Being a Life Player in the Middle Ages

When Dr. Lehman explained his intentions and presented the visiting gift, Martha was very happy.

She looked at him calmly, handed him the gift, and then said to Dr. Lyman, "I'm afraid I'll disappoint you, Doctor. This prescription isn't good for my husband, John."

"Nana?"

"Later, I got the information from a relative. My husband went to another country to get some prescriptions. He hoped I could help more people. He shared everything with me, but I didn't know who the doctor was."

Everything Martha said was true, except that she hid the truth from everyone.

After hearing about the prescriptions from doctors in other countries and not knowing who they were, Lehman regretfully gave up the idea of ​​visiting the doctors, and then asked the store whether they had already prepared the herbs.

Of course, there was no plan for the latter, after all, the prescription was just written yesterday. Although John had read it and wanted to try to prepare these herbs to see the effect, the herbs in his store were all dried, and most of the prepared herbs required fresh herbs, which he had not had time to prepare yet.

Lehman felt very sorry for not buying the medicinal clothes, but instead began to discuss with John the methods of processing the medicinal materials online.

John had two copies of the same prescription in his hands, and the number was much larger than the one he gave to Katya. So, with his parents' permission, he copied all the copies himself and even bound them into a notebook. This morning, after Martha asked them to leave home, he studied the contents of the prescription. In fact, there were many things he didn't understand, and he wanted to wait until his parents came back in a few days to ask them about the details.

Now that we are a truly knowledgeable doctor and have discussed this with him, I suddenly had an epiphany.

Doctor Lehman felt the same way. Although he was a doctor, he was responsible for looking after the herbs in his own shop. He had been handling them all personally for a long time, so John even understood many things better. The two of them got together to discuss and find out what was missing and fill in the gaps, which was very complementary.

Finally, Dr. Lehman even invited John to prepare Katya's prescription and buy herbs together, without using John's store - it's hard to say whether Dr. Lehman saw it as a friendly gesture, letting John make money, and also asking them to share the risk of the prescription.

But I feel that the former is more likely.

"Dr. Lyman probably saw all the notes on Father's line."

Hearing the other party go home and look at the kitchen in the back and whisper to Martha, John's notes have nearly ten prescriptions, all of which are suitable for pregnant women and infants. If Lehman finds out, it will be difficult for him to be tempted.

Martha nodded thoughtfully. Fortunately, it was not a bad thing. They had no intention of keeping those prescriptions to themselves. If Dr. Lyman knew, he might use them to treat more patients. On the contrary, if they chose to hide the prescriptions, they would attract other people to covet them.

Martha listened to the conversation outside and confirmed that John had taken out some of the prescriptions he had written down and showed them to Lyman. Lyman then paid close attention to them and asked in a low voice, "You remembered those prescriptions correctly, didn't you? And why did you have so many?"

Jia Daoyi whispered, "Don't worry, Mom. I've read those prescriptions many times before. I often help with the processing of medicinal materials, so it's unlikely that I'll make a mistake."

As for why there are so many prescriptions, it can only be said that the merchant is generous with his money, and the prescribing doctor has never personally seen the patient, so he gives him all the appropriate prescriptions.

The family even told Martha: "My mother became a doctor after a long illness. She has little knowledge of clothes and she also taught us."

"It's better than a pity that I got not only a physical illness but also a mental illness, and in the end, there was no way I could save myself."

It's not a lie to say that my mother became a doctor after a long illness. Judging from my memory, my mother was indeed a frail but very intelligent and knowledgeable woman. She was bedridden all year round and she would only spend her time reading. Their family was not well off, and my father, probably feeling guilty about his wife, almost always responded to her requests. He would collect things from wherever he went and bring them back, especially expensive books. As a result, my mother read many and diverse books, and even learned several languages ​​and taught them to me. As for reading, she naturally had few medical books.

I know that when Lawyer Komuning returns, he will help pack up the books and take them back to my mother's house. Although I have to ask the other party to sell the property before that, I do need to hire the other party to help transport the books and other items directly.

Dr. Lyman and John got along very well, and since they had come to visit, Martha and the others naturally wanted him to stay at home for dinner, so he would come over later to help Martha.

In fact, recently many of us have wanted to cook for ourselves. Martha's cooking is indeed delicious, but most of the dishes are not in line with our Chinese tastes. We need more skills. We have not tried cooking skills yet. We really want to try how the food we make tastes. Unfortunately, Martha is very self-conscious about her identity as a cook, and at the same time, she thinks that we don't seem to be able to cook, so she firmly refuses to let us cook.

Martha was very jealous: "Look at your delicate little hands. What if you get burned or cut while working in the kitchen? Be good and don't do anything dangerous."

Maybe because they had just been home for a long time, Martha's maternal love was always caring and worried about them like the babies, afraid that they would be hurt in any way. So even if the kids were very positive and said they were capable of working in the kitchen, Martha would always assign them the "safety" work of picking, washing, and placing the dishes.

Even because of the need to remind everyone, when it comes to watching the family line, John will also let everyone do those things.

After protesting to no avail, the family gave up and decided to wait for some time until Martha was completely accustomed to having her adopted daughter. After she had been surprised many times, they would bring up the matter of being the chef themselves.

Everyone was welcome, and lunch time was delayed, but the sumptuous meal was enough to satisfy everyone. After lunch, John was invited by Dr. Lehman to his clinic to prepare medicinal herbs for Katya and her son. Martha stayed in the store, while the family went next door to feed the horses and water their new fields.

After Bayard lent his backyard to him and said he could use it as he pleased, John went out to help clear the weeds in the yard and cultivate the land so that he could grow his own things.

Now the land is really precious and the seeds have just been planted. For this reason, we need to use sticks and ropes to divide the newly cultivated land into plots.

I got the bag of famous seeds back from the city hall, and when I touched them, their true appearance was revealed.

While those bags of seeds looked good, they made everyone feel like all the things in the caravan combined were worthless treasures.

Putting aside those spice seeds and the weed seeds that seemed to be deliberately mixed up, we found tea seeds, cotton seeds, bamboo seeds and potatoes.

God knows how surprised he would be when he looked in the bag and found the back lines.

The last four plants are currently unknown in the Eastern Empire, and perhaps even in the whole of Europe.

The first three likely originated in Asia. Although the Asian continent in the latter world is much smaller than the original Asian continent, many of them may have formed islands by reducing parts of the Asian continent. So, whether those seeds were found by adventurers or carried to other places by birds, which then discovered them, all make sense. But what about the potato? Shouldn't it be a South American product? Why did it appear at such a late stage? Could some bird have brought it there?

Looking at the potatoes in my hand, barely bigger than marbles, I wondered if there was a future. After all, while South America was far from China, it was only the Bering Strait away from Russia. And now, most of Asia was islands. I'd figured some bird on an island close to America might have brought the potatoes there, and then, after they'd matured there, some other animal would have carried them to other islands, spreading them bit by bit.

——But the latter sounded a bit too coincidental, didn’t it?

It's better not to look at the memory of the little one and find any memory of the back pocket seed, and there is really no other thing around when you travel through time, so you will doubt your own travel benefits.

Oh, now look at the clothes and say more about the benefits of crossing the line.

Anyway, no matter how suspicious the history of these seeds is, it will definitely make a lot of money for these people!

There are so many seeds in our small bags, and after looking at the four kinds of seeds, even fewer of them are mixed up. Of course, even potatoes are so small that we will start to recognize some of them.

If farmers don't have a golden finger, when these good things appear in front of them, they may just be able to recognize potatoes, and whether they can grow them successfully is not a big problem. However, farming skills belong to special types of skills, and they must give them enough confidence. As long as they come across seeds, they will know what they are and how to grow them well. Moreover, a lot of improvement methods will come out of their minds. They are simply a collection of senior farmers and agricultural experts.

Because there were so many seeds, the family only fenced off four small plots of land to cultivate them. The remaining land was planted with blackberries near the fence line, a grape vine in the corner next to the stable, and soybeans in the remaining area.

When I went to the market, I happened to meet a grapevine seller, and the blackberry, also known as the raspberry, was a pleasant surprise when I got the blackberry from my needlework friend.

Although blackberries have been popular since ancient Greece, they have always been grown as wild berries. Occasionally, they are planted around the house because they have thorns and can be planted next to fences to prevent theft. They are not seriously grown as crops. Later, when my friend came home, he found that because his house was close to the end of the street and far away from the slums, thefts often occurred. Therefore, many residents in the area not only built high fences, but also planted thorny brambles to prevent thieves. Later, my friend went home and chose to dig some blackberry trees from the wild.

After hearing about the funeral arrangements, the family specially brought two eggs to their door in exchange for some branches suitable for grafting.

As for soybeans, they are also bought from merchants. Logically, these crops should not appear in the future. How do you know how to find and bring them to China, unlike those magical merchants? Anyway, I remember eating soybeans, but compared with the improved varieties in later generations, the current soybeans are smaller and shriveled, require less firewood to cook, are not good for teeth, and even cause bloating if you eat too much. Moreover, their yield is very low, so not many people will plant them, and you will rarely see these soybeans on the market.

When the family chose to plant soybeans in the yard, Martha and John understood very well, because they had never expected the family to farm, so they didn't expect any harvest from the land, and Bayard had to use the land, so they didn't want to interfere too much.

It is worth mentioning that some of the ryegrass and alfalfa that were originally going to be completely removed in Bayard's backyard were left behind, and the farmers thought it would be a good idea to improve them through technical means to obtain better seeds.

The entire backyard was cleared with the help of John, and the subsequent work was done by them. They even had to endure the stench to collect horse manure and chicken manure, and mix them with other materials such as water plants, wood ash, pond mud, wheat bran, etc. After mixing them according to the right proportions, they saw manure piled up in the corner of the yard. Although the smell was not pleasant, the back street was full of the smell of various livestock manure. The air was already good, so the smell of manure was not very noticeable.