Me and My Two Bosses' Systems

Tian Shu and the other four had already realized that Xinghe had something to say, so they didn't immediately follow Li Xingyu, but waited for a while.

Actually, they had a few ideas and thoughts in their minds, but they weren't sure yet. Xinghe's words gave them an answer.

The chosen one...?

I definitely need to think about it carefully, but right now the more important thing is...

"Little Feather, wait for us! The tools and some herbs we need are here with me. Are we just going to leave like this?" Xinghe smiled and caught up with Li Xingyu. The distance between them wasn't particularly far, just enough for Li Xingyu to hear them talking.

"Hmph, Xinghe was just talking so happily, how could I bear to disturb him?" Li Xingyu knew that Xinghe was thinking of her, but his true feelings were too much to bear, and he couldn't say it to anyone else, so he could only hmph arrogantly and continue walking.

"Oh dear~ Little Feather, I know I was wrong. I'll speak more quietly next time, okay?" Xinghe touched his nose, knowing that Li Xingyu was shy. He quickly took two steps to follow beside Li Xingyu.

Upon hearing Xinghe's words, Li Xingyu's ears turned red, and she quickened her pace.

As Tian Shu and the others heard the two people's voices getting softer and softer, they realized that it was Li Xingyu's idea. However, because she was too shy to say it herself, she had Xinghe tell them about it. They wondered what the situation was with the other three.

"Little Feather is so cute when she's shy. I'll go over first. Li Yue and Cain, go back and change your clothes. I still need to look after you two later. After all, after what Xinghe said, Little Feather probably wants to crawl into a hole right now." Tian Shu glanced at Li Yue, who was still sitting on the sofa, and Cain, who looked a little conflicted, and said meaningfully.

Everyone present was intelligent enough to understand Tian Shu's meaning immediately. Upon hearing Tian Shu's words, Li Yue and Cain decisively chose to follow his plan.

Putting aside his identity, the amount of time he spent with Li Xingyu alone was enough to completely overwhelm everyone among the nine of them except Xinghe. Moreover, judging from his intentions, he also hoped for peaceful coexistence, so there was nothing to hesitate about.

"Let's go ahead first, so they don't get impatient. You two change your clothes and go straight to the rooftop. The map in the group has the route and some information; just memorize it." After saying this, Tian Shu stood up and slowly walked towards the stairwell.

The group Tian Shu mentioned was, of course, the group of the nine of them. It contained a lot of information about the Li family's ancestral home and some precautions. Anyway, they had all signed an agreement, so there was no need to worry about the matter being exposed.

Even if it were leaked, it wouldn't cause any real damage. At most, it would just be talked about for a while, and if things went wrong, there was always him. Tian Shu thought to himself casually, his steps never faltering.

As the protagonists of the Tian Shu Project, Li Yue and Cain exchanged a glance and walked towards the stairwell with the others. When they reached the third floor, they went back to their room to change their clothes before going to the rooftop.

"Why are you guys so slow? Xinghe and I have already set up everything we need. You can't slack off later, I'll keep a close eye on you. By the way, why haven't Li Yue and Cain come up yet?" Li Xingyu was greeting the people in her live stream when she heard the noise at the door and turned around.

"Little Star, they haven't come up yet. Shouldn't we be asking you?" Tian Shu looked at Li Xingyu, who looked puzzled, with a teasing expression.

"..." Li Xingyu paused for a moment, then belatedly realized that when she first saw Li Yue and Cain this morning, their tails and wings were neatly tucked in, but later...

"Ahem, I know, Tian Shu, would you like to say hello to the viewers in my live stream?" Li Xingyu coughed to cover up her embarrassment and quickly changed the subject.

"Good morning, everyone in Little Star's live stream! I'm Tian Shu, one of Little Star's guardians." Tian Shu looked at the floating sphere suspended in mid-air, a very polite and bright smile on his face, his tone full of pride and boasting.

As soon as Li Xingyu opened her bullet screen, she was bombarded with "Good morning!" and envious comments all day long.

Tick-tock deduction: [Ahhh, Your Highness Hoshino, good morning! It's been a long time. Have you been busy these past few days?]

I read a bit: [Good morning, Tian Shu intelligence officer! Have all the guardians of the little prince arrived yet? Another day of envy.]

Change Clothes Fox: [Good morning! What fun things are we going to do today? I'm already getting curious and excited.]

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After quickly glancing at the comments, Li Xingyu turned the barrage down; it was too big, getting in the way of her work and distracting her.

Li Xingyu doesn't really want to interact right now. Let's just go with her own pace from now on and pretend there was no live stream, so she doesn't do anything she doesn't want to remember later.

"Remember the herbs we picked on the mountain before? Because of some things, we forgot about them after we brought them back and put them in the storage space. Today we're going to process these herbs so that they can be used to their fullest potential." Li Xingyu positioned the levitation ball in a suitable location to take a panoramic shot, which would not only capture the entire scene but also accurately transmit their voices into the live stream.

The main reason is that Li Xingyu doesn't want to wear a recording device on herself. After all, she doesn't have a very good memory. If she wants to whisper something and forgets that she has a recording device on, everything she says will be recorded, which could easily cause a scene.

Normally things are fine, but she's currently in a period of mental growth, and she doesn't know what might happen in the future, so it's better to be on the safe side.

Li Xingyu, Xinghe, and Tian Shu took out all the herbs from their storage space.

Just as Li Xingyu was about to proceed with the next part of the explanation, he was facing the door and immediately spotted Li Yue and Cain, who had changed their clothes and entered the room.

Li Yue was wearing a white T-shirt with a graffiti moon pattern, a pair of pure black knee-length shorts that revealed her slender and firm calves, white socks and casual sneakers. Her long hair was all gathered at the back of her head and tied into a loose low ponytail, revealing her gradient fox ears and nine big tails.

Cain, on the other hand, was dressed in a completely opposite color scheme to Tanuki Moon: a black long-sleeved shirt, suit pants, socks, and casual leather shoes. Only the silver belt on his pants was a different color. His pointed ears and the gorgeous, mysterious bat wings extending from his back were also revealed, adding a touch of mystery and nobility to Cain, even though he already looked very expensive.

"Hey~ Li Yue, Cain, come here quickly. Li Yue, let's put the herbs we picked on the back mountain together first, so they'll be easier to process later. We can divide them up after we're done. Although I don't think we'll really need them, it's better to have some just in case." Li Xingyu waved to Li Yue and Cain, then beckoned Li Yue over.

"Okay, Little Feather, let's take a look after we're done processing. Didn't you say that the amount of this herb would change after we're done processing?" Li Yue came over, wagging his big tail, taking things out of his storage space while asking Li Xingyu a question.

Although Li Yue's tail is a bit long and quite numerous, he never lets it touch the ground. This is mainly due to hygiene issues. Even with a dryer and robots, cleaning and maintaining such a large, fluffy tail would be quite troublesome.

"Yes, different herbs require different processing methods, which can be roughly divided into ten types:"

The first step is washing. This involves placing the raw medicine in clean water and washing it to remove dirt and impurities from the surface, thus achieving cleanliness and hygiene. It's important to note that the soaking time should not be too long to prevent the active ingredients from dissolving in the water.

The second method is rinsing. Medicinal materials with a fishy smell (such as tortoise shell, turtle shell, and cuttlefish bone), a salty taste (such as kelp and seaweed), or toxicity (such as aconite and prepared aconite root) can be repeatedly soaked in plenty of clean water, with frequent water changes, to remove these odors or reduce toxicity.

The third method is soaking. This involves soaking the medicinal herbs in their juices to reduce their potency or irritation, such as soaking Polygala tenuifolia and Evodia rutaecarpa in licorice water.

The fourth method is soaking. This involves spraying a small amount of water onto the medicine, allowing the water to gradually penetrate and soften it, making it easier to slice. However, this method cannot be used on some herbs, as it will cause them to lose their medicinal properties.

The fifth method is water levigation. This is a powdering method suitable for minerals and shells that are not easily soluble in water, such as cinnabar. The purpose is to make the medicine more finely pulverized, making it easier to take internally and externally. Before water levigation, the medicine is first ground into coarse powder, then placed in a mortar and ground with water. The upper suspension is poured off, and then the coarse powder that has settled at the bottom is ground again. This process is repeated until the fine powder is tasted on the tongue without any residue. Water levigation prevents the powder from flying around during grinding, thus reducing loss.

The sixth is calcination. Its main function is to calcine the medicine directly or indirectly over a strong fire, making it brittle, easy to crush, and fully exerting its medicinal effects.

The seventh method is stir-frying. This is a common heating method used in processing medicinal materials. The materials are placed in a pot and heated, and then constantly stirred with an iron spatula until they reach a certain consistency before being removed.

The eighth one is: Pao (pronounced with a third tone). It is basically the same as stir-frying, but Pao requires intense heat and quick operation. This allows the medicine (which usually needs to be cut into small pieces) to expand and become plump through high heat. For example, dried ginger is processed into Pao ginger charcoal using this method. We also picked some of these this time. I will tell you some precautions later.

The ninth method is simmering. Its main function is to moderate the medicinal properties and reduce adverse reactions. A common and simple simmering method is to wrap the medicine in two or three layers of straw paper, soak it in water, and simmer it directly over a low flame until the straw paper is charred and the inside is cooked. This method is used to simmer ginger.

The tenth method is boiling. This involves placing the prepared and washed raw herbs in a pot with water and other auxiliary ingredients and boiling until thoroughly cooked. For example, boiling aconite and Sichuan aconite together with tofu can reduce their toxicity.

There are also some other less common treatment methods, which I will talk about later. (This is about 500 words, and I won't fill in any filler.)" Li Xingyu explained to everyone as she sorted out the herbs that would be treated in the same way.

In fact, Li Xingyu already knew these things because she had taken an elective course called "Understanding and Processing of Chinese Herbal Medicines" in college, which was credit-bearing, so she definitely had to study it seriously.

With the TCM skills given by the main system and the "Collection of Chinese Herbal Medicines" and "Medicinal Value of Plants" given by the smaller systems, Li Xingyu instantly transformed from someone who had never even entered the field of TCM into a top-tier TCM practitioner.

Of course, he still needs to carefully study the specific conditions of each race of life before he dares to act recklessly. However, he can still do some processing of medicinal materials and perhaps make some common and useful traditional Chinese medicines, such as those for treating wounds, scars, and repelling mosquitoes...

It seems pretty good. Suddenly I feel like there's so much to learn. What happened to being a lazy bum?

Forget it, what kind of salted fish is someone who doesn't enjoy the benefits? Let's work hard now, and when we feel we've had enough, we can just relax. She's already suffered through the hardship of studying once, and now she's going to have to do it again. Hopefully, she won't have to study like this in the future. Thank you, although I don't know who to thank.

Li Xingyu mentally complained, but her hands didn't stop moving. She sorted out the herbs while introducing them to the others.

Although I gave a general introduction when I picked herbs last time, Li Xingyu gave another introduction today, in a more systematic and detailed way. This was mainly for the people and organizations in the live stream, since most people are more used to buying finished products or don't really want to do it themselves.

Li Xingyu simply introduced each herb and demonstrated how to operate it, as well as some precautions for handling different types of herbs. He then left all the remaining work to Xinghe and the other six.

As for supervision, it's just supervision. Although there's shelter in the place they're in, and the temperature is alright—it's only around 9 a.m.—Li Xingyu simply doesn't want to move.

That's right, our little feather is suffering from laziness and just wants to lie down.

Xinghe and his team also brought up a few robots to help with some trivial and low-skilled tasks, as well as to monitor the condition of the herbs in real time.

Because every herb contains energy, but if it is not used in the correct way, this energy will be lost or changed, and in most cases it will become worse.

Xinghe and Tianshu were whispering to Li Xingyu about the robot implantation program they had brought.

Hearing this, Li Xingyu was no longer sleepy. Hmm? These things seem interesting. I'm not sure, let me listen to them some more.

"What's wrong, Little Feather? Did you think of something fun?" Tian Shu was facing Li Xingyu, and as soon as he looked up, he saw the eager look on her face.

"Hey, Tian Shu, can these robots in the house dance?" Li Xingyu poked a robot's round head, her face full of curiosity and ill intent.

"Hmm... what kind of dance is it? Is it similar to the ballroom dances at banquets? That's a suggestion worth trying." When Tian Shu heard about dancing, his first thought was of the ballroom dances he had attended at various banquets, because that was the only dance he knew, and it had taken him quite a bit of time to learn it.

Tian Shu is quite interested in strange and unusual things, or rather, he enjoys watching plays; to be less precise, he finds ways to amuse himself.

"Ah~ probably? Although I think robots are probably more suited to robot dancing, I want to see them dance classical dance, Blue Star's classical dance, hehe." Li Xingyu touched his nose somewhat awkwardly, using the action to demonstrate the smile that curled up at the corner of his mouth.

“Um…isn’t this a bit inappropriate? Xingyu, look, they don’t have feet, they probably can’t jump, right?” Cain and Che exchanged a glance, their lips twitching. Cain couldn’t help but stop them, because just thinking about it made him feel that the scene was not very pleasant for the eyes.

Robots dancing classical dance and all that—he really can't keep up with Xingyu's thought process.

"Yes, our robots all have hands and feet, right? Let's try it out, I want to see, okay~ or not~ okay~?" Li Xingyu held the tip of Li Yue's tail with her left hand and pinched the tail of Cain's wing with her right hand, gently shaking it. Her voice was so sweet that even she couldn't stand it.