Chapter 275

When A Xu and Er Qing dug out the gold bricks, everyone was shocked.

What a big piece!

It is larger than the adobe bricks used to build a house.

It lay brilliantly golden at the bottom of the furnace, and the grooved tiles underneath had already been shattered into pieces.

When A Xu used both hands to hold it out, the brick was still warm. Ah Jin and Er Qing were both curious about how heavy the gold brick was, and took turns holding it in their arms to feel the weight.

"Hi~ It's so heavy." Ah Jin was not mentally prepared and almost reached his waist when he picked it up.

Erqing, who was staring at her, quickly reached out to help her and asked her anxiously if she was twisted somewhere.

Ah Jin smiled and said, "You underestimate me too much."

"No, this gold looks heavier than I thought."

It must weigh more than dozens of kilograms.

Xu Yi knew the weight of the box of gold and copper coins very well. Even if it melted, there would be no shortage of gold and copper coins.

But there is a drawback to the ancient furnace. When they built the furnace, they used a semi-enclosed style, leaving only the upper and lower vents. The upper vents were filled with charcoal, and the lower vents were connected to a blower. Before closing the furnace wall, you need to put all the gold coins to be melted at the bottom, and then add an isolation layer on top to block the ashes.

When the blower is working, the wind will be driven during the pulling and pulling process, which will increase the temperature in the furnace.

In this case, all the gold will melt into one.

The advantage is that it can reach the melting point as quickly as possible without repeatedly stopping and starting the furnace, shortening the melting time, and melting all the gold in a very short time.

The texture of gold is relatively soft. After it is melted into gold bricks, you can use an awl to knock it off little by little. Small gold lumps are easy to remove.

It is also not easy for people to detect easily.

Tomorrow, Butler Lu and the servants in the Zhuangzi will be back. They are not in a hurry to break down the gold bricks in the Zhuangzi.

Instead, they first knocked down the furnace and clay oven as a whole. Xu Yi, A Xu and Er Qing poured out the peat and soil and dealt with the burning traces. Yan Quyue and A Jin helped pack the luggage and put it into the furnace. In the cage.

There is not much luggage to begin with, and it can be packed away in less than half an hour. Yan Quyue put the gold brick into the cage containing Xu Yi's clothes, wrapped it tightly with cotton cloth, and put some folded clothes on it.

In this way, no one would think that there is such a valuable thing hidden inside.

By the time everyone had finished their work, it was already the end of Shenshi. The sky was filled with mist and clouds, the sun was setting in the west, and the white snow on the back hillside was dazzling in gold and red. It was as beautiful as the human world.

It's so late and there's no time to cook a sumptuous dinner.

Why not kill the pheasants hunted from the hillside and make chicken soup for the stove.

They followed them to Dong'er where Zhuangzi was recovering from his injury. His injured leg was almost healed and he could already walk with his paws on his hands.

On weekdays, when they are busy, they will take the initiative to play with Xiao Huang and Tiger King.

Tiger King became quiet as he got older and didn't like such a lively little guy. When it came running up and down, Tiger King jumped on the high stool and looked down at the coquettish little puppy from the ground.

Little Dong'er shook her head, her tail raised high, and then drooped down with a whine.

But soon, he jumped up and ran to play with Xiao Huang.

Xiao Huang Chao likes to lick its round head.

Licking and licking, Little Dong'er's plush head turned into a wet ball of hair hanging with strands of hair.

Xu Yi watched them play and was worried that Dong'er would forget to hurt his leg because of his playfulness, so he took him to the kennel to prevent him from running around.

"You are making trouble before you are well. You are much more naughty than Xiao Huang when he was little."

Xu Yi thought about the time when he raised Xiao Huang, who was not many days older than Dong'er at the time, but he was already very well-behaved and could learn all the housekeeping skills without a teacher. .

"Woof woof~"

Xiao Dong'er seemed to understand what Xu Yi said about it, and hummed unhappily.

Xu Yi pinched its nose.

It stretched out its paws to pull Xu Yi's sleeves.

As it picked and picked, its attention was attracted by other things. It raised its head and breathed, as if it smelled something.

On the other side, A Xu is processing pheasants, scalding them, plucking their feathers, and cutting them into pieces.

Throw it into the pot and simmer it, then peel a few pieces of wild yam, cut them into sections and cook them together. When the chicken is cooked, the wild yam will be soft and glutinous, and you can cut it off with a gentle pinch with chopsticks.

"Woo--"

Xiao Dong'er ran over at some point and stretched her neck to look into the pot.

The stove was so warm that the closer you looked, the sparks would burn your hair. A Xu turned his head and saw such a small guy. He immediately picked up the back of Dong'er's neck and gently placed it far away.

Then, Xiao Huang walked over slowly and took it away.

...

At midnight the next day, Xu Yi and others left Zhuangzi in a car.

Years later, before the weather got warmer, Xu Yi still went to the Imperial Hospital to read. During this period, Liao Ningcai and Xu Li would occasionally ask him questions.

Xu Yi was happy to give them answers and would also bring Wei Liu with him.

——Give them some dialectical examination questions.

His examination questions are different from the formal examination of Taiyuan Hospital. The questions are relatively simple. First, he will give a defense question about difficult and complicated diseases, and then derive several enumeration methods from this question.

For example, in the process of the onset of the underlying disease, what aspects of the disease will evolve into it.

At the beginning, Liao Ningcai and Xu Li were confused when dealing with this kind of debate topic. After going through several difficult problems, they gradually figured out the rules and calmly dealt with them according to their own abilities.

Even later, they gradually enjoyed the test of this difficult problem.

In the next assessment, when they received the questions given to them by the teachings, they actually felt that the assessment questions had become easier.

Wei Liu has only been studying medicine for a short time, so he cannot answer questions like this.

Xu Yi took him along because he wanted him to listen and read more first, and then give him customized questions and answers for beginners, as well as distinguishing the authenticity of medicinal materials.

Xu Yi asked: "What is the name of this medicine?"

Wei Liu took the medicine handed over by Xu Yi, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, and replied: "It is coltsfoot flower."

Xu Yi asked: "What is its medicinal use?" ?”

Wei Liu thought about it and answered: "Taste the coltsfoot flowers to moisten the lungs, eliminate phlegm, and relieve asthma after coughing." [Note 1]

Xu Yi continued to ask: "If a long-term cough does not heal and has become an internal injury, how should I use this medicine? "

..." This question was a bit difficult for Wei Liu. He thought about it for a long time before he remembered what Xu Yi had taught him before, and immediately said, "If you cough to internal injury, taking it alive is useless. You need to take

it by burning it ." The lung meridian is warm in nature and can be used for cold, lung heat, etc. It has different medicinal uses for different diseases.

Xu Yi was surprised that Wei Liu could remember so much and was very satisfied with his answer.

After asking about the coltsfoot, Xu Yi picked up the other medicinal materials and handed it to him: "What is this?"

Wei Liu took a look and found that this medicinal material was particularly familiar. He followed Xu Yi to the pharmacy yesterday and wrote a prescription. , the recipe uses this medicinal material.

"It's Curculigo."

...

After the questioning, the two of them took a break to drink tea. Wei Liu asked about Dong'er: "Is its leg injury completely healed?"

Xu Yi smiled: "It can jump and jump. The skin is very strong, and he always remembers eating and not playing. Sometimes he jumps happily and screams when his injured leg is pulled. After coaxing him, he forgets."

Wei Liu was a little sad after hearing this.

Ever since he learned that the puppy had a name, he never mentioned raising it again.

A gentleman does not take what others like, but he is not a gentleman but he is also a sensible person. Xu Yi and his family love this puppy very much. If he really wants to go, the dog may not be willing to follow him.

Raising a dog is about fate. He and Dong'er were not destined to be, so he said with a helpless smile: "Although I don't have the chance to raise it, I have prepared a greeting gift, which is some soft-tasting dried meat. You can bring it to Dong'er."

Dong'er can eat it. I'm eating meat. I've been exposed to meat in the past few days. I don't even like rice porridge. I stare at the kitchen all day long, knowing that there is something delicious in it.

Xu Yi smiled and accepted the greeting gift for Dong Er.

He told Wei Liu that he could go home to see it when he had time, as it had grown up a bit.

Furry and chubby.

It's even cuter than when I first picked it up.

Wei Liu shook his head: "Let's catch up tomorrow."

He was afraid that if he saw it, he would never look down on other puppies again.

*

After the Waking of Insects, the climate gradually warmed up.

The first wave of spring harvest is ushering in Zhuangzi. The winter vegetables and fruits planted in the winter are ripe. Butler Lu arranged for people to cut many of them by hand and load them into oxcarts for the city.

So much was brought in at once, and the Xu family only had a few people to eat it all, leaving enough for their own consumption, and took the rest and gave it away.

Even Xu Li participated in it and received a small basket of seasonal food from Xu Yi, which was enough for him to eat for several days.

Both Liao Ningcai and Xu Li had received many benefits from Xu Yi. They both blushed when they took these seasonal gifts. They did not give Xu Yi any gifts, but Xu Yi thought of them first.

"Brother Liao, we have taken so many benefits from Mr. Xu. Mr. Xu must be leaving Kyoto now. If we say nothing, I am afraid we will break his heart." Xu Li was worried. He lived outside the hospital and relied on food Neighbors earn a small amount of money by seeing doctors.

If it was a gift, money would have to be spent, but he didn't have much money to spend.

Liao Ning then asked: "Then what should we buy for Mr. Xu?"

Seeing him asking, Xu Li said: "How about we pool money to go to Xiangguo Temple to buy a painting for Mr. Xu?"

"Okay, okay." Yes. Because of Xu Li's idea, Liao Ning couldn't wait to go to Xiangguo Temple now.

Xu Li stopped him and told him not to worry, he would go home first to get the money.

The two of them met and came to Xiangguo Temple. They spent a long time choosing in front of the Zisheng Gate at the back of the main hall where rare treasures and pictures were traded.

Finally, I selected a picture of fragrant spring peaches.

It wasn't until the next holiday that Liao Ning and Xu Li came to visit hand in hand.

What they gave was a painting, which was a little shabby, but full of sincerity.

Xu Li cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Xu is going to start a medical school to recruit apprentices. I hope that from now on, all the peaches and plums in the world will be in public."[Note 2]"

Liao Ningcai also cupped his hands: "The same is true for me."

They were serious about it . , Xu Yi had to accept the picture full of peach blossoms.

At this time, the Xing family.

Xing Yuesen and Jiao Xirou sat opposite each other.

On the case in front of them was the letter of appointment they had just received. Xing Yuesen would be transferred from Dali Temple and go to Kaifeng Mansion as a judge, from the sixth rank official position.

Mrs. Jiao looked back and forth with the appointment letter in disbelief: "How could you go to Kaifeng Mansion to be a judge? Will this go wrong?"

Xing Yuesen sighed, how could such an important thing go wrong?

It seems that the reason why his application has not been approved is because someone wants to transfer him to another good job.

The magistrate is a member of the state government and assists the state officials in handling political affairs. They are usually appointed by officials from the capital. However, Xing Yuesen's original position was as a judge at Dali Temple, and logically, such a good position was not his turn.

I'm afraid there is something he doesn't know about.

Xing Yuesen thought hard, and finally his thoughts fell on Xu Yi.

The biggest change in him in the past two years is that Xu Yi came to Beijing to find him. Thinking about what happened during this period, from childhood to adulthood, the most suspicious person was the Huo family.

If this is true... only the Huo family has such ability.

Is it to win over him?

No, it's not.

The Huo family has a big business, and they don't want to worry about an official who is a businessman.

The only explanation is that when Xu Yi rescued Huo Yuqing, he was also there to help. Such analysis can clear up the clouds and reveal the sun, and all doubtful points have been pointed out.

Xing Yuesen narrowed his eyes and said to Mr. Jiao: "Don't worry, it's not a bad thing to go to Kaifeng Mansion to serve as a judge."

They don't have to leave the capital and can stay here.

At Xing Yuesen's words, Mr. Jiao smiled and said: "A few days ago, I told my sister-in-law Yan that we would also move with them, and we also made an appointment to go with them. If the place where we take office is close to Yanting, we will also I can go back home and have a look. But now it seems that I have to miss my appointment."

"Yes."

Xing Yuesen shook his wife's hand and sighed, "I miss things at home very much."

At this time, Mrs. Jiao thought of something and asked inquiringly: "If we don't leave, can we buy Brother Yi's Zhuangzi?"

"You mean Brother Yi's Zhuangzi?" Xing Yuesen paused slightly.

After the new year, he was busy with official duties and paid less attention to Xu Yi's affairs. Before, he only heard Xu Yi say that they were dealing with matters in Beijing and they would be settled soon.

Unexpectedly, they had to sell Zhuangzi, which they finally bought.

Do you really want to sell your business and go home to start a school? ? ?

Mrs. Jiao said: "I heard my sister-in-law Yan talk about it twice, saying that Zhuangzi was listed in the dental shop, and buyers came to ask for the price, but they had to lower the price and ask them to sell it at a low price.

How can such a good Zhuangzi sell it at such a low price, my sister-in-law Yan? Of course I don’t agree. From February to now, it’s almost two months since Zhuangzi was sold. “

That Zhuangzi is not far from the city. Although the layout is not good, you can go there and back in the same day. There are two adult deer, a male and a female, and two fawns in the village.

Besides, their family is not short of these tens of thousands of dollars. Mrs. Jiao was feeling faintly thinking about the deer raised in the village.

Xing Yuesen nodded and agreed: "If you think it's good, let's go find Brother Yi and Sister Yan and buy this Zhuangzi."

They paid for the Zhuangzi according to how much the Zhuangzi sold for at that time.

Because Xing Yuesen wanted to inform Xu Yi of the news of his appointment, the couple discussed the matter and simply visited Xu's house overnight.

"Buy Zhuangzi?" Yan Quyue looked at Jiao in surprise.

Mr. Jiao smiled and nodded: "I am greedy for the deer in Zhuangzi. I happen to have some spare money in my hand, so I will let it go. Why not buy some family property in Kyoto."

Xu Yi heard this and waited for Xing Yuesen to speak.

"Yes." Xing Yuesen told him that he was going to Kaifeng Mansion to take office, and they would not leave Kyoto for the time being.

"If you really want to buy it, then don't sell this village to anyone else." Xu Yi said thoughtfully, "But the people on duty in the village are all honest people. After you buy the village, you can't send them away. "

Xing Yuesen smiled: "I won't do such immoral things."

Xu Yi said, "Okay."

That's it.

...

Zhuangzi handed over the transfer of ownership to A Xu and A Mu. The two first went to the Ya Branch to sign the deed, and then asked the agent to go to the Yamen where the transfer was handled and stamp the red seal of the transfer.

Afterwards, A Xu took tens of thousands of friends to the horse market to select two strong adult mules.

Donkeys have a long lifespan, but in the past few years, Xiao Hui and Wangcai have traveled around with Xu Yi and the others, and they have broken countless iron hooves.

As they age, their leg and foot joints gradually age.

Although they could continue on their way, it was already too much for them to carry such a heavy carriage.

After getting along for so many years, everyone has feelings for the two donkeys. Xu Yi wants to take them back to his hometown to retire, and thinks that their journey back will be easier.

After arranging these things, the snow on the mountains completely melted, and the people of Kyoto took off their heavy cotton-padded jackets and put on spring shirts.

The farming season is here, and it's time for them to prepare to leave Beijing.