In the book, I was fed by my sister

After hearing her elder sister's steady breathing, Song Li climbed out of the bed as lightly as a kitten.

She tiptoed carefully, afraid of disturbing her sister's sleep, and reached out to take the medicine bottle on the cabinet.

She gently and slowly unscrewed the stopper of the medicine bottle and poured out a pill. A pill slipped out of the bottle, and a faint, strange smell spread.

Song Li carefully put the pill into her pocket, then she walked towards the path leading to the forest in the moonlight.

In the forest on a summer night, the chirping of insects reveals a sense of terror.

The moonlight was pale, shining through the sparse clouds, and scattered on the ground in patches. The wind blew through the woods, and the woods rippled and rustled, like a whisper, but no one knew why.

Occasionally, the sounds of birds and animals could be heard, some near and some far away.

Song Li came to the depths of the forest, placed her palms on the ground, and thousands of green threads spread out from her palms.

She dissolved the medicine in water, dripped it into the soil, and whispered, "Look, see if there is anything in it."

As she called, the plants in the forest seemed to be infused with vitality, rustling. The leaves swayed gently, as if responding to the call.

"Yes, but I only know some of them." The round voice of the pennywort broke the silence.

Song Li nodded and said, "Tell me about it."

The coin grass thought for a moment and slowly said, "Go east, there is a ditch over there, you can get some grass fruit, but it only comes out in autumn, you can't find it now."

"Is it called Cao Guo? Are there any more?"

Copper Coin Grass thought for a while and continued, "And... Hawthorn!"

"I know that too! I know that too!" Dandelion shook himself and almost broke apart.

"My mother, my mother's mother, my mother's mother's mother, but..."

Song Li interrupted Dandelion's boasting: "Get to the point!"

"It's just that we, the Dandelion Clan, have seen a lot and have flown to many places."

Song Li said coldly, "If you say anything else, I'll blow air at you."

Dandelion quickly collected her thoughts and said, "There are malt from the fields, dry bark from magnolia trees, and dried orange peels. If there are any more..."

"besides?"

"And... there are two more things! They are not plants, they are... they are groundworms in the soil!"

"Dig earthworms?! Aren't those earthworms used for fishing?" Song Li remembered that in the end times, when she couldn't even get enough food to eat, she never thought of digging earthworms out of the soil to eat. She didn't expect that she would have to eat this kind of creature now.

Song Li continued to ask: "Is there anything else?"

"There is another one that is very familiar, but I can't remember what it is."

Song Li's heart tightened: She was still one step short, and maybe she could make the pills herself.

She looked around, her eyes falling on the pine trees nearby: "You live longer than these grasses, don't you know?"

"You know, people forget things when they live too long. I only know that I grew from the undigested feces of a squirrel, and there is not much vegetation around me. I am nothing compared to a dandelion. Maybe within a month, it will have great-great-grandchildren."

Song Li sighed. It seemed that she had to go to the pharmacy in the city to look for the last herb. "Forget it. I'll go to the pharmacy in the city to look for it while I have time."

"I remember now, someone urinated on me, and that was the smell of urine." Song Shu suddenly said.

But it could no longer detect Song Li's scent. "How strange! Does she eat the same food as us?"

There was silence in front of the pharmacy. There was a pharmacy in the backyard with a dim oil lamp on.

A group of children were busy with their medicine. They were of different ages, the oldest was fourteen or fifteen, the youngest was only ten, but they all wore the same blue tops and earth-colored pants, and small hats.

There are four stoves for boiling medicine on the stove. Some people are responsible for watching the stoves, some are responsible for cutting the medicine, some are responsible for grinding the medicine, and some are responsible for making pills.

"Add a little Dilong, a little Ren Zhongbai, a little Ren Zhonghuang..." A medicine boy muttered in a low voice, as if reciting something.

Just as he was concentrating on rubbing the pills, a senior brother reminded him: "Yuan Ren, don't mess around."

Yuan Ren raised his head and looked at his senior brother, "Master said that the formula of the food-transforming pills should be enhanced with a little more flavor. This flavor is not strong enough!"

After hearing this, the senior brother frowned and said, "Then don't do anything rash. What if something goes wrong after eating?"

"If you have any problem with your diet, come and get it treated. This will further enhance Master's reputation."

"You!" After hearing this, the senior brother became so angry that his face turned red.

Yuan Ren looked at his senior brother who was so angry that his face turned red, and his heart softened. He whispered, "Senior brother, I just want those who take medicine to feel sick. If they feel sick, don't come to us to get medicine in the future."

"Yuan Ren!"

"Yes, yes, I know. Master found us in the snow, fed us, clothed us, taught us to read and learn medicine. Without Master, we would have died long ago."

He sighed.

"But Brother, look at the words on the plaque, 'Helping the world with medicine', we call this practicing medicine? It's clear that we are just cheating and deceiving people."

Yuansheng touched his fellow apprentice's head and said, "I know your pain. Master is like a father, we cannot do anything to let him down. When we have learned enough, we can naturally pursue our medical career."

Song Li lay on the roof, looking at everything below. His mood was like a ignited flame, and he was so angry that his teeth were itching.

Although she didn't know what "yellow philtrum" and "white philtrum" were, she was clearly aware that she had been deceived.

I was cheated out of a whole tael of silver!

She was so angry that she died because he dared to lie to her.

She glanced sharply at the people in the room below, secretly thinking about how to vent her anger.

She knew that there were too many people here and making too much noise might cause unnecessary trouble.

But she had to get it out.

She quietly left the rooftop and came to the clinic in front. There was no one guarding it, so she easily sneaked into the clinic.

Finding the locked cashbox, she smiled with contempt. To her, anything made of wood could be spoiled and destroyed.

The wooden board above the cash box aged rapidly and eventually turned into a rotten wood. Song Li easily crushed the board and opened the cash box.

She looked down at the valuables inside. There was a lot of silver coins and copper coins piled in the safe, and the two largest silver ingots were very heavy.

She followed her elder sister and learned that this weight was worth five taels.

Five taels of silver is enough to buy a small donkey.

But there is still too little money in the cabinet!

"I don't know where the money of so many people has gone after being defrauded every day."

She dragged all the money into the ground.

She was not satisfied with the silver and copper coins, and her eyes turned to the medicine cabinet on the back wall. She transformed into countless vines, easily opened the drawers, and took out every kind of medicinal material inside.

"This medicine is good stuff, but in the hands of these quacks, it will just go to waste."

She packed everything up and dragged it underground as well.

Then she sneaked into the warehouse and destroyed a corner of the door using the same method.

Just enough for her to get in.

Looking at the room full of bags, she opened them all with a rattan stick and dragged the entire room full of medicine into the ground according to the method.

"Brother, is there any noise in the warehouse?"

"It should be the wind. Someone is guarding it."

"I saw him go out drinking at night. I wonder where he is now."

"You, don't always go against him. He is several years older than us and we can't beat him."

Song Li stepped out of the clinic. The satisfaction of revenge made her feel refreshed. She saw that the moon was exceptionally bright, and seemed to be rounder than usual.

However, in addition to her joy, her thoughts turned to the herbs buried underground. "But it's not a good idea to keep the herbs buried underground. If it goes on for a long time, they will definitely be destroyed."

"Have it!"

She wandered around the city's various large and small clinics.

Give each family a little.

After delivering the last house, Song Li showed a satisfied smile on her face. "Done! Go home and sleep!"

The next morning, Song Li was woken up by her elder sister.

"How come you are sleeping so soundly? We need to borrow a water truck today, so we have to get up early. Take your medicine first. The meal is ready."

Song Li looked at the black pill handed to her.

Then I remembered that I had been busy all night yesterday and forgot to replace the pills.

……

Sanqing Medical Clinic screamed early in the morning: "Where's my medicine!"

At the same time, in other medical clinics in the city, the little medicine boy who was in charge of sweeping the yard today saw a pile of dead grass growing in the yard.

Rubbed his eyes.

No, it's licorice.

No! It's ginseng!

"Master! Mian! Mian! Mian!"

"Whose family is giving birth? Go find the midwife, why are you looking for me?"

"No, there's an extra bag of ginseng in the yard! And... some Ganoderma lucidum and the like." The little medicine boy found it increasingly hard to believe.