The Resplendent Farming Apothecary

young girl who looked to be about 7~8 years old, made everybody grinned.
On the other hand, she was in the rights and nobody could find anything wrong with what she had said.

Bai Zhi rolled his eyes in frustration.
Alright, so he couldn’t rebut her verbally, he’d make his point with his actions.
He picked up a piece of ash (cortex fraxini) that had been processed and snickered, “Look, this cutting skill was obviously that of a novice.”

“You are right, this was my practice piece when I first started out.
The cutting wasn’t the best, but look the level of soaking and sun dried, did that affect the efficacy any?” Gu Ye pulled out another piece of ash from the other basket.
The cutting skill on the second piece showed marked improvement.
“This ash, from collecting, cleaning, soaking, to cutting were all done by me independent.
These two pieces were done in two consecutive days.
Now take a look at this piece.”

Bai Zhi was born in a medicinal herbal merchant family.
Other families start their children from reading and writing; their family start their children from recognizing medicinal hears.
Meaning, they’d learn how to tell herbs apart before they even started learning how to read and write.
Naturally, he could tell the different between the two pieces of ash.
The one that the little girl was showing him had already achieved the level of high quality.

Nevertheless, he refused to believe that the little brat could have some marked improvements in barely two days! Even the master apothecary Gu Shaoming, who were generally recognized as the genius in the field of medicial herb, couldn’t have improved in such a speedy manner.

Before he could say anything, Housemaster Zhao said in a praising tone, “Yes, the method of treatment for ash might be simple, but the simpler the process, the more skill it takes.
If you have truly accomplished this in two days, then Miss, you most certainly have a bright future in front of you!”

“Thank you, Mister.
You are too kind!” said Gu Ye humbly for a change with a shy smile on her face, the dimples by her lips almost visible.