Chapter 12: The Journey Out of the Valley
Rubbing his eyes, he took a look at the familiar scenery around him, he was clearly with Awu at the top of the valley yesterday, why did he come back inexplicably, he didn't even say a word of goodbye, and he didn't know when he would see him again... Ah Shui hung his head and puffed out his little face, but a magnetic deep voice suddenly sounded in his ears, "Ah Shui, see you in two years......."
Who is this, why can't the owner of the voice remember anything, shook his head with water, and the sense of loss just now actually disappeared. Let's go see my father, I must have been angry yesterday.
When they came to the main house, Shen Er's father and Yu Niang were sitting on the edge of the bed discussing something, and when they saw that they were disheveled with water, Yu Niang immediately got up and greeted them with combs and cotton clothes, for fear of causing illness with water. Shen Er's father didn't say a word, and sat on the edge of the bed wiping the wooden bow.
With watery eyes, he rolled around, and shouted in a soft voice, "Dad, if you continue to wipe like this, this wooden bow will become a wooden mirror, don't you say that the royal family wants to recruit apprentices, I will go." Yu Niang was overjoyed, "Just now your father and I were still worried, it is best if you want to go, we are not in a hurry to drive you out, but the notice of the Xuanye royal family came too suddenly, the news in the valley was blocked, and when your father heard the news, there were still three days before the end...".
"Okay, okay, I know, you and Dad are planning for me." Interrupting Yu Niang's chattering instructions, he got up and patted Yu Niang's shoulder, and said in a matter-of-fact manner, "What about you, just stay at home with peace of mind, your father's body and bones have not recovered well, so don't go to the bottom of the valley to hunt for three or nine days, and when your daughter returns from school, she can enjoy a quiet life."
Yu Niang was still happy, when she heard the last sentence, her expression flashed suddenly, and she said crampedly, "That's the best, go to the Huang family as a medical apprentice, at least two years, you promise your mother, don't go back to the valley on the way to study", Yu Niang looked at the water seriously.
Odd... On weekdays, I only go to the city to change the money for medicine, and my father and mother have to urge me again and again to return to the valley as soon as possible. Now, what is this....
"Well, mother, I know", brought water to deal with the past, but the doubts in his heart were not dispelled. I thought that I would have to go back to the valley to see if I had the opportunity, but I never thought that this farewell would really be two years later.
Under the urging of Shen Er's father and Yu Niang, after bringing water for lunch, he took a few large and small packages to catch up with the journey. When it was nearly dusk, it was already a little late, and there was still more than half an hour to go before the Absolute Heaven City. He found a flat place near the stream, set up a few sticks of firewood, and decided to rest here tonight, and by the way prepare for tomorrow's experiment.
Although her father didn't tell her more about the selection of medical apprentices, it would not be too simple to bring water, and there should be a decent test after all. Zuo didn't want to test the names of rare medicinal materials, and it was more difficult to configure medicinal materials and the like, and suddenly her mind had already floated over the hundreds of herbs and prescriptions she had learned in the valley.
There was a rustling sound in the grass, a water alarm bell, and two fingers had reached into the benzoin in his sleeve. A lively female voice came into her ears, "What a coincidence, are you also in a hurry to the imperial city!" ”
Looking back with water, it turned out to be a girl of her own age, wearing a coarse cloth dress, and the cloth shoes under her feet were worn out a lot but were very clean. The girl leaned over to the fire, and a mixed smell of medicine wafted over.
"Yes, the journey has been difficult, and I plan to rest here tonight." Daishui put away the vigilant movements in his hand and moved to the side.
"Hehe, my name is Bi Baizi, you can just call me Baizi", the girl didn't recognize her life at all, and spoke to herself, "My father, I have to choose the royal doctor's apprentice, you said that the people at the foot of the imperial city are all children of official families, I come from a humble background, how can I compete..."
Bi Baizi said this for a long time, and learned that the royal physicians of the Xuanye clan came out of the Puji room, and the battle almost caught up with the royal Gong army, and I heard that the Xuanye Emperor was very heavy on doctors, but the last time he recruited medical apprentices and medical assistants was three years ago, but this year is a rare opportunity, and many people will come to take the exam.
Thinking deeply, it seems that I have to find a way to stand out. Seeing that there was no movement here, Bi Baizi shook his arm with water, "What are your plans, seeing that you are alone, it is not easy to gain a foothold in the imperial city, you...".
Daishui hurriedly interrupted Bi Baizi's follow-up tirade, "We are fellow travelers, and I came this time at the behest of my family to give it a try, but, listening to what you just said, it seems that this year's selection is for all the gods to manifest...". Obisui turned slightly sideways and began to think again.
But I didn't see it, Bi Baizi's eyes flashed slightly after hearing this, as if he was thoughtful, but in a blink of an eye, he returned to that noisy appearance, "Good aunt, you have to think of a way, we are such a family, I'm afraid we won't even be able to pass the first try."
"There is a way, I was born in the mountains and forests, I don't see many ordinary herbs, but I know a lot of rare ones...", Bi Baizi was overjoyed when he heard this, and pushed his arm with water, "Did you bring it with you, let me see it!" ”
He probed one of the packages with water and took out a grass plant with yellow color and long narrow leaves, "This thing is called mulberry salary, and it is recorded in the book that no matter the season, only one plant will be born in two hundred days, and if the picking is delayed or the method is not appropriate, it will have to wait until the next two hundred days." The water slightly explained its use and efficacy, and the cypress who listened to it was happy.
"Hahaha is great, the road of the infinite woman, this thing is afraid that the old pedants in those pharmacies have not seen it with their own eyes, and they will definitely look up to us", Bi Baizi hurriedly took out the placket on his chest, and took out a ball of purple satin wrapped things, she looked at the water proudly, unfolded the satin, and inside was a glass bottle, which also contained a black pill.
She poured it lightly on the satin and put the pill in front of her nose with water, "You smell it, this is what my father gave me, saying that this thing can protect me from the first trial, but I don't know what the effect of this pill is", Bi Baizi looked at the thing in front of him with some worry.
I sniffed it with water, and it turned out to be ...... This pill is by no means simple, it is more like a family of Xitong Medicine, she probably knows a few of the atumuses in it, but if she guesses correctly, it should be a rare main herb as an introduction, Rao is she is well-informed in the valley, and she can't guess what this herb is.
The strange thing is that this Bi Baizi is dressed and talking, and he doesn't look like the daughter of a big family, so where did he get this thing?