Chapter 23: Going up the Mountain to Collect Herbs
Chapter 23: Going up the mountain to collect herbs
Su Langzhong took Lu Yang away from Tianyang Town and walked through a dense forest to the foot of a mountain. At first glance, there was nothing there except a few thatched houses. These thatched houses were much better than those in Lu
The place where he lived in Fushi was better. At least the thatched cottage was relatively sturdy, but it wasn't much better. After all, at the foot of the mountain, strong winds blew from time to time. Lu Yang was really worried that the strong wind would blow the thatched cottage down.
In a blink of an eye, the two of them arrived in front of the thatched cottage. Su Langzhong smiled slightly and said, "Lu Yang! Are you wondering why I, a doctor, live in such a place?"
Lu Yang really hadn't thought about this problem just now. It's really strange to think about it now. If Dr. Su is just an ordinary doctor, he really doesn't have much money, but he is still a fortune teller. Even if he only counts once a year, if he meets a wealthy family
, three pieces of gold are enough to build a villa.
Lu Yang thought it was not because of money. He thought for a moment and said, "Grandpa Su probably likes to live in thatched houses."
Mr. Su was startled for a moment, then laughed and cursed: "Only fools like to live in thatched houses! I'm not a fool."
Hearing this, Lu Yang was dumbfounded and asked in confusion: "Grandpa Su, why is that?"
Su Langzhong sighed, his eyes full of complex colors, and then he took a deep breath and said: "These days, there are many poor people. I treat them and sometimes charge some copper coins, but most of the time, not only do I not charge any money, but I also pay
It requires a lot of medicinal materials. Although these medicinal materials are collected from the mountains and cost nothing, there are too many patients and my hands are not rich."
"What about fortune telling! Should I be able to make a lot of money?" Lu Yang asked in a low voice.
Su Langzhong nodded, shook his head and said: "Fortune telling is indeed very profitable, but I never tell others' fortunes."
Lu Yang was confused again, his eyes full of doubts, and couldn't help but ask: "Since you don't tell others' fortunes, why do you still tell fortunes like this?"
Su Langzhong looked up at the sky and said: "Fortune-telling is based on heaven's secrets. As the saying goes, heaven's secrets cannot be leaked. If a person leaks too much heaven's secrets, he will be punished. Do you think I can tell others' fortunes at will? So
Over the years, I’ve only counted it once, and I haven’t collected the money yet, haha…”
Lu Yang naturally knew that the person in Su Lang's words was referring to himself, and he was even more puzzled: "Grandpa Su, then why do you tell my fortune? Is it because I am naturally talented and suitable for learning medical skills?"
"I just said that the secret must not be leaked, as long as you know that I will not harm you." Su Langzhong obviously did not want to say that much, pointing to a thatched house on the right front and said, "That room will be yours from now on.
Stretch your hand over, let me take a look at your body, and then tell you what to do next."
Lu Yang stretched out his left hand. Su Langzhong looked at it for a while and said, "You should have learned physical skills before!"
"Yeah! I've learned a little bit, but I haven't developed my true power yet." Lu Yang didn't hide anything and answered truthfully.
Su Langzhong liked Lu Yang's honesty very much. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "You already have a trace of true power in your body. Although it has not been condensed yet, if you can persist in practicing for more than an hour every day, you should be able to condense it within three years."
Strength Cyclone, reaching the cultivation level of the early Huang level."
Hearing this, Lu Yang looked ecstatic and said, "Really?"
"That's right." Su Langzhong nodded, but the next sentence made Lu Yang very depressed, "If you can reach the early stage of Huang rank within three years, as long as an individual can do it, do you still think your qualifications are good?"
"Ah!" Lu Yang lowered his head, like a defeated rooster, and said in disappointment, "My qualifications are so poor, it seems that I can't reach a very high level, so how can I avenge my mother?" Suddenly, he
Thinking of something, he said again: "Grandpa Su, do you think you can kill people if your medical skills have reached a very high level?"
Doctor Su's face darkened and he said sullenly: "Medical skills are for saving people, how can they kill people?"
Lu Yang shook his head. He had his own thoughts and said, "Grandpa Su, you are wrong."
"Am I wrong?" Su Langzhong asked, "Then tell me, where did I go wrong?"
Lu Yang replied: "If you treat ordinary people, it is indeed saving people. If you use medical skills to kill a bad person, isn't it also equivalent to saving others in disguise?"
Su Langzhong was startled at first, then laughed loudly and said: "I didn't expect that you are quite smart, but I must remind you that you don't have martial arts skills now, so you must not use medical skills to kill people. This will not only affect your future reputation, but also
If you delay your cultivation, if you are hunted down, you won’t even have a place to hide in the future. Because ordinary people hate doctors selling fake medicine and killing people, do you understand?"
Lu Yang nodded and promised: "Grandpa Su, please rest assured, except for my enemies, I will not use medical skills to kill people randomly."
Su Langzhong touched Lu Yang's body for a while, sometimes smiling, sometimes frowning, but did not say a word. After a while, he said: "From now on, I will practice martial arts for an hour every morning, and then follow me to the mountains to collect medicine. I will brew the medicine at night."
I will soak you in the juice for three hours every day. If I go out to practice medicine, you stay at home and read the pharmacopoeia. Is there any problem?"
Lu Yang thought about it and thought it was okay. He nodded and said, "Grandpa Su, I can do it."
Su Langzhong took Lu Yang to the kitchen and said, "Can you cook?"
"This..." Lu Yang really doesn't know how to cook. He only knows how to cook, but he has never done it once.
Su Langzhong frowned, but did not blame Lu Yang. He said in a commanding tone: "From today on, I will teach you how to cook, and I will leave the cooking to you in the future."
The next morning, as soon as the sky turned white, Lu Yang got up and practiced Taishu Boxing.
Lu Yang used all his strength to punch every punch. The way he used his strength seemed to hit the person he hated the most.
An hour later, Lu Yang finished practicing, simply washed his face, and started cooking.
Lu Yang learned how to make porridge, and it didn't burn the first time. This made him wonder, do I have an amazing talent in cooking? This thought was just fleeting, no matter how good my talent in cooking is.
, it is impossible for Lu Yang to become a chef. In order to avenge his mother, he cannot go to the Lu Mansion with a kitchen knife!
During breakfast, Mr. Su nodded with satisfaction and said, "It tastes good. I will teach you how to make some side dishes in the future."
After eating, Su Langzhong took Lu Yang to the nearby mountains. This was a very large mountain range with endless peaks that could not be seen at a glance. The mountains were covered with dense trees, and those ancient trees were enough to reach the sky.
The bodies are as thick as several adults. It is autumn at this time, the leaves are withering and falling, and the ground is covered with a thick layer, which makes a crisp sound when your feet step on it.
Arriving halfway up the mountain, Su Langzhong was searching in the woods with a solemn expression. As he walked, he told Lu Yang the common sense of finding herbs, and Lu Yang also carefully wrote them down.
After walking for a while, Su Langzhong stopped. He bent down and pushed aside a patch of weeds, and said to Lu Yang: "Did you see this medicinal material called Polygonum multiflorum? It likes sun and tolerates half shade. It likes humidity and is afraid of waterlogging. As long as it has good drainage,
Only then can the soil grow." As he said this, he took out the medicine shovel from the medicine basket, gently dug up the surrounding soil, and soon dug out a huge Polygonum multiflorum plant.
Dr. Su held Polygonum multiflorum in his hand, looked at the leaves and fruits carefully, and immediately became ecstatic and said, "I didn't expect it! I was so lucky that I found Polygonum multiflorum that was hundreds of years old. This is even in the world of monasticism.
, that is also a rare medicinal material." As he said that, he carefully placed the Polygonum multiflorum in the medicine basket.
Lu Yang frowned and asked hurriedly: "Grandpa Su, are there really powerful immortals in this world?"
"There should be!" Su Langzhong hesitated, as if he didn't want Lu Yang to know about the world of immortality.
Lu Yang did not give up and continued to ask: "What does it mean that it should be there? Is it there?"
"I don't know if there are any, but I have heard a lot of legends about the world of immortality, and I also know the classification of some medicinal materials in the world of immortality. I think there should be immortals." Su Langzhong paused, then changed the subject, "However, there are
It doesn't matter if there are no immortals, it doesn't matter to us. The world of immortals is too far away. Even if you want to become an immortal now, it's impossible. You'd better practice your physical skills!"
Lu Yang did not continue to ask, and followed Su Langzhong and continued walking deeper into the woods.
Along the way, Lu Yang learned a lot and got to know a lot of medicinal materials.
Dr. Su dug out another medicinal plant. The medicinal plant was very similar to ginger, but much larger than ginger. He handed it to Lu Yang and said, "This is called Polygonatum japonica, and it is over ten years old. It is a rare good thing. After taking it,
It can strengthen the muscles and bones, replenish the essence, and replenish the essence. When you see it in the future, remember to dig more and put it back."
Lu Yang was speechless and said depressedly: "Grandpa Su, is Huang Jing easy to dig?"
"It's rare to see more than a hundred years ago, but you can still find a lot of Polygonatum japonica that are more than ten years old." Su Langzhong pointed to the mountain forest directly in front of him and said slowly, "There are many in this mountain range. You can often find it when you are fine.
Come for a walk. It’s best to look for medicinal materials while reading a book, but you should apply ointment when going up the mountain to repel mosquitoes and poisonous snakes.”
In this way, the two of them went up the mountain to collect medicinal materials for a day. When it got dark, they returned to the thatched cottage at the foot of the mountain.
When they arrived at the thatched cottage, Dr. Su took some thick pharmacopoeia books, asked Lu Yang to make dinner, and then took the medicinal materials to make medicine.
After dinner, Su Langzhong took Lu Yang to a house. The house was so closed that not even a fly could fly in. Under the illumination of the oil lamp, Lu Yang saw a large wooden frame as tall as one person placed in the center of the room.
The barrel was radiating hot air. After smelling it for a few times, he was surprised to find that most of the barrel of potion was stored in the barrel.
Lu Yang looked at Doctor Su in surprise, then at the barrel, and then asked in a low voice: "Grandpa Su, how long will I have to drink this much potion!"
Su Langzhong glared at Lu Yang and said angrily: "You can't drink so much Chinese medicine in three days."
"I heard that after the traditional Chinese medicine is brewed, it will go bad if you don't drink it at that time. What should I do?" Lu Yang spread his hands and said that he couldn't drink it all in a short time.
Seeing Lu Yang's expression, Su Lang was furious and shouted angrily: "You have forgotten what I said yesterday. I asked you to soak it for three hours, not drink it."
Lu Yang thought about it and realized that Mr. Su did say this yesterday. He nodded and said, "It's just soaking, no need to drink medicine?"
"No need." Su Langzhong waved his hand and said, "Drinking the medicine will take effect slowly. You can just use the medicine to take a bath in the future."
Lu Yang was not a pretentious person. He took off his clothes and jumped into the barrel to soak. The water temperature was just right and it was indescribably comfortable.
Su Langzhong nodded with satisfaction and left the room. After he closed the door, he murmured to himself in a voice that only he could hear: "Little guy, you are really taking advantage of me. I have been collecting these precious herbs for half my life.
.If it weren’t for you being her child, I wouldn’t be helping you like this. It’s really troublesome.”