A life of two souls traveling through time

"Chuanxiong is spicy, warm, non-toxic, and is harvested after the Grain Full season. Remove the roots and rhizomes, remove impurities, wash thoroughly with clean water, soak in warm water for an hour, remove and drain, slice and dry, dry and seal..."

Inside the pharmacy of Sanxiu Pharmacy, Si Yao picked up a herb and brought it to her nose to smell it, then she understood and said, many dried herbs were already placed on the counter in front of her, and Xiaolu beside her nodded frequently.

"Bai Bu (Stetracycline) is sweet, slightly cold, and non-toxic. It is harvested in autumn. The roots are washed and covered for one day. Slices are sun-dried, roasted, or steamed. Cortex Moutan (Salt-cork) is bitter and pungent, cold, and non-toxic. It is harvested in autumn or early spring. The fibrous roots and stems are removed and the root bark is cut open to dry or charcoal. In addition, Cortex Moutan and Alisma Orientalis are stored together. Alisma Orientalis is not easily infested by insects, and Cortex Moutan is not easily damaged either."

"Sister Si Yao, you are amazing. You can identify these herbs one by one in just a few days, and you are also familiar with their properties, taste, storage and preparation procedures." After Si Yao identified the herbs in front of her one by one, Xiao Lu couldn't help but give her a thumbs up and praised her sincerely.

"Mr. Huifeng is back!"

There was a clear ringing of bells, and a joyful call came from the front hall. Then a pair of dusty young men and women walked into the pharmacy. The young man was wearing a green jacket and had a medium-sized wooden medicine box hanging on his shoulders; the girl was carrying a bamboo basket on her back, and next to the basket was a small silver bell, which made a pleasant and crisp sound as the girl's swaying steps.

“I rarely hear Brother Xiaolu praising someone, it turns out it’s this sister!” The girl following behind the boy was the first to stick her head out and was surprised when she saw Si Yao.

"Mr. Huifeng, Guoying, you're back." Xiaolu was surprised and happy when he saw the two people coming in, and hurried forward to help take the medicine box from the boy's shoulder.

Huifeng, he is the little apprentice of Mr. Sanxiu who went out to the village for free medical treatment a few days ago.

Si Yao looked at the boy who was dull and calm, and whose expression was obviously inconsistent with his age. At this time, the boy's cold eyes were also staring at Si Yao. The two of them looked at each other without looking away.

"Mr. Huifeng, this is Siyao, the one arranged by the clan king to come to the medicine shop. Sister Siyao, this is the second master of our Sanxiu Medicine Shop, Huifeng."

"I know. This sister was injured while saving the prince." Xiaolu had just finished introducing Si Yao when a girl about twelve or thirteen years old walked up to him and arched her eyebrows at Si Yao. Her chubby round face with a pair of dimples made her look extremely cute.

"Do you know me?" Si Yao looked at the cute girl in front of him puzzledly.

"Sister, you may not know that it was Guo Ying who took care of you during the few days when you were injured and unconscious."

"It's you, thank you so much." Si Yao now understood that she was the medicine boy who came to take care of her when she was unconscious in the military camp.

"Sister, you're too kind. This is Guoying's job." The girl blinked her big eyes and smiled.

"Mr. Hui Feng, Mr. Hui Feng, someone comes outside to seek medical treatment. The patient... the patient is in critical condition... but the doctor has asked us to close the clinic today..." At this time, a pharmacist came running over from the front hall.

"You stupid fool! The patient is in critical condition, how can the pharmacy refuse to treat him?" When the young man Huifeng heard this, his face and tone became gloomy. He quickly took back the medicine box and turned to go to the front hall. The three people behind him followed him.

"Where is Mr. Sanxiu? Please ask Mr. Sanxiu to save my wife, she is dying..." In the front hall, a middle-aged man in brocade clothes and jade belt was supporting a woman who was sitting on a chair with no energy and almost fainted, crying loudly. The servants following behind her were also anxious with tears in their eyes.

Huifeng hurried to the seriously ill woman, ruthlessly pushed the middle-aged man away, and began to take the patient's pulse.

"You you..." The middle-aged man was extremely angry at being treated so rudely by a child of about fourteen years old, but when he turned around and saw that the other party was treating his wife, he dared not say anything even though he was confused.

"This is our owner's direct disciple, Mr. Huifeng." Xiaolu, who had followed closely, hurriedly approached the middle-aged man and whispered.

The middle-aged man widened his eyes in astonishment, but he did not want to ask any more questions. He cried to Huifeng, "Sir, my wife has not eaten anything for five days. She vomited or had diarrhea after finally eating half a bowl of rice porridge. We were passing through here. When we just checked into the inn, my wife suddenly felt unwell. Then she had diarrhea, bloating, abdominal pain, fever all over her body, and could not eat. I hurriedly ordered the servants to find a doctor to see her. The doctor said that my wife had evil heat entering her body. She took three doses of medicine according to the prescription he prescribed. Unexpectedly, the disease did not get better but became more serious. I was at a loss, but fortunately the innkeeper was kind enough to let me come here to see Mr. Sanxiu..."

While the middle-aged man was crying, Huifeng had already written out a prescription and handed it to Xiaolu and Guoying behind him. The two of them hurried back to the pharmacy, and Si Yao followed closely after seeing this.

"Sister Si Yao, this patient is in critical condition and needs a decoction immediately. I won't let you practice this time." Xiao Lu said to Si Yao who followed him while quickly grabbing the medicine.

Si Yao responded and quietly stepped aside. She knew that as a newbie, she should do nothing and ask nothing, otherwise she would just cause trouble.

Soon, Xiaolu delivered the prepared medicine to the pharmacy, and Guoying had already prepared everything in the pharmacy.

"Do you still have the previous prescription?" Huifeng asked the nervous middle-aged man beside him while decocting the medicine.

"Yes, I asked someone to keep it!" The master responded hurriedly and turned to wave to the servant behind him: "Quick, quick, take out the recipe."

The servant hurriedly took out the prescription from his arms and handed it to Huifeng respectfully. Huifeng took the prescription, opened it, and immediately took a breath of cold air.

"Sir, this prescription..." Observing Huifeng's slightly frowned brows, the master became even more nervous. He didn't expect it to be a good medicine, but he made sure it wasn't a poison that could harm people.

"Madam's pulse is rapid and strong, but extremely weak when pressed deeply. Her hands are cold and her tongue is pale with white fur. These are all symptoms of cold. However, due to the excess of Yin suppressing Yang, the patient's body is actually cold but has false heat. The cold should be dispelled and Yang should be restored. However, the medicines on this prescription are all extremely cold medicines. It seems that the doctor was confused by the symptoms of fever and thought it was evil heat."

"What a quack! What a quack! He almost brought my wife to her death!" The old man's face turned pale upon hearing this. He felt extremely distressed when he saw his frail wife, and his hands and feet trembled violently.

Huifeng didn't say much. Xiaolu had just brought out the boiled medicine, so he had no time to care about the old man's emotions.

Seeing the dying patient gradually recover after taking a dose of medicine, Si Yao, who had never been in such close contact with traditional Chinese medicine, felt the charm of traditional Chinese medicine for the first time in her life. If she wanted to learn medicine from a master just to survive, now she wanted to step into that door and understand it more deeply.

"Sister, did you come to the pharmacy to learn medicine from a master?" Guo Ying suddenly came to Si Yao and asked curiously.

"how do you know?"

"Why did you come to the medicine shop if you didn't want to become his disciple? You are not an orphan picked up by the owner of the shop. The owner's medical skills are well-known. In the early years, there were many people who wanted to become his disciples under the guise of being his medicine boy."

"The owner of the manor didn't take it?"

"Our owner doesn't just take in disciples casually. He really cares about getting along well with people."

Si Yao didn't say anything else, but just frowned slightly.