Chapter 214
When Wan'er saw him coming, she was overjoyed at first, and then listened to the meaning of his words. She looked at him in confusion and said, "What do you mean by the way to make money that Xu Sheng said?"
"Lang Juntuo " Let me ask you, are you still thinking of redeeming yourself?" A Xu asked her, carefully explaining his plan to come here.
"If you are interested, Lang Jun would like to help you, but I don't know if you have the courage."
Wan'er's chest was heaving up and down. Although she was still confused, she nodded firmly: "I have my original intention, but I hope Xu Mr. Xu Sheng, help me."
After saying that, she knelt down.
Before he could even kneel on the ground, A Xu pulled him back vigorously with both hands.
The force was so strong that he immediately pushed her down on the stool next to her. Feeling the force coming from her arm just now, she raised her eyes to look at him blankly.
A Xu didn't know how to pity her, so naturally he didn't know that he hurt her.
Like the Goulan House, it has always been a den of squandering gold and silver. Most of the people who come here for entertainment are willing to spend a few dollars. If there is one, there will be two. Most of the people who come here often are old customers, and some of them are brought here by others to open their eyes. These individuals are all selected by Xu Yi for sale.
And it is not easy to make a lot of money just relying on their reputation in Fuzhou. Then you need a medium.
Xu Yi thought about this medium for a while and finally chose the girl Wan'er whom he met by chance that day. As long as she is willing to think about her life's major events, she will definitely agree.
Xu Yi took advantage of this determined heart. If she was not determined, Xu Yi would not covet these hundreds of dollars and leave Fuzhou early.
A Xu told her in detail what Lang Jun had planned, and then said: "Miss Wan'er doesn't need to do anything. She just tells the nobles who come to have fun the benefits of this medicinal wine."
Wan'er held her breath and whispered softly. He said: "That wine... didn't you get it from your mother?"
"Yes, it's just that this wine is not that wine, it has changed its appearance." A Xu nodded and admitted.
When Wan'er heard that it was really that wine, Wan'er nervously squeezed the handkerchief in her hand, and finally couldn't hold it back: "If mother finds out, she will cause trouble for Mr. Xu."
... Speaking of this, she could not help but think of the lesson she had received from the madam before. days, I instinctively became afraid.
A Xu frowned and asked her: "If Miss Wan'er doesn't want to, then just pretend that this didn't happen."
Seeing that he was about to leave, Wan'er hurriedly grabbed him: "I do! Xu Sheng went back and told Mr. Xu that this I will take care of things, please help me."
"Girl, get up quickly." A Xu couldn't bear it. Although this plan was arranged by Lang Jun, he couldn't bear it when he faced the weak and helpless girl in front of him. Mercy comes.
"Don't worry, girl, you don't need me to save you." He said, "As long as you sell the wine, you will get 50% of the profit. By then, you should be able to save the money to redeem yourself soon. ”
Next, he pretended to spend several hours in the room.
In fact, they were sitting at the table, discussing in detail how to carry out this matter quietly in front of the Madam's eyes.
As long as those customers are willing to spend money to buy it, half of the success will be achieved. Furthermore, no one dares to tell others directly that he has a problem, so the risk of notifying the madam is greatly reduced.
It was getting late, A Xu finished his explanation and did not chat much with Wan'er. He returned to the rented yard with a few bottles of wine brought from the building.
"It seems that I agreed." Xu Yi watched him take out the wine with a faint smile. Selling medicinal wine was a spur of the moment, and it was also for the girl.
Now that both parties have channels, it’s natural to have a big fight.
Going to buy goods from the flower house, it would be a bit cheaper. The madam, Xu Yi frowned in thought, and his eyes fell on the small yard opposite.
In the courtyard opposite, there lived a mother and son. The mother was working on a loom at home, but the son was often away from home during the day, and would not come back until late in the evening. On the second day after returning, Xu Yi would smell the scent of medicine wafting from the other party's yard.
He is someone who knows about medicinal materials.
Xu Yi rolled his eyes and had a plan in his mind.
On this day, the young man in the yard opposite was processing medicinal materials dug from the mountains at home. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside.
"Here we come." The young man came to open the door and saw a young man in a long robe. He was slightly stunned, "Who are you looking for?"
Xu Yi cupped his hands and said, "My surname is Xu Mingyi, and I am a doctor. I am now I live across the street, and I often smell the fragrance of medicine coming from your yard. I wonder if my brother is also a doctor?"
Cheng Yiran heard his mother mention it at home, saying that a strange family came across the street.
During the day, the door of the house is closed, but there is always the fragrance of medicinal wine filling the neighborhood. And from time to time, carriages and horses would come to visit. It must be a family that brews medicinal wine.
He often went up the mountain during the day, and when he came back in the evening, the courtyard opposite was so quiet that only the light through the window could be seen, and nothing else could be seen.
Therefore, he saw Xu Yi for the first time in half a month.
Cheng Yiran reported his name and replied: "I am not a doctor, I just got to know some medicinal materials from my father when I was a child."
"Is your father a doctor?" Xu Yi asked with a smile.
Although Cheng Yiran was confused, he nodded: "My father was a wandering doctor in the village during his lifetime, but he died of illness ten years ago."
Doctors do not heal themselves. Often when doctors face their own illness or when their family members become ill, they will Lots of concerns.
This has happened to many doctors. Xu Yi didn't think there was anything wrong, he just sighed that it was a pity.
Over the years, Cheng Yiran had already accepted the death of his own father. He asked, "I wonder what's going on when Dr. Xu comes to visit?"
Xu Yi asked straight to the point, "I heard that there are several medicinal herbs in the medicinal materials you collected. It's just what I need. I wonder if Brother Cheng is willing to sell the medicinal materials to me? "
The medicinal materials collected were originally intended to be sold in medical clinics.
Now that someone wants it, Cheng Yiran has no reason to disagree. He said happily: "I dig out a lot of medicinal materials every day. I wonder how much Doctor Xu wants?"
"Would you like to let me go inside first to look at the medicinal materials?" Xu Yi looked at him with a smile.
Cheng Yiran looked slightly embarrassed when he heard this, but he had forgotten about it and quickly invited Xu Yi into the room.
There was no tea in his house, so he poured boiled water for Xu Yi.
Xu Yi took it with both hands and held it in his palms to keep warm. He followed Cheng Yiran to the wooden shed in the yard and watched him drag out two half-person-high bamboo baskets from the haystack.
The bamboo basket was full of medicinal materials that he had dried. The different medicinal materials were bundled into a bundle and placed on the ground so that Xu Yi could take a closer look.
"These medicinal materials weigh one stone, and each of them weighs more than ten jins." Cheng Yiran looked at Xu Yi, quoted the amount of each medicinal material, and then said seriously, "This is the price the medical clinic gave me. If Dr. Xu If the price given is lower than this, I can't sell it."
"This price is not high." Xu Yi raised his eyebrows. It was one or two cents lower than the price he originally sold it to at Miaoshou.
It doesn't look like much, but if you save it, one stone of medicinal materials will cost you one or two hundred cents.
Xu Yi said: "I can charge you for the medicinal materials at the price of cooked medicine."
That is, add two cents more to the price given to him by the medical clinic.
Hearing this, Cheng Yiran was not surprised. Instead, she frowned and stared at him: "Doctor Xu, what are you trying to do by giving me this price?" "
Brother Cheng, don't get me wrong." Xu Yi said with a smile, "You should know better. , the medical clinic that received your medicinal materials lowered the price, but I just sold the medicinal materials according to the cooked medicine, which was 20% cheaper."
Cheng Yiran didn't ask anymore, he was just squeezed by the medical clinic for too long, and suddenly someone gave him the normal price. he.
This made him unable to react for a while.
Cheng Yiran said apologetically, "I've been worrying too much. I'll help you sort out which ones Dr. Xu wants."
"I want all these flavors." Xu Yi gave him the names of several medicines.
Cheng Yiran heard that these medicinal materials were all related to tonifying the kidneys, strengthening yang, replenishing qi and nourishing blood, and thought he had heard wrong.
Looking at Xu Yi's serious face again, I knew that the other person was not joking.
He was confused, but he kept moving to pick out these medicinal herbs, and then he ran to the neighbor next door to borrow a scale.
Xu Yi watched him weigh the pounds, calculate the money, take out the money and give it to him, and said casually: "If you have these herbs later, come to me in the opposite yard."
"Huh?" Cheng Yiran opened his eyes wide.
Xu Yi smiled and said, "I use a larger amount."
...
After he left, Cheng Yiran took the remaining medicinal materials to the medical center to sell them.
The apprentices in the hall saw him coming and came over to count the medicinal materials for him.
"Huh? How come there are several medicinal materials missing this time."
Cheng Yiran said vaguely: "I didn't dig it up."
The apprentice also didn't doubt him and chatted with him about the recent gossip: "Have you heard the rumors in the market? A doctor came from outside and brewed a medicinal wine. The medicinal wine was very effective, and many big families bought it. "
"What medicinal wine?" Cheng Yiran heard this strangely, but for some reason, he suddenly remembered what he saw yesterday. Xu Yi.
"What other kind of wine could it be?" The apprentice was beaming, winking at him, and murmuring in a low voice, "If you ask me, you should dig out more aphrodisiacs recently. The medical clinic is in short supply.
" , the price of aphrodisiac drugs in the city's traditional Chinese medicine clinics has increased, all due to the turmoil.
Hearing this, Cheng Yiran finally realized who the doctor from outside was.
It should be Xu Yi.
He asked the apprentice if he knew where the doctor lived. The apprentice also heard the news from the doctors and patients in the medical clinic. As for where he lived, he didn't know.
Cheng Yiran was not depressed after not being able to get the answer from his apprentice. He walked out of the hospital carrying an empty bamboo basket, went to the market, and bought a bunch of fat meat to take home.
The next day, he took advantage of the sunny weather and went up the mountain again.
...
A few days later, Xu Yi's newly brewed medicinal wine was quickly put into the market.
Wan'er was very helpful, and soon several customers came to Xu Yi through her to buy the kidney-tonifying wine.
So Xu Yi became busy again.
"Doctor Xu, can I drink in this body?"
Not everyone can buy wine. Xu Yi needs to check his pulse and give his consent.
Xu Yi calmly retracted his hand: "You have weak spleen and kidneys. This wine should be taken warmly on an empty stomach. You can only drink one tea cup at a time. Don't be greedy for too much."
After hearing this, the handsome man wearing a hairpin was delighted and couldn't wait to drink it. Asked: "Then when will I be fine?"
Xu Yi smiled and said: "I will be fine in one month."
After hearing this, Mr. Jin Yi walked briskly to A Xu's place and paid for five bottles of medicinal wine.
When he came out of the yard, he covered his face with his hands and quickly got into the sedan.
Not long after he left, another sedan stopped outside Xu Yi's yard.
This time, an old man over fifty years old came out.
The old man just took in his twelfth concubine last year and wanted to have a brother to carry on the family line, but as a result, none of the wives or concubines in the family could have children.
He knew that the cause of the disease was him, so he secretly visited many doctors.
He was also defrauded of a lot of money. However, he had a rich family fortune. He was defrauded of thousands of dollars, which was less than one-tenth of his family property.
"Are you right?" The old man looked at the low courtyard wall and glanced at the housekeeper beside him in disbelief.
The housekeeper lowered his eyebrows and said: "Master, this news is correct, then Doctor Xu lives here."
The old man frowned: "Knock on the door."
The courtyard door opened, and Erqing stood at the threshold, leading them Enter the courtyard.
He only let the old man into the house. Xu Yi listened to the old man's appeal and diagnosed him.
He said calmly: "Old man, if you have this disease, you can't just drink alcohol. You also need to take pills. But if you want to have a baby, I'm sorry that I can't do anything."
"What do you mean, you can give birth, but you can't choose?" The old man said slightly. Narrowing his cloudy eyes.
Xu Yi nodded: "Yes."
In TCM dialectics, infertility is usually based on kidney deficiency, liver stagnation, phlegm-dampness, and blood stasis as symptoms. The treatment plans corresponding to different symptoms will be different.
In many clinical experiences, pregnant women are usually used as an example. Medications that soothe the liver and regulate qi, strengthen the spleen and remove dampness, and apply phlegm and unblock meridians are often used to regulate the liver and qi. Once the body is well and any factors that affect pregnancy have been eliminated, patients of childbearing age can conceive and have children normally.
Of course, this treatment method is also feasible here.
After Xu Yi diagnosed the old man's pulse and asked some questions, he determined that his disease was caused by kidney deficiency. When his kidney deficiency was not supplemented, he often used tonic substances.
If the deficiency is not supplemented, not only will the supplements taken be unable to be absorbed, but it may also aggravate the condition.
Xu Yi said: "I will prescribe a kidney-tonifying medicinal soup for you first. You take it for twenty days and then come to me."
As he spoke, he wrote down the prescription and handed it to the old man.
The old man didn't want others to know that he was looking for Xu Yi, so he asked, "Can you prescribe medicine?"
Xu Yi's expression did not change: "Yes."
So, he asked A Xu to take the prescription to the pharmacy to get some medicine. Afterwards, the housekeeper came in and paid for the medicine for the old man.
Xu Yi said calmly: "The consultation fee is five taels and the medicine fee is ten taels."
The housekeeper swallowed and was frightened by the medicine money.
But this is the medicine that the master wants to take, so he can only bite the bullet and pay for it.
The old man doesn't care about this small amount of money. As long as the medicine is really useful, he will be willing to spend it even if it costs hundreds of dollars.
...
For more than ten days, the courtyard gate of Xu Yi's house was trampled into a hole.
His reputation for curing kidney deficiency spread unknowingly, and even Fuzhou Lushi knew about it.
"A doctor who came from somewhere else, do you know where he came from?" Fuzhou Recorder frowned cautiously and asked the master who came to report this.
The master gave a few names and said: "These families are all notorious gangsters. They have been hiding in the Goulan tile houses all day. I sent the people below to investigate, and they all said they drank that much. The doctor's wine."
Fuzhou Recorder was astonished: "Is there really such a wine?"
Why did he think it was like witchcraft? It seemed good at first, but over time, the drawbacks were revealed.
If a witch doctor who confuses people appears in Fuzhou, he must be arrested immediately.
"Send someone to find out where this doctor Xu came from." After the recorder said this, he took the news reported by his subordinates and went to see Magistrate Pan.
Soon, Pan Wenji heard about this.
He stroked his beard and asked with a smile: "Doctor Xu, is his name Xu Yi?"
"Does Magistrate Pan know this person?" The official of Fuzhou looked at his calm expression and was surprised. Could it be that there was Shangguan's handwriting in it? No.
Pan Wenji waved his hand and said: "He is only staying in Fuzhou temporarily, you don't have to worry about what he does."
The record was clear, he didn't ask any more questions, he just reported the truth about what Xu Yi did in Fuzhou City .
When Pan Wenji heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched angrily. This kid... is quite opportunistic.
"That's all, send two people to keep an eye on it. If someone really wants to cause trouble, arrest that person."
Recorder: "..."
"I understand."
After the two of them talked about this, they went back to business. Cold, after the heavy snow, some villagers in the villages outside the city could not bear the cold and died in their homes.
In the past few days, several village chiefs have come to report. The clerk handed over the work report and asked Pan Wenji how to act.
Pan Wenji said: "Go and invite those big households to come to the government office for discussion. Every year at this time, we have to rely on them to provide porridge in tents. There has been no movement this year."
The recorder lowered his head and replied: "The official thinks that these people are afraid of While waiting and watching, Magistrate Pan just took office this year. I think he wants to see what you want.
"If you want me to do it, then I will use my name this time." Pan Wenji is not used to these local snakeheads, but he won't do it. Made them angry on purpose.
Although most wealthy households are unkind because of their wealth, there are some who do good deeds and cannot be killed with a single blow. Moreover, the wealthy households are willing to give up some food in winter for the sake of reputation, or so that the enslaved people can make more money for them in the coming year.
Thinking of this, he said: "Who is filial to what, or who is pretending to be deaf and mute, please remember them one by one."
When the winter is over, he will come back to figure it out.
When the recorder heard this, he immediately covered his eyes and quickly stepped back.
...
Speaking of Xu Yi, since his reputation spread, more and more patients have come to him for treatment.
In addition to those who came to see what was going on, there were also other patients who came here.
Xu Yi was so busy that he didn't even have time to brew the medicinal wine, so he had to leave it to A Xu and A Jin.
The brother and sister were sent to brew medicinal wine, but no one came to help him.
Xu Yi thought for a while, then went to the opposite yard to invite Cheng Yiran: "It's snowing now, and you can't go up this mountain. Why don't you come to work here, and the wages are paid daily, fifty cents a day."
After hearing this, Cheng Yiran said two words I agreed without saying anything.
"What do you want me to do?" he asked.
Xu Yi said: "Can you understand the prescription?"
Cheng Yiran nodded: "Nine times out of ten, you can understand it." After all, reading prescriptions and treating patients are two different things.
Xu Yi: "Let me test you."
He wanted to employ people, but he didn't ask for anything.
I immediately took some medicinal materials from the pharmacy and asked him one by one what they were.
Cheng Yiran hadn't seen this kind of scene for many years, and suddenly, it felt like he was back ten years ago.
He was dazed for a while and then said cautiously: "This is platycodon. It can lower Qi and strengthen the chest and diaphragm, and can cure throat syndrome."
"This is white fresh peel. It can dispel wind and cure weak muscles, and can also detoxify."
"This is I have dug a lot of rhubarb in the mountains. This medicine has many uses. I have seen this medicine in many prescriptions." Cheng Yiran spoke faster while watching Xu Yi take out new medicinal materials, "I had it once when I was a child. I had a stomachache, and my father told me that it was due to excess heat, so I just used this medicine. I boiled water for 2 yuan and drank it and it was cured soon."
Cheng Yiran was able to answer the dozens of common medicines that Xu Yi presented fluently. .
This made Xu Yi couldn't help but take another look at him. Previously, he thought that Cheng Yiran didn't know many medicinal materials, or that he only recognized the medicine alone.
Now it seems that Cheng Yiran is humble.
For like-minded people, Xu Yi inevitably feels some sympathy for each other.
Xu Yi said: "You know more about pharmacology than those wandering doctors in the countryside. It's a pity for those who don't become doctors."
Cheng Yiran smiled bitterly and said: "At my age, those medical clinics will not accept me as a disciple."
Besides, he didn't have many medical books on hand, and he didn't have a doctor's guidance. It was too early to become a doctor relying only on this little medical skill.
"I compiled a book called "Ode to the Properties of Medicines". If Brother Cheng doesn't mind it, you can read it." Xu Yi said sincerely.
Cheng Yiran thought it was just an ordinary medical book, but when he thought about it, he actually compiled the medicinal properties of hundreds of medicinal materials, including how to prepare them, how to use them, and how to prepare them. They were all recorded in detail.
It would take a lot of time to complete such a thick book.
"Doctor Xu, are you just showing me this book?" Cheng Yiran looked at him in disbelief.
Xu Yi smiled and said, "If it hadn't taken a lot of time to write down this book, what's the harm in giving it to you."
Cheng Yiran was shocked and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
He returned home with "Ode to the Properties of Medicine" and went to a bookstore to buy expensive white bamboo paper that day.
Carefully, he wrote down the words in the book one stroke at a time.
During this period, he copied medical books at home at night, and came to Xu Yi's side during the day to help Xu Yi, grinding ink for Xu Yi, writing prescriptions, and going to the pharmacy to get medicine.
I also saw A Xu and A Jin brewing medicinal wine in the pharmacy.
The mysterious wine rumored to be evil is actually a recipe obtained from the Flower House, but no one knows. Even the Madam in the Flower House felt warm and comfortable all over her body after drinking the wine.
It's not as strong as the aphrodisiac wine sold in the building, and it doesn't hurt your health if you drink it. It's just twice as expensive.
The madam sensed a business opportunity and sent someone to inquire about "Doctor Xu." After searching around, I found that Dr. Xu was Xianggong Xu who booked the boat last time.
Thinking of Wan'er's sudden luck, Xu Sheng, who worked for Dr. Xu, often came to the building to accompany Wan'er...
Suddenly, the Madam noticed something was wrong.
"What did you hide from me and Xu Sheng?" She invited Wan'er over and looked at the girl she had trained.
Want to see something from her expression.
After more than a month of secret assistance, Wan'er's timid temperament has changed a lot.
She pursed her lips and said softly: "Wan'er doesn't understand. Every time Xu Sheng comes, he comes to me for a drink. I don't know about the rest."
The madam didn't believe her: "Is this really true?"
"Mom, do you believe me?" I..." Wan'er wanted to say something, but the door of the room was opened from the outside.
The fat middle-aged man held a brocade box in his hand and looked at her with a smile.
When Wan'er saw the brocade box, her shoulders shook unconsciously.
Then the madam opened the box, turned over the cloth folded outside, and found the money hidden inside.
The middle-aged man sneered with malice: "This bitch has hidden such money. She must have wanted to redeem herself. Sister, please don't be deceived."
The madam got angry, slapped her over, and said evilly: " If you don't tell the truth!"
If Wan'er doesn't tell the truth, the money will be taken away.
She had to stop the madam and told her in a low voice that she wanted to redeem her life, but also concealed her cooperation with Xu Yi.
He just said: "That Xu Sheng likes me and wants to redeem me and take me as his concubine. I really don't know the rest."
"Bah!"
The madam spat on the ground in disgust, "You can't raise her well enough." You are such a white-eyed wolf, I coaxed you away with just a few words, and I wasted many years training you."
After saying this, she also wanted to take away the money she had saved.
Wan'er refused, and bravely changed the rules of the building, looked directly at the madam and said: "Mom said that the big boss in this building allows the sisters in the building to redeem themselves. Is mom going to violate the rules of the big boss? ?"
The madam was furious, but she knew what she said was true. She wanted to beat her up immediately, but she didn't dare to beat her to death. If the big boss knew about it, she would be punished.
Besides, when Wan'er made such a fuss, many people outside heard it.
It was impossible for her to save the money.