Chapter 30

Xu Yi entered the house without any distractions. The people who were waiting outside to watch the excitement were puzzled. Why did the Wang family leave so quickly? No quarrels were heard? And...can Xu Xiaolang recognize this tone?

In the crowd, Li Ji hid in the crowd and peered in. He was not very tall, but he would look like this, looking at them with a sly look.

"Brother, what happened to the Xu family?" he asked the person in front of him in a low voice.

The person being questioned turned to look at him, and seeing a familiar face, he said: "You don't know, Xu Xiaolang was canceled today. The person who canceled the marriage said that Xu Xiaolang couldn't live a good life, so don't even think about marrying him. Wife!"

Li Ji was startled: "..."

He had heard that Xu Yi was engaged, but he didn't expect that he was engaged to a wealthy family.

"Then Yi...Xu Xiaolang really can't live any longer?" Li Ji asked excitedly.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I think Xu Xiaolang's life has gotten better and better since he stopped studying." Another person next to him said, he was the one who said how the Wang family broke off the engagement before, "I think that family is very ambitious. Look at it now It's not a good marriage, even if it's broken off."

Someone next to him teased: "You must be Xu Xiaolang..."

"Hey, I think so, but you can't afford the dowry."

"Let me tell you . , Xu Xiaolang didn't care about this family. Judging from his attitude towards the Wang family, it seemed that he had already known that he would cancel the marriage. "

" It seems that it happened at that time... Well, things are unpredictable. The Xu family has been enough in this year. It's a disaster."

The old woman who spoke shook her head and stopped talking.

Others continued to discuss in low voices. Li Ji pricked up his ears and listened more mysteriously. He thought that Dr. Sun was still waiting for him to go back and did not dare to stay longer, but he wanted to know more specific details. After thinking about it, To avoid wasting time.

When he returned to Xinglin Pavilion, he was criticized again by Sun Shitong.

"You've been here for so long and you got this news? What does that have to do with whether Mr. Xu wants to open a medical clinic?" Sun Shitong didn't want to hear these useless gossips, and Li Ji was useless too.

But after knowing this in my heart, I was still very happy. Okay, okay. Seeing that kid is defeated, why not do it.

But he didn't show it, and severely beat Li Ji for what he didn't do well. After the training, he asked him to go to the backyard to clean the wooden barrel where the medicine was soaked.

Li Ji lowered his head and ran to wash the bucket with a bitter look on his face. He felt that he couldn't stay any longer!

Sun Shitong was in a bad mood when he entered the clinic.

Recently, Jishitang has released a pill that can cure diarrhea, named Chen's Xiaoshi Pill.

The emergence of Xiaoshi Pills quickly attracted the attention of several other medical clinics in Yanting County. Let’s not talk about the efficacy of Xiaoshi Pills. The fact that they do not need to be decoctioned or melted in water makes a big difference. .

I don’t know which doctor made it, but for a while, it became more popular than the Miaoshou Pills sold at Xianhe Pavilion on West Street. People who had tried it said it was very effective.

Sun Shitong asked the medicine boy to buy a pack and it cost him twenty coins.

The price is not expensive, I just smell the pills are full of medicinal fragrance, the appearance is shiny and round, the size is just right, and can be taken directly into the mouth and swallowed.

He murmured in his heart, could it really be as good as he said?

The weather has been sultry and the sun has been scorching recently, and Sun Shitong has been suffering from old stomach problems. He often suffers from abdominal bloating and belching after eating a full meal. People say that doctors cannot heal themselves. The medicine he prescribed for himself has been effective.

Today, he had mutton stuffed sesame seed cakes for breakfast. He ate too much and was fat, and his stomach still feels uncomfortable.

When I saw this Xiaoshi Pill with a medicinal aroma, I wondered if it would be effective after taking it. It was as good as those people said. He didn't believe in Xiaoxiao Shi Wan.

A pill goes down.

After waiting for a stick of incense, Sun Shitong didn't feel any better in his stomach.

He didn't bother to think that it was indeed Jishitang who had boasted about it. How could such a small pill have such a good effect.

He felt at ease, humming a tune in his mouth, making his two goat's whiskers stand up, thinking about how he, the Xinglin Pavilion, could not take part in such a good thing.

There are Miaoshou Pills and Xiaoshi Pills, so he will make life-saving pills, and he will definitely be able to sell them at a good price.

Sun Shitong was dreaming sweetly, and before he knew it, his stomach was no longer bloated, his chest was no longer tight, and his whole body felt relaxed...

He took a rest, was the bloating gone?

Thinking that he only took the Xiaoshi Pills and no other pills or decoctions, he felt panicked and used his right hand to check his pulse with his left hand.

He didn't know this without diagnosis, but he was shocked when he was diagnosed. His pulse was healthy and his abdominal distension had completely disappeared.

Sun Shitong: "..."

This Xiaoshi Pill is really effective!

He was panicking and wanted to call Li Ji to investigate and find out which doctor made the Xiaoshi Pills.

The doctor surnamed Chen in Yanting County is Dr. Chen in Miaoshou Pavilion. If Dr. Chen made Xiaoshi Pills, he would definitely not sell them to Jishitang, and it would definitely not be him.

Since it's not the old doctor, it's someone else.

But Yanting County... there is no other Doctor Chen.

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Xu Yi didn't know that the Xiaoshi Pills had spread in the county. He stared at the clay pot of ice water with a gloomy expression.

With dozens of kilograms of saltpeter, can't you make three kilograms of ice? Or maybe the environment in which he makes ice is wrong.

He recalled the experiments he had seen back then, the precise instruments and equipment, and the first-class teacher. The scene at that time was blurred, but he still remembered that the teacher only took a bag of powdered saltpeter and made a tube of ice.

So, is it still a matter of environment and proportion?

Xu Yi realized that he was still reckless. The ancient method of making ice has always existed in ancient books. He thought it would be easy to make it. In fact, in ancient times, most of the ice stored in summer relied on the ice-cutting method. Square ice cubes were cut out from the frozen rivers in winter, stored in ice cellars, sealed with straw, and taken out in summer. It's still the same as it was when stored in the winter.

Saltpeter, also known as fire saltpeter, was originally used to make firecrackers. The control before the Ming and Qing Dynasties was not strict, so people who knew how to make ice were passed down orally from generation to generation and never let outsiders know.

But in most markets and teahouses, the drinks sold in teahouses only use ice cubes to cool them down.

There weren't many ways to make ice, and none of them were allowed to be shown to anyone. Xu Yi wanted to find someone to discuss it, but he didn't know who to talk to.

The sun gradually moved to the top of the head, and the shady wall was also warm. Xu Yi couldn't think of a good idea at the moment, so he picked up the small clay pot that was soaked in it, and then moved the large clay pot to the sun Bottom, let the water inside dry naturally.

After the water dries, saltpeter will form at the bottom again. At that time, he will think of a new way.

It was a pity that the ice water in the small clay pot was poured out. Xu Yi planned to use it to make fragrant drinks, but he couldn't make it, so he took the clay pot and went to see Mrs. He next door.

After knocking on the door, no one came to open the door. Instead, Madam Chen's door opened. She shouted to Xu Yi: "Brother Yi, Madam He is not at home."

Xu Yi paused and asked her: " Madam Chen, do you know when Madam He will be back?"

"I went to do laundry earlier and saw her bringing food to Brother Qiu to go to work.

It would be early evening ." , by then the ice water may have become normal temperature.

Mrs. Chen looked at the jar he was holding and didn't know what was in it, so she asked with a smile: "Brother Yi, what's important? If you trust me, you can tell me."

After what happened last time Afterwards, Mrs. Chen didn't say hello to Xu Yi for a long time. She was not angry with Xu Yi, but she couldn't get over the hurdle for a while.

At that time, I couldn't think of it, and I thought it was because Xu Yi was angry with Chen Erwang that she didn't want to see a doctor for him.

After thinking for a long time, she gradually realized that Xu Yi's words were true, but Xu Yi was often not at home at that time, and she, a woman, could not take the initiative to talk to the young man.

"I have a can of ice water here, and I want to avoid wasting it and make it into a fragrant drink. But I'm not good at craftsmanship, and I'm afraid it won't taste good, so I want to find Mrs. He."

Xu Yi said, and Mrs. Chen's eyes turned slightly. lights up.

Mrs. Chen happily said: "I can do it!"

Xu Yi said: "Huh?"

"I'm afraid brother Yi doesn't know that when I was still in the boudoir, I helped my father sell drinks. Although the ice was not It's a drink made of water, but the method is the same." Mrs. Chen recalled the past and said with a smile.

When Xu Yi heard this, he knew that Mrs. Chen was willing to help. He put the jar on the ground and took out a dozen copper coins from his sleeves.

"Mrs. Chen, can you help me make that fragrant drink? I can pay you, as long as Mrs. Chen doesn't mind it."

When Ms. Chen saw the dozen copper coins, she felt itchy, but she was also sensible: "Why do you need to spend so much money? Don't worry and wait, I'll bring it to you."

She only took ten cents, pushed the rest back to Xu Yi, and went back to the house with the jar of ice water.

Chen Erwang, who was in the room, saw her coming back and hummed: "What did you do to take so long to come back?"

After saying that, he saw the clay pot in her arms, "Where did it come from?"

"Do you want to take care of it? Madam Chen glared at him, "You've been lying at home for a month and you don't want to go out to find work because you think there is still money left at home to support a lazy man."

"I don't need you to support me. All the money is spent on me. " The money I earned before." Chen Erwang said confidently, and then lay back on the couch.

Mrs. Chen had nothing to say to him, so she carried the pottery pot to the kitchen.

Xu Yi only brought out a jar of ice water, and the rest of the ingredients had to be taken from her, so she shamelessly took a few extra dollars.

There are too many ways to make xiangyinzi. Madam Chen first brewed a pot of tea, cooled it with ice water, and then threw in the osmanthus dried in the autumn to make a simple osmanthus yinzi.

There are also sesame and peanut noodle drinks. Fry the sesame and peanuts and grind them, then stir-fry a handful of flour until fragrant, rinse with hot water, sprinkle with chopped sesame and peanuts, and pour a spoonful of honey water. Chill it with ice water and then eat it.

Time was short and the ingredients were limited. She only made these two fragrant drinks, and the kitchen was already filled with fragrance.

Chen Erwang, who was lying dead in the room, smelled the aroma, jumped up, put on a loose gown, and came to the kitchen to find Mrs. Chen.

"Well, you prodigal bitch, you secretly ate good food in the kitchen behind my back, what? And you made Xiangyinzi? Where did you get the money to buy ice water?!" Chen Erwang was angry first, the ice water in summer He knew how expensive it was, how much it would cost.

While he felt sorry for the silver, he looked at the fragrant drink with lustful eyes, and stretched out his hand to grab it.

Mrs. Chen's face suddenly turned cold and she said anxiously: "This is not from our family. Xu Xiaolang told me to make it. If you eat it, I'll see what you give to explain it."

Chen Erwang heard the three words "Xu Xiaolang" , stunned.

At this moment, Mrs. Chen put the Xiangyinzi into the basket without letting Chen Erwang touch it.

She softened her expression and said in explanation: "I happened to see Xu Xiaolang when I opened the door. He wanted to find someone to make Xiangyinzi, so I accepted the offer." Looking at Chen Erwang's greedy look, she twitched her lips and said, "You If you want to eat, bring me the money and I'll buy it for you."

Chen Erwang: "I have too much money to spend."

He doesn't want to eat.

A bowl costs several cents. He is not Xu Xiaozi's wasteful thing.

Thinking of the fact that he had peeked at the Xu family in the morning and saw that the marriage was cancelled, and the returned gift contained several good things, Xu Xiaolang must have used the money to buy ice water.

"As a woman, you can't learn this bad habit of wasting your family. No matter how expensive the fragrant tea is, it's not as good as a sip of loose tea." Chen Erwang did not forget to warn him before returning to the house.

Mrs. Chen: "..."

She is not a big spender.

But in front of Chen Erwang, she said nothing more, turned around and went out with the basket.

Xu Yi was drying medicinal materials. When he saw Mrs. Chen coming over, he quickly opened the door.

"Is it done?" He asked slightly surprised when he glanced at the basket she was carrying.

Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "It's ready. I don't have many things at home. I only made you osmanthus drink and sesame and peanut noodle drink. These two kinds, the osmanthus drink is refreshing and relieves heat and thirst, and the noodle drink behind is If the rice is full, it can be used as lunch. "

Her parents' family has rules that the craftsmanship is passed down from male to female. Even though she knows a few recipes for making drinks, she can't open a shop or set up a stall. Otherwise, she would also like to imitate those women who are in public, and do business openly and openly, without being criticized by others.

Xu Yi thanked her, took the basket and opened it, smelling the delicious fragrance.

Osmanthus fragrans can warm the lungs and transform into drinks, relieve pain and dispel cold. After being made into osmanthus drinks, it also has the effect of relieving phlegm and moisturizing the throat. Every time Xu Yi goes down the mountain and returns to the county town, he likes to order a bowl of it when he encounters it.

He opened it and found that Mrs. Chen had made half a can, and he couldn't finish it all day long.

Then I looked at another bowl of mushy drink, with cooked sesame seeds and chopped peanuts sprinkled on top. It smelled sweet and fragrant, with a hint of burnt wheat aroma.

"Ms. Chen's craftsmanship is really good." Xu Yi was pleasantly surprised. He didn't expect that his neighbors all knew how to cook.

In addition, Madam He and Madam Chen were both good people and treated him very well, so I suddenly felt quite lucky.

Mrs. Chen pursed her lips and smiled: "But the ordinary craftsmanship is still not as good as the drinks sold outside."

Xu Yi had already scooped up a bowl of osmanthus drink and drank it. The cold tea with the scent of osmanthus went down his throat. My stomach felt refreshed.

He commented: "It's no different from what's sold outside."

After all, the price is even cheaper.

He couldn't drink so much by himself, so he asked Mrs. Chen if she wanted to drink it. "It's too much. It won't taste good if it's been left for a long time."

Of course, cold drinks taste best when they are cold.

Mrs. Chen was stunned. She didn't expect that Xu Yi would be so frank and cheerful. He was completely different from other young men and would not be restrained at all.

If Xu Yi knew what she was thinking, he would definitely laugh out loud.

In his previous life, he was in his twenties. When faced with Madam Chen, who was in her early thirties, he treated them as seniors, so naturally he did not have the shyness of a young man.

After a while, Mrs. Chen returned home feeling dizzy, carrying a basket half filled with sweet-scented osmanthus drink.

...

The next day, Xu Yi went out to dig herbs as usual.

The people living in Shijing Lane on South Street were busy chatting and gossiping.

The busy farming season is here, and people in South Street go out early. Before dawn, people working in the fields have already gone out.

The most feared thing during the busy farming season is rainy days, and the people pray to God not to rain.

Just after praying, the sun was still bright in the morning, but it became gloomy at night, which frightened many people into panic.

Fortunately, the sky was sunny until the second and third days. The hot sun hung in the sky, making people dizzy and making the scenery in the distance look red.

Xu Yi put on a straw hat and hung a gourd on his waist. It was filled with water. If he was thirsty, he would take it out and take a few sips.

He chatted with his companions and talked about what interesting things happened in the county recently.

One of them talked about what happened two days ago: "Do you know the Xin family on East Street?"

The Xin family?

Xinshengyuan's family?

Xu Yi looked at the man from the corner of his eye and listened to him continue, "Then the Xin family has a racecourse in the eastern suburbs. They held a party at the racecourse two days ago, and there was a small official. He was riding a horse at his home racecourse and fell down!"

"Is

he okay?" Xu Yi asked.

The man shook his head and said that he had also heard what others said, "It seems that he broke his leg bones and shoulder bones. I heard that this little official planned to take part in the scientific examination next year. Now that he is injured like this, he will definitely not be able to go." "

The little official's family went to Xin's house with a group of servants to settle accounts. Yesterday, more than a dozen guards surrounded Xin's house, fearing that someone would climb over the wall and run in." "The Yamen doesn't care

."

The third uncle of the Xin family is a high-ranking official in Kyoto, and the second uncle of another family is a magistrate in Tongchuan Prefecture. We, the county magistrate, can't afford to offend either of them."

"It's better to let them go privately. It's better to settle it than to bring the matter to court."

"..."

After talking all the way, Xu Yi still didn't know whether this Xin family was Xin Shengyuan's family.

He asked the man if he knew it, and the man was also vague, saying that it was his cousin who was a government servant who worked on East Street who got drunk and said it. He really didn't know the details.

Xu Yi: "..."

Counting the days, Xing Yuesen and Xin Shengyuan seem to be on holiday.