Chapter 134

Since he couldn't sleep, he naturally wanted to think of something. Lin Zuotang's family didn't know about it, but he didn't do anything. He had several soothing medicine bags with him.

He took out the medicine bag and presented it to Xu Yi.

"I bought these medicine packets from the medical clinic. Some are effective, and some are ineffective." Although they were ineffective, he kept them all.

Lin Zuotang is 4 years old this year. He has a physical abnormality and the disease is unpredictable. His family is unwilling to let him go out to work, and because of this disease, he is unable to take the scientific examination. He spends the whole day tending flowers and plants at home, playing the piano and playing chess. Occasionally he goes to a tea house with his friends to drink tea and drink, which can be regarded as carefree and unrestrained.

But people are afraid of death. He usually looked around carelessly, but his heart became more and more tortured day by day. When he could not fall asleep in the middle of the night, he would often stand up and look at the moon through the window, feeling upset and frightened.

Lin Zuotang asked Xu Yi again and again, could his disease really be suppressed?

Not to mention a radical cure, as long as he can suppress it and prevent it from recurring every two months, that is what he dreams of.

"Yes." Xu Yi nodded firmly.

However, he changed his voice and added a condition: "Quit drinking."

"Quit drinking?" The friend next to him became uneasy, "How can you give up drinking to treat a disease? I have heard before that some medicines need to be warmed. The wine is delivered, why do you have to stop drinking when you come here to Zuo Tang? "

The three of them are good friends and drinking buddies, and they often drink together.

The other one was much calmer. When he heard this, he frowned and asked: "Doctor Xu, there must be a reason for

quitting drinking." "Xiao Yi, use your discretion. Drinking too much is harmful to the body, and too much alcohol is useless." Xu Yi folded his sleeves in his arms, looked at Lin Zuotang calmly, and asked him, "Although you can fall asleep after drinking, you will get sick for no reason after a few days, but?"

Lin Zuotang was stunned, it was true.

Xu Yi asked again: "When you get sick after drinking, your condition will become more serious. When you wake up, your limbs will still be paralyzed and unable to move, your head will be swollen and painful, your mind will be dizzy, and it will not improve for a few days. Is it possible?"

Lin Zuotang came to his senses and answered with difficulty. "Yes."

Xu Yi said, "Since you know, why don't you quit?"

"I thought that this would be the case in my life. What's the difference between quitting and not quitting?" Lin Zuotang laughed bitterly. Who would have thought that it would be like this? At this time I met Xu Yi.

He raised his eyes and looked at the doctor, who was younger than him. He seemed to be gentle and gentle, but he never expected that what he said would be so to the point.

Seeing what his friends wanted to say more, Lin Zuotang waved his hand to tell them to stop talking.

Xu Yi confirmed the condition and received a reply from the other party that he wanted to stop drinking. Then he could arrange treatment.

It was too late today, so he did not prescribe medicine to Lin Zuotang, but asked him to come back at 3:30 tomorrow.

Before his friend could speak, Lin Zuotang took his friend and said goodbye to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi didn't send them out. He sat on a chair and thought about what recipe would be more suitable for tomorrow.

Then, A Xu came back from seeing people off and told Xu Yi that it was time for dinner.

Xu Yi nodded and said, "Axu, go to the pharmacy and have a look. Is there any cinnabar?"

"Lang Jun, last time you made tranquilizing pills, they were all used up." Axu remembered very clearly what medicinal materials were in the pharmacy. , immediately answered Xu Yi's words.

As he spoke, Xu Yi stood up and walked to the front.

A Xu quickly followed his footsteps, and the two came to the cafeteria together.

It is said to be a canteen, but it is actually a side hall, a place to eat.

Ah Jin and Fang Liu Niang were both there, waiting for Xu Yi to come over. When they saw Xu Yi, Ah Jin brought bowls and chopsticks and served Xu Yi a bowl of multi-grain rice with mung beans.

On the table, there is a plate of braised ham with cattails, a plate of peony and yam soup, a plate of salt-braised pork intestines, and two plates of pickled cabbage, one salty and one sour.

April to June is the season when peonies bloom. This morning, Ah Jin saw an old lady selling peony flowers in the market.

Seeing that the peonies were blooming brightly and smelling the fragrance, I bought some.

When he came back, he happened to meet Xu Yi and A Xu. Seeing that the peony flowers were blooming well, Xu Yi casually took a mouthful of peony flowers to eat.

A Xu heard that peony could be made into food, so he pestered Xu Yi to ask how to make it.

How did Xu Yi know this? After thinking about it in his mind, he came up with the idea that peony and yam could be eaten together. White peony can nourish the blood and soften the liver, while yam can cure the spleen and stomach. It is good to combine the two to make a soup.

Therefore, A Xu added an extra dish of peony and yam soup to the meal tonight.

Ah Jin looked at the flowers that were still blooming brightly in the morning, but became food in their bellies tonight, and sighed softly.

"Brother, I originally wanted to buy this flower to make a hairpin." Ah Jin glared at Ah Xu in annoyance.

Ah Xu said "Ah", scratched his head and said, "But this white peony is so beautiful, it really doesn't suit you, sister."

Ah Jin grinned when he heard this.

Xu Yi next to him laughed heartily and nodded: "This white peony really doesn't go well with me. Why don't I ask Ah Xu to buy you some wood scented flowers tomorrow."

Ah Jin gritted his teeth and thought for a while before speaking: " Agarwood, then I want the red one."

The red she said was not red, but more orange, but in the girl's eyes, this orange color was more attractive than the white agarwood.

Xu Yi nodded: "Girls wear red hairpins, which makes them more lively and cute."

After hearing Xu Yi's words, Ah Jin narrowed her bright eyes into lines with a smile. She looked at her brother like a lump of wood and was no longer angry.

Anyway, with her husband here, he always knows what she wants.

Unlike my elder brother, I haven't figured it out yet.

By the end of the meal, everyone was still in a hurry, even eating all the minced meat on the bottom of the plate.

Ordinary people, even those with money in their hands like Xu Yi, did not waste food. Even if they couldn't finish it, they still had Xiao Huang.

However, when Xiao Huang had not yet had his turn to eat the leftovers, he had a high status in the family, surpassing Fang Liu Niang. Fang Liu Niang didn't dare to offend Xiao Huang for fear of making Xu Yi unhappy.

Naturally, Xu Yi never put any pressure on this aspect.

Everyone ate meat, and Xiao Huang also ate meat. What he ate was the good meat that A Xu picked out.

Xu Yi was originally worried that eating too much salt would be bad for Xiao Huang's health. But then he thought about it, the food they ate was not very salty, so it would not have much impact on Xiao Huang.

There are also benefits to eating rough food. Xiao Huang can eat anything, and now he won't have a bad stomach after eating a greasy meal.

Later, Xu Yi and A Xu retreated first to attend to other matters.

Only A Jin and Fang Liu Niang were left clearing the dishes on the table.

By the candlelight, Fang Liuniang looked over and saw Ah Jin wearing a cool half-sleeved shirt with exposed elbows, a pearl yellow tube top underneath, a cherry red half-waist pleated skirt, a red belt around her waist, and a lotus-colored t-shirt. Abdominal circumference.

It has been more than a year since she came to Xu Zhai. The girl has become more and more distinguished as she grows older. She is as graceful as a swallow, with a brisk figure and a bright smile on her face.

She is a lovely little girl.

Calculating her age, she is only an eleven-year-old girl, but she looks taller than ordinary people and looks like she is twelve or thirteen years old.

"Ah Jin." Fang Liu Niang suddenly called out.

Ah Jin looked back at her without knowing why, his eyes hidden in the light were bright and beautiful.

Fang Liuniang pointed to her house and asked her if she had any work to do later.

Ah Jin shook his head: "I'm done with my work. I'll go back to the house later and write two more big characters. I won't do any other work."

They were basically busy with things during the day, and at night, they spent all their time be free.

Fang Liuniang smiled and said, "Ajin is going to my room for a cup of tea later. I received a good piece of material today, which happens to be used to make a headscarf."

"Okay." I heard that there is good material. , Ah Jin readily agreed.

After they had washed the dishes and chopsticks, they went to Fang Liu Niang's house as planned.

Fang Liu Niang's house is not big, it is in the third room of the back room, while A Jin and A Xu live in the left and right rooms of the south wing. It can be seen that compared with Fang Liu Niang, their relationship with Xu Yi is different.

"Mother Fang, why do you still have such fragrant tea here?" Ah Jin held the tea cup and smelled the fragrant tea inside. She was a little surprised. This tea was more fragrant than the cans of tea they bought in the teahouse.

Fang Liuniang said with a smile: "This tea was made by my useless son. He was a tea apprentice in Xishan Tea House and learned the art of making tea."

Ajin's eyes were bright: "Mother Fang, Your brother is so awesome."

Fang Liu Niang saw her expression and said with a smile that she wanted to get her some fabric, while tapping from the side: "Good Ajin, how long have you and your brother been with Lang Jun? Why haven't I seen you? Have you ever gone home?"

"Mother Fang, don't you know?" A Jin raised his eyes and asked casually.

Fang Liu Niang's hand holding the ingredients paused slightly, then turned to look at her: "I don't know, is there any other hidden meaning in this?"

A Jin said: "My brother and I were all bought by Lang Jun, except Lang Jun." We have no other home."

Fang Liu Niang: "..." It's unexpected.

Although she had stayed in the Xu family for more than a year, she had never heard them say these words. In addition, Xu Yi was not a talkative person.

As for Ah Jin and Ah Xu, after they became literate, they gradually understood many things and no longer had any expectations for that family. They didn't want to see those people anymore, and they wouldn't take the initiative to mention them.

Ah Jin didn't understand why Fang's mother suddenly asked her this question, but she thought there was nothing to hide in this question.

"Both my brother and I were rescued by my husband. My brother was sold to a dental shop by my father and bought back by my husband. Without my husband, I would have been sold to a goulan as a maid,"

she said . Fang Liu Niang's fingers trembled when she heard it.

It is said that even if a tiger is poisoned, it will not eat its seeds, but when it comes to non-parents, they still beat and scold their children without showing any love.

Fang Liu Niang said with pity: "Good boy, now that you are following Lang Jun, you will finally have a good life after all your hardships."

"Yes!" Ah Jin nodded heavily.

She touched the clothes she was wearing. She had never seen or touched such fine clothes before.

After saying this, Ah Jin sat up and asked doubtfully: "Mother Fang, didn't you want to show me the ingredients?"

"Oh, I forgot about it in the excitement." Fang Liuniang quickly came back to her senses. , took out a piece of light purple and floral silk from the cabinet.

This silk was only two inches larger than a palm, and it cost Fang Liu Niang three coins, and she had to rob it to buy it.

Such high-quality materials can only be used by wealthy people, and common people cannot use them to make clothes at will.

But the materials are different. If you are lucky, you can find them and use them to make headscarves, silk flowers or personal handkerchiefs. They are all good things to give away.

Fang Liu Niang also put a lot of thought into what she had in mind.

She handed the piece of silk to Ah Jin. Seeing Ah Jin's eyes light up, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth and reveal a smile.

"If you like it, Ah Jin, I'll give this silk to you." Fang Liu Niang looked at her and said.

When Ah Jin heard this, the joy in her eyes was reduced by half. She raised her eyes and looked at the person in front of her seriously: "Mother Fang, what can I do for you?"

This thing didn't look cheap, so he gave it to her casually. Ah Jin felt that in this world Except for Lang Jun, who would be so kind to them regardless of reward, others would not be like this.

The smile on Fang Liu Niang's face paused slightly, but she quickly responded: "It's nothing, I just think this silk suits you very well. If you use it to make silk flowers, A Jin, it will definitely look better on your head than a rich girl's." She's even better looking."

A Jin frowned: "Mom Fang, please stop teasing me. If you have anything to say, just say it."

"Well..." Fang Liu Niang didn't dare to think of A Jin as an ordinary girl. Got the idea.

Originally, she fell in love with Ah Jin because she was a girl with a lot of ideas, but her son was dull and honest, so he needed a strong girl to take care of him.

Fang Liuniang had paid attention to her early on, but she didn't dare to mention it because of her face.

Now she knows that A Jin's body bond is with Lang Jun. If she wants to form this marriage, she needs Lang Jun's approval.

Fang Liuniang asked tactfully: "Ah Jin, have you ever thought about being a wife of another man in a few years when you are old?"

Ah Jin was stunned at first, and then his face turned slightly red.

"Mother Fang, why did you suddenly ask me this?" She asked with a shy face, but she held her neck back and pretended to be calm.

Fang Liu Niang reached out to touch her shoulder, patted her arm, and smiled lightly: "When girls grow up, they all want to marry other people. You are the only girl in this family, but your brother doesn't understand. "Lang Jun is young and doesn't know much about these things, but you have to make plans for yourself."

A Jin's face looked as shy as a peach, holding a good-looking picture.

Fang Liu Niang thought to herself, for such a good girl, she must make plans early, otherwise, she will become someone else's family.

This thought made her twitch for some reason.

Thinking of Ah Jin being by her husband's side every day, Lang Jun is now almost in his prime. If he were placed in a rich family's house, he would have indulged in meat for a long time. If Lang Jun fell in love with Ah Jin and took Ah Jin into his room, then she would have no plans to do so again. If there is more, everything will come to nothing.

Fang Liuniang was in a panic. She was reluctant to let go of Ah Jin, but she was also afraid that her husband would be attached to Ah Jin and she would rashly propose to be a matchmaker for Ah Jin, which would offend Xu Yi.

Ah Jin covered his blushing face and didn't hear Fang Liu Niang's words. He raised his eyes to look at her and felt strange when he saw that her face looked wrong.

"Mother Fang?"

"Ah." Fang Liu Niang hid her expression and said, "A Jin, you can keep this silk with peace of mind. As for the other things, I will talk to you again when I have the chance.

" After that, in the following days, Fang Liu Niang would always observe silently from time to time when she was working. She saw that Lang Jun and A Jin were getting along, seemingly intimate, but not intimate...

Seeing this, she was even more undecided and dared not Mention this matter.

...

Speaking of which, the next day, Lin Zuotang came to Xu's house as promised.

Xu Yi saw him and checked his pulse again. His hands were cold to the touch, which was especially rare in summer.

If the hands and feet are cold, cold convulsions will occur. If the five internal organs are uneven and the six internal organs are blocked, this means that the disease is deep in the pulse, and the Qi may be trapped below. If vomiting and excessive salivation occur later, it will become an incurable disease.

Looking at Lin Zuotang who didn't know yet, Xu Yi felt sad. Lin Zuotang still had some luck.

Xu Yi looked away and said to him: "Your disease requires acupuncture in addition to taking decoctions and pills. It will take a long time to cure it. Have you prepared any money?"

Lin Zuotang was stunned, as if Unexpectedly, Xu Yi asked this question.

Immediately, he hurriedly said: "Money and silk are things outside the body. As long as the green mountains are left, why not worry about not having money to spend."

The more he spoke, the more determined his eyes became, and he said word by word, "Since it is to save lives, then you should give up your money. "Doctor Xu, please tell me, and I'll prepare the money."

According to Lin Zuotang's condition, if it's quick, the medication can be stopped in two months, plus the labor costs for acupuncture, etc. He quickly estimated the number.

Xu Yi said: "No less than twenty strings."

"Twenty strings?" Lin Zuotang asked repeatedly.

Xu Yi nodded and said: "Epilepsy is a stubborn disease that is difficult to cure. It is different from other diseases. If Lin Langjun feels that this medicine is expensive, you can think again."

"No, it's not expensive." Lin Zuotang shouted hurriedly, He relaxed and smiled, and said sincerely, "It's much better than I thought."

Twenty pieces of silver seemed like a lot, but for him, he didn't need to take money from home, he only had what he had in his hand. private treasury is enough.

After the agreement, Xu Yi started acupuncture for him.

"Lin Langjun, come here and lie down." Xu Yi raised his hand and told him to lie down on the bed where he slept last time.

Lin Zuotang didn't know why, but decided to listen to Xu Yi in everything.

After all, wealth is found in danger, and so is life.

After lying down, he first felt someone entering the room. He glanced sideways and saw that it was the young servant who wanted to bring him water last time.

The little servant put the basin down smoothly, then wiped the back of his neck with a handkerchief.

Lin Zuotang shivered as the coolness hit him. Then, a pair of slightly cold hands covered the back and lower part of his neck. He could feel two fingers falling and rubbing them in the direction.

The opponent's fingertips were soft and the force was gentle. The next moment, he pressed hard again, and he was caught off guard and screamed.

"Hiss--"

Xu Yi's cold voice floated from above: "Bear it."

Xu Yi, who was in working mode, had a touch of indifference on his soft face. He concentrated on pressing the acupuncture points, and after a moment, he let go.

At first, Lin Zuotang felt uncomfortable, but later he felt a tingling sensation, which made him feel much more comfortable.

He was drowsy, thinking dullly in his heart, didn't Xu Yi say he wanted acupuncture, why did he turn into rubbing acupoints.

"Doctor Xu, didn't you mean..." Lin Zuotang considered.

Xu Yi said casually: "What did you say?"

"Didn't you say you wanted acupuncture?"

"Yes."

After Xu Yi finished speaking, he inserted the extra silver needle in his hand into Lin Zuotang's Da Shu point without hesitation . .

Suddenly feeling a slight pain in the back of his neck, Lin Zuotang wanted to turn his head, but Xu Yi held his head down and told him not to move.

One needle went in, and then another. At this time, Lin Zuotang realized that Xu Yi was already acupuncture for him.

Xu Yi observed for a while and saw that he had no reaction, so he picked up a silver needle and inserted it into Tianzhu point.

After the acupuncture was completed, Xu Yi looked at his face and saw that he did not vomit or blush, so he immediately started the acupuncture.

"Okay?" When Lin Zuotang was helped up by Xu Yi, he looked at him blankly.

Xu Yi nodded and turned around to go out.

Lin Zuotang quickly straightened his wrinkled gown and hurried forward.

When he came out, Xu Yi was already at his desk writing prescriptions.

One of the prescriptions he prescribed for Lin Zuotang was cinnabar.

Cinnabar calms the mind and has a spiritual effect, which means that cinnabar can calm the mind, purify the mind, and have a good effect of calming the nerves.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, alchemists often used cinnabar to make elixirs, and also used it to deceive people, saying that making elixirs with cinnabar could lead to immortality.

There is no elixir of immortality in this world. Although cinnabar can be used as medicine in traditional Chinese medicine, it should not be taken too much. Later, because more and more emperors and generals took elixirs, and the elixirs were harmful and useless, over time, elixirs formulated with cinnabar were labeled as highly toxic.

Naturally, when many uninformed people hear that "cinnabar" is used as medicine, they can't help but wonder, can this cinnabar heal people?

However, cinnabar can indeed be used as medicine to treat diseases. Xu Yi's prescription for Lin Zuotang was to use cinnabar as the king medicine and add Tianzhuhuang and Dannanxing, which can relieve phlegm and calm convulsions.

Dannanxing belongs to the family Asteraceae and is toxic, so the medication must be used with caution. After Xu Yi finished prescribing the medicine, he thought about it and reduced the dosage again.

I thought of grinding it into powder and taking it for ten days to see the effect before changing the medicine.

Then, he wrote down another prescription, which can be called a prescription for epilepsy.

It uses dozens of medicinal materials such as bronze green, realgar, white myrtle, and Shi Changsheng. These medicinal materials must be ground into powder and then made into pills.

After Xu Yi wrote the prescription, he did not give it to Lin Zuotang immediately. Instead, he asked A Xu to grind the medicinal materials used in the first prescription into powder and make them into powder.

"You take the powder for five days first, and after the acupuncture is completed in the next five days, I will give you the pills in this prescription." Xu Yi said, "But before that, you have to find a medicine first."

Lin Zuotang asked "What medicine?"

Xu Yi pointed to somewhere in the prescription and said, "Mercury."

Lin Zuotang looked surprised. He had heard of this mercury, which is poisonous. Nowadays, there are alchemists and Taoist priests who use this mercury to Alchemy. In addition, I heard that some doctors can also make elixirs, but he has never seen such a thing.

Xu Yi did not deliberately make things difficult for him, but the medical clinics in Yanting County did not buy or sell mercury. This stuff was poisonous and difficult to store. Only the "cooked medicine clinic" run by the government in the city could buy it with a receipt.

...

Lin Zuotang took the medicine powder and returned home worriedly. When the old servant saw him, he stopped him before he could salute: "Where is my father?"

"The master has gone out." The old servant replied quickly. .

Lin Zuotang's frown deepened: "Where is my second uncle?"

The old servant replied: "The second uncle is in the yard. Brother Tang has something important to do. If you want to find the second uncle, why not wait for him to come back? I will go out this time." It's not far away, I'll be back in two days."

"It's too long." Lin Zuotang shook his head without any explanation.

Regardless of his image, he trotted to his second uncle's room to look for him. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his second uncle tending flowers and plants in the courtyard.

"Zuo Tang, why do you have time to come to my place?" Second Uncle Lin saw him, raised his eyebrows, and motioned to the girl standing next to him to step back.

When Lin Zuotang saw this, his eyes were filled with joy. After bowing as a junior, he asked, "Second uncle, can you get mercury?"

Mercury is a thing used in alchemy. It also has another nice name, called Yuanzhu, spiritual liquid, but Uncle Lin couldn't avoid these things. This thing is poisonous.

Second Uncle Lin frowned, stared at his nephew's face and asked, "Zuo Tang, what do you want this for?"