Chapter 219

The beginning of spring this year is on the fourth day of February.

As soon as the beginning of spring arrives, all the snow on the mountains finally melts away.

It turns into a stream flowing from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain. The residents living at the foot of the mountain all come with buckets to look for the small wild fish that have been fattened in the stream for a whole winter.

On this day, Xu Yi took his brothers and sisters and Cheng Yiran to the mountains to look for medicinal materials. Along the way, there were also many people carrying baskets on their backs going up the mountain.

After searching for a while, Cheng Yiran found a Sophora flavescens. He dug up all the roots and threw it into a bamboo basket: "Teacher, there are a lot less medicinal materials on the mountain this year."

Xu Yi nodded calmly. More and more people knew about medicinal materials. There are more people.

It was a long time ago that you could see medicinal materials everywhere after going up the mountain.

"Let's go deeper into the mountain." Xu Yi made a decision immediately and refused to compete with these people for the medicinal materials here.

Cheng Yiran hesitated and said: "The weather is getting warmer, and those wild beasts that spend the winter will also come out to look for food. If we go in like this, I'm afraid we will encounter them."

He has no power to restrain the chickens, and if he really encounters danger, he may become a drag. .

Ah Jin thought he was scared and said with a smile: "Junior brother, don't be afraid as long as we are here."

Cheng Yiran shook his head and said he was not afraid, because he was afraid that he would become a burden and delay them.

Xu Yi said calmly: "This place has deep mountains and dense forests, and the miasma is heavier than other places. The possibility of encountering wild beasts is not high."

If they do encounter it, they have knives in their hands. As long as there are not groups of wild beasts, there is nothing they can do. .

Furthermore, they had not been to the mountain for several months, and the medicinal materials they had stored in their hands had long been exhausted.

Fortunately, Xu Yi said he wanted to go deep into the mountains. As soon as they entered the mountain with their front feet, they found a cluster of Polygonatum japonica on their back feet.

This Polygonatum bush grows on the edge of the rock, and its thick branches are covered with green berries, some of which ripen early and turn brown and fall to the ground. Each one is as big as a local egg, and smells slightly bitter and sweet.

The fruit of Polygonatum japonica is slightly bitter than its rhizome and is edible, but it is quite troublesome to eat it. It has a strong bitter taste and needs to be soaked in water for two or three days. After soaking to remove the excess bitter taste, the water needs to be changed several times during decoction.

Generally speaking, Xu Yi does not advocate taking Polygonatum japonica.

It's a medicine that's three parts poisonous. The berries of Polygonatum japonicus are slightly toxic. It's not good to eat too much of this stuff.

At present, these Polygonatum berries are not yet ripe, so Xu Yi only asked a few people to dig out part of the rhizomes, and kept the rest to keep them alive.

After walking for a while and going deeper inside, Xu Yi also discovered Chuanlian, also known as Huanglian.

Ah Jin joked: "Why are all the medicinal materials found today bitter?"

"Good medicine tastes bitter and is good for the disease. There is no medicine that is not bitter." Ah Xu responded.

Ah Jin hummed twice: "Everything in this world can be used as medicine. Who said that this medicine can only be bitter? Sweet things can also be used as medicine."

Xu Yi smiled: "A Jin is right, these jujubes can be used as medicine. Honey can also be used as medicine, and longan meat can also be used, and even loquat paste is sweet."

As they said this, they found a wolfberry tree. Unfortunately, the wolfberry was not mature at this time, and only had small green branches. fruit.

Looking at the densely packed green fruits inside the slender green leaves, Xu Yi had regret in his eyes.

If one could pick such a big wolfberry tree, it could fill the entire bamboo basket.

Cheng Yiran and the others also looked up at the wolfberry tree reluctantly.

"How about we mark this tree and pick it again next time?" Ah Jin suggested.

A Xu and Cheng Yiran also looked at Xu Yi excitedly.

Xu Yi thought for a long time, shook his head and said: "There are still four months, it's too long."

Cheng Yiran tentatively asked: "Teacher, how about I pick it next time?"

Xu Yi looked at him and said seriously. : "Are you alone? It's too dangerous. If nothing happens, don't go into the mountains alone in the future."

A Xu and A Jin echoed: "Yeah, what if you go in alone and get carried away by a bear? Do it."

Cheng Yiran was speechless: "..."

Although he knew what they said was true, he was still a little disappointed.

When the bamboo baskets carried by several people were filled with medicinal materials, it was time for them to go back down the mountain.

Passing by the foot of the mountain, he saw an old man selling fish. Xu Yi ordered a few fish, strung them on the grass roots, and carried them back to the donkey cart.

...

In March of the same year, Xu Yi planned to leave Fuzhou.

Cheng Yiran came to Xu Yi to ask if he could travel with him.

He studied with Xu Yi for more than half a year and benefited a lot. Thinking about Xu Yi leaving, his thirst for knowledge became uneasy.

Xu Yi advised him, "If your parents are here, don't travel far away. You must travel in a good way." After all, Cheng's mother was still in Fuzhou and was very old, so she had to be accompanied by someone.

"If you leave, what will happen to your mother?" Xu Yi looked at him calmly, "I travel everywhere and have no fixed residence, but if you want to travel, you have to have a place to go so that you can always report to your family that you are safe. "

Cheng Yiran also thought of his mother and said angrily: "But now that you are gone, teacher, when can we see each other?"

"I will write to you," Xu Yi patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile. Fate has made us master and disciple, and this relationship will not be broken easily."

Cheng Yiran hesitated for a moment: "Teacher, I..."

Xu Yi seemed to know what he wanted to say, and said with a chuckle: "You. It's time to start training. "

In fact, not only is it possible to start training, but compared to some half-baked doctors nowadays, Cheng Yiran's level is much higher than them.

As long as the condition is not too complex, it is not difficult for him to cure it.

With Xu Yi's words, Cheng Yiran gained more confidence.

Today, his mother is in good health, and he has a teacher to teach him. The teacher left him a lot of medical books. Those medical books are hard to buy, and they are all extremely precious.

His life changed a lot, all because of that day when he agreed to sell the medicinal materials to Xu Yi.

It can be said that now, even if he opens a medical clinic, he is not afraid that no patients will come to his door.

When Xu Yi left, he left a lot of medical records for him. These medical records are no less valuable than medical books.

With it, Cheng Yiran can save five years of travel.

In the following days, he will need to accumulate clinical experience on his own.

On March 18th, Xu Yi took Yan Quyue and others on a donkey cart, bid farewell to the courtyard in Nancheng, and set out on their journey.

They crossed the boundary of Fuzhou and entered Zhongzhou. They settled at the boundary of Zhongzhou for a few days to rest, and then set off non-stop, heading north for half a month before arriving in Shizhou.

In the early years, General Song led his army to invade the Three Gorges and sent state troops to Shizhou. In the fourth year of Xianping, the military governors of Shizhou and other twelve states were under the jurisdiction of Kuizhou Road. There were Xidong barbarians in the south of Shizhou, so they stationed troops to defend the Xidong barbarians. However, the military rations needed for the military garrison had to be given to other states. However, because of the need for salt, these creek caves often enter Shizhou and cause harassment, making the people in the border gorge miserable. In the sixth year of Xianping, Shizhou asked for the Hebian method and exchanged salt for food from Xidongman, and the lives of the people in the gorge gradually improved. [Note 1]

When Xu Yi and others arrived, the gorge residents had already built many houses on both sides of the bank. The gorge bank is difficult to cultivate, but some fields have been cultivated over the years.

This is a good time for farming.

Seeing their arrival, these gorge farmers organized themselves with hoes, wooden sticks and other tools and surrounded the two donkey carts.

They looked alert and panicked, shouting at the people in the car to get off.

Xu Yi knew it well and had already come out of the carriage when they surrounded him.

After seeing clearly the clothes and appearance of Xu Yi and others, among the surrounding Xia people, the older clan leader asked the young men in the clan to step back.

"Where are you from?" The clan leader stepped forward and asked cautiously.

Xu Yi cupped his hands and saluted and said, "My Excellency, Xu Yi, came from Yanting, Zizhou, in the middle of Sichuan. He is a famous wandering doctor."

The patriarch looked at them unexpectedly, his attitude improved a lot instantly, and he said with a smile: "It turns out it's... Doctor Xu, I'm disrespectful."

After saying that, the clan leader invited Xu Yi to be a guest in their clan.

In two days, it will be the day for their tribe to sacrifice to the mountain god. Today, the tribe will slaughter livestock and other sacrifices, including goats. This goat is also their highest etiquette for entertaining guests. If Xu Yi and the others are willing to stay as guests, the clan leader will call on the young men and women in the clan to pick out a fat goat.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xu Yi and the others might not have enough time to cross the gorge before dark, so they might as well stay for now.

Besides, he also wanted to see the life of the gorge people.

The clan leader was very happy to see that he was willing to stay. He also had selfish motives for keeping Xu Yi and others.

They live on both sides of the river all year round. The mountains are humid and there are many snakes and insects. Some members of the tribe are often bitten by poisonous insects and snakes. And the witch doctor in their tribe is still a child. The old witch doctor was bitten to death by a poisonous snake before he finished teaching the medical skills.

As a result, there is only one witch doctor in their clan who has been passed down for generations, does not know witchcraft, and has only scratched the surface of medical skills.

Under such circumstances, having a doctor come would be a great benefit to the tribe.

The patriarch quickly brought Xu Yi to the witch doctor's house.

He stepped forward and knocked on the door, and soon a young man wearing a bandana and ethnic costume opened the door.

Seeing that the person coming was the clan leader, the young man asked in confusion: "Patriarch, what happened?"

"Azhuo'er, there is a guest from the clan, a doctor." The clan leader briefly explained the situation, and then said, "Tonight The guest wanted to stay overnight. I thought you had a free room here, so I brought him over. "

Azhuoer frowned and said, "That room was left by the teacher. There are many jars in it, so no one can live in it.

" What was not said was what was in the jar. Even he didn't go in it often.

The clan leader suddenly frowned. Their houses were limited, and some of them still lived in caves. He was the one who invited people to come. If there was no place to live, what would happen?

"I'm going to think of a solution." The clan leader said, looking for Xu Yi and others who were waiting with a complicated look on his face.

Adhuoer also followed.

He has lived for thirteen years and has never seen a foreigner.

"This is Xu Yi, Doctor Xu." The patriarch introduced him, and then looked at Xu Yi, "This is Adhuo'er, the witch doctor of our clan."

Xu Yi looked at the young man who only reached his chest in surprise. Lang, when he looked at the other party, the other party was also looking at him blatantly.

Adhuo'er was an orphan. Unfortunately, his parents died when Xidong barbarians invaded the border. The old witch doctor took him in when he was young and unmarried and had no heirs. Later, when the old witch doctor got older and was in poor health, he wanted to pass on the witch doctor to Adhuoer. Unexpectedly, the old witch doctor had not taught him for two years. The witch doctor died.

Although Adhuo'er is very young, he is the recognized successor of the old witch doctor and his status in the clan is not low.

Therefore, he did not feel that it was impolite to look at people with wide eyes.

Instead, he was very curious about Xu Yi and asked directly: "Are you a doctor from Sichuan? Did you also study as a witch doctor?"

"No." Xu Yi smiled and shook his head.

Adhuoer was stunned and thought of what the old witch doctor once said. They are of the witch doctor lineage and are often disliked because they can predict good and bad luck and are good at medicine. Moreover, the methods of medicine they use are different from those of ordinary doctors. He was misunderstood by others as a fictitious person who relied on witchcraft to cure illnesses.

"Then are you afraid that I will cast witchcraft on you?" His eyes were shining, as if he wanted to see the look of horror and disgust on Xu Yi's face.

…However, it didn’t.

Xu Yi said calmly: "If you can cast witchcraft on me, it will be considered a skill."

Next to him, the clan leader shouted with an unpleasant expression: "Azhuo'er, this is a guest of our clan, please don't be rude. "

Azhuo'er blinked and said innocently: "I'm just talking, I don't really do witchcraft."

The patriarch: "..."

He also knew that this child had a weird temper, but he didn't expect him to do it in front of guests. Say such rude things in front of me.

It seems that Dr. Xu cannot be allowed to live in Adhuoer's house.

He glanced at the place where the tribesmen lived. In addition to a dozen wooden houses, there were also several caves dug out of the caves.

Some caves are naturally formed and are quite spacious, housing several people. In this case, it would not be suitable for Xu Yi and the others.

It seems...except for the old witch doctor's house next to Adroar, there is no room for guests.