Early the next morning, not long after dawn, Jiayi and his father brought a bunch of bacon and a little ale made by Xiaoweng. I walked to the medicine family.

Soon arrived outside the courtyard of Yao's home, Gary knocked on the door, Yaolao stood at the door, his hair was gray, his face was covered with wrinkles, but his spirit was not bad, and his hands and feet were still dexterous. Yao Lao glanced at Gary, then looked at Jiayi, and said to Gary, "It's Gary, is there anything wrong with coming here so early?"

Gary looked at Yao Lao and found that before he knew it, Yao Lao already looked very old, and he didn't know how long he could live. Well, that gave Gary another reason to convince himself. Gary didn't know how old Yao Lao was, but when he was a child, Yao Lao was the only pharmacist and physician in this annex, I'm afraid, he must be 6 or 70 years old. At that time, 60 years old was a high life, and about 50 years old was considered old age.

Gary came back to his senses and said to Yao Lao: "Yao Lao, my child Jia Yi wants to learn a craft, and admires your skills very much, and hopes to worship you and learn the knowledge of pharmacists with you." ”

Yao Lao looked at Jia Yi and asked, "Do you want to learn pharmacist with me?"

Jia Yi looked at Yao Lao, nodded, and said, "Yes, Yao Teacher, I want to learn from you as a pharmacist." ”

"Come in first. Yao Lao let Gary and his son into the courtyard and walked into the house.

Jia Yi saw that there were a lot of medicinal herbs in the courtyard of Yao Lao, and a few of them looked familiar, but they basically didn't know each other. These medicinal herbs should have been collected by Yao Lao himself in the mountains. If it is a fresh medicinal herb, Jiayi may know what kind of grass it is, but after drying it, some of it is still sliced, and it will not be recognized. Speaking of which, Yao Lao's health is really good, and at such an old age, he often goes to the forest and mountains to collect medicine.

Yao Lao took Gary and his son into the house, sat them down, and said to Jiayi, "Why do you want to learn from a pharmacist?"

Seeing Yao Lao's question, Jia Yi hurriedly sat up straight and made a serious appearance: "Teacher Yao, my father often goes into the mountains and is easy to get injured, so I want to learn from the pharmacist and treat my father's injuries in the future." Moreover, I think it is very meaningful to treat the sick and save people. ”

Yao Lao listened to his words, was noncommittal, turned to Gary and said, "Gary, Jia Yi is so young, do you rest assured that he is learning art outside?"

Gary listened and hurriedly said: "Yao Lao, we support Jia Yi if he wants to study medicine, and it is in the village, close to home, there is nothing to worry about." ”

Yao Lao turned his head to Jia Yi and asked: "If you want to learn pharmacist with me, you have to come over every day at dawn to study, and you can only go home after dark, and you have to learn to understand medicinal materials, and you have to go into the mountains to collect medicine in the future, can you stand it?"

"Teacher Yao, I can stand it, it's okay. When Jia saw that there was a door, he couldn't help but smile.

Yao Lao listened and was silent for a while, probably because he didn't want to be alone, and he didn't even collect the corpse, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'm also old, I can't have no successor, you just stay and learn from me." ”

When Jia Yi heard this, he instantly grinned and smiled: "Thank you, Teacher Yao, I will definitely study hard and will not let you down." Gary also hurriedly said, "Yao Lao, then my kid will trouble you to take care of it." I hunted and brewed the meat and wine in the mountains, so you can stay and taste it. ”

Yao Lao agreed to Jiayi's apprenticeship application in this way, and none of them mentioned the rumors of wizards. Gary's father and son stayed at the medicine home and chatted for a while, Gary took his leave, and Jiayi stayed, ready to start studying.

"Jiayi, you come here, we start to recognize the medicinal herbs. Yao Lao beckoned Jia Yi to go to the courtyard.

Jia Yi came to the courtyard, looked at the medicine man, hesitated and asked, "Teacher, what is your real name? In the future, when others ask, I can't say that I studied with the old medicine master in the east of the village, right?"

Yao Lao thought for a while and said, "I can't remember my own life, no one has used it for a long time." If you say to others, you can call me an old pharmacist, or a medicine teacher, and you can call me a medicine teacher. Besides, no one else knows his real name. ”

"Then teacher, is your surname Huang? Huang Yaoshi, is it particularly stylish?" Jia Yi asked again.

"What Huang Yaoshi? Can you eat? The surname Huang can be eaten as a meal? This is not the emperor's surname! The emperor's surname is Rupert, Coker Rupert. What is this Huang's surname, I haven't heard of it. Besides, I'm a commoner like you, so I don't have a surname. "Yao Lao feels very strange, and he feels that the world of little children is really difficult to understand.

"Teacher, will you stay in the ring at night?" said Kaichi in his final struggle.

"What strange thing are you thinking, of course I sleep in bed at night, and you tell me what will live in the ring? Elf? Come and recognize these herbs!" Obviously, Jia Yi's words made Yao Lao a little angry, thinking that Jia Yi was hinting at the rumors in Yao Lao Village that he was a wizard.

Jia Yi immediately shut up and walked over, but he felt that another of his spiritual beliefs had collapsed, the old pharmacist not only didn't believe in Huang, but he didn't even have a surname, sure enough, he shouldn't have any illusions about martial arts; Kaichi wanted to complain, but he didn't know who to spit it on.

"In this world, there is no one who can understand me!" Jia Yi silently turned in his heart.

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"This is bitter leaf chrysanthemum, the flower can reduce swelling and heat, the leaves are diuretic, this is jute grass, slightly poisonous, and toad crisp, the grass and black ratio can be made into anesthetic, toad crisp is not here, in the medicine cabinet at home, grass and black is hanging in the sieve over there. "The voice of Yao Lao teaching Jia Yi sounded in the courtyard.

"Master, is the anesthetic with this jute grass taken internally? Is it the same as the one you put on the arrow for my father? I heard that some people in the city will give the little daughter-in-law what anesthetic to eat, is this kind of it?" Jia Yi asked Yao Lao in a low voice.

Yao Lao felt that his feet were slipping, and he hurriedly held on to the shelf next to him, and said, "Don't pay attention to those messy things, I will teach you in the future, and remember the efficacy of the herbs first." ”

"Oh, but it's all done, and I don't know what it's like, and I can't recognize it in the wild. ”

"Those who will recognize it later, remember what I taught you first. ”

Yao Lao felt so tired, just emphasized, remember first, and then talk about other things.

From this day on, Jiayi studied in Yao's hometown every day, and by the way, he also had to take care of Yaolao's daily life. Although Yao Lao was often dumbfounded by Jiayi, he still felt that his quality of life had improved greatly, and he felt that it was really a wise thing to accept an apprentice, especially since Jiayi was small, but he had good cooking skills.