"Qi Niang." Zhu Yan raised his head from a pile of utensils, and looked at Ren Qi Niang who was standing on the side and watching him with a light smile, "Qi Niang is also tired of standing, why don't you go and rest for a while?" ”

Qi Niang was worried, she couldn't get used to seeing Zhu Yan spend her time grinding those medicinal powders day and night, but in the face of the well-behaved girl in front of her, she couldn't show the fierce momentum she usually had, and ordered her to stop and rest.

After Zhu Yan finished speaking, he lowered his head and single-mindedly dissected the round castor seeds in his hand.

Castor beans are a blind anti-itching and wind-dispelling medicine in traditional Chinese medicine, mostly used for the treatment of scabies, Qi Niang Rao is in charge of the entire pharmacy, and I can't guess what Zhu Yan wants to do with these castor seeds.

Xu Suzhen has been away from the Grange recently, and she seems to be busy with a lot of things, and she just guesses that she is idle and still plans to make some medicines for Zhu Yan's abnormal behavior.

It is said that Tongjuntang is still open, and Zhu Yan guesses that Xu Silk Zhen is taking care of business - after all, in the eyes of outsiders, she is dead, and Xu Silk Zhen is now alone, and it is more convenient to move.

"Girl, it's time to drink the medicine." Bai Ping walked in with small steps, and three bowls of steaming medicinal soup were lined up on the brocade plate in his hand.

"Okay." Only then did Zhu Yan stop what he was doing, picked up the towel on the side and wiped his hands clean, took the medicine bowl, didn't even frown, and drank it all.

Bai Ping looked at her worriedly, although it was a good thing for Zhu Yan to drink the medicine obediently, but ...... But she always felt that something was wrong.

She remembered that in the past, Zhu Yan was the most reluctant to drink medicine, and whenever she saw the medicinal soup, she refused it for all kinds of strange reasons. Zhu Yan diagnoses people's diseases, and also uses medicinal diets and pills, and does not like those extremely bitter medicinal soups.

Now she is so well-behaved. When I got the medicine, I drank it, and I didn't even ask what it was or what it was for.

"White Apple, what's wrong?" Zhu Yan pinched a silk handkerchief and gently wiped the little medicinal soup overflowing from the corner of his mouth, raised his eyes and chuckled, "Talk to me for a while, okay?" It just so happens that Qi Niang has been with me for so long. It's time to take a break, too. ”

"Hmm." Bai Yu handed the brocade plate to the others, sat down beside Zhu Yan, and looked curiously at the small knives and scissors and sparsely meshed pieces of cloth placed on the table. Cautiously asked, "Girl, what are these?" ”

"These ......," Zhu Yan narrowed his eyes, "this is a small dagger that cuts open the castor beans." This is a pestle with mashed seeds. This cloth is used to wrap the minced pieces and dip them in sake......"

Bai Apple listened a little widely, "But what is the girl going to do?" ”

She remembered that in the past, Zhu Yan made medicine, in addition to directly grinding it into powder to make pills, it was to add honey to make paste, and she didn't seem to have heard of soaking it in any sake.

And when Zhu Yan was doing this, although he was extremely fascinated. But there was no expression on her face, and it had nothing to do with the excited and expectant look she had in the past.

Zhu Yan didn't care about Bai Ping's gaze. By following his own steps, he took out the castor beans soaked in the sake, drained them, removed the crumbs, and discarded them, leaving only the somewhat cloudy sake that had been soaked in the castor beans.

Bai Ping heard Zhu Yan frowning and muttering, "If you only use alcohol...... It's still a little worse. ”

"Girl, this ...... What's the use? Bai Apple looked at her expression and always felt a little worried.

"This one...... Zhu Yan raised his head, and a very faint smile spread on his face, "Don't you remember Bai Apple?" In the past, when we were in Jiangnan, those flowers and plants were eaten by insects, and I made some potions to kill insects. ”

"Insecticidal potion?" Bai Yu flickered, this Zhu Yan was indeed made, but she remembered that Zhu Yan was definitely not using castor beans at that time.

Zhu Yan smiled and took a dish of white powder that had been dried on a few sides, twisted some with his fingertips, and spread it out in the palm of his hand, "Take such a little bit and pour it into the watering can, and spray it on the place where the pests are pested, huh...... It's a contact killer. ”

The so-called contact agent means that the insect dies immediately after being wet, rather than being poisoned after eating the plant that is stained with the drug.

Bai Yu nodded, seeing that after she wiped off the powder with a handkerchief, her fingertips and palms were faintly red, and she wrinkled her brows, "Girl, this ...... Is this poison very powerful? ”

It was the first time she had seen this kind of thing that had only been put in her hand for a while, and even her skin was red and swollen, so she hurriedly took a handkerchief and dipped it in water and wiped it clean for Zhu Yan.

"yes, it should have been better, but unfortunately I can't do it." Zhu Yan was stunned, the toxicity of castor protein is not ordinarily strong, but it is difficult to extract it from castor beans, relying on this kind of sake with low purity to leach the effect.

"More powerful? What exactly does the girl want to do with it? "Bai Apple is not at ease.

"What do you think...... What can I do with this? Zhu Yan turned his head sideways, rubbed the slightly red and swollen place on his hand, and smiled, "Is Bai Ping afraid that I will kill myself?" ”

Without waiting for Bai Apple to answer, she continued, "I am so closely watched by you, how can I find an opportunity? ”

Bai Ping was silent, Zhu Yan was right, she and Qi Niang took turns to accompany Zhu Yan during the day these days, never teaching her to be alone for a moment, and she would wait until she drank the medicine and fell asleep before leaving.

In this way, even if Zhu Yan wants to commit suicide, he will definitely not have time.

But even so, Bai Apple is still not at ease, not at all.

"Bai Apple, don't worry......" Zhu Yan closed her eyes, she was really just poor and bored, so she wanted to extract castor protein from castor beans and talk about it.

After a pause, Zhu Yan chuckled, "Someone came in." ”

"Huh?" Bai Ping looked up, only to realize that someone had lifted the curtain and was probing his brain inside, "The girl has been feeling especially keenly lately. ”

"Yes." Zhu Yan smiled, she didn't think there was anything to be happy about, she had been in a trance recently, and her sensitivity to sound and light was a manifestation of neurasthenia.

The person outside the curtain moved in, and it was Akiko.

Akiko has risen a lot and has grown into a rather personable teenager.

"Sister Yan." Mingzi approached, her face was solemn, but her solemn eyes revealed a little joy, "Aunt Silk Zhen really didn't lie to me, Sister Yan is okay, these Ah Qi don't have to cry like that anymore." ”

Hearing him mention Zhu Qi, Zhu Yan smiled kindly, "Is Ah Qi still in the Void Garden?" How is she doing? ”

She remembered that she hadn't seen that little girl for three or four months, and she wondered if Zhu Qi had also grown up a lot like a lotus arrow, and had grown into a slim girl?

"Ah Qi is fine, just before hearing Sister Yan...... I cried for days. Mingzi handed a bundle of letters to Zhu Yan in his hand, "This is what Aunt Silk Zhen asked me to bring to my sister, she said, my sister will naturally understand after reading it." (To be continued......)