The Butterfly Valley is full of flowers and butterflies, and there is a small stream running through the valley, and at the end of the stream is a lake. The water of the valley depends on them.

Perhaps because of the different water quality here, the flowers and herbs grown are extraordinarily vigorous, and the effect is many times better than that outside.

There are cliffs to the east and south, and two snow-capped mountains to the west and north in the distance, completely separating this place from the outside world. It's not an exaggeration to call Butterfly Valley a paradise.

The only downside is that there is no electricity here. The daily lighting and cooking depend on candles bought from outside and trees cut down from the mountains.

The group walked into the yard and saw the grandmother feeding the chickens. When grandma saw Qu Fan, she shouted happily, "Xiaofan, it's finally here." Then, he saw Wang Wanqing behind Qu Fan, "Xiao Fan, this is ......"

"Grandma, this is my master, Wang Wanqing. Qu Fan introduced her.

"Auntie, I take the liberty of bothering you, I hope you will forgive me, in the future, I will live here with Xiaofan. Wang Wanqing said to Shen Chunhua with a smile.

"Don't bother, don't bother, please come in. Shen Chunhua welcomed her.

After walking into the house, Shen Chunhua called out to Hu Ziyi and asked him to take Qu Fan and his master Wang Wanqing to the room first, put the luggage away, and she went to prepare dinner for everyone.

Qu Fan helped his master with his luggage, and followed Hu Ziyi to another room in the backyard, which was adjacent to Qu Fan's room.

It looks pretty clean, like it's always inhabited, and it doesn't need to be cleaned up too much. Qu Fan asked, "Brother Ziyi, is this room occupied?"

Hu Ziyi nodded, "Yes, my parents used to live here. ”

Qu Fan saw that Hu Ziyi's expression had changed a little, and he was a little dignified, so he didn't ask any more questions, and after helping his master tidy up, he returned to the living room of the front room.

"Grandpa usually stays in his own pharmacy, and we generally can't enter the pharmacy, and grandpa will come out to find us if he has something. Hu Ziyi told Qu Fan.

"Then where are we going to study?" Qu Fan asked him.

"Study, Xiaofan, I'll take you to have a look. Taking advantage of the fact that the meal has not yet started, Hu Ziyi took Qu Fan around here, "Aunt Wang, do you want to come along?"

Wang Wanqing shook her head, "No, just go to the kitchen, I'll go to the kitchen to see if your grandma has anything to help." ”

"Alright, master, let's go to the study first. After Qu Fan finished speaking, he followed Hu Ziyi to the second floor.

The entire second floor is a large room, full of bookshelves, where there are a thousand books, to say the least. In addition to the works on traditional Chinese medicine, there are also medical cases and notes of the descendants of the Hu family.

"Brother Ziyi, have you finished reading all the books here?" asked Qu Fan.

"Of course not, these more than 1,000 books, to read them, it will take 40 years, to say the least, I have only read more than 400 books. I read slowly, there are some things in the book, I have to think about it for a long time to figure it out, my grandfather said that my understanding is not high, he once told me that Uncle Qu Lang was not yet thirty years old, and he almost finished reading them. Hu Ziyi replied to him.

Qu Fan thought in his heart, Hu Ziyi is twenty-three years old this year, and he must have started to study Chinese medicine before he learned to walk, the gap of more than 20 years, just three years, how can he catch up!

"Xiao Yi, Xiao Fan, come down to eat—" Grandma called out to the two of them downstairs, and then they walked out of the study and downstairs.

"Grandpa, grandma, master. Qu Fan called the three of them.

"Well, sit down. Hu Guanyue said, "Eat first, and after eating, we will talk about the future." ”

Qu Fan nodded and sat down with Hu Ziyi. After the five of them had dinner, Qu Fan and Hu Ziyi helped clean up the table, and then, Hu Guanyue called a few of them to his pharmacy.

There was a painting hanging in the pharmacy, and Hu Guanyue told him, "This is the ancestor of my Hu family, my Hu family has been a famous family of traditional Chinese medicine since the Yuan Dynasty, I am the twenty-ninth generation of the Hu family, and Ziyi is the thirty-first generation." ”

Listening to Hu Guanyue's words, Qu Fan knew what he meant, and Hu Guanyue wanted him to apprentice. His father and Hu Ziyi's father are both in the thirtieth generation, so Qu Fan wants to call him "Grandpa Zushi." ”

Qu Fan's gaze was fixed on the teacup on the table, he changed the teacup with new tea, added boiling water, held the tea in both hands, and walked in front of Hu Guanyue. He recalled the scene when he once worshipped Wang Wanqing as a teacher, bent his legs, knelt on the ground, handed the teacup to Hu Guanyue, and said, "Hu family, the thirty-first generation disciple Qu Fan, meet the ancestor and the grandfather, and invite the grandfather to drink tea." ”

At this time, Hu Guanyue, who had always been serious, smiled with satisfaction, took Qu Fan's teacup, took a sip gently, and said, "Get up, in the future, Hu Ziyi will be your senior brother." ”

"Yes, Grandpa. Qu Fan stood up, looked at Hu Ziyi, and shouted with his fists, "Senior brother." ”

Hu Ziyi looked at him with a smile, "Senior brother, be good." ”

"Xiao Fan, what was the first work of Chinese medicine, do you know?" Hu Guanyue asked him.

Qu Fan nodded, "It's the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon." ”

"Yes," Hu Guanyue said, "everything in the world is an aggregate of energy and information, energy is qi, information is called spirit, yin and yang are angry and spiritual, qi and spirit are tangible and tangible, and the source of disease is the same." "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" has a strict logical relationship and a complete thinking system, and it is a work of refinement of the spirit. Your brother once took six days to memorize the entire book, how many days do you need?"

Qu Fan didn't speak, he didn't know how many words or pages there were in this "Yellow Emperor's Neijing", so he didn't dare to answer him casually.

"Two days, only give you two days, you start too late, you have to pay ten times more effort than others, so only give you two days to memorize the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon", two days later, in the morning, come to my pharmacy, I want to take the school homework. Hu Guanyue said to him.

"Yes, Grandpa. Qu Fan swallowed his saliva and replied to him.

"Xiao Yi, take Xiao Fan to the study to pick up the book, if he doesn't understand something, you are responsible for answering. Hu Guanyue gave an order to Hu Ziyi.

"Yes, grandpa", then, he said to Qu Fan, "Xiaofan, let's go." Taking Qu Fan to the study, Hu Ziyi helped him take out the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon" and handed it to him.

"Xiaofan, this book is very difficult to memorize, you only have two days, come on, I'm with you, if you don't understand something, just ask me. After speaking, Hu Ziyi also took out a book, sat at the desk with Qu Fan, and read it.

Qu Fan opened the book and saw that it was full of classical Chinese, but fortunately, Wang Wanqing had taught him to learn "The Art of War" and "Thirty-six Strategies", so it was not difficult for him to understand.

They stayed in the study for three or four hours, and Hu Ziyi called him, "Xiaofan, it's not early, go back and rest." ”

"No, I still want to watch it for a while, Brother Ziyi, you go back first, good night. Qu Fan said to him with a smile.

"Alright then, don't be too late, grandpa will definitely ask you to do something else tomorrow. After Hu Ziyi reminded Qu Fan, he left the study, went to his room, and rested.

Qu Fan continued to study in the study, and when it was twelve o'clock, Qu Fan took the book and held the candle and walked to his room. Passing by his master's room, Qu Fan saw that there were still candles lit inside, and asked in a low voice, "Master, haven't you rested yet?"

"Xiaofan, come in. Wang Wanqing said to him, "The master is waiting for you to come back, and I have a few words to tell you." ”

After Qu Fan walked in, he asked her, "Master, what do you want to say to me?"

"Xiaofan, in the future, you will have a very hard life, in the future, you will still come to me every day, while teaching you, I will tell you some truths more in daily life in the future. Wang Wanqing said to him.

"Yes, master, I'm not afraid of hard work, three years of hard work, in exchange for happiness in the next few decades, it's worth it. Qu Fan told her.

"Well," Wang Wanqing smiled and nodded, "Okay, let's go back and rest early." ”

"Yes, master, you go to bed early. Qu Fan then returned to his room, extinguished the candle, and fell asleep.

The next morning, as soon as the rooster crowed, Hu Ziyi came to wake him up. After Qu Fan got dressed, Hu Ziyi told him to carry water and fill the water tank.

After filling the water, grandma also prepared breakfast, and after several people ate breakfast, Hu Guanyue then instructed him, "Xiaofan, in the future, you will carry the water alone every morning, and then, Ziyi and Ziyi will help grandma take care of the herbs."

Lifting water can help you strengthen your own resistance, and when your resistance is strong, you will not be easily eroded by diseases. While taking care of herbs, learn to distinguish between various herbs, as well as their properties and curative effects. ”

"I see, Grandpa. Qu Fan replied to him.

Hu Guanyue continued, "However, don't forget the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing", I will ask you a question the morning after tomorrow, and if you can't answer, I will punish you." ”

"Yes, Grandpa. After Qu Fan had breakfast, he took the book, Hu Ziyi and his grandmother, and went to the medicine garden. There are more than 100 kinds of medicinal herbs cultivated here, and the habits of various medicinal herbs are also different.

Qu Fan followed his grandmother, learning how to take care of these herbs and their names, while reciting the Yellow Emperor's Neijing.

The next morning, Hu Guanyue was waiting for Qu Fan in the pharmacy, and Qu Fan came here after finishing the medicine garden.

"How's it going, have you memorized it all?" Hu Guanyue asked him.

"Yes, it's all — memorized it. Qu Fan's tone was not very confident.

"Have you memorized it?" Hu Guanyue asked him again.

This time, Qu Fan looked at his face and replied affirmatively, "I memorized it." ”

"Well, I'll ask you a question, and if you can't answer it, go and copy the whole book ten times. Hu Guanyue said.

Qu Fan put the book in front of him.

"I don't need to read, Xiaofan, listen up, what's behind the one who doesn't feel the cold?"

Qu Fan looked at him and did not speak.

"Don't you know?" asked Hu Guanyue.

"Yes...... It's ......," Qu Fan stammered in recall.