Chapter 246

"Put the things back. The gold in this box cannot be touched or told to others." After Xu Yi said this, he glanced at the dazzling gold from the corner of his eyes.

He is a layman.

Even as he watched silently, there was a bit of reluctance in his eyes. But they also know that this box of gold is currently a hot potato for them.

Taking it out and using it will only cause trouble for them.

Others understand this, too.

There was no need for Xu Yi to say anything about matters that needed to be kept secret. When he heard what he said, they all suppressed their joyful expressions and nodded seriously.

Yan Quyue put back the gold and copper coins and asked, "What should I do with them?"

Xu Yi said, "Put them in my room for now."

Only by putting them under his nose can he feel at ease.

Yan Quyue's eyebrows curved, she said with a faint smile, and then said: "You said you dug lotus roots today, so you will make me lotus root herbal tea. Now we are all angry because of this box of things. It's good to use it to remove heat and clear the stomach."

A Xu's eyes lit up: "Lang Jun, I know how to make fresh lotus root herbal tea."

Making fresh lotus root herbal tea is easy, even for someone like Xu Yi. Anyone who can cook can.

Hearing what A Xu was about to do, Xu Yi suddenly changed his mind. He wanted to calm down by making fresh lotus root herbal tea.

"Let me do it. You and Ah Jin peeled the lotus seeds and dried them, and used some for dinner, and stewed fresh lotus seeds and gorgon soup." Xu Yi continued, rolled up his sleeves, went to the kitchen, and took the broiler set. superior.

When they were tied, Yan Quyue came over with a small basket, which contained the lotus roots he dug out from the bottom of the lake.

Not much, only two sections, just enough for a few of them.

Yan Quyue also put on a brooch and said she was coming to help light the fire.

"I have thought about it. Ah Jin is now married and will eventually separate from us. A Xu is not young. One day he will realize that he has the girl he likes and he should have his own family. Neither of us can do that. But I've been used to A Xu's cooking over the years, and I don't really like eating outside. If I don't learn how to eat it, I'm afraid I'll be hungry in the future."

Xu Yi was stunned by what she said. He hadn't thought about it carefully. Yan Quyue said this and felt it made sense. He relies too much on A Xu and A Jin. With them here, Xu Yi can do a lot of things he wants to do.

But there is no such thing as a feast that lasts forever. Even if they have been together for so many years, they may have to separate when the time comes.

He was depressed for a moment, then quickly shook his head: "We'll talk about this later."

Yan Quyue looked at him in surprise, thinking to herself, Xu Yi didn't want to think about this.

Likewise, when she traveled with Xu Yi and the others and left her maid Qiaoqin in Yanting, she was reluctant to leave her for a few days.

But Qiaoqin has no ability to protect herself outside, so the extra person on her travels becomes a burden.

What's more, the journey is inconvenient. If you carry one more person, the two donkeys will bear a greater load.

Over the past two years, Xiao Hui and Wang Cai have changed their hooves several times, and the carriage wheels have been worn out several times. It can be imagined that the official road and the mountain road are not easy to walk.

At this moment, Xu Yi was already washing lotus roots.

The freshly dug lotus roots were filled with mud, and the scent of the lotus roots mixed with the earthy smell washed away the mud on the outside. Xu Yi was worried that mud had been mixed into the holes inside, so he soaked it in clean water.

Then take a knife and cut into thin slices and soak them in water.

Then light the small stove and put a few pieces of black coal on it. Xu Yi caught a glimpse of the confusion on Yan Quyue's face from the corner of his eye, and explained with a smile: "Just make herbal tea, no stove is needed."

That would consume too much firewood.

Fresh lotus root herbal tea cannot be boiled over high heat. Put the tender and white lotus root slices in a clay pot, scoop out two ladles of spring water, cover the lid and boil over slow fire. When it keeps slurping, remove the lid and simmer the soup in the pot until just When two thirds of the mixture is left, put out the fire and add sugar.

After scooping it out and letting it cool down, you can drink it instead of tea.

After cooking it and putting it in a bowl, Xu Yi came out of the kitchen with the plate in hand, with a refreshing fragrance all over his body.

The cold and clean fragrance lingered on the tip of the nose, and the smell made people salivate. Yan Quyue took a deep breath and sighed: "I used to think that you only knew how to do it but didn't know how to do it. Now I really see that you can do it." , I realized that I’m the only one who doesn’t know how to cook.”

Erqing heard it and said with red ears, “Ms. Yan, I don’t know how to cook either.”

Yan Quyue covered her mouth and smiled: “Although your cooking is not delicious, you can’t eat it. People."

Others: "..."

Suddenly they remembered that they had never seen Yan Quyue cook.

Yan Quyue would not take the initiative to say that she had cooked before, and then her sister-in-law strictly ordered her not to go near the kitchen. I'm afraid she will burn down the kitchen.

"I remember Lang Jun once said that this lotus root tea can cure postpartum blood stasis and clear away blood stasis." Ajin saw this fresh lotus root herbal tea that exuded a light fragrance, and quickly thought of curing the disease. A

Xu answered: "Not only that, it can also replenish the blood and replenish the heart. Taking it regularly can make people happy and stop anger."

Erqing blinked: "So, this is a good thing."

"Of course." Jinmei's eyebrows were slightly curved, and she looked at him with a lazy smile and said, "Which of the things that Mr. Lang made is not good?"

Xu Yi was praised by her and smiled: "Drink this fresh lotus root herbal tea every day. Divide it all."

He also took a bowl and drank it casually. The herbal tea was sweetened with sugar. He didn't add too much sugar, so it wasn't very sweet.

After everyone drank it, they all felt that the fresh lotus root herbal tea was delicious and wanted to drink it again tomorrow.

Xu Yi said: "It's the season. If you go to the market and see lotus root sellers these days, just buy some and cook them."

...

At night, Xu Yi and Yan Quyue took a bath and changed clothes and lay on the bed.

When the weather got hot, they changed into cold silk quilts. Yan Quyue had fallen asleep with her eyes squinted, but Xu Yi next to her was tossing and turning.

When he turned over again, Yan Quyue got up and pushed him unbearably: "What are you thinking about?"

Xu Yi got up. In the dim light, his eyes were a little deep, with a hint of muteness: "I was thinking about the lake. There are other boxes in Li Ke."

"Huh?" Yan Quyue was stunned.

She asked: "Do you think there are more?"

Xu Yi shook his head: "I don't know. I didn't check it carefully today. It's a bit reckless now that I think about it. If I'm not sure, I feel a little uneasy."

If there is still a box and it was picked up by someone else, if it was an ignorant person who took it to the Changsheng Treasury to pawn it, how could the people in the Changsheng Treasury not know the goods? If the gold coins from the previous dynasty were really discovered, the lake would be surrounded. What he was worried about was that they dug out the box during the day without covering it up, so he didn't know if anyone had looked at it.

If someone is aware of it, it will cause unnecessary trouble.

Seeing how confused he was, Yan Quyue said bluntly: "If you are worried, you can go find out tonight."

Xu Yi turned to look at her.

Yan Quyue saw Xu Yi's eyes on her through a ray of light, and smiled and said, "With our skills, are we still afraid of being discovered?"

Xu Yi: "..." That seems to be the truth.

He immediately made an idea to let Yan Quyue continue to sleep and come back as he went.

Yan Quyue lay back down again and said with a chuckle, "Don't go too long. Take A Xu with you. I feel at ease with him taking care of you."

"Okay." Xu Yi nodded.

He put on his clothes, came out of the house, and went to the west room to find A Xu.

The two of them took advantage of the faint moonlight to avoid the watchman and arrived at the lakeside today.

They looked at each other before entering the water, jumped off the lake, swam to the place where the box was dug out, and plunged into the water.

The lake in the middle of the night was dark and deep, and nothing could be seen. Xu Yi swung his hands in front of him, grabbed the stem in front of him, pulled it open, and touched the place based on the impression in his memory.

There was a depression in the mud there, which was where the box originally sank at the bottom of the pond. They groped around for a while, and came out of the water one after another to take a breath.

After searching for two quarters of an hour, my hands and stomachs were wrinkled, but I still couldn't find the second box.

Xu Yi said in a deep voice: "Axu, let's go back."

Axu looked at him and asked: "Lang Jun, are you not looking for it anymore?" He still had some physical strength and could continue to search.

Xu Yi said: "No, there is no box here."

For some reason, knowing that there was no second box, he felt slightly relieved.

...

In early July, they had stayed in Qishui County for more than half a year, and it was time to leave.

Xu Yi came to Pang's Medical Center to say goodbye and told Pang Mincai the time to leave.

During these days, he learned a lot from working with Xu Yi, and he understood that their Pang's medicine was not good enough.

"Earlier, I was jealous that you had many apprentices. But then I thought about it and I was biased. With your knowledge, let alone teaching a few apprentices, you can become a professor in the Taiyuan Hospital."

Pang Mincai said, There was envy in his eyes, "You said you were going to Kyoto, that's great. I heard that it is different from other places. It's prosperous and interesting. It's not comparable to a small place like Qishui."

But he was different. His roots are in Qishui County. Even if he has traveled, he has only stayed within Qizhou and has not left Huainan West Road.

The corners of Xu Yi's eyes curved, and a smile flashed across his eyes as he said: "There will always be opportunities in the future. This Qishui is a good place to raise people, but it's a pity that we can't stay for a long time."

At this time, Father Pang slowly said: "Mincai You're not young, and you won't learn anything if you stay in the hospital. "

"Dad, what do you mean..." Pang Mincai looked at his father excitedly.

His father smiled and said: "If you want to go out and travel, I won't stop you."

Pang Mincai was excited and asked quickly: "Then can I go to Kyoto?"

Father Pang said: "If you have that kind of expense, it's just a matter of time." It doesn't matter if it's Kyoto."

Pang Mincai's heart skipped a beat in excitement: "Dad, it's a lot of money to go to Kyoto. I heard from Junior Brother Yang that it doesn't cost more than a few dozen taels, and that doesn't include the cost of transportation."

Father Pang snorted: "Then go earn it."

Pang Mincai said, "Why don't you give me some?"

Father Pang looked at his industrious little son angrily. Knowing his virtues in the future, he deliberately said, "It's not like I'm going away, why?" Are you going to pay for it?"

Pang Mincai's excitement suddenly subsided: "..."

If you don't have money, why go far away?

But it doesn't matter if he really has no money. After all, he is a doctor and can make money, but he has not saved any money over the years. He spends whatever he has, and most of it is used to help the poor.

Xu Yi listened to the back and forth between father and son without interrupting, thinking that he did not exist.

Unexpectedly, Pang Mincai soon had an idea for him. He pulled Xu Yi's sleeve with bright eyes and asked, "Uncle Xu, do you have any money to lend me? I only need ten guan of money, plus the ten guan of money I have in my hand." "No need to go on a long journey."

He rambled on, saying that he had heard that Lin Xiuhui had been to Shizhou. There were many barbarians in Shizhou, and most of the barbarian doctors were witch doctors, and witch doctors were different from what they had learned. Learning is different. He has wanted to learn from the witch doctor for a long time.

It's a pity that I never had the chance to go.

When Xu Yi heard the word Shizhou, he immediately became energetic. The canyon where Adhuoer is located is on the border of Shizhou. If Pang Mincai went to Shizhou, he could go and see Adhuoer on his behalf.

"Do you remember that I still have an apprentice?" Xu Yi asked him.

Pang Mincai nodded: "Remember, you said it."

Xu Yi smiled and said: "He is in Shizhou, in the valley outside Jianshi County under the command of southern Shizhou. His name is A Zhuoer. He is not only my apprentice, but also a disciple. Witch doctor."

Pang Mincai looked at him blankly, slowly absorbing the surprising news.

Xu Yi looked at him deeply and asked him slowly, "If you go to Shizhou and pass by Jianshi County, can you give me something?"

"What is it?" Pang Mincai asked.

"Medical book." It seemed that besides the medical book, he had nothing else to give to Adhuo'er.

The matter was settled quickly. Xu Yi lent Pang Mincai some money, and Pang Mincai sent a medical book to Adhuoer.

They packed their bags and planned to set off on a different day. They did not hide this fact. Yang Xiujin soon learned that Xu Yi and Pang Mincai were leaving.

After knowing that Pang Mincai was going to Shizhou, Yang Xiujin silently began to pack his luggage.

On the day of departure, Xu Yi's donkey cart and the donkey cart hired by Pang Mincai went to Yahangli and met outside the city. Before they left, they saw a man carrying a suitcase and a medicine box heading their way. Come.

Pang Mincai squinted: "Who is that person?" He looked familiar.

Xu Yi had good eyesight and quickly saw who it was. He was a little surprised and said: "It's Brother Yang."

After hearing this, Pang Min was stunned for a moment, then quickly lifted up her robe and ran to Yang Xiujin.

The road in front of Yang Xiujin was blocked, so he had to stop and call out: "Senior Brother."

"Why are you here, Junior Brother?" Pang Mincai frowned deeply and said unhappily, "We said we were going to travel far these days, but we didn't. Seeing that you are going out, why did you come on this day?"

He saw that Yang Xiujin was wearing a washed and slightly white cloth gown, with only a suitcase and basket on his back, and he didn't even hire a car to help him. Traveling far away like this doesn't require much hardship on the road.

Pang Mincai couldn't help but said, "No, you're not ready yet. Don't go out yet. I'll take you there when senior brother comes back."

Yang Xiujin looked at him with a confused look: "Senior brother, I'm here to go with you."

"Huh?"

"I'm not worried about you going to Shizhou alone."