"The medicine garden is my home, and my home is the medicine garden. After sending the master down the mountain, Zheng Qiu muttered in his mouth and walked along the mountain road to his medicine garden, "The master likes to say these two sentences, and he can't sleep in the garden at night." ”

When he came to the medicine garden, Zheng Qiu went to see the waterwheel first as usual, and then went to the garden to inspect the herbs. When he checked the corner of the garden, he was a little anxious about what he saw. The grass that had been planted that day was now sick, and the leaves no longer stood upright, but all drooped to the ground. He stretched out his fingers and flicked the leaves, which were soft like strips of rags.

What can I do, it can't be an insect. He turned over the blades of grass, and there was no trace of being gnawed by insects. I crouched down and carefully picked up the dirt, and the roots were not bitten. Zheng Qiu was confused, he didn't get insected, that is, the method of planting was wrong.

But he didn't know the grass, where to find the right way to plant it.

No, you can't plant it here again, bring it back in the evening, the master may be able to come back today, let him see.

Thinking of this, Zheng Qiu immediately found a flower pot from the house, used a hoe to draw a circle on the edge of the grass, and then put the grass into the flower pot with the soil. As soon as the grass was loaded, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a man walking outside the garden.

Hey, who is it, is it looking for a master to grow things?

Zheng Qiu patted the dirt on his hands and stepped forward. The person who came was the senior brother who succeeded in alchemy in the Danfang yesterday, and his surname seemed to be Mo. Today he did not wear the alchemy robe of the Danfang, but wore the most ordinary brocade long robe.

"Senior Brother Mo, is there something wrong?" asked Zheng Qiu as he bowed.

"Hmm. This Senior Brother Mo replied casually, but his attention was not on Zheng Qiu.

Senior Brother Mo walked towards the medicine garden with his hands behind his back, and slowly circled around the edge of the medicine garden. Zheng Qiu scratched his head, what does this Senior Brother Mo mean, could it be that he is here for a walk? Zheng Qiu didn't understand Senior Brother's intention, so he had to follow his ass carefully.

"You are taking care of this medicine garden now?" Senior Brother Mo suddenly asked thoughtlessly.

Zheng Qiu was stunned for a moment, this is not obvious, but he still replied politely: "Senior Brother Mo, this medicine garden is now taken care of by me." ”

Senior Brother Mo just nodded, and then walked into the garden and looked down at the medicinal herbs planted on the ground. This made Zheng Qiu even more confused, what's the matter, could it be that the medicine sent yesterday was wrong, and the senior brother came to check it in person today?

"Senior Brother Mo, was the medicine wrong yesterday? If it's not right, you tell me, and I'll find the reason immediately. ”

"Call me Mo Junrong. Senior Brother Mo did not answer Zheng Qiu's words, but directly reported his name.

Zheng Qiu didn't understand what Senior Brother meant, so he could only continue to ask: "Senior Brother Mo, is the medicine ......?"

"Huh?"

"Oh, oh, Mo, Senior Brother Mo Junrong, is the medicine broken?"

But Senior Brother still didn't answer Zheng Qiu's question, he lowered his head and looked at the various medicinal herbs for a while, then straightened up and walked out of the garden.

"Senior Brother Mo Junrong?Senior Brother Mo Junrong?" Zheng Qiu chased after him and asked twice, but this senior brother didn't look back, and disappeared after a few turns.

"What is Senior Brother Mo doing here?" Zheng Qiu's head rose more and more when he thought about it, "Senior Brother will come and go around, report his name and run." I really don't understand. ”

couldn't think of it, so he simply didn't want to, Zheng Qiu went back and continued to tinker with the herbs in the garden.

The master did not return to the pharmacy that night. Zheng Qiu ran to the kitchen, threw the flower pot with grass on the stove, picked up some cold rice from the pot and ate the pickles. The master will be back soon, he whispered to comfort himself, and got into the bed early.

The next morning, Zheng Qiu went to the kitchen to look for food and found that the master had returned. The master was sitting on a stool, holding a flower pot and playing with grass leaves.

"Good apprentice, the master is back, you didn't eat last night, okay? Come, the master ordered you noodles in the morning. ”

"Master is so good, master, you have worked hard to come back at night. ”

"It's okay, Ah Niu sent me up this morning. Good apprentice, where did this thing come from?"

Hissing, hissing, Zheng Qiu replied while sucking the noodles: "Master, I picked up this grass from the waterwheel in the medicine garden." At that time, the grass actually stuck such a large waterwheel, and it took me a lot of effort to pull it out. As he spoke, he spread his hand and kept gesturing.

"The waterwheel is stuck?" said the master, incredulous.

Zheng Qiu spread his hands very helplessly: "Master, it's true." At that time, the grass was the same as the tendon of the cow, and it could not be torn apart. Then I planted it in the soil, and it was like that for two days. ”

"I see. The master approached the grass blade and sniffed it, "This grass does have a medicinal smell, but the master has never seen it." In this way, the grass will be put here first, and I will ask the elders of the Book Pavilion to see if I can check it through the classics. ”

"It turns out that you don't know the master, so can this grass still live?"

"Don't worry, good apprentice, the master will definitely save it, and let you raise it when the time comes. ”

"Well, good!"

After having lunch in the hut by the medicine garden at noon, Zheng Qiu planned to take a nap to pass the time, but who knew that Senior Brother Mo was here again.

Senior Brother Mo was wearing the long clothes from yesterday, but this time he brought an extra bamboo basket.

"Master Mo, Senior Brother Mo Junrong, what is this?" Seeing Senior Brother throwing the bamboo basket in front of him, Zheng Qiu stretched out his head and looked inside, the bamboo basket was empty.

"Zheng Qiu, our Danfang has already discussed, in the future, the remaining materials of medicinal materials do not need to be thrown away, and we will use them to refine low-quality pills. ”

"Huh, do I want to be screened?"

"Of course, it has to be screened, and the remaining materials can be sent to Danjuwai. ”

"Danju, oh, got it, then I'll send the rest of the last time first. ”

"Good. Senior Brother Mo left in a hurry after explaining, leaving in the same hurry as the first time, Zheng Qiu didn't have a chance to ask more.

Danju, as the name suggests, is the residence of the senior brothers and sisters of alchemy. The Danju was built right behind the Dan House, down the hillside.

I heard that alchemy is very physically exhausting and mentally draining, so I built the Danju so close so that I could rest at any time.

After packing up the remaining materials, Zheng Qiu went to Danju with a bamboo basket. But when he walked outside Danju, he found that the door was closed, and there was no one to collect the rest of the materials.

Walking to the door, he lifted the large brass ring on the door and knocked on it, but there was no response. Strange, where have all the people gone? Did they come too early? Zheng Qiu had no choice but to sit under the tree with the basket in his arms and wait.

After a while, a senior sister came from the direction of the Danfang on the hillside, and Zheng Qiu hurriedly greeted her when she saw it. "Senior sister, senior sister, I sent the leftovers of the medicinal materials!"

"Leftovers?" Senior Sister glanced into the bamboo basket, "What are you doing with the leftovers?"

"Isn't the Danfang going to use the remaining materials to refine the Dan?"

"What's the matter, what kind of confusion do you make, Danfang never wants this. Senior Sister waved her sleeves impatiently, pushed open the door and went in, leaving Zheng Qiu outside.

"Don't? Didn't Senior Brother Mo say that Danfang wanted it? Zheng Qiu tilted his head, rolled his eyes and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with a result after all.

He turned his head and ran to the Dan room, which was empty and empty. "Forget it, let's go back first, and then ask Senior Brother Mo when the time comes. ”

Back in the medicine garden, Zheng Qiu put down the bamboo basket and rubbed his legs, and as soon as he sat down on the stool to rest, Senior Brother Mo appeared.

"Senior Brother Mo Junrong, I just went to Danju. Zheng Qiu hurriedly pulled the bamboo basket and showed it to his senior brother, "But there is a senior sister there who said that Danfang never wants leftovers, and I can't find you, so I have to come back." ”

"I'm here for this. ”

"Senior brother knows?"

"Some people don't agree with the idea of using leftover materials to make alchemy, thinking it's a waste of time. Maybe the senior sister you met is the one who disagrees with this idea. ”

"What then?"

Senior Brother Mo showed a faint smile on his face: "It's okay, you put the rest of the materials away, and I'll come to pick it up in person every seven days." ”

Zheng Qiu shook his head again and again: "Then how can I let Senior Brother Mo himself, oh, Senior Brother Mo Junrong take it himself......"

Senior Brother Mo interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "It's okay, this is the problem of Danfang, you don't have to get involved." That's it, I'll take the rest first, and I'll come back in seven days. After speaking, Senior Brother Mo picked up the bamboo basket, turned around and hurriedly left.

"There are still differences in refining a pill, it's really troublesome. Zheng Qiu scratched his head, feeling that there were really a lot of people in the Dan room.