Qipao couldn't believe it. She bought this recipe from a foreigner at a high price a year ago. After taking the decoction for the first few times, her granddaughter's symptoms improved significantly, so she continued to give her the decoction every day.
Take.
"Turtle plate, slightly cold in nature, sweet and salty in taste, has the functions of nourishing yin and replenishing yang, nourishing kidneys and strengthening bones, nourishing blood and replenishing the heart. It is used for hot flashes due to yin deficiency, bone steaming, night sweats, dizziness, internal movement of wind due to deficiency, and muscle and bone weakness.
Soft, guilty and forgetful.”
Xiao Ruo explained the medicinal effects of Turtle Plague one by one, which was exactly the same introduction that Qipao had received when she presented the prescription to the miracle doctor.
Qi Po then looked at Xiao Ruo and said, "Do you know about medicine? What is the vinegar turtle board you are talking about?"
Xiaoruo remained silent, she understood that Qi Po was a semen, and this was the weight that pried her mouth open.
Seeing her silence, Qi Po felt clear and said: "As long as what you say is beneficial to my granddaughter's condition, I will help you find a suitable shop."
This is what I was waiting for.
Xiaoruo took the tortoise board from Qi Po's hand again, and knocked it hard on the table twice with the tortoise board. The wooden table immediately made two "dong-dong" sounds, leaving two shallow pits on the smooth surface.
"You see, it is so hard that it is difficult to fry, and the medicinal effect is not good. Vinegar turtle shell is the product of this turtle shell. It has a crisp texture and is easy to crush, which is good for frying to release the active ingredients and can also correct the smell and taste."
What she said was clear and logical, and it didn't look like she was making it up. Qi Po was secretly moved in her heart, but she still didn't completely believe the girl in front of her. "Since vinegar turtle shell is more effective, why didn't the pharmacy clerk tell me?"
"The guys can only prepare medicine according to the prescription. They will naturally give you whatever medicine is written on the prescription."
Of course, in addition to this reason, it is also because in this world, gunpowder is not taken seriously.
The more she studied medicine with Old Man Cen, the more she discovered that in this world, only rare and good-quality medicinal materials were pursued blindly, and the processing of medicinal materials was only based on basic cleaning and classification, which led to the gradual disappearance of many methods of preparing medicinal materials.
Old Cen was one of the few doctors who paid great attention to the preparation of medicinal materials. Under his guidance, Xiao Ruo learned many rare methods of preparing medicinal materials.
Seeing that Qi Po was dubious, Xiaoruo simply said: "We can take the prescription to the doctor and ask him if he is jealous that turtle shell is more effective than turtle shell."
"Okay, you come with me. If it's true as you said, I will keep my promise and show you the shop." Qi Po half-squinted her eyes and said with warning: "If you are talking nonsense, then don't blame me.
I will bring you to the official's office directly and accuse you of murder."
Asking her granddaughter to look after the house, Qi Po took Xiaoruo to Jinyuan Pharmacy, the largest pharmacy in the West City, and asked the most experienced doctor to give her the prescription.
The fair-haired and childlike-looking old doctor carefully studied Qipao's prescription and confirmed Xiaoruo's opinion that the vinegar turtle shell can better exert the medicinal effect of this prescription.
"Then I want ten doses of vinegar, please wrap it up for me." It would be good for her granddaughter's disease. No matter how much money she spent, Qi Po would not feel bad about it. She would buy new medicinal materials without blinking an eye.
The old doctor said in embarrassment: "We have sold out the vinegar turtle shell. If you want to buy more, you have to wait three months."
It turns out that the vinegar turtle shells at Jinyuan Pharmacy are purchased from other places, and each delivery to Yingzhou takes three to five months.
They also tried to make their own vinegar turtle clams, but no matter what kind of vinegar they used, they just couldn't get a crispy texture, and the efficacy couldn't be compared with the finished vinegar turtle clams.
Xiaoruo laughed inwardly when she heard the old doctor say that vinegar turtle clams could not be made. They took the preparation of vinegar turtle clams completely literally, and naturally they could not make vinegar turtle clams.
After helping people to the end and sending the Buddha to the west, Xiao Ruo stopped Qi Po, who was going around to try her luck at other drug stores, and said with a smile: "I can make vinegar tortoise shells."
"Seriously?" Both the old doctor and Qi Po found it unbelievable that the seemingly weak girl in front of them could actually prepare medicinal materials that even the largest Jinyuan Pharmacy in the West City could not prepare.
"Of course it's true. I just want to borrow your store's medicine stove."
The preparation of vinegar tortoise shell is just a little complicated and not very time-consuming. With the ready-made tools, Xiaoruo is confident that it can be completed in just a few hours.
The old doctor had been in Jinyuan Pharmacy for many years, and it only took a few words to borrow money from the private pharmacy. He was also curious about whether this girl really had the ability to make gunpowder, so he said hello to the counter clerk and led Xiao Ruo and Qi
Grandma walked to the pharmacy in the backyard.
The pharmacy at Jinyuan Pharmacy was fully equipped with raw tortoise shells, river sand and vinegar, so Xiaoruo asked the two of them to wait outside the room.
She started the stove first, poured a full amount of water into the pot, and with a flick of her index finger, a ball of fierce fire licked the bottom of the pot.
The water in the pot started to boil within a few minutes. She took the raw tortoise shell and steamed it in the boiling water. When the tortoise shell had absorbed the water vapor and the remaining meat on the edge and the shell on the back had softened, Xiaoruo picked up a small razor and scraped off the excess meat bit by bit.
After handling the raw tortoise shells, she poured the river sand into the newly vacated medicine stove pot and stir-fried while controlling the fire until the river sand in the pot was smooth and easy to flip, then she put the clean tortoise shells in different sizes into the pot.
, stir-fry with river sand.
Fry until the surface of the tortoise shell is light yellow and the texture is crispy, take out the tortoise shell, remove the sand, and immediately put it into the prepared vinegar basin to quench it.
The hot turtle shell was submerged in the vinegar, making a tingling sound, and a cloud of vinegar mist evaporated.
Next, just wait for the vinegar turtle shell to cool down and then take it out and dry it.
After more than four hours of work, ten vinegar turtle shells were completed and lay quietly in the basket.
Xiao Ruo opened the door of the pharmacy and let the old doctor and Qi Po in for inspection.
Qipao didn't know anything about medicinal materials, so she could only wait eagerly for the old doctor to check it out.
The old doctor walked to the bamboo basket and carefully observed the vinegar turtle shell prepared by Xiaoruo.
It is brown with yellow, and the cracks in the tortoise shell are clear, which is consistent with the appearance of the vinegar tortoise shell purchased from the pharmacy.
Then pick up a piece of vinegar tortoise shell and break it slightly with force.
The tortoise shell broke in my hand, and the texture was obviously crispy.
Finally, take a medicine bowl, put the broken turtle shell into it, mash it carefully, pinch out a little powder and put it on the tip of your tongue.
There is a hint of sweetness in the sour and salty taste.
"It's vinegar turtle shell!" The old doctor nodded affirmatively: "It's exactly the same as the vinegar turtle shell we bought!"
Qi Po was overjoyed, squeezed the old doctor away, pulled out a piece of oil paper and wrapped all the nine half-vinegar tortoise shells in the basket. She also didn't let go of the broken pieces in the medicine bowl, poured them into a small paper bag and took them away.
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After pretending to be jealous with both hands and feet, she showed her first sincere smile today to Xiao Ruo. "Girl, thank you today. Old lady, I will keep my promise. Come back with me, and I will give it to you after I boil the medicine."
Find a shop."
Pulling up Xiao Ruo, Qi Po walked out.
The old doctor quickly shouted behind them: "Hey! Wait! Wait! Girl, what do you call me?"
Qi Po paused and slapped her forehead, "Look at how confused I am. I almost forgot the money for the medicine in my hurry."
She took out the ingot of silver, turned around and stuffed it into the old doctor's hand and said, "There's no need to look for it. If you have more money, we can use it as rent from the pharmacy."
After saying that, he grabbed Xiaoruo and hurried home, completely ignoring the old doctor who was still calling behind him.
"Girl! Girl! Hey! Who cares about the medicine money! I am looking for this girl..."
Qi Po and Xiao Ruo both had important matters in their minds that they could not afford to delay. The old doctor's increasingly distant shouts had long been forgotten by the two of them, dissipated in the wind, and no one cared about them.