Chapter 136

: After the pills were prepared, they were handed over to Lin Zuotang the next day. In the following days, Lin Zuotang did not need to come for acupuncture every day. He only had to take the pills and come back for follow-up consultations.

Xu Yi has been busy for half a year, without touching the ground every day, and has accumulated a mountain of medical records.

In recent days, fewer and fewer patients have come for consultation, and Xu Yi feels at ease.

He began to thank guests behind closed doors, only sending A Xu to receive Yu Qiulin and other acquaintances, while he stayed in the study all day, reorganizing the medical records he had treated in the past six months.

There are many medical records on hand, which need to be divided into categories. Although the classification is not as detailed as modern ones, there are also dietetics, ulcers, internal medicine, pediatrics, vaginal discharge, and ophthalmology, etc.

Ever since Xu Yi's reputation spread, many people have come to see him for ulcer surgery.

This is also thanks to the patient named Fang Si. His lipoma grew new texture within a few days after being cut. Although a layer of scars was left on his good back, no pimples appeared. .

They, the waiters in the shop, are not so particular. Whenever someone mentions this matter, they will take off their outer clothes to show others clearly.

During that time, more and more people came to Xu Yi to have their tumors removed.

Xu Yi's "operating room" came in handy, and the carefully prepared set of surgical instruments for ulcer surgery were also put to great use.

With this experience, Xu Yi felt more and more that the "Shengsleep Powder" he concocted was not enough.

It's just that there is a very important medicinal material called Wuyao in the concocted "Shengsleep Powder".

The black medicine can only be harvested in autumn and winter. There is still more than a month before the black medicine matures, so there is no rush at this time.

At this time, Xu Yi classified the dozens of extra ulcer disease cases into one book. Holding the brush given to him by Pang Boyi, he used regular script to carefully annotate and analyze the cases. After all this trouble, each case was There are hundreds of extra words.

However, there are advantages to compiling it this way. After the book is completed and shown to A Xu, A Jin and others, they can get started with the detailed analysis of the medical records faster.

After half a month passed, Xu Yi sorted out all the ulcer medical records in his hand.

When he saw that the book was completed, his face became more joyful with a sense of accomplishment. He no longer stayed behind closed doors, and it was time to see the affairs he had left out.

"Has anyone come to see me recently?" Xu Yi came out with a medical book and called A Xu who was drying medicinal materials in the courtyard.

A Xu replied: "Mr. Lang, Tao Langjun and Langjun Xin have all been here." He paused and then said, "Brother Chen from Zhuangzi has also come. He said that the pinellia in Zhuangzi seems to be ready for harvest, but he This is my first time, so I'm not sure if it is."

Xu Yi carefully calculated the time and found that this Pinellia ternata was the only medicinal material that could be harvested within half a year in the medicinal field he was developing this time.

It belongs to the family Araceae, and the whole plant is poisonous. There are many wild ones in the mountains and ditches outside the city, and Xu Yi doesn't need to plant them at all.

But it is propagated by bulbs. Xu Yi dug a lot of them in the autumn of last year. When he was sowing, he saw a small bag of well-preserved bulbs, so he used the bulbs to induce bulbils and planted them.

But I didn't expect that now it is about to harvest.

Thinking about it, he focused on compiling medical records this month, but he forgot that time flies by like an arrow.

It's already August, it's almost September.

It's the mid-summer harvest season.

He thought for a moment and then said to A Xu: "Let's go to Zhuangzi first. Is Uncle Liu here?"

"Uncle Liu is here. I'll ask Uncle Liu to prepare the car."

There is a two-meter-wide path at the back door of Xu's house. People in the alley have carriages and horses at home, and most of them tie the carriages and horses at the back door.

Since Xu Yi moved, Uncle Liu no longer picks up individual travelers at will. He always waits at Xu Yi's house. There is still a room in Xu Yi's house, which is used for him to rest temporarily.

When A Xu came to look for him, Uncle Liu was humming in the room. When he saw A Xu coming, he laughed and said, "Brother Xu, why do you come to my place when you have time? I want to eat pancakes. My mother-in-law made them for me." " The sesame cake

is so delicious." "It's so delicious," A Xu said after a few compliments, "My husband has to use the car so he can have time to eat this cake."

Uncle Liu said, "Hey." After two noises, I didn't have time to pack up. I put on my straw sandals and shouted, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Oh, I'll hitch the ox cart."

"We're going to Zhuangzi. Uncle Liu, you don't have to be in such a hurry." A Xu A sly smile appeared on his young face.

Uncle Liu snorted: "You kid, you have become so cunning."

A Xu tugged on his sleeve and shook it: "Lang Jun hasn't gone out for half a month. He is going out today, and he must be careful. The two futons in the car should be Change it to something made of brocade. It's softer."

Uncle Liu didn't know this. It was hot a while ago, so the brocade cushion was replaced by a bamboo and rattan futon, which is much cooler.

He gave up and returned to the house, found a brocade cushion in the cabinet, held it in his arms, and walked around towards the back door.

A Xu didn't follow him. He trotted quickly and went to the east wing in front to find Xu Yi.

Xu Yi is also used to wearing comfortable jacket skirts at home, but when he has to be busy later, he changes into a close-fitting narrow-sleeved shirt.

Zhuangzi had all the tools, so he didn't need to make any extra preparations. He only took two sacks and dug out the insect repellent medicine bag. As soon as it was hung on his waist, A Xu came back.

Xu Yi threw the extra medicine bag to him and told him to tie it up.

Half an hour later, the ox cart arrived at Zhuangzi.

The two got out of the car, and after Uncle Liu parked the car, they went in to Zhuangzi together.

The gatekeeper at Zhuangzi is a twelve-year-old boy named Wang Xiaobing. He is the third "child worker" hired by Xu Yi.

When Wang Xiaobing heard someone knocking on the door, he poked his head out and saw that it was Xu Yi and the others. His small black eyes moved intelligently, and he shouted happily: "Mr. Lang is here."

Then, he shouted to A Xu behind him . : "Brother A Xu, Uncle Liu."

"Small cake, is Brother Chen in the village?" A Xu asked on Xu Yi's behalf.

Wang Xiaobing immediately replied to him: "Brother Chen is here. He is turning over the soil in the medicine field, saying that he wants to fertilize."

Lang Jun has not been to Zhuangzi for more than half a month, and Chen Liu is taking care of all the affairs in Zhuangzi.

After weeding out the weeds in Zhuangzi, only Chen Liu was left among the few rough men hired. Chen Liu's transformation from a part-time worker to a housekeeper in Zhuangzi felt unrealistic for a while.

Later, when he saw that Xu Yi really left Zhuangzi's affairs to him, he gradually came to realize it.

He cherished this job very much, and his conscientious attitude made Xu Yi very happy. Although he gave him a hand, Xu Yi didn't accept everyone.

If Chen Liu was a lazy person, he wouldn't be Zhuangzi's steward.

Seeing Wang Xiaobing leading the way, Xu Yi thought of A Jin from the past.

This Wang Xiaobing is also a poor child.

His father returned from service last year and broke his leg. He missed treatment and became a cripple unable to do hard work.

The mainstay of the family could not support the family, so Wang Xiaobing, who was only 11 years old, took up the burden and went up the mountain every day to find firewood, and then carried it to the city to sell.

Carrying dozens of kilograms of firewood on his thin shoulders, he had to walk more than 20 miles every day just to earn more than a dozen pennies.

One time, Xu Yi went out for a medical consultation. When he came back, he saw him huddled in a corner selling firewood. Before the money was warm, he encountered a gangster staring at him.

The gangsters in the city preyed on poor people. Seeing that he was young, a boy from the countryside, and illiterate, they robbed him of more than a dozen coins.

Who would have thought that this skinny boy would go to such lengths with these gangsters for a dozen dollars, and he was immediately beaten up.

The money was not snatched back and he was beaten innocently. At that time, Wang Xiaobing felt that his life was so miserable.

He cried so hard that his whole body was twitching, and a tall shadow suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

Xu Yi took him home, smeared him with golden sore medicine, and brought him sweet and glutinous glutinous rice porridge.

This was the most delicious porridge he had ever eaten. It contained red dates, red beans, and expensive brown sugar. As Wang Xiaobing ate it, he wanted to take the porridge home and give it to his parents.

Later, he did take the porridge home, but it was new porridge that he had never eaten before.

Wang Xiaobing was wearing clean clothes and brand-new cotton shoes on the gravel path of Zhuangzi. He walked with his head held high and his chest high, looking very proud.

When he arrived in the backyard, still some distance away from the medicine field, he shouted loudly: "Brother Chen, the husband is here."

The young man's voice was very penetrating. When Chen Liu heard his voice, he immediately stood up and walked quickly Come over: "Lang Jun, you are here. Many of the leaves in the past two days have turned yellow. I don't know the reason. I am afraid that there is not enough fertilizer, so I have added fertilizer."

The fertilizer he was talking about was a lot of fertilizer . Yi is an organic fertilizer fermented from firewood ash and cow dung.

The smell of fermented organic cow manure is not strong, it can only smell like soil wrapped with wet grass and sawdust.

If there is sheep dung, Xu Yi would also like to ferment organic sheep dung, but sheep dung is hard to find. Nowadays, sheep dung can be used as firewood if it is dried.

Not many goats are raised in the countryside, so it is not easy to purchase a large amount of goat manure.

It's not as good as cow dung. Xu Yi had ready-made cow dung around him to collect, so he asked Yu Qiulin to help collect some.

The fermented organic cow manure is enough for him to use for a year or two.

Hearing that the leaves of Pinellia ternata turned yellow-green, Xu Yi was not worried, but his eyes were filled with joy.

The timing of harvesting Pinellia ternata is very important. It must be in autumn when the temperature is neither cold nor hot and the leaves are withered and yellowish green. Otherwise, if harvested too early, the bulbs will have low powder content, which will affect the harvest; if harvested too late, it will be even worse. Not only will the yield be low, but the quality of the bulbs will also be poor, and the medicinal materials produced will also be of poor quality.

In the past, there was a medicine field at home.

It is not accurate to say that it is a medicinal field. It should be called a contracted medicinal mountain.

There were no medicinal materials in the mountain, but after decades of cultivation, there were no less than two hundred kinds of medicinal herbs in it.

As a medical family that has been passed down for several generations, the Xu family has taken great pains to cultivate their children. Thinking of the days when he and his brother were left to grow medicinal materials in the mountains in the wilderness, looking back now, they still miss them very much.

At that time, none of them thought that one day they would apply the knowledge they learned a thousand years ago.

Xu Yi approached the medicine field and saw that the planned square field was only two ridges in area. The plants on the field ridge were distributed with three leaves, and the upper ends of the petioles were dyed yellow. They looked like street flowers and plants that can be seen everywhere.

However, plants of the Araceae family are more or less toxic and cannot be eaten casually as they can kill people.

Xu Yi said that the leaves of this medicinal material were poisonous. When Chen Liu was taking care of Pinellia ternata, he never dared to touch the leaves.

These two ridges can be dug in less than half an hour.

But he and A Xu were the only ones with experience in digging for medicine.

Before A Xu met Xu Yi, he didn't know Pinellia ternata. He only knew that the plant was poisonous. The elderly in his village would dig it up, dry it, grind it into powder, mix it with rice bran and scatter it in the corners to attract rats to eat.

The rat will die after eating the rice bran mixed with medicine. No one dares to eat the dead rat body, for fear that it will also die after eating it.

A Xu first learned about medicinal materials from a few old people in the village. He knew that these medicinal materials were poisonous and never touched them.

"Lang Jun, teach me how to dig, and I'll do it." A Xu raised his little face and asked Xu Yi.

Xu Yi glanced at him, smiled and said nothing. He squatted down and peeled off the triangular leaves growing outside.

Meeting A Xu's curious eyes, he said: "Pinellia ternata, also known as Pinellia ternata, or Pinellia ternata. Eating raw Pinellia ternata can make people mute, so some people call it 'dumb medicine'. Unfortunately, it Although it can poison a mute person, it can poison a person to death if used in an inappropriate amount. Few people would use it to poison a mute person, but some people would poison it to death."

For some reason, A Xu was stunned when Xu Yi said these words in a calm tone. I felt a chill, and many numb bumps appeared on my elbows and face.

He rubbed his face and arms, and looked at Xu Yi with surprise: "Will someone really use it to poison people?"

"Yes." Xu Yi nodded.

Medicine can heal or kill people. Especially in ancient times, there were many cases of poisoning people with medicine.

But there is no need to explain this kind of thing to A Xu, a simple child, in detail. Just let him know about this evil thing and be careful to guard against outsiders when he goes out in the future.

There wasn't much fresh Pinellia ternata dug out, so Xu Yi asked Chen Liu to put it in Zhuangzi's empty house to let it ferment naturally.

After several days of fermentation, the outer skin of the stems will show signs of corrosion. At this time, if you rub it with your hands, you can easily remove the outer skin.

The pinellia ternata that has been rubbed off its skin cannot be used yet and needs to be processed again.

When preparing the medicinal materials, Xu Yi asked A Xu and A Jin to stay and study.

He took out two straw baskets, put Pinellia ternata inside, and took the two of them to a small stream outside Zhuangzi.

Tie the straw basket with a hemp rope, then throw the basket into the river, and let the water of the stream wash away the pinellia inside.

The force of the water flow can sift away the broken skin outside. After all the skin is removed, the straw basket can be pulled up and taken back.

It wasn't over yet. Xu Yi poured them into the dustpan again, picked up one of the stems, turned it to the bottom and showed them. There were small translucent cocoons on it, which could be peeled off with your hands. Peel off this layer of skin to expose the white stems inside, and then dry them in the sun before they can be used as medicinal materials.

A Xu and A Jin followed Xu Yi's method and removed the clean skin. If it couldn't be peeled off, they put a wooden board on top of the dustpan and rubbed it back and forth.

The three of them worked for two days and finally washed all the pinellia. At this time, they took the pinellia back and spread it on the drying rack.

Autumn is rainy, so I spent several days drying it in the mid-summer, turning it over and over again before it was completely dry.

Xu Yi took the pinellia back, put it in a sack and put it in the medicine cabinet. He took out a piece of paper with a brush and wrote down the year and month, and then stuck it on the cabinet with rice paste.

...

After finishing this matter, more than a month has passed.

The autumn wind is bleak and getting colder day by day. Recently, in the Lin Mansion, it has been a while since we heard that Lin Zuotang was ill.

Lin Zuotang has been taking the pills prescribed by Xu Yi for two months. During this time, he fell asleep with the tranquilizing pill pack on his pillow. The effect was very good, and it was more effective than all the tranquilizing pill packages he had prescribed before.

He had opened the medicine bag, and he recognized many of the medicines inside, but there were a few medicines that smelled quite familiar, but when he thought about it carefully, he didn't quite recognize them.

"Good nephew, what are you doing in the house?" At this time, Lin's second uncle Shi Shiran stepped in with a bright smile in his eyes. He came closer, twitched his nose to smell the smell in the air, and clicked his tongue.

"Why don't you smell like medicine?" he asked curiously.

Lin Zuotang saluted and said, "I don't have any medicine here, so my second uncle can't smell any medicine." Second uncle

Lin slapped the bamboo fan he was playing with and said, "Sure enough, he has a method."

He is such a good nephew . My son, it’s been a long time since he got sick. Although he found mercury, he didn’t take the initiative to ask about it later.

The result was good. After the good nephew got the medicine, he became very quiet and did not reveal any news.

"What good medicine have been prescribed for you?" Second Uncle Lin asked proactively.

If he didn't ask, Lin Zuotang would have forgotten about it. He could take the pills, but his second uncle had the strength.

"Good uncle, it's my fault. Doctor Xu prescribed pills." Lin Zuotang answered truthfully, "They say this pill is called an epilepsy pill. Doctor Xu didn't say what was added specifically."

Second Uncle Lin squinted his eyes. , with thoughtfulness in his eyes, and after a long silence, he suddenly said: "Is there any extra?"

Lin Zuotang was suspicious: "Second uncle wants it?"

Second uncle Lin did not speak directly, just smiled and said: "Such a good thing, of course I want it. Look, if you have a lot here, give me a few dozen pills."

Lin Zuotang: "..."

What his second uncle said seemed like he was buying food in the market. How could he just give these pills away casually.

But at least it was his second uncle who asked for it in person. Lin Zuotang couldn't refuse, so he dug around and gave him twenty pills.

No more and he won't have it.

Second Uncle Lin didn't mind it, so he took the pill and left in a good mood, shaking his bamboo fan.

"Second uncle." Lin Zuotang called to him.

Uncle Lin stopped and looked back without saying anything.

Lin Zuotang came forward, looked into his second uncle's eyes, and asked: "Second uncle came here today just to ask for pills from me?"

Second uncle Lin thought about the brows and sighed softly: "Are you looking at me now? It looks like he may get sick at any time, and the second uncle is very happy."

He answered vaguely, but did not elaborate directly. Lin Zuotang felt strange, but he didn't know where to start, so he had to watch his second uncle strode away.

Lin Mansion is engaged in merchant business. It is not a big family in Yanting County. It has only been doing business for several decades. It propped up its facade and bought a two-story house in Minmin Lane, East Street.

Lin Zuotang lives in an independent wing in the west courtyard, with one room used as a bedroom and the other used as a study room.

He usually likes to stay in his study, playing two-player chess alone, playing games with himself, which is very boring.

But in just two months, his state of mind changed a lot.

He could clearly feel that the indescribable rotten smell in his body was leaving him little by little.

Xu Yi said he was only 50% sure, but he felt that he would never get sick easily again in his life.

"Brother Tang, I'm looking for you." The woman outside knocked on the door and came in, inviting him to go to the west wing of the house.

Lin Zuotang stood up and asked his mother-in-law what she wanted him to do.

The mother-in-law didn't know, so she just shook her head and led the way. When Lin Zuotang came to his mother's house, he saw his mother looking at him with pity. When she saw him coming in, she tried her best to smile.

Lin Zuotang paused slightly. He had not yet mentioned the treatment to his mother.

"Brother Tang, why haven't you gone out to play in the past two months?" His mother asked with concern, "But you are separated from those two brothers, and they don't take you to play?"

Lin Zuotang said with a smile, "Mom, don't worry, I want to stay at home and prevent them from coming to me."

His mother didn't quite believe it. Her son was so thoughtful that she couldn't help but think more about it: "Brother Tang, the weather has been cold recently, so I can let my mother-in-law make trouble in the house. Basin? I see that you are still wearing last year's old clothes. You went to the Ming Mansion to make clothes, and you also followed the other brothers to make clothes. "

The brother of the Lin Mansion who has nothing to do now is Lin Zuotang.

The other brothers from my uncle's family more or less have their own things to do.

Therefore, he is not close to the other younger brothers in the family.

Their mother also didn't like these younger brothers playing with him, for fear that his epilepsy would be transmitted to them.

But now he knows that this disease was carried with him from birth, and that the next generation will also carry his family's epilepsy, but who it will be is unknown.

Lin Zuotang now looks at his nephews who are growing up, and occasionally wonders which one of them will be like him.

"Mom, I have clothes to wear. This year, the house is making clothes, so I don't need to count my share." Lin Zuotang refused.

His mother hesitated to speak, but when Lin Zuotang saw this, he smiled and spoke.

He said: "Mom, I have good news for you."

His mother was stunned.

Lin Zuotang said soothingly: "Mom, my illness is about to be cured. You don't have to worry about me in the future."

His mother's stunned expression was full of fear, and she hurriedly reached out to touch his forehead, murmuring in her mouth. There is a line: "I don't have a fever, why are you talking such nonsense..."

Could it be that Brother Tang is crazy?

Thinking of this, his mother panicked and was about to call someone.

Even if the son of the Lin family dies of illness, he cannot go crazy.

The corners of Lin Zuotang's eyes twitched violently, and the look he looked at his mother became dark and unclear.

His mother didn't know it, but she had called his father to come over to the main room. His father didn't believe it when he heard it.

But compared to his mother's panic, she had seen the storm and was much calmer. She quickly invited Doctor Wu from Miaoshou Pavilion to come over.

When Wu Guanshan rushed to the Lin family with a medicine box on his arm, many elders of the Lin family were already gathered in the main room.

They all looked at Lin Zuotang with subtle expressions. Under the light, they had their own thoughts on each other.

Lin Zuotang glanced over, but did not see his second uncle.

His second uncle took the pills today and went out, not knowing where he went.

After a while.

Wu Guanshan stared at Lin Zuotang closely and said, "Lin Xiaoguan's pulse is gentle, slightly floating, and she is fine."

"Are you not sick?"

A sharp voice suddenly sounded in the crowd. She just said After he finished, he saw many people staring at him, and he knew that he had said the wrong thing. He immediately laughed and said, "Brother Tang has always been sick before. I am also worried. Doctor Wu, could you have made the wrong diagnosis?"

Wu Guanshan He was not angry at her questioning, and just said coldly: "Wu has never missed a diagnosis since he left school. If Grandma Lin Sangu doesn't believe you, you can ask other doctors to see you."

Grandma Lin Sangu didn't dare to offend Wu Guanshan, so she had to shut up. Mouth.

Lin Zuotang's father frowned, looked at his son and asked, "Have you really recovered from your illness?"

Lin Zuotang said, "The doctor didn't say that."

"This..." Lin Zuotang's father hesitated. He heard about this today. , what came to mind was that his son was so sick that he went to the doctor and was thrown away by a cane.

But now even Dr. Wu from Miaoshou Pavilion has diagnosed that the pulse condition is different. Can his son's disease really be cured?

Wu Guanshan asked: "May I ask Mr. Lin Xiaoguan, which doctor treated you?"

Lin Zuotang said: "Doctor Xu from East Street."

Is it Xu Yi?

Wu Guanshan was slightly happy and laughed briskly: "If Dr. Xu takes action, I think my son's illness can be cured."

...

The blue sea and sky were bright, and the bright moon was shining brightly.

Wu Guanshan came out of Lin Mansion and turned around in the direction of Xu's house.

When he saw Xu Yi, he smiled and asked, "Do you know where I come from?"

Xu Yi saw that he had a medicine box on his shoulder. There was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead despite the weather. He thought he had walked a distance, so he asked, "Where are we going?" The doctor is here?"

Wu Guanshan asked: "What do you think?"

Hearing this, Xu Yi threw the towel in his hand to him and motioned for him to wipe the sweat on his forehead, thinking that this matter might be related to him.

Wu Guanshan could be asked to look for him after seeing the patient. He probably knew the patient, and it might even be a patient he had treated.

Thinking about it further, he only treated a few patients in East Street, and among them, there was only one that was thought-provoking.

"Could it be that you are from Lin Mansion?" Xu Yi expressed his suspicion.

Wu Guanshan suddenly raised his eyes and asked him with piercing eyes: "Xu Yi, how did you cure that epilepsy?"