Chapter 2

Before midnight, cocks crowed and people shouted outside. Xu Yi was forced to open his eyes. The sky was dark outside and ordinary people had already gotten up to work.

He got up, lit the oil lamp, and went to the kitchen by the light, took out the two eggs he had left yesterday, and burned firewood to boil water. There was still half of the water in the water tank, but it took a long time. Xu Yi planned to refill it when he came back from the mountain.

At this moment, he ate the egg and gave a yolk to Xiao Huang.

The houses on South Street are all poor. The houses are all made of mud. The roofs are made of straw and thatch. Fortunately, the thatched house left to him by the original body was quite large, with three rooms, one as the main room, a small room divided into two rooms, and a kitchen room. Outside was a small courtyard of more than ten square meters. It's fifty or sixty square feet tall.

It's lucky that Xu Yi didn't sell it for money and let Xu Yi travel through time and live in the open air.

Digging herbs in the mountains was not easy, so Xu Yi changed out of his long shirt and wore a narrow-sleeved dark brown short shirt underneath, and a wear-resistant short brown shirt on the outside.

After I went to school, I only wore long gowns, Luo shirts and jackets in school, all made of ordinary cotton. But every time when the farming was busy, I would also wear short brown clothes and go to the fields to help with farming.

Therefore, Xu Yi's body would not feel uncomfortable wearing this rough brown shorts.

Carrying the sickle, hemp rope and wooden sticks on his back and putting them in the bamboo basket, Xu Yi led Xiao Huang out. When I arrived at the gate of the county town, I walked to an ox cart parked on the roadside and asked if I could go to Yilu Mountain with a handlebar.

"Go, one copper per person." The driver is an old man over fifty years old. There are already three people sitting on the cattle cart.

It looked like a family of three. The child in his arms was five or six years old. His eyes were wide open and he looked at Xu Yi curiously.

Xu Yi glanced at him twice more and sat down next to him with a calm expression.

Maybe he liked Xiao Huang who he picked up. The child's eyes fell on the dog. His eyes were bright and bright, but his hair was withered and yellow, and his face was also yellow.

It's yellow, as if it's coated with a layer of oil wax.

Not long after, two more people got on the bullock cart, drove the cart away from the corner of the city wall, and drove leisurely to the long winding dirt road.

On the way, Xu Yi listened to the people in the car talking.

"The temple on Jin'e Mountain is very effective. The last time someone asked for money, within a few days, he earned 500 yuan!"

"How much does it cost!?" "

Isn't that right? I didn't lie to you. , I know this person, the Xin family from East Street. I originally brought in a batch of silk materials, but something went wrong on the way. I thought I would have to pay hundreds of dollars in compensation. Unexpectedly, I went to beg for help, and when I came back, I turned the waste into treasure and sold it at a reasonable price. It’s more expensive than the original one, and I’ve made a lot more money!”

“Is medical treatment effective?” At this time, the woman holding the child suddenly said.

The speaker looked over, not knowing what he was thinking, and said: "It's also magical. There is a fairy spring on the mountain. I heard it can cure all diseases."

"Isn't that more powerful than a magical medicine?" The child's father He spoke in surprise.

"Elixir?" Xu Yi asked in surprise.

The people on the oxcart saw that he was young, wore short brown clothes, and was quiet on the road, so they thought they were not curious.

The child's father said: "I asked for it at the Xianhe Pavilion on West Street. The doctor there made a magic hand pill, which he said can cure nightmare syndrome and also cure children's crying."

After saying this, his face turned dark and distressed . He touched the child in his wife's arms.

The child didn't know why, and just smiled silly at his father. While smiling, he whispered: "Dad, that puppy... puppy..."

"It's called Xiao Huang." Xu Yi was so close that the child's voice could be heard clearly. Chu Di entered his ears, and he took the initiative to take the words and looked at the child with a smile.

"Xiao Huang?" The child tilted his head.

Xu Yi turned his attention to the child's father: "Is this official worried about your son's health?"

"Did you see that?" He was slightly surprised.

Xu Yi nodded and asked seriously: "The child's face is too yellow and the tongue coating is white. Does he often feel bloated after eating a full meal and has difficulty passing urine? And he has night sweats in the middle of the night and gets up and cries?"

Others in the car fell silent. They all looked at him in surprise.

"How do you know, young man?" the woman holding the child asked in a trembling voice.

His child has been weak since he was a child and has seen many doctors. The doctors all said that it is a disease caused by natural physical weakness and needs to be slowly treated with ginseng soup.

But ginseng is expensive. A ten-year-old ginseng costs one or two silver. They are just ordinary people, so how can they get this money. Later, I heard about folk remedies that could cure the disease, but after eating it, the condition became worse. I went to the West Street Xianhe Pavilion and hired a doctor to treat me. It got slightly better, but it couldn't be cured.

I went out today to go to the temple in Mount Yilu to pray for a peace charm for my child. After all, March 3rd was coming, so this day was important.

Xu Yi said calmly: "I'm not talented. I've read a lot of medical books and I understand a little bit."

"I see."

Everyone was quite surprised. After all, the young man looked like he was only a teenager and had not yet reached the age of adulthood. , it seems to be a coincidence.

Unexpectedly, she thought the topic would end like this, but it was the child's mother who spoke first: "Young man, do you know how to cure this disease?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she was glared at by the father of the child next to her. In front of Xu Yi, it is difficult to show it directly.

Xu Qian pretended not to know and asked calmly: "Can you let me check your pulse?"

"Of course it is possible." The child's mother said. For the sake of her child, she was already in a hurry and sought medical treatment.

Xu Yi raised his hand calmly and placed his fingertips on the left pulse.

After several teleports, the people in the car were silent and their eyes fell on Xu Yi's fingers.

"What's going on?"

"Why don't you say anything?"

Some of the people in the same group were impatient to wait first.

Xu Yi raised his eyelids and did not look at him, but returned his gaze to the child's parents.

He slowly said: "This is a person born with exhaustion and blood loss, accompanied by liver yin deficiency and excessive fire. Spend more time in the sun on weekdays, eat some pork liver, longan and red dates. Then use astragalus, angelica, fried Atractylodes, Rehmannia glutinosa and Codonopsis pilosula every day. Wait for it to be cooked and taken." [Note 1]

After that, Xu Yi asked them if they had paper and pen. If they wanted to, he would get off the bus at the place and write a prescription for them.

The prescription he mentioned was almost the same as the doctor at Xianhe Pavilion, except that there were two or three herbs in it that were different.

This loss of blood due to exhaustion is actually called anemia, and this child should have been born with jaundice as a child. Due to physical weakness and insufficient exposure to the sun, Yin deficiency and fire exuberance led to a bloated belly and discomfort after eating.

This is a small problem at first, but because these parents love their children and are unwilling to let their children get too cold or too hot, they have very few opportunities to see the sun.

With this delay, the child has not received effective treatment. Just looking at his face is indeed a bit scary.

Hearing what Xu Yi said so clearly, the child's father hesitated.

They asked several doctors, and they said the same thing at the beginning. They were born weak and could be cured after a few treatments, but the effect was minimal.

But the child's mother heard the key point: "Basing in the sun? Is this good for the sun?"

"Yes, you should get more sun, especially the early morning sun and the setting sun. The sun in these two periods is not too harsh, and more sun exposure is beneficial. Healthy." Xu Yi said.

"What Mr. Young Master said is even more powerful than the doctors at Xianhe Pavilion. Could it be that his family runs a medical clinic? Who is your father?" In the car, the man who initially boasted about the efficacious power of Jin'e Mountain Temple suddenly spoke up. .

Xu Yi looked at him calmly: "I'm just a wandering doctor. I took the exam first and never studied medicine."

The man: "..."

The others murmured in a low voice. This didn't hinder Xu Yi. He had already said everything he could say. , believe it or not depends on what the parents decide.

With this episode, the other two people in the car curiously asked Xu Yi if he could show it to them too.

Anyway, they haven't arrived yet, so they can use it to pass the time.

Of course Xu Yi was willing. Although he was influenced by his family background and had been exposed to patients since he was a child, he heard and saw too much.

But this was his first time actually seeing a doctor. If he hadn't had more than ten years of modern medical experience, he might not be so comfortable with children this time.

"Old man, your tongue coating is too heavy and yellow, and the corners of your eyes are deep red. This is a sign of stomach fire. You can drink more cool soup."

"What about me?" The person who raised the question before saw him saying this, It's inevitable that I can't help it.

"You..."

Xu Yi paused pretending to be silent. When he showed an anxious look, he smiled lightly and said, "It's either a serious problem or a strong liver fire, dampness and heat in the blood. The acne on your face is caused by your temper. "Yes, lose your temper less and drink more hot water."

"Can it be cured by drinking hot water?" The sores on his face usually made him feel unconfident, but he was surprised and happy to hear that it would be cured.

Xu Yi: "Don't lose your temper."

The man: "..."

It seems that he said it, but he didn't.

After more than an hour, the bullock cart finally stopped.

Xu Yi got out of the car neatly with a basket on his back.

A family of three sitting behind them followed closely, fearing that Xu Yi would leave, so they hurriedly called for someone.

"Mr. Lang, wait! Lang Jun, wait!"

Xu Yi stopped and waited for them. A quarter of an hour later, the group arrived at the temple at the foot of Yilu Mountain.

The temple is not big. When you enter, you can see a young monk receiving pilgrims.

Under the guidance of the little novice monk, they entered the Zen room and borrowed the yellow bamboo paper and pen and ink provided inside.

Xu Yi studied the ink and wrote down the prescriptions mentioned on the road in a smooth and flowing manner. He knew how much the medicines cost and how to take them.

Since people trusted him and didn't look down on him because he was a teenager, he stopped being stingy and carefully gave some instructions that needed attention.

During this period, the child's eyes were glued to Xiao Huang's body.

Xiao Huang is wagging his tail, and his dripping orange eyes are particularly naive, making people want to touch him.

Xu Yi still had important things to attend to, so he gave the prescription to the other party and then said goodbye and left.

The child's father stopped him, took out fifty coins and stuffed it into his hand: "I am short of money, please don't dislike it."

Holding the heavy copper in his hand, Xu Yi couldn't find any reason when thinking that he was penniless. reject.

Unexpectedly, there would be such a harvest halfway, and Xu Yi's climbing speed gradually slowed down.

The five towns in Jiuxiang outside Yanting County are vast and sparsely populated. They all have mountainous and low-mountain landforms with alternating peaks and valleys. There is also the Yilu Mountain, which is hundreds of meters high. It is a forest of trees and the mountains blend into the water. They are all primitive. Ecological scenery and graceful spirit [Note 2].

Unlike modern developed mountains, today's Mount Ilu is in a very primitive state.

There is only one long trail, which seems to have been walked out by many people. Along the way, you can see lush vegetation on both sides, and occasionally there are stones piled up by people for rest.

Xu Yi's goal was not these. He took the wooden stick he brought in his hand, left the trail and entered the bushes on both sides, while waving the thick grass in front of him.

It's warm in early spring, and many animals come out to look for food after winter. If they step on a poisonous snake, it will be in trouble.

Fortunately, he was lucky. Not long after he entered the grass, he found Polygonum multiflorum not far away.

The almost peach-shaped leaves are easy to identify. They like to grow in bushes, under trees, and in stone gaps. If you open the veins of the rattan leaves, you can see that this Polygonum multiflorum is connected to another one, which is actually a twin. [Note 3]

Xu Yi dug up the soil on the ground, revealing the reddish-brown roots inside. Several pieces of Polygonum multiflorum seven or eight centimeters long were staggered together, which was quite substantial.

He looked delighted. Medical clinics in Yanting County would collect medicinal materials dug from the mountains at low prices. Polygonum multiflorum is an expensive medicinal material. Even raw polygonum multiflorum can be sold at a certain price. If the cooked polygonum multiflorum is cooked, it can be sold at a higher price.