"Shopkeeper, the tea is ready..."
While Chu Mu was flipping through the book, a young man in a short shirt walked into the room carrying a teapot.
"Put it here."
Chu Mu looked up and pointed to the table beside him. Then he seemed to think of something. Chu Mu added: "A new batch of medicinal materials will arrive today. You and Chang San will go and take inventory."
"Okay, shopkeeper, don't worry."
The young man immediately promised.
Chu Mu nodded slightly and said nothing. His attention had obviously returned to the book.
There are three apprentices in Baicao Pavilion. Strictly speaking, they cannot be said to be apprentices. But Xu Yuan felt that there were too many trivial matters and was reluctant to spend money to recruit people, so he just hired three people in the name of recruiting apprentices.
In this era, a craft is still a highly respected medical skill. Not to mention the lack of monthly salary, even if the money is paid, many people will be squeezed out.
And that was exactly what happened. On the afternoon of the announcement, a large number of people came to apply.
As for why it was these three people in the end, Chu Mu didn't pay attention. He had always been the master of the miscellaneous matters in the medicine hall.
Having a few apprentices can also help him share some chores, so that he can do his own thing better.
As for whether they will teach some skills, it depends on the fate of these apprentices.
He is not a stingy person, but he is not generous without reason either.
Chu Mu poured a cup of hot tea, took a sip, and turned the pages of the book, feeling very comfortable.
"Brother Mu, Brother Mu!"
Before the tea in the cup was finished, hurried sounds could be heard outside the door. Faintly, it seemed that someone in the front hall was calling... doctor.
Chu Mu put down the tea cup, put the bookmark on the book, then stood up, and walked towards the front hall without waiting for Xu Yuan to say anything else.
"Brother Mu, a woman came and said that someone in the family was seriously injured and needed to be treated at home."
"Home-based treatment?"
Chu Mu stopped and immediately hesitated.
Home treatment means that the patient's condition must have reached a certain level.
If you have this kind of condition in other people's homes, you might cause a lot of trouble.
Baicaotang is on the right track, and his practice is close to perfection. Worldly money no longer has much temptation for him.
Now, he just wants to stay in peace and contentment, and he doesn't want to get into any trouble.
As for things like the benevolence of doctors...
He really didn't.
"Go ahead and refuse. Just say that the doctor is not here and ask her to go to another pharmacy."
Chu Mu turned around decisively without any hesitation.
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Xu Yuan left in response, and Chu Mu returned to the room and continued drinking tea and reading.
The noise in the front hall did not dissipate. On the contrary, it became increasingly noisy. After a while, it seemed that the noise gradually dissipated due to Xu Yuan's toughness.
Immediately, Xu Yuan walked into the backyard cursing, and his complaints reached Chu Mu's ears from afar.
"Brother Mu, you don't know, that woman looks gentle and quiet, but when I told her that the doctor was not here, she still wanted to barge in, like a shrew!"
"There are so many pharmacies in Jingmen County. Why are they making trouble here and bullying us from out of town?"
Chu Mu shook his head and chuckled, but did not answer. He opened a pharmacy but did not save people. This was his fault.
Immediately, Chu Mu changed the subject and said, "By the way, how is your Qi and Blood practice lately?"
"It's pretty fast. Ever since I started using Dragon Snake Soup, I've been making rapid progress."
"I tested it before, and the knife can hardly break the flesh..."
When talking about qi and blood cultivation, Xu Yuan obviously became excited and spoke with excitement.
In the qi and blood cultivation stage, with the same medicinal assistance, Xu Yuan's progress in cultivation was obviously not slow.
Chu Mu estimated that if calculated based on the values on the light screen panel, Xu Yuan's current progress in practicing the Body Forging Technique should be around 600.
"The new Dragon Snake Soup, you should give it a try."
After pondering for a moment, Chu Mu gave instructions: "If you have any questions, please tell me in time."
"OK."
Xu Yuan responded. He came here cursing just now, but now he left with a grin on his face.
Chu Mu stopped paying attention and returned his attention to the book again.
Oddly enough, in the past it was easy to concentrate, but recently, with the advancement of qi and blood cultivation, there is a clear feeling that thoughts are spreading.
In other words, it is easy to have random thoughts and have difficulty concentrating.
This phenomenon becomes more obvious the deeper you practice Qi and Blood.
Obviously, this must involve the god in the dark.
According to Chu Mu's guess, it is very likely that just like the physical transformation brought about by Qi and Blood cultivation, the strength of the body is somewhat out of control.
This phenomenon may also occur with spiritual growth and leaps.
This phenomenon seems to correspond to his current tendency to have random thoughts.
Chu Mu didn't know whether this guess was accurate or not, and he had no way to deal with it. He could only consciously concentrate on it again and again, trying to get himself back to his previous state of concentration.
Time passes bit by bit while reading this book.
At noon, Chu Mu picked up the tea cup as a habit, and when he was about to take a sip, the sudden noise in the front hall attracted Chu Mu's attention.
Putting down the tea cup and the medical book, Chu Mu stood up and walked into the medicine hall. He thought it was a patient seeking medical treatment, but what he saw was a few armored people making inspections.
"These wanted criminals are hiding in the city. This man among them was seriously injured and will definitely seek treatment from a doctor. Remember the faces of these wanted criminals. If there is anyone suspicious, report it immediately..."
"By the way, these wanted criminals are good at disguise. If someone with stab wounds or other injuries comes to your pharmacy for treatment, they must report it immediately. Anyone who dares to conceal it will be punished as an accomplice of the wanted criminals!"
An inspector threw several portraits on the counter and said viciously.
Xu Yuan was obviously very good at this kind of thing. After dealing with it for a while, several inspectors left with their knives in hand.
"It turns out there is a wanted criminal. I said I just went out and heard that the city was closed..."
Xu Yuan muttered, picked up the portrait and took a look, and his originally unconcerned expression was instantly frozen.
Immediately, Xu Yuan's words became a bit awkward: "Mu...Brother Mu, look!"
"What's wrong?"
Chu Mu was confused and stepped forward to take the portrait. A portrait came into view. Chu's pupils shrank suddenly and he opened several other portraits one after another. He was speechless for a long time.
"Mu...Brother Mu?"
Xu Yuan made a tentative sound.
Chu Mu was still looking at the portrait in front of him. The specifications of the wanted criminal's portrait were naturally familiar to Chu Mu as a former patrol inspector.
When he left Qinghe County not long ago, the wanted portraits of several people from Qili Village were still posted on the streets and alleys of Qinghe County.
After leaving Qinghe County for more than half a year, he originally thought that all the people and things in Qinghe County must be completely different from him and have nothing to do with him.
But right now, these wanted portraits are almost identical...
One picture showed the appearance of a young man with a ferocious face, looking as if he was mentally ill.
One is a portrait of a woman, Xiaojiabiyu, but looks cold.
There is another one that looks like a middle-aged man, with a Chinese character face and a beard. He looks ferocious, but also seems to be a bit honest.
It has to be said that the artist's skills are really superb. With just a few strokes, he can vividly describe the characteristics and appearance of people on the painting.
But...the two wanted men and one woman, apart from the woman, are a young man and a middle-aged man, who are clearly the remnants of Qili Village who stirred up trouble in Nanshan Town!
Among them, this young man, he had fought against him many times, and now he regarded it as the two jade slips of the future, one of which seemed to be obtained from this young man.
But after that incident of body snatching, the young man disappeared without a trace.
But today, he actually saw the wanted portrait of this young man again in Jingmen County, thousands of miles away from Nanshan Town...
Looking at the inspection process at Jingmen, it is obvious that it is not just a secular matter.
After all, the young man's strength cannot be limited by secular rules...
In other words, this young man from Qili Village is being targeted by immortal cultivators again?
Chu Mu's face looked a little strange. This young man would cause trouble wherever he went, and he could still escape under heavy pursuit every time...
This treatment seems a bit familiar...
(End of chapter)
