Hearing the sound of the door opening, a gray-haired, glasses-wearing gentleman looked up from the side of the case to see who had dared to trespass into the dispensing room.

Doctor Wang Siren said with a smile: "Pharmacist Qin, I have brought you an apprentice." Hehe, this is my nephew Meng Liang, let him follow you as an apprentice in the future. This kid is smart, you should take him with you. As he spoke, he smiled at Peony and squeezed his eyes.

Peony Yong smiled in return, and then shouted to Mr. Qin with glasses: "Hello Mr. Qin!

This glasses Qin, known as Qin Yaoshi, was a middle-aged man of medium height, slender build, and very thin. He looked at the boy named Meng Liang through the top of the frame of his glasses, and then said slowly, "Such a big child should go to school." This kid looks very smart, and he looks so good. ”

Dr. Wang Siren was a little embarrassed, he was noncommittal, and then said to Peony Yong: "Learn hard from the master here." He turned and exited the dispensing room.

Qin coughed dryly, put down the work in his hand, walked to a case inside, beckoned Meng Liang to come over, and then said, "Look at these medicinal materials, they all need to be crushed and dispensed." You should familiarize yourself with it first, remember the name and appearance of each medicine, and you will be tested later. ”

Peony Yong agreed, and saw that the case was full of straw boxes one by one, which were filled with all kinds of herb medicines, and the boxes were labeled. He looked at it one by one, and saw dozens of kinds of squid bones, cordyceps, wheat winter, puff [lěi], dendrobium, codonopsis red ginseng slices, American ginseng slices, musk and so on.

In fact, as the prince of the flower fairy world, he has learned a lot about flowers and trees before, and he also knows a thing or two about their types, characteristics and even pharmacological properties, but he still doesn't know so much about how to use them further. It is also a very rare opportunity to have the opportunity to practice here today, and he is very happy to arrange it.

At this time, Pharmacist Qin brought over a tung utensil and put it on the case, and he asked Peony Yong, "Do you know what this is?"

How could Peony Yong not know? But he pretended to be confused and said, "Meng Liang doesn't recognize it, and he still wants the master to teach." ”

Glasses Qin said: "This is the medicine mill that crushes these medicines, and the scientific name is Huiyi Groove." After speaking, he took a small piece of squid bone and put it into the grinding trough of the medicine mill, then picked up the grinding plate like a wheel, showed it to Peony Yong, and said, "You should first grind some squid bones for me to use, and crush them finely." ”

Peony Yong promised to take the grinding plate in Pharmacist Qin's hand and began to grind the medicine powder. This medicine mill, Peony Yong saw it in the imperial infirmary of Yaotai Flower Garden when he was very young, and it was with Aunt Ziyin. It's just that at that time, it was my aunt who was doing it, and my aunt used it to crush the preparation of medicinal powder, and he was just watching from the side. Later, he also read a legend about the origin of the medicine mill in the book, which is said to be related to Hua Tuo's practice of medicine.

It is said that there was a blacksmith surnamed Wang, who had no children and no daughters, opened a small blacksmith shop, and made a living by making farm tools. One day, he was seriously injured by an explosion in the furnace, and because he had no money for treatment, he had to hold on, and the small blacksmith shop was closed.

After Hua Tuo found out, he went to Wang Blacksmith's house every day to treat his injuries, and Hua Tuo didn't say a word about the medicine money. Wang Blacksmith thought to himself that Hua Tuo must have kept the account, so he saved some money, and after his injury was healed, he came to Hua Tuo's pharmacy to pay the bill.

In fact, Hua Tuo didn't keep an account at all, and when he saw that Blacksmith Wang came to pay for the medicine, he said: "I'm happy that your injuries are healed, and there is no need to mention the money for the medicine!"

Blacksmith Wang was moved to tears, and when he returned home, the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt, and he thought that Hua Tuo was tired and sweating profusely when he treated his injuries and rolled medicine, so he decided to cast a tool for Hua Tuo that could crush medicine, so as to reduce the fatigue of Hua Tuo and his apprentice when grinding medicine.

After repeated pondering, the blacksmith Wang cast a concave-shaped medicine trough and a round wheel, and used the round wheel to grind back and forth in the groove. After he made it, he tried some dry branches and small pebbles himself, and it really worked.

But what is the name of this thing? He was thinking that when an old gentleman who taught came to the shop to make things, the blacksmith Wang told him the reason for repaying his kindness and asked the old gentleman to give him a name.

The old gentleman thought for a while and said: Let's call it Huiyi Groove! Hui is a gift, which means to save lives and repay kindness; Yi is peace, which means that your injuries will be healed and the danger will be turned into a disaster; Trough, a tool for grinding medicine. This encompasses all your heart.

When the blacksmith heard this, he was exactly what he wanted, and said in a loud voice: "Okay, good, it's called Huiyi Groove." It was immediately sent to Huatuo Pharmacy.

Since then, Huiyi trough has become a must-have for doctors and has been handed down. Because the Huiyi trough is mainly used to grind medicine, people also call it medicine mills.

This grinding powder is not a highly technical job, what is needed is strength and patience. Therefore, it is really nothing to Peony Yong, he keeps crushing the medicine foam all the time, and Qin Pharmacist keeps weighing and dispensing and packing the medicine, and from time to time he has to go to the small window on the wall near the corridor to take orders and deliver medicine.

Time passed quickly, in addition to learning about medicines and grinding some medicines in the morning, he also slipped out of the dispensing room twice under the pretext of going to the toilet, in order to see how Dr. Wang Siren used treasures to diagnose and treat those patients. However, the results were disappointing, he did not understand anything, and soon the morning passed.

When it was time for lunch, no one came to ask Peony Yong to go back to eat. At this time, a guy shouted from the small window where the medicine was placed, "Pharmacist Qin, it's time to eat." ”

Only then did Pharmacist Qin put down the work in his hand, patted the medicine residue on his hand, and went to the basin in the corner of the house to wash his hands, and said to Peony Yong: "Meng Liang, aren't you going back to eat?"

Peony Yong is also hesitating about this matter in his heart, if Dr. Wang didn't come to ask him to go back to dinner together, it is estimated that he will not be able to go back without permission, this is an obvious reason. Besides, he didn't want to see the so-called aunt either, and he instinctively knew that he was not welcome with her. So are you going to eat here with the guys?

He wasn't sure in his heart, so he said, "I don't know, no one told me how to do it." ”

Pharmacist Qin sighed and said, "Alas... Come and wash your hands, too. This morning, he asked the child if he had a ride, and knew that it was because his parents were dead that he came to his uncle's house to ask for a way to live. A child who doesn't have a mother's pain, this life under the fence is naturally not good, how can he not understand.

When Peony Yong and Pharmacist Qin walked out of the dispensing room together and entered a special office and dining room for the guys, they saw a chubby middle-aged woman taking food out of the food brocade box.

Pharmacist Qin greeted: "Fox Meizi, what are you going to do for us today?"

The fat woman called 'Fox Meizi' turned around, and Peony couldn't help but smile when she saw it. I saw that this middle-aged woman had a pair of festive and charming eyes on her round face, and she looked like she was smiling if she wasn't smiling, and a small nose with a round flesh head and a pink and sexy lips were smiling and opening at this time. At a glance, you know that he is a master who loves to talk and laugh, and likes to be lively.

I only heard her say: "Brother Qin, your old man is less poor, isn't it what the master says to do, I will do it? This can be mine?" As she spoke, she stopped at a glance when she saw Peony Yong, and asked the three or four guys in the house to take something to eat by themselves, but she came over to look at Peony Yong and said, "Is this Simin---'s child?"

Pharmacist Qin said, "Yes." His name is Meng Liang. ”

The fat cook fox Meizi said, "Ah, Meng Liang." Poor child. You know? Your mother and I grew up together, and she married to the corner of the West Mountain, so we have less contact. Poor child. Come, here,"

She took Peony Yong's arm and walked to the dining table, sat him down on a stool, brought a bowl of rice, and then pulled the meat stuffed kidney beans in the big bowl to Peony Yong and said, "Eat." I'll let you eat here for lunch in the future. Eat more, kid, it's pathetic. Why is Simin willing to leave behind?" he said, and his hand lifted the apron on his waist to wipe his eyes.

Peony Yong was also sour by her, and the life of Meng Liang in the past two days also made him somewhat realize that it was not easy to send people under the fence. The sadness was a little, but it was still far from tears, so he had to lower his head and stay silent.

The guys from the medical hall and Pharmacist Qin were all holding rice bowls and watching this scene together, and everyone couldn't help but be silent for a while. In order to ease the atmosphere, Pharmacist Qin said, "Eat, eat! Don't mention sad things." Then everyone chimed in, and they came together and began to eat.

The fat cook also held back her tears, and nagged while putting meat in the rice bowl of Peony Yong: "Child, eat more meat, how about you grow your body!

Peony Yong looked up gratefully and said, "Aunt Fox Meizi, thank you." It's me、I don't like to eat meat。 ”

And they were all happy.

The fat cook slapped Pharmacist Qin in the shoulder while laughing, and said with a smile: "It's all your nonsense, and the children are blinded." Then, she said affectionately to Peony Yong amid the laughter of everyone: "My mother's surname is Mei, and my husband's surname is Gu Yuehu, so he screams nonsense." In the future, you can just call me Aunt Mei, I and your mother are like sisters, if there is anything that you don't help in the future, just tell me. ”

The words of Aunt Mei, the fat cook, made Peony Yong's heart warm. Although this chubby female cupboard has nothing to do with him, it makes him feel an indescribable feeling in his heart, and he feels very kind and warm. So, he nodded earnestly in agreement. At this time, he felt that the fat meat of this chubby female cook looked very beautiful and beautiful.