Chapter 227

After Xu Yi bought the medical books, he took Adhuoer to join the group entering the city.

The gorge residents pushed two carts, which were piled with grain, salt, cloth and various daily sundries that had been exchanged for purchases in the city.

On the way back, a few people chatted and laughed, chatting about various gossips they heard in the city.

That night, Xu Yi came next door with pen, ink, paper and inkstone to ask Adhuoer to copy the "Eighty-One Difficulties of the Yellow Emperor" and "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" he had bought.

Copying must be in order. Xu Yi looked at Adhuo'er holding the book with a clueless look on his face, and said with a smile: "You copy "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" first."

Before Adhuo'er could respond, he continued. , "When copying, remember to memorize it and I will check it randomly."

Adhuoer immediately widened his clear eyes.

It made Xu Yi smile faintly.

This Song edition of "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" is in thick calligraphy. On the slightly yellowed paper, the Song characters are not small. Adhuo'er had studied under the old witch doctor for three years and could recognize most of the characters. Occasionally, when he met someone he didn't know, he would use it to ask Xu Yi for advice.

Gradually, Adhuoer was attracted by the contents of medical books. Every day when he woke up, he would pour water, grind ink, and copy with a pen.

As a result, Yan Quyue couldn't stand it anymore and scolded Xu Yi angrily: "Look, why are you so anxious? Things are getting better now. This kid only cares about copying books and doesn't like to come out and practice boxing with him."

Xu Yi also Very helpless, they would have to leave this canyon sooner or later.

However, time was fleeting and Adhuoer had very little to live by. Apart from eating and sleeping, he spent the rest of his time studying medicine.

Xu Yi was pleased and distressed to see him studying so hard, so he allowed him to do this.

"I will remind him to balance work and rest." Xu Yi said to Yan Quyue.

The next day, after he finished teaching Adhuoer, he took him to the foot of the mountain to practice archery.

Xu Yi felt unfamiliar with his hands after not holding a bow and arrow for several days. After shooting a barrel of wooden arrows, he pulled out the wooden arrow from the target.

"Do you want to learn?" Xu Yi asked.

Adhuoer nodded, took the bow and arrow, and shot towards the target.

In an instant, the wooden arrow hit the target.

Xu Yi looked at Adhuo'er with surprised eyes: "Have you ever learned archery?"

Adhuo'er said: "Brother Wuha taught us that when the clan reaches the age of five, they must learn how to be self-reliant. Brother Wuha will know how to do it." Take us to the mountains and forests to practice archery."

"Why don't you have a bow and arrow in the house?" Xu Yi asked.

Adhuoer said without thinking: "I have no time to practice archery since I learned to be a witch doctor. The clan leader said that I don't need to go. If I encounter danger, they will protect me."

Xu Yi was silent for a moment.

Yes, Adroar is their witch doctor. No matter who is in danger, the witch doctor will not be put in danger.

The absence of a witch doctor would be fatal to the gorge people.

Even so, Xu Yi still asked Adhuo'er to pick up archery: "The tribe will protect you, but you must also have the ability to protect yourself."

...

From that day on, Adhuo'er would choose an hour every day to practice archery.

His hands were useless from practicing archery, and his copying speed slowed down.

Xu Yi took this opportunity to teach him how to check the pulse and inquire about the pulse. Although "cut" in "looking, smelling, asking, and cutting" in Chinese medicine comes last, its importance in dialectics is no less important than the other three.

The medical books left by the old witch doctor to Adhuo'er were all vague manuscripts, which contained mostly the old witch doctor's personal interpretation and secret remedies passed down by witch doctors of past generations.

Xu Yi didn't touch these secret remedies.

He only helped Adhuoer sort out the books that were suitable for him at the moment, so that he could take them out and read them when he had time.

As for pulse diagnosis techniques, how to diagnose pulses, deficient pulses and solid pulses... many knowledge about pulse conditions, the old witch doctor did not leave him many relevant books.

Helpless, Xu Yi had to teach him bit by bit.

He first taught Adhuoer the pulse-taking formula, from the body image song to the main pulse song, and then to the concurrent pulse song...

It was not easy to become a disciple. For more than a month, Xu Yi felt like he was several years older.

There were no entertainment items in the canyon. As time went by, Xu Yi followed the canyon residents and learned to sing difficult-to-pronounce folk songs.

Following the children, they learned to dance the shuttlecock, followed Zhuo Mu and the others to learn to play the pottery xun, followed Wu Ha and the others to go fishing in the river by boat... Every day was very fulfilling.

During such fulfilling days, the climate in the canyon gradually turned cooler.

On this day, a clear autumn rain fell in the valley.

As the cold dew approaches, the crops cultivated in the gorge turn into a brilliant golden color, and the ears of rice are grainy. The women and children stop practicing boxing and go to the fields to cut the ears of rice in an orderly manner.

The joy of harvest fills the whole canyon. The rice is dried, pounded, and cooked into attractive rice. After worshiping the mountain god, it can be distributed to the tribesmen.

Xu Yi also received a bag of new rice that smelled strongly of rice.

The next day, A Xu cooked the new rice into fragrant fish porridge. The caught fish was cut into thin fillets and placed in the rice milk that was fragrant with rice. The fish meat was fresh and sweet, and there was no fishy smell at all. .

After eating fresh fish porridge, A Xu made the remaining fish heads into dogwood-splashed fish heads in the evening.

Boil the cornel leaves in oil until browned. After taking them out, add peppercorns, shredded ginger and green onions, and pour the hot oil on top of the steamed fish head. The taste is rich and pungent oily, spicy and refreshing. It tastes great when paired with cooked rice made from new rice.

The people in the gorge were completely conquered by A Xu's craftsmanship. Whenever he cooks, he will definitely attract attention.

Although adults are envious, they also know how to be polite and save face. They only watch and smell from a distance, unlike children.

The children didn't have so many thoughts. When they smelled the delicious food, their eyes widened like lanterns. They still shouted at the grandmothers and grandmothers at home, but they didn't move at all.

Xu Yi saw A Xu surrounded by several drooling children.

Then he smiled and told A Xu to give the extra food to the children. When the children heard Xu Yi's words, they all came to thank Dr. Xu.

...

On this day, the sky was clear and clear.

Xu Yi came and told Adhuo'er that they were going to the mountains to pick the fruit of the envoy gentleman.

"Counting the days, the fruit of the gentleman will mature around this time. We pick some and grind them into powder. Every September, we can give it to the children of the clan." Xu Yi said.

He thought of the children in the canyon who often sat on the moist soil while playing.

Or just lie down and play on the piles of fallen leaves.

This enabled the gentleman to cure roundworms, and children were more likely to be infected with roundworms, so Xu Yi put forward his plan.

A Zhuoer nodded solemnly after hearing this. He also discovered that the last time the Hui people took Lei Wan Powder, many children had diarrhea of ​​roundworms.

Although roundworms don't grow as long as tapeworms, they are plentiful and scary to look at.

The clan leader knew that they were going into the mountain and would not allow them to go in alone under any circumstances.

He immediately sent Xiwa'er to find Zhuo Mu and Wu Ha. When the two heard that Xu Yi was taking Adhuo'er to the mountain, they wanted to follow him without thinking.

"There are ferocious beasts in the mountains. If there are many of you, they won't dare to attack. Bring spears and machetes, as well as fire, food and water." The clan leader sternly ordered Wuha and the others, looked at Xu Yi, and said with a smile, " You will be fine if you stay in the mountain for a few days."

Xu Yi had been listening to the clan leader's arrangements, and when he saw him suddenly looking at him, he lowered his eyes and smiled lightly.

Then, he said: "Don't worry, old man, we will only pick gentlemen on this trip, and we will not go further."

"I don't worry about many doctors here." After the old patriarch finished speaking, he called them to leave quickly.

Zhuo Mu and Wu Ha went to prepare the things they needed to bring into the mountains, while Xu Yi returned to the old witch doctor's house to say goodbye to Yan Quyue.

Yan Quyue knew that it was inconvenient to enter the mountain, so she couldn't follow him. She stared at him: "You said you would come back after only one night, but I know your temperament. If you encounter any good things along the way, you will definitely bring them back. Go there for a few more days. It doesn't matter, there are A Xu and Er Qing at the foot of the mountain, you don't have to worry about me."

When Xu Yi heard this, he held her hand tightly.

"Well, I listen to my lady."

Yan Quyue immediately snorted and said with an annoyed smile, "Don't say that I asked you to stay in the mountain and not come back."

"No way." Xu Yi looked at her eyes Overflowing with a smile, he squeezed her hand and said, "No one can let me wait."

Yan Quyue: "..."

Such jokes are not made every day, but in the end, they are reluctant to part with each other, Yan Quyue personally Send them to the foot of the mountain.

Watching their figures disappear in the forest, she looked back at A Xu A Jin and Er Qing: "Let's go back and take them to practice boxing."

She knew better than anyone else that the day to leave the canyon was getting closer.

...

During this trip, Xu Yi and his party did not return until the fifth day.

On their way back from picking the messenger, they first encountered a cold autumn rain. While looking for a cave, Adhuoer stepped on the air and broke his leg. The group rested in the cave for a day and a night.

During this period, Xu Yi went to find some herbs for wounds and came back. He bandaged his wounds and asked him if he could get up and move around.

But seeing that he was struggling to walk, behind him, Zhuo Mu and Wu Ha took turns carrying Adhuo'er on their backs, while Xu Yi cleared the way in front.

The rest of the trip was not smooth either. They strayed into wild boar territory, and by chance, they came across a female wild boar feeding her cubs. Seeing them breaking in, he screamed and attacked them.

Seeing the ferocious attack of the wild boar, Xu Yi and Wu Ha looked at each other, raised their spears and machetes, and hunted the wild boar.

Looking at the cubs that had lost their mother's suckling, if they didn't take them away, these little wild boars that were waiting to be fed would definitely become food for other wild animals.

How about they kill the cubs and take them back together?

"Take it back and raise it." Seeing that they chose to take action, Xu Yi suddenly said.

Wuha and Zhuomu looked at him doubtfully.

Wait for him to explain.

Xu Yi said: "These cubs are both male and female. They can be taken back to breed so that there will be no shortage of meat in the mountains."

Once there is no shortage of meat, they will not need to risk going into the mountains to find food.

When the two heard this, they immediately thought this was a good idea.

Without saying a word, Wu Ha took the wild boar cub out of its nest and put it into the bamboo basket he carried on his back.

Covering it with leaves again, the whining sound suddenly died down.

Then, they quickly cut the skin and meat of the wild boar, dug a hole and buried the head of the wild boar that could not be taken away.

After doing this, they headed towards the foot of the mountain again without stopping.

When they came back, the wild boar cub was quickly taken over by a woman. The tribesmen who knew how to work with wood quickly made a simple fence, covering one side with thick straw, and digging a ditch on the other side, paving the bottom with stones. .

Then Xiwa'er came with Xu Yi's words and told the tribesmen who were working, shouting: "Uncle Qing, Doctor Xu said that the cubs should be fed goat's milk, otherwise they will die."

"Goat's milk?" The tribesman who was working was stunned and shouted, "Young man, take out the goat milk you squeezed earlier."

As he said that, a barefoot little boy ran out of the wooden house. His pants were a little short, revealing his thin body. ankle.

She held a small earthen jar in her hand, which contained the goat's milk squeezed out today.

Xiwa'er looked at him and frowned: "Brother Cao, why aren't you wearing shoes?"

"My mother-in-law knitted it for me. It's not healed yet."

"It's cold. If you don't wear shoes, your feet will hurt. " Don't cry when you're too hurt to walk.

"I'm a man. I won't cry."

"I'll see if you cry when you fall down!"

The two boys walked out from behind the house. Woman, the woman looked at Xiwa'er with a smile on her face, waving her hand and calling her over: "Come here, Auntie will pour you honey water."

"Huh? Where did you get the honey water?" Xiwa'er When I heard there was sugar water to drink, my eyes lit up.

The woman smiled and said, "Just now, Miss Ah Jin discovered a honeycomb and used some means to knock it down."

At that time, they were all washing clothes by the river. They heard the sound and rushed over. When Miss Ah Jin saw them, she He gave some to them and brought them back.

The woman thought that since Xiwa'er didn't go to the patriarch's house, she might have no honey to drink, so she made a bowl for her.

"This honey water is delicious and has the fragrance of flowers."

After Xi Wa'er drank the honey water, she heard the sound of drums in her house. Cao Wa'er's family all looked in the direction of the sound, muttering that this was What's the matter? Xiwa'er knew the inside story and immediately said happily: "The meat is divided! The meat is divided!"

In an instant, people from the gorge came out of every wooden house and headed towards the patriarch's house.

There is harmony in the canyon, and every household has a share of the wild wild meat they brought back this time.

That night, the canyon was filled with the aroma of various meats. Soon, Xu Yi ate the roasted wild boar meat of Zhuo Muta’s grandma.

They chewed the firewood very hard. After eating one piece, Xu Yi and Yan Quyue's cheeks were extremely sore.

Seeing that there was still a large plate of barbecue left, both of them were a little worried about how to eliminate it.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.

"Teacher, are you in the room?" Outside, Adhuoer came over with a plate of roasted wild boar meat.

It was dark at dusk, and he came here in the dark.

Xu Yi quickly called him into the room to talk and asked him what happened.

A Zhuoer said: "I thought the wild boar was hunted by the teacher, so I brought some more."

Xu Yi: "..."

Yan Quyue: "..."

The two looked at each other helplessly and smiled.