Chapter 151

In the Liu family's house, Ah Jin blushed and half leaned on the soft couch.

The discomfort in her stomach was still there, and the unfamiliar fatigue frightened Ah Jin, but she was no longer as panicked as before.

"Miss Ajin, are you feeling better?" Outside, Ms. Liu opened the curtain and walked in.

She also held a soup filled with hot water in her hand.

Ah Jin stood up and said to her: "Sister Lin, I'm much better."

Mrs. Lin looked at her, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Now that you are menstruating, you are going to become a big girl. This Mrs. Tang is a husband." I was told to put it on the waist to warm it, which can relieve the pain."

Ajin's eyes moved with water, and she pursed her lips shyly and asked, "Does Lang Jun know?"

"You were like that this morning, Lang." How could you not know?" Mrs. Lin said with a smile, "My husband also said that you are at the age of menstruation. It was his fault that he forgot to tell you."

Ah Jin shook his head hurriedly and blushed again. She lowered her head and said, "It's not Lang Jun's fault. Lang Jun showed me the book before."

At that moment, she didn't take it to heart after reading it. She didn't expect it to come, but she was so panicked.

Mrs. Lin didn't think that menstruation was something shady.

In other words, before coming to Xu's house to work, she, like other country women, felt that it was difficult to tell about menstrual events.

But in the past year or so, when she was working in the Xu family, she saw all kinds of patients.

Among them there are many who come to see gynecological diseases and vaginal diseases.

I also know that menstruation is not something to be ashamed of. If there is a problem, you must tell the doctor in time. The most important thing is to let the doctor see you.

Mrs. Lin said: "Fortunately, I made new menstrual belts last month, and they are all clean and unused. Otherwise, I would have to go to a clothing store to buy them."

Menstrual belts sold in clothing stores are not cheap.

Ah Jin thought about the menstrual belt that Mrs. Lin brought to her. It was made of soft brown cotton. It had an interlayer inside and was stuffed with finely kneaded velvet and plant ash. It was not uncomfortable to wear.

She moved her position, with her back pressed against the warm Yubozi, and the discomfort in her stomach really subsided a lot: "Sister Lin, can you teach me how to make a menstrual belt?"

"Okay, I'll teach you tomorrow. Seeing that her face looked better, Mrs. Lin smiled and asked, "Is her stomach feeling better?"

Ajin smiled sweetly and nodded: "Yes, the method Lang Jun said worked, and the pain was not so bad after a while.

" He couldn't help but pinch her delicate skin that could be broken by blows, and said, "I'll make you a bowl of brown sugar chicken."

"No, Sister Lin." Ah Jin stopped her, "It's time for me to go back to my room. "

After she finished speaking, she landed on her feet. This happened today and she hadn't worked until now.

I thought it wasn't that uncomfortable anymore, so I went back to the pharmacy.

Mrs. Lin couldn't resist her, so she let her go about her business.

Whether she was in her natal family or married, she always had to work in the fields when she was menstruating, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

On the other side, Xu Yi sent A Xu to call Mrs. Lin over.

The only little girl in the family was having her period. As a husband and a man, he couldn't say anything, but he still had to be concerned in private.

He sat in a chair and read a medical book. Soon, Mrs. Lin came over.

"Has the explanation been completed? It's her first time here and she doesn't understand many things. She still needs Sister Lin to teach her." Xu Yi put down the medical book and looked at her.

Mrs. Lin smiled and said, "I've learned everything. After using Tang Pozi, Miss Ajin didn't feel so much pain."

"Yes."

Xu Yi felt relieved and continued reading.

Mrs. Lin was not in a hurry to leave. When she saw this, she said something more: "Miss Ajin is busy at the pharmacy right now. Lang Jun, tell me, would you like to cook a bowl of chicken with brown sugar for Miss Ajin?"

Xu Yi Hearing this, he frowned and said, "Why are you so busy? Why don't you let her rest today?"

Mrs. Lin said that Ah Jin refused, saying that she had taken a vacation this month and it was not good for her to rest again.

Xu Yi sighed: "That's all, Sister Lin, go ahead and do your work. I'll go and talk to myself."

He got up and went to the pharmacy, where he saw A Jin standing in front of the long table, making Xiaoshi pills with his brother A Xu.

Xu Yi walked over and called A Jin.

Ah Jin didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, so he put down his work and came over.

As a result, as soon as he arrived in front of Xu Yi, before he could stand firm, Xu Yi slapped him on the forehead.

"Ah, it hurts!" Ah Jin pursed his lips and covered his forehead, looking at Xu Yi in disbelief.

"Lang Jun, why are you hitting me?"

Xu Yi laughed and said, "If you don't obey me, I'm telling you to go back to your house and rest. Why are you here?"

A Jin blinked and replied obediently: "This autumn Brother is coming to get the pills, but there are still 300 pills left to prepare, but he is busy and can't finish them."

Xu Yi knew that they had set a quota for themselves to complete every day, so he never asked too much.

But Ah Jin's body is special today, and it is not advisable to stand for long periods of time during menstruation, as it can easily injure her waist for a long time.

Xu Yi said: "It's not so hard at home, so it doesn't hurt to take a day off."

After that, he called A Xu and asked him to rest.

"Just take a day off and relax." Xu Yi looked at their sullen faces, shook his head, picked up the ruler on the table and patted their heads, "The work is never finished. But humans are not donkeys or cows, and livestock must rest, let alone humans."

The two of them couldn't deal with Xu Yi. When Xu Yi became aggressive, both A Xu and A Jin obeyed.

In their hearts, whatever Lang Jun says is right.

So, they looked at Xu Yi's eyes again and again, and after confirming that Lang Jun would really be angry if they didn't listen, they obeyed and exited the pharmacy and closed the door.

Ah Jin went back to the house to rest, while Ah Xu ran to the well, helped Lin carry water, and filled the two large water tanks in the kitchen.

At noon, after dinner, Yu Qiulin came over with his wife Fang Caiyi.

After Fang Caiyi married Yu Qiulin, within two months, Yu Qiulin bought a village in the eastern suburbs.

This Zhuangzi is the family that Xu Yi heard about before.

It was smaller than Xin Shengyuan's Zhuangzi, and the price it wanted was not cheap. After bargaining with Broker Huang from the dental shop, I finally won it for 400 guan of silver.

Even if Yu Qiulin has made money in the past few years, he has not been able to earn so much, not to mention that he has just married a wife.

It cost a small fortune.

He couldn't get enough money together, half of it was advanced to him by Xu Yi.

Now Yu Qiulin is working for Xu Yi to pay off his debt.

Xu Yi didn't take it all, but calculated three guan of money every month to give him living expenses.

Although they only have three dollars, for the He family who are used to being poor, they still maintain the habit of being thrifty even if they live in a big house. This money is more than enough for them for a month.

"Brother Yi, the melons planted by my mother are ripe. Let me pick some and bring them over."

After Yu Qiulin shouted, he put down the bamboo basket on his back, which contained half a basket of melons, and also brought some with him. Several other vegetables.

There’s taro, ginger and garlic.

Xu Yi's eyes lit up. This melon looked very similar to a melon and could be eaten raw with salt sauce.

He picked a palm-sized one from the bamboo basket, weighing a pound, and said to Yu Qiulin with a smile: "It cost Auntie

a lot of money." Yu Qiulin said with a smile: "They are all grown at home, and they don't cost much."

He Today, I came not only to deliver melons and pills, but also to tell Xu Yi good news.

"My mother's teeth don't hurt anymore."

Due to the limitations of the times, most people nowadays have poor oral health.

Even if tooth powder is sold in the market, it is divided into high, medium and low grades. The tooth powder used by wealthy people is made of several medicinal materials, so it is naturally much better after using it. But Mrs. He's family used to be poor people. Sometimes they couldn't afford low-grade tooth powder, so they used plant ash and sand dug from the river bank to wash their teeth and use it to brush their teeth.

Over time, there will be problems with this tooth.

A while ago, Mrs. He suddenly suffered from toothache and could not sleep.

Her toothache made her unable to sleep, not to mention unable to eat. Within two days, Mrs. He's mental state had deteriorated significantly.

So, she came to Xu Yi to check her teeth.

Xu Yi took a look and found that, by coincidence, several teeth were broken inside.

Seeing that Mrs. He's teeth were in a bad condition, he was afraid that it would be more troublesome if she didn't take care of them, so he suggested that the three broken teeth be extracted.

Xu Yi himself was not sure whether it was the first time to extract teeth for a patient, and he did not hide his lack of experience from Mrs. He.

Mrs. He trusted him very much and would rather be Xu Yi's experimental subject than continue to suffer from toothache.

The day of tooth extraction took a lot of time. Xu Yi also asked Madam He to rest at home for a day and observe that there was no bleeding before releasing her.

Today, four days have passed since Mrs. He had her teeth extracted.

Yu Qiulin said happily: "She applied medicine two days ago, but it still hurts. When she woke up in the morning, she told me that it didn't hurt anymore."

After he finished speaking, Fang Caiyi next to him leaned towards Xu Yi and said, "Yi Brother, I am here with Brother Qiu to ask you for a favor."

Xu Yi motioned for her to continue.

Fang Caiyi said: "You have cured my mother's tooth disease. My father also has toothache. Can you let him come and take a look at it?"

"Of course you can." Xu Yi agreed happily.

He has not specifically studied dentistry, but ancient medical books contain many prescriptions and filling materials for repairing teeth.

In addition, there were specialized dentists in the Song Dynasty, but Yanting County was not a county and there was no dentist.

And he happened to lack experience in treating people's teeth.

If a few more people come to look at his teeth, maybe he can expand the scope of treatment and expand his business into new areas.

Yu Qiulin looked at his wife: "Why haven't I heard you mention it?"

Fang Caiyi said, "I just remembered it."

She lives in the suburbs, and although her food and accommodation are better than those in the countryside, they are not as good as those in the city.

In the past, when I was poor, I would use willow branches as toothbrushes and use green salt to brush my teeth. Later, my family was no longer so strapped for money, so I followed the example of people in the city and brushed my teeth with tooth powder.

Several of her father's teeth had rotted away more than ten years ago.

When Xu Yi heard that the situation was so serious, she didn't let her father delay any more and asked her to notify someone to come over the next day.

Moreover, Xu Yi asked them with concern whether they brushed their teeth well on weekdays.

"It's not appropriate to eat after brushing your teeth, otherwise your teeth will still get cavities."

Mrs. He's three teeth were full of cavities.

After pulling it out, Mrs. He was shocked. It turned out that not only did it hurt, but there was a black hole in the tooth.

The next day.

Fang Caiyi and her father packed up their things at dawn in the morning, caught up with the first wave of people entering the city, and came to their son-in-law's house.

The son-in-law's family has changed to a bigger house, which looks very grand.

Fang Caiyi and her father were sitting in the spacious hall, unable to move their arms and legs.

It wasn't until her daughter said she wanted to take him to see Dr. Xu that her father gradually let go.

"Sister Cai, will this cause you trouble?" Her father sat on the bullock cart and asked in a low voice when he saw his son-in-law driving the cart.

Fang Caiyi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Dad, you won't be in trouble. How about you and your mother at home? After the third sister's marriage is decided, all the work at home will fall on you."

"Dad has been doing farm work all his life. Not tired." Her father's dark and wrinkled face showed a pleased smile.

His eldest sister really married into a good family.

After being raised by her husband's family for more than a year, she has grown taller and her facial features have changed. She no longer looks like his daughter.

Not long after, the bullock cart stopped.

Yu Qiulin jumped down from the top, walked around the cart to the back, and said to her father, "Father-in-law, I'll help you down."

After helping the father-in-law, he helped his wife, and the group entered Xu's house one after another.

Xu Yi was waiting for them in the main room.

Seeing them coming, he invited them to sit down and ordered A Xu to serve tea.

After drinking tea and chatting for a while, Xu Yi went to check Fang Caiyi's father's teeth.

Before the examination, Xu Yi asked him to drink water and rinse his mouth.

Although her father didn't understand what was going on, Xu Yi was a well-known doctor in the county and a close friend of his son-in-law, so he listened to everything.

After rinsing their mouths, they were taken to a small room next to them.

There was light coming in from the window in the room, Xu Yi asked him to lie on the couch first, and he went to get the tools from the cabinet.

He carried the plate and came back with a series of dental tools such as tweezers and small bamboo clamps.

Yu Qiulin and Fang Caiyi were watching from the side.

Xu Yi put on a cotton mask and asked her father to open his mouth. He picked up the bamboo clip and stretched his mouth wide, exposing the entire mouth to the air.

When everyone took a look, Fang Caiyi's father's teeth were indeed badly damaged.

There were several obviously broken teeth that caught the eye, and there were still vegetable leaves eaten for breakfast on them. Xu Yi frowned, tapping here and poking there.

Xu Yi asked her father several questions.

After his father answered, he felt a little scared. Doctor Xu's expression was so serious.

Xu Yi had almost finished the inspection, put down his tools, cleaned his hands, helped the man up from the bed, and gave him a bowl of honeysuckle water to rinse his mouth.

"Tooth extraction and filling are needed." Xu Yi said.

Yu Qiulin frowned and asked, "Is it serious?"

"Well, we can't delay." Xu Yi looked at them and nodded.

After a while, they came out of the room.

Fang Caiyi's father's teeth were much more serious than Mrs. He's. Before the teeth were extracted and filled, the calculus on the teeth had to be cleaned.

At this time, there was no term for dental calculus. Dentists would call it tartar, or calculus.

Xu Yi asked him: "Uncle Fang, do you often fail to brush your teeth on weekdays?"

Uncle Fang said embarrassedly: "Sometimes when I am working in the fields, I am too busy and forget about it."

Xu Yi said: "Day and night You have to brush your teeth, otherwise you will still get cavities in the future. "

When you get cavities, they can be as painful as killing you.

Uncle Fang has experienced it many times. Just thinking about it makes his teeth sore.

At this moment, his teeth were still aching from being knocked by Xu Yi. He didn't know if this was the reason.

Tooth fillings require silver paste, which is composed of white tin, silver foil and mercury.

This thing needs to be refined, and it cannot be repaired today.

However, the tooth can be extracted first.

Xu Yi taught A Xu how to clean the patient's teeth, and then use bamboo chips to grind away the tartar that grew between the teeth and gums.

After cleaning the tartar, Xu Yi took an anesthetic, poured it into the small bamboo hole, and blew it to the location where the tooth needed to be extracted.

After a while, Xu Yi poked him with a bamboo clip and asked him if he felt any pain.

After getting the answer that it was not painful, Xu Yi could start extracting the tooth.

When he was treating Mrs. He's teeth, he went to the blacksmith shop to customize a set of dental appliances.

All the pliers, round drill bits, screwdrivers, etc. needed for tooth extraction are all in his tool box.

With these tools, tooth extraction will be much smoother.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Xu Yi pulled out four rotten teeth.

Looking at the dark, smelly teeth, everyone had subtle expressions, and they all felt that their teeth were aching.

After Xu Yi had the tooth extracted, he first used cotton cloth to stop the bleeding, and then stuffed pills made of frankincense, elm bark, realgar powder and aconite into the gap to fill the gap after the tooth extraction.

This pill has an analgesic effect. Once the anesthetic effect wears off, it won't hurt too much.

...

Three days later, it was the appointed day to have my teeth filled.

Uncle Fang still goes to the city early in the morning to look for his daughter.

When Yu Qiulin brought his father-in-law over, Xu Yi was already ready and just waiting for them to come.

On this day, I was still lying on the couch I slept on last time.

Xu Yi checked Uncle Fang's teeth and found that he was recovering well after the last extraction. The pills had been absorbed a little, but they could still block the gap.

In order to make the dental fillings last longer, Xu Yi planned to take out the old pills and replace them with new ones.

Then, apply the mixed silver paste on the outer layer to form a strong protective layer.

Xu Yi also repaired several other minor cavities.

The original yellow teeth turned into brilliant silver teeth, which stood out when he smiled.

In addition to the change in appearance, after Uncle Fang's teeth were filled, not only did he no longer have toothache, his bad breath was relieved, and he was able to chew stick bones.

Fang Caiyi was very grateful to Xu Yi. After learning that his father's teeth no longer hurt, she got Xu Yi's clothing measurements from Mrs. He and made him two new sets of clothes.

Xu Yi never cared about these formalities, and Mrs. He and Yu Qiulin didn't think there was anything wrong with Fang Caiyi making clothes for Xu Yi.

Hearing that Fang Caiyi made clothes for Xu Yi, Mrs. He was very happy and praised her for her good needlework and that she could work as a needlework girl for a wealthy family.

Fang Caiyi knew that her mother-in-law was coaxing her. How could a needlework girl from a wealthy family be that good?

She finished the clothes and sent them to Xu Yi.

On the day it was delivered, she accidentally tripped on the road, which frightened Yu Qiulin.

As a result, this trip led to a happy event: Fang Caiyi was pregnant.

The two of them had been married for so long, but they still hadn't gotten pregnant. Mrs. He was still very worried and hesitated whether to let Xu Yi take a look at their bodies.

Now that Fang Caiyi is pregnant, Mrs. He no longer worries and concentrates on taking care of her daughter-in-law at home.

...

Xu Yi healed Uncle Fang's tooth and then thought about what to do next.

The mother in the brothel wants to attract customers to spend money upstairs; the wine shop has a new good wine, and she wants everyone to know about it; which restaurant has released new dishes; the dough in the rouge shop needs to be replaced every generation... …

These are all inseparable from publicity, so some people choose to play gongs and drums and make such a lively scene that everyone knows, while others put up notices in stores to warm up in advance.

Or they may be minions, idle men, etc., all of whom are holding signs and handing out flyers in the market.

If Xu Yi wants more people to come to him for dental treatment, he must first let others know that he can treat teeth.

Xu Yi planned to leave this matter to Uncle Liu.

Uncle Liu had kept his mouth shut for a long time since he was warned by Xu Yi not to brag about him outside.

This time, it was Xu Yi who took the initiative to find him and asked him to do this.

Uncle Liu was so excited that he couldn't sleep that night. He tossed and turned, thinking about how to get this thing done.

The next day, he drove his bullock cart through the streets and told people about Xu Yi's dental treatment.

The speaker is thoughtful and the listener is interested. Soon, pedestrians were attracted by Uncle Liu's words, stopped and pulled Uncle Liu to ask for the details.

Knowing that Xu Yi really knew how to treat dental diseases, the official came to visit him with hesitation.

Xu Yi was right when he asked this question. He had a cavity in his mouth and it had been hurting him for more than half a month.

Xu Yi said that the tooth was not serious and only needed a filling.

He was dubious, but it only took Xu Yi a short time to take care of the tooth.

He touched the sore cheek and asked the price.

Xu Yi packed up his tools and said, "Twenty cents."

It costs twenty cents to fill a tooth, which is cheaper than he thought.

Twenty coins was not much anyway, so the official put down the money and left.

Not long after he left, two more young men heard the news and came to see his teeth...

In just half a month, Xu Yi received dozens of dental patients.

He became increasingly proficient at extracting and filling teeth.

A Xu and A Jin also learned how to extract and fill teeth.

Later, when Xu Yi encountered patients who were not serious, he asked A Xu and others to get started. Due to lack of experience, the two of them were a little slower, but they completed the work well without making any mistakes.

After staying in Yanting for so many years, Xu Yi accumulated a lot of clinical experience. In fact, there are many patients in Zizhou and Zitong who come to him for treatment.

Gradually, Xu Yi discovered that there was no room for improvement if he continued to stay in Yanting County.

Now, it was time for him to prepare for his travels.

Remembering that he had told Uncle Liu about buying a donkey cart, the next day, as soon as Liu Bo came to Xu's house, Xu Yi came to him.

"Doctor Xu, do you want to buy a donkey cart?" Uncle Liu opened his cloudy eyes, with a bright light in his eyes.

Xu Yi said with a smile: "I still need to trouble Uncle Liu to hold my eyes for me."

Uncle Liu chuckled and said: "Don't worry, Doctor Xu, I will definitely find you a good and strong donkey."

After they agreed, they soon I quickly walked to Yahangli to look for the pornographic agent.

Manager Huang was humming with his legs crossed in the tooth room. When someone came in, he stood up to greet them.

Seeing that it was Xu Yi, luckily the business was interrupted, and she received him with a smile full of good tea.

Xu Yi drank the tea he handed him and said, "Manager Huang, I came to see you today because I want to buy a donkey cart."

When Agent Huang heard that he wanted to buy a donkey cart, he immediately happily took him to the donkey and horse market to select donkeys.

This Donkey Horse Market is close to the Nanjie Market. After passing through several alleys, you can see a spacious area of ​​low bungalows.

There were people selling donkeys, cows, mules and horses, both large and small. Many livestock-raising customers came up to say hello with a smile when they saw Agent Huang.

While looking at the customers brought over by Agent Huang, he asked the people brought over this time what they wanted to buy.

Someone was staring at Uncle Liu behind Xu Yi.

Since the old servant came in, his eyes have not stopped, scanning the donkeys tied up in the surrounding sheds.

They had seen all kinds of buyers, and seeing Xu Yi and the others' eyes falling on the donkey, they knew what they were here to buy.

After a while, the customers selling donkeys began to snatch people away.

"Sir, my donkey is very good. Look at how strong its limbs are. I'm sure you won't lose money if you buy it." "Sir

, my donkey is really good. Look at how thick its hooves are. At first glance, he is a good driver on the road."

"Guanren, look at my house..."