Chapter 3

There should be Polygonum multiflorum in this area. Xu Yi walked around and found two or three more plants. One of them was still small, so Xu Yi didn't dig it up.

For ordinary people, the number of Chinese herbal medicines they can understand is still limited, but it is different for him. For him, almost the entire mountain here is a treasure.

After taking a few steps, you can find many Chinese medicines that grow vigorously but look like weeds!

Sometimes, when you see two plants whose leaves are similar in shape, have distinct veins, and grow almost the same, it is easy to mistake them for the same plant.

This was not bad for Xu Yi, as he could easily tell whether it was a weed or a medicinal herb after just two glances.

The area he passed through was wildly growing with dense blackberries, commonly known as the "five-clawed dragon", and some people also called it snake medicine. This is a Chinese medicinal material recorded in the "Book of Songs", "Kudzu grows in Mengchu, and vines grow in the wild. If beauty dies here, who will be alone." The vines in it refer to this medicinal material. [Note 1]

In folk recipes, fresh blackberries are mashed into a paste and applied to the wounds bitten by snakes and insects. However, its fruit is slightly poisonous and cannot be used directly.

In modern times, almost no doctors use fresh blackberry. Most of them are cultivated artificially, harvested, cut into sections and dried in the sun. It has many uses, including disinfection, diuresis, detoxification and swelling. Of course, there are many Chinese medicinal materials that can replace it.

In the past, Xu Yi rarely used blackberry, and chose the more common ones.

Seeing that they are growing so well, do you always feel that you are losing money if you don’t harvest more?

Xu Yi put down the basket on his back, took out the sickle inside, and cut it off at the root.

He hasn't harvested them all. There are seeds left in this area, and he can harvest them again next time he comes.

In addition to blackberry, there are other common Chinese herbal medicines, such as white vine, ivy, madder, kudzu root, etc. Xu Yi also found many.

The huge basket on the back could hold a lot of things, but Xu Yi overestimated the endurance of this body. When two-thirds of the weight was loaded, his shoulders could no longer carry it.

The kind of person who can't carry his back is not a weak person who can't carry his back. After all, he can work in the fields. He's not a weak scholar with no strength in his hands. But it's not as good as the Wu Qin Xi and Hu Lei Tai Chi he practiced since childhood.

Think about it, you can’t relax when you come here. There are people in Yilu Mountain and there are no large wild animals. But it is different in the deep mountains. Without a good body, let alone improving living conditions, just relying on this You may not be able to go very far even if you walk on two legs.

No matter how prosperous the Northern Song Dynasty was, it was still an ancient era with inconvenient transportation. Walking, climbing, and carrying things all require a good body. He must pick up Wu Qin Xi and Hu Lei Tai Chi as soon as possible.

It was still early, but Xu Yi had no intention of exploring further.

Xiao Huang, who was following him, was also tired. This little guy had never had a full meal since he followed him. Today, he followed him out to work, which consumed a lot of energy. He would be so tired that he would stick out his tongue.

Feeling the scrapper's head caress, Xiao Huang happily wiped away his fatigue, rubbed his legs, and shouted happily "woof~woof~".

Xu Yi's young and bookish face revealed a mature smile: "Xiao Huang, let's go home."

"Woof woof!"

Xu Yi raised his eyebrows: "Xiao Huang."

"Woof woof woof!"

"Xiao Huang."

"Woof! Woof?"

It seems that he recognizes its name. It is indeed his dog, and he is smart.

After going down the mountain, the sun was hanging in the middle. Xu Yi estimated that it should be at noon. He first came to the temple at the foot of the mountain. The young novice who had received him in the morning still remembered him and came to greet him gently.

After asking for water, Xu Yi asked what time it was.

The little novice monk looked at the sky and said, "It's already noon, but the donor is going back?"

Xu Yi nodded: "I don't know where the bullock cart going back is parked. I just passed by the temple gate, why didn't I see any bullocks to ride on ? "Car.

" Little novice monk: "Chebashi has left for a while. If the donor wants to go back, he has to wait another two-quarters of an hour. There will be another trip in the near future. If it is later, there will be no car to come to Yilu Mountain to receive pilgrims. ."

It can be said that there are several temples in these connected mountains that are full of incense. When these handlebar drivers saw that there was business to be done, they would come over twice a day.

Therefore, it was much more convenient for Xu Yi, as he did not have to walk more than ten kilometers to such a far place.

Living in a prosperous county town is prosperous, but it is too far away from the mountains and fields. It is not easy to come here to collect herbs.

The small temple in Mount Yilu is quiet at this time. There is an incense burner on the altar outside the main hall, and the incense curls up in silence.

Xu Yi sat lazily on the steps below, one hand supporting his chin, and the other unconsciously stroking Xiao Huang who was nestled beside his leg.

Smelling the scent of incense in the air, I fell into contemplation of the future.

It is not difficult for him to collect medicines and make medicines. Compared with modern times, it is rare to see a wild herb. Chinese medicinal materials are everywhere here. On this trip, he picked more than twenty kinds, the most common ones being Polygonum multiflorum and Blackberry.

Between the two, Polygonum multiflorum is more popular in medical clinics. He estimated that what he dug today weighed five or six kilograms, all of which were made into mature Polygonum multiflorum, weighing two to three kilograms.

The weight on the official scale at this time was 680 grams. Based on today's weight, it is estimated to be even less.

This doesn't matter, he won't always rely on selling herbal medicine to improve his life.

"Dong——"

The bell rang.

When the time came, Xu Yi said goodbye to the young novice monk and left the temple with a bamboo basket on his back.

At the foot of the temple, a wooden cart with handlebars was waiting there. When he saw someone coming, he didn't even raise his eyelids. He just shouted: "One copper per person, pay and get on the cart."

"Old man, take the copper." Xu Yi took out the money and sat on the wooden cart steadily.

After waiting for another stick of incense, I saw that the sun was moving farther and farther to the west. There were only a few customers who wanted to take the ox cart, and the handlebars no longer waited.

There were only two people sitting in the bullock cart. Xu Yi didn't have to carry the basket behind his back like he did in the morning. He placed it beside his body, leaning on one side and holding Xiao Huang in his arms.

The person accompanying him was a man in his twenties, wearing a green bamboo-colored gown made of silk and satin, and a crescent-colored turban on his head. Under the sunlight, there were faint silver-white dark lines.

As if aware of Xu Yi's gaze, Lang Jun turned slightly sideways and gave him a leisurely salute.

Xu Yi had the memory of the original person in his mind, so he returned the greeting unhurriedly, and the two of them greeted each other.

The journey was boring, Xu Yi wanted to know more about Yanting County and its surroundings, and the husband was also bored, so the two started talking.

During the conversation, Xu Yi learned that the husband's name was Xing Yuesen, and he lived in Erli Lane, West Street, Yanting County. The east is rich and the west is rich. Those who can live in West Street are generally the rich people in Yanting County.

Yanting County is rich in silk, and the Xing family is engaged in silk trading. Now he is studying and wants to take the state examination next year.

The Song Dynasty had relatively loose standards for participating in the imperial examinations. At first, children of merchants were prohibited from participating, but later the standards were relaxed and children of merchants were allowed to participate in the imperial examinations.

The Xing family wanted to change its appearance, so they pinned their hopes on the children of the family. And Xing Yuesen is the second young master from the third family of the family. He has a good talent for reading, but he failed to pass the exam twice.

In the Song Dynasty, there was no such thing as a scholar. The first exam was the state exam, which was also known as the Jie exam. Those who passed the exam were awarded the title of Juren [Note 2].

Xing Yuesen is now over 23 years old, and next year will be his last time to take the scientific examination.

"I noticed that your conversation and behavior are very good. You don't look like an ordinary farmer. Have you studied before?" Xing Yuesen asked curiously when he saw that Xu Yi was neither humble nor arrogant in his speech and behaved politely. He looked like a scholar.

Xu Yi did not hide anything from him and told him that he had studied at Master Liu's private school in the county for five years.

When Xing Yuesen heard this, he looked startled: "Is it you?"

"Huh?" Xu Yi's eyes showed confusion.

"Master Liu has a good relationship with our master. He came to our private school to teach two days ago. He said that he had a student who could no longer come to study because his family was in trouble and his parents died of illness, so that his classmates who had the opportunity to study but did not cherish it were able to learn more. Diligence, encourage practice. "

The work is accomplished by hard work, the waste is by play, the success is by thinking, and the failure is by randomness [Note 3].

Xu Yi: "..."

I never thought that one day he would become a teaching material that encourages others.

Master Liu felt sorry for this student, saying that although his talent was average, he was hardworking and hardworking, which was incomparable to other children from the family. Because of these words, he remembered Xu Yi.

Now that he saw the protagonist in front of him, Xing Yuesen had a little more curiosity in his eyes: "What did you pick today? After I got in the car, I kept smelling a fresh fragrance."

This fresh fragrance naturally comes from Xu Yi’s bamboo basket.

When he asked about it, Xu Yi happily told him about going to the mountains to collect herbs today.

"Brother Yi is so amazing, he can actually recognize so many herbs." Xing Yuesen said with admiration in his tone.

Although he also recognized a few Chinese medicinal materials that he had seen in books, it was absolutely impossible for him to actually dig these medicinal materials in the mountains.

Xu Yi said: "I prefer to study these instead of studying for the imperial examination."

"But medical skills are always heretical. Even if you are good at medicine, you can only become a medical officer in the end, and your future is completely incomparable with the imperial examination." Xing Yuesen The look is subtle.

Xu Yi looked at ease: "No, in my heart there is no distinction between high and low in all things, whether it is imperial examinations or medical skills, they are all what people want. Those who are officials are for the people, and those who study medicine are for the people. Why? The only way?"

Xing Yuesen looked determined when he saw him saying this, and it didn't look like he was telling lies. Instantly, there was an indescribable emotion in my heart, and I was also happy. I felt that Xu Yi was a person worthy of his friendship.

Among his classmates, most looked down on people who were not studying. They thought that scholars were noble and everyone else was ordinary people, but they did not think about how it would be possible to show off the nobility of scholars without so many ordinary people.

"Well said!

" Fight for that crowded and narrow road.

The next moment, after he finished admiring, he sighed deeply. Xu Yi asked: "Brother Xing ,