Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 1059: Scolded

Gu Jinli nodded, "Hey, thank you all for your hard work. Keep it up, and I’ll give you two days off for the Dragon Boat Festival."

In a few days, it will be the Dragon Boat Festival. The pharmaceutical workshop has already finished making cold relief medicines and has started producing Heat Relief Pills and mosquito repellent, as convenient summer medicines.

Upon hearing this, Ah Shi and the others were very happy, "Thank you, Young Master!"

They had been wanting a break for a long time, but the pharmaceutical workshop’s business was so good that they were always busy. Even at the end of the month, on the day they do the accounts, they have to keep working and can’t take time off like the tofu and spice workshops.

Gu Jinli said, "Rest assured, after a while, a batch of new people will come from the Prefecture, and I’ll have them help with processing herbal materials, so you can relax a bit."

She is very cautious about hiring in the pharmaceutical workshop, and rarely adds staff. When work gets overwhelming, she only uses servants who have dead contracts, and won’t assign them difficult tasks, only to process herbal materials.

Ah Shi sighed in relief. She was in charge of the tooth powder, and to make tooth powder, you first need to grind the herbs, which requires a lot of manpower.

Ye Dakou was the same; he was in charge of making mosquito repellent, and before making mosquito repellent, the herbs also needed to be ground, requiring manual labor.

Gu Jinli looked at their relieved expressions, feeling like Zhou Bapi.

"You all continue to work, I’m going to find Grandpa Wu." Gu Jinli was in a hurry to come to the pharmaceutical workshop to discuss something with Doctor Wu.

Doctor Wu and Doctor Dai were in the pharmacy working on a new antiseptic medicine. This antiseptic medicine started development two years ago, but progress has been slow, yet Doctor Wu is very interested in it and vows to make it succeed.

Simply because Gu Jinli said that if this antiseptic medicine succeeds, wounds wouldn’t get infected or fester, saving many lives.

This so-called new antiseptic medicine, is essentially an anti-inflammatory medicine, also known as tetanus.

However, to make this medicine, it requires a very important special ingredient, horse serum.

With the horse serum and other medicines combined, an effective tetanus medicine can be made. But horses are precious, and extracting serum requires technology, making it difficult under current conditions to extract serum from horses. This is why there has been no progress for two years.

Gu Jinli really wants to make this medicine, but she knows it can’t be rushed. She told Doctor Wu that it is difficult and might take a lifetime to accomplish. But Doctor Wu wouldn’t listen, even scolded her, accusing her of having no perseverance and giving up too quickly.

Feeling helpless, she can only let Doctor Wu continue researching.

"Grandpa Wu, thank you for your hard work." Gu Jinli entered the pharmacy and immediately began to flatter Doctor Wu.

Doctor Wu snorted coldly, "You still know how to come back? I thought you planned to stay in the Prefecture until you got old."

Gu Jinli laughed, "You exaggerate too much, how could I grow old in the Prefecture."

I still plan to come back to marry Brother Qin.

Doctor Wu snorted, asking, "Did you resolve everything?"

Gu Jinli knew Doctor Wu was referring to the Old Gu Family’s matters, so she nodded and said, "Yes, it’s all settled, no worries."

After speaking, she quite naturally joined in to help prepare the medicinal materials; otherwise, Doctor Wu would call her lazy again.

Not only her, but even Erqing was pulled by Xiao Ji to package pills, muttering, "You have to work, otherwise Grandpa Wu will get angry."

Before coming, Erqing specially learned about the people Gu Jinli would interact with, knowing Doctor Wu’s temperament, he said nothing and joined in the work.

"Uncle Dai, thank you for your hard work. You’ll have a day off during the Dragon Boat Festival," Gu Jinli greeted Doctor Dai beside and quickly told Doctor Wu about things at Shi Lu Medicine Store before he started scolding, showing him the tripod furnace design You Xi had traced from under the lantern base at Cen Family’s pharmacy, "This is the pattern, take a look."

Doctor Wu frowned heavily upon hearing, took the paper with the pattern, and after a look, nodded, "It is indeed Shi Lu Medicine Store’s emblem, who would’ve thought you’d meet their people."

Doctor Wu wasn’t very pleased. He allowed Shi Lu Medicine Store to compete fairly with them and could even tolerate them sending people to inquire about his worm-killing medicine recipe. But seeking out Little Xiao Yu like a criminal? That was unwelcome.

When they partnered to open the pharmaceutical workshop, they promised Little Xiao Yu not to bother her with such scheming; she only needed to focus on developing medicine.

"It seems they have a new leader; seeing our convenient medicines sold well, they want to share the profits. But such low-level tactics truly tarnish Shi Lu Medicine Store’s reputation; each generation seems worse than the last."

Doctor Wu put away the two tracings, "This matter I’ll inform the people from Yuanzi Pharmacy, Kid Min will deal with it, you don’t need to worry."

That’s exactly what Gu Jinli wanted to hear; she only wanted to make money and live her life, avoiding any scheming, "Okay, thank you."

She put down the medicinal materials in her hands and said to Doctor Wu, "Grandpa Wu, it’s getting late, let’s go eat. Grandpa Qin and Third Grandpa are waiting for you."

Doctor Wu nearly exploded upon hearing this, glaring at her, "This girl has become lazier, went to the Prefecture for over two months, and now wants to go eat after less than 30 minutes here! Remember, medicine is a matter of life and death. Even if you’re smart, not practicing for two months won’t do."

Doctor Wu was disappointed in Gu Jinli; this girl was one of the most talented individuals he had seen in medicine, seeming born to handle it, always able to create good recipes from inconspicuous materials.

This worm-killing medicine, Patchouli Qushu Pills, Wind Cold Cough Relief Pills, Wind Cold Relief Pills, and Rapid Cooling Pills, conveniently made from inconspicuous materials were all her creations. But she was too lazy, not wanting to continue developing new medicines after creating these.

"Not developing new medicine is one thing, but always running off to Songzi Manor. Although the ham makes money, pharmaceuticals can save lives; you should focus more on them."

Gu Jinli was used to Doctor Wu scolding her, not taking it seriously, with a smile she said, "Grandpa Wu, I know my mistake, soon I’ll start making new medicine, which will be effective for wound inflammation."

"Really?" Doctor Wu’s eyes lit up, "You better not be lying to me, otherwise I won’t let you off."

Gu Jinli, "I’m not lying, it’s for Brother Qin, even if I’d lie to you, I wouldn’t to Brother Qin."

Doctor Wu was relieved after hearing this; this girl liked Qin’s boy, and when making something for him, she was always diligent, so he should see the new medicine soon.

"Let’s go, don’t keep my two old friends waiting." Doctor Wu let Gu Jinli wait outside while he washed his hands in his residence courtyard, changed into a new gray-blue robe, and then came out.

Gu Jinli was waiting outside the workshop with Erqing and Xiao Ji. Seeing Doctor Wu in new clothes, she said, "Grandpa Wu, I brought back a lot of fabric from the Prefecture, you can choose a few rolls later to make clothes."

Doctor Wu, "I’m old, don’t need too fine clothes. Just give me one festive roll, I’ll keep it for when you marry Qin’s boy."