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Chapter 37: Ancient Banlangen

As soon as Gu Xiaoyou entered the dyeing workshop, a person happened to walk towards him.

She stepped forward to stop him and asked impatiently: "Hello, I would like to ask, do you have woad roots here?"

"Yes." The person in the dyeing shop was stunned for a moment and replied without knowing why.

"Can you take me to have a look?" Gu Xiaoyou asked eagerly: "Don't worry, I don't mean any harm. The roots of woad are very important to me."

Seeing Gu Xiaoyou's sincere attitude, the people in the dyeing shop said, "Okay, I'll take you to see it."

"Thank you so much." Gu Xiaoyou followed the people in the dyeing shop and walked around twice to a place that looked like a backyard.

The man from the dyeing shop brought out a big basket: "It's all here."

Gu Xiaoyou immediately stepped forward to check and found that it was the isatis root she was looking for. She said happily: "Can you sell it to me?"

"This is what we were going to throw away. If you want, you can take it without paying." The person from the dyeing shop said generously.

Gu Xiaoyou didn't expect him to be so generous, so he said a little embarrassedly: "How can you be so embarrassed? Let's do this. I will give you as much as you want at the price of woad."

"You really don't need to pay, we have quite a lot here." The man from the dyeing shop pointed to a corner of the backyard: "Did you see those baskets? They are all there."

Gu Xiaoyou looked in the direction he pointed and saw a dozen large bamboo baskets piled in the corner. He stepped forward to check and found that they were all filled with woad roots.

She didn't expect such a big harvest, and immediately smiled: "There are so many, please wait, I will bring someone to pick them up."

The people in the dyeing shop agreed, and Gu Xiaoyou quickly ran to the paper shop. As soon as he entered the shop, he called out: "Zhu Cheng, Zhu Cheng, are you there?"

Zhu Cheng heard the sound and walked over from the backyard: "Boss Gu, I'm here."

"It's good that you're here. Come with me quickly."

Gu Xiaoyou couldn't help but grab Zhu Cheng's sleeve and lead him to the backyard.

Zhu Cheng was dragged to the front of the truck without knowing why, and he was urged by Gu Xiaoyou to drive to the dyeing workshop still confused.

He moved the big bamboo basket several times with the people in the dyeing shop in a daze, and watched Gu Xiaoyou stuff two taels of silver into the man's hand, saying that he couldn't take it for nothing.

After that, he was hurriedly taken away by Gu Xiaoyou and drove to the medical center.

When he arrived at the hospital, Zhu Cheng obediently moved all the big bamboo baskets to the backyard. As soon as he put the last bamboo basket away, he was sent out of the hospital by Gu Xiaoyou.

“Remember to wear a mask when delivering goods recently.”

Zhu Cheng heard Gu Xiaoyou say something quickly, and was pushed out by her. The door of the medical center was locked with a bang.

"..." Zhu Cheng stood at the door speechlessly, looked at the closed door of the medical center, scratched his head and left.

In the backyard, Gu Xiaoyou took a basin and took out part of the woad root and washed it.

According to the method found on Baidu, she added the washed woad roots to the big green leaves and steamed them in a pot. After concentrating the extract, she added auxiliary materials such as sucrose and starch to the pot and mixed it.

On a hot summer day, the taste of cooking is unpleasant.

Especially since there was no air conditioning or fan, Gu Xiaoyou made do with a cattail leaf fan, fanning the food while stirring it in the pot with a frying spoon.

After an unknown amount of time, the contents in the pot turned into a semi-paste. Gu Xiaoyou found a piece of drawer cloth, covered it on an empty basin, and carefully poured the paste in the pot onto the drawer cloth.

After pouring everything out, Gu Xiaoyou endured the burning, lifted up the drawer cloth, and shook it gently, thus shaking out the residue in the paste.

She put the basin into the small stove she had used to make toilet paper and dried the paste.

After doing all this, her back was already wet. Gu Xiaoyou wiped the sweat from her forehead and sat in front of the small stove to watch the fire.

Gu Xiaoyou had developed a good skill in watching the heat by making paper. He estimated the time and took out the pot while wearing heat-insulating gloves.

There was a large brown lump in the basin. Gu Xiaoyou picked out a small piece, put it in his mouth and tasted it, and his eyes lit up.

Although the taste is not as good as modern isatis root, she can be sure that she really made isatis root.

"That's great!" Gu Xiaoyou excitedly raised the basin and walked around the yard several times.

If she didn't have something else to do, she might have run around the county holding a basin.

Gu Xiaoyou heated up the hot water, carried a basin to the kitchen, poured the hard pieces of isatis root onto the chopping board, and cut it into pieces without any effort.

She took out two bowls, put a piece of isatis root in each bowl, washed it with boiling hot water, and brought it to the room.

It was already sunset, and the golden sunshine spread over every corner of Qingcheng County.

When the woman heard the sound of the door being opened, she looked up and happened to see the golden sunlight shining on Gu Xiaoyou's body, casting a faint golden light around her, as if she were a fairy who had descended from the earth.

And Gu Xiaoyou's voice penetrated her ears like the sound of nature.

"I have made a medicine to treat scabies. Feed your son to drink it quickly."

The woman was stunned for a few seconds, then knelt down on the ground with a plop: "Thank you, Doctor Gu, you are like an immortal who came down to earth and saved my son's life."

Gu Xiaoyou didn't expect that she would receive such a great gift just for giving him medicine, so he quickly put the medicine bowl in her hand on the table.

"How many times have I told you not to kneel down? Why don't you listen?" Gu Xiaoyou said angrily and helped the woman up.

The woman said seriously: "Doctor Gu, you are like an immortal descended from heaven. It is only right for me to pay my respects."

When Gu Xiaoyou met her sincere eyes, he was speechless and said dryly: "Drink the medicine."

"Okay, I will listen to you." The woman nodded with a smile.

"If you listen to me, you won't kneel down." Gu Xiaoyou muttered and handed the woman a medicine bowl: "Drink up this waist."

The woman obediently took the medicine bowl over. When she saw Gu Xiaoyou bringing another bowl of medicine, she quickly said, "Doctor Gu, let me feed the child."

As he spoke, he drank all the medicine in his hand. As if he was afraid that Gu Xiaoyou would refuse, he took the medicine bowl, half-hugged the boy and coaxed him to feed him.

Gu Xiaoyou touched her nose and saw that nothing was wrong with her. She gave some instructions and left the room.

"Do I look like a fairy?" Gu Xiaoyou took out his mobile phone, called up the camera and took a picture.

In the camera lens, a woman with a gray face and messy hair appeared. Gu Xiaoyou was shocked when she saw her sloppy appearance.

She wiped the dust on her face with her sleeves: "You can still call this a fairy. What kind of aesthetics does she have?"

Gu Xiaoyou wiped his face carelessly and put away his cell phone: "I'd better continue making isatis root."

She lit an oil lamp in the yard and cooked isatis root according to the steps just now. Fortunately, Qingcheng County was not so hot at night, and the cool evening breeze blew on Gu Xiaoyou's body from time to time, giving it to Gu Xiaoyou.
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