Fanfan took out a piece of paper, scribbled and drew, and a tree appeared: "This is the tree. It grew on its own in the space. It doesn't match the picture of the medicinal herbs you gave me."
This tree was grown from that strange seed, and now it's ten meters tall. There's only one tree around, and she's starting to wonder what use it is besides being ornamental. She's hesitating about whether to pull it out.
Liu Yumin burst into laughter: "Good granddaughter, you are my lucky star. I have found substitutes for all the other medicinal herbs, but I have not found this one. Give me some, I need to use it."
The prescription contained detailed descriptions of all the medicinal herbs, including their characteristics, growing environment, and how to process and preserve them. The only downside was that she had never seen some of the herbs before, and she even wondered if she had missed any of the types of herbs she had learned about.
Zhu Fanfan broke off a branch and handed it to his grandmother. Liu Yumin, feeling sorry for him, exclaimed, "Oh my little darling, you can just take the leaves. Why did you break off the branch? Quickly, see if we can replant it."
Zhu Fanfan was dissatisfied: "You and Grandpa both love to call her whatever you want. She's your granddaughter, not your little ancestor."
Liu Yumin didn't answer. She carefully picked off all the leaves, handed the branch to her granddaughter, and gestured for her to plant it.
Zhu Fanfan took it and sent it to her space, then tried sticking the branch next to the big tree and left it there.
Liu Yumin prepared another batch of medicinal herbs and tried to melt them over a fire. Zhu Fanfan curiously used her spiritual power to observe the herbs and discovered that the fire emitted a faint energy that rushed into the herbs. However, the energy was too weak to melt the herbs. She could even see some of the medicinal properties being lost, which made her extremely anxious.
After Grandma put all the medicinal herbs in, as time went by, Zhu Fanfan "saw" that all the herbs melted individually and then fused together. However, they seemed somewhat out of place. The herbs looked like a twisted rope being constantly turned and stirred together, becoming more and more intense. Even the cauldron was being struck and made a sound. In the end, it became a large, grayish lump.
Zhu Fanfan was curious. Had it succeeded? The mechanism inside the cauldron activated automatically, cutting the mass into more than a dozen small balls. Zhu Fanfan found it amazing. Was this the New China, not a cultivation world? Right?
The cauldron emitted a dull sound. Liu Yumin was somewhat incredulous. Had it succeeded?
Just then, the fire beneath the cauldron seemed to be extinguished by something unknown. A moment later, the cauldron stopped burning. Liu Yumin gracefully opened the cauldron, and a fragrant aroma of medicine wafted out. For the first time, Liu Yumin lost her composure, almost bursting into tears with excitement. She had been working on the cauldron for five years! Five years! Who knows how she survived those five years!
Upon opening the package, Zhu Fanfan saw fifteen small, grayish-brown pills. She suspected they were "leg-stretching and eye-glaring pills"—they looked too much like them.
Liu Yumin regarded it as a treasure, and Zhu Fanfan said, "Grandma, when you were refining pills, I could see the structure inside with my divine sense. I seemed to be able to sense the fusion and formation of the pills."
Liu Yumin did not doubt her granddaughter and asked, "How did you see that? Tell me the details."
Zhu Fanfan recounted the process of the pill's decomposition and fusion that she had witnessed. Liu Yumin asked some questions, and Fanfan answered in detail. After she finished asking, Liu Yumin prepared another list of medicinal materials: "Grandma will try to refine it again. Use your divine sense to sense it and keep Grandma informed of the progress, understand?"
Zhu Fanfan nodded. If she could refine the pills and help many people, she would be happy to do so.
With Zhu Fanfan's help, Liu Yumin successfully refined the pill for the second time.
They prepared another batch of medicinal herbs and finally succeeded. However, each time the refining process took too long. By the time they finished, it was already midnight, and both the grandfather and grandson were yawning and exhausted.
Before resting, Liu Yumin said, "Fanfan, don't make a fuss about this. Grandma will take the pills to be tested tomorrow. Remember, this is something Grandma researched herself. It has nothing to do with you. If anyone asks you in the future, just say you don't know, okay?"
Fanfan is still too young and has no ability to protect herself. If someone with ulterior motives finds out and takes advantage of her, she will regret it. It's right to warn her to be careful. Fanfan is smart and knows what to do.
Zhu Fanfan agreed. She had no ambition for fame or fortune; she just wanted to enjoy life. She was very satisfied with her current situation.
The next day, Zhu Fanfan went to the hospital with her grandmother. After the ward rounds, her grandmother went directly to the hospital director and took out thirty pills, explaining her guess. The director took it very seriously, and a group of people began to discuss whether this pill could really help with fasting.
There are very few testing instruments available now, so they can only select three for testing. The rest they have to test themselves. They have no other way but to examine a single pill by observation, listening, questioning, and palpation.
The group concluded that the drug's components were not fully extracted, but it contained many blood-nourishing and qi-boosting herbs, providing a large amount of nutrition to the body, and would not cause any harm to the body even if one did not eat.
Someone wanted to test how many hours it would keep them from getting hungry after taking it. A doctor who hadn't eaten breakfast and was feeling a bit hungry explained the situation, took one pill, and found that his stomach immediately felt full, as if he had eaten a full meal. He happily told everyone about it.
A few others who ate didn't feel much of a difference, since they had eaten breakfast and hadn't finished digesting it yet.
After the study session, everyone began their day's work. Liu Yumin led the doctors through the medical records and explained the formation and treatment of the illnesses in detail when treating patients.
Zhu Fanfan learned anatomy from the dean, who specially made a surgical gown for her and gave her a small mouse.
The dean said earnestly, "Fanfan, as a doctor, you can't be soft-hearted, and you can't have trembling hands. If you want to perform surgery on people, you have to learn to be ruthless. The first step is to dissect this little mouse."
If you can't even bring yourself to treat a small mouse, you're doomed to never work with Western medicine again. It's not that traditional Chinese medicine is bad, but sometimes it can't solve problems that Western medicine can, like surgery, which is quicker. And for things that Western medicine can't solve, like chronic diseases, traditional Chinese medicine can address the root cause. To become a perfect, miraculous doctor, you have to combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine.
Moreover, Fanfan is very intelligent. She has learned almost all the theoretical knowledge, knows all the acupoints and meridians, and can recite the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic and Treatise on Febrile Diseases by heart. He has never seen such a talented child before, and her time is precious and cannot be wasted.
Zhu Fanfan looked at the dean helplessly: "You have to tell me the precautions." She couldn't just let her dissect things haphazardly, could she?
This statement stumped the dean. He was worried that Fanfan was too timid to take action and wanted to provide her with psychological counseling. However, he didn't expect to see disdain in the little girl's eyes. Was that disdain?
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