Lao Jiu felt an increasing sense of crisis upon hearing that Guihua received one tael and five coins for her work.
Previously, he was only concerned that he was nearing forty and no match for the youthful Guihua in her twenties.
Now, he also worried that Guihua might look down on him because she earned more than he did.
He continued to crush the medicine with focused determination.
This was the White Medicine powder Yun Jiao had instructed him to prepare; when Yun Jiao gave him the medicine, it was already coarsely ground, and his task was to repeatedly grind and sieve it.
Master Chen entered through the doorway, his eyes flickering briefly.
Yun Jiao had instructed him to continue making the Six-Flavor Rehmannia Pills today.
Once inside, Master Chen began his own work.
Lao Jiu had been pounding the grinding trough for a long time, and feeling tired, he got up to the kitchen to fetch water to drink.
