Chapter 668: Medicine and Food Have the Same Origin
As if thinking of something, Su Ruoyun said, "Oh, right, I have a copy of 'A Collection of Herbs' here, which records hundreds of medicinal herbs. There are pictures on it, and there are also text explanations next to each herb, but you may not understand it."
"The medicinal herbs recorded further forward are more common!"
As she spoke, Su Ruoyun stood up and took out the book from her bag in the room.
Fortunately, I brought this book with me when I came.
She is used to taking a few books with her when she goes out, and reading in the evening to kill time.
Even if you read some books many times, you will still feel that you have benefited a lot every time you read them.
So she always carried this book with her.
This book was actually given to her by her third aunt.
It is also the most basic thing they need to remember and learn when studying medicine.
She was surprised when she first read the book. The pictures were very detailed, and the explanation of the herbs next to them was even more detailed.
Similar medicinal herbs can also be clearly identified.
As long as you write down the contents of this book, you will be able to identify many medicinal herbs.
When Su Ruoyun came back, she was holding this book in her hand.
She handed it to Luo Dazhuang and said, "You have a good memory, you can take a look."
Luo Dazhuang looked at the book in front of him, his eyes wide open and reading it carefully.
“It’s really a book!”
They know best how precious books are.
But they can't read.
But even though he couldn't read, Luo Dazhuang was happy from the bottom of his heart when he saw the book. He felt excited even when he touched the book.
Su Ruoyun said: "You can take a look!"
Luo Dazhuang rubbed his hands vigorously on his clothes several times, fearing that the dust and sweat on his hands would dirty the pages of the book.
"Sister Su, but I can't read."
He really wanted to touch the book, but he didn't dare to do so.
Su Ruoyun said gently: "Don't worry, there are pictures inside. Even if you can't read, you can still remember the herbs by looking at the pictures."
"Just flip through it with confidence. Books are not that fragile."
Ever since Third Aunt invented printing, there have been more books and their prices have become much cheaper.
It's not as expensive as it used to be.
Now any book can be printed in multiple copies through printing technology.
Moreover, Su Ruoyun could recite this book by heart, and if asked to rewrite it from memory, she could draw it while writing.
Mainly because she has read this book countless times.
Close your eyes and you will see the medicinal herbs in the book.
With Su Ruoyun's encouragement, Luo Dazhuang dared to reach out and carefully turn the page.
When he opened the first page, Luo Dazhuang saw a kind of medicinal herb drawn on the page.
The drawings on the page were so lifelike that Luo Dazhuang felt as if he was seeing real medicinal herbs.
Although he couldn't understand the words next to it, he could see the picture clearly.
He said excitedly: "I recognize this, I recognize it."
"I've seen medicinal herbs like this in the mountains!"
“It’s plantain!”
"This is called honeysuckle..."
Luo Dazhuang could recognize the medicinal herbs on the first and second pages.
Su Ruoyun was very excited when she heard it, "Luo Dazhuang, you are good, did you know this?"
Luo Dazhuang took one look and shook his head, saying, "I don't know what this is called, but I've seen it in the mountains."
Su Ruoyun said: "This is the leaf of Polygonum multiflorum."
"He Shou Wu is a medicinal herb and can also be used to make shampoo."
Aunt San’s homemade shampoo is very easy to use for their own use. It contains Polygonum multiflorum.
However, Su Ruoyun also understood that Luo Dazhuang could recognize so many medicinal herbs, which showed that there were indeed many kinds of medicinal herbs on the mountain.
She also observed while walking around that the land here was fertile and indeed suitable for the growth of medicinal herbs.
Even planting medicinal herbs is possible.
“And this!”
Luo Dazhuang looked at it carefully and said, "I don't know what it's called, but I saw it in the mountains."
Luo Erzhuang came over and said, "Sister Su, I know there are a lot of them halfway up the mountain."
Su Ruoyun's expression changed and she said, "This is Pueraria root, it can be used to make many kinds of food."
Luo Dazhuang was stunned, "Sister Su, isn't this a medicinal herb?"
Su Ruoyun said: "It is a medicinal herb, and can also be used as food."
I still remember that when we were in Liuhe Village, my third aunt used Pueraria root to cook food for them.
Thinking of that time, Su Ruoyun's eyes and eyebrows showed a gentle look.
She missed her third aunt and the others.
The village chief and his family were even more stunned. Can this medicinal herb be used as food?
It was the first time they had heard of it.
However, they had eaten the food made by Miss Su and knew how delicious it was, so they naturally knew that the food Miss Su said was edible must be edible.
Miss Su is a good person, otherwise she wouldn't have told them this at all.
The village chief and his wife held their breath and listened carefully, not daring to speak carelessly.
However, Luo Dazhuang, Luo Erzhuang and Luo Sanzhuang were not so restrained in front of Su Ruoyun.
But when they looked at the pictures of the medicinal herbs, they were shocked.
In particular, Luo Dazhuang discovered that he had seen some medicinal herbs in the mountains.
Thinking about what Sister Su had just said, that she would collect these medicinal herbs, how could he not be excited?
He can go to the mountains to pick and dig these herbs. With these herbs, can he supplement the family income and stop his parents from working so hard?
Although Luo Dazhuang is only twelve years old, he knows how hard his parents work.
He wanted to help and ease the burden on his parents, but he didn't know what he could do.
On weekdays, I can only try to do what I can.
When he went to work in the fields, he worked diligently just to make his parents feel at ease.
Now that I know so much at once, I can't wait to get to work, dig up these herbs, and get some Pueraria root to eat.
He remembered that there were also a lot of kudzu roots on the mountain.
Luo Dazhuang's eyes became brighter and brighter, his heart beat faster, and he looked very excited.
Not only Luo Dazhuang, but also the village chief and his wife were eager to go to the mountains to dig medicinal herbs immediately.
"Sister Su, my brothers and I will go to the mountains to dig for medicinal herbs tomorrow, and we can also dig up a lot of kudzu root."
Su Ruoyun encouraged: "Okay, show me after you dig it up. If there is no problem, I will take all these herbs."
"As for the kudzu root, you can also save some to eat."
"As for the herbs I buy, the price will be fair."
She will be higher than the market price.
However, common medicinal materials are also very cheap, so the medicine made in this way is also cheap.
For example, medicines made with isatis root are cheaper and can be afforded by ordinary villagers, who can buy them back for future use.
Luo Dazhuang and the others looked at Su Ruoyun with gratitude in their eyes.
They think Sister Su is so nice.
Just like a fairy who came down to earth to help them.
Su Ruoyun smiled and said, "Not only that, Leng Han and I are building a pharmaceutical workshop, so we plan to hire people nearby to work. We will pay them wages and settle the wages every month."
"On average, each person will receive twenty ancient coins per day."
Here one ancient coin is equivalent to one penny.
The village chief and his wife were stunned. Their eyes were wide open, their mouths were open, and they looked stunned. They forgot to react and forgot to speak.
Such news had such a strong impact on them that they couldn't believe it and suspected that they had heard it wrongly.
Twenty ancient coins a day, that was something they couldn't even imagine.
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