Chapter 592: Dog Catching Mice

Qibo was rejected by Baifeng, but he did not say anything more, simply continuing to observe the entire Pharmacy. Everywhere his gaze reached were various medicinal materials stacked up, and most of them were ones he had never seen before.

Just as the few of them continued to walk forward, two dogs of not-so-large stature walked out slowly from a corner. These dogs were specifically used for catching mice, because there were no cats, and Baifeng also felt that lynxes and the like were completely impossible for them to domesticate, and he had not yet seen wild cats in this place, so the heavy responsibility of catching mice was handed over to the dogs.

Dogs are also capable of catching mice; although they are not as formidable as cats, keeping two dogs in a warehouse can ensure that a mouse infestation will not occur here.

However, how could Xuanyuan and the others know that Huaxia had dogs? In their eyes, what appeared before them were two wolves of not-so-large stature. Qibo immediately stepped forward, assumed a defensive posture, and blocked Xuanyuan and Zhishou behind him.

Xuanyuan also subconsciously bent his waist, preparing to fight, and even questioned Baifeng: "With so many of you here, why did you let wolves in?"

The two dogs wagged their tails, not understanding why. After seeing Baifeng behind them, they opened their large mouths, tongues lolling out, panting "haha," appearing very enthusiastic. They had absolutely no reaction to these few strangers, because this type of smaller dog, as a hunting dog or guard dog, was ultimately not very capable. However, dogs were very important to Huaxia, so even though their stature was on the small side, they were still given this job of guarding the medicine warehouse.

Coupled with long-term contact with people, with people coming and going in the medicine warehouse, they also knew their duty was to catch mice, and they would not pay attention to strangers. But they were also very smart and knew who the boss was here; seeing the physician, they would be very excited, and facing Baifeng, they were even more cheerful, wagging their tails and wanting to go over.

Xuanyuan was somewhat uncertain about these two strangely behaving wolves. Fortunately, Baifeng also hurriedly reached out to pull the two of them: "Do not be afraid, they are no longer considered wolves. I keep them here to catch the mice in the warehouse; we cannot let the mice ruin the good things here. Humans catching mice cannot compare to them."

Having said that, Baifeng passed the two of them and walked to the front of the two dogs, then squatted down. The two dogs then quickly crowded up to Baifeng, their whole bodies swaying as they begged to be petted; their appearance and behavior no longer had any relation to wolves at all.

Baifeng patted the two dogs' heads and backs, then praised: "Good dogs, good dogs."

Xuanyuan was greatly shocked: "Wolves can actually be this obedient? Are you not afraid of being bitten by them suddenly?"

Baifeng did not hide it: "We in Huaxia have been raising wolves for how many years now? By now, they are completely different from wolves, so we call them dogs. At present, they will not bite the people who raise them, only people they do not know, so they can be kept to guard the house. They can also do the job of catching mice."

Xuanyuan still did not understand: "But feeding them, does that not waste a lot of meat? With the meat used to raise them, how many people could be fed?"

Baifeng explained: "They do not have to eat meat to survive; they can eat other things too. Look, these two dogs, besides mice, do not get to eat any other meat, yet are they not still this fat, with fur this smooth?"

Xuanyuan, seeing dogs for the first time, had not yet realized the true use of dogs at all. He could only express his confusion and did not have any other thoughts, including wanting to introduce the breed from Huaxia or catching and domesticating wolves himself. He did not trust these meat-eating beasts, and he felt that the cost of raising them was too high.

Seeing that Xuanyuan and the others were still somewhat uneasy, mainly due to a lack of trust, Baifeng gave a push with his hand: "Go, go to work, stop crowding here."

The two dogs then restrained their emotions a bit, then wagged their tails and continued to patrol other places. It could be said they were very obedient, to the point that even Xuanyuan was dumbfounded: "They can understand what you say?"

Baifeng was still rather proud: "Of course, they were all raised by people from a young age and can all understand human speech."

Zhishou was also clicking his tongue in wonder behind them. He felt that he had walked through so many places on the earth, but here in Huaxia, he had truly seen it all; there were too many strange things.

Bypassing the dogs, they continued to look. Now, this room mainly stored medicinal materials that had just been harvested and those that had not been thoroughly processed. After crossing another Phylum, what came into view were large wooden cabinets one after another. Because there were not many types of medicinal materials, Huaxia could only focus on quantity.

A wooden cabinet had only a few layers of drawers, and each drawer was very large and filled to the brim with medicine. Almost one large cabinet was for one type of medicine, and those with high usage would even occupy several cabinets.

The actual Chinese medicine pharmacy for filling prescriptions was the kind where there were several types of medicine in one drawer. This place was considered an intermediate warehouse; when the medicine drawers at the filling station were empty, one would take a bag, load some from these medicine cabinets, and then take them back to fill the cabinets they used.

Baifeng said to the few of them: "You can pull them open to take a look as you please. These are all our medicinal materials; we did not just find some random Grass to deceive you."

Xuanyuan did not understand what this "pull open" meant; he only felt that before him were square, upright pieces of wood, and he did not know what they were for.

Seeing that the few of them did not understand and were instead staring at the cabinets with some confusion, Baifeng then remembered that the Xuanyuan Tribe had almost no furniture; even the tables, chairs, and stools were things he had passed on to them, let alone these pieces of furniture.

Thus, Baifeng hurriedly explained: "This is called a cabinet; things can be stored inside." Following that, he grabbed the handle and pulled with force, and a drawer came out.

"The outside is called a cabinet, the inside is called a drawer; the drawer can store things."

Baifeng discovered that the one he had pulled open was the cabinet storing Astragalus. He then took a few slices and threw them into his mouth to chew. He felt it was sweet and quite good, but many Huaxia people did not like it, feeling it had a taste like raw beans.

Baifeng also casually handed a few slices to Qibo and the others: "You take a look, see if your Xuanyuan Tribe has this. You should have it, but it certainly is not as good as ours here, because for medicine, the place of origin also matters."

Qibo took the Astragalus slices and stared at them; they were already in slices. He could not recognize them at all, but the smell was somewhat familiar. Seeing that Baifeng could eat them casually, he concluded there was no toxicity, and he himself was not afraid of poison, so he generously put them in his mouth to taste.

From this unique and familiar taste, Qibo immediately knew what medicine it was. After savoring the sweetness, he said: "Our Xuanyuan Tribe has this; it is indeed a good medicinal material. We call it 'Ji Grass'. I do not know what you call it?"

Baifeng spat out the chewed-up, flavorless Astragalus, then saw a trash can in the corner and threw it toward it, saying casually: "We call it Astragalus."