CHAPTER 191: CHAPTER 191: YOU’RE HARMING OTHERS

Yun Jiao obediently took Ah Hu to stroll elsewhere.

After walking for a while, they saw a plump aunt sitting on a chair cutting medicine with a guillotine.

Yun Jiao took a glance, and the medicine the aunt was cutting was betel nut.

That is, the fruit inside the betel nut.

This is widely acknowledged as the hardest kind of medicine to cut. Betel nut is inherently hard, small, and round, making it easy to either miss the slice or cut your hand if not careful.

At first, Yun Jiao didn’t think much as she watched the aunt cutting the medicine. But when the aunt finished one and reached into a bucket on the ground to fetch another to continue cutting,

Yun Jiao’s eyebrows quickly furrowed. The bucket was filled with water, and the water had changed color.

Some medicinal ingredients are hard to cut, so soaking them in water to soften them before cutting is a common practice.

But this medicine should not be soaked like this!

Yun Jiao immediately said, "Auntie, this medicine can’t be soaked in water. Once soaked, its medicinal properties are lost."

The aunt glanced up at Yun Jiao, "Go, go, go, where did this little girl come from? Stop talking nonsense here."

Yun Jiao stood still, stubbornly saying, "What you’re doing is wrong. The medicine is losing its efficacy, and if patients buy it and don’t get the desired effect, that’s harming others, isn’t it?"

The quality standards for medicinal ingredients have been strictly passed down through their family for generations, otherwise, her grandfather wouldn’t have set up a special medicinal storage at home, all in responsibility for the patients.

At this moment, several passersby who heard Yun Jiao’s words stopped to watch the commotion.

Among them was an elderly man with white hair and a goatee, which had also turned white. He was watching Yun Jiao with interest.

The aunt, hearing Yun Jiao accuse her of harming others, heavily laid down her knife and said impatiently towards Yun Jiao, "You little girl, are you crazy? How I cut the medicine is none of your business."

"Besides, everyone cuts betel nut like this. Without soaking it in water to soften, there’s no way to cut it!"

"What does a child like you know? Go back home for milk!"

Several people nearby burst into laughter.

Yun Jiao pressed her lips tightly and shouted loudly, "That’s not true. There’s a method to keep the medicinal properties intact while also softening the betel nut!"

The aunt ignored Yun Jiao, fetched another one from the water, and continued cutting.

At this moment, the white-haired old man spoke up, "Little girl, you say it’s wrong to soak betel nut in water, then tell us, what method do you propose to keep its medicinal properties and soften it?"

Yun Jiao said clearly, "Take river sand and wet it with water, bury the betel nut in the wet sand until it softens, then rinse it clean with running water, and then cut it. This way, the medicinal properties are preserved to the greatest extent."

The white-haired old man stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and nodded slowly, "Makes sense; sand doesn’t absorb the medicinal properties, indeed better than soaking in water."

He then clasped his hands towards Yun Jiao, "I’ve learned something today."

"You truly live and learn until old age!"

He instructed the aunt, "Go call the Shopkeeper out."

The aunt stopped her work, reluctantly went inside.

In a while, the shopkeeper came out from the shop, bowing towards the white-haired old man, "Elder Qin, what brings you here?"

Elder Qin pointed at the aunt, "Speak to him."

The aunt, seemingly wary of offending the old man, recounted what Yun Jiao had just said word for word.

The white-haired old man solemnly said, "Did everyone hear clearly?"

The shopkeeper nodded.

The white-haired old man widened his eyes, "Then what are you waiting for?"

"These ones soaked in water are not fit for use as medicine."

"From today on, all betel nuts in the medicine market are to be cut according to this young lady’s method!"