Chapter 101:

Only when Xu Yi came back safe and sound did their worries finally come back. It is the doctor's duty to treat patients, and they can't say anything.

Zhang Tiegou patted his brother on the shoulder and asked Xu Yi if he didn't embarrass him.

There was no embarrassment, but an incident happened before leaving.

When Xu Yi made friends with Tao Qinghao and others before, he learned that in addition to the four major members of Yanting County, in addition to the Xing family, Xin family, Tao family, there was also a Tan family. The only interaction he had with the Tan family was when he met the Tan family's housekeeper when they were buying a house.

When leaving, Xu Yi unexpectedly saw the Tan family housekeeper, who also saw him. Only then did Xu Yi know that the person who invited him to see a doctor was the second master of the Tan family.

The housekeeper of the Tan family came to deliver health supplements to Xiao Langjun. When he saw Xu Yi present, he was obviously stunned.

After asking Tan Dutou and understanding that Xu Yi was the doctor invited to treat Xiao Langjun, the look he looked at Xu Yi became even weirder.

Naturally, this cannot be concealed from Tan Dutou, who often arrests and interrogates prisoners.

The butler's eyes dodge, and then he couldn't stand Tan Dutou's interrogation, so he hesitantly told the story that Tan wanted to buy the former county magistrate's house, but was intercepted by Xu Yi.

Xu Yi looked at him: "..."

This is the art of speaking. It seems that he was wrong first by speaking like this.

But the housekeeper forgot one thing. Xu Yi accompanied Agent Li to the Yamen to report the case. Although the case was being tried by Captain Pan, the person responsible for arresting the person was Tan Dutou.

He knew all the ins and outs of the case at that time. It was Xu Yi who wanted to buy the house first, not his family.

Tan Dutou looked at the housekeeper who was confusing right and wrong in front of him with a serious look on his face, and waved his hand slightly impatiently to ask him to leave.

The next thing was much simpler. Xu Yi told the sick young man to relax his mind and not to be immersed in a depressed mood if he wanted to get better.

Xiao Langjun stared at him with his eyes, and clenched the fingers of his hands on the wheelchair, as if he wanted to say something.

Seeing him like this, Xu Yi sighed silently in his heart. Speaking of which, Xiao Langjun was a few years younger than him in modern times. It was a time when he was full of vitality and in his prime.

He resisted the urge to reach out and pat him on the shoulder: "If your condition improves in five days, tell your mother to come find me."

He reported his home address and saw the young man blinking his eyes and turning around with satisfaction.

...

Zhang Tiegou looked around in boredom, asking him to do hard work was okay, but if he was asked to cook some medicinal wine, it would definitely not work.

Xu Yi asked him: "Why did you bring a knife with you when you entered the city today?"

Zhang Tiegou touched the machete on his waist and said seriously: "Don't you want me to protect A Xu?"

His martial arts skills It's archery, so it's not suitable for use here, only the knife. Always let Xu Yi know that his sword skills are also good.

"Do you know how to use a sword?" Xu Yi asked.

Zhang Tiegou nodded: "Of course, the veteran who taught me archery also knew military boxing. Of course I couldn't learn that boxing,

so I practiced sword practice instead." Although it is not a serious martial arts sword technique, it is still useless for dealing with some bandits. problematic.

Zhang Tiegou rolled up his sleeves to show Xu Yi his great achievements in the past, and there were old scars on his arms.

Xu Yi looked at the ferocious scar and asked him without thinking, "Do you want some scar removal cream from here?"

Zhang Tiegou shook his head like a rattle: "That's for little ladies, I don't want it."

A few days later, Zhang Tiegou came to Xu Yi's house again. This time he did not bring the machete.

Xu Yi looked at his empty waist and laughed at him mercilessly.

He was not a coward either. He scratched his tied hair and took something out of his pocket with his other hand. After a while, he took out a Jiaozi with a face value of fifty taels.

"Your wine is very good, I finished it." Zhang Tiegou said, "I injured my leg before, and it doesn't hurt at night."

Medicinal wine can maintain health and cure diseases, but don't be greedy for too much.

After he lost the bet with Xu Yi, he listened to Xu Yi's words and drank no more than one bowl in the next few days.

Even if I drink sparingly, I still drink it quickly.

Zhang Tiegou wanted to buy some more from Xu Yi. He didn't know the price of the wine, so he gave the entire Jiaozi to Xu Yi because he thought it was not cheap.

In the past few days, Xu Yi had adjusted the recipe and was lacking someone to try it. He asked A Xu to bring the wine bottle and poured him a glass of wine himself.

A glass of wine is a quarter of a bowl.

Not much, but enough to let people taste whether the wine is good or not.

The newly brewed medicinal wine is still warm, and when poured out, it has a strange aroma of bitterness and sweetness. Compared with the one given to Zhang Tiegou before, this was a mature medicinal wine. Compared with the failed product, it was much inferior.

Zhang Tiegou loves to drink, and when he smells this aroma, he knows the wine is good without even having to drink it.

He shouted: "Good wine."

After drinking half a glass, he clicked his tongue and commented: "This wine is good, a top-notch product!"

After drinking, Zhang Tiegou asked what the price of the medicinal wine was, and he took it.

"One dime and three cents."

Xu Yi treated everyone equally, and everyone who bought wine from him paid this price. However, Zhang Tiegou is now A Xu's bodyguard, and he can get employee prices, special discounts, and a 20% discount.

Zhang Tiegou: "..." Employee? Special offer? He doesn’t understand, but it’s cheaper if he understands!

He didn't think much about anything. When he heard that there was a bargain, he immediately said that all these friends were bought into medicinal wine.

When Xu Yi learned that he wanted to buy so much medicinal wine, he held his forehead and smiled helplessly. Half of the medicinal wine he had finally brewed in the past few days would go into Zhang Tiegou's hands.

...

There is only one day left before Yuanri.

On this day, the market in the Chenghuang Temple closed early, and there was still a dinner market at night. Xu Yi asked A Xu to take advantage of the last day to see if he could sell some medicinal wine.

At this time, the families in the county town have all the food, decorations, festival items, etc. that should be prepared. But there are also quite a few people who come out to play on this day.

There are some female servants, mothers-in-law, servants, servants, etc. who work in the homes of wealthy families; there are also women who are busy and unable to rest, and now they finally get a chance to breathe; put down the books, no need to Scholars who review their lessons day and night; there are also young ladies wearing curtain hats who have not yet left the palace, or wearing buns, looking at the sisters and brothers around them with curiosity, and they are accompanied by their brothers when they go out together. family.

Tonight's evening market was actually a bit more lively than usual.

Acrobatics, fire-breathing dragons, firecrackers...

the hawkers who shout in the street, the hawkers who walk in the evening market on their shoulders, the porters who help with errands, the idle men.

In the bustling and crowded evening market, there are more and more people, and the stall owners and vendors doing business are all smiling from ear to ear.

Xu Yi and A Xu separated.

He was not too far away, watching A Xu follow Zhang Tiegou closely. Zhang Tiegou not only acted as a guard, but also as a helper.

Pushing the wooden cart for A Xu, on the wooden cart, there are two wooden barrels as big as bathtubs, covered with lids, steadily turning the wooden wheels and grinding them on the cleanly scrubbed stone road.

The street department in the city is responsible for the appearance of the city. This evening market is not chaotic, it is lively and orderly. If someone wants to cause damage, they have to consider whether they have the ability.

Public security was good, but Xu Yi was not worried about a child selling alcohol in the market.

Soon, Zhang Tiegou and A Xu found an empty seat. They put the wooden cart on hold and then propped up the signs on the cart.

It says, "Xu's medicinal wine is 1.3 cents."

It's so straightforward, just because Zhang Tiegou and A Xu don't want to waste too much time talking. People who want to buy wine will make a mental evaluation of whether it's suitable when they see the price.

Xu Yi didn't just stand in the corner and watch stupidly. He looked around, chose a fairly quiet tea shop, and ordered a pot of tea.

The tea in the tea shop is mostly ordinary autumn tea. Break a piece of tea cake and put it on the stove to boil. After boiling, the proprietress of the tea shop came over with a teapot and asked Xu Yi to drink it slowly with a smile on her face.

Xu Yi thanked her, poured the tea and sipped the fruit slowly.

His eyes did not leave Zhang Tiegou and A Xu. After waiting, he saw a father and son parked in front of the wooden cart.

The two blocked the view, and Xu Yi didn't know what the two people said.

Not long after, the father and son left empty-handed.

Xu Yi raised his hand and drank another cup of autumn tea. The taste of autumn tea is bitter and astringent. After drinking, the tip of the tongue will be dry, but there will be a slight sweetness in the throat.

Not a good tea, but drinkable.

It's just that...

in Xu Yi's sight, there were a few more young men in the crowd wearing long robes and blouses, looking like scholars.

The few people quickly stopped in front of the wooden cart.

at the same time.

A Xu recognized one of them, the scholar who had come home last time and made his husband unhappy.

The scholar spoke unkindly, made insinuations, and tried to compare Lang Jun to others. A Xu didn't like him either.

"Jiang Liang, why did you stop?" the classmate asked doubtfully.

Feng Jiangliang said, "I met a boy I know." After saying that, he looked at A Xu and asked with concern, "Why are you here? Where is Xu Yi?"

"Xu Yi?"

Someone in the crowd listened. When I saw a familiar name, I immediately became curious about this wine stall.

Didn’t it mean that Xu Yi gave up on literary medicine? This is a wine seller. Could it be that Xu Yi gave up on medicine and winemaking again?

A Xu looked at them warily and said: "The husband is not here."

Feng Jiangliang seemed not to see A Xu's eyes, and pretended to sigh: "Why is your husband willing to let you come out to sell wine? If he doesn't have enough money, You can tell us that I was a classmate with him after all, and I can still get a few taels of silver."

After he said this, several other classmates present asked what was going on.

Then, Feng Jiangliang sighed and talked about the scene when he went to Xu's house a few days ago, and also mentioned the cup of bitter tea that was difficult to swallow.

After he left the Xu family, he felt angry in his heart, but could not find a chance to vent it out. It was rare that I met the boy from his family in the evening market today. Thinking of the suspicious looks in his eyes from his classmates, he came up with a plan to show them that he actually really cared about Xu Yi.

Sure enough, after hearing what he said, these classmates also sympathized with Xu Yi.

"I remember that Xu Yi was a good person when he was in school. How could he become like this now?"

"But..."

Someone noticed something was wrong, "Xu Yi is living so hard now. Where did he come from?" "A servant?"

Other students: "..."

Feng Jiangliang: "!"

Why did he forget this question? Why does Xu Yi have a servant?

At this moment, Zhang Tiegou, who was standing next to A Xu, couldn't stand it any longer and shouted in a rough voice: "Brother Xu is so good that he has changed by himself. Brother Xu is fine. You guys are talking nonsense in someone else's stall." "Is it because you want to cause trouble?"

His aura changed in vain, showing the ferocity of hunting all year round. He looked at them and sighed: "If you want to buy wine, buy it. If you don't want to buy it, you can leave immediately." , otherwise I will not be easy to mess with."

Feng Jiangliang and the others were shocked by Zhang Tiegou's fierce appearance.

They are all scholars. They usually go out, go to teahouses, taverns, or go to the morning and evening markets. The people who receive them are all polite, and no one who is short-sighted would dare to look down on them. After all, who would go there for no reason? Provoking a scholar who might become a scholar-bureaucrat in the future.

Moreover, they have always been industrious and can only read the books of sages. At most, they quarrel with words. How can I see them talking directly with their fists?

Let’s look at Zhang Tiegou’s tall and powerful appearance, one can rival the two of them.

Immediately, his aura weakened a bit, but there were also some who were unhappy and directly called Zhang Tiegou a vulgar person, a reckless man, and an illiterate Bai Ding.

Xu Yi approached and happened to hear the man scolding Zhang Tiegou.

He looked at this man. He was very close to Feng Jiangliang. He had seen Feng Jiangliang and his classmates drinking in a restaurant, and he was one of them.

These two people can be said to be in the same league. They often spend time with Feng Jiangliang on their original bodies to improve themselves.

But at this moment, Xu Yi saw Feng Jiangliang huddled next to this man, silently watching the output of his classmates and friends, with no intention of stepping forward to fight side by side.

This guy isn't completely stupid. Xu Yi commented coldly in his heart.

"Stop talking..." Another classmate wanted to stop him, fearing that he would be beaten by the tough man in front of him, but he caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of his eye. He looked at it and was stunned.

"Xu Yi, you're here."

As his voice rippled through the crowd, several classmates around him also noticed that Xu Yi was standing behind them at some point.

Feng Jiangliang's eyebrows jumped sharply, and he quickly recalled whether he had said anything inappropriate just now.

After finding out that there was none, he calmed down and shouted with the corner of his mouth raised: "Xu Yi, you are finally here. I was just going to ask you what's going on. Is this man your friend?" "

Hanzi" is a contemptuous term, which is similar to When people get along with each other, they will not directly call each other a man, unless it is a person with a relatively high status, and it is a casual address to ordinary people at the bottom.

Xu Yi's eyes passed over him, then fell on the person next to him, and said calmly: "You think that others are vulgar and not scholars, and you don't do it by drowning yourself. If this person is ugly and disgusting, he is not a human being."

The classmate was shocked . He said: "..."

He quickly came back to his senses: "You, you, you insulted me?"

Xu Yi smiled: "No, I'm reminding you."

Zhang Tiegou came to his side and asked in a low voice: "Brother Xu, what did you just What is that sentence?"

Xu Yi explained to him as if there was no one around him: "Just let him pee and take a look at himself, so he looks like a human being."

Zhang Tiegou's eyes widened. He was indeed a man who had read a book. He could still do this. curse.

He was only angry when he was scolded just now. He thought of beating him with his fist, but he didn't want to bring trouble to Xu Yi, so he kept silent.

At this time, others also reacted and were surprised that Xu Yi had changed so much.

They were all classmates in the past, but Xu Yi didn't interact with them, like a boring gourd who only knew how to read.

Who would have thought that Xu Yi would be so capable of swearing.

Feng Jiangliang blushed when he saw his friend being scolded, and knew that if he didn't say a few words, he might embarrass his friend.

He stepped forward and said, "Xu Yi, you misunderstood. This man was reckless in the first place. He was also angry for a moment, so he said such things. They are all former classmates, you are not so angry, are you?"

Xu Yi looked at it casually. He said to him: "The current affairs have not yet come to an end, and I will return to work on the Wenshui River [Note 1]. This poem is quite suitable for you."

Feng Jiangliang's face froze, and he was stunned. He was also scolded. .

When several other people saw this, they all wanted to retreat.

Xu Yi looked at these former "classmates" coldly, and his favorable impression of them was almost zero.

In fact, Xu Yi didn't care whether saying this would affect him in the future. If their quality is poor, it is difficult for these people to have a great future. Even if they become scholar-bureaucrats by chance, Xu Yi is not afraid.

If he is really hated for more than ten or twenty years, he will also take revenge on this little doctor.

At worst, he will leave Yanting County. There is always a place to live in the world.

Besides, Xu Yi didn't think that he would stay here for the rest of his life.

...

In this way, the matter ended unhappy.

Zhang Tiegou waited for them to leave and looked at Xu Yi worriedly: "Will these people come to trouble you?"

"No." Xu Yi gave him a reassuring look and said with a smile, "With their current capabilities, It won't cause me any trouble. Besides, if they are unreasonable, I know a little bit about boxing."

Zhang Tiegou nodded, he believed in Xu Yi's skills.

Xu Yi's dazzling boxing skills were enough for them to eat.

After chatting for a while, stall owners gathered around and asked them what kind of wine they were selling.

They watched the excitement for a while and saw that the young man must be the real owner of the stall. They were all wondering what kind of wine could be sold for three cents or three cents.

"There is wine in the tavern that sells for this price, but it is good wine. Xiaolangjun, can the wine you sell compare with the wine in the tavern?"

"This is the evening market, and this wine is so expensive, no one I bought it."

When Zhang Tiegou heard this, he said unhappily: "The wine made by my brother is incomparable to the wine in the tavern, and the price is already a huge bargain."

"..." The stall owners showed their faces. Don't believe it.

Xu Yi said with a smile: "Only those who have tasted it know whether this wine is good or not. Do any

of my uncles want to try it?" Naturally, these stall owners were reluctant to spend a lot of money to buy this wine, so they shook their heads and left.

Seeing this, Xu Yi was not discouraged.

Business is all about fate, and those who are destined will come.

Xu Yi sat behind the wooden cart and told Zhang Tiegou, A Xu and the others not to worry. At this time, A Xu obediently asked Xu Yi what the following poem meant.

"Why didn't that person dare to say anything else after hearing this poem?" A Xu asked Xu Yi.

Xu Yi said lightly: "Because if he keeps talking, I'm afraid his mask will come off."

Feng Jiangliang... Xu Yi couldn't tell how bad he was, but he was just annoying, and he didn't like it. People naturally won't show mercy.

Not wanting to continue talking about him, Xu Yi changed the topic and asked Zhang Tiegou: "Now, do you still want to learn the Thousand-Character Classic?"

After becoming literate, the curses were all elegant, but I still couldn't understand them.

Zhang Tiegou was silent: "..."

After a long time, he asked him in a low voice: "Can I really learn it?"

Xu Yi said: "You can learn it if you want to."

"Okay!" Zhang Tiegou made up his mind and told Xu Yi firmly Yi said, "I will learn. After I have learned the Thousand-Character Classic, you have to teach me how to practice boxing."

Xu Yi nodded: "After one day, you and A Xu and the others can catch up with the progress."

During the conversation, people stopped at the stall one after another . Before, I asked what kind of wine it was and why it was so expensive.

A Xu had practiced it, and with a smile on his face, he introduced to them what kind of wine it was: "This is a medicinal wine made from high-quality sake. It can activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and treat internal injuries and old diseases. This is the only one that has it, the others are all here." I can’t buy it.”

Medicinal wine that can cure diseases is also sold in high-end pubs, and the price is not cheap.

Someone asked, can I try it first?

A Xu opened one of the wine bottles and said with a smile: "This wine is precious. I can't let you taste it, but you can smell it."

I can only smell... Some people left unhappily, while others stayed. After smelling the aroma of the wine, they swallowed their saliva and couldn't help but spend three coins to buy this bottle of wine.

When other people saw someone paying money to buy it, they were also confused that the fragrance of the wine was really worth the price, so they also smelled it.

When I smell it, I feel that the smell of this medicinal wine is really fragrant, and I feel a hint of sultry sweetness just by smelling it. Moreover, in Yanting County, this group of wine lovers have never smelled such a wine aroma.

After hearing this, more and more people are willing to spend money to buy wine.