Chapter 223

In the early morning, when Xu Yi woke up, the whole valley was filled with the aroma of meat.

Smelling the fragrance, Xu Yi had mixed feelings. He saw with his own eyes that the leftover sheep bones from the night were all kept, and each household picked out the parts they wanted and took them back.

On the next day, the gorge people will break these bones into pieces and cook them in pots to make lamb bone and wild vegetable soup. If the conditions are good, you can knead a ball of dough to make lump soup cakes; if the conditions are poor, you can have a delicious meal with just wild vegetables mixed with the marrow made from sheep bones.

No matter what happens, the sheep bones can be boiled into a big pot, and everything will be covered for today.

At this time, the patriarch happily sent Xu Yi sheep bone soup cake.

The patriarch said: "Zhuo Jing has trouble with his legs and feet. This lump soup cake was made by the old man's wife. She is not good at cooking, so Dr. Xu reluctantly used some."

Even so, the lid of the earthen pot was opened, and the aroma of the meat inside came out.

Xu Yi took a deep breath and praised: "It smells so good! It smells just like the food cooked by A Xu. My wife and I are in a good mood today. Thank you, old man."

Soup cakes with mutton bones , there is a thin layer of fat floating on the soup, no matter how unpalatable it is, it won’t taste that bad.

After Xu Yi finished boasting with a smile, A Xu stepped forward and held the earthen pot, intending to share the soup cakes inside with everyone.

After a while, all the soup cakes in the earthen pot were divided.

Everyone was a little hungry and felt that although the lamb bone soup cake was a little bland, it was not bad.

The patriarch was very happy to see them eating the soup cakes without disgust. He asked: "Doctor Xu, it's already three o'clock in the morning. Is it time to arrange the anthelmintic medicine?"

Xu Yi said calmly: "Old man, please call all the young people in the clan."

"Okay, Let me make arrangements right now." After the patriarch finished speaking, he turned around and left.

As soon as he left, Adroar came out of the house.

Xu Yi saw him coming and greeted him naturally: "Adhuo'er, you're here just in time. I need help here."

"Are we going to start?" Adhuo'er walked over quickly without any hesitation, his eyes looking at Looking back, he raised his eyes nervously, "What can I do?"

Xu Yi raised his chin slightly: "Wait for me."

He returned to the house and took out the deworming medicine that he had prepared separately last night. This thunder pill is poisonous, so don’t take too much. He could only roughly divide it into portions for each person, and then estimate the additions and subtractions based on different heights and weights.

When they met Xu Sheng and Pei Sheng on the way to Fuzhou, it was the time for picking thunder pills.

There were a lot of thunder pills collected at that time. After these thunder pills were baked and ground into powder, Xu Yi put them in small jars and sealed them. There are still many of them left today.

When he separated them last night, he wrapped them in jute paper.

Xu Yi opened one of the packets of medicinal powder in person.

The brother and sister already knew what Thunder Pill powder looked like, but at this moment, they still stood and watched.

Adhuo'er raised his hand to rub his eyes and took a closer look. The medicinal powder was gray-brown. He didn't dare to get too close because he couldn't smell it.

Xu Yi smiled lightly and said: "Each packet of medicinal powder here costs two cents. If you are not tall, thin, fat or short, just take it directly. If you are tall and strong, you will need to add five cents. If you are thin, you will need to add five cents." Minus one qian. "

Song liang is converted to about forty grams, one liang is ten qian, and one qian is about four grams. Judging from the physique of the people in the gorge, only two coins are enough.

Adhuoer listened and quickly caught the key point of these words. He asked worriedly: "What will happen if you eat too much?"

Xu Yi looked down at him and said: "Taking too much is harmful. Try to take it as little as possible and not too much."

"Yes." Adhuo'er nodded heavily. .

Not long after, more than twenty young and strong gorge people gathered outside the old witch doctor's house.

They were informed by the clan leader last night not to go fishing today, but they didn't know why they were here today.

Seeing Xu Yi and Adhuo'er standing together, everyone whispered to each other and then came to ask Adhuo'er.

"What's the matter?"

"No more fishing. The basket was put down last night."

Adhuo'er looked up at them and said, "Doctor Xu has a medicine in his hand that can cure insect diseases. The patriarch wants to Let you take medicine to prevent it."

"Insect disease?"

The young men were shocked when they heard this.

One of the strong gorge people said loudly: "We have no pain or disease, why do we need to take this insecticide?"

A Zhuoer paused and replied seriously: "It's prevention."

"What is prevention? "

Is it possible to take this medicine even if you don't have worm disease?"

Without waiting for Adhuo'er to explain, Xu Yi stood next to Adhuo'er and said calmly: "Thunder pills kill three insects and expel poisonous gases. Those who have worms can do it." Kill the insects, and those who have no insect accumulation can take precautions."

Facing Dr. Xu, these gorge people did not dare to speak casually. They looked at each other, as if trying to distinguish the truth from Xu Yi's words.

Suddenly, Adhuo'er said: "What Doctor Xu said is true."

After yesterday, Adhuo'er was impressed by Xu Yi's knowledge. He had never seen anyone with such knowledge.

Even the old witch doctor who was highly respected by the clan did not have such profound knowledge as Xu Yi. What's more, not many people in the tribe are literate. Except for the old patriarch and him, who can read a few words, the rest can count them on one hand.

The young men believed in Adhuo'er, and Adhuo'er's poisonous ointment saved their lives countless times.

After hearing what he said, these young men quickly chose to believe Xu Yi.

At this time, the patriarch came over with his son, wife, and Xiwa'er, and interrupted their conversation loudly.

"Children, you should all know that this insect disease is terrible." The clan leader stood in front of him and shouted loudly, "Now that Doctor Xu has medicine in his hands, the children in the clan no longer have to worry about this insect disease."

"We are in the mountain gorge . If there is an insect epidemic among the hundred people, the fate will be annihilation. "

The clan leader sighed deeply, "If I had a choice, I would not let the children of the clan take risks. It would be difficult." "

It's difficult!"

They all lowered their heads in silence. The sight of the members of the tribe moaning in pain, twisting wildly on the ground, and the withered yellow faces wailing in pain was vivid and horrifying.

When the grandmothers and women who followed heard these words, they all covered their faces and sobbed softly.

The clan elders came over and shouted loudly: "Cry no matter how much you cry, it's your destiny! If you want to survive, you have to try!"

After saying this, the clan elders walked up to Xu Yi and bowed apologetically: " You must be joking, we are all untouchables, even if we die in this gorge, the governor of Shizhou may not know about it."

"But when I met Dr. Medicine, but I didn't want to but was offended. "

If some people in the clan don't believe Doctor Xu, their move may bring trouble to Xu Yi.

But several clan elders and clan chiefs became more determined when they saw the clansmen crying and fearing.

Be convinced! The damn plague is gone!

I want the tribesmen who have stayed in the gorge for generations to no longer be afraid of insect diseases!

Xu Yi was full of emotions and quickly helped the clan elder: "Ants are greedy for life, why are we humans? And we are all mortals, how can we distinguish between high and low? The clan elders and the clan elders are all people I respect, Xu Yi I deserve it."

Beside her, Yan Quyue had already burst into tears. She turned her back and wiped her tears silently.

When the two brothers and sisters and Erqing saw this scene, they were also filled with tears and burst into tears.

After a while, the gorge people stopped crying and recovered from the grief and grief.

The twenty or so young men wiped away their tears and stepped forward: "Elders, we are willing to try the medicine!"

"Yes!"

"We are all willing!"

The twenty or so people shouted in unison, loud and powerful.

The clan leader raised his hand, and the clan members became silent. He said loudly: "Okay, the children are all good! Now, let me go first, and I will take the medicine with you."

"No." The clan elder next to him was surprised. He opened his eyes wide and said, "You are the clan leader. If you can't resist the effects of this insecticide, wouldn't it be..."

The clan leader shook his head and sighed: "If I don't accept it, how can I convince the people?" Looking at the melancholy faces of the old guys, He waved his hand and said, "Well, with my useless body, it doesn't matter if I accompany the children for once."

"This..."

Xu Yi coughed twice and said, "Why don't you ask me first?"

The patriarch's son quickly wiped away his tears and asked respectfully: "Doctor Xu, can everyone take this medicine? Or can only the elderly take it?"

Xu Yi said slowly: "People with weak spleen and stomach, and those with fatigue should use it with caution. It’s okay to take it, but it can’t be taken for a long time.”

In this case, the only way is to check the pulse first.

The old patriarch set an example. A Xu and A Jin prepared the table, and he sat down in front of Xu Yi.

Xu Yi quickly took his pulse and found that the old patriarch's pulse was actually pretty good. As people grow older, there are more or less problems with the internal organs of the body.

But for the old patriarch, those old ailments on his body are not fatal. As long as he takes good care of himself, he can live a long life.

"Old man, you are old. You can occasionally drink some soothing tea. Take two coins of dragon's tooth and one coin of calamus and boil it in water instead of tea. When drinking this tea, do not drink it with pine leaf water." Xu Yi said. After that, just write down the old patriarch’s pulse and other conditions.

Also write the recipe for this soothing tea on the top of the bamboo paper.

Among the medicinal materials he took out, the dragon's tooth was missing. This medicine had to be obtained from the medical clinic in Shizhou City.

The old patriarch had some presbyopia. He squinted and held up the prescription to look at it and asked, "Can I take this insecticide?"

"Yes." Xu Yi nodded with a smile.

With the old clan leader taking the lead, other clan members lined up to wait.

Even other grandmothers and women came forward and said that they also wanted to take the powder to treat insect diseases.

Xu Yi looked at the old patriarch with dull eyes and saw him nodding calmly towards him.

"Okay, Ah Jin, come and check the pulse of Grandma and all the ladies." Xu Yi didn't say anything more and called Ah Jin to the table next to her to check their pulse.

Then, he asked A Xu and A Zhuo'er to arrange the people in the gorge who were sure they could take the medicine after checking their pulses to a place to mix the thunder pill powder with warm water.

Doing this saves a lot of time.

Until the sun hangs over the mountain top at noon, the gorge residents here have all finished diagnosing their pulse.

There are 167 people in the clan, including 16 children, 68 young adults and teenagers, 43 women and grandmothers, and 40 elderly people. One hundred and thirty-eight people were able to take it, and 29 people were unable to take it.

Among the twenty-nine people, most were old people, and there were also three infant children and a sickly little girl.

The little girl was born prematurely. Her mother suffered a massive hemorrhage when giving birth to her and was unable to save her. She was born with dark and purple skin and could not cry. Everyone thought that the child was going to die young and was saved by the old witch doctor.

It's a pity that after the old witch doctor left, Adhuoer didn't inherit the medicine recipe, so the child has been sick and thin.

It was because of this that she came out of the dark house.

When Xu Yi saw her being carried, he was surprised by her shiny white complexion. He saw her bloodless lips tightly pursed, her sparse yellow hair slightly curled up in front of her forehead, and her dark eyes timid. And looking around uneasily, his little hands were still holding on to grandma's clothes.

Later, Yan Quyue gave her jelly beans and talked to her softly, so that the little girl was not so scared.

When the gorge people took the thunder pills and left them under the care of A Xu, A Jin, and A Zhuoer.

Xu Yi shouted to the old woman who was holding the child and was about to go back: "Grandma, please bring her over and let me take a look."

The old woman came over with the child in her arms and said worriedly: "Hello, this baby is afraid of the sun. My face is red and it hurts."

Xu Yi frowned and asked, "What kind of redness will it cause? Or will it cause a rash?"

"It's red and itchy." The woman wiped her tears and said, "This baby is so pitiful. He is still sick without his mother. I don't know if he can be fed."

Xu Yi touched the child's curly hair, which was slightly rough, and said: "If grandma doesn't mind, let me take a look."

"You are such a good person." The old woman nodded repeatedly, hugged the child, and went to the old witch doctor's house.

Away from the light, the child didn't feel so uncomfortable anymore. He lay languidly in Grandma's arms, drowsy.

Xu Yi tried to tease her into talking, but the child was very talkative and even after coaxing her for a while, she was unwilling to speak.

The old woman sighed and said, "To be fair, this kid has stuttered since he was a child and doesn't speak in front of outsiders."

Xu Yi was startled when he heard this. He recalled that when the little girl interacted with Yan Quyue, the child barely spoke.

At this time, Yan Quyue finished her work and entered the house from outside.

"Xu Yi, do you think this child can be cured?" Yan Quyue touched the child's head lovingly, "She is only five years old."

Five years old, she looks like a three-year-old child.

Why doesn't this make Yan Quyue feel distressed?

The children she had seen in the past were all healthy, lively and cute. How could she have imagined that there would be such a weak child who could not even shine in the light.

"I once heard you say that children need to bask in the sun, but this child can't even come out to play in the house. How can he grow up?" Yan Quyue sighed deeply.

Xu Yi shook his head and explained to Yan Quyue and the old woman: "She has ringworm. She should not bathe in the sun, otherwise it will be life-threatening."

In ancient times, there was no such thing as allergies, and the symptoms of allergies were generally called "rubella." and "ringworm". Red rash, swelling, burning and itching after sun exposure are also symptoms of ultraviolet allergy.

"Can it be resolved?" Yan Quyue asked him in surprise.

Xu Yi said: "There is no cure for this disease. It can only vary from person to person. When symptoms occur, medication can be used to relieve them."

As he said this, he thought of a wild vegetable called purslane.

Purslane is not only edible as a wild vegetable, it is also a medicinal herb, and is a common Chinese herbal medicine used to treat ultraviolet allergies.

The climate in the valley is humid, which is very suitable for the growth of purslane. There should be quite a few at the foot of the mountain at this time.

Sure enough, after listening to Xu Yi's description, the old woman knew that the purslane was a wild vegetable they often dug for food. No wonder the baby sometimes got sick, sometimes severe and sometimes recovered quickly. It all depended on whether he had eaten purslane that day. related.

"If you have a rash, boil purslane soup and take it orally for five days to cure it." Xu Yi looked at the old woman, "You can also feed the baby some purslane soup on weekdays. , If so, you can go out for a walk when the sun is about to set at Youshi."

When the old woman heard this, she burst into tears and knelt down to thank her while holding the little girl in her arms.

Xu Yi, with quick eyesight and quick hands, stopped her before she knelt down: "Grandma, no, there is purslane in season. Grandma, you can pick more these days and bring back the extra ones. Dry and store the extra ones so they can be used in winter." "Enter."

The old woman nodded hurriedly: "It's for the guests."

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the first moment, some of the people in the gorge who took the thunder pill powder reacted.

At first, he only felt a bloated and painful stomach, and he came to Xu Yi in a panic to explain the situation.

After Xu Yi diagnosed his pulse, he called A Zhuoer and A Xu A Jin and asked them to also diagnose his pulse. At this time, the young man's pulse was different from earlier. What Xu Yi wanted them to know was the instantaneous change in this pulse.

"Seven emotions and six desires, movement and stillness, can cause deviations in pulse conditions." Xu Yi taught seriously, "At this time, it is time to write down the pulse conditions at each hour to use this as a dialectical argument."

After that, he asked Adhuoer, But what can be seen.

Adzhuoer's green brows furrowed, and after thinking for a moment, he widened his eyes in shock and said, "His pulse is stringy and tight, and his stomach is making gurgling noises. Is this because there are insects moving in his stomach?!"

" Yes, he has a worm in his stomach." Xu Yi answered him firmly.

When everyone heard this, they all looked at the young and strong belly.

Qingzhuang's face turned red and he was terrified...

He... there was a worm in his stomach!

Does that mean that after a while, the bug will be spit out from his mouth?