Chapter 1

It was dawn, and Xu Yi, who was lying on the wooden bed, suddenly opened his eyes.

Seeing clearly the sloping roofs of different heights and the khaki mud mixed with dry straw still exposed, he knew that he had not gone back and was still in the Northern Song Dynasty.

A few days ago, he had just received the admission notice from the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the First City Hospital and officially became a regular doctor.

He never expected that on the day of the report, he would travel to the Northern Song Dynasty and pass through a farmer's family.

It is also unlucky. In modern times, he was born into a medical family and lived a comfortable life since he was a child. Both his parents are leaders in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, and he and his brother have also been exposed to it since childhood. I learned to follow the adults in taking pulse diagnosis and seeing doctors. Not only did I learn medicine from my family, but I also went to medical school when I was growing up. It can be said that I practiced both at the same time. His brother is four years older than him, and he has become a sitting doctor three years ago. He is waiting for his turn...

Who would have thought, but here he is. His parents died of illness at home, leaving him with only a thatched hut and a dog. .

Xu Yi raised his hand and touched around the bed, and found a money bag containing dozens of copper coins. This was the only living expenses he could manage at the moment.

As far as he knew, prices in the Northern Song Dynasty were not high. He was currently in Yanting County under the jurisdiction of Tongchuan Prefecture. However, he had too little money at his disposal and could only buy a bushel of rice.

There is not much food left at home. Originally, the family had six acres of land and more than ten thousand dollars. There are many poor families in South Street, and his family is not too bad.

However, the original parent had been ill for several months, and all the family's belongings that could be sold were pawned, the land was sold, and the money was spent, but the person could not be saved.

The little khaki dog that was left was the one he met halfway up the mountain when he was burying his parents, and it waggled its tail happily at him. This puppy was only two months old, and the original owner seemed to see himself in it, so he took it home by accident.

"Woof woof woof~"

Xu Yi heard a dog barking in a daze.

There was a snapping sound, as if scratching at the wooden door. He stood up and opened the door, and the little khaki dog nuzzled in with its tail swaying, licking his trouser legs affectionately.

Forget it, since it was a dog picked up by the original person, he naturally wanted to keep it.

After arriving, Xu Yi had not gone out to look for food. Thinking of the customs and customs of the Song Dynasty, he planned to take the dog out.

Opening the wooden gate of the outer courtyard, the neighbor Tsuchiya on the left heard a noise and a woman in her thirties came out. The woman was wearing a white washed maroon coarse cloth short shirt with a ginger two-piece skirt underneath. When she saw Xu Yi There was joy on his face: "Brother Yi, are you going out? But where are you going?"

This woman is Mrs. He, and she has a good relationship with Xu Yi's family. Xu Yi has not been out for two days, and a trace of concern can be heard in her words. Come.

Xu Yi nodded politely and said, "I'm going out to look for food."

"Okay, let's go quickly."

...

"It's already so bright. Xu Xiaolang is different without his parents. In the past, he must have been studying in school at this time. "Who says it's not the case

? This is the only child left in the Xu family. I don't know if the engagement we agreed on before will be finalized..."

Walking out of Shijing Lane on South Street, the gossip from the neighbors fell into Xu Yi's ears. , everything else was fine. When he heard the word "engagement", he stumbled and almost fell to pieces.

"Woof! Woof!"

Xiao Huang called out twice excitedly, circling on both sides of him worriedly.

"Quiet down." Xu Yi stroked its head to comfort it, feeling helpless.

How could he forget such an important thing.

His late parents arranged a marriage for him two years ago. The marriage was arranged and the ceremony was held. Once this ceremony is over, the marriage is considered half done, and the remaining half will have to wait a year later to see if the other party will come with the dowry.

At this time, the trend of dowry had not yet become popular, and ordinary families could not afford a very generous dowry when marrying off their daughters. They still had to have pots, pans, boxes, and cloth. But everything that could be pawned at home was pawned, and the items on the list of betrothal gifts that had been negotiated... were all gone.

Xu Yi touched his nose. He had not dated anyone in modern times. He did not expect that once he traveled through time, he would be ten years younger and have a fiancée at the age of sixteen.

Putting his fiancée's concerns aside in advance, Xu Yi's stomach rang with hunger.

He didn't have many copper coins on him and didn't dare to spend them randomly. He ordered a bowl of oil-splashed noodles from a street stall and gave the stall boy three pennies. Half a quarter of an hour later, the oil-splashed noodles were served. On top was a vegetarian sauce made with mushrooms, which was delicious and delicious.

The price is not expensive and the portion is large, which is quite satisfying for someone who is not very good at cooking.

Xiao Huang had been following him for several days and had not eaten anything properly. He would smell the food and moan in a low voice.

Since he raised it, he had to be responsible. After leaving the stall, he bought two plain steamed buns for a penny from the next stall and threw them to Xiao Huang.

While watching it squeaking and chewing the buns happily, he murmured in a low voice: "I will give you meat buns next time."

The little brother next to him saw it in a novel way and praised him repeatedly: "Xu Xiaolang is so rich, this bun is given to a wild man Dogs eat it!"

"It's not a wild dog." Xu Yi looked up at him and said seriously, "It's called Xiao Huang, and it's my dog."

The little brother was shocked. Is this little guy from the Xu family out of his mind? Why do you still have a dog?

He wanted to ask, so he asked: "Xu Xiaolang, will you continue to study in the future?"

As soon as he said this, everyone in the stalls who knew Xu Yi looked over silently, and they were also curious.

"I won't read anymore." Xu Yi replied without thinking.

Studying requires money, and the literary style of the Northern Song Dynasty was popular. Many celebrities appeared in history. However, as far as his talent for studying was concerned, if he wanted to change his destiny through reading, he might as well rely on himself.

Besides, he read too many books in his previous life.

Compared with studying, he prefers to be himself without restraint. Yesterday, he had decided that if he could not go back, he would become a doctor in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Continue to do what he wanted to do in his previous life but had no time to do.

When he went out today, in addition to looking for food, he also wanted to see how many medical clinics there were in Yanting County.

There are two types of doctors in Yanting County. One is the high-level official doctor, who is a formal medical officer and is equivalent to the doctor in the government-run medical service. He is responsible for treating members of the official family or the common people serving on errands. wait.

There is medicine in the county, and there are two or three medical officers stationed there for a long time. If you want to be admitted, you need not only strength, but also connections and medical family background.

Xu Yi's family has been farming for generations, but he couldn't pass the first step of applying for the medical officer examination.

The second type is that there are no official-level civilian doctors. The Song Dynasty did not have strict jurisdiction over civilian doctors. In Yanting County alone, he saw two medical clinics on South Street.

The doctors in these two medical clinics all invited themselves to their homes to see patients. Their skills were average and they still prescribed prescriptions. They were not very good.

The best one is Dr. Chen from the Miaoshou Pavilion on East Street. Dr. Chen is fifty-six years old and has been in the clinic for more than thirty years. He has treated countless diseases for the rich and poor.

It's just that the medical fee is too expensive. One treatment costs two taels of silver, which is equivalent to 200 taels of copper coins.

For the Xu family in the past, it would take several days of small jobs to earn two hundred cents. If it is used for medical treatment, naturally you cannot afford so much money.

As the saying goes, "See a doctor as early as possible." The illness of the Xu family's parents progressed from small to large. Even if Xu Yi diagnosed them personally, it was not easy to cure them. What's more, when there is no money, even a pair of medicines are fried again and again. I can afford the consultation fee, but I can't afford the money to buy the medicine.

After walking around, Xu Yi knew what he should do.

He took Xiao Huang back to South Street and entered a grocery store. He saw the waiter dozing against the east container. When he heard the noise, he straightened up quickly. He saw that the person who came was a young man wearing a bluestone-colored square scarf. He smiled. He asked with a straight face what he wanted to buy.

"Is there a half-person tall bamboo basket with a lid?" Xu Yi asked.

The waiter squinted his eyes and said: "Yes, there is, but the price is a little more expensive than usual. Do you want it?"

Xu Yi did not answer directly: "Bring it to me and have a look."

The waiter ran away with a bang. After a few moments, he came back carrying a half-meter-wide bamboo basket. As soon as he put it down, he asked Xu Yi to come over and check.

The stuff was good, Xu Yi asked him how much it cost.

The waiter at the shop first praised how beautiful the bamboo basket was made, and how much thought was put into it and how much bamboo material was used. When he saw the young man frowning slightly impatiently, he quickly asked for twenty cents.

It seems that Xu Yi was treated as someone to be bullied.

"I bought it for ten cents." Xu Yi said calmly.

The waiter's face broke into a smile, and then he grimaced, as if he was about to shout: "How can you bargain like this? You can't buy such a big bamboo basket for ten cents! No, no, no, just don't say it." Eighteen Wen, this is the lowest price. You can't buy it

at this price elsewhere." Xu Yi looked at him and said, "

Well? Don't leave!" The waiter rarely saw anyone wanting to buy this. The household items that couldn't be sold, he quickly stopped the person and said, "The young man is so angry. If you want to buy it, you can still make a counter-offer."

"I only have ten cents. Do you want it?" Xu Yi asked him.

Shop waiter: "..."

Did you meet a poor person? Looking at his clothes, I thought he was a scholar. He was wearing a cotton gown, but he couldn't even produce eighteen pieces of literature.

The shopkeeper had wanted him to sell the basket that took up a lot of space, but the price he got back was only ten cents. The price was too low and he felt he was losing money, so he kept going around for several months without selling it. It was rare today that someone asked for it, but could only give ten cents.

He couldn't decide on this matter, so he had to go to the backyard room to ask the shopkeeper who was drinking tea inside for instructions.

When the shopkeeper heard that someone wanted to buy it, even if it was ten cents, he still agreed to sell it. A batch of goods would be arriving in a few days, which would just make room.

Xu Yi bought the bamboo basket he wanted as he wished, carried the basket on his back and led the dog home.

It's late today, and it's too late to go to Yilu Mountain in the south of Yanting County. Xu Yi planned to go out early tomorrow. The most important thing right now was to earn back the copper coins he spent today.

Otherwise, in a few days there will be no cooking at home and he will suffer from the northwest wind.

Farmers have two meals a day, breakfast and dinner.

Dinner was served in the evening when the sun was about to set. Xu Yi took two coppers and went to Mrs. He's house by familiar means to exchange for two eggs and a handful of seasonal vegetables. Mrs. He also wanted to get one more egg, but he refused.

The eggs sold in the market were three for two copper coins. He got one less egg and a handful more vegetables, so he did not suffer any loss.

Saving the eggs for the next day, he lit the stove with his own hands and simply cooked a pot of vegetable porridge in an earthenware pot.

Xiao Huang was wagging his tail and drooling as he waited. He poured some of it into a pottery bowl with a broken corner. Xiao Huang couldn't wait to eat it, but he scolded him and called him back: "It's too hot. Eat it later." ."

Before dark, one person and one dog finished the dinner.

Then, the remaining fire in the stove heated the foot-washing water.

Carrying a wooden basin with water into the house, Xu Yi washed his face and feet, blew out the oil lamp dish, and climbed onto the wooden bed in the dark.

Everything was quiet, Xu Yi felt a little excited when he thought about his plan to go to Yilu Mountain to collect medicine tomorrow morning. For Chinese medicine practitioners, the charm of wild Chinese herbal medicine is huge! What's more, he has also learned how to prepare medicinal materials, and the attraction of wild Chinese medicinal materials to him has only increased.

No, he has to close his eyes and sleep.