Chapter 162

"I am very happy that my little friend came here as promised." The old doctor saw that Xu Yi really came with people. Although he was excited, he smiled kindly and said to them, "The small house is simple, only Please don’t dislike this crude tea reception.”

The crude tea the old doctor mentioned was the autumn tea he picked from the mountains and roasted by himself.

Xu Yi sat down, holding a rough tea bowl, smelling it slightly, with a look of surprise in his eyes.

This tea has a pleasant fragrance, not as fragrant as the fine spring tea, but compared with the loose tea sold by street vendors and the cheap bowls of tea in tea shops, this tea soup with a suitable density will linger on the tip of the tongue for a long time. sweet.

"Good tea." Xu Yi said sincerely.

Yu Qiulin also took a sip and asked in surprise: "This tea... where did the old doctor buy it?"

The old doctor laughed and said that he made it himself.

Yu Qiulin praised: "Good tea, good tea. The old doctor's tea-making skills are no worse than those of the tea-making masters."

"I'm ashamed of myself. I'm just trying to save some money." The old doctor waved his hands repeatedly with a smile on his face. Ashamed.

Seeing that Xu Yi and Yu Qiulin were interested in making tea, he got up and went to the house to find the book that he had read over and over again.

This book records the method of making tea. The old doctor said that he also tried frying it at that time, but he didn't expect it to be made. Even if Xu Yi and the others want to learn it, they can make it with just a little trial and error.

Hearing what the old doctor said, Xu Yi immediately frowned. There was a lot of sadness hidden in his few words.

He seemed to say casually: "Since the seniors have said this, I'm afraid I will have to talk about it a few more times."

The old doctor: "Now that I'm here, I will teach you."

After the group of people chatted, Yu Qiulin sat upright. , with a solemn look on his face, talked with the old doctor about the business of buying and selling ointments for bruises and bruises.

When talking about the things he is good at, Yu Qiulin talks endlessly, without Xu Yi interrupting at all.

Xu Yi looked at Yu Qiulin's confident look.

He got up in a good mood and walked around casually outside the small courtyard.

In the small courtyard where the old doctor lives, there is a small clear lake within a few steps, and behind it is a mountain. The low sloping hillside faces the sun. Even though it is late autumn, the scenery of the lake and mountains is breathtaking.

It feels like you are in a paradise.

But Xu Yi knew that this was just an inconspicuous place in the countryside in ancient times.

What's more, there is no shortage of mountains and rivers in Shu. If you want to find a good place surrounded by mountains and rivers, you can find it with a little more effort.

Xu Yi took a deep breath of the refreshing breath of nature.

Thinking about the wild camellia in the mountains that the old doctor had mentioned before, he thought slightly and walked slowly up the mountain along the mountain road.

It was cold in the mountains. Xu Yi wore uncottoned clothes when he went out today. Fortunately, he wore an extra cloak to prevent his hands and feet from getting cold.

After exercise, the body temperature rises and it becomes less cold.

He climbed the mountain quickly, and in less than a while, he climbed up to the low mountainside.

When I reached the top of the mountain and looked down, I could vaguely see the corner of the small courtyard where the old doctor was located at the foot of the mountain.

Xu Yi also saw the wild camellia that the old doctor mentioned.

The crown of the tree is more than five or six meters high, the trunk is as wide as two arms, very thick, and the bark is covered with golden old moss. It is an ancient tea tree that is hundreds of years old.

Xu Yi walked forward happily and was slightly surprised to see some green tea buds growing on the forked branches.

Generally speaking, tea trees germinate tea buds in early spring and summer, and are harvested to make spring tea and autumn tea. There are very few winter teas, because winter is not suitable for the growth of tea buds, but it is rare to see them today, which shows that this geographical environment is special.

After Xu Yi observed it for a while, he knew where the problem was.

When he reached the middle of the mountain, he still felt the temperature was cold. When he reached the top of the mountain, bathed in sunshine, the temperature here was several degrees higher than that at the foot of the mountain and in the middle of the mountain.

Xu Yi stood away from the tea tree and bathed in the sunlight. In an instant, his body felt warm and comfortable.

He did it on the spur of the moment, he didn't have the bamboo basket with the tea leaves on him, he only picked some and put them in his cloak.

When he returned, Yu Qiulin and the old doctor had already discussed the deal.

They were all stunned when they saw that Xu Yi had gone to the mountains and picked back a bag of tea buds.

"My little friend is very elegant." The old doctor smiled kindly.

He stood up, patted his robe, and said to the two of them, "It's better to choose a different day. Today I will teach you how to fry tea."

When they heard that the old doctor wanted to teach them how to fry tea, the two of them suddenly became interested.

Xu Yi put the tea buds in the cloak into the dustpan, and then took off the cloak.

Yu Qiulin, who was watching from the side, took his cloak and held it in his arms, looking forward to it with blazing eyes.

"Senior, what should we do?" Xu Yi looked at the old doctor.

The old doctor gave a look and motioned for them to follow. In the kitchen, the old doctor asked Xu Yi to wear a collar, and then asked him to pick tea buds.

This kind of work is not difficult for Xu Yi. He directly holds the two ends of the dustpan and shakes the dustpan like medicinal herbs. After a while, those old tea buds were shaken to the top.

Xu Yi picked out the tea buds, and the old doctor had already directed Yu Qiulin to light the fire.

"Tea buds cannot touch the water. Go and clean your hands, then pour the tea buds into the iron pot, and keep turning it with your hands..."

"The method is wrong, yes, this is the right way to turn it."

"Don't stop, look at the tea buds It's rolled up, but that's not enough."

"..."

the old doctor said slowly, nodding with satisfaction from time to time while instructing Xu Yi.

In his opinion, the young man in front of him who was seriously frying tea was quite talented. In a short period of time, he had mastered the technique of frying tea.

If you practice more, you will be able to achieve perfection in no time.

For a moment, Xu Yi noticed the old doctor's eyes falling on his face.

He paused, but did not stop his arms. He relaxed his wrists and flexibly moved his fingers through the tea leaves that were gradually releasing their fragrance.

The temperature of the fried tea was very high. By the time it was finished, Xu Yi was sweating all over.

The tea buds turned into a handful, which looked pitiful.

Immediately, they fetched tea sets on the spot, boiled water to make tea, and tasted the freshly baked tea leaves.

...

After returning, Xu Yi continued his days of setting up a stall to treat illnesses and sell medicine in Zitong County. Yu Qiulin borrowed Xu Yi's donkey cart several times and took the old doctor and his grandson to the Yamen to apply for a shareholding deed.

Once the deed was completed, Yu Qiulin went to the medicine market to find shopkeeper Qin.

Shopkeeper Qin saw him coming and thought it was Xu Yi who had something to tell him. But when he heard that it was Yu Qiulin himself who came to him to buy medicinal materials.

"..." Shopkeeper Qin was surprised. He knew that Yu Qiulin was in the business of running a business, but he didn't expect that he would be reselling medicinal materials.

This is considered half a peer.

Shopkeeper Qin asked with a smile: "Brother Yu, what medicinal materials do you want and how much do you want?"

Yu Qiulin said without hesitation: "I want wormwood and nux vomica, the more the better."

Shopkeeper Qin was shocked again and hurriedly sent a small team to count the goods. Sir, go to the warehouse and count out these two medicinal materials.

Not long after, the boy came back with the news.

Nowadays, it is not the season for harvesting wormwood. What is in stock in the warehouse is the dried wormwood purchased this spring.

As for the nux vomica, there are old ones and new ones, and there are a lot of them.

But Yu Qiulin had a big appetite, so he bought all the stocks in one go.

After Xu Yi knew about it, he looked at him with admiration. He said, "Can you finish cooking it?"

Yu Qiulin said, "There are still more than two months before Yuan Day, so there is still time." He was not very sure either. .

Hundreds of kilograms of wormwood and nux vomica were loaded onto bullock carts and transported to the old doctor's yard.

When the old doctor was carrying the medicinal materials down on the handlebar, he was silent when he saw this.

Only he and his grandson knew how to prepare the ointment for bruises. They had to make the ointment from the artemisia and strychnos before the first day of the year.

This pressure... instantly brought the old doctor back to decades ago.

When he was young, he was so capable, but now that he is an old man, he still has to stay up late to light the lamp and bake ointments. He doubts...

"Brother Qiu, you are abusing the elderly." Xu Yi said after learning about this incident , shaking his head with great disapproval.

After all, the old doctor is still in his sixties. No matter how good his mental state is, he is still in his seventies.

Yu Qiulin's steady expression cracked: "Brother Yi, you, you, you said that the old doctor is already in his sixties?"

Xu Yi raised his eyebrows: "You don't know?"

Yu Qiulin: "..." He really doesn't know.

Ordinary people age quickly after reaching their fifties. Yu Qiulin thought that the old doctor was an old man in his fifties.

"You, you." Xu Yi patted Yu Qiulin on the shoulder and said, "This matter is not arranged properly. I'll let A Xu and A Jin help."

"What about you?" Yu Qiulin's face was full of apologies.

Xu Yi looked at him and said slowly: "You take their place."

In the following days, the people who came to see Xu Yi for medical treatment found that there was someone else around Dr. Xu.

In recent days, the people who came to help with pen and ink, serve tea and water, and collect medicines have changed from a brother and sister to an ordinary-looking young man.

The young man didn't look like a waiter. He was wearing a blue robe and a turban. He was standing next to Xu Yi. He could be regarded as a talented person.

On this day, the over-enthusiastic matchmaker mother from last time came to visit the Xu family's hut.

When Xu Yi saw her, he felt a headache. Just when he was about to ask A Xu to send someone away, he remembered that A Xu had been asked by him to go to the old doctor to help.

Seeing his resistance, the matchmaker said with a smile: "Doctor Xu, don't tell me to leave in a hurry. I'm not here today to talk to you about that kind of thing."

Xu Yi looked at it with a half-smile but not a smile . She said: "Oh? Then what brought the matchmaker mother here?"

The matchmaker mother said: "It's a good thing, eh? Where is your little boy?"

Xu Yi said: "Axu is not at home."

The matchmaker mother said He waved his hand and said: "It's not that one, it's the one who has been helping at the clinic booth these days. If you have something good to do, look for him."

Xu Yi suddenly looked strange, and shouted into the room with the corner of his mouth raised. Yu Qiulin heard Xu Yi's The sound came out of the house.

"This matchmaker is looking for you." Xu Yi raised his sleeves and sat down to drink tea slowly.

Yu Qiulin was confused, but he still politely talked to the matchmaker's mother.

But soon, he couldn't calm down anymore.

This matchmaker mother actually came to match him.

"How old are you, young man, but you are already married?" The matchmaker smiled and took Yu Qiulin's hand, touched it, and said pointedly, "I am here to be entrusted by someone, do you know that Cui Xiaolou The head of the family, Miss Cui, is not yet married. She is about to get married and is looking for a good husband. "

"Ahem -"

Hearing this, Xu Yi, who was leisurely drinking tea, suddenly choked on his tea and hurriedly said. He raised his sleeves to cover his face and coughed violently.

He was astonished in his heart, what kind of woman was the lady in charge of Cui Xiaolou, and how could she be so unique.

Also, my feelings changed too quickly.

He touched his nose and looked away from Yu Qiulin's confused gaze.