Chapter 125

The young man of the Tao family knew Dr. Xu. Apart from Xu Yi, who was in the limelight, Sister Lu Xiu could not think of anyone else.

She had seen this Xu Yi several times but had never spoken to him. Sister Lu Xiu thought to herself as she took the newly purchased face cream and returned home.

She entered through the corner door, and the girl who opened the door for her was a thirteen-year-old girl. When she saw her, she said respectfully, "Madam, we have a visitor."

"From the Tan family?" Sister Lu Xiu asked.

The girl said: "It's the housekeeper of the third room of the Xing family, asking my wife to make a banquet."

Upon hearing this, Sister Lu Xiu's eyes moved: "It's Xing Wulang who is going to attend the Spring Festival."

There is still half a year before the Spring Festival, but It is a long way from Shu to Bianjing, so preparations must be made in advance. Every time the Xing family made banquets, they would specially invite her to attend. Sister Lu Xiu didn't think it was any surprise.

She went to the main room to meet the housekeeper of the third room of the Xing family, discussed the matter, and then called her personal maid Xiaoque to see off the guests.

It's night.

In Sister Lu Xiu's room, she wiped herself and sat in front of the dressing table.

Facing the bronze mirror, I opened the "Xu's Moisturizing Cream" I bought today and smelled an indescribable medicinal fragrance.

The shopkeeper of Tao's Rouge Shop said that the use of this face cream is different. Take a small silver spoon to dig out a small piece, rub it on the back of your hand, and then apply it on the cheeks, forehead and chin.

Moisturize for a quarter of an hour and then rinse with warm water.

Sister Lu Xiu looks like she is only in her early twenties, but in fact she is almost thirty. The ladies who know her age all praise her for her beauty.

Only Sister Lu Xiu knows that she spends more than a dozen dollars on skin care products every year.

There are so many people to support at home, and there is not much money left on hand.

But the ostentation is there, and now it is not easy to put it down.

If the facial fat made by Dr. Xu really had such good results, she would be able to save a lot of money in the future.

...

The Tao family's rouge shop was newly put on facial polish. Within two days, ten or nine ladies and young ladies in the city knew about it.

Those who have business dealings with the Tao family always want to show some face, so they send maids to buy flour.

Because of this relationship, more than a dozen cans of facial fat have been successfully sold in the past few days.

On this day, Xu Yi accompanied Tao Qinghao to the Rouge Shop to check the accounts.

The shopkeeper invited them to the second floor and quickly handed over the account books for the past few days. Xu Yi couldn't help but read more carefully when he saw who bought the facial fat and how much he bought.

Then, he saw that Chef Lu was also on the account book.

"The little one sells new facial cream every day, but unfortunately most customers don't buy it, and there's nothing we can do about it." The shopkeeper looked at Tao Qinghao's displeased face and hurriedly explained.

He looked at the expressionless Xu Yi next to him and asked thoughtfully: "If not, sir, can we change your name?"

"No." Tao Qinghao refuted it without thinking, "This is what Xu Yi did. The facial fat must be named after his surname."

He also wondered why no one bought the facial fat when it was so good.

If Xu Yi knew what he was thinking, he would tell him that this is called "lack of brand effect." When purchasing a product, consumer groups tend to give priority to more well-known brands.

Take facial oil as an example. If it bears the name of Tao Family, it may become more popular, and more people will consider buying it because it is produced by Tao Family.

However, judging from Tao Qinghao's persistence, changing his name may not be possible.

As expected, Tao Qinghao felt that too little facial fat was sold, and wanted the shopkeeper to put the facial fat made by Xu Yi on the main shelf.

"Lang Jun, you must not do this." The shopkeeper shouted in horror, "Lang Jun doesn't know something. In our rouge shop, the best-selling face cream now is mutton marrow ointment."

He also wanted to say , this facial cream made by Dr. Xu is so impressive that not only must I try it with Zhi Niang for half a month, but I also have to replace the position of the sheep marrow paste, fearing that it will be counterproductive.

"Most of the women come to buy the sheep marrow ointment. If I replace it, I'm afraid the subsequent accounts will not look good." The shopkeeper said euphemistically.

Tao Qinghao smiled solemnly and said: "No, I forgot to tell you before, but now you just do as I said."

The shopkeeper was still hesitating: "This..." What should I do?

Tao Qinghao's face turned cold: "You're not going to do it yet?"

"Yes." Knowing that he couldn't be persuaded, the shopkeeper stepped back and asked the people below to quickly rearrange their positions.

Xu Yi drank tea with peace of mind, and after hearing that he had finished the arrangements, he said he was going back.

"Aren't you going to stay and take a look?" Tao Qinghao asked.

Xu Yi shook his head: "We have to go to the clinic today, so we can't waste time."

Tao Qinghao smiled and said: "It seems that I am the only one free, so you go back first, and I will stay and watch, so as not to prevent these people from listening but not doing anything."

He was originally worried . , Tao Sheng would interfere with it, and I worried for a few days, but Tao Sheng did not leave the house these days. Moreover, the shopkeeper of this rouge shop was originally the accountant of the eldest wife of the Tao family. He had been in charge of the rouge shop for more than 20 years and was not a close confidant of Tao Sheng.

Not long after, the shopkeeper came back to report that the facial fat had been placed on the main shelf.

After Tao Qinghao made his inspection, he was quite satisfied, so he asked the shopkeeper to prepare a gift box, put two cans of dough in the box, and sent it to the county magistrate and other female relatives of several families.

When the dough was sent out, Xu Yi was sitting in an ox cart and had already arrived in front of a yard in the western suburbs.

In front of the door, a little boy with a bun in a bun was waiting with his head open. When he saw Xu Yi, his eyes lit up.

"Doctor Xu, the husband is waiting in the main room. Please come with me," the child said.

Xu Yi nodded: "Yes."

He carried the medicine box and turned around to ask Uncle Liu to wait outside.

Entering the yard, Xu Yi took a look at several water tanks with lotuses planted there, and knew that the owner of this house was a lotus lover.

He smiled inwardly and followed the child to the main room.

The owner of this courtyard, whose surname is Zhang, has the status of a civil servant. He runs a private school in the county town and teaches more than a dozen students.

Yesterday, after eating dinner, my tongue suddenly became swollen to the point of a bone, making it difficult to speak.

Immediately, he sent someone to invite the doctor in the city to see the doctor.

When the doctor saw that his tongue was so swollen that he couldn't swallow saliva or eat or drink, he shook his head and said he didn't know how to cure it.

So, he sent a servant to Miaoshou Pavilion to ask Wu Guanshan for a visit.

Unexpectedly, Wu Guanshan was away and went out of the city to collect medicine. It would take several days to come back.

It happened that the person who received him was the apprentice who admired Xu Yi, so the apprentice asked his servant to go to Xu Yi's house to invite Xu Yi.

It was already approaching the time to close the city gate. Xu Yi listened to the other servant's description and knew that the disease was not a big problem, so he asked him to go back and he would come to see the doctor tomorrow.

The servant had no choice but to go back with the news.

When Xu Yi entered the room, Master Zhang had been waiting for a long time. He felt very uncomfortable yesterday. His tongue was so swollen that he could only open his mouth and his cheeks were bulging, which looked a little funny.

"Doctor Xu, my husband has nothing to say, so I can only trouble you." Next to Mrs. Zhang, the servant who came to invite someone last night said worriedly.

Their husband is also a master. If his tongue cannot be cured, he will not be able to teach in the future.

Xu Yi nodded toward them, put down the medicine box, and took out the tools from it.

Yesterday, he heard that the patient had a swollen tongue, so he temporarily made pliers out of bamboo and soaked them in salt water for disinfection. They were disposable items.

He took out the bamboo pliers, looked at Master Zhang, and said, "I want to look at the tongue first. I also need Master to open his mouth wider and stick out his tongue." "

Well..." Master Zhang responded and tried his best. Stick your red and swollen tongue out further.

Zhang Fuzi opened his mouth suddenly and felt that he was not breathing smoothly and it became difficult to breathe.

Seeing this, Xu Yi immediately used bamboo pliers to clamp his swollen tongue and press it upwards, leaving more breathing space in his mouth and revealing the symptoms at the bottom of his tongue.

The servant who was staring next to him gasped at the scene...

The bottom of his tongue seemed to be covered with a fat reptile, like a cricket, looking hideous and terrifying.

"What...what is this?" the servant asked in horror.

Xu Yi said: "This can be called a worm. People with swollen tongues are often accompanied by worms at the base of the tongue, which are divided into head and tail. You can see that there is a slight white color at this end, which is the head of the worm."

The servant was shocked when he heard this: " Then what should we do..."

Xu Yi said slowly: "You can heat the iron needle and sear the insect head, then cut the tongue to squeeze out the blood, and apply it with ink ash to reduce the swelling and heal. "

After hearing this, Master Zhang and his servants trembled instinctively.

Just listening to it made my tongue hurt.

Xu Yi put away the bamboo pliers, took out the pulse pillow from the medicine box, and asked Zhang Fuzi to stretch out his hand so that he could diagnose his pulse.

"Judging from the pulse, Mrs. Zhang, your tongue is swollen and swollen, which is caused by the internal fire. As long as the swelling of the tongue is eliminated, it will be fine." Xu Yi said to them.

Upon hearing this, Master Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, Xu Yi asked the servant if he had an iron pot and rice vinegar for cooking at home.

The servant quickly brought the cook's iron pot and a bottle of rice vinegar from the kitchen.

Xu Yi rolled up his sleeves and took out an iron needle, a pottery bowl, a spoon and bamboo slices from the medicine box.

Zhang Fuzi looked at Xu Yi taking out so many things as if he were using magic. Besides being curious, he was also a little flustered.

He raised his tongue and said "Ahhh" twice, and found that he couldn't say anything, so he had to open his mouth depressedly.

Soon, he saw Xu Yi holding bamboo slices and peeling a lot of ink ash from the bottom of the rice pot. He put the ink ash into a ceramic bowl, poured rice vinegar into it, and mixed it with a spoon.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Yi brought an oil lamp to the servant.

He held the iron needle and burned it in the flame of the oil lamp for a moment, then turned his head and looked at Master Zhang.

"Master Zhang, please open your mouth." Xu Yi said gently, and added, "It won't hurt if you burn a cooked insect."

Master Zhang: "..."

Master Zhang has never been afraid of anything in his life. When I listened to the young doctor's gentle and considerate words, I didn't know why, but my whole body was trembling.

"Doctor..." The servant was also scared.

Xu Yi sighed: "We can't let this swollen tongue stay too long, otherwise we'll be in big trouble when it fills up our mouth and blocks our mouth."

He looked serious, not joking.

Master Zhang and his servants accepted their fate and could only obey his arrangements.

Xu Yi changed his hands to bamboo pliers, clamped the swollen tongue, and pressed it upward to reveal the worm.

He attached the hot iron needle to the insect head, and with a "sizzle" sound, the burned area made a sound.

However, Zhang Fuzi stared and found that there was not much pain.

Xu Yi's hand was very steady. He waited for a moment and took away the iron needle.

After checking the worm, I found that it had not been cooked yet, so I burned the iron needle again to remove the worm head.

Then, Xu Yi took out the knife and grilled it on the flame of the oil lamp.

After the disinfection was completed, the knife gently made a cut on the swollen tongue, and dark black and red blood overflowed from the wound.

Xu Yi asked his servant to hold a veil to absorb the blood.

When the bleeding is almost gone, you can take away the veil and start applying the ink paste mixed with vinegar.

After a set of operations, Zhang Fuzi's tongue swelling disappeared very quickly.

In less than two quarters of an hour, the tongue was back to its original state.

The servant happily ran to bring the bronze mirror to show Master Zhang. Master Zhang's mouth was still open, and he could see the black ash on it. Although he couldn't see clearly, his tongue was no longer swollen and he could speak.

He ordered his servant to bring him some water to rinse his mouth and wash away the ink dust.

After rinsing his mouth, Master Zhang said happily to Xu Yi: "Thank you for your hard work, Doctor Xu. If it weren't for Doctor Xu, I'm afraid I would have suffered a lot."

Xu Yi shook his head, saying that it was all within his scope.

Master Zhang glanced at Xu Yi with appreciation in his eyes. He had also heard some rumors about Xu Yi in the past six months.

It is said that Xu Yi originally studied in Master Liu's private school, but unfortunately for some reasons he abandoned literature and medicine. Master Zhang once talked about this matter with his friends, and criticized Xu Yi for being too confused. How could studying medicine be compared with gaining fame.

But now it seems that Xu Yi does have some ability in him.

He was able to cure his tongue disease at a young age, much better than the doctor who came to the house to see a doctor yesterday.

As a master, Master Zhang had a problem. He liked to ask questions when he saw young people.

Now that he could speak, Zhang Fuzi stroked his beard and asked with a smile: "Doctor Xu, how long have you been studying medicine?"

"If you start reading medical books, it has been several years." Xu Yi said softly, adding silently in his heart. sentence, twenty-three years and eight months.

Zhang Fuzi nodded: "To be able to achieve such medical skills in such a short period of time is indeed a good candidate for studying medicine."

Suddenly, he asked: "Have you ever thought about going back to study in a private school?"

Xu Yi raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Master.

Master Zhang, who cured his tongue disease, actually has the stereotype of a master. He has a small beard, his hair is tied up with a black Confucian scarf, and he is wearing a half gray and half blue crane cloak. Because of the hot weather, he wears a square underneath. The large slant-collar gown was slightly open, revealing a piece of slightly wrinkled skin.

He has an elegant temperament, but also has the free and unrestrained style of a scholar.

Xu Yi closed his eyelids and said calmly: "I have never thought of going back to a private school to study."

"Oh?" Master Zhang was surprised.

He advised: "Studying medicine is always a heretic. Judging from your intelligence, as long as you work hard and study hard for a few more years, it is not too difficult to pass the exam."

He has been teaching for many years and has met many students. Who doesn’t want to gain fame? I had heard before that Xu Yi wanted to change his family by studying. If his parents hadn't been ill, the stone medicine was unavailable, and he had sold off his family's property, Xu Yi would not have fallen to the point of studying medicine.

Master Zhang has always liked smart students. When he saw Xu Yi today, he wanted to accept him as his disciple.

"As long as you are willing, you can come to my private school to study. I will not accept you as a monk. How about being my disciple?" Master Zhang asked.

Xu Yi opened his eyes wide: "!"

If he chooses to study to obtain fame, this would be contrary to his inner philosophy.

Xu Yi said hurriedly: "Master Zhang, I appreciate your kindness, but the student has no intention of studying, so I might let Master Zhang down."

Master Zhang sighed: "It's not right for you, a good scholar, to go and study. " It's really aggrieved to be a wandering doctor."

Xu Yi smiled and shook his head: "The student is happy with this and doesn't feel aggrieved."

"Well, since you don't want to, I can't force it." Master Zhang said briefly. Regretfully, he said to the servant next to him, "Send Doctor Xu back."

After hearing this, the servant took the money and handed it to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi did not stay with Mrs. Zhang for long. He accepted the consultation fee and left.

...

But he didn't know that later when Master Zhang returned to the private school, he told the students in the audience about Xu Yi's treatment of his tongue disease.

After hearing this, the students became curious about Xu Yiduo.

"Xu Yi, he used to be Master Liu's student. Unfortunately, he stopped studying a long time ago. He heard that he went to study medicine. I didn't expect that he cured our Master's tongue disease."

"Don't you know? The Xing family years ago Open a free clinic, and besides Dr. Wu from Miaoshou Pavilion, the other doctor is him. "

"It's him, I've seen it before!"

"I remembered, my housekeeper is blind. He was the one who cured her. I have seen that old woman, and she can see clearly now. "Is

it really that amazing?"

...

There are rumors in several private schools that Xu Yi cured Mrs. Zhang's disease. The wider the situation, the later students analyzed and found out that the deeds they heard about "Doctor Xu" and the "Xu's Facial Cream" sold in the Tao Family Rouge Shop recently, the "Xu" in them are all the same person. .

It's Xu Yi.

Others are unknown, but Xu's facial fat has been quite popular among the female relatives in Yanting County for more than half a month. The female relatives who have used this facial cream all say that this facial cream is good, much better than the "Dahurian Cream", "Mulan Cream" or "Sheep Marrow Cream" they bought before.

Among them, Sister Lu Xiu has repurchased it twice. When she went to Tao's Rouge Shop for the third time, the "Xu's Facial Cream" was still in short supply and was sold out!

There was another student whose family happened to be sick. After hearing this, he specially asked his family to invite Xu Yi for a consultation.

Unconsciously, Xu Yi suddenly became busy again.

Every day at dawn, after practicing boxing, and before eating too early, someone would come to see a doctor.

Most of the people who come to see the doctor have minor illnesses, and they can be cured by taking two or three doses of the decoction.

Xu Yi's medical treatment process remains unchanged. The poor will receive five cents for medical treatment, while the rich will be free to pay whatever they want, depending on how much they get.

Most of the rich people who came to see a doctor knew that Xu Yi treated poor people and charged five cents for consultation, but they were embarrassed to pay only five cents for fear of making others laugh.

They were worried about being laughed at if they took too little, and felt distressed if they took too much. They were full of tangles on their faces. They were a little annoyed that Xu Yi charged casually, but they didn't dare to be really angry.

Xu Yi's reputation is getting wider and wider in Yanting County. Now, not only the people in Yanting County know that there is such a wandering doctor.

Even other surrounding counties and cities also know about it.

Some patients rode in ox carts, donkey carts and other vehicles and traveled dozens or hundreds of miles to come to Xu Yi for treatment.

After they knew what was going on, they did not dare to have a direct conflict with Xu Yi, fearing that if they got sick in the future and other doctors couldn't cure it, Xu Yi would not treat them.

The patient who came to see Xu Yi today lives on East Street and is Xu Yi's neighbor.

His family was in the rouge business and rarely interacted with Xu Yi, but these days, he heard that the popular "Xu's Facial Cream" in Tao's rouge shop was actually made by Xu Yi, so he wanted to get close to her.

There must be a reason for wearing a mask, and he had suffered from malignant sores on his face for several years. Although it was not serious, it was troublesome and he always had to cover his face when meeting guests.

This time, he could use the matter of curing the malignant sores to secretly inquire about his facial fat.

"Doctor Xu has long admired your name. My surname is Cao. I live in the second house diagonally across from your house." After Cao Guanren said this, he sighed and said, "Speaking of which, we are also neighbors. Last time Dr. Xu moved to another house. At that time, I was still thinking of sending someone a gift, but I was afraid that it would be too abrupt, so I was really ashamed."

Xu Yi looked at him, and although he didn't know why, he still remained calm and asked: "Hello, Mr. Cao, why are you here today? Come..."

Cao Guanren was startled, and he quickly apologized and said he was here to see a doctor, then took off the veil on his face, revealing the malignant sores on his face.

"Can Dr. Xu treat the malignant sore on my face?" he asked.

Xu Yi narrowed his eyes and asked him to reach out first.

After the pulse diagnosis, the malignant sores on his face were examined through the veil.

It's a heat sore.

Cao Guan people's heat sores are caused by the accumulation of heat in the lungs and stomach, coupled with external poisonous evils, causing the two to combine and appear between the skin and joints. The resulting sores are mainly pustules that gather when touched. There will be a small amount of pus leaking out. [Note 1]

It is often accompanied by redness, swelling, and pain. After it disappears, it will quickly grow back in other places, recurring.

Xu Yi said: "Your malignant sore needs internal and external treatment. I will prescribe you a decoction and a medicinal powder. You can mix it with ordinary moisturizing facial fat and apply it on the malignant sore."

" Could it be that the moisturizing cream Dr. Xu is talking about is the Xu's moisturizing cream sold in the Tao Rouge Shop?" Cao Guanren asked hypocritically.

Xu Yi looked at him strangely, and while analyzing the meaning of his words, he said: "No need, just ordinary facial oil."

Ordinary facial oil can be bought in a rouge shop for about one dollar. Using moisturizer will cost you a few bucks, but it's not necessary.

Cao Guanren said with a smile: "My family also runs a small business, and I do have a lot of facial oil at home, but I heard that this Xu's moisturizing cream is very effective. If I use it to blend it, can I get twice the result with half the effort?

" The meaning was weird, and Xu Yi couldn't tell what it meant for a while.

Since you don't know clearly, then don't follow his wishes.

Xu Yi said seriously: "There are a lot of medicinal materials used in this moisturizing cream. It is mainly used to nourish the skin and make the complexion white and moisturized. It is quite wasteful to use it for blending, but if Cao Guan wants to use it, it can be used." "

Cao Guanren: "..."

He originally planned to start from the side. If Xu Yi took the initiative to mention "Xu's moisturizing cream", he would take advantage of the situation and put up a price to see if he could get the recipe for the moisturizing cream.

Not surprisingly, Xu Yi did not fall into his trap.

He didn't show it that Xu's moisturizing cream was concocted by him.

Official Cao did not give up and asked again: "Doctor Xu is so clear about the effect of this fat. Could it be that you concocted it?"

Xu Yi slowly said: "I didn't concoct it." That was done by the old masters of the Tao family.

Moreover, he knew the purpose of this official Cao's visit. It turned out that he wanted to apply facial makeup. It's a pity that this facial fat recipe is already in Tao Qinghao's hands.

Cao Guanren choked again. He shouldn't have. All the information he heard said that the facial fat was made by Xu Yi.

Seeing that he wanted to say something more, Xu Yi spoke first this time.

"Mr. Cao Guan, are you not here to see a doctor today?"

"Ah, Mr. Cao is here to see a doctor." Cao Guanren immediately denied it.

Xu Yi looked at him and said, "Since I'm here to see a doctor, why don't you let me write down the prescription first?"

Cao Guanren was stunned and said ok.

Not long after, Xu Yi wrote out two prescriptions.

One is a decoction for clearing away heat and detoxifying, using only honeysuckle, dandelion and gardenia seeds.

The other one is for treating malignant sores, and uses three kinds of medicinal materials, namely Huang Bo Zhi, Hu Fen, and Coptis Rhizoma.

Xu Yi opened the prescription, told him how to use it, and then handed the prescription to Cao Guanren.

Holding the prescription, Mr. Cao was a little dazed for a moment: "Doctor Xu, won't you prescribe medicine for me?"

"Mr. Cao, there are two medicines missing in the pharmacy." Xu Yi said kindly, "You take it. Just take the prescription and go to the medical clinic to find an apprentice to prescribe the medicine. If you don't understand anything, I can ask my A Xu to accompany you. If you don't understand anything, you can ask him."

Cao Guanren: "..." No, That's not what he meant.

Xu Yi asked him: "Guan Cao, is there anything you don't understand?"

"...No." Cao Guan replied stiffly.

A Xu, who was next to him, had already received Xu Yi's signal and asked him to pay the consultation fee. Seeing this, Cao Guan had no choice but to take out a penny and put it down. He took two prescriptions and left without gaining anything.

Xu Yi looked at A Xu: "Go and check, what kind of business does this official Cao do? If there is a problem, pass the news to Tao Qinghao and let him solve it."

"Yes, Lang Jun."