Yun Jiao said to Zhang Shun and Liu Zhu: "You two pay attention, the fire shouldn’t be too strong. If it’s too strong, the water will evaporate quickly, but it also can’t be too weak, otherwise, the glue won’t co out."
She pointed to the iron pot and said: "Just keep the water in this just-boiling state."
"When adding firewood, add it slowly, not too much at once."
Jiang Youzhi, who didn’t go out today, watched with great interest from the side and suddenly asked: "What is this dicine used to treat?"
Yun Jiao replied: "To warm the liver, nourish the kidneys, replenish essence, and nourish the blood."
"It can treat trorrhagia, hematuria, and chronic fatigue syndro."
Jiang Youzhi listened for a long ti but still didn’t understand what disease it was for.
Lao Jiu, beside him, winked at Jiang Youzhi, "You’re still young now, you don’t need this. When you’re over fifty, you’ll know how good this stuff is."
Zhang Shun also laughed; having worked in the pharmacy, he naturally knew what this stuff was for.
When Jiang Youzhi heard this from Lao Jiu, he half-understood, and half didn’t. He glanced at Yun Jiao, fearing she might be embarrassed, and quickly changed the topic.
The deer antlers in the big pot were boiled for a day. The next morning, Yun Jiao checked the pot. There was still water, or rather glue juice, neither too much nor too little, indicating the heat was well controlled.
She had Lao Jiu fetch another bucket of water to the kitchen to boil, then brought it out.
Then she picked up the bamboo basket holding the deer antlers and had Ah Tie ladle all the glue juice from the iron pot into the bucket. A sieve stretched with gauze was placed on top of the bucket, allowing water to leak down, leaving impurities on the sieve.
Once the pot was emptied, fresh hot water was added to continue boiling.
The filtered glue juice in the bucket was then poured into a jar.
Yun Jiao covered the jar with a wooden lid.
The following morning, at the sa ti, Yun Jiao had Ah Tie and Lao Jiu repeat the previous steps.
Ladling water and adding water.
This ti, the filtered glue juice was placed into another jar.
Yun Jiao again covered the jar.
Ah Tie looked at the remaining jars, "Miss, I understand now, these remaining jars are also for storing the ladled glue juice, right?"
Yun Jiao smiled, "You guessed right."
She looked at Ah Tie with satisfaction. This child had been following her around for the past few days, doing whatever he was told without complaint.
She sincerely said to Ah Tie, "There is sothing, I almost forgot. I asked you last ti, whether you would like to learn how to prepare and make dicine from ."
Ah Tie hurriedly replied: "Of course, I would."
Yun Jiao nodded, "Very well, from today onwards, do not call Miss, call Master."
"There are rules in this pharmacy, all master-apprentice. Must teach hand-in-hand. From today, you will learn from . Once you learn how to identify, handle, and make dicine well, you can earn a living anywhere."
Over these days, Yun Jiao also understood Ah Tie’s personality.
Honest and righteous, he’ll do whatever you say; this kind of character is good for a pharmaceutical master, but a bit lacking in the adaptability needed for a doctor.
Ah Tie nodded dumbly.
Lao Jiu beside him kicked him in the leg, "You fool, quickly kneel and kowtow to your Master."
Ah Tie, as if awakening from a dream, hurriedly kneeled and kowtowed to Yun Jiao.
Yun Jiao did not dodge and accepted Ah Tie’s salute.
She instructed Ah Tie, "You know how to read, right? For instance, you’ve seen the process of boiling Deer Horn Glue with your own eyes. You can write it down to avoid forgetting."
Ah Tie nodded and quickly ran into the room to get paper and pen.
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