novelraw Chapter 198 Since starting work at the clinic, he's been in a much better mood.
Chapter 198 Since starting work at the clinic, he's been in a much better mood.
After gathering all the medicinal herbs, she processed them one by one, grinding them into powder using a small self-made machine. She then set them aside for later use. Finally, she mixed them according to the proportions on the prescription, added spiritual spring water, and put them into a pressure cooker to heat and simmer.
She turned off the heat when the temperature and time were about right, and smelled the thick broth; it had a strong medicinal aroma. She picked up a little and tasted it; it had a slightly bitter taste. To make it taste even better, she added honey and steamed, dried, and ground rice flour to the prepared broth.
She had prepared the honey and rice flour for making various pills. Most medicines are suitable for making pills, since pills are easy to quantify and package.
She quickly prepared a batch of Essence Pills, which were actually very good for conditioning a martial artist's body. Compared to Bone Strengthening Pills and Meridian Cleansing Pills, these pills were more suitable for nourishing the meridians and improving the body's resilience.
"Mom, these are pills I made especially for you, called Essence Pills. They'll be good for your health and for your baby. Otherwise, your martial arts skills will drop significantly after you give birth to them!" Tong Yuheng took out the Essence Pills, which were placed in a large porcelain bowl.
"So big? Like an egg! Hahaha, boss, are you planning to make me eat this pill like it's food?" Tong Jiahui looked at the egg-sized pill in front of her and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Be careful, don't strain yourself laughing!" Liu Fengyi hurriedly stopped him.
"Look at your dad, he won't even let me laugh. He was just telling me to transfer my job!" Tong Jiahui glared at her husband, annoyed.
"Mom, what are you thinking?" Tong Yuheng asked.
"I've only taught for four months in total, it's a bit unreasonable to transfer my job now. Besides, I really enjoy being a teacher, so I'll continue working," Tong Jiahui said.
"Then I'll buy another bicycle, or maybe a tricycle? Otherwise it won't be convenient for you and Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi to go to school together," Liu Fengyi immediately thought.
"Buying a tricycle would be fine too. Dad, let's make a basket to block the wind when it's cold. Xiao Liu has grown taller now, so she can ride it back and forth to town, which is such a short distance," Tong Yuheng agreed.
"Big sister, I'm strong enough to take Mom and Sixth Sister to school too!" Little Seven quickly declared.
"You're too conspicuous everywhere. What if you ride it wrong and fall off Mom? I'm already 1.6 meters tall, it's more suitable for me to ride it." Xiao Liu Yuxuan thought about how cool it would be to ride the only tricycle with a basket in the village!
"Okay, then thank you for your hard work, Xiao Liu!" Tong Yuheng rubbed Xiao Qi's head and said, "You should think about helping your mother carry things and helping her up and down the stairs." Xiao Qi nodded hurriedly.
"Should we also prepare a small ladder for easy access?" Liu Fengyi began to refine their plan.
Tong Jiahui was speechless. Everyone had arranged things for her so clearly without consulting her opinion at all.
"Aren't you guys getting a bit off-topic? I was talking about this giant pill! It actually smells pretty good, and it's sweet, isn't it? Aren't you worried I'll choke on it?" Tong Jiahui wondered if everyone was being a little too worried about her.
"Jiahui, don't think that just because you've had several children, it's no big deal. Don't forget you're forty years old, and you're carrying two or three babies. Just listen to everyone and be more careful; it won't hurt."
"People say pregnancy makes you stupid for three years, look at you, why are you arguing with this pill? Yuheng didn't tell you to swallow it all at once."
"I made these big balls so it's easy to measure them out at once. Can't you roll them into smaller balls when you want to eat them? The kids are so busy; how much effort would it take for them to roll one ball into ten or twenty? If you want smaller ones, I'll make them for you!"
Compared to his daughter, Grandpa Tong now favors his granddaughter more. His daughter is truly blessed, pampered by everyone around her since childhood. In contrast, his eldest granddaughter has sacrificed so much, helping with housework and taking care of her younger sisters from a young age!
"Dad, I just find it funny because I've never seen such a big and ugly pill before. It's not like I'm saying Yuheng's products are bad." In front of her father, Tong Jiahui is still the daughter who never grew up.
"Mom, you actually think it's ugly? Do you know that if I took it to the Ancient Martial Arts Association's auction, one pill could sell for hundreds or even thousands!" Tong Yuheng was unhappy when she heard that her pills were big and ugly.
"Huh? So expensive! Even gold pills aren't this expensive, right? I'm just going to eat them like this?" Tong Jiahui looked pained. Her daughter gave her ten pills, which would cost her tens of thousands of yuan.
"I'm working really hard for my mom and my younger siblings! Mom, you have to take it properly, one pill a month, to help with the pregnancy and stay healthy!"
"Okay, okay, I'll definitely eat on time." Tong Jiahui was so moved that she almost cried, perhaps because she was more sentimental during her pregnancy.
"Actually, all of us can eat it. It improves flexibility and increases internal strength. However, the ingredients and preparation method are not easy, so I didn't make too many at once. Grandpa, here is the prescription and preparation method. I've put the finished products and ingredients in the medicine-making room downstairs."
Tong Anfu nodded in agreement, "Okay, I'll find some time to learn how to refine it."
"I also got some badger fat. We'll go render it together later to make frostbite ointment. You can distribute the pills as you see fit; one pill every two or three months should be enough."
"Is the badger oil uncooked? Cut from raw meat?" Tong Anfu asked.
"Yeah, isn't it just like pork fat and lard?" Tong Yuheng asked, puzzled.
"Hey! Why didn't you say so earlier? It'll spoil easily in this weather; freshly rendered oil is of much better quality!"
The old man ignored everyone else, hurriedly went out through the passageway, closed the back door, went to the backyard, moved the mechanism, and entered the underground medicine room to get busy by himself.
"This old man is in such a hurry to get things done!" Tong Yuheng said with a smile.
"He's just being stingy with the good medicinal herbs!" Tong Jiahui said. "You're quite good at finding things for him to do. But it's good, it saves him from looking so gloomy all the time. He's been in a much better mood since he started working at the clinic."
The busy farming season ended quickly, and the team had another bumper harvest this year. Thanks to the income from honey, each family is expected to earn a few extra yuan, making everyone very happy.
Ding Lihong had just given birth to a boy in the cowshed. Because Grandpa Tong often brought them food, the child was well-nourished and was born healthy.
She discovered the baby at night, and Li Guanglin, at a loss, came to find Tong Anfu. Tong Yuheng and her grandfather went to help. Professor Zhang assisted with the delivery, while Tong Anfu provided guidance from outside.
With the help of the spiritual spring water, Ding Lihong did not suffer too much pain and gave birth to the child that she and her husband had been longing for in less than two hours.