Chapter 183

Xu Yi and the others returned to the inn in a donkey cart. A Xu was waiting for them at the entrance of the inn with Hui Yicao in his arms.

The young man, wearing simple clothes, smiled innocently when he saw the familiar donkey cart.

Xu Yi opened the curtain and looked at him: "Why don't you go back first?"

"I want to wait here, Lang Jun, for you to come back." A Xu came forward with Hui Yicao in his arms and asked, "Lang Jun, where have you been? "Why have you been here for so long?"

"I'm going to the free clinic in the north of the city." Xu Yi said with a smile, lifting the curtain and coming out, "I will be researching the medicinal tea in the room in the next two days. If I find it, I will need you. It tastes good."

"You only have two days to do it, what do you need me to do?" Although A Xu believed in Xu Yi's ability, it seemed too much in just two days.

"It's enough. What I want to make is not some troublesome medicinal tea. After two experiments, I will roughly know the amount to use." Xu Yi folded his wide sleeves and walked up the stairs of the inn with a relaxed pace.

A Xu looked at his husband from behind, and then at the two extra diners on the first floor.

The two diners were also looking at them, focusing on Xu Yi.

A Xu took two quick steps and blocked the sight of the two people. The two people looked at each other and felt something was wrong. He asked in a low voice: "Lang Jun, look at those two people. Is there anything wrong with them?"

Xu Yi glanced over from the corner of his eye, looked away calmly, and said, "Well, let's ignore them for the moment."

The four of them knew how to box and kick, and ordinary robbers and bandits were no match for them.

However, these two people were really staring at them, were they trying to steal?

Xu Yi returned to the room, took the Hui Yicao from A Xu's hand, and asked him to go to the food box and give him a pack of white sesame seeds that had been roasted before.

He wiped Hui Yicao clean, poured some sesame seeds into it, put on his lapel, and started to work, carefully crushing the sesame seeds inside.

The sesame seeds in Huiyi Cao become more and more crushed, and the sesame aroma becomes more and more intense.

A Xu sniffed and smelled the fragrance, wondering what kind of medicinal tea Xu Yi wanted to make.

But soon, he knew what the medicinal tea made by Xu Yi was like.

At this moment, Ah Jin came in with a pot of boiling tea.

"Lang Jun, here comes the black tea."

A quarter of an hour ago.

Ah Jin came to the inn with his own teapot alone, and asked him to borrow the inn's kitchen.

She was worried that the waiter would not agree, so she handed him some money. When the waiter saw the money, he didn't agree. He even smiled and took the teapot to help her boil water.

Ah Jin did not borrow others' help. According to what Xu Yi told her, she poured five qian black tea leaves and boiled a pot of tea.

Xu Yi didn't even raise his head, and continued his movements. He added a small amount of salt to the sesame seeds ground into fine powder, and mixed it with water to make a dilute paste. He picked up the teapot handed over by Ajin and poured the hot black tea inside. Pour into the sesame paste and stir with a spoon to combine.

For a moment, the room was completely filled with the aroma of sesame oil. This aroma is very tempting. For ordinary people, it is an excellent delicacy that is rarely encountered.

Xu Yi looked at A Xu and the others and saw that they were also a little greedy. He said with a smile: "This is called sesame tea. It has the effect of moistening the intestines and tonifying the kidneys. It is an excellent treasure for longevity for the weak."

Moreover, sesame seeds are rich . It is rich in fatty oils and has a strong aroma. It can be eaten by people with anemia, fatigue, dry skin, dry stools, etc.

Xu Yi gave the sesame tea to three people and asked them how it tasted.

Ah Jin took a sip, and his eyes immediately showed surprise. The taste of this sesame tea was salty with a hint of the bitter sweetness of black tea: "It tastes good, it smells so good!"

"Well, it tastes really good." A Xu I couldn't hold it back and took several sips in a row.

Erqing had never had any other tea except the one without any additives at Yongxing Teahouse last time. He looked at the sesame tea in the bowl and took a sip first. Then, he was stunned. Feeling amazing about this amazing taste.

"How?" Xu Yi looked at him with a smile.

Erqing took another sip of tea in the bowl, his eyes flashed brightly, and he drank all the remaining sesame tea in the bowl.

"Good... delicious!" He scratched his head a little embarrassed, "I drank a little too quickly and drank it all."

Xu Yi: ...

Okay, I'm still a stupid kid.

But judging from their reactions, the sesame tea made this time should be a success.

It has also been confirmed from the side that the ancients really liked to eat this kind of salty tea. In addition, some teas also add other condiments. It doesn’t taste like tea, but more like tea porridge.

The sesame tea he made comes from "Xingyuan Lu" written by Li Huanan in the Qing Dynasty. This is a food monograph that records many ancient recipes.

The sesame tea inside is one of the humble medicinal tea recipes.

Although it is inconspicuous, it is of great use. Xu Yi has been in Shuzhong for so long and has never seen sesame tea sold in a teahouse, so he thought of taking sesame tea out to participate in the competition.

...

At midnight, it was dark in the inn, and the lanterns lighting up the building were extinguished.

The people in the city fell into a deep sleep, but A Xu did not sleep. He was still thinking about the two people he saw during the day.

Unable to sleep for a while, he groped his way up, put on his clothes lightly, took out his usual self-defense knife, sat down in front of the table and chair in the guest room, and stared in the direction of the door.

"Dang-dang-dang--"

There was a watchman patrolling outside, beating the gong in his hand. It was already five o'clock in the morning.

There was silence outside, and I don't know how long it passed. Just when A Xu thought no one would come, there was a rustling sound outside.

A Xu immediately grasped the knife in his hand vigilantly and groped carefully to the door. Soon, he saw two figures stretched by the moonlight reflected on the door.

It's those two people!

A Xu swallowed nervously. It was the first time he faced a bad guy alone, and he felt very uneasy.

Those are two people, and he may not be able to beat them.

Lang Jun is in the next room, and he can't let these people ruin Xu Yi's dream.

"Creak -"

Suddenly, the door next door was opened, which became particularly obvious in the silent night.

The two sneaky figures were also obviously startled. Through the window, they turned their heads to look next door in a panic.

A Xu's eyes suddenly lit up.

Then, they all heard a very calm voice: "What are you looking for?"

The two people said: "..." What's going on with this man!

Xu Yi saw them standing there in a panic and not knowing what to do. It seemed that he did not expect that someone would wake up at this time and come to question them. He raised his eyes and looked outside. There was a faint blue light on the horizon, but his vision was still poor.

Before dawn, it's almost dawn.

There wasn't much time left for them, and they weren't sure they could deal with the person in front of them quietly.

The two looked at each other and planned to retreat.

At this time, the door next to them opened, and a young man holding a knife came out.

They recognized him, and the boy kept staring at them today!

The two of them suddenly felt numb. They had been discovered a long time ago. Where were the two of them squatting in tandem to guard them?

"Run!"

they shouted in a low voice and quickly ran towards the stairs on Xu Yi's side. In their opinion, Xu Yi looked gentle and elegant, and was still wearing a long shirt with wide sleeves. He looked easier to deal with than the plainly dressed entourage.

"Lang Jun..." A Xu shouted nervously when he saw them running towards Xu Yi.

The two people were overjoyed when they heard this, or they could blackmail the man in front of them and ask his followers to take out valuable things from them.

Unexpectedly, the person in front of them didn't panic at all. Instead, he launched an attack and caught them.

The corridor was narrow, and the two of them could not avoid it. Their resisting arms were grabbed. The next moment, a "click" sound was heard, and then a burst of pain hit them. Their arms were dislocated on the spot, and they broke out in cold sweat from the pain.

The howl of pain resounded through the silent night. For a moment, A Jin and Er Qing were both awakened and had no time to put on their coats and run out to help.

When they saw two men lying with their arms folded at Xu Yi's feet, they were stunned.

Soon, there was movement downstairs, and the shopkeeper Xi Rou and the waiter came over carrying a lantern.

They were also stunned when they saw the person lying on the ground.

These two people were guests who stayed at the inn this morning. They claimed to be from Guangyuan, but their behavior was obscene. They were really not good people.

Xi Rou endured her violent temper and asked Xu Yi about the situation: "What did these two people do? Why are they outside your house?"

Xu Yi looked at her and said concisely: "Attempted theft."

Xi Rou raised her eyebrows and said: " ..." Two guys who don't know whether to live or die.

How dare you steal from her inn.

She sneered and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Xu, I'll arrest you. Leave the rest to me."

After saying that, she looked back at the waiter who was cowering in the back. She frowned and said, "Go get a rope and pull this guy off." The two of them were tied up and locked up in the woodshed. They will go to the Yamen to report to the officials tomorrow morning.

When the waiter heard this, his face turned pale and he did not dare to go.

Xirou's patience gradually disappeared and she scolded him: "It's useless. Why are you still afraid of being fucked? I just see you being afraid of ghosts. You are afraid of such soft-footed shrimps, but you are still a man."

The waiter hesitated . My retort: ​​"I, I'm still young..."

Xirou slapped his drooped head and laughed angrily: "Go get the rope quickly."

The waiter rubbed his painful head and did not dare to continue to refute. , and ran dejectedly to get the rope.

Without saying a word, Xi Rou snatched the rope from his hand and tied the two men herself.

After being tied to the dislocated spot, the two of them were still moaning and screaming in pain, and were slapped back by Xi Rou with two big slaps.

"Take it easy, mother. If I hear you yelling again, I'll see if I peel off your skin." After Xirou said that, she pushed them up, handed the two of them to the waiter, and asked him to take them downstairs. .

Xu Yi: "..." What a tough lady.

Ah Jin looked at her with bright eyes, this shopkeeper is so awesome.

Xi Rou noticed their gaze and looked back: "Any other questions?" Xu Yi said

: "No, I'll leave the shopkeeper to worry about the rest."

If you steal something from the inn, you have to ask me if I agree."

After saying that, she asked Xu Yi and the others to go back to their room to rest.

Xu Yi looked at a ray of light hanging on the horizon, suddenly thought of something, and asked her: "Shopkeeper, do you know that there is a cart pusher named Li in the city?" "

The cart pusher?" provoke.

Different from her temper, Xi Rou has a pair of tender red eyes. When she is not angry, she looks good-looking, which is very different from the village women doing farm work in the countryside.

Even so, Xu Yi didn't dare to look down on her.

He did not forget what Uncle Tang entrusted him with before going out. During the day, I kept paying attention to the old men pushing carts on the street.

But there were many men and old men pushing carts, so it was not easy to find him in this city.

That being the case, why not ask a local.

After listening to his description, Xirou quickly identified a person. She said, "Is the person you are talking about old man Li?"

Xu Yi said, "It should be him."

Xirou said carefully: "This Old Man Li came to Zhaohua more than ten years ago. Not long after I got married, I met him several times at my husband's house. At that time, he was called Li Laizi. I remember that he lived in an old lane in the south of the city. If you look for He can go there and ask."

After hearing this, Xu Yi thanked Xirou and planned to go to the old alley in the south of the city to find someone tomorrow.

...

The next day, not long after they got up, two officials came to pick up the person.

After a night of being tied up, the two men looked sluggish and their eyes were dark. When they saw Xu Yi in the crowd, they struggled desperately and ran over, kneeling on the ground to beg for mercy.

"My husband, please do me a favor and take our arms back..."

When the angrily ran to arrest the man, he heard this and noticed something was wrong with one of the two thieves' arms. When he touched his shoulder, he found that It's all swollen there.

The two of them were also screaming, and looking at the sweat on their foreheads, it was obvious how painful it was.

Zaoli's scalp tightened as he looked at Xu Yi, who looked much better: "You were the one who caught them last night?"

"Yes, Mr. Cha." Xu Yi replied politely.

Zaoli said: "In that case, you have to stay in the inn. If the case requires you to be interrogated, you have to listen to our call."

Xu Yi nodded, he still understood the process.

But if these two people were recruited truthfully, they wouldn't have anything to do.

Xu Yi thought about their two arms being removed all night, and wanted to put them back together.

But Zaoli didn't let it go and said sarcastically: "Let them feel the pain. If they do it honestly, a doctor will take them back."

The two begged for mercy and confessed on the spot, but Zaoli didn't care and waved the gun in his hand. Whip, urging them to get up.

All the officials had said this, so Xu Yi naturally didn't bother.

Seeing the two people begging for mercy after being beaten by the officials, Xu Yi felt very calm. He had seen this incident many times, so he was not so touched.

He watched quietly as the two men were being pushed out of the inn, then called Er Qing, who was stunned, and asked him to follow them out.

Erqing came back to his senses, took Xiao Huang and followed Xu Yi, went to the manger to fetch Wangcai, who was well fed and drunk, put a rope on it, drove the car, and took Xu Yi to the old alley in the south of the city.

This time Erqing was driving, and the road was much quieter. Xu Yi rarely had any quiet time, so he closed his eyes and meditated in the car.

Erqing joined in halfway, and he didn't know anything about Yanting. After getting along with him, he knew that Xu Yi was naturally different from him. He had many close friends and elders who cared about him. These were all It was a life he had never experienced before.

Therefore, he greedily stayed by Xu Yi's side, absorbing the warmth they brought, and becoming deeply attached to them.

But... Xu Yi didn't want to buy him, saying that he didn't have the habit of buying servants.

A Xu and A Jin were accidents. Such an accident is enough once.

This was said by Xu Yi himself.

Just when Erqing couldn't help but worry about gains and losses...

Xu Yi, who had been resting in the carriage for a while, lifted the curtain and looked at the back of the young man above him.

Next to him, Xiao Huang was lying on his stomach, tilting his head towards Xu Yi and licking his tongue.

Xu Yi waved to him, and Xiao Huang ran over and lay down next to his legs.

Erqing noticed Xiao Huang's movement and looked back at the carriage. He saw Xu Yi playing with Xiao Huang and said, "Doctor Xu, do you have any instructions?"

"Stop the car in front." Xu Yi looked up at him.

"Okay." Erqing nodded and stopped the donkey cart with a sigh.

The old alleys in the south of the city are all low thatched houses. The surroundings are silent now, as if no one is at home in every house.

Xu Yi glanced around and found that the innkeeper's wife didn't know where Old Man Li lived, so they could only ask from room to room.

They went all the way to knock on the door and asked several houses before a shabby old woman came out and opened the door.

Looking at the young juniors standing outside, the old woman looked at them with cloudy eyes and asked them what happened.

Xu Yi saluted and asked, "This old man, do you know where Old Man Li's home is?"

"Old Man Li?" The old woman thought for a moment and asked them, "What do you want to do with him? He pulls carts every day. They won't come back until sunset."

Xu Yi said that they were asked to come to visit, and if the old man knew about it, please let him know.

Seeing that they had no ill intentions, the old woman raised her slightly trembling arms and pointed at the dilapidated house diagonally opposite.

"That's Old Man Li's house." The old woman asked them with some disbelief, "Are you really entrusted by others? Then Old Man Li is an old widower with no children. At this age, he still has to earn money by pulling a cart. It's hard work to make a living."

This old woman was not doing well herself. Her clothes were in tatters, she had a lot of puddings, her face was withered and thin, and her mouth was missing all her teeth.

Seeing this, Xu Yi turned back to the carriage, picked out a few pieces of delicious and effortless Poria cake, wrapped them in a handkerchief, and gave them to the old woman as a thank you gift.

The old woman smelled the fragrance of the fruit and accepted it without rejection. She asked Xu Yi awkwardly if he wanted to come in and drink a glass of water.

Xu Yi smiled, but did not refuse.

He took Erqing into this dilapidated thatched house. The house was much cleaner than he thought, and the few belongings in the house were neatly placed in the surrounding corners.

The only thing at home was a set of unpolished furniture, a teapot and two tea bowls.

The teapot is filled with clean water, which looks very clear. Then look at the old woman's wrinkled hands. There is no dirt on her fingers. It can be seen that this old woman is very clean.

"Old man, are you the only one at home during the day?" Xu Yi looked at her gently.

The old woman nodded, with a smile on her old face: "My son and wife have to work in the fields during the day and can only come back at night, but I have two grandchildren, both of whom work as bartenders in restaurants in the city."

Can I work in a restaurant? Being a bartender is a great fortune for their family.

At this rate, they will be able to save enough money to buy a house in the city in another twenty years.

Xu Yi was surprised when he heard that the house they lived in now was not his own.

The old woman smiled bitterly: "Don't look at the houses in this old alley. They are so dilapidated. They are not cheap to buy. If it weren't for the fact that the old house in the country is too far away from the city, and it would be too troublesome to go back and forth, I, an old woman, would not be able to bear it. . "

This is just the cost of renting a house every year, which costs five ounces of silver." But the money had to be paid. Her son and daughter-in-law were tenants of a wealthy family, and they had five acres of land in the southern suburbs of the city. If they didn't live here, their old village would be more than thirty miles away from the suburbs of the city. How could it be so far away? I can make it in time.

Xu Yi asked again and found out that this old woman who looked to be in her seventies was actually just over half a century old.

Xu Yi: "..."

People are suffering everywhere.

The old woman asked him: "Mr. Sir, where are you from?"

Xu Yi said gently: "I come from Yanting, Zizhou. My surname is Xu Mingyi, and I am a doctor."

"You are actually a doctor in this life?" The old woman was surprised.

She stood up excitedly and asked: "Then...can you give my son a medical treatment?"

After asking, she waved her hand in a panic, "That's all, I, I don't have any money to give to you."

Xu Yi said with a smile: "Of course I can see it. Don't worry, old man, my fee is not expensive."

"Really, really?" The old woman's fingers trembled.

Xu Yi stepped forward and held her calloused palm. The palm of her palm facing downward was covered with deep ravines. All of them were cracked and cracked with chapped and frostbite.

The old woman gratefully offered him another drink.

Xu Yi said no need, he had a teapot in his car.

With that said, Erqing asked Erqing to go back to the carriage to get the medicine box and teapot.

At Yongxing Tea House on the other side, A Xu and A Jin successfully got the registration sign.

This sign only had the words "Grand Tea Party" engraved on it, and there was no other information. However, when they saw that no one else in line to sign up had any objections, they knew that this was it.

Taking this thing, they planned to go to the medical center where the free clinic was held yesterday.

The old doctor Chen inside was still there, but there was no free clinic today. When he saw Ah Jin, he asked Xu Yi if he was here.

A Jin shook his head: "Mr. Lang has other things to do and he can't come. Today, only my brother and I are here."

Old Doctor Chen asked her, "What's the matter?"

A Jin smiled sweetly and said, "Come and get some medicine."

Old Doctor Chen : "What kind of medicine should I grab? Tell me."

Upon hearing this, Ah Jin reported the names of several medicinal materials. These are all needed for Xu Yi's other medicinal tea recipe. The medicinal materials they brought happened to be lacking, so they planned to come to the medical clinic to buy them.

Ah Jin was very fond of this medical clinic, so he brought his brother here.

Old Doctor Chen heard that the medicinal materials she wanted to grab did not come from any prescription, and the amount used was not large, but Xu Yi was not here, so he could not ask more questions.

Without thinking about it further, I weighed the herbs and wrapped them.

A Jin and A Xu came out of the medical clinic carrying medicine and planned to go to South Street to find their husband.

On the way to South Street, they saw an old man in trouble halfway.

The wooden cart that the old man was pushing had a wooden wheel stuck in a gap between the slate bricks. He pushed hard for a long time but could not push it out.

The brother and sister saw it and walked over to help him push the wheel out.

"Thank you, brothers and sisters." Li Laizi looked at the two young men, who were very similar in appearance, and smiled and thanked them.

But soon, a distressed look appeared on his face.

The wheel that was stuck in the gap had a two-inch long crack. He squatted down to check the crack in distress. It was very close to the roller. If it was loaded with heavy goods, it might not be able to support the crack.

Seeing this, Ah Jin blinked innocently: "My father-in-law, we didn't damage your car on purpose."

Li Laizi looked up at them and showed a smile that was uglier than crying: "It's not you, it's this The wheel has been stuck in the gap for too long, and sooner or later it will crack. "

If it weren't for these two young men, he didn't know when he would be able to pull the wheel out.

"Let's not talk about this. Now that the wheel is broken, what should you do, father-in-law?" Looking at the clothes of the old man in front of him, Ah Jin knew that he was a poor man. This wooden cart should be his tool for making a living.

Now that the tool for making a living is damaged, wouldn't it mean that his livelihood is cut off?

When thinking of this, both A Xu and A Jin felt that they couldn't just sit idly by.

Although Lang Jun had told them not to leak money at will when outside. But they are not ignorant people anymore. This person is obviously different from some blackmailing bachelors.

However, the two of them also kept an eye on it and did not rush to help him rotate the car. Instead, they helped him to lift the car.

A Xu said: "My father-in-law, let's take you home."

A Jin echoed from the side: "The wheel is broken and we can't pull the goods. Let's help you pull the car back first. You can see if it can be done when you get home. It's fixed."

Li Laizi was silent for a while and could only agree with a sigh.