Sun Sicheng had no objection to this. He just wanted to go to bed as soon as possible and could hardly keep his eyes open.

At dawn, the valley is filled with flowers and the fragrance of birdsong.

Sun Sicheng rested for half the night, washed up and went out for a walk, feeling completely relaxed. When he gets older, it would be nice to live in the valley, a real paradise.

Ping An will definitely like it here.

Thinking of his little apprentice's serious look, he couldn't help but smile.

After being a father for so many years, he feels like a dad again. The old saying that a master and apprentice are like father and son is true. The word "fate" is really hard to explain.

In the morning, Sun Sicheng, carrying two prescriptions and the first batch of freshly made medicine, rushed to the city with Jixiang and others.

The only difference is that there are two more people accompanying him, Da Wu and Xiao Wu, who will be Ping An’s future Master Wu.

Inside the medicine shop.

Ping'an basked in the afterglow of the sun, sitting lazily on the ridge of the field nearby, watching Erqiang planting vegetables while chattering.

"Ping An, have you noticed that I've gotten stronger? Look, I've been digging with the hoe for so long, but I still feel light and I have so much strength. It's a pity that I don't have my own weapon. You said it would be great if I had my own bow and arrow, and even better, a knife. That would be awesome. You don't know how much I envy Brother Jixiang and the others. They have so many of these, and even a dagger."

Ping An responded, "Second cousin, when we get to the city tomorrow, I'll give you some silver. Ask Brother Jixiang to buy you a bow and arrow. You can also buy a dagger. It should be within ten taels. You can't buy something too expensive. As for the knife, you're still young now. I can buy it for you when you grow up."

Erqiang was stunned. Is there such a good thing?

"Ping, Ping An, are you really going to buy it for me? I heard from Brother Jixiang that a normal bow and arrow costs about five taels, and a smaller one isn't much cheaper. A dagger costs two taels, so the total would be six or seven taels of silver. Are you really going to give it to me?"

He had only two taels of silver on him, and he was planning to buy two pieces of cloth for his aunt and her two sisters in the next two days, so he would have more than one tael left.

He was reluctant to touch the twelve taels of silver from Fang Gu. He should get some reward money in the future, but not sure how much it would be. He really couldn't bear to touch this, so he had to take it all home.

Ping An stood up and stretched. "I'll buy it for you if I say so, but the condition is that you have to learn martial arts well, recognize the characters, and learn to be careful like Jixiang and the others."

Erqiang was happy: "Ping'an, these are what I was supposed to do. My uncle also said so, and the eldest master also said that if I can't do it well, they will abandon me. Ping'an, don't worry, I will protect you, hehehe, hehe."

"Don't be silly, mom should have prepared dinner. Go home, brother Jixiang will come to pick you up tomorrow morning."

It's already May 24th, and we should go to Jiangnan in six or seven days.

Ping An was somewhat excited, as this would be his first real journey in another world.

The two strong men behind him almost trembled at the thought of having their own bows and arrows, as well as daggers with sheaths tomorrow.

It’s great to be safe and generous.