The Divine Doctor And A Common Farmer-Chapter 1301 - 1381: Even More Sensitive Than a Dog’s Nose

Old Madam Lin saw her parched lips and made her a cup of tea.

Dong Huiying gave a humble smile and thanked this "old younger sister."

Speaking of which, this "old younger sister" was just over sixty, while she herself looked over ninety, so calling her "sister" was quite fitting.

She sipped the tea, moistened her throat, then leisurely closed her eyes and continued to rattle off the names of herbs.

"Garlic, large thistle, small thistle, wheat, small barberry, mountain lily, mountain tea, mountain ginger lily, mountain fragrance, mountain date, mountain gardenia, mountain ginger, Chinese yam, hawthorn, Sichuan purple, Sichuan army, Sichuan coptis..."

She rattled off many herb names in one breath and then began muttering: "Sichuan magnolia bark, Sichuan aconite, Sichuan bark, Sichuan grain, Sichuan fracture, Sichuan pepper, Sichuan fritillary, Sichuan chuanxiong, Malan, Mixin, Matsuya, Matuya, Maba, Mabei, Malin, guard grass, Ziling, Tian winter..."

Seeing her sitting there, rattling off a string of herb names, Old Madam Lin was initially a bit baffled, but gradually, her bewildered expression was replaced by shock!

"You... Huixin, could it be that you can smell them?"

"Yes."

Dong Huiying laughed, "Perhaps I have extraordinary talent. Although there are more than 1,800 kinds of herbs in this pharmacy... no, to be precise, 1,821 kinds, their scents may be mixed, but my nose is sharp."

She smiled brightly at Old Madam Lin and then said, "On the shelf in the northeast corner, the third and the second herb from the left on the first row, these two herbs interact adversely. Even though they’re already dried and processed, placing them together easily causes their effectiveness to stimulate and lead to mutual loss. I think it would still be better to store them separately."

"And for example, on the third row in the southwest corner, the second grid from the top and the fourth and fifth grids from the bottom, the herbs in these three grids smell wrong, either due to incorrect processing techniques, their efficacy has already diminished. Although they maintain their herbal form now, they won’t have any effect when used in medicine."

"The entire row facing south, totaling 231 kinds, has already deteriorated. For instance, the third row is even moldy. It’s better to promptly dispose of such corrupted and spoiled herbs; otherwise, even stored in the pharmacy, they’ll only take up space and perhaps even affect the properties of other herbs."

Dong Huiying said all this in one breath and quickly took a sip of tea. Her throat was terribly dry, extremely uncomfortable. Yet, opposite her, Old Madam Lin was too shocked to regain her senses.

Is she sure this isn’t a dog’s nose?

Initially, even if she recognized that Huixin had some real skills, Old Madam Lin didn’t take it too seriously, but now...

Over 1,800 kinds of herbs, she could distinguish them just by scent, and even differentiate between good and bad herbs through her sense of smell? Isn’t this simply incredible?

Even if it were truly a dog’s nose, it wouldn’t be this sharp, right?

An inner storm surged, and toward her claims, Old Madam Lin was still somewhat skeptical.

Perhaps she was just guessing randomly?

With a hint of doubt, Old Madam Lin quickly got up and headed to the northeast corner, then her face froze.

She continued on to the southwest corner and the entire south-facing row of shelves.

The pharmacy was truly huge, with so many herbs that no one would usually check them one by one. Many old herbs had been stored here for who knows how many years, and if not for Huixin mentioning it, even Old Madam Lin wouldn’t have known that so many had become moldy and spoiled.

After verifying Dong Huiying’s words, Old Madam Lin was left dumbfounded once again.