322 Boil medicine
Ever since he learned that the pill refined by the Gu King could increase his internal strength, An Donghua had become obsessed. Although the medicinal materials in the recipe are difficult to find, many of them happen to be gifts from the emperor, and the rest took some thought, but they were quickly put together.
Although it has always been rumored that Anton Hua was rejected by the emperor, in fact, before he came to Jiaozhou, the emperor actually gave him a lot of good medicinal materials, but he was worried that Anton Hua would not adapt to the soil and water after he came, and he would lose his life at a young age.
Once the medicinal materials are gathered, all that remains is to refine the medicine. This matter is mysterious, it can't go through other people's hands, and the matter of refining medicine falls on Shang Jinxiu's head. Fortunately, the steps in Situ Lanyin's memory were very meticulous, otherwise Shang Jinxiu would not have taken such a risk and wasted those good medicinal materials that had been obtained with great difficulty.
The process of refining medicine was very cumbersome, and Anton Hua was by Shang Jinxiu's side, and he was reluctant to leave for a moment. He wasn't worried about whether the pill could be refined, but he was afraid that something would happen to Shang Jinxiu. After all, he had never heard of such a treacherous method before! What if something goes wrong when refining medicine, what if something happens to Shang Jinxiu?
It's good to be able to increase your strength, but it's not as important as your own daughter-in-law!
Andonghua had an excuse, so he stuck to Shang Jinxiu openly and refused to leave. So there were only two of them left in the entire pharmacy. The stove had already been lit on fire, and Shang Jinxiu put the medicine jar on it, and the jar was not filled with ordinary water, but poured out of the white jade bottle. The white jade bottle is not extraordinary, it seems to have added a space formation, Shang Jinxiu doesn't know how much water there is in it, but after she poured a jar, the entire white jade bottle is still as heavy as before, and the water in it doesn't seem to have decreased.
She was no longer worried, and grabbed the herbs according to the steps. Wrap it up with the power of space, soon. The herbs were directly crushed into powder and fell into the medicine jar. Not a single thing was wasted.
She would suddenly choose to use the water in the white jade bottle on a whim, mainly guessing the effect of this water. After she came back, she once sighed with An Donghua that the ointment was too good and wanted to do more. An Donghua felt strange, and after careful questioning, Shang Jinxiu realized that the effect of the ointment was not as good as she imagined.
Later, the two experimented, which allowed Shang Jinxiu to discover that the water in the jade bottle had an effect similar to that of a powerful catalyst. As a result, Shang Jinxiu had the idea of using it instead of ordinary water boiling medicine.
There are strict requirements for the order in which the herbs are put in, and the timing must be accurate. Shang Jinxiu and An Donghua sat on a small stool and stood guard by the medicine jar. Shang Jinxiu's eyes stared nervously at the situation in the medicine jar. Andonghua's eyes were glued to her.
Probably stimulated by Shang Jinxiu's sudden disappearance last time, after Shang Jinxiu came back, Antonhua had a problem, and he couldn't wait to stick to Shang Jinxiu for twelve hours a day, once Shang Jinxiu left his sight, he would be irritable.
Shang Jinxiu was so tossed by him that he had no choice but to let this person play the role of a follower.
Antonhua's situation is actually not that serious, but he will feel uneasy if he doesn't see her. It's just that since he first found out that Shang Jinxiu felt guilty because of his uneasiness, he simply gave up face. Intensified the play of the deep-well-ice!
Shang Jinxiu silently calculated that the time was almost up, so he took out a few more medicinal herbs, and also used the power of space to crush them and throw them into the medicine jar. The next steps are pretty much the same, except that the time to put the herbs in place is calculated. You have to keep watching the heat, so it's more cumbersome to operate, and it's not sloppy at all.
The medicine jar is large. As the herbs were put in, the amount of medicinal juice in the jar gradually decreased. Only the first third of the original concoction remained. The last medicinal herb was put in by Shang Jinxiu.
After this herb entered, the smell in the medicine jar became more and more weird. The color is rich black-brown, and the juice is a little sticky and bubbling. Looking at it, it's like the medicinal soup of the old witch in a fairy tale.
Shang Jinxiu smelled the strange smell, turned his head silently, glanced at An Donghua with pity, and saw that he was also innocent at this time, staring at the strange medicinal juice in it with an unkind face.
The two looked at each other, and An Donghua looked at Shang Jinxiu's 'serious' eyes, struggling for a long time, and finally couldn't bear to say the words 'I will never eat'.
After a while, the potion in the jar was halved and became more viscous. Shang Jinxiu couldn't bear to look at it anymore, she felt that it must have been boiled out, but she carefully recalled Situ Lanyin's memory, this kind of color is clearly very successful!
So after a brief hesitation, she quickly took out the Gu King and threw it in.
As soon as the Gu King entered, An Donghua couldn't help but look away, and his facial muscles trembled violently - this picture was too 'beautiful' for him to dare to look at!
At the thought of eating this thing later, An Donghua suddenly felt sick to his stomach, but he just watched Shang Jinxiu stare at the medicine jar unusually 'seriously', and he forcibly resisted the urge to retch.
It was not easy to win the opportunity to share the same bed, and he resolutely did not want to be kicked out of bed!
The Gu King didn't make a sound after falling into the potion juice, and the strange thing was that not long after the Gu King threw it in, the color of the potion gradually changed. Originally, it was still a strange black and brown, but gradually it turned milky white. Even the original weird medicinal smell gradually faded away, revealing a refreshing fragrance.
Smelling this smell, Shang Jinxiu and An Donghua suddenly had a feeling in their hearts - they had succeeded.
However, as An Donghua and Shang Jinxiu, who had been sticking to their side and witnessed the whole process from beginning to end, no matter how appetizing the potion became, neither of them had the slightest desire to devour it.
Gradually, the liquid became less and less viscous. At this time, there was a strange scene, and the medicinal juice in the jar took the initiative to separate and turned into round spherical shapes.
Shang Jinxiu instantly thought of some kind of liquid metal, and he lost his appetite even more. She secretly looked at Anton Hua, Anton Hua's face was also not very good-looking, she felt that they probably thought of the same thing, and that thing was still highly poisonous.
Shang Jinxiu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, and Anton Hua probably wouldn't eat it now.
Although he thought so, Shang Jinxiu did not give up directly, still counted the time, and when he saw that the heat was almost over, he took the medicine jar off the stove. At this time, there were only twenty round pills left in it. She took out a small box and poured all the pills into it, only to see that the pills were milky white throughout, glowing with a lustrous luster, and exuding a faint fragrance, and the appearance and taste were very stimulating to people's appetite.
Just thinking about the process, Shang Jinxiu felt that the pills were not cute at all. She stared at the pill with a confused face, hesitating what to do with it. At this time, a jade-like hand suddenly reached over and took the box.
She looked at An Donghua in surprise and couldn't help but ask, "This pill ...... What are you going to do? ”
An Donghua still felt furious when he thought of the process of boiling the medicine just now, but he said as a matter of course: "Isn't this what you did for me?" Of course, I kept it. With that, he carefully put the box away close to his body.
Shang Jinxiu was even more surprised in an instant: "Are you really going to use it?" This one...... You also saw the process...... And...... I don't know if the effect is real or fake...... I think it's better to forget it......"
She spoke incoherently, but the process just now was too cruel, and she would never be able to eat it if she changed herself. At the beginning, she proposed to let Anton Hua use it, but she didn't expect the process to be so weird.
Who knew that she was rare to be kind and returned, but Antonhua didn't appreciate it at all, but deliberately approached, holding her face and saying affectionately: "Xiu'er, I believe in you." ”
At the beginning, Shang Jinxiu was not used to Antonhua's closeness, and he was so red and red that he lost face several times. It's just that after a long time, she gradually got used to it. Just like this time, she may have blushed before the change, but now she can slap away Anton Hua's unruly paws without changing her face, and then, she stood up from the small bench and said to Anton Hua condescendingly: "Since this is the case, then you are free." ”
Then strode past him.
An Donghua's face changed instantly, he accepted the affectionate style of flesh and pain, got up seriously, and when he walked quickly to Shang Jinxiu's side, he also took the opportunity to take care of the clothes on his body.
When the door of the pharmacy was opened, Chen Yu was guarding outside, and Lamei was waiting next door, doing embroidery work with an embroidery bandage.
The reply letter from the Chen family has been sent, and there is no objection to Chen Yu's marriage, and a thousand taels of silver were also sent with the letter, saying that it was for Chen Yu's marriage. After all, the distance is long, and it is not as convenient as sending silver. Chen Yu really needs anything, just buy it directly with the silver.
His marriage to Mulan is decided.
In comparison, the matter of Shang Yan and Mu Hibiscus is much easier, Shang Yan is the steward under Shang Jinxiu, and his father is the steward of a grange under Shang Jinxiu. His family had long known about him and Hibiscus, and they all agreed with it, but they were worried that Shang Jinxiu would not agree, so they never came to the door to propose marriage.
However, they are not in Jiaozhou, but in Qingzhou. Shang Yan's letter had already been sent back, and they also sent a reply, and compared to the Chen family, they were more generous, and they scraped together 10,000 taels of silver to send it. This 10,000 taels of silver is already all the savings they have saved over the years.
Shang Jinxiu has a lot of ideas, the Grange produces a lot, and the Grange steward can have dividends every year, and if the income is said, it will definitely make people blush.
As soon as the matter was finalized, Shang Yan and Chen Yu hired someone. Shang Jinxiu generously bought a four-entry courtyard near the palace for the two as a gift, and Shang Yan and Chen Yu did not shirk it, and now they are also preparing for the wedding.
Shang Jinxiu gave Mulan and Hibiscus a holiday, and the two embroidered their wedding dresses in the house. The big girl who usually stays by Shang Jinxiu's side to serve, only Lamei is left. (To be continued......)