Chapter 10
Xu Yi entered the hotel, randomly selected an empty table by the window, and placed the bamboo basket on his back on the ground. When the waiter saw the guests coming, he came over with a rag to wipe the table and asked with a smile: "What do you guys want to eat?"
"A duck with black bean sauce, stir-fried vegetables and rice." Xu said. Yi said, looking at the family of three sitting opposite him.
There happened to be a restaurant selling black bean duck in the place where we were hiding from the rain. This was a famous food on Guangnan East Road during the Song Dynasty. Because of its popularity, several restaurants were opened in Yanting County.
Xu Yi has never tasted it, so it’s time to give it a try.
Although the three members of the family were dressed simply, their cotton clothes had no patches. Seeing that Xu Yi had already ordered food, they naturally wanted to eat together.
The child's father said: "We want two portions of duck with black bean sauce and two portions of rice noodles."
"Okay, guests, please wait a moment." The waiter narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "Do you want to serve tea for our guests? We are here There are loose tea, canned tea, and this year’s spring tea. The price of loose tea is 2 cents per cup, canned tea is 10 cents per cup, and spring tea is 20 cents per cup. “
The price of spring tea is high in Yanting County . There are tea mountains in several subordinate towns, and the spring tea picked from the tea mountains is almost contracted by major teahouses and restaurants.
I don't know if the spring tea in this restaurant is real or fake. Xu Yi couldn't believe how good the tea was, so he didn't let the waiter serve it.
He didn't want tea, but the boy's father asked the waiter to bring him three cups of tea.
The tea was quickly served. The child's father took the cup of tea with his own hands and brought it to Xu Yi. He said with shame, "It's really inconvenient to make Xu Xiaolang laugh. I let him drink such a thin tea.
" There was not much expression on his face, but he felt a little more appreciation for the child's father in his heart. Being willing to spend money to hire a doctor to treat his child and recuperate his health, and still remembering him as a passerby who met by chance, all show how much this father loves his child.
So, after being silent for a second, Xu Yi said with a smile: "My name is Xu Yi. Officials can just call me by my first name. Today, I look at your face. It looks a bit brighter. It seems that the right medicine is effective."
After that day, Xu Yiben had put aside the matter of meeting this family of three.
In Yanting County, where there are many medical clinics, the prescriptions he prescribed were not very unusual. From a few words, they learned that the doctor the family had originally seen was not very good. And he prescribes the right medicine, and after only two doses, the effect can be seen, but if he wants to get better immediately, it still doesn't work.
"Yang didn't dare to call Mr. Yang by his first name." The child's father sighed, "If Mr. Xiao hadn't diagnosed my son's exact condition, we still don't know what to do now."
For his family, the situation is difficult. They were lucky to get to Xuyi, which is why they went to Yilu Mountain to wait for others for two days in a row.
Unfortunately, I didn't wait for anyone, but met Xu Yi on South Street.
After asking, they learned that Xu Yi lived in Shijing Lane on South Street, and his family had just moved to Pinglu Lane on South Street the year before last, three alleys away.
The child's father asked: "I haven't asked why Xu Xiaolang is running in the rain. Is there something urgent?"
"Nothing, just Xiao Huang is still at home." Xu Yi was stunned, then smiled and said, "But since I met you , we still need to sit down and chat."
Xu Yi looked at the ignorant child who was sitting next to his mother and asked him softly to stretch out his left hand.
The best time for pulse diagnosis is in the early morning on an empty stomach. If you do not exercise or eat, the impact on the pulse condition will be minimized.
Therefore, Xu Yi was much more careful in his pulse diagnosis this time. His left hand corresponded to the heart, liver, and kidneys. After he finished the diagnosis in silence, he asked the child to stretch out his right hand. The internal organs corresponding to the right hand were the lungs, spleen, and life gate.
Observe the child's pulse. The pulse is heavy but fast, and all three parts of Cun Guan Chi show a weak and weak pulse. This is a syndrome of main deficiency, so it can be judged that the child is physically weak and lacks Qi and blood. However, compared with the last time, there is still improvement, and there are no symptoms such as weakened pulse beat and weak pulse [Note 1].
Xu Yi knew immediately and asked, "Mr. Yang, did you bring a pen and paper?"
"Yes." The child's father responded immediately.
The last experience made him take the pen and paper at home with him when he went out, just in case he needed to use them.
Xu Yi took the paper and pen and said while writing: "You can stop drinking the last medicinal soup for two days and replace it with Danggui Sini Decoction. It has the effect of nourishing blood, activating blood circulation, warming menstruation and dispersing cold."
The prescription requires To treat symptoms and people, he did not directly copy the Danggui Sini Decoction in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases", but slightly reduced the two drugs in it, added another drug, and then converted the dosage for adults into that for children.
Mrs. Yang's wife took the prescription from Xu Yi, tears welling up in her eyes: "Thank you Xu Xiaolang for diagnosing my son's pulse again and prescribing the prescription. Lang Junzi and I have only two children, Brother Rong, for so many years. In the past few years, for Brother Rong, the husband's salary and my dowry cost a lot. We have all moved to South Street and we just don't want to give up."
"It's all a matter of effort," Xu Yi said quickly, "Ms. Yang, don't be sad. You can stop taking the medicine after another ten days or so. It's because the medicine is poisonous, and it's better to use medicinal food to regulate your body."
After hearing this, Mrs. Yang immediately asked: "Can Xu Xiaolang write some more for Brother Rong? Medicinal recipes?"
Xu Yi thought for a while and wrote down two health-preserving recipes.
One is Huaishan Codonopsis and Quail Soup, in which the quails can be replaced with hens, pigeons, etc. The other is black sesame porridge, which only requires japonica rice, black sesame seeds and salt, and is suitable for people with physical weakness and constipation. Children often have difficulty in defecation. Drinking some health-preserving porridge can nourish the liver and kidneys and facilitate the large and small intestines.
At this time, the waiter brought the food they ordered to the table.
The duck with black bean sauce sold in this restaurant is made of duck meat cut into slices and soaked in thick black bean sauce. It is dotted with several black bean beans. The sauce-colored duck skin looks shiny and very appetizing.
Xu Yi happened to be hungry, so he picked up a piece of duck meat and ate it in his mouth. The duck meat was tender, fat but not greasy. His taste buds are sharp and he can tell that glutinous rice wine is added to it. It has a mellow and sweet taste, removing the fishy smell and enhancing the freshness.
At the end of the meal, they talked about the child's condition again.
Although the medicated diet is good, it cannot be taken every day. The Yang family has learned from the past and is worried that if he does not explain clearly, after taking the medicated diet back, it will appear in the child's diet every day.
So, he continued to add a few more lines to the unfinished recipe and let them consider it and drink it.
"If you need anything in the future, you can come to Shijing Lane to find me. I will be at home around You hour every day." Xu Yi said.
Yang's father stood up and saluted gratefully: "Thank you very much, Xu Xiaolang."
Xu Yi looked at the three of them and said calmly: "This is all within my duty as a doctor."
As a doctor, he could not do it completely. Watch. The purpose of studying medicine is to treat diseases. Now that he has seen it, he will implement what he has learned, instead of using the name of a "medical family" and not even knowing how to treat diseases.
Of course, you have to pay for the medical consultation.
Xu Yi's place is not the "Anjifang" of the public charity hospital. He needs to eat, so he naturally has to collect money. However, since ancient times, Chinese medicine has charged different consultation fees for different patients.
"The poor are treated and the rich are paid." Xu Yi knew this unwritten rule [Note 2].
He symbolically charged the Yang family five cents for the consultation fee, which was a sign of kindness.
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Before leaving the restaurant, Xu Yi asked the waiter to pack a portion of duck with black bean sauce and two portions of rice. The black bean duck tastes good and can be given to Xiao Huang.
When we got out the door, the rain stopped outside.
The streets are back to normal with people coming and going, and the sellers carrying goods and shouting are now selling goods through the streets and alleys.
Xu Yi stopped a salesman and bought lamp oil, needlework and a small clay pot as big as a palm from him.
Turn around and go to the blacksmith shop to buy a machete for chopping medicine.
Iron is expensive. After buying this knife, Xu Yi spent all his money.
He has never been so short of money since he was a child. This kind of penniless feeling makes him very unaccustomed!
But during the plum rainy season, it can rain anytime and anywhere. He won't be able to go to the mountains to collect herbs tomorrow and the next two days. It seems that he will have to tighten his belt in these two days.
Xu Yi: "..."
How about he think of another way to make money?
Besides digging up herbs and selling them for money, and treating people, what else could make money faster, and what else could he do?
On Xu Yi's face, which was between a boy and a young man, his gentle eyebrows were slightly frowned. After thinking about it, it seemed that there were really not many ways for him to make money.
Among them, the original way to earn living expenses was to copy books for bookstores and earn commissions. Copying an ordinary book can yield 150 words. At his current writing speed, it would take at least two days.
Earn 150 Wen in two days?
no. It's too low for him!
Sure enough, being a doctor also costs money.