Chapter 81 Huo Family
Huo Wanwan has followed Huo Feng since she was a child and has often recognized medicinal materials.
But there are so many types of medicinal materials. Even now, when she looked at the long table with so many mixed medicinal materials, it was difficult to distinguish them, let alone Tang Nian.
Huo Wanwan opened her mouth and said, "Dad, you are too difficult to be a human being."
Huo Feng pointed at Huo Wanwan: "Don't interrupt, let Xiaonian try to say it and see how much she can recognize."
Tang Nian raised his eyes slightly, and the first thing he met was Huo Jinnan's gaze. She raised her eyebrows subtly, looked away, her voice was soft and gentle, she pointed at the medicinal materials on the table and said, "Here's the patchouli.
, hexagonal chrysanthemum, cinnamon, pinellia, comfrey, red geranium.”
Tang Nian's voice was very slow. When it came to the last dose of medicine, she pretended to ponder for a few seconds, and then said after a while: "This... should be... Smilax."
As soon as she finished speaking, Huo Jinnan's eyes towards Tang Nian changed.
This little girl simply surprised him.
Word for word, her little head actually knew these herbs. Huo Jinnan's thin lips curved up slightly. He really liked this little girl unexpectedly.
Huo Wanwan only knew a few of the herbs, so she didn't know whether Tang Nian got everything right.
She looked at Huo Feng curiously, only to see Huo Feng laugh in surprise and raise his hands to applaud, "Xiao Nian, it seems that you are really good at learning this. Everything is correct. Wan Wan, do you see that Xiao Nian is better than you in self-study?"
, you just know a few flavors."
Huo Wanwan stuck out her tongue mischievously, approached Tang Nian, and took Tang Nian's arm: "It's enough if Tang Nian meets. Everyone has their own strengths."
Huo Feng tried Tang Nian's skills and was very satisfied. However, Huo Feng did not need to teach some basic medicinal knowledge personally.
Now, Huo Feng is more satisfied with his daughter-in-law. If she marries into their family in the future, she can help run the business.
Huo Feng looked at Huo Jinnan meaningfully and said one after another: "Jin Nan, you should teach Xiao Nian these basic medicinal effects first. Being able to identify medicine is not a skill, you have to be able to smell it."
After Huo Feng finished giving instructions, he dragged Huo Wanwan out of the inner room.
Huo Wanwan broke away unwillingly: "Dad, why are you pulling me? I want to stay with Xiaonian."
"What are you waiting for? Your brother is going to teach Xiao Nian something. Don't make trouble. It just so happens that I also want to test you. Everything I taught you will be in vain. Come with me!"
Huo Feng couldn't help but take Huo Wanwan to another room.
In this inner room, only Tang Nian and Huo Jinnan were left in an instant.
Tang Nian coughed lightly. She actually didn't need Huo Jinnan's teaching at all, but she couldn't show her ability to smell and taste medicine so quickly, otherwise it would arouse suspicion.
She paused for a few seconds and said, "Brother Nan, I can just smell it myself. I have read about the effects of these medicinal materials in books, but I really don't know the taste."
As she spoke, she picked up a small piece of cinnamon bark, put it between her nose and sniffed it.
Then she nodded, pretending to be relaxed and said: "It smells very good."
She took a few and smelled them all, and Huo Jinnan had already said: "Don't worry, if you smell so many at the same time, it is easy for the taste to be confused, and it is easy for your sense of smell to fail."
Tang Nian actually smelled it like this because he knew the smell, but after hearing what Huo Jinnan said, he obediently placed the medicinal ingredients on the table.
Huo Jinnan pulled up a chair and sat opposite Tang Nian. His posture was wanton and his eyebrows were free and easy. He dragged his arms on the chair and asked, "Why do you want to learn Chinese medicine?"
Huo Jinnan's question stopped Tang Nian.
Why? There is no reason. It is just to avoid being doubted by others who show off their medical skills in the future.
As for the reason in the previous life, it goes back even further. It was purely due to growing up in a drug store and learning from my grandfather.
But now, Tang Nian thought for a moment, and then she said after careful consideration: "Doctors are great."
Huo Jinnan raised his eyebrows: "I can't tell, you are quite aware of your thoughts."
Tang Nian smiled: "Of course."
The atmosphere gradually became harmonious. Huo Jinnan didn't talk much. Tang Nian took the herbs and asked them. Although the two of them didn't speak, they didn't feel that the atmosphere was awkward.
After a while, Huo Jinnan stretched out his hand towards Tang Nian, his long and well-jointed fingers spread out in front of Tang Nian's eyes: "Girl, you smell so enthusiastically, give me one to smell."
Tang Nian smiled and placed the red geranium on Huo Jinnan's palm: "It's a bit high."
When they arrived at Huiren Medicine Hall from Baoshan Village, it was already late. It was already approaching noon. Huo Feng felt that it was almost time, so he went into the inner room and called the two of them.
"Xiao Nian, it's almost noon. Let's go home with uncle for dinner, and recognize the door by the way." Huo Feng waved his hand and motioned for Huo Jinnan to take Tang Nian out.
When Huo Jinnan came out, Huo Feng first pulled Huo Jinnan aside: "You kid, didn't you bully Xiaonian?"
At this moment, Huo Wanwan had already enthusiastically pulled Tang Nian forward.
When Huo Jinnan was in Baoshan Village, he ate at Tang's house every day, so now Huo Feng called Tang Nian to go to Huo's house for dinner. Tang Nian was not so pretentious and followed Huo Wanwan directly.
Huo Jinnan's tall figure shrugged his shoulders: "How could that be?"
Huo Feng whispered: "It's okay if you don't have one. I'm very optimistic about this child Xiaonian, and he's a good match for you. I'm just worried that this child will be too soft-tempered and will be bullied by you in the future."
When Huo Jinnan heard this, he almost raised his eyebrows, and his eyes fell faintly on the small figure walking in front. Her temper was soft?
Huo Jinnan pursed his lower lip: "Dad, you think too much."
I won’t be able to tell who bullied whom in the future.
But he probably enjoyed being bullied by the little girl.
Along the way, Huo Wanwan pulled Tang Nian and talked a lot. After she knew that Tang Nian would often visit Huiren Medicine Hall, she was even more excited: "Then we can see each other more often? Do you want to stay at my house tonight? Tomorrow
Let's go, it just so happens that we can sleep in the same room."
Tang Nian had no plans to stay in Jiangcheng for two days.
She shook her head and declined Huo Wanwan: "Wanwan, I still have homework to do. I have to go back to do my homework tomorrow, and I have to go back in the afternoon."
When she heard that it was a matter of homework, Huo Wanwan didn't force it.
She nodded regretfully: "Well, let's forget about it for now. We will be at my house soon. I will show you something in a while! I made it all myself!"
Huo Wanwan deliberately kept it a secret and did not tell Tang Nian.
Tang Nian smiled and didn't ask any more questions. He just nodded and said hello.
As he spoke, he had already arrived at the Huo family. This was the first time that Tang Nian had been to the Huo family, and it was also the first time that he felt the difference between the Huo and Tang families in a real sense.
It is not a two-story building that combines urban and rural areas, but a small single-family Western-style building. Just the walls piled outside can show that the conditions of the Huo family are superior.
Chapter completed!