"Sister, is this frostbite ointnt?"
"Yes, frostbite ointnt. Have you morized the ingredients?"
"Hmm, I’ve morized them: ginger oil, aloe vera, ginseng, safflower, mint, purple grass..."
"And its applications?"
"To prevent frostbite, repair ulcers caused by frostbite, fissures, itching, promote blood circulation, reduce swelling, relieve itching, moisturize skin, nourish skin, protect skin, and so on."
Very good, Chun Ning recited it one by one. It must be said that people who are good at studying excel at everything.
Chun Nuan prided herself on having so talent, but compared to Chun Ning’s mory, she was not just a little inferior.
"Not bad, you rember it very accurately," Chun Nuan said. "In ti, you’ll definitely beco a qualified pharmacist."
"Sister, can I beco a doctor?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"If not a good minister, then a good doctor," Chun Ning said. "I think this aspiration is quite good."
"I’d rather have dicine gather dust on the shelves than have sick people in the world," Chun Nuan said. "Both our great-grandfather’s and grandfather’s dical notes have this phrase. If you want to be a doctor, a good doctor, then you’re destined not to get rich or beco a part of a wealthy family."
Chun Ning paused and nodded to show he understood.
Yes, the ideal is grand, but reality is cruel. Now, the Xiao family no longer possesses the conditions to realize such ideals.
Their dreams were crushed into dust by that imperial decree.
Thinking of the eldest sister struggling alone in the Capital, the father laboring day by day in the Northern Desert, and the full house of children in Shu City, the burden on thirteen-year-old Chun Ning’s shoulders was quite heavy.
He had to earn money, a lot of money, to allow his family to live a good life, and even reunite the family.
Therefore, at present, being a conscientious doctor who doesn’t get rich isn’t sothing he can do.
"Sister, does the ointnt made from this formula work well?"
"Yes, this is a formula developed by our great-grandfather, which was used for people in the palace," Chun Nuan said. "Later, I added two dicinal ingredients to produce a product that Aunt Mao and others used, and they said it worked very well; once used, it wouldn’t relapse the next year."
Aunt Mao was the woman in charge of washing in the mansion. Every winter, they would get frostbite, and when Chun Nuan gave them the ointnt, they were moved to tears.
Chun Nuan was embarrassed to say it was her experintal product.
However, the feedback from Aunt Mao and others t her expectations.
"Afterwards, when grandfather gave it to the palace people, this formula was used," Chun Nuan said. "Not only can it treat frostbite, but also moisturize, nourish, and protect the skin, even the nobles liked to use it."
"Sister, why don’t we make more and sell them?"
"The first product of the Xiao Family Pharmacy?"
"Yes, that’s what I an, to use our ancestral secret formula to create a unique ointnt. Only we have it in the world, and business would surely be booming."
"Great, you have a business mind." Chun Nuan supported Chun Ning’s idea.
She had thought about it before, made several internal calculations, and had always been discouraged for one reason or another.
Now that Chun Ning raised it again, Chun Nuan decided to give it a try.
"Let’s give our ointnt a na. From now on, all ointnts will bear this na."
"How about Doctor Xiao?" Chun Ning suggested. "Our family is an apricot forest family, two generations of Imperial Physicians. Although grandfather died wrongfully, no one can erase his achievents."
Otherwise, why would the Empress Dowager and Empress stand up for the eldest sister personally? They are repaying grandfather’s kindness.
Why would the Emperor bestow marriage on the eldest sister? Firstly, General Xia requested it; secondly, it is also to compensate for grandfather.
He knows he killed the wrong person, but emperors never admit mistakes.
Even if killed by mistake, you are still out of luck.
Therefore, the Xiao family wishing to return to the Capital is difficult to achieve in a short ti.
They can only empower themselves, paving a road back to the Capital with gold and silver.
So, making ointnt and selling it, as Chun Ning suggested, could be a way to get rich.
Of course, producing and selling ointnt can’t be as simple as putting it in bamboo tubes; they have to find a ceramics factory to produce special small ceramic bottles, with caps, and write a few words on the bottle: Doctor Xiao Frostbite Ointnt.
"Sister, what is this?"
"This is the silver note worth two hundred taels sent by the eldest sister. Let’s use these two hundred taels of silver to take a gamble."
If they win, they will succeed, digging up the first pot of gold and paving the path to future prosperity; if they lose, at worst they’ll send more of this frostbite ointnt to the Northern Desert.
"Alright, let’s take a gamble."
Chun Ning not only needed to learn to make ointnt but also to negotiate with the ceramics factory about the small ceramic bottles.
Due to the small quantity, the ceramics factory agreed to initially produce a thousand small ceramic bottles for them.
Next, they bought the ingredients to make the ointnt.
In order to quickly finish the ointnt-making task, Chun Ning called Luo Xiaogang to help, and also promised to pay him.
"It doesn’t matter, even if you don’t pay , I want to help."
Luo Xiaogang liked following Chun Ning around. Over the past two years, he had changed from a mischievous kid climbing trees to a much more mature person. He learned many words, learned how to use an abacus, and even learned to recognize dicinal herbs.
Indeed, whatever Chun Ning learned, he followed along to learn.
No matter how much or little there is to learn, learning even a bit is a gain, such a good opportunity cannot be missed.
Not only he was learning, but San Ya also learned from Chunyan and Chun Shu. The Luo family enjoyed the benefits of learning from the Xiao family. No matter how much the villagers mocked and ridiculed them, they continued to follow the Xiao family without hesitation.
As their father said: You must learn to play dumb to gain wealth. The villagers speak out of envy and jealousy, because they don’t get the protection of the Xiao family, so they can only speak ill of us to comfort themselves.
There is always an advantage to learning more. Look, our family gets better each year because we learned from the Xiao family.
It didn’t cost a penny, and everyone learned to read and write their own nas, what a fortunate thing.
Those people lack foresight and opportunity, yet they mock our family, that’s truly foolish.
You laugh at , I laugh at you, only inside the ga can one know who is the ultimate winner.
Chun Nuan let Chun Ning go to the Zhao family’s Hundred Herbs Hall to buy the needed herbs, then they began making the frostbite ointnt.
Chun Ning took Luo Xiaogang to pack the ointnt in bottles.
"Oops, this bottle got broken." One careless move, and the bottle was broken. Chun Ning felt very guilty.
"It’s okay, may there be peace throughout the years. Just be careful not to cut your hand."
Just as he said that, Luo Xiaogang reached out to pick up the fragnts and ended up cutting his hand.
Chun Nuan... was ultimately just a step too late to say it.
Chun Ning quickly found so hemostatic powder to apply on him.
"Brother Chun Ning, why is the dicine from your family so effective?" As soon as the powder was sprinkled on, the bleeding stopped imdiately. "These dicines aren’t sold at the Hundred Herbs Hall or the Qianjin Workshop. Where do you buy them from?"
Upon hearing that the Hundred Herbs Hall and Qianjin Workshop didn’t sell them, another thought popped into Chun Nuan’s mind.
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