Chapter 404: Awakening (Second Update)_1
"So, do you know what they’re used for?" the old man continued to ask.
"What else could herbs be for, if not to be used in remedies?" Yang Ruxin looked up at the old man, "These are dandelions, also known as mother-in-law’s teeth, with a sweet and neutral taste, non-toxic, and can clear heat, detoxify, promote urination, and disperse lumps. They can be used in medicine or as cooking ingredients. Those over there are honeysuckles, also called winter honeysackle, cold in nature and sweet in taste, entering the lung, heart, and stomach meridians, with effects of clearing heat, detoxification, tonifying deficiency, and treating wind. And those over there are wild chrysanthemums..."
"Girl, do you also know medicine?" A sharp light flashed in the old man’s eyes.
"I know a little," Yang Ruxin said with a proud tilt of her head to the old man, "just memorized ’Collection of Hundred Herbs’ in the past few days..."
"Is that so? What else can you do?" The old man seemed even more interested. ’Collection of Herbs’ is indeed a classic introductory text for medical practitioners. Those apprentices who cannot master it proficiently don’t even qualify to study medicine, but for many, to fully recognize and remember all the herbs on that tree, at least three months are needed, and for some, even a year. But it seemed that this girl memorized it in just a few days? Could she be a medical prodigy?
"I know quite a lot." Yang Ruxin grinned, "But why should I tell you?"
"You..." The old man’s beard twitched.
"Old man, you’ve eaten and drunk, isn’t it time for you to leave?" Yang Ruxin straightened up and raised an eyebrow at the old man.
"You impudent girl, how dare you try to send me away?" The old man felt somewhat despondent.
"You are a stranger to us, we don’t know your background. What if you’re a bad person?" Yang Ruxin chuckled, "So, the door is that way..."