Chapter 118

The days spent with friends fly by like an arrow.

In a hurry, it was time for the friend to leave.

Doctor Yan couldn't hide the tears in his eyes and wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve. He warned Xu Yi to be more careful on the road.

This time, he persuaded Xu Yi to hire a guard in the dental shop.

"It's my turn to advise you to take care of yourself. Now that you're getting older, you can no longer work too hard day and night." Xu Yi looked at Li Ji next to him and continued, "Brother Ji has been studying medicine for several years, so it's time to try to let him When treating patients, only by putting what you have learned into practice can you implement it and make it work for your benefit."

Dr. Yan choked and nodded, and then said after a long pause, "I understand, how could I not understand."

" Well, I just love to talk a lot, and I think I got into this habit from you in the past few days." Xu Yi laughed jokingly.

Doctor Yan burst into tears and smiled: "Okay, you have to leave, but you still dare to make fun of me."

Xu Yi immediately raised his sleeves and bowed to beg for mercy.

Doctor Yan's raised arm was naturally reluctant to fall down. He sighed and patted Xu Yi on the shoulder.

"You are a person who has a plan in mind. I don't need to say more. I, it's enough for you to come and see me."

Xu Yi sighed in his heart, but when he saw that Dr. Yan was so helpless, he didn't show any signs of crying.

After talking to Doctor Yan, Xu Yi looked at Li Ji beside him: "Come here with me."

Avoiding other people, the two of them came to the carriage and sat cross-legged facing each other. Xu Yi looked at him calmly. .

He said: "You have to remain anonymous in Maozhou City. You should be prudent in everything you do. But Doctor Yan is not young, and he will not be able to stand in front of you for a long time. In the following time, Do you understand what you should do?"

Li Ji took a deep breath and knocked his head on the ground: "I know. Xu Yi, I will protect Doctor Yan and won't let him get into trouble because of me."

"Okay. I believe in you." Xu Yi helped him up and asked him to look at her, "Don't let down Doctor Yan's expectations of you."

Li Ji choked with tears and felt reluctant to give up.

"Xu Yi, will we meet again in the future?"

Xu Yi looked at him and said coldly: "Probably not."

Life is slow and travel is difficult. We are separated at this time. If we want to see each other again, we think we can't. .

...

Mid-May, midsummer solstice.

The temperature was gradually getting warmer, and a slow-moving vehicle entered from the city gate of Yanting County.

The curtain of the carriage was hung on a wooden hook, and a gentle summer breeze blew through the window pane into the stuffy and narrow carriage.

Xu Yi looked at the familiar street scene in Yanting County and smiled.

After a month and a half, he finally came back.

The driver outside was a new driver with a handlebar. When Uncle Zhou, whom he had hired in Yinping County, came back, the vehicle went directly to Yinping.

When they arrived in Yinping, Xu Yi hired a new vehicle for safety reasons.

The handlebar type drove the vehicle through the Dongjie market. After a while, the vehicle stopped in front of a house with the word "Xu Zhai" hanging on it.

"Huh--" The handlebar pulled the rope and shouted to the back, "Xu Xiaoguan, the place has arrived."

Xu Yi got out of the car and was about to go up and knock on the door, but someone ran over first, and the sound of footsteps gradually Nearby, there was a "click" sound, which was the sound of the door bolt opening.

The vermilion door opened from the inside, and a furry head popped out.

A Xu opened his eyes wide and shouted excitedly: "Lang Jun is back! It's Lang Jun who is back!"

As he shouted, another head squeezed out from behind.

When Ah Jin saw Xu Yi, she ran out cheering and came to Xu Yi. Her voice was crisp and bright: "Lang Jun, you are finally back." After saying that, tears fell down and she cried. He shouted aggrievedly, "Mr. Lang will go out from now on, wuwu...don't leave us."

"Okay, okay, don't cry. If I go out next time, I'll take you with me." Xu Yi shed tears when he saw this unnatural act. , was startled, and immediately thought of coaxing it first.

The handlebar type chuckled: "Xu Xiaoguan, your two servants are right. How can you not take your servants with you when you are away from home?"

Xu Yi's face turned red and he said with a smile: "I made my uncle laugh. "

After comforting the two little guys who were crying with joy, Fang Liu Niang also came out of the kitchen to greet them, and several people moved the things out of the carriage one by one.

Handlebar Shih wanted to leave the city early in the day and could not stay any longer. Xu Yi paid the remaining money and asked A Xu to prepare some dry food for Handlebar Shih to eat on the road.

Entering the room, A Xu immediately came over with a basin of Platycladus orientalis leaf water.

"Mr. Lang, you must be tired from this journey. Sit down and rest while I wipe your face and hands." A Xu said and was about to serve Xu Yi.

Xu Yi was stunned and asked in confusion: "Where did the Platycladus orientalis leaves come from?"

A Xu explained: "This is what Madam He reminded me two days ago, saying that if the husband comes back, he will pick up the wind and wash away the dust for you. The Platycladus orientalis leaves You can get rid of the dirt. After you enter the house, you must wash your face and hands."

He thought that the time was almost up, so he prepared in advance.

No, before two days of preparation, Lang Jun came back.

Xu Yi: "..." Feudalism, feudalism, superstition, and belief are not advisable.

However, Platycladus orientalis leaves can be used as medicinal materials and have many effects. There is no harm in soaking them in water to wash your face and hands.

The two little guys cared about him so much that Xu Yi followed them.

After washing her face and hands, Ah Jin brought the hot tea and Poria cake. She put the things where Xu Yi was accustomed to take things, and then she kept looking at him with her eyes twitching.

Xu Yi felt a little embarrassed when she saw him. He covered his mouth with his fists and coughed twice, pretending to be calm and asked: "Is there anything else?"

A Jin blinked: "Lang Jun has been gone for so long, and there is nothing." What do you want to say to us?"

"Lang Jun is probably tired." A Xu answered from the side and asked A Jin, "Has Mother Fang boiled the bath water?"

A Jin said, "It's almost done. "

A Xu said: "When Mother Fang prepares the bath water, Lang Jun will take a bath and go to sleep for a while. I will wake up Lang Jun later."

Xu Yi was startled: "..."

Why haven't they seen each other for more than a month? These two little guys are getting more and more ideas.

However, his trip was really dusty, and it was not easy to wash up in the hotel where he stayed. The smell on his body was almost rancid.

Even if A Xu A Jin and the others didn't say anything, Xu Yi still had to take a bath.

"Mr. Lang, the bath water is ready." Fang Liu Niang came into the room and replied.

Xu Yi didn't waste any time. He went into the house and gave himself a good scrubbing.

After washing, fatigue gradually came over him. Xu Yi was not in a hurry to rest, so he called A Xu to the study.

"How are you doing at home these days when I'm not at home?" Xu Yi yawned and looked at the account book A Xu sent over.

As he flipped through the pages, he listened to A Xu's answer: "During the days when Lang Jun was away, my sister and I kept making Xiaoshi pills, and we still made two hundred pills a day. Brother Qiu now not only sells Xiaoshi pills in the county town, but also He also went to Santai County, where many people know about Xiaoshi Pills and sold more pills than in Yanting..."

A Xu spoke for a quarter of an hour before he stopped talking.

At this time, Xu Yi pushed the tea next to him in front of him and motioned for him to drink it.

A Xu drank the tea with grateful hands, took a breath, and continued: "These days, many patients came to see the doctor, but when they knew that the husband was not here, they went back. I recorded the symptoms of several of the patients. I thought he would go when Lang Jun came back.

"Oh? Let me take a look." Xu Yi became more energetic after hearing this.

He never thought that A Xu would have such an idea to record the patient's symptoms.

He took it over and took a look and found that these illnesses were all chronic diseases, the kind that would not cause major problems for a while, but could not be cured for a while.

He flipped through it, closed the case book, looked at A Xu and said, "You did a good job."

A Xu's face suddenly turned red, and he scratched his head shyly: "Lang Jun, you said, It’s not urgent to have a serious illness, the important thing is to get the right medicine. Some of these patients were from South Street, or some of them had known Mr. Lang before. I told him that he would be back in a few days, so they said they would wait. You."

The two chatted for more than an hour.

Xu Yi looked at the hourglass and saw that it was already the second quarter of the hour. He pinched the bridge of his nose and closed the account book and other books: "After talking so much, I haven't asked you two how you are doing."

A Xu stood in front of Xu Yi. In front of Yi, hearing this, he pursed his lips and said: "We are living a good life, but our husband is not at home, and we miss him very much."

He is still very worried, and hopes that his husband will come back soon.

Not only did they pray in their hearts, they also went to the temple twice to ask for peace charms for Xu Yi.

A Xu and the others folded the peace charms they had asked for and put them in their brocade bags, and they still wore them when they slept every day.

Now that Lang Jun is back, this peace talisman must be returned to the temple and burned to fulfill the wish.

Xu Yi's face was full of astonishment when he heard this, but he felt that all this was reasonable. He smiled bitterly. Sure enough, this trip took too long and frightened the two of them.

"Okay, I swear, I won't act so easily next time." Xu Yi said.

A Xu shook his head quickly: "This is not Lang Jun's problem, it's our fault. We are too young. If we follow Lang Jun, we will drag him down."

Xu Yi patted his head, changed the subject and asked, "I Can you continue to practice boxing when you are away?"

A Xu regained his energy: "My sister and I practice boxing every day, and we will never forget it!"

Xu Yi said, "Yes, you will be able to protect me in a few years." , and can also take them out to see the outside world.

Generally speaking, during the Song Dynasty, the period after the first few decades, compared with the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty, and the Southern Song Dynasty, in addition to the Tufan tribes and the Jin Dynasty on the border, there were also the Liao Kingdom and Xixia Outside, most areas are safe.

But safety does not necessarily mean absolute safety. It was not easy for the ancients to travel and they often traveled over mountains and ridges.

Even though the economic level of the Song Dynasty was very high and the roads connected north and south without any obstructions, people were poor, rich, good and bad. Whether it was a bustling city or a wild place with few human traces, one must remain vigilant.

Having the ability to protect yourself is the most reliable thing.

...

May passed quickly, and after two days of rest, Xu Yi began to resume visiting patients.

Now that the place has been changed, the patients who used to come to Xu's house for medical treatment also changed places and came to Xu Yi's new house.

Xu Yi calculated the accounts for the past half month, excluding the cost of medicinal materials, tea fees, transportation fees and labor costs. A total of twenty thousand dollars was recorded in the new accounts.

This amount is not small. Ordinary people may not be able to have this amount in a year.

Naturally, the bulk of this comes from Chen's Xiaoshi Pills and the occasional medicinal wine brewed for some wealthy families.

Like treating poor people, Xu Yi hardly makes any money.

He was also happy about this. Every time a patient who was too poor to afford medical treatment came to seek medical treatment, Xu Yi would let them use food such as vegetables and chickens to pay for the medicine.

As a result, in just half a month, Xu Yi's reputation in East Street became even louder.

Nowadays, not only the neighbors on South Street will come to see Xu Yi for medical treatment, but also the wealthy families on East Street will ask Xu Yi to go to their house for medical treatment.

By early June, the weather was getting hotter.

The hot summer is coming, Xu Yi is in the pharmacy, teaching A Xu and A Jin how to make ice with saltpeter.

The amount of saltpeter I bought last year was not much. Now that there are more places to use ice at home, the amount of ice used will naturally increase.

He asked Uncle Liu to drive an ox cart and buy hundreds of kilograms of saltpeter.

Hundreds of kilograms of saltpeter may seem like a lot, but when actually used to make ice, the amount of ice produced each time is not much.

The prepared ice is used to make cold drinks and frozen fruits.

Xu Yi had already thought of how to use the extra ice cubes.

He thought that a bronze ice mirror from the Warring States Period had been unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng. In the pre-Qin period, the summer was hot, and the nobles liked to drink cold wine, and this ice bowl was used to hold iced wine.

Xu Yi doesn't like drinking, so when he thinks of Bingjian, he naturally doesn't use it to hold wine.

But the ice jar can also be used to store other things besides wine. He asked the craftsmen to make a square wooden box shaped like an ice jar, add iron sheets inside to make compartments, and stuff cotton, rags, and ice cubes into the compartments. Put it inside to delay melting for a few hours.

At this time, put the fresh meat in an ice cube filled with ice cubes. Not only will it last for two days, it can also be used as an ice cube to cool down.

A Xu and A Jin were shocked and surprised by Xu Yi's generous teaching.

They are not the two ignorant country children who knew nothing.

After living in the county town for so long, how could they not understand how valuable this ice is.

But Lang Jun told them how to make ice, and explained it in detail over and over again, until they understood the recipe thoroughly and made ice.

They thought in their hearts that their husband treated them so well, but there was nothing they could do in return.

But Lang Jun obviously didn't think so.

Xu Yi taught them both a lesson and showed a happy smile.

"Well done, I'll leave the ice making to you in the future."

He smiled lightly, looked at the candied loquats sent by Mrs. Chen, paused for a moment, and said, "Xinyao and the others are not here this year, but It's a bit boring. "

At this time last year, they often pestered him to make mint and loquat drinks. The results of this year's test have not yet come out, so I don't know how my friends are doing in Fucheng.

Xu Yi is not the only one who feels this way.

In the city of Fu, in a courtyard inside the city.

Xin Shengyuan held his chin with his faceless hands and stared blankly out of the window. There were ice and snow in the room, as well as raw waterlogged papaya and other cold drinks.

Everything was bought quickly by servants from teahouses in the city, but as Xin Shengyuan ate it, everything seemed a bit boring.

He turned his head and looked at Tao Qinghao, who was lying carelessly on the couch with his bedclothes open beside him, letting his entourage fan him.

"Tell me, when can we go back?" Xin Shengyuan asked him gloomily.

Tao Qinghao opened his eyes: "I'll leave after the results are released."

"I don't want to stay in this place anymore."

The cost of the capital was even higher than in Yanting County, and the money he brought out this time was spent. .

Now... I really miss the restaurant at home.

Xin Shengyuan pursed his lips: "We are just accompanying him on a trip this time. Xing Wu is quite free and easy. After arriving in Fucheng, many scholars always ask him to go to the library."

The library he talks about actually refers to those literati. A teahouse that elegant people love to go to.

"But we still have to wait for him to release the results before we can go back." Xin Shengyuan kicked his legs and walked back and forth in the room unsatisfied.

Tao Qinghao got up, looked at him and asked: "

Are you homesick?

" Guang glanced at the cold drink that he had not taken two sips of, and thought for a while, "Could it be that you still want to drink Xu Yi's mint and loquat drink?

"

Tao Qinghao didn't tease him this time: "You want to eat it, and I've thought about it too. I've been eating these drinks for many years, and I'm tired of them. But the drinks made by Xu Yi are still unforgettable."

"Since you want it too, why not Let's go back first." Xin Shengyuan encouraged him as if he had found an ally.

Tao Qinghao shook his head: "A gentleman cannot break his promise. We promised before that we would go back together."

Xin Shengyuan's shoulders slumped: "It's been several days."

Tao Qinghao thought to himself, he has survived two months, and now it's just a few days.