Chapter 17

The scenery along the way back to the county town is beautiful. Every time Xu Yi sits on the swaying oxcart, he likes to see the spring as deep as the sea and listen to the birdsong.

Today, his gaze has been focused on the front.

The oxcart is not very fast, but it is faster than people walking on two legs, especially the young man who is carrying a heavy backpack and walking slowly and slowly.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Xu Yi saw the child who was struggling to walk.

The child was worried about being hit by the vehicles on the road, so his thin body walked beside the grass, his head slightly lowered, and he did not dare to look at the pedestrians passing by.

Such a familiar feeling reminded Xu Yi of what he saw in the medical clinic that day. His heart seemed to be hit hard by a force of gravity. The upbringing engraved in his bones made him unable to choose to ignore it.

If the people in front of him today were a group of homeless people with naked clothes and hungry eyes, Xu Yi would choose to protect himself, but what appeared in front of him was a child of about ten years old.

He looked small and weak, and could see the many problems caused by malnutrition.

"Hey, it's the kid you were talking about." From the front, the handlebar suddenly spoke.

We had just met each other not long ago, and I still remember the child.

Xu Yi blinked and followed his words and said: "There are still more than twenty miles back to the county, so why not let him come up."

"Children have to count money too." Handlebar muttered.

Xu Yi listened, took out a copper coin from his cuff, and handed it to Chao Xi, "Help me call him up."

Cha Xi stuffed the money into his arms and shouted, "Young man is kindhearted." , he stopped the bullock cart and called to the child.

The child was stunned, his still bright eyes were stunned, and he did not dare to move.

The driver didn't tease him, he just said: "Come up here, I'll give you a ride."

When the child heard this, his eyes showed fear, he shook his head and waved his hands quickly, and he panicked for a long time before he suppressed the words of rejection: "... No, no need."

The handlebar twitched the corner of his mouth. If someone hadn't paid, he would have really wanted to drive the ox cart away immediately: "What are you afraid of? I drive this road every day. It's not like you haven't seen it before. Is it possible? You're worried that I've kidnapped you."

I don't know which sentence touched the child's nerves. The child's panicked face instantly turned pale, as if he was really afraid that the handlebars were trying to kidnap him.

The handlebar seemed invisible, urging: "Get in the car quickly, don't delay other passengers in the car."

Xu Yi: "..."

The other two people in the car: "..."

Xu Yi cleared his throat and said: "Come up. Well, I'm going to the Miaoshou Pavilion with you later."

The child raised his face in surprise, and finally recognized Xu Yi. Even though he didn't know the name of this big brother, he remembered facing him that day. Smiling face.

At this time, the other two people in the car were urging. They saw the teenager who was traveling with him giving money to the handlebar type, so they had to prevent the child from getting up.

The process was tortuous, but fortunately the child got on the bus behind him. He sat down in the corner next to Xu Yi, his whole body tense. Those eyes that looked like a deer didn't know what they were thinking about. They wanted to peek at Xu Yi, but they didn't dare to look.

Xu Yi knew that the child didn't like to talk, so he didn't ask anything.

As a result, there was no door on the handlebar, and Xu Yi confided to the child who was sitting blankly that Xu Yi had paid for the car.

The child was shocked. He thought it was a handlebar who offered to give him a free ride.

Cart-handle style: "The cows need to eat grass, I need to eat, and the wheels need to be repaired. I don't do such good things. You kid, you have to thank the young man next to you. If he hadn't taken pity on you, you walked more than 20 miles." How can you be so relaxed when you return to the city?"

Xu Yi: "..."

After a long time, a timid voice of a child appeared in Xu Yi's ear: "Thank you, Mr. Xiao Lang."

Xu Yi looked at him: "You're welcome, you called me. What's your name? Why are you going to the mountains to collect herbs alone?"

The child looked up and was a little distracted when his eyes met Xu Yi's. They were a pair of eyes he had never seen before. They were very gentle and contained no trace of hate or malice. .

He lowered his head hurriedly, pursed his lips tightly, and suddenly hated hearing his own name.

"Can you tell me what my name is?" Xu Yi asked again gently. The child didn't speak, but it didn't affect him. As a doctor, he had learned how to coax children. "How about I tell you my name first. I My name is Xu Yi, but I haven’t taken the nickname yet. I live in Nanjie, Yanting County, and now I live alone. Oh, by the way, I also have a dog. "

But I didn’t take Xiao Huang with me when I went out today.

I will definitely bring it next time, it can be used to coax the children.

Faced with the kindness shown by Xu Yi, Niu Dung was moved. He was eleven years old and could understand a lot of truths. He understood that such kindness was rare. After hesitating for a moment, he murmured his name in a low voice: "My name is Niu Dung, and I live in Wanwaping Village, Pijia."

Xu Yi frowned: "Why is it called this?"

He named his child "Niu Dung". No matter how I listen to it, I don’t think it’s because I picked a cheap name to make a living. It was more like...

the person next to me laughed and said: "There are so many. How can country people know how to read? It would be nice to have a name."

The child who was called cow dung pursed his lips: "I... I don't know."

Thinking of the names of other people in the family, the circles under Niu Dung's eyes suddenly turned red. He knew that neither his father nor his mother liked him, but only his eldest brother and younger brother. He also always said that he was just freeloading at home and didn't even know how to make money. He knew so little about medicinal herbs that others could earn dozens of cash a day, but he could only earn more than a dozen.

He also had to hand over all the money, otherwise he would not be given gruel.

The person who interrupted next to him saw it and blamed him angrily: "Why are you crying, kid? I didn't say anything to you!"

Another person joked: "Oh, you must be relying on us."

" I didn't." Niu Dung shook his head in panic, wiping his tears and trying to explain that he didn't think so, but for some reason, he couldn't stop his tears.

Xu Yi's face was a little cold, and he looked at the two passengers who deliberately teased the children with awe.

Seeing this, the two people smiled and excused themselves to talk. They didn't expect the child to be so uncontrollably amused, so they didn't dare to talk anymore.

...

After such interruption, Xu Yi did not continue to ask.

The rest of the journey was speechless.

When the child got out of the car at the county town, he clutched the handkerchief Xu Yi gave him in his hand. It was made of clean cotton and smelled of fragrant soap locust. But she used it to wipe his tears. The cow dung felt a little regretful and did not dare to look at Xu Yi's gaze.

Xu Yi originally wanted to go home directly, but now that this happened, he naturally wanted to follow him to the Miaoshou Pavilion.

The medicinal materials that he planned to keep for himself were not kept, and all were sold to Miaoshou Pavilion.

After getting the money, he turned around to leave, but someone grabbed him by the corner of his clothes. He looked back and saw the child, who wanted to return the handkerchief to him.

Xu Yi smiled, raised his hand and patted his head: "No, I gave you the handkerchief."

After that, he waved and left.

The child stood there in a daze, and did not regain consciousness for a long time.

*

Today is the day to go to the carpenter's shop to get the medicine box.

The money from selling the medicinal materials can be used to pay off the remaining balance. Once the money is handed over, the medicine box is his.

Hanging the medicine box on his shoulder again, holding the handle of the medicine box with one hand, Xu Yi finally smelled like a doctor. If someone saw him at this time, they would definitely call him "doctor" instead of "young man".

When he walked out of the carpenter's shop, as expected, when he met people on the street, they would always call him doctor politely.

In ancient times, the study of medicine was a Qihuang art, and its status was not high in the eyes of scholars. However, in the eyes of the common people, doctors could save their lives when they were sick, and they all respected doctors when they met on the road.

It's not okay to be disrespectful. If you look down on you, what will you do if the other party refuses to save you?

Xu Yi took his new medicine box and went to another medical clinic on South Street to buy medicinal materials. He promised Jishi Tang to bring Xiaoshi Pills to his door in five days. He had to make Xiaoshi Pills in the next few days.

Taking advantage of the break from the spring rain, Xu Yi spent all the remaining money after paying for the medicine box to buy medicinal materials.

The apprentices in the medical clinic were not surprised to see a young doctor coming to buy medicine. There are many doctors in Yanting County. In addition to those who open pharmacies, there are also traveling doctors. If these traveling doctors want to take medicine, they can't go to Tongchuan Prefecture and go to a "cooked medicine clinic" to get medicine.

He thought Xu Yi was the wandering doctor, which was not a mistake.

I just don't understand the medicinal materials that Xu Yi bought. These seem to be medicines for treating digestion and regulating the stomach, and they buy several kilograms at a time.

The most important thing is that from these medicines, he couldn't tell which prescription was used: "Mr. doctor, are you using these to treat diseases?"

Xu Yi looked at him: "Yes, they are used to treat diseases." "

The apprentice's mouth twitched, and it seemed that he couldn't ask anything else. As soon as the man left, he ran to the clinic and told the doctor inside that a strange wandering doctor had just come to buy medicine for treating food accumulation, but he didn't say anything when asked.

Not only did he not get a good result, but he was also scolded by the doctor, who scolded him for being unable to remember what medical ethics and style are after studying medicine for so long.

The apprentice's face was full of grievances, didn't he just feel strange...