Chapter 2 The Little Medicine Boy Farming by the River

Chapter 2 The Little Medicine Boy Farming by the River

"Master, I'm going out then!"

"Is my good apprentice going to the medicine garden so early? Yes, the master will see you off."

"No need, I know the way myself, master, you can take a good rest." Zheng Qiu shook the wooden box in his hand, "Look, master, I also brought lunch. I will be back in the evening."

"Well, master will cook something delicious for you tonight."

The master asked Zheng Qiu to go to the medicine garden by the river during the day and come back every night after sunset. He was worried that his apprentice would live there alone, as Zheng Qiu was still too young.

"Go forward step by step, carrying my small bamboo basket on your back. Step on the long stone road, and don't forget to bring a medicine hoe, hum, la la la..." Zheng Qiu sang a little song, bouncing towards Medicine garden by the river.

From the back mountain to the medicine garden, one has to pass through the martial arts training ground of the Xunwu Sect. The martial arts training ground is on the right side of the main hall, the ground is covered with fine sand, and there are some wooden figures inserted around it. When Zheng Qiu came to the martial arts training ground, he happened to meet the elder giving a lecture.

I saw the elder standing in the middle of the field, holding a wooden sword flat in his hand, chanting something, but he didn't know what he was talking about. The senior brothers and sisters formed a circle, watched the elder's movements carefully, and raised the wooden sword from time to time to follow suit.

Zheng Qiu was peeking behind the wooden figure, who knew that the elder seemed to have sensed it, Zheng Qiu hadn't been looking for long, the elder's eyes stared over from afar. Run, run, Zheng Qiu quickly turned his head, grabbed the rope on his back and slipped away from the training ground.

Continuing to follow the stone road to the right mountain peak, Zheng Qiu was thinking about the picture he just saw in his head as he walked, he could do the action of raising a wooden sword himself, but why did he become so powerful?

"Hey, get out of the way" a voice interrupted Zheng Qiu's thinking.

He looked back and saw a young man in a brocade jacket standing on the mountain road in front of him. The young man had a broom in his hand.

"What are you looking at, let's go quickly." The young man had a dark face, cursing in his mouth.

"Oh, oh, I'm sorry, I'm leaving now." Zheng Qiu walked around the boy and hurried away. After walking a long way, when there was no one in sight, Zheng Qiu covered his mouth and let out a giggle. "Hee hee hee, another senior brother was fined to sweep the mountain road, what a pity."

Not long after, Zheng Qiu arrived at the medicine garden. He went into the room to put down the basket, and found that the room was very clean, as if someone had just come to clean it. But he didn't have so much time to wonder, he had to go to work in the medicine garden quickly after finishing the tools.

There are all kinds of herbs densely arranged in the garden, some are planted on the ground, some are buried in the soil, and some are hung on wooden shelves. Zheng Qiu stood in a daze in the yard, with so many herbs, what should he do first? He looked left and right, there was no master directing him now, he had to figure out what to do.

"Don't worry, don't worry, remember carefully, every time you come with the master, where does the master go first and what to do first." Zheng Qiu closed his eyes and tried to turn his brain, "Ah! By the way! Every time the master goes to see the waterwheel of."

Zheng Qiu slapped his forehead, threw the tools back into the basket, put the basket on his back and went to the river.

There is a two-foot-tall waterwheel beside the river, which creaks and turns continuously, and continuously lifts the river water into the ditch. The waterwheel was made entirely of wood, covered with moss, and looked old. But Zheng Qiu has never seen it broken, and he doesn't know what kind of wood it is made of.

Zheng Qiu squatted down to the river and stretched out his hands to wash. The river water was a bit cold and there were many small fish in it. He knew that by following the river all the way down, he could reach the village where his family was located. I went down the mountain to meet my parents last year, and I can go back again at the end of this year. When the time comes, think about what good things to bring back.

Zheng Qiu withdrew his thoughts, followed the ditch all the way to check the medicine garden, and kept using the small net to fish out the fallen leaves and weeds floating in the ditch. All the herbs in this medicine garden are water-loving. The soil needs to be kept moist, and the kind that can be squeezed out of water should be lightly squeezed.

After cleaning the drains, the herbs must be inspected. The herbs must not be diseased or infested with insects. They must be inspected one by one, leaf by leaf. Zheng Qiu squatted on the ground, using a small jade board to move the blades of grass.

The infested areas should be carefully removed with jade scissors, and the areas with color changes should be carefully recorded. If it becomes serious in the next few days, you must quickly find out the reason.

"Zheng Zhisong? Zheng Zhisong?" A girl's crisp voice came from the sky. Zheng Qiu stood up and looked up, but his calf went numb, and he fell to the ground with a slap, making his hands and trousers covered in mud. It's unlucky to squat for too long.

A girl in a brocade dress stepped on the streamer and landed outside the medicine garden. The light blue streamer turned and landed on the girl's hand, and the halo faded away, revealing a crescent-shaped semicircular metal ring.

"Where's Zheng Zhisong? Is he not here?"

Zheng Qiu got up and wiped his muddy hands on his clothes: "This senior sister, the master is not here, you can go to the Houshan Yaoshe to look for him."

"I've been to Houshan, but he's not there. It's strange. Where did this old man go?"

"Uh, Senior Sister, Senior Sister, do you have anything to do with Master?"

"Of course, I'm looking for him..." The girl seemed to think of something, "Wait, you call him Master, are you a medicine boy?"

"Well, I am his apprentice, and I have been with the master for three years."

"So that's how it is. I don't go back to the clan often, so I don't know you." The girl took the silk pouch wrapped around her waist, "There are three Yiluo flowers and six seeds of Yiluo flowers in it, will you plant them?"

"Uh, I know how to plant, the master taught me."

"Are you sure you will plant it? This flower is very rare."

"Yes! Will plant." Zheng Qiu nodded, his tone more sure than the first time.

"Well, I'll let you plant it, and send it to Yundian when it's mature."

Zheng Qiu looked up carefully, this senior sister was much taller than him, Zheng Qiu's head was only up to her elbow, his face was covered with a veil, so he couldn't see her features clearly.

"Okay." Zheng Qiu agreed and leaned over to take the silk bag, but the girl took a step back. Zheng Qiu looked down at his dirty hands, retracted and smiled awkwardly.

The girl frowned and threw the silk pouch into Zheng Qiu's arms, waved the metal ring, set up the streamer and soared into the air.

"Goodbye, senior sister, I will plant the flowers." Zheng Qiu waved to the sky, and hurried to the river to wash the mud. After washing his hands, Zheng Qiu fetched a basin of water from the river, and brought the basin to the wooden shelf in the medicine garden.

Untie the string of the silk pouch, revealing three small purple flowers inside, the flowers are very small, only the size of the fingernail of a little finger. But the smell is very strong, the aroma hits the face, and the smell makes people feel a little crisp. This is the Yiluo flower that his master taught him to grow. It is said that this kind of flower has many uses, Zheng Qiu only knows that it can be used when a practitioner breaks through.

Zheng Qiu took out the Yiluo flower and found that the leaves were rolled up and the petals were drooping. It seemed that it had been picked for a long time. He hurriedly put the flower into the water to make bubbles, so that the flower could absorb the water.

After soaking for a while, the leaves stretched a little. He took out a plant and looked at the flowers in reverse, and found that most of the roots had been torn off. This senior sister was really careless, and it was even more difficult to grow by himself.

Zheng Qiu took the jade scissors, selected three relatively thick medicinal vines, and cut a small opening near the ground. Then stuff the trunk of the Yiluo flower in, and at the same time wrap the roots of the Yiluo flower hanging outside on the medicinal vine.

The master said that the Yiluo flower grows on the cliff, and the place where the root of the flower is rooted must be the place where the spiritual springs gather on the mountain wall. If you want to grow it in the medicine garden, you can only rely on other herbs for its growth. The most suitable plant in the medicine garden is the medicinal vine for tranquilizing incense. The incense medicinal vine is not delicate and easy to support. The only disadvantage is that it grows too slowly.

Looking through the silk pouch, there are six small lavender beans inside, which should be the seeds of Yi Luohua.

Zheng Qiu scratched his head, the master only taught him how to plant grown ones, not how to plant seeds. No, you can't try this kind of precious thing casually, it's better to ask the master when you go back at night. Thinking of this, Zheng Qiu put away the silk pouch and stuffed it into his collar, for fear of losing it.