"I'm not afraid of hardship, and I also believe that I can meet your requirements, so I'll call you master first." Wang Miaomiao said happily.
The matter was quickly resolved, and Master Qiu asked Wang Miaomiao to come here the next morning to familiarize himself with the familiar environment.
In Wang Miaomiao's excitement, the next day came.
Wang Miaomiao came to the entrance of the pharmacy early. Boss Qiu, who was still cleaning, did not expect her to arrive so early. He had a good initial impression of this apprentice, so he decided whether to let her inherit his craft based on her performance.
"Master, good morning," Wang Miaomiao greeted graciously.
"Haha, good morning to you too, come in and help me clean up." Boss Qiu laughed
As soon as it was cleaned, Wang Miaomiao sighed, how long it had been since it was cleaned, the dust was two centimeters thick, but she dared not tell, so she could only keep wiping and sweeping.
Boss Qiu looked at Wang Miaomiao, who was working hard. He was not bad in terms of hard work.Look at her expression again,
"Hahaha, you must be wondering why it's so dirty." Boss Qiu spoke to her.
Wang Miaomiao nodded,
"Actually, I didn't plan to clean it at first. After all, I haven't cleaned it for almost two years. The last time I cleaned it was because the dust stained my medicinal materials. Later, I put the medicinal materials in the back warehouse. The reason why I cleaned today , just want to exercise your patience, pharmacy is no different than others, the content is boring, if you don’t have full patience, there is no way to be a successful pharmacist.” Boss Qiu explained.
"So that's it, master, I know, I will clean it well and not be lazy."
Boss Qiu nodded in satisfaction with Wang Miaomiao's answer.
After cleaning the front hall, it was almost noon. Boss Qiu asked Wang Miaomiao to stay for lunch, but Wang Miaomiao refused because she wanted to go back and cook for the family.
At noon, Wang Miaomiao came back in a hurry after dinner. Boss Qiu took her to visit the pharmaceutical factory and the warehouse where the medicinal materials were stored.Wang Miaomiao really underestimated Boss Qiu. Since then, she has respected her master more.
After the visit, the master gave her seven or eight books,
"These books record all kinds of medicinal materials and medicinal effects that we need to make medicines. You should master them as soon as possible, and it is best to memorize them backwards."
Wang Miaomiao looked at the stacked books, one head and two big. She hated memorizing books since she was a child, but now she has to memorize so many books at once, she really wants to cry without tears.But in order to master medicine, she gritted her teeth,
"I will learn by heart as soon as possible"
Since then, Wang Miaomiao has been walking around with the book all day long, still muttering words, and she feels relieved that there are illustrations of every medicinal material in the book, and the content is also lively and interesting, without looking boring.
Since Wang Miaomiao decided to study in the pharmacy, she sent her two children to the school in the town. Granny Wang wandered around with Granny Li every day, each with their own things to do.
Half a month later, Wang Miaomiao didn't know anything about medicines from the beginning. After her unremitting efforts, now she can look at the medicinal materials and say the names and effects casually.This made Wang Miaomiao very happy, and it also made Master Qiu quite relieved.
After Wang Miaomiao memorized the basic knowledge, Boss Qiu asked her to learn to smell the medicinal materials every day, which is the nose-smelling method to identify medicinal materials. It is best to be able to tell what kind of medicinal materials it is just by smelling them lightly.
The nasal smell method is also called the smell method. Some medicinal materials have special aroma and odor, which is due to the volatile substances contained in the medicinal materials.When smelling, some medicinal materials can be crushed and then smelled, or scalded with boiling water before smelling, and some medicinal materials need to be ignited to smell the aroma of the smoke. Incense, agarwood, baldwood, musk, sandalwood, frankincense, myrrh, and gum all have aromas, but they are different.The rhubarb has a turbid smell, the fake blood made of rosin has a pine aroma, and the tomb head has a specific stench.
Master Qiu asked her to learn these to lay the foundation for her, so Wang Miaomiao was in the warehouse, smelling various medicinal materials every day,
As a result, Wang Miaomiao now thinks of medicinal materials when he smells a strange smell.Over time, Wang Miaomiao was able to roughly smell the fragrance and tell the medicinal materials.
The method Boss Qiu said next is to touch with hands.
Use your hands to feel the texture characteristics of the medicinal materials such as hardness, toughness, looseness, stickiness or powderiness.
Wang Miaomiao began to practice the practice of touching medicinal materials with her hands again every day. Every day, Wang Miaomiao's fingers felt calloused.
After Wang Miaomiao learned various methods, there was only one last method left: mouth tasting.
When Wang Miaomiao heard these two words, he felt bad. Could it be the taste of the other.
"Tasting is to distinguish the authenticity of Chinese herbal medicines by feeling the various tastes of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty through the sense of taste. Since the tip of the tongue is only sensitive to sweetness, the root of the tongue is sensitive to bitterness. Chew for a while, so that all parts of the tongue are in contact with the medicinal liquid, so that you can accurately taste the medicinal taste, and then spit it out. For example, ebony, papaya, and hawthorn are better with sour taste, and the more bitter the better for Coptis chinensis and Cortex Phellodendri. Dangshen, licorice [-]. Lycium barbarum should be sweet; cinnamon should be sweet, spicy and free of slag. You can tell the difference by tasting the rhubarb slices after frying, and you need to taste the real and fake magnolia slices mixed together; Fritillaria, Furnaceae and Fengjie Fritillaria, Yibeimu, Flat Fritillaria and those with similar shapes also need to be tasted to identify them. The taste of medicinal materials is an important criterion for distinguishing varieties and quality, and it must not be underestimated.” Master Qiu Talked a long way about the taste method in one breath,
"When tasting medicinal materials, you should pay attention to medicinal materials that are highly irritating and toxic. Try not to use this method. You need to sample less when tasting. Spit it out and rinse your mouth immediately after tasting, and chew some licorice to avoid poisoning."
"Master, do you really want to taste it with your mouth?" Wang Miaomiao was a little scared.
"It's not tasting, it's tasting, and don't worry, I've marked all the toxic medicinal materials in the warehouse," said Boss Qiu.
Wang Miaomiao started to eat medicinal materials again. All kinds of tastes mixed together in her mouth, which made her three meals a day hopeless. It changed to another strange taste, and it was hard to swallow. Every time Wang Miaomiao pinched his nose and forced himself to eat it.
In just a few days, Wang Miaomiao lost a lot of weight.
One day Wang Miaomiao ate a poisonous medicinal material by mistake, his mouth swelled a lot immediately,
"It's nothing, just wait for his swelling to subside. Hahaha, but with your appearance, it's better to stay at home these few days and not go out." Boss Qiu looked at Wang Miaomiao like this, very funny.
Boss Qiu gave Wang Miaomiao a mask and asked her to take it home.
Back home, the children had already finished school, Mrs. Wang and Granny Li were telling them stories, and they were surprised to see Wang Miaomiao came home so early.
"Miaomiao, why did you come back so early today?" Mrs. Wang asked.
Then Wang Miaomiao took off the mask, everyone laughed, and Mrs. Wang laughed so hard that she couldn't breathe.

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