My Happy Daily Life After Being Reborn-Chapter 374 - 12 Pharmaceutical Display_2

In the evening, when Shen Chi returned, Lin Xiaoguai did not mention the matter to him, after all, Hu Fangfang didn’t really have any relation to them.

But Shen Chi hesitated and brought up a matter with her.

"The military wants to buy the recipe for the golden sore medicine from me?" Lin Xiaoguai raised an eyebrow.

Shen Chi nodded, "Isn’t your store selling it? The military knows that the healing medicine in your possession is more effective than theirs."

He paused, "The old man said that with him around, the military would definitely give you a good price." The old man he referred to was naturally Han Kuang.

However, Lin Xiaoguai shook her head, "It’s not that I’m unwilling, but even if I gave it to them, no one could produce healing medicine with the same effectiveness as mine."

Shen Chi was puzzled, he didn’t think his wife was trying to deceive him, and inevitably, he had to ask further.

Lin Xiaoguai didn’t know how to answer him, and after thinking for a while, she said, "How about this, let the military send a few pharmacists over to learn from me? If they can learn it, I won’t charge a single cent."

Shen Chi was even more confused, but he relayed her words to Han Kuang.

In a few days, Shen Chi brought several pharmacists to Zhi Xin Garden to find her.

Lin Xiaoguai didn’t make any excuses and directly took them to the second floor workshop.

Three male and one female pharmacists curiously looked at the surprisingly large workspace in front of them, various familiar and unfamiliar instruments, equipment, and tools scattered about; thinking that this person who both produced medicine and made handmade soap and jewelry, they felt it was not strange anymore.

Lin Xiaoguai led them to a section filled with the kind of large and small pots used by witches in film stories to brew potions, each pot having a gas stove below.

"This is..." the only female pharmacist, Ren Wenwen, looked curious.

They originally thought they would see a lab full of tubes and ducts, but they didn’t expect this... This seemed more similar to a traditional Chinese medicine-making environment?

"I don’t know how to explain it to you, what I can do is just demonstrate the process of making medicine in front of you. Whether you can learn it or not will depend on your own ability," she said. Lin Xiaoguai then took out several dozen types of medicinal materials needed to produce the healing medicine from the medicine cabinet and placed them on the side counter one by one.

"So many?" Ren Wenwen expressed in surprise.

A pharmacist with glasses on, previously introduced as Ma Wenxue, asked, "Can we do it with you?"

"I suggest you don’t." Lin Xiaoguai said, "If you think you won’t learn it in one go, I can demonstrate it two or three times. As long as you think you can learn from watching, I will do it for you."

The four pharmacists looked at each other.

At that moment, Lin Xiaoguai took out a few palm-sized pottery plates, grabbed a pinch of medicinal materials and put them into the pottery plates, and began to simmer them on a low heat.

"I always believe that any medicinal material needs an ’awakening’ process, especially those that have been dried and whose medicinal properties are deeply hidden. Adding this little procedure beforehand can slightly enhance the effectiveness of the completed medicine," Lin Xiaoguai explained while moving her hands. "Of course, if you can’t control the degree well, it might be better not to do it. Because the awakening speed varies with different medicinal materials. If it goes over, the medicinal properties will be volatilized away. If it’s insufficiently awakened, it will make the medicinal properties impure."

Saying this, Lin Xiaoguai moved one pottery plate from the low heat and replaced it with another.

"Do you have specific data?" The tall and heavy male pharmacist named Yuan Zushan asked.

"No." Lin Xiaoguai paused when she heard it, and seeing their troubled looks, continued, "I use my nose to smell it. When the medicinal essence is about to volatilize, the scent will subtly intensify. Capturing this moment and removing it from the heat will prevent it from being too much or too little."

"By the nose?" The leader of the pharmacists, Li Chengxue, was also somewhat dumbfounded, suddenly understanding what Major General Shen meant when he relayed his wife’s words.

Perhaps, they really had the risk of not being able to learn it.

Lin Xiaoguai nodded, "There’s another thing I need to mention. Many pharmacists have specific ratios in medicine making, but I don’t have them here, at least not for you."

"Just like this." She grabbed a pinch of medicine, "This Strychnos Nux Vomica, in your eyes, weighs two maces, but in my eyes..."

Lin Xiaoguai sniffed and said, "It has nine units of medicinal property, the property is slightly bitter, cold, slightly heavy in moisture, and weakly toxic. It’s considered low in the same quantity."

The four pharmacists were inexplicably shocked.

"Nine units of medicinal property?" Li Chengxue asked puzzled.

"I set a standard amount of medicinal property for the materials, which is ten units. Based on this, weaker materials are below ten units, stronger materials are above ten units. Naturally, you would add more for weaker and less for stronger. This judgment process is undoubtedly very difficult for you," Lin Xiaoguai paused, "Of course, you can also use instruments to check the properties, but... I don’t need to tell you how troublesome that would be."

"Moreover, sometimes when making medicine, not only the size of the medicinal properties needs to be considered, but also the differences in the properties of the materials themselves." Lin Xiaoguai cocked her head and said, "For example, the earth beetle. This type of Chinese medicinal material, because of the different feed used in breeding and varying growing environments, the properties of each can differ. If you can’t understand and differentiate these differences and know how to match them, then you can’t produce healing medicine of the same level as me. After all, I didn’t use any particularly precious materials, so if the recipe is good but the execution is lacking, how could there be such a big difference in effectiveness?"

Li Chengxue and the others were stunned, but Lin Xiaoguai ignored them and methodically began making the medicine. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)