The fragrance of medicine is alluring, the farm elder sister is cool and cool

Manager Pang reported the list of people "involved in the case" to Wangji Pharmacy. The pharmaceutical workshop was also shocked. They did not expect that more than half of the herbal medicine stores were involved.

With so many people, it is hard to say whether they should be punished or dismissed. This has to be reported to the head office and decided by the eldest son.

Manager Pang felt that he had no objection whether it was punishment or dismissal. These people had been working here for a long time anyway. They were all old hands and would make excuses when asked to do more work. After they were all fired, he would take advantage of the urgent need for manpower and arrange for his relatives to come in.

During lunch break, Wen Qingcheng and Qi Zhen returned to the dormitory. Qi Zhen had been holding back a question for the entire morning, "Qingcheng, where on earth are you hiding? How come they can't find you?"

"I hid behind the house."

"We left together this morning. How come I didn't see you? You didn't even ask me for help."

"You went to the toilet. The more I thought about what Brother Gong said yesterday, the more I thought it was wrong. So I hid all my things behind the house and covered them with a board."

"Qingcheng, you are so smart. I am so lucky today. I didn't expect them to steal so many herbs and pick the expensive ones. I don't know if Manager Pang will report it to the pharmacy and then report it to the Qihuang Patriarch Association."

Qi Zhen sighed and continued, "This kind of theft is despised by the pharmaceutical industry. Wang Ji can legitimately dismiss them. If it is reported to the Qihuang Patriarch Association and the whole county is informed, it will be difficult to find pharmaceutical work in the entire Qinghe County in the future..."

"Zhen, don't you find it weird?" Wen Qingcheng folded her hands behind her head and lay on the bed with her legs crossed.

"Hmm?" Qi Zhen looked at Wen Qingcheng with a questioning look on his face.

"Brother Gong said that Manager Pang and Liu Yishou discussed secretly and said they were going to take action. This wave is coming for me. How can they be sure that there are medicinal herbs in our dormitory? From the situation this morning, it seems that they have already confirmed that we have medicinal herbs. They just need to bring people to dig them out on the spot. If he really found them, no matter whether we picked them up or not, he will insist that we stole them. We can't explain it even if we have a lot of mouths. Then he can justifiably fire me."

Qi Zhen bit her lower lip and said, "Someone must have told him. I guess it was Liu Yishou. Sister Ma and Sister Li, who are in charge of moistening the herbs, are Liu Yishou's eyes and ears. I'm afraid they saw us picking up herbs."

"They seldom come to the backyard. Basically, we pick them up after work and go back to the dormitory directly. By then, they have already gone home..."

Qi Zhen thought about it and agreed, "Who could it be? Only you and my brother Gong know."

"No, there's another person."

"who."

Wen Qingcheng turned sideways, propped up her head with her hands, and whispered, "And Xiaoyue."

"That's impossible. Isn't Xiao Yue one of ours?"

"Xiao Yue is about the same age as us, but she usually gets close to us. How can you be sure that she is on our side?"

Qi Zhen suddenly realized, "Now that you mention it, that's right. Every time we talked about Manager Pang, she never interrupted and just walked away quietly. Manager Pang never bothered her either."

"This is just our guess. I don't have complete evidence." Wen Qingcheng sighed.

"No matter what, you have to be careful with your words and actions in the future."

"Zhen, when you meet Xiao Yue, don't mention our medicine cutting practice anymore." Wen Qingcheng said.

"I know that, but... Manager Pang didn't find us today. I'm afraid he will continue to set traps for us in the future. The junior pharmacist assessment is in ten days. I hope nothing goes wrong." Qi Zhen lay on the bed, staring blankly at the shed.

......

Qi Zhen's worries were not unnecessary. Even though Wen Qingcheng had been very low-key in recent days, Manager Pang still didn't let her go.

Manager Pang would not talk to her directly, so that day, Liu Yishou found Wen Qingcheng.

"Wen Qingcheng, come here." Liu Yishou stood in the front yard and waved at Wen Qingcheng like calling a puppy.

Wen Qingcheng was a little unhappy, but she didn't bother with her. Now that the junior pharmacist examination was approaching, she couldn't afford to make any mistakes. Apart from working, she rarely spoke every day.

"what's up?"

"Today, just follow Sister Tong and Uncle Wang to moisten and cut the medicine."

Wen Qingcheng was a little puzzled. Ever since she entered the medicinal materials business, she had been assigned to do dirty and tiring work. Why was she asked to do such technical work now?

Both moistening and cutting medicine require skills and particularities. As the saying goes, three parts medicine and seven parts preparation, fine medicine is the soul of medicine. Moistening is one of the methods of preparing medicine.

The moistening methods include soaking, latent moistening, dew moistening, suffocating moistening, and repeated moistening. The success or failure of cutting herbs depends on cutting for 30% and moistening for 70%. The herbs are moistened by soaking them in hot water to make them absorb water and soften them, which is convenient for subsequent processing. If the herbs are not moistened thoroughly, the herbs will be too hard to be cut into slices, which will hurt the knife and be laborious. If the herbs are moistened too much, the herbs will be too soft and cannot be sliced ​​thinly.

These are all passed down by the masters, and it is difficult to grasp them without the guidance of the masters. Wen Qingcheng seemed to understand the intention of Manager Pang at this moment. He wanted to deliberately let Wen Qingcheng do some difficult work, so that she would be more likely to make mistakes. Then, he could catch her mistakes and easily drive her out of Wangji.

Liu Yishou brought Wen Qingcheng to the herb cutting area, and heard the sound of knives cutting herbs. "Uncle Wang, I brought you a helper." After saying that, he looked at Wen Qingcheng, "Wen Qingcheng, just follow Uncle Wang to cut herbs. These white peonies are also specially ordered for He's in Kyoto. Learn well and don't be careless."

Liu Yishou left after giving the instructions. Pharmacist Wang was about sixty years old and was said to have started learning medicine at the age of fourteen. Brother Gong said that the white peony he cut could fly up if he blew on it in his hand.

Pharmacist Wang was skinny and had a pair of very shrewd eyes. Seeing Wen Qingcheng standing there, he said, "These are all the moistened medicines under the table. Start cutting them. Don't waste them. They are all for the He family!"

"Um... Hello, Teacher Wang. I don't know the requirements for cutting white peony here. Can you teach me first?"

Pharmacist Wang glanced at Wen Qingcheng and asked, "You don't know how to cut medicine?"

"I will, but I'll just ask a few more questions in case the cutting is not in compliance with the regulations."

"You can cut medicine, but don't you know the rules? Manager Pang really dares to use anyone." Pharmacist Wang muttered. He was busy enough. He didn't send someone who was quick and skillful. He sent such a weak girl. What could she do? She started to complain of being tired after only a few cuts.

Wen Qingcheng was very respectful to the old masters, and continued to smile, "I won't disturb you, I'll watch you cut first, then I'll start."

I don't know if Wang was doing this for demonstration or just because of his speed, but I saw him cut a plate of white peony root into about 200 pieces. The slices were also very thin.