Longevity starts with learning

For the apprentices in the pharmacy, the most unpleasant thing is probably the sorting of medicinal materials.

After all, there are many kinds of medicinal materials, and a large part of them do not have much difference in appearance, and there are even many similar ones.

However, the subtle difference in appearance has a huge difference in medicinal properties.

If there is a slight mistake, it will inevitably be a reprimand or even punishment from Mr. Li!

But for Chu Mu, this kind of thing that can perfectly combine theory with practice is naturally enjoyable.

After all, if he buys several large bags of medicinal materials himself, even if he only buys a small amount of each medicinal material, the accumulated price is also a sky-high price.

In his ruined guest room medicine cabinet, there are only dozens of common medicinal materials, and the quantity is very small, but it has also consumed his black gold plus monthly salary for nearly two months.

At present, how can Chu Mu not be happy with this open and aboveboard "using public funds to enrich himself"?

Chu Mu was as focused as ever while selecting herbs one by one. He would occasionally pinch off a piece of herbs and put it in his mouth to chew. While experiencing the medicinal properties of the herbs, he would correspond to the medical knowledge in his mind.

Old Li leaned back on the recliner, squinting his eyes and looking at Chu Mu, with a thoughtful expression on his face, as if he was thinking about something.

Chu Mu was immersed in it, and he seemed to have completely ignored the outside world.

Time passed, and Chu Mu barely came back to his senses until several sacks of herbs were selected.

Recalling the selection process just now, Chu Mu also sorted out his gains bit by bit.

It is important for people to know themselves.

Chu Mu knew very well that without using the "Spiritual Brilliance Blessing", he was no different from ordinary people.

At most, the knowledge in his previous life may make him have a little more learning thinking than ordinary people in this era.

Reviewing the old to learn the new, after learning and gaining, you have to consolidate it over and over again and absorb it thoroughly.

Otherwise, it will take a few days to almost forget about it, which is a waste of effort.

"There are also medicinal herbs in the wooden box, you can go and sort them out."

Old Li pointed to a wooden box on the side and said leisurely.

"Okay."

Chu Mu nodded, walked forward quickly, opened the wooden box, and Chu Mu couldn't help but be stunned.

The wooden box was not big, and the box was ordinary, but inside the box, there were no piles of medicinal herbs as Chu Mu expected, but neatly placed wooden boxes.

Compared with the ordinary wooden box, the neatly stacked wooden boxes in this box are obviously much more exquisite.

The wood color is light red, but it is not painted red, but the color of the original wood. The wooden box is even carved with different exquisite patterns.

Just these wooden boxes are probably worth a lot.

"Medicinal herbs?"

Chu Mu pursed his lips, picked up a wooden box with some suspicion, opened the lid, and a herb came into view.

"Prunella vulgaris, bitter and astringent, cold in nature..."

Subconsciously, Chu Mu's mind was flooded with all kinds of memories about this herb.

It was a very common herb, which could be found almost everywhere in the vicinity of Nanshan Town. It was also one of the few herb that Chu Mu could easily buy with his own financial resources.

Such a common herb was packaged in such an exquisite wooden box...

Chu Mu was somewhat speechless. Given the commonness and cheapness of Prunella vulgaris, this wooden box alone could probably buy a lot of it.

Just as Chu Mu was about to take out the Prunella vulgaris in the wooden box and sort it according to the previous process, Chu Mu's outstretched hand suddenly stopped.

No...

Chu Mu stared at the Prunella vulgaris in front of him.

He was sure that the herb in front of him was Prunella vulgaris without a doubt!

But...

"This grass grows in the plains, its leaves are like those of Inula, it grows in the first spring, and the spikes appear in April. Its flowers are purple and white, like those of Salvia miltiorrhiza, and it can be found everywhere. After growing for one year, the leaves have many purple and white patterns, and after growing for ten years, the white patterns are dim and difficult to distinguish..."

All the memories about this Prunella vulgaris in my mind came to my mind at this moment.

No matter what kind of herb, it naturally has its own growth law, blooming and bearing fruit, growing and withering, which is an inevitable process.

This was the case in the previous life, and it is also the case in this era.

But the only difference is that the survival ability of plants in this era is much stronger than that in the previous life.

Just like this Prunella vulgaris, there is no difference between it and the Chinese medicine Prunella vulgaris in the previous life.

But the Prunella vulgaris in the previous life is as its name suggests, with white flowers and summer withering, so it is called Prunella vulgaris.

The Prunella vulgaris in this era is also white and summer withering, but this withering will only wither a part, and the remaining part will continue to grow against its growth cycle.

One year, two years, three years...

According to the description in the medical book, it is not just Prunella vulgaris, but most other herbal plants that have this phenomenon of violating the growth cycle.

Of course, the medicinal properties of this kind of medicinal material that exceeds its own growth cycle will naturally change with its age.

The longer the age, the more precious it is!

Chu Mu is not sure how many years it can grow to at most, because those medical books do not describe this.

But according to the herbal illustration book given by Mr. Li, the description of the identification of the age of Prunella vulgaris is the largest description of Prunella vulgaris up to two hundred years old.

The book says: After two hundred years, the rhizome is straight and round, nine or ten inches long, and the leaves become twins, the leaves are dark red, and the veins are green...

And Chu Mu carefully identified the plant in his hand, and the limited knowledge corresponds to infinite possibilities.

A slightly vague answer also emerged in Chu Mu's mind.

"Fifty... sixty years or so..."

That is to say, the Prunella vulgaris that he thought was ordinary was actually a treasure that was as old as fifty or sixty years old!

Chu Mu's breathing was a little rapid, and his eyes were instantly fixed on the wooden box in front of him. The exquisite wooden boxes were neatly placed. With the size of this wooden box, there were at least twenty or thirty wooden boxes in front of him!

Chu Mu carefully put the Prunella vulgaris that was fifty or sixty years old back into the wooden box. His movements were unprecedentedly light, for fear that the force was too great and it would damage it in the slightest.

When the wooden box was closed, Chu Mu couldn't wait to pick up another wooden box in the wooden box.

The wooden box opened, and a medicinal herb that also looked ordinary came into view.

With the lesson of Prunella vulgaris, Chu Mu naturally would not despise it any more. After careful identification, a Prunella ternata that was about twenty years old and originally only existed in books was also witnessed by his own eyes.

One wooden box after another was opened and carefully closed.

Holding the herbs in his hands, the contents of the medical books were circulating in Chu Mu's mind like never before, combining with the reality in front of him bit by bit.

Ten years, twenty years, thirty years...

The herbs that looked ordinary, the changes in the herbs themselves that were not obvious under the difference in years.

He used up all his knowledge and his concentration to treat this extremely rare experience...

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