Merchant and doctor

Chapter 2244 Boiling Without Fire
To this day, people from all walks of life in the surrounding area of ​​Lijin, including those involved in traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacy, have maintained a very cautious attitude towards Bian Mu. Objectively speaking, most of them do not fully accept him.

In the world of traditional Chinese medicine, when various prominent figures have birthday parties, weddings, funerals, or similar events, almost no one actively invites Bian Mu to attend. Didn't Lan Bingru once owe Bian Mu a small favor?! When it comes to social occasions like banquets where she has the final say, she has never formally invited Bian Mu, not even once!

Even Gu Yuefeng and others were mostly seeking favors from Bian Mu, trying to gain his popularity, learn his skills, or ask for his guidance... Their inner thoughts were quite complex. When they held formal banquets at home or abroad, none of them ever thought of inviting Bian Mu to sit down. Perhaps they felt that Bian Mu's status was too high? Or that they couldn't reach him?
That's obviously not the case!
In this respect, Bian Mu has always been in a rather awkward position within the Lijin Traditional Chinese Medicine and Herbal Medicine circle.

Bian Mu was fully aware of this.

In casual conversations, out of concern for Bian Mu's future, Qi Yuewei repeatedly mentioned that it would be best to cultivate a good relationship with the two great doctors, Fang and Zhang. There were some things she was too embarrassed to say outright, but in Qi Yuewei's view, the reason why her parents always looked down on Bian Mu was largely due to Bian Mu's lack of status.

In the eyes of the Qi family, what does it matter if someone has strong medical skills?! There are countless famous doctors of all kinds in the world. Where has Bian Mu even reached yet?! He's just a professional technician! To put it bluntly, he's just a quack doctor with a little reputation. In any classy setting, someone like Bian Mu wouldn't be considered respectable!
For this reason, Qi Yuewei had always harbored many doubts, feeling that Bian Mu was always separated from their circle by a certain layer, and it was always difficult for them to get close to each other.

If Bian Mu can cultivate good relationships with the leaders in high-level academic circles, he will be able to stand out in just a few years with his comprehensive abilities. After that, he can easily obtain a master's or doctoral degree and officially enter the legitimate academic circle. On this basis, with Bian Mu's great talent, he will definitely do better and better, and his parents should not be able to say anything more.

According to Qi Yuewei, when Dr. Fang was looking for a job, she encountered setbacks everywhere. In the end, it was Professor Mi who provided her with a rare interview opportunity, which allowed her to barely find a place to stay in Lijin. After that, whenever there was an opportunity, Professor Mi would help her out from time to time. People in the circle always regarded her as one of Professor Mi's people.

Dr. Zhang's situation was similar. When he graduated with his doctorate, he was already a father of two. He first worked as an ordinary editor at a medical journal, with a very limited monthly income. His wife's major was not related to his job, so she had to work as an ordinary clerk at a law firm. To put it bluntly, she was just a temporary worker doing odd jobs with a meager income. The family of four squeezed into a house near Caiyuan Village in the northern suburbs to make do.

Professor Mi inadvertently realized that Dr. Zhang was actually a very thoughtful person. He had worked for two years at a public hospital in a prefecture-level city, so he had some work experience and was quite innovative in academics. Therefore, as a mentor, Professor Mi provided Dr. Zhang with many opportunities to showcase his talents. In addition, Dr. Zhang had always worked very hard and published several influential professional papers. Before long, he stood out from the crowd...

Now, with Professor Mi personally recommending him and Bian Mu bringing his own prestigious reputation, as long as Bian Mu maintains a proper attitude and interacts more with those two great doctors, his promotion will be relatively easier.

Qi Yuewei had always been deeply bothered by Bian Mu's official identity, and was wholeheartedly trying to push Bian Mu to a more suitable level, so that he would at least have a proper and genuine prestigious identity, and it would be easier for them to be seen together in public in the future.

Ever since Professor Mi personally introduced the two sides, Bian Mu had been eager to learn from those two great doctors. At first, he was quite proactive, but the two doctors didn't seem to like him much. They were polite on the surface, but when it came to practical matters, they kept him at arm's length.

Believing he had no need of those two, Bian Mu naturally chose to keep his distance.
Qi Yuewei had always been quite dismissive of this, and to avoid hurting each other, she and Bian Mu eventually grew somewhat distant.

Seeing Bian Mu's growing fame and seemingly his tendency to "challenge" the existing structure of the local TCM academic community, are those two getting a little impatient? Are they testing the waters? Or what?
Seeing that Bian Mu acted with considerable integrity, the forest ranger, Old Liang, and the older herbalists were naturally very pleased. After praising him a few times and chatting and laughing, Old Pei poured some powder into the slightly larger medicine cauldron. It was dark red and smelled like it contained a lot of sodium sulfate. Old Liang helped by pouring in two-thirds water, occasionally gently tapping the cauldron.

"Alright, look! There's a handprint here! Can you see it?" As he spoke, Old Pei bent down, glanced sideways, and pointed to the middle of the cauldron, letting Bian Mu take a good look.

"I see it, it's faintly visible. There seems to be another one over there. You really can't see it unless you look very closely. What is it used for?" Bian Mu asked with a smile.

"First, pat it with your palms, trying to get as much air in as possible. Once you get a feel for it, rub the cauldron while patting it. Give it a try!" As he spoke, Old Pei demonstrated a few movements.

Bian Mu learned very quickly, and without much effort, he felt the mixture inside the medicine cauldron begin to fluctuate more and more noticeably...

With constant slapping and rubbing, the larger medicine cauldron actually began to boil...

Bian Mu had seen similar high-quality replicas of cultural relics a few times in previous years. However, those things had relatively thin pots, and the handles were probably modified in some way to create the magical "boiling without fire" phenomenon. But these two were facing a proper medicine cauldron that was quite heavy and had a thick body. How could it boil with just a few simple operations?!

magical!

Bian Mu has always had the habit of reading extensively. He had already read some of the rumors. If this fireless boiling principle were used to prepare special medicines, the therapeutic effect would often be amazing. Of course, the premise is that it must be highly targeted, which ordinary Chinese medicine doctors cannot handle at all.

Seeing the optimistic look in Bian Mu's eyes, Old Pei was delighted.

"This thing has a hidden compartment, divided into two and a half compartments, and also has several small mechanisms installed. When used together, it can be used to refine high-quality medicinal herbs, achieving twice the result with half the effort. It's really a good thing! Keep it!" Old Pei said with a smile.

After chatting for a while, all three of them got a little hungry, so Bian Mu quickly started ordering food and eating.

During the meal, the herbalists, Lao Pei and Lao Liang, secretly told Bian Mu about some of their secret pharmaceutical techniques, hoping that he could carry forward the unique traditional pharmaceutical technology of "Yao Ding" and the new outpatient treatment technology.