Chapter 45

: The sun is rising. [Note 1]

This name came to Xu Yi's mind when he met A Xu. He felt that this name suited him very well. He hoped that A Xu would move forward bravely no matter how many difficulties he encountered. The rising sun also means rebirth, which is a very beautiful and youthful word.

Brocade, bright and gorgeous. Just like a little girl's eyes, very bright and transparent.

When Xu Yi saw the little girl, he noticed the watery eyes at first sight. Such a pair of beautiful eyes should not be timid and helpless.

He raised his hand and touched their heads, and saw that one was wearing ill-fitting clothes and the other was in tatters.

Xu Yi: "..."

Misstep, he should have prepared clothes earlier.

It was not dark yet today, so Xu Yi saw that it was still early, so he said he would take them to buy ready-made clothes. We went to the clothing store we visited last time. When the waiter saw Xu Yi, he enthusiastically asked what he wanted to buy.

Xu Yi pointed to the two children following behind him and said to him: "I want clothes that these two children can wear, four sets for each person, two sets of short brown, two sets of narrow-sleeved robes, the material should be cotton. "

When he heard that he wanted to buy so much, A Xu hurriedly grabbed Xu Yi's wide sleeves, shook his head and whispered, "Mr. Lang, there are too many. My sister and I can only wear one set."

In the past, they didn't have new clothes to wear for a year or two. A piece of clothing is mended and worn so that the arms and ankles are exposed in the winter. Their parents would never think of making one for them.

Unlike their younger brothers who get to wear a new outfit every year.

As a result, Lang Jun had to buy four sets for him and his sister in one go. That was a lot of clothes and a lot of money.

"How can only one thing be enough?" Xu Yi frowned and said softly, "Autumn will begin in a few days, and the weather will get cold. The autumn rain will be wet and cold, and the clothes will not dry easily. What's the point of not having a change of clothes?"

A Xu looked at him blankly: "..."

Poor people's clothes are not washed every day. If they take a shower and wash their clothes every day, the clothes will be washed out in a few days.

The waiter at the shop smiled and said: "Young gentleman is kind-hearted, it's a good thing to buy you some clothes."

After saying that, he went behind the counter to pick out clothes. It was like a clothes shop that had some in stock when he was about ten years old, but when he was seven or eight years old, he didn't. Much more.

The waiter in the shop selected for a while and came back to tell Xu Yi that only two sets of clothes for the little girl were suitable for servants. The rest of the clothes were made of good color and might not be suitable for this child.

Xu Yi's eyebrows moved slightly, and he saw that the quilt brought by the waiter was indeed of better quality than ordinary cotton. It was well-tailored, with embroidered grass on the cardigan, and blue ripples on the tooth-yellow skirt.

The waiter apologized and asked, "If you're not in a hurry, how about I ask the master in the store to drive out the clothes in the next two days and deliver them to my house?"

Xu Yi waved his hand: "No, just these two."

The waiter looked at him . Lit up, he quickly said yes. The price of this set of quilts is several times more expensive than ordinary cotton quilts. You can buy it in two or three taels.

The young man was still generous. He bought clothes and let the two children wear them.

Ah Jin had never seen such beautiful clothes. His eyes fell on the dress and he couldn't bear to look away.

She touched the skirt, looked at her brother, then at Xu Yi, then moved over cautiously, looked at Xu Yi timidly and said, "Mr. Lang, did you really give it to me to wear?"

Xu Yi said, "Yes."

Xu Yi asked the store waiter to take the two children into the inner room to change into clothes. Xu Yi asked if the store sold headbands for little girls.

The ready-made clothing store not only sells ready-made clothes, but also cloth scraps and rags. There are also needles and threads, and there are naturally many headbands made of beautiful scraps.

The waiter took out a plate with dozens of headbands of various colors on it.

Xu Yi picked two, one pink and one sky blue.

When A Xu and A Jin came out cautiously in brand new clothes, Xu Yi asked them to come closer.

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly saw something moving in the little girl's hair.

Xu Yi's heart skipped a beat as he thought of something bad. Then he took a look at his hair and saw flea eggs on his hair.

There was silence for a while.

Xu Yi sighed, took his two children to the medical clinic, and asked his apprentice to buy some Baibu, Tugucao and Sophora flavescens.

A Xu and A Jin were a little at a loss, but they followed Xu Yi obediently without asking any questions.

Xu Yi took them out of the medical clinic and went to the wine shop to get a liter of good wine.

In the early Song Dynasty, the alcohol content of liquor was still very low, only about ten degrees. Xu Yi chose the best liquor in this wine shop with exactly this alcohol content.

It is brewed with glutinous rice, water and koji. It is slightly yellow in color, somewhat similar to rice wine, but not quite the same. It is not as thick as rice wine and is clearer. It is the signature wine of this wine shop.

The price is not cheap, one liter of wine costs 80 yuan.

Xu Yi didn't bring anything to hold the wine, so he spent another ten cents to buy a jar to hold the wine.

The waiter at the wine shop put the wine in, and A Xu stepped forward first and took the wine jar into his arms with both hands.

Seeing this, Xu Yi continued walking without making a sound.

Passing by the market on South Street, Xu Yi stopped in front of the woman selling offal and bought two bowls of pork offal.

The preparation of pork offal is similar to that of lamb sausage. Both are cooked with a small amount of spices. The offal is cooked until soft and can be fished out without breaking the teeth.

If someone wants to buy it, they can cut it into pieces with scissors, pour a few spoons of thick soup on it, and you can buy a big bowl for a few pennies.

Pig offal was a low-grade product, consisting of intestines and viscera. At that time, ordinary people only liked to eat it, and there were still those who were greedy for it.

Xu Yi used to eat less offal, but now he is in his teens, more than ten years younger than before, so eating some offal is not a problem.

Moreover, the two children at home also need to eat some pork liver to replenish their blood, so Xu Yi asked her grandma to add more pork liver.

Grandma recognized Xu Yi, so she added a few pieces of pig liver as big as ears.

...

When they got home, Xu Yi asked his brother and sister to call the idle man outside to bring him a few buckets of water.

A Xu wanted to go by himself, but Xu Yi stopped him: "You have other things to do. Soak the clothes you bought today in water for me, and then bring a big clay pot over."

He paused, turned his eyes to the little girl, and said, "Follow A Xu and let him arrange some work for you."

Xu Yi felt guilty for half a second when he asked an eight-year-old child to work. Continue to struggle with this matter.

If these two people are not allowed to work, they will not live in peace. In this case, give them some jobs that they can do, so that they feel that they are not eating and drinking for free.

He went to the kitchen and took out the dried Polygonum multiflorum, Poria cocos, Millet Spatholobus and mugwort. Take out different amounts, put them on the stove and add water to boil together with the purchased medicinal materials.

In addition to moisturizing the lungs and relieving coughs, the 100 root herbs also have insecticidal properties, and the boiled water can treat head lice. After adding Polygonum multiflorum and other medicinal materials, the potion can be used to treat flea bites. Use it to soak, smoke and boil to remove fleas, head lice, etc.

He didn't notice this problem yesterday, but now that he knew it, he had to get rid of the fleas and head lice on their heads and bodies. Otherwise, it won’t be long before the entire home will be taken over by these bugs.

Xu Yi asked them to boil two pots of water and pour them into the bathtub. Then he helped them move into the house and divide the boiled potion into three parts. Add two portions to the tub and save one portion for spraying the house later.

He also ordered that every part of the body, especially the hair, should be soaked in potion and washed for a quarter of an hour.

A Xu and A Jin didn't understand why. Fortunately, they were obedient children. Although they didn't understand, they would do whatever Xu Yi said.

While they were all taking a medicated bath, Xu Yi put the remaining potion into a jar and carried out a general disinfection of the whole house.

The worst-hit areas were the kitchen and the yard. These were the two places where A Xu spent the most time in the past two days.

Xu Yi was worried that Xiao Huang also had fleas, so he soaked a rag in the potion and used it to scrub Xiao Huang's hair.

Although no fleas were seen in Xiao Huang's hair, he still did not dare to take it lightly and decided to use drugs to kill the virus in the house for three consecutive days.

The brother and sister came out of the medicinal bath. Xu Yi asked them to roll up their sleeves. Seeing that the wounds bitten by fleas and head lice were not serious, he cooked a bowl of medicinal soup, added two spoons of white wine, and let them drink it.

This medicinal soup is made from the guanzhong dug up last time and decocted with a little white wine. After taking it, it can expel the eggs in the stomach.

Not only that, Xu Yi also cut a few pieces of meat and soaked it in a water tank, intending that everyone would drink the water in the next few days.

Three days later, when Xu Yi saw no traces of fleas and head lice on A Xu and A Jin, he stopped taking medicinal baths, smoking herbs, and drinking water.

A Xu and A Jin ate and drank at Xu's house during this period, and spent most of the day with Xu Yi. Xu Yi gave them a very different feeling. Apart from not being able to cook, he liked to do it himself most of the time.

After being around him for a long time, the inextricable sense of cowardice in A Xu and A Jin gradually improved.

On this day, A Xu saw Xu Yi selecting medicinal materials and couldn't help asking: "Lang Jun, why don't you want these almonds?"

Xu Yi did not answer him directly, but asked slowly: "The quality of medicinal materials is good or bad. "What's the difference between these two almonds?"

A Xu looked down at the two almonds that Xu Yi handed to him. One of them was longer, darker in color, and thin and flat. The other one is short and round, with a pointed end. It looks thicker than the one in front, and looks like a beautiful peach.

He couldn't tell which one was good or bad, so he told what he saw.

Xu Yi raised his eyebrows when he heard that he observed carefully and spoke clearly in his descriptions. He changed his submissive manner before.

This A Xu is not enlightened and can't read yet, but he has performed very well in the past few days. Watching him sort out the medicinal materials, he will come over to help. Listening to him explain the differences in layman's terms, Xu Yi couldn't help but wonder if this child had some talent.

After he finished speaking, Xu Yi curled his lips and said: "It is true. Among the two almonds, the long and flat ones are of different quality. If you crush them and see that the flesh inside turns yellow, the medicinal properties will be much worse. And this round and The ones that are plump and have white flesh inside are the best almonds. "

In a decoction, the quality of the medicinal materials used can determine the effectiveness of the medicine." Medicinal soup made from good medicinal materials may be able to get twice the result with half the effort, but bad... I'm afraid you may need to drink a few more medicinal soups to achieve the same medicinal effect as the previous one.

Xu Yi picked out the almonds of average quality but did not throw them away. As long as the medicinal materials are of poor quality, they are not without merit.

For some families who have no money to take medicine, if they are sick and cannot afford good medicinal materials, these inferior medicinal materials can save their lives.

Xu Yi asked A Xu to put away the bad medicinal materials, wrap them in jute paper and put them aside.

Xu Yi has always been cautious when it comes to medicinal materials. He is not sure whether A Xu has this talent and does not plan to let him have too much contact with it. He will only let him watch from the side and lend a hand when needed.

A Xu stood aside and watched Xu Yi seriously as he prepared the medicine.

Some medicinal materials need to go through steps such as frying, steaming and soaking to form corresponding medicinal properties. These steps are crucial, and Xu Yi never lets others interfere.

During the preparation process, when Xu Yi saw that A Xu was interested, he would say a few words and explain why it was prepared, how it was prepared, and what kind of medicinal properties it would have after it was prepared.

After that, he would also ask A Xu, do you understand.

Most of A Xu shook his head, he knew too little. When he doesn't understand something, he can't help but blush, and instinctively worries that Xu Yi will dislike him for being stupid.

Xu Yi was dumbfounded and decided to put aside teaching A Xu how to identify Chinese medicinal materials for the time being.

The next day.

Xu Yi went out alone to a bookstore, where he selected the four treasures of study suitable for beginners.

The paper is the cheapest yellow bamboo paper. The ink will melt when writing, but the price is affordable. A piece of yellow bamboo paper only costs more than 20 yuan. The brush is an ordinary vellus hair that costs more than 10 yuan a piece. The ink collar and inkstone are naturally the most expensive. Cheap.

Although it's not that good, it's enough for children in their infancy.

After buying it, he put it in the bookcase he carried on his back. On the way back, Xu Yi met Mrs. Yang and Yang Rong who were looking for him.

When Yang Rong saw Xu Yi, he ran over and shouted happily: "Doctor Xu!"

With a smile on his face, after calling him, he was thinking about Xiao Huang at Xu Yi's house and asked if he could go to his house. Are you going to play with Xiao Huang?

"Brother Rong, if you like, come with me. I'm going home." Xu Yi looked at him and said gently.

Hearing this, Mrs. Yang gave Yang Rong an angry look and said helplessly: "You kid is just careless." Then she told Xu Yi her purpose of coming.

"I came here to see Dr. Xu today. My husband is feeling unwell..."

It turned out that Yang Guanren had returned from Fucheng in the past two days. He was always thirsty for some reason. He thought it was because he had eaten too much greasy food, so he took Xiaoshi Pills several times, but the effect was not good and he was still thirsty.

At this time, Madam Yang noticed something was wrong.

Yang Guanren had experienced dry mouth before, so he just ate some Xiaobupleurum decoction and it was cured. This time, it didn't help, nor did Xu Yi's Xiaoshi Pills. He said that he would come over and invite Xu Yi to his home to diagnose the cause of Yang Guanren's illness.

Regarding the dialectical syndrome of dry mouth and thirst, there are many causes in traditional Chinese medicine that can lead to such symptoms.

Based on Madam Yang's words alone, Xu Yi could not tell what kind of illness Yang Guanren had.

Xu Yi said: "Ms. Yang, don't be anxious. I'll go home first and get the medicine box."

Ms. Yang slowly bent over, made a small salute to Xu Yi, and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you, Doctor Xu."

See you . When Xu Yi was about to leave, Yang Rong said: "I'm going with Dr. Xu. I haven't seen Xiao Huang in Dr. Xu's house yet. What if it forgets me?"

When he followed Mrs. Yang out, he even ran there. I found two pieces of dried meat and wanted to coax Xiao Huang to play with them.

Xu Yi was leaving now, so he naturally wanted to follow him.

Madam Yang couldn't resist his urging, so the three of them headed towards the Xu family together.

When she got home, Mrs. Yang was confused when she saw the children in the yard. She had never heard that there were other children in the Xu family.

But she didn't ask any more questions and just stood quietly in the yard waiting.

As soon as Yang Rong arrived at Xu's house, he ran to find Xiao Huang. When he saw Ah Jin, he was stunned and asked a little doubtfully: "Who are you?"

Ah Jin pursed his lips: "Who are you?"

She was wearing nice clothes now. She wears a skirt, her dull hair is tied into a bun with a hair rope, and her sallow face is no longer so yellow after a period of conditioning. She lost a bit of timidity and became a bit more comfortable. Seeing a child as big as herself, she wasn't afraid.

Yang Rong scratched the back of his hand: "My name is Yang Rong, and I came here to play with Xiao Huang."

Ah Jin bit his lower lip and said, "Xiao Huang was taken to play by my brother, and he will not be at home this time."

Yang Rong looked forward to it His expression cracked: "Ah, then when will it come back?"

Ah Jin: "I don't know."

Without getting an accurate answer, Yang Rong returned to Madam Yang with a gloomy expression. Madam Yang cared about her husband and could still tell that he was His expression didn't look right, so I asked him what was wrong.

Yang Rong pouted and said aggrievedly: "Xiao Huang is not at home."

Madam Yang: "..."

She wanted to say something to coax Yang Rong, but she saw Xu Yi coming out carrying a medicine box.