Master Chen wrote half a sheet of paper. Yun Jiao glanced at it. There was nothing new, just so relatively simple prepared dicines.
Yun Jiao thought for a mont, "I am about to make Liuwei Dihuang Pills. Co with to the back, and I’ll also take a look at your skills."
"If it’s satisfactory, I’ll give you two taels of silver a month."
Master Chen nodded, "My skills, Doctor Gu will surely appreciate."
The two headed to the west wing together.
The dicine powder for the Liuwei Dihuang Pills had been prepared the night before. Lao Jiu had ground it for a long ti last night and repeated the sifting and grinding during the day.
The dicine powder was very fine, eting Yun Jiao’s requirents.
Master Chen entered the west wing and asked Yun Jiao, "Do you want to make large honey pills or small honey pills?"
Yun Jiao replied, "Large honey pills."
Master Chen nodded, lit the fire, heated the pot, and then poured honey into it to boil.
Yun Jiao beckoned Lao Jiu to co out and whispered, "From now on, you should learn more about this dicine-making business. The more skills, the better. When I’m doing it, or when Master Chen is doing it, just watch closely. Learn as much as you can."
Compared to Master Chen, Yun Jiao certainly trusted Lao Jiu more.
Lao Jiu no longer drank alcohol. Other than being a bit untidy, he practically had no flaws.
Yun Jiao saw Lao Jiu buying snacks for Yingzi again yesterday.
Yingzi is well-behaved and will definitely tell Guihua, who did not object, which ans there’s sothing going on between these two.
She only hoped Lao Jiu would learn more skills so he could support Guihua and Yingzi in the future.
Lao Jiu imdiately felt the trust and expectation from the leader and nodded vigorously, "I will definitely learn attentively."
The two chatted for a while and then went inside.
Yun Jiao pointed to the honey in the pot and said to Lao Jiu and Ah Tie, "See that? Now the bubbling is about the size of a bull’s eye, it’s still early."
After a while, they saw that the honey’s color in the pot turned red, and the bubbles beca denser. Yun Jiao said again, "Now the bubbles are only the size of fish eggs. At this point, the honey is nearly done."
"An experienced master can tell just by looking at the bubbles. Those less experienced have other thods."
She called, "Ah Tie, go get a cup of cold water."
Ah Tie quickly brought a cup of cold water over, and Yun Jiao used chopsticks to pick up a bit of honey and dripped it into the cup of cold water.
The honey fell in without dispersing. Instead, it condensed into a bead in the water.
Yun Jiao said, "This is called dripping water turning into a bead. At this point, the honey is done."
On Master Chen’s side, he took the honey out and placed it into the basin containing the dicine powder.
Then he took a wooden spatula and began stirring.
This was a task requiring strength.
The honey was sticky, requiring a lot of force to stir, not to ntion combining the honey and dicine powder thoroughly.
Seeing that the mixture was nearly done, Master Chen washed his hands and began kneading the mass.
His thod was similar to kneading dough, kneading, slapping, and kneading again.
Lao Jiu watched intently. He also knew that a pharmacist’s wages were higher than a dicine cutter’s.
He only regretted his past life lost in alcohol; otherwise, these years he should have learned sothing.
Under Master Chen’s kneading and slapping, the dicine powder and honey completely fused into a dark paste.
Master Chen rolled the paste into a strip on the board, then pinched off pieces and rolled them into pills.
The basin for holding the pills had been pre-greased, so when the pills were placed inside, they rolled around in the pan.
When all the pills were ready, Master Chen looked at Yun Jiao, "Where should we place them to bake?"
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