Chapter 105: Making Cold Pills
"Okay! Thank you sir!"
Li Laoliu asked his son to sit outside. He followed Du Wanwan to the backyard. When he smelled the aroma of braised pork offal, he was immediately startled.
It turns out that the delicious snacks that appeared in the county town were made by the gentleman’s family.
I didn’t expect that not only is my husband excellent, but his family members are also excellent. This is really rare.
Du Wanwan separated the raw herbs one by one and carefully and patiently told Li Laoliu how to prepare each one. Fearing that he would not remember, she asked him to repeat it himself after teaching.
When she felt that he had mastered the steps, she began to teach him the method of preparing another herb. When autumn came, she would also go to the mountain to see if she could find some herbs to plant artificially.
She runs a clinic and uses a lot of medicinal herbs. Wild herbs may not be enough to meet her needs. Artificially grown herbs are also good and will not affect the efficacy of the medicine.
The most important thing is that she wants to make common cold medicines into pills, so that she can add some spiritual spring water to improve the efficacy and reduce the mortality rate of the people.
Antibiotics had not yet been developed at that time, and a cold could take a life.
Since we have said that we want to serve the people, we must do something substantial. Common cold medicines do not require patients to go home and boil them. They can be made into granules and swallowed directly, which is convenient and quick.
The herbs that Li Laoliu sent today can be boiled into cold medicine. She will make it when she has nothing to do.
After all, Li Laoliu is old, so he studies very seriously and has a good memory. He remembers clearly how to prepare each medicinal ingredient to ensure that its medicinal properties are not lost.
It would be unacceptable if he still couldn't remember what the teacher taught him with such care.
Du Wanwan also found that he was studying seriously and hard. After teaching the last one, she praised him: "Old man, you have been collecting herbs for many years, right? I think you have a good grasp of the medicinal properties of herbs."
Li Laoliu sighed, "Our ancestor was also a doctor, but he offended someone later and no longer dared to let his descendants learn medicine. He only let us collect herbs and didn't teach us anything else. By the time of our generation, we only knew how to collect herbs and understand the properties of herbs, but we didn't know anything else."
"No wonder." Du Wanwan suddenly realized, "I stumbled upon this by accident and it turns out that I have a connection with my uncle's family. Are there many mountains in Lijia Village?"
"There are some in the mountains, but not many. Why do you ask this question, sir?" Li Laoliu felt that the sir's question would be of great use.
Du Wanwan replied: "I want you to help grow medicinal herbs."
"Grow medicinal herbs?" Li Laoliu's eyes lit up. "What kind of medicinal herbs do you want to grow, sir?"
“Isatis root.”
If you want to make cold medicine, isatis root is essential, and Du Wanwan doesn’t know if this place has that medicine.
"Isatis root?" Li Laoliu lowered his head and pondered over these three words. He felt that he had never heard of them before. He raised his head and asked, "Sir! What does this medicine you are talking about look like?"
"I can't really explain it. I'll draw it for you." Du Wanwan got up and went to the pharmacy. She took out a pen and paper and drew the Isatis root leaves from her memory. "The leaves look like this. They bloom. The flowers are aqua red. Its roots can be used as medicine. It's a good herb for preventing colds."
Li Laoliu looked at it again and again, and said thoughtfully: "I seem to have seen this thing before. People here don't call it Banlangen, but Daqing. I wonder if this is what you want, sir.
I will pick one tomorrow and take a look. If it is what you want, we in Lijia Village can open up wasteland on the mountain and plant it there."
"Okay! Thank you!"
"You are too polite, sir. I should thank you! My whole family is grateful for your kindness."
After saying that, she bowed to Du Wanwan, and asked Li Daniu to stand on one leg and bow to her.
The ancients were really too polite. Although Du Wanwan was not used to it, she had no choice but to accept their courtesy.
"Please help me find the isatis root. Forget about Li Daniu's consultation fee. I will give you the normal price for the herbs today."
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Laoliu ran out with his son on his back, helped Li Daniu onto the wheelbarrow, and ran faster, fearing that Du Wanwan would catch up.
As he ran, he shouted, "Sir, you are joking. Those herbs are not worth much. Keep them!"
Du Wanwan couldn't do the kind of things that happened on the street. Seeing the person running away, she didn't chase him. She would have to deal with him again in the future, so there was no need to rush.
As soon as Li Laoliu and his son left, the clinic became deserted again. Du Wanwan asked Du Xiuxiu to look after the pharmacy while she went to the backyard to prepare some pills to prevent colds.
The kitchen in the backyard is very big, with three stoves and three pots.
One pot was given to Du Wenjun to braise pork offal, one pot was used for cooking, and the other pot was used by Du Wanwan to boil medicine.
The family was not short of money, so Du Jiang and Yao Meixian did not ask Du Wanwan why she had three stoves in the kitchen, three pots, and even wasted one pot specifically for boiling medicine.
Since their daughter has opened a clinic, they must give her full support.
Now Yao Meixian has 3,600 taels of silver in her hand. 3,000 taels were given by Yu Hanyan, 500 taels were given by her daughter, and the remaining 100 taels were earned from selling pig offal at home during this period.
Don't underestimate this inconspicuous little business. It makes money really quickly. Plus, it's the only one of its kind in Liangjun City. I don't know how many wealthy people have been attracted to spend money to buy it.
Peddlers and hawkers would occasionally buy some to try, a small bowl cost fifty coins, a large bowl cost a hundred coins. A set of pig offal would be made into dozens of bowls, and several sets of pig offal would be stewed in a day.
Although they were busy, Du Jiang and Yao Meixian were very happy to see the money constantly flowing into their pockets.
Their snacks are selling like hot cakes in Liangjun City. Even though their daughter has limited the quantity, they are still sold out every day.
In the past week, my daughter asked them to braise tofu and eggs to sell, combining meat and vegetables to add a new flavor, and new and old customers were full of praise for the food.
There would be no good life if there is no daughter in the family.
So they have no objection to whatever their daughter wants to do.
Du Wanwan only talked about the marinade, and the rest was done by her family. She made suggestions, and Du Wenjun took his parents to execute them.
Du Wenguan and Du Wenhuo were attending a private school. Du Wenguan studied very hard and had an excellent memory. The teacher of the private school asked him to take part in the examination for the title of Tongsheng in August.
The family was stunned. They didn't expect Du Wenguan to be a good student. It didn't take long for him to win the teacher's favor. If he really passed the examination, the Du family would be honored.
Originally, they thought that life would be even harder after fleeing famine, so Du Jiang and Yao Meixian were prepared to tighten their belts and eat one meal a day and go hungry the next. But under the leadership of their daughter, life was more than ten times better than in their hometown.
I heard that the people in Dujia Village went to Dayaoling Village, which is not only remote but also has more mountains than fields, so they will have a hard time living there.
The people in Huojia Village were better off and were assigned to Xiaoyaoling Village. I heard that there were a lot of fields there, so many people bought a lot of land and built houses.
The two villages, divided into Big Yaoling and Small Yaoling, have two different situations.
(End of this chapter)
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