I practiced medicine in ancient times

"This female apprentice is really amazing!" Master Zhang said to his cousin with a double meaning as they walked together.

"Are you talking about what happened today?" Master Li glanced at his cousin, as if to say, don't underestimate me, I see it all.

"It seems you have noticed it too." Master Zhang nodded.

“I have seen apprentices fighting overtly and covertly, trying to climb up to a higher position.

As long as this woman can work, identify medicinal materials accurately and share the burden with me, I can keep her in the warehouse. Otherwise, I can just find any reason to send her away.

I can use her and I can also send her away. Now it depends on her ability to stay in the warehouse.

This is better than placing a young master who can't do the work." Master Li said after seeing the door clearly.

"It's okay as long as you know it in your mind." Master Zhang glanced at his cousin and smiled.

He also admired the female apprentice Xu Qingyi, and felt that she had potential, ability, courage, and ambition. He thought that he would help her today and make good friends with her.

However, he also knew very well that this was how a pharmacy worked. Only those who were truly capable of working and creating value could stay and last long.

.........

After half an hour, Xu Qingyi finished looking through the pricing in the account book for purchasing medicinal materials from outside, and remembered most of the prices.

After traveling through time, his facial features have undergone subtle changes, and his memories have become more profound, as if he has a photographic memory.

Just as Xu Qingyi opened the account book, another disciple from the warehouse, Li Li, also arrived.

Upon learning that Xu Qingyi was recruited by Master Li himself and assisted Master Li in identifying and purchasing medicinal materials, and also learning from Zhang Cheng how powerful Xu Qingyi was, Li Li was a little surprised and looked at Xu Qingyi carefully.

After Li Li came to work, he and Zhang Cheng started to get busy, preparing a large scale and several large wooden boxes, snakeskin bags, and oilcloth. Then they opened the back door and sat in the warehouse waiting.

Xu Qingyi, who was closing the account book at the side, seemed to be thinking about something, as if he understood.

The purchasing season for medicinal materials is generally in spring, summer and autumn.

The climate in these three seasons is suitable, which is conducive to the growth and picking of medicinal materials.

Spring is the season when everything comes back to life. Many medicinal herbs begin to sprout new buds. The herbs at this time are of the best quality and have the richest nutrients.

Autumn is the harvest season. After growing in the summer, the medicinal herbs have matured, and the quality of the picked herbs is relatively high.

Therefore, after these three seasons, there will be a wave of purchases of medicinal materials. Now it is October, and winter has already arrived. The medicinal materials collected in autumn are almost processed, and the herbalists want to bring them to the drugstores to exchange for money.

During this period of time, the warehouse should be busy.

Soon, people came one after another, pushing carts or carrying loads or snakeskin bags, and came to the open space in front of the warehouse in the backyard with familiarity.

Among these people, there were old and young, men and women, all of whom were villagers from nearby villages. The purpose of their trip was to sell the medicinal materials prepared at home to the Huichun Medical Clinic. The people who came were also very conscious and lined up in their own teams.

"Master Li, Master Zhang, can we start now? Where is Master Li?" Soon, more and more people came, and an elderly man asked Li Li and Zhang Cheng cautiously.

"I'll go get Master Li."

"How about I do it?" Xu Qingyi said.

"you.......?"

"It's your turn. I'm here to help you today." Master Li came in from outside at some point, carrying a small table and a bench to the open space in front of the warehouse. He opened a new blank page of the account book, picked up a pen in one hand, looked up at Xu Qingyi, and signaled her to start identifying, purchasing and pricing the medicinal materials.

Seeing this, Li Li and Zhang Cheng waited on the side, one holding a large scale and the other holding a wooden stick, ready to weigh the herbs.

"Uncle, you go first." When Xu Qingyi saw that Master Li taught her the job of inspecting, identifying and pricing medicinal materials today, she knew that Master Li was going to test her, and Xu Qingyi smiled indifferently.

My facial features have changed, and I can still make mistakes after looking, smelling and tasting. That would be crazy. If I take it seriously, even Master Li would be on his knees.

"Master Li, is she capable?" When the old man saw that the job of identifying and pricing medicinal materials was handed over to a girl in her teens, he felt a little flustered. He held the opening of the snakeskin bag tightly and refused to let Xu Qingyi see it.

"I am young and inexperienced, and if I make a mistake and set the price too high, it will not be good for you.

The benefits are delivered to your door, but you still don't want them, so let Master Li come." Xu Qingyi said with a thought in his mind.

"Uncle, please ask the young master to identify and price the medicinal materials. Are we in a hurry to go back?"

"That's right, don't underestimate the young master just because he's young. He might be very powerful."

"That's right. Hurry up. If you don't come, I will come first. I'm not afraid. True gold is not afraid of fire."

When the group of herbalists heard what Xu Qingyi said, they thought it made sense and immediately started to make a fuss. They hoped that Xu Qingyi would identify and price the herbs so that if he made a mistake, they would set a higher price.

“This is Atractylodes lancea, which is best harvested in three years, but judging by the quality, it’s only good for two years at best.

After digging out the roots, remove the stems, leaves and soil. When they are 40% to 50% dry, put them in a basket and knock off the fibrous roots, which will turn them black-brown. When they are 60% to 70% dry, knock them again. When most of the old skin is knocked off and they are completely dry, knock them for the third time.

Judging from the smell and color of the medicinal material, sir, you only touched it twice, this Atractylodes can only be classified as good quality, eight copper coins per pound. "After Xu Qingyi looked, touched and smelled it, he quickly saw what was wrong with the Atractylodes and determined the grade and price.

Medicinal materials can be divided into four grades: excellent grade, good grade, inferior grade, and not graded.

The better the grade, the better the quality of the medicinal materials and the higher the price. Regardless of the grade of the medicinal materials, Huichun Medical Clinic will purchase them.

The superior and good quality ones can be placed at the front desk of the pharmacy to dispense medicines, while the inferior quality ones can be placed in the backyard to boil medicines or used for sick apprentices or servants in the pharmacy.

As for those that are not of good quality, they have the lowest price and can be bought by the pharmacy and reworked.

"This..., you... young master has a very sharp eyesight, he got it all right." The old man listened to Xu Qingyi talking about the shortcomings of his preparation of Atractylodes lancea, and even a two-year student could see it. After Xu Qingyi got all of it right, the old man opened his mouth, but was unable to refute.

When Li Li and Zhang Cheng saw Xu Qingyi set the price for Atractylodes lancea and Master Li had no objection and even recorded it in a list, the two of them hurriedly weighed it and told Master Li the quantity.

Master Li wrote a note to the old man to collect the money.