Servant of the Otherworldly Pharmacopoeia

Xu Jiu's hometown is in the mountains. His parents' generation came to the city, but the old man still stayed in his hometown.When Xu Jiu was not sick, he was taken care of by his grandparents. In summer, he and his grandfather went down the river to catch fish. In winter, they gathered dry firewood to warm up the fire.

The story is usually inseparable from the mountain behind it, which stretches as far as the eye can see, and the people living at the foot of the mountain are as small as ants.In addition to the vicissitudes of life, what Xu Jiu listened to most was hunting. The old man was an old hunter, and when he was healthy, he took his dog to hunt wild boars on the mountain.In winter, the ground is covered with snow thickly, and half of the calf is submerged under one foot. The pine needles are still green and eye-catching, and the deep forest is silent. There are many animal footprints in it. As long as you walk along the footprints and feces with the dog, you can usually get a lot.

There are wolves in the depths of the mountains, and the roar of wolves can be heard after nightfall.Xu Jiu snuggled up next to the old man, watching him skillfully handle the raw hide, soak it and dry it to make soft and clean wool, and grandma made him a small leather jacket.

When night fell, Xu Jiu put the child on the bed, boiled hot water and warmed it with cold water, soaked the skin at about [-] or [-] degrees, soaked it overnight, and wiped off the grease, blood and dirt on the skin after the skin was saturated with water , and the process of soaking also needs to be cleaned with alkali.

Then add water with alum and salt to make nitrate solution. The ratio of nitrate solution has a great relationship with the temperature. It must be salty or too salty. Not salty will have no effect. Too salty will cause the skin to shrink.After the nitrate liquid is prepared, it is nitrated in the next tank. This is a manual job. According to the size and thickness of the skin, it is put into the water, drained, and rotated according to the time and season. Generally, the nitrate can be completed in ten days, and then the last step is to dry and shovel the skin. Well, it is soft and shiny cooked leather.

Xu Jiu slowly recalled the steps while soaking the fur more thoroughly.

If I remember correctly, there are substitutes for alkali and alum in the Pharmacopoeia. As long as the ratio is right, there is still a great chance of making it.

Xu Jiu entered the space and collected the animal carcasses collected today on the Pharmacopoeia, and placed all kinds of stones collected during the day on the Pharmacopoeia. Unfortunately, only one new species was successfully added in the end.

After he was busy adding new species, he pulled out most of the space-ripe crops in the middle of the night, branched the ginger stems, replanted the seedlings with teeth, and left a few big radishes for cultivation, and those big radishes had already bloomed Bolting means that the underground radish has become hollow and inedible.

Xu Jiu opened the Pharmacopoeia and added medicinal properties to the second sub-item.

"Radish is a cruciferous herb...its seeds, fresh roots, and leaves can be used as medicine...the nature is mild and cold..." This is the knowledge that Xu Jiu has mastered before, "the nature is mild and cold..." Thinking about it fell asleep.

[Dididi—please don’t scribble on the Pharmacopoeia! ]

Xu Jiu was awakened by the harsh warning, and when he came back to his senses, he found that he had painted a lot of black lines on the page, and the pharmacopoeia was emitting a dazzling white light.

"Oh oh oh," Xu Jiu quickly wiped off the stains, rubbed his temples, and continued to write, "It has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxification, dispelling blood stasis, invigorating the stomach and eliminating food, reducing phlegm and relieving cough, etc. It can eliminate food accumulation, relieve cough, reduce phlegm, Breathe..."

"Calm down..." I really can't remember the rest, he peeled the skin all day during the day, and the stamina of the pain became apparent at night, and he couldn't hold the pen steadily.

"Let's write it tomorrow." Xu Jiu staggered to his feet, transferred the radish and ginger to the storage room, washed his hands, and fell asleep with Pangpang in his arms at dawn.

Do you remember that day,

Meteors in the sky are like falling snow,

You come to me at night,

Tell me, let's go together.

I thought it was forever,

But after that,

Just me.

In the dream, there was a vast singing voice, with a lingering desolation, Xu Jiu woke up in a daze, and in front of him was a dazzling white light and a roof that was in disrepair.Something moved next to it, it was soft, Xu Jiu touched it: "Fatty?"

The child sat down next to him, and the inseparable bear.

Xu Jiu stretched himself and took the little bear off his belly: "Did you put it on me, causing me to have such a scary dream."

The child was rubbing against his little bear, he stopped when he heard this, and asked Nennen, "Dream?"

"Yeah, dream." Xu Jiu rubbed his eyes. The moment he woke up, the feeling of the dream was clearly discernible, but now there is only a feeling of melancholy, and he can't remember anything. Go out and play with your soul~"

"I...I go out-to-play every day." The child is learning to speak recently, and his speed is very slow, trying to connect all the words, and it is very laborious to say each word.

"Yo, it's been so long baby." Xu Jiu lifted the baby onto his belly, "Dream is to fall asleep and go out to play, baby."

The child sat on his abs, with words like "don't understand, don't understand" written all over his tender face, and Xu Jiu's intestines knotted when he saw his appearance as a little adult.

The child got angry and sat down on his face.

"Ahhh, the nose is flattened!"

The two were fighting in the house, when there was a loud knock on the door of the castle, "Nine, nine!"

The two people in the room looked at each other, Xu Jiu came out with the child in his arms.Looking out from the dilapidated gate of the castle, it was a burly man who had walked for so long that he was still panting slightly. The man raised his head and saw a pair of thick eyebrows like lying silkworms.

"Eight?"

Walked up to Xu Jiu in two steps: "You haven't been home for half a year, your parents asked me to come and see you."

Xu Jiu blushed and said, "I'm so sorry for making you run so far."

"I'm almost exhausted, won't you let me go in and sit?"

"Oh, come in, come in." Xu Jiu said as he let Ba enter the castle.

Ba Si looked around, focusing on the child in Xu Jiu's arms: "Who is he?"

"Uh," Xu Jiu froze for a moment, "an acquaintance asked me to take care of it."

"Acquaintances, if you stay in this shitty place every day, can you have acquaintances who can entrust your children?" Ba Tanshou said, "You even lied to me?"

Xu Jiu scratched her head in embarrassment, and buried her fat head in her neck: "Hey, hey, don't talk about this topic in front of children."

The two talked while walking, Xu Jiu led him into the bedroom and sat down on the bed.

Ba has matured a lot, and he was mature before, but he has matured to the vicissitudes of life after not seeing him for half a year, and his eyebrows and eyes show sharp outlines. "By the way, didn't you go to the Suolai Valley to search for mines?"

Ba suppressed his smile, and his stern expression flashed across: "I went to the valley in the south with a group of people, but I was robbed at the border of the manor territory, and many people died. I was hacked. Dad is dead too."

"What!" Xu Jiu was shocked, "Are you okay?"

Eight shook his head: "It's all over. Then I gave my father a sky burial, and I went home to recuperate. I have been at home all the time. Your mother said she missed you, so I came to see you."

Xu Jiu opened his mouth to comfort the other party, but he didn't know what to say for a long time, so he just sighed: "Don't be sad."

"What are you sad about?" Ba raised his eyebrows and spoke sonorously, "Human life is like this in the wasteland. Human life is not as good as a stone. If you die, you will die. What kind of heart does it hurt?"

"……"All right.

"Is this kid dumb?" Bayi lifted Pangpang in front of him and shook him, "It doesn't look very good."

Pang Pang was playing with his bear, and was suddenly raped by Ba from Xu Jiu's side, his eyes were wide open, and he stared at Ba.

Xu Jiu hurriedly answered: "His name is Pangpang, but he is smart, and he just admits life."

Ba sneered and looked at his baby's appearance: "There are no children in the wasteland like you who raise them. How old are they? They are short and small. How will they survive in the future?"

Pangpang was already the boss unhappy, but now he felt that this person was very annoying. He struggled to stand up, supported Xu Jiu with one hand, and stretched out one foot to step on Ba's body.

Ba was stepped on, and scratched the sole of the child's feet, and continued to dislike him: "Boy, is that what you're trying to do? You're not even good enough to tickle."

Fatty was dragged by him and staggered, fell down on Xu Jiu, and said loudly, "Bad!"

"You little brat who can't even scold anyone, where did you get it?" Bahaha laughed, his chubby little face was like ice cubes.

"Okay, okay, are you here to make him angry?" Xu Jiu was very speechless to Ba's bad taste, and quickly separated the big and the small, "We haven't seen each other for a long time, let's talk."

Ba folded his arms: "Don't say it's useless, I started walking before dawn, and I'm starving to death now, bring me something to eat."

"Okay." Xu Jiu went to the kitchen and brought him a large piece of sunflower meat. After thinking about it, he went to the storage room and moved the ginger and radish back to the space. Most of the skin and meat brought back yesterday were also put in. .Just thinking about whether to get some other meat, the door of the storage room was pushed open, followed by Ba's voice: "What are you doing so dawdling?"

Xu Jiu was carrying a little yellow mutton leg: "I still have some yellow mutton, stew it for you?"

"Stew?" Baza touched the word, "Do you know how to cook?"

"Understand a little."

Ba pulled the leg of yellow lamb, tore off a strand and threw it into his mouth: "Tsk tsk, it's still fresh, you're doing well."

Well, not bad, all in debt.Xu Jiu sighed bitterly in his heart, took the things to the kitchen and started cooking.

The flint was rubbed up and down, and the sparks fell on the big bird droppings and were quickly ignited. Xu Jiu was busy under the stove, and said to Baba: "If you have nothing to do, help me chop the leg of lamb and chop it into small pieces."

Picking up the knife, Ba chopped up the meat in an instant like chopping melons and vegetables.

Xu Jiu opened his mouth, deciding not to humiliate himself.

"By the way, what does my mother want from you?"

"Huh?" Ba chewed a piece of yellow mutton, "A few days ago, the lord killed a group of people, you know?"

Xu Jiu thought of the head hanging on the city gate, and nodded: "Yeah."

Ba spit: "Those rascals, beheading is still light, if I—"

Ba's expression was extremely ferocious, and Xu Jiu asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"

"Those people were the ones who robbed Abba and the others half a year ago, and the group we met at the border five months ago! They were lucky to die in the hands of the guards." Ba Xiao gritted his teeth, otherwise, the frustration would be hard to get rid of Its hate!