Chapter 71 071. Medicinal Herb Breeding
(Sorry everyone, I asked my brother to help me edit the text, but he made a mistake, and it’s repeated here, just skip to Chapter 079 to read, fortunately, it’s free, please forgive me, thank you babies. )
After a busy day, half of the weeds on the wasteland were finally cleared up. Shen Ruoxi was very satisfied looking at the fruits of today's labor.

Zheng Tingke patted the sand on his hands, "It will be done in two days."

The three of Xu Qinglan were planting corn in the soil next to them. Hearing this, Xu Qinglan said, "We have finished the work here, and we will come to help you open up wasteland together."

Shen Ruohao opened the mouth and said, "After there are many people, the wasteland will be cleaned up soon. By the way, Shen Ruoxi, do the herbs you plant need to be bred?"

Shen Ruoxi thought about it, "It seems that breeding is needed."

She plans to grow ten kinds of herbs, not expensive ones, just ordinary ones that ripen for a year. After all, the family is short of money now, so let's make some money first.

Shen Ruohao said again, "Then you can grow the seeds. It will take a month for the seeds to grow into seedlings."

"I see." Shen Ruoxi took the hoe and marked out a place on the reclaimed wasteland for breeding.

Breeding is a delicate job. It is necessary to loosen the ground first, loosen the large pieces of mud, it is best to make sand, spread it on the ground, and then spread the seeds evenly on it, sprinkle water, and then cover it. Cover the seeds with a thin layer of sand, preferably with a layer of hay on top.

When the seeds were cultivated, it was completely dark.

Shen Ruoxi wiped the sweat off her face, looking at the flat nursery field, she felt a sense of accomplishment spontaneously.

She is breeding here, and Xu Qinglan is the only one at home who has gone back to cook, "Shen Ruoxi, your three brothers and sisters are back for dinner."

Shen Ruoxi responded, "I'm back."

After tidying up, the third sibling brought Zheng Tingke and Shen Suhong home together.

Sitting at the gate, Xiao Kang'er saw Shen Ruoxi coming back, and smiled on her small face, "Second Aunt."

Shen Ruoxi gave Xiao Kang'er a hug, "Second Aunt went to wash her hands, she will get you dirty in a while."

"I'll fetch water for you." Xiao Kang'er liked Shen Ruoxi very much now, so he hurried to get the washbasin, scooped up some water and brought it to the yard.

The little guy is really too small, can't hold it up, wobbled, spilled a lot of water, and splashed a lot of water on his face!

Shen Ruoxi quickly took over the washbasin, "Thank you Kang'er."

Xiao Kang'er grinned, "You're welcome, Second Aunt, wash your hands quickly."

Shen Ruohan said jealously on purpose, "You fetch water for Second Aunt, don't you care about Fourth Aunt?"

Xiao Kanger looked left and right, "You guys wash together."

Shen Ruohan smiled, "The little guy is biased."

Shen Ruohao put down the farm tools and came over, "Where is the third uncle? Xiao Kang'er only has second aunt in his eyes, and doesn't care about us."

Xiao Kang'er was in a dilemma, "Then, next time I will give each of you a pot?"

Everyone was amused and laughed.

In a pleasant atmosphere, everyone took the food and bowls and chopsticks to the main room, ready to have dinner.

After the meal, Shen Ruoxi went to take a bath immediately, and then went back to her room to read medical books.

I have an exam tomorrow, read books, and keep fit.

Shen Ruohan returned to the room, took the handkerchief to wipe her hair, and the relationship with Shen Ruoxi eased a lot, but when they were in the same room, they still couldn't help feeling embarrassed.

She silently sat on the edge of the bed and wiped her hair.

Time passed slowly, Shen Ruoxi felt a little sore, she closed the book, climbed into bed and fell asleep.

……

The next morning.

Shen Ruohan cooks, a drawer of steamed buns, a stack of small pickles, and a pot of white rice porridge. Compared with before, this kind of breakfast is already very good.

Everyone didn't like to talk much in the morning, so they ate in silence.

Shen Ruoxi put down the bowls and chopsticks, "I'm going to take the doctor's exam today, you go to grandma's place, when you see grandma, tell grandma the reason why I don't go, lest she misunderstand."

Shen Ruohao nodded, "We know."

Shen Ruoxi said to Zheng Tingke again, "The wasteland is slowly being reclaimed, and it will take a long time before the transplantation of medicine seedlings, so don't worry."

Zheng Tingke nodded, "Yes."

Things at home are arranged, and everyone goes to do their own things.

Shen Ruoxi, Shen Ruohao, and Shen Ruohan went to the county town together, Shen Ruohao and Shen Ruohan went to buy gifts for grandma, took the gifts and went to visit.

When they came to the county seat, Shen Ruoxi gave Shen Ruohao a tael of silver, and then asked the two of them, "Do you know what to buy?"

Shen Ruohan thought for a while and said, "Buy two packs of pastries, a piece of cloth, and three catties of meat."

Shen Ruoxi didn't quite understand how to give gifts in this era, she felt that it was already very rich, so she didn't say anything more, "Okay, you guys go buy it, I'm going to the county government to take the exam."

"En." The two watched Shen Ruoxi leave.

Shen Ruohan looked at Shen Ruoxi's back, and said in a low voice, "Third Brother, do you feel that Second Sister is getting better and better?"

Shen Ruohao is not blind, he has seen everything that happened during this period, "Well, I hope it will be like this in the future."

Shen Ruohan said expectantly, "Well, let's go shopping."

……

County government, medical training department.

Doctors apply for the exam every three months, and five people took the exam today.

Shen Ruoxi came to the gate of the medical training department, and handed over the registration form to the official who registered yesterday, "I'm sorry."

As soon as the official saw Shen Ruoxi, he remembered what happened yesterday, and his expression became respectful, "I didn't expect you to really come."

Shen Ruoxi didn't care about what happened yesterday, the important thing now is to take the exam smoothly, "I've signed up, I'm definitely coming."

The official Zao led Shen Ruoxi to the examination place, and then came to a room, "This is the examination room, you go in and wait, Doctor He will be here soon."

Shen Ruoxi nodded, "Thank you."

The soap official waved his hand and left.

Shen Ruoxi walked into the room, the room was very spacious, surrounded by a row of wooden frames, the wooden frame was empty, there were five sets of tables and chairs in the middle, and some other necessary decorations, the furnishings were very simple.

At this time, there were already people sitting behind the two tables and chairs.

Those two were men, Shen Ruoxi walked in, the two looked up at Shen Ruoxi together, slightly surprised that a girl came to be a doctor!
Shen Ruoxi ignored their sizing eyes, went to sit on a chair, and waited quietly.

After a while, the remaining two people who took the exam also came. They were all men, and only Shen Ruoxi was a girl.

Later, when the two saw Shen Ruoxi, they showed a scornful smile. Strange things happen every year these days, women come here to take the doctor exam!

Shen Ruoxi sat calmly, judging a person's ability by gender is too superficial, these people are not worthy of her emotions at all.

Time passed slowly, and Dr. He walked in.

Dr. He stood at the door, glanced over, paused for a while on Shen Ruoxi, and then began to announce the content of the exam as if nothing had happened.

"There are three sessions in total. The first session is identifying herbs."

Doctor He opened a drawer with a key, took out five boxes from it, and put one box on the table for each person.

"There are a lot of herbs in this box. Now you can identify them and write down their names, medicinal properties, which parts are used for medicine, and which diseases can be cured. The more you write, the better you will pass the test."

"The exam time is half an hour, I light the incense and start counting."

After speaking, distribute the pen, ink, paper and inkstone to everyone, then light the incense and put it in the incense burner.

There are two incense sticks in total. After burning, the exam is over.

When it came to the exam, no one paid attention to Shen Ruoxi anymore, and it was even more impossible for Shen Ruoxi to pay attention to others, and put all her mind on the exam.

She opened the box, and there were probably dozens of herbs in it, so she took out one at random.

This is comfrey, with purple flowers, sessile leaves, ovate-lanceolate to broad-lanceolate...

Comfrey is used as medicine with dried roots. It is a medicine for clearing heat and cooling blood blindly.

Shen Ruoxi recalled the effect of comfrey, and then wrote the words on the paper.

Shortly after she wrote it, the other four test takers also started writing.

Dr. He sat in the front seat of the invigilator, watching Shen Ruoxi scribbling, his eyes flickered. Could it be that this girl is really a person with excellent medical talent?
Shen Ruoxi's brush calligraphy is not very good, and the written characters are barely recognizable, which makes her a little bit unbearable to look directly at.

Fortunately, this is not a calligraphy test, otherwise she must be at the bottom.

As the time passed, Dr. He lit the second incense stick. Seeing that half of the time had passed, everyone became nervous.

Shen Ruoxi took out a grass from the box and wrote it, unlike other people, after taking it out, she found that she didn't recognize it, so she put it back, and then took another grass, picking and choosing, which wasted a lot of time.

Dr. He glanced at Shen Ruoxi casually at first, but the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became. She seemed to know every herb, and started writing after taking it out. This...

Shen Ruoxi has deep research in Chinese medicine, and herbal medicine is the foundation, so it is naturally very solid.

Identifying herbs is, for her, pediatrics.

Half an hour passed quickly.

Dr. He took a breath and announced, "The beginning is over, everyone write their names and hand in the test papers."

Shen Ruoxi wrote her name big on the header of the test paper, then looked around and saw that someone had handed in the test paper, so she handed in the test paper.

After collecting the test papers, Dr. He said, "You guys take a break, and take the second test after burning incense."

The five people walked out of the examination room and came to the courtyard outside.

Shen Ruoxi walked to the yard, and she found a withered weed among the grass in the garden.

In everyone's eyes, it was a weed, but in her eyes, it was a relatively good herb. It seemed that everyone didn't know it well, so it withered and left it alone.

Shen Ruoxi looked around, but didn't see anyone coming, so she picked up the withered herb and put it in her bag.

The core of the herb is still green and should be salvageable.

At the same time, Shen Ruohao and Shen Ruohan came to grandma's house. Today is grandma's birthday, and there are many guests at home.

The eldest uncle's youngest son, Zhang Sheng, ran to the gate of the courtyard, pointed at Shen Ruohan and laughed, "Look, the ugly monster is here."

Shen Ruohan immediately covered the face towel with tears rolling in her eyes.

Shen Ruohao scolded, "How did you talk?"

Zhang Sheng was not afraid of Shen Ruohao at all, instead he laughed at Shen Ruohao, "Cripple, lame, hahaha, hahaha."

Shen Ruohao was so angry that he frowned, "Say it again."

"Cripple, lame..." Zhang Sheng shouted as he ran.

Grandma heard voices in the yard and came out of the house, "Sheng Zhang, shut up, those are your cousin and cousin, how could you do this?"

Zhang Sheng said bluntly, "Grandma, I'm not wrong, they are ugly and crippled."

Grandma yelled into the house, "Daughter-in-law, come out and take care of your son. If you don't care, I will take care of it."

The eldest aunt came out of the house dissatisfied, "Mother, what Zhang Sheng said is the truth, what can I do? Why don't you let them go back, anyway, you won't hear well here."

Grandma frowned, "They are here to celebrate my birthday today, if you don't welcome them, are you dissatisfied with me?"

Who dares to disrespect the elders?
The eldest aunt hurriedly said, "Mother, I was joking just now, don't take it to heart."

Grandma said angrily, "Take Zhang Sheng back quickly, he's too bad at talking."

"Yes." The eldest aunt hurriedly dragged Zhang Sheng away.

Shen Ruohan wiped away her tears, and handed the things she bought to her grandma, "This is specially bought for you, for your birthday, grandma, I'm a bit late, please forgive me."

"It's okay, come in and sit down." Grandma enthusiastically pulled Shen Ruohan into the room, "Don't mind what you hear, it's not what you want, right?"

Shen Ruohan pursed her lips and nodded, "Yes."

Grandma beckoned to Shen Ruohao again, "Come on, come quickly, grandma hasn't seen you for a long time, how are you at home?"

"The family is fine." Shen Ruohao replied, "Grandma, you won't be angry with us if you didn't come to see you during the busy farming period, right?"

Grandma said kindly, "Why are you angry? Family matters are important. It's the same when you come to see grandma after you're done."

She added, "Just come later, you don't need to buy so many things."

Shen Ruohan put her arms around her grandma's arm, and said coquettishly, "Grandma's birthday, how can I come here empty-handed."

"You are so good." Grandma patted Shen Ruohan's head lovingly.

The eldest aunt saw that the two had brought so many things, so she came over again, "You also bought meat?"

Although I don't like my aunt's snobbish eyes very much, but now at their house, it's hard to say anything, Shen Ruohao said, "I bought this for grandma's birthday, let's cook it and eat it."

"Okay, okay, I'll take it to the kitchen right away." The eldest aunt took the meat and smiled so hard that her teeth could not see the bottom.

Grandma asked the two to sit in the main room, "Grandma is going to cook, you sit down for a while."

Shen Ruohan grabbed her grandmother and sat here waiting for lunch. It was not very good, "Grandma, shall we help?"

Grandma smiled and said, "It's fine, let's go, go to the kitchen with grandma, grandma fried mushrooms, you guys have a taste."

While the siblings were helping grandma with work, Shen Ruoxi started the second exam——

The five people returned to the examination room, and Dr. He gave each of them a piece of paper with many symptoms written on it, asking them to write prescriptions according to the symptoms.

Dr. He said, "The exam time this time is also half an hour, so hurry up and write."

After speaking, take out the incense and light it.

Green smoke curled up, and the atmosphere gradually became tense. Everyone took the paper in their hands and began to answer questions.

The first symptom: Pain in the abdomen before dawn, borborygmus immediately, and the pain subsides after diarrhea.

(End of this chapter)

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