Chapter 35

Lotus poles are intertwined at the bottom of the lake. The lake water is turbid, making the field of vision very limited. Xu Yi holds his breath, pulls apart the surrounding poles, and looks around to find the target who fell into the water.

The fluidity of the lake water is not high, and a drowning person will not drift too far in a short period of time. It is very likely that he will be caught by aquatic plants, load poles, etc. If it is not water-based, I am afraid it will be more troublesome.

Time was running out, Xu Yi didn't have time to think too much, determined the direction, and plunged deeper.

On the lake.

Everyone on the ship was shocked by Xu Yi's move.

"He...why did he jump?!" Tao Qinghao looked at Xin Shengyuan in shock.

Xin Shengyuan was a little panicked. He didn't know what he was doing. He panicked and grabbed the boatman who climbed out of the lake and shouted: "Go down and save people, someone else has jumped!"

The boatman gasped and smelled Yan felt a chill in his heart. He finally rescued one person, but why did another person go down?

"The man who jumped off on his own must have done it to save others and knew the nature of water." One of the people on the ship that had the accident spoke reasonably.

Xin Shengyuan yelled angrily: "I don't care, he went down and didn't come up for a long time." "

Ahem, cough, cough... my friend is still in the water and hasn't come up, please help him quickly..."

The rescued person recovered . , broke free from the support of his companions, and ran to the side of the boat, but was pulled hard by his companions.

"Just wait, he will be fine because of his good fortune."

The scene was chaotic for a while, and people on the lakeshore realized something was wrong and came over with boats from afar.

Amidst the shouting, the lake suddenly started to bubble, and everyone stared at it. The next moment, the boatman appeared.

He grabbed the edge of the boat and gasped: "No, I haven't found it yet."

Xin Shengyuan didn't give up and asked anxiously: "Didn't you see the person who just jumped off?"

"No..." the boatman was asked by him. He was so panicked, these people were all from rich families, and none of them could afford to offend him. If he hadn't rescued them, he might have lost his life today. Thinking of this, his legs soaked in the water suddenly softened.

At the bottom of the lake, Xu Yi had found the drowning young man.

He swam quickly, dragging his armpits with his hands, and swam hard back to the lake.

The young man was still conscious, but the terror of death made him desperately grasp the life-saving straw in front of him.

Xu Yi's legs were trapped by him and he couldn't swim back at all. His heart shuddered, he grabbed his elbow and put it close to his upper body, and punched the Zhangmen point on his ribs.

"Gululu..."

The boy was punched by him, and the pain made his mouth bubble.

Xu Yi is not worried. This chapter's acupoint will only make the whole body weak and will not hurt the root. Xu Yi grabbed his softened body and dragged him back to the lake.

There was a "crash" sound.

The two people making a lot of noise when they came out of the water immediately attracted people on the boat not far away.

Xu Yi moved his hair away from his face and swam towards the ship with one hand holding his arm.

The ship was also coming towards Xu Yi.

Soon, Xu Yi saw Xin Shengyuan lying on top, looking at him anxiously.

"Xu Yi, hurry up, I'll pull you up." He stretched out his arms and shouted loudly.

Xu Yi looked at his thin arms and legs and chose the edge of the boat next to him. As soon as he grabbed the boat board, the person who jumped off also dragged the young man behind him.

At this moment, Xin Shengyuan saw him climbing onto the boat without any hindrance, and said angrily: "Why did you jump off without saying a word? It made me wait for you on top for a long time, and I thought you were just here..." ...The one who fell into the water has to wait for someone to fish it out. "

"It's my fault. I jumped in without saying anything clearly." Xu Yi squeezed the water from his sleeves. The wide sleeves were wet and heavy. , with the smell of lake bottom mud.

He took off his wet and heavy robe and ran to see the young man he had rescued.

On the shore, many people surrounded the rescued young man, and they were all calling his name. As soon as Xu Yi came over, some people took the initiative to get out of the way.

"How are you? Are you awake?" he asked.

The companion who was lying next to him looked over immediately after hearing this, with red eyes, and shouted: "He's not awake yet, his stomach is so bloated, as if he drank a lot of water." The

experienced boatman was doing first aid, but he was scared. He was so scared that this would cost him his life, and his hands were trembling uncontrollably.

"Let me take a look." Xu Yi stepped forward and pulled him away. The man wanted to pounce, but Xu Yi blocked him.

"I have a way to try it. You're waiting nearby."

His tone was unhurried, giving others a very convincing sense of stability. Seeing that he had rescued the person again, I had a little more trust in him.

"Please, I must rescue him, and I will reward him well." The companion said with a white face, and did not forget to give Xu Yi a standard salute.

Xu Yi didn't have time to return the gift.

He pressed his hands on the pulse point of the boy's neck. His pulse was weak and his heartbeat was slow. He pressed his abdomen again, and it turned out that a lot of water had accumulated.

In ancient times, artificial respiration could not be used to save people, which might cause a lot of trouble for Xu Yi. But he also knew other first aid methods.

After making sure that the man was breathing well, Xu Yi helped him sit up, picked up his waist, with his back facing upward, put his knees against his abdomen, and pressed his head down.

After a while, the young man made a sound of "vomiting" and spat out a stream of turbid lake water.

After vomiting for a while, Xu Yi looked at the water and vomited it out, then put him down in a lying position again.

Checking his mouth, nose, breathing, heartbeat, etc. to make sure everything was normal, he massaged the tiger's mouth for a few seconds.

"Ahem..."

Finally, the boy's chest rose and fell, his eyelids trembled as he opened his eyes, and then he coughed violently, holding his stomach.

"Wake up, wake up."

"You can be considered a rescuer..."

The boatman and servants next to him all knelt down with weak legs.

Great, they don't have to die.

Xu Yi stood up and exited, leaving his seat to his anxious companions who probably had a lot to say.

His clothes were wet, he picked up the robe that was thrown on the ground, and planned to leave here first.

Xin Shengyuan and Tao Qinghao who were coming over stopped him.

Among them, Xin Shengyuan knew Xu Yi's ability, but Tao Qinghao was different. He looked at Xu Yi with a very different look. Is this what Xin Yao was talking about?

"You know how to use water? You can also save people." He murmured.

Xu Yi smiled at him, moved his eyes to Xin Shengyuan, and said, "It's time for me to go back. I have to change my clothes."

Although it is hot in the summer, it is easy to get cold if you soak in the water for a long time.

Xu Yi did not want to challenge the question of whether illness would lead to death in ancient times.

However, they didn't make it.

The steward of Cuiyuan arrived in a hurry, apologized to the young man who fell into the water, and came to thank Xu Yi. After such a delay, more people gathered around Lianhu Lake.

There were quite a few people visiting Cuiyuan today. The manager was afraid that things would get serious, so he wanted to invite them to the courtyard at the back to rest.

At this point, Xu Yi had no choice but to ask the servants in the yard if they had clean clothes.

"There is plenty. My servant has sent someone to get it and prepare hot water for the gentlemen. Young gentlemen, hurry into the house. There is a stove to heat tea. The gentlemen have a rest first, but don't catch cold." Waiter The servants were respectful and did not dare to neglect him in the slightest.

Xu Yi, Xin Shengyuan and others, as well as the two teenagers who fell into the water, were all placed in the house.

The two young men who fell into the water came to Xu Yi with pale faces, holding heaters in their hands.

"Thank you so much, brother, for saving my life. I was so panicked just now that I didn't have time to thank you. Don't be afraid to just say thank you. I also want you to tell me your name. I'll send someone over tomorrow to give you a gift."

He was called "Brother". It was quite novel for Xu Yi.

However, judging from the youthful appearance of these two people, they also look like they are thirteen or fourteen years old.

They were still children, and after suffering this hardship again, the two of them still had the courage to come over and express their gratitude. Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh, the ancients were indeed precocious.

"It doesn't matter, I'm a doctor and I can't ignore death." Xu Yi said.

"It turns out that my brother is still a doctor, so our lives really shouldn't be cut off." Another young man was delighted and sat down directly without anyone noticing.

The clothes on the three of them were all wet, and they were holding the heater in their hands. Looking at them, they could be said to be brothers in distress.

Fortunately, Cuiyuan's servants acted quickly and came over with clean robes, leading them to bathe and change clothes respectively.

Xu Yi went into the room, and there was a bathtub filled with hot water separated by a screen. As soon as he took off his clothes and went in, slaves came to serve him.

Xu Yi: "..."

"No, you can go out."

He didn't need anyone to take a bath. There was spiced pork root in the house. Xu Yi used it to wash his hair and get rid of the muddy smell on his body. Wipe your washed hair dry, let it hang naturally behind your back, put on your clothes, and come out of the house.

When he came out, Xu Yi saw the Cuiyuan manager again.

The steward had been waiting in the room for a while. When he saw Xu Yi coming out, he immediately called his servants to come over and wipe Xu Yi's hair and light incense.

There was a flattering look on his face, and he lowered his eyebrows and said: "Thanks to Xiaoguan for saving someone just now. I knew that Xiaoguan was kind-hearted, but today was really dangerous, so I made the decision privately and prepared some small gifts. Come here..."

the steward said, asking the boy behind him to come forward and present the prepared gift.

There are yellow and white things on it, five ten pieces of silver, and two small handles.

The reason why he gave the money was because he found out that this man was a doctor, and he thought to himself: fifty taels can buy a dozen capable servants, and he is not afraid that the other party will not accept them.

Then he smiled and said a few more words, which meant that what happened today was the fault of the guards in Cuiyuan, and he hoped that Xu Yi could say a few good words in front of the two gentlemen.

"We are of a low status and it is not easy to offend in front of our husbands. These gifts are not worth much, but they are small thoughts. I have an unkind request. I hope that the officials can tell me in front of my husbands. Don't blame Cuiyuan for this. "

If things go wrong, I'm afraid he will be in trouble as a manager.

Doctor Xu saved people. If those two gentlemen were grateful, they would listen to him.

Xin Shengyuan saw that Xu Yi had not come back for a long time, so he came to look for him and happened to hear what he said.

He was so angry for no reason that he came over and cursed: "You are a scumbag, you want to humiliate my brother with this little money, but who is like you? You just ignored it and expected others to do it." You come forward."

"Xiao Langjun really misunderstood me. I don't dare to have any bad intentions. I really want to thank Dr. Xu," the steward explained hurriedly, complimenting Xu Yi for his bravery just now.

This was quite useful to Xin Shengyuan. He waved his hand and went to ask Xu Yi, "Do you want to accept this gift?"

Xu Yi said calmly.

What happened today is that Cuiyuan was indeed mismanaged. So many noble gentlemen came to play, but something happened and the rescue was so slow.

If Cuiyuan really waited for someone to come over, the drowning boy might not be able to wait for someone to save him.

When the manager heard that he refused to accept the gift, he thought the gift was too little and thought of adding twenty more gifts.

Xu Yi frowned. With this money, why not use it to compensate the drowning people?

But when he thought about it, the other party might still despise the money.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with him.

After being out for a long time, Xu Yi wanted to go back. He said goodbye to the steward who urged him to stay, and asked Xin Shengyuan if he could go back.

"Go back!"

Xin Shengyuan had no intention of continuing to play and planned to leave with him.

"It's so disappointing. I don't think I'll ever come to Cuiyuan to play in the future."

Xu Yi smiled helplessly: "That's not the case .

"

They have already left.

The person traveling with the two of them recognized Xin Shengyuan among them.

Two days later, the two families could not find Xu Yi, so they sent the thank-you gift to the Xin Mansion, hoping that the young master of the Xin Mansion would convey it to them.

The steward of Xin Mansion looked at Xie Li with doubts and had no choice but to report it to the master.

Master Xin didn't know that his youngest son had made a good friend with a doctor, so he ordered his servants to go to the private school to invite him home.

...

Xu Yi didn't know about this. He was eating sweet drinks made of ice made from saltpeter at home.

He also invited Madam He and Madam Chen to eat together.

When the two of them knew that Xu Yi had ice, their hearts skipped a beat and they couldn't believe it. Where did Xu Yi get the money to buy the ice!

Ice is very valuable in this hot summer. Let alone such a complete piece of ice, you can't even afford broken ice.

"You have no time to spare. These ice cubes are so expensive. Why do you buy them to make ice drinks?" Madam He felt sorry for the money, and thought of Xu Yi's disapproval. The wedding gift should not be spent indiscriminately. Saving it.

"I know you are capable, but now that you have no parents or brothers, you still need someone caring. The Wang family is not a good one. Tell me what you think, and I will find a matchmaker for you. "

Xu Yi put down the pottery bowl that was handed to his mouth and smiled awkwardly at Madam He.

Why is it that in ancient times, there is still no way to escape the urge to get married?

The Wang family came to cancel their engagement before. Rather than being angry, Xu Yi was more grateful that he didn't have to marry a woman he had never met before, and he didn't have to get married before he was an adult.

Now that there are no parents urging him, he will naturally not decide on the marriage early.

"Ms. He, if you don't drink this ice drink, it will melt." Xu Yi blinked and reminded.

Madam He just smiled at him, but the meaning behind her words was different: "Don't interrupt me. I don't think you have the heart to do it. If you don't ask me to talk about you, you don't like to hear it. I don't want to offend you. In the future, I won’t tell you, just let your mood go.”

What Xu Yi could say was that he didn’t have the intention at the moment and it was no harm to her.

He still has reasons to say about other things, but on this matter, his ideas are inconsistent with most people nowadays. There are many other people who get married at this age.

Some of them had children early, not to mention that Mrs. He was anxious and Lin Qiu's marriage had not yet been decided.

Now she only has one person to worry about. She really regards Xu Yi as her own child.

Madam Chen advised from the side: "Okay, okay, my good sister, just stop saying a few words. This fragrant drink is so delicious, but talking about this matter is so boring."

Madam He sighed, knowing whether this matter was urgent or not. Come.

In her opinion, Xu Yi was heartbroken by the Wang family's withdrawal from the engagement. After a while, she would think about it and stop talking about not marrying a wife.

*

On this day, Xu Yi was drying medicinal materials in the yard, when a donkey cart suddenly stopped outside the yard.

The two people who got out of the donkey cart were Xin Shengyuan and Tao Qinghao.

The two of them looked left and right, a little unconvinced that it was Xu Zhai in front of them.

"Is this really here? Why is it so dilapidated? Does your friend really live here?" Tao Qinghao frowned and said with some disgust.

Xin Shengyuan pursed his lips, also not believing it, but the address Xu Yi gave him before was right here.

"How about we..." Tao Qinghao wanted to go back first, but before he finished speaking, the wooden gate next to him creaked open.

Xu Yi, wearing a cyan narrow-sleeved robe, walked out of the door.

Tao Qinghao: "..."

Xin Shengyuan: "..."

This dilapidated thatched house is really Xu Yi's home.

Xu Yi asked: "Why did you come to my house?"

Tao Qinghao pouted and whispered: "I met Xinyao by chance and heard that he was coming to give you something, so I followed him."

"Oh." Xu Yi looked at him. Xiang Xin Shengyuan asked, "What are you sending?"

Xin Shengyuan immediately told him the reason for coming to see him. They were the two young men he rescued last time. His family sent someone to bring him gifts and found him at his home.

"The housekeeper didn't know about it, so he took the gift. My father asked me to bring it to you. I got off school early today, so he brought it here."

The handlebar behind him had already moved the gift out of the car. . They are two red-painted wooden boxes, about the size of stools. If you look inside, you will know whether the items inside are of high quality or not. They are all good things.

If you sell it, you can get back dozens of dollars.

Saving someone actually allowed Xu Yi to see a lot of good things.

Xu Yi withdrew his gaze, closed the box, and said to Xin Shengyuan: "You have to return this gift, so he said that when I saved people that day, I was only good at water and was not seeking money or gain. The two of them Thank you for your kindness, I'll take it with you."

After hearing this, Xin Shengyuan didn't ask anything and asked the coachman to carry the box back to the car.

Tao Qinghao was surprised: "Why don't you accept it? If you exchange these gifts for money, you can replace the shabby yard behind you with a better house."

Xu Yi: "..."

So children from rich families are like this. Is it naive and straightforward? It can even be said that it vividly displays the disdain and contempt for the people at the bottom.

In their opinion, this is the fact and they don't think there is anything wrong with it.

Xu Yi didn't answer him and asked Xin Shengyuan, "Would you like to come in for tea?"

"Okay."

Xin Shengyuan didn't want to leave just yet, so he pulled Tao Qinghao into the house with some disgust.

When he saw the furniture in the room, Tao Qinghao looked like he had seen a ghost.

Then, he saw Xu Yi take out two unremarkable pottery bowls from the room, filled with sweet-scented osmanthus drink.

The sweet-scented osmanthus drink was made by Mrs. Chen. Xu Yi went to buy a new can of tea and came back, improved the recipe, crushed the ice cubes and put it in it to keep it cold.

Xu Yi said: "There is nothing else at home, only this, let's just drink it."

Tao Qinghao took the pottery bowl and found that the pottery bowl was cold, and the broken ice inside had not yet melted, floating on top of the tea, with a golden smell. Osmanthus is really beautiful.

"This..." he exclaimed.

Where does this ice come from?

His family, who owns a restaurant, saves on the ice at home and only adds crushed ice to the fragrant drinks in the restaurant for the guests to eat.

Who would have thought that a doctor like Xu Yi could make drinks with ice cubes at home?

"There are still some in the kitchen. If you don't have enough, you can tell me." Xu Yi looked at him and said.

*

After sending the person away, Xu Yi continued to take care of his medicinal materials. As the heat came, the number of times he went to the mountains to dig medicinal materials became less frequent.

There is also a lot of rain in the south in summer. When the sky is clear after the rain, Xu Yi will go out for a walk to relax before the coolness wears off. However, every time he saw a child begging on the street, he would always think of the child named Cow Dung.

It's strange to say that I recently went to the Miaoshou Pavilion to sell medicinal materials and didn't see the child.

When I asked the apprentice, he just said he didn't know. There were so many people selling medicine in the shop, so how could he remember coming there?

Xu Yi knew it was useless to ask him, so he didn't ask any more questions.

His life has been very stable these past few months. The residents of South Street know that he knows medicine, and they will come to him to ask if they feel uncomfortable occasionally. He also adapted to the climate of Yanting County. In addition to practicing boxing every day, he also ran several trips into the mountains.

However, he did not touch the agarwood tree. The pieces of agarwood at home were still placed on the wooden beams, and Xu Yi still had no intention of touching them.

But that day, he was woken up by thunder and barking dogs in the middle of the night. When he woke up, he heard heavy rain hitting the wooden windows, making an alarming sound.

Xu Yi stood up and put on his coat and heard the sound of water dripping in the house.

"Da, da, da."

It was dripping from the top of the beam. The night was hazy. Xu Yi touched the darkness and lit the kerosene lamp. He saw clearly that a large area of ​​the ground was wet, and water accumulated in the uneven places. .

"Woof woof woof."

Xiao Huang, who was guarding the door, ran over, anxious as if he wanted to say something.

Xu Yi came to his senses and immediately took him out. As soon as he opened the door, his face was soaked by the rain that hit him.

But Dingqing took a look and found that something collapsed in the kitchen.

Xu Yi's eyebrows twitched suddenly, remembering that there were undried medicinal materials inside.

Especially medicinal materials that cannot be soaked in water, otherwise even if they are dried again, they will not be usable after being soaked in water.

He was panicking and went to the kitchen with a kerosene lamp. Sure enough, he saw that some of the medicinal herbs drying in the dustpan on the bamboo stand had been soaked by the rain.

"Woof woof woof!"

At this time, Xiao Huang bit his trouser leg uncomfortably and pulled out, wanting him to leave.

Xu Yi frowned: "What's wrong?"

"Woof woof woof -"

Xiao Huang was still biting his trouser leg, which made him confused. Xiao Huang used to be well-behaved and would not bark.

It screamed so fiercely that Xu Yi subconsciously looked back at the kitchen and followed its wishes.

There was a "boom" as he and Xiao Huang came out. The wooden beams in the kitchen broke and fell down, hitting the bamboo frame.

Xu Yi was stunned on the spot.

There was no warning. If it weren't for Xiao Huang, it would have been difficult to avoid it unscathed based on his reaction.

"Woooooo~" Xiao Huang rubbed Xu Yi's trouser legs and settled down.

"Okay, thank you Xiao Huang for saving my life." Xu Yi squatted down, touched its head, and said with lingering fear, "It's too late now, there's nothing we can do if we stay here, let's go back to the house first."

He returned to the house and took a clay pot and basin to catch the dripping rainwater. The light from the kerosene lamp was not enough, so he took out a candle and lit it.

Drag the wooden stool to the wooden beam, step on it and take off the package above.

Xu Yi opened the package and checked the agarwood stored inside. The rain was too humid, and the agarwood was not wet by the rain, but it was also stained with moisture.

It seems that it can no longer be placed on the wooden beam.

Xu Yi rewrapped it and put it in the box, thinking that the stove had collapsed and he would have to hire a craftsman to repair the house tomorrow. The kitchen and other houses need to be repaired, and many places are old and dilapidated, but they all need to be repaired.

As for whether to rent a better house, Xu Yi has no such idea for the time being.

I just don’t know how many families will suffer from the heavy rain tonight.