Chapter 52

"The person you are asking about is Dr. Xu. Dr. Xu is a powerful person. Although not many patients have been treated by him, he can cure them all." The handlebar posture suddenly became interested, and he sat cross-legged, so Zuo asked these villagers mysteriously, "Do you know Mr. Xing from the West Street of the county?"

"I wonder, who is this Mr. Xing?"

Handlebar patted his thigh and said jokingly: "This Mr. Xing belongs to a wealthy family in the county. He was in the silk trade, so he was not comparable to people like us. But Mr. Xing had been ill in bed for two years. What happened after he met Dr. Xu? He's walking!"

When the surrounding villagers heard this, they thought, this is a living god! Paralyzed people can be cured!

"Is he really that powerful?"

"There was a man in our village who couldn't walk away for some reason. He had a crooked nose and crooked mouth. A doctor came to see him and said he couldn't be cured." "

That man didn't live for a few days. It won't work."

Chaozi sighed: "This man is unlucky, otherwise he would be saved by Dr. Xu."

At this time, someone asked if there was anything left. They want to keep listening.

Hey, I was bored in the car handle style, and when I heard that they liked it, I became more excited, so I talked to them about the abscess on the leg of Zheng Guanren’s old mother.

"This official Zheng was unintentional. His luck was getting better and he couldn't stop it. He just met Dr. Xu among his colleagues and cured the abscess that had been bothering his old mother for half a year."

"... You don’t know that Dr. Xu is not only great in his medical skills, he is also so brave that he dared to go up the mountain alone and fight that wild boar alone! You didn’t see that scene, and the wild boar’s head was smashed by Doctor Xu’s fist! You have to go deep into the bones!"

When Che Xiang said this, he remembered that the wild boar's head tastes very good after being cooked, and it would be so chic and joyful to use it with wine and dishes.

"Hiss--"

Can this man kill a wild boar?

Believe it or not, even Zhang Tiegou in their village can't do it!

You must know that Zhang Tiegou is more than six feet tall [Note 1]. There is no such tall and strong person in his village. He couldn't kill the wild boar by himself, so he had to team up with several other strong young men to kill the wild boar that broke into the village.

Among the villagers who were listening to the excitement, someone shouted: "Are you bluffing!"

When others heard this, they thought, yes, they had only seen such a person in story books, and the singer said they had heard of it.

"Old man, what you said is untrue. I saw that man was so thin that he didn't look like a warrior."

Xu Yi was unhappy when he heard what they said. "Why did I lie to you? I'm just a victim," he said. Who do you want to benefit from?"

"Don't tell me what I look like! Doctor Xu looks like a scholar, but you can believe it or not."

He said angrily and told them to leave. To disturb his rest.

He was not happy, but the villagers in Baili Village were reluctant to leave.

If he was really such a person, why would he come from the county town to the village specifically to look for Zhang Tiegou?

"Old man, don't be upset, just tell us, why did Dr. Xu come to see Zhang Tiegou?"

The handlebar blew his beard and stared: "How did I know who Zhang Tiegou was!"

The villagers were speechless for a while: "..."

Look He said so much, but he didn't know what was going on.

They must have mistaken the handlebar type. Zhang Tiegou was injured at that time, and Xu Yi and Zhang Tiegou were riding in this handlebar type ox cart. He just didn't like these people and didn't want to continue talking to them too much.

...

In Zhang's house, Xu Yi heard the noise outside. He opened the wooden window and looked outside, and saw a dozen villagers gathered not far outside Zhang Tiegou's house.

They surrounded the handlebar type who was resting there.

Xu Yi's eyebrows jumped and he shouted: "Zhang Tiegou, let's go out and take a look."

"What happened?" Zhang Tiegou was stunned and walked over to take a look. Seeing that he was a familiar villager, he said without thinking, " They came here to see the excitement, it's not a big deal."

Xu Yi looked at him and said, "?"

Zhang Tiegou said with a smile, "There are not many outsiders coming in. Of course they are here to see the excitement.

" Don't worry about the old man driving outside, Zhang Tiegou said, he would go and see what was going on.

Xu Yi said: "Let's go together."

He also wanted to see what the villagers were watching.

On the other side, Village Chief Zhang heard from the messenger who came to report that the villagers were gathered outside Zhang Tiegou's house. He was shocked and asked: "Is Zhang Tiegou causing trouble?"

The person who came to report said: "It's not Zhang Tiegou, it's a stranger who came to see Zhang Tiegou." , Wearing such good clothes, those who have never seen the world ran to see clearly."

Village Chief Zhang's mouth twitched slightly, how could these people be so embarrassed.

"Isn't he just an outsider? Does he deserve this?" Village Chief Zhang said slightly angrily.

The man then said, "I heard he is a doctor from the city. I saw his appearance from a distance. He is very handsome."

He also wanted to say that compared to Zhang Tiegou, his appearance was worlds away, but thinking about the village Chang and Zhang Tiegou were related, so he swallowed these words back.

Village Chief Zhang was surprised: "Doctor?"

"Yes, the old man driving the car said that he was a doctor from the city. He was very good. He also said that he had cured many patients with difficult and complicated diseases..." This man Talking nonchalantly.

I didn't see Village Chief Zhang's weird expression. He was worried, but he didn't expect a doctor to fall from the sky?

So, Village Chief Zhang didn't say any more nonsense, and said with a straight face and dignity: "In that case, I will go with you to Zhang Tiegou's house."

As he said, he remembered something and asked, "You didn't go to Zhang Tiegou's house to make trouble, right? "

No, no."

"It's best not." Zhang Tiegou's popularity in the village is not very good. As his uncle, Village Chief Zhang actually has an average relationship with him.

But at least they are relatives, so if they bump into each other on weekdays, they will still talk to each other. Speaking of which, Zhang Tiegou was a good boy, but his fate was too tough. As soon as he was born, his parents died not long after, and the villagers felt that the child would overpower his parents, and they were worried that they would be overthrown to death if they came into contact with him.

Over time, few people in the village had contact with Zhang Tiegou.

At most, he is the prey of a greedy iron dog. He goes to buy meat from him and lowers the price.

Village Chief Zhang sometimes couldn't stand it, but he reminded her a few times to no avail, so he stopped reminding her.

The two hurriedly arrived outside Zhang Tiegou's house. Seeing the villagers gathered together, Village Chief Zhang shouted: "What are you doing here!"

Hearing the village chief's voice.

The villagers dispersed one after another. The older ones were not so afraid of the village chief, so they came forward to talk: "Village Chief, this iron dog has not been out for several days. Now a doctor has come to our village. We are also concerned about Zhang Tiegou." Well."

Village Chief Zhang sneered in his heart. He hadn't seen anyone caring for him for several days. If someone came to see him, he would know he was caring.

"Is this happening?" he asked the person next to him.

The man also nodded.

Village Chief Zhang was busy on weekdays and had no idea that Zhang Tiegou had not left home for a few days. When he heard that this was true, his heart skipped a beat and he took a few steps forward to knock on the door.

As soon as he raised his hand, the door in front of him squeaked and someone suddenly opened it from the inside. The tall and strong Zhang Tiegou appeared in front of him.

Zhang Tiegou paused when he saw him: "Uncle Third, why are you here?"

Village Chief Zhang retracted his raised hand, coughed twice and said, "I heard someone say that you haven't left the house for several days, so come here." Take a look."

Zhang Tiegou said "Oh" and said, "It's true. I accidentally injured my leg when I went to the mountains a few days ago, but it's almost healed."

Village Chief Zhang laughed and thought . When I asked if the young doctor was still there, I saw a tall young man with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes standing next to the tall and strong Zhang Tiegou.

The young man was wearing a sky-blue gown and a square scarf hat. He was actually not much taller than Zhang Tiegou. It was just that he was slender and half of his figure was obscured, so Village Chief Zhang didn't notice it immediately.

After seeing this, Village Chief Zhang had surprise in his eyes and asked softly: "Who is this gentleman?"

Xu Yi said: "My name is Xu Yi."

"Zhang is the village chief of Baili Village and Zhang Tiegou's uncle. I heard that you were the one who cured Tietou's injury?" Village Chief Zhang asked after he finished speaking.

"That's right." Xu Yi said, "I came here today to see how Brother Zhang's injury is recovering."

After he finished speaking, there was a commotion among the villagers who were watching the excitement behind him.

"Are you really a doctor?"

"I heard that you can go up the mountain alone and kill wild boars, but is that true?"

Xu Yi: "..."

He glanced at the handlebars to the side.

He straightened his chest in a handlebar style, and his face seemed to say, "Yes, that's what I said," "Did I make you look bad again?"

Xu Yi pinched his eyebrows helplessly and said, "It's just a fluke, not worth it. Mention it."

The villagers were shocked, they really killed the wild boar.

When one of the children heard this, he ran to Zhang Tiegou and asked, "Zhang Tiegou, you look much stronger than him. Why don't you see that you can kill a wild boar?"

Zhang Tiegou grinned and said, "I am the one who beats him." The wild boar is immortal, but I can kill a child with one punch."

When the child heard this, he cried out in fright.

Upon seeing this, his parents quickly stepped forward and took their child away, fearing that Zhang Tiegou would go crazy and really hurt his child.

Village Chief Zhang listened to the noise and sighed: "You, you can't say less."

"I told you that he is not short of a piece of meat, why didn't you let me say it?" Zhang Tiegou curled his lips and said nonchalantly. Said, "Besides, can this person compete? I don't dare to compete with Brother Xu."

Village Chief Zhang knew that he couldn't defeat him, so he didn't say anything more and ran to drive home the villagers who were still surrounding him. .

"If you have the time to do some work, you don't have to cry about being poor every day. If an outsider comes, you won't leave. What does it have to do with you."

"Go, go, kids, go to the village chief's house to ask for a drink. Drink some sugary water, don’t look around here.”

As soon as Village Chief Zhang gave the children sugary water to drink, the people around them immediately ran away and went home to report the news, asking their children to ask for a drink as well.

After the rest of the people had left, Village Chief Zhang walked over to Xu Yi, saluted and said, "Doctor Xu, don't be offended. There are not many people in the village who have read books. It is inevitable that you will get a little bit bumpy when you see an outsider."

Xu Yi smiled lightly: "It doesn't matter."

Village Chief Zhang asked again: "Doctor Xu checked Tiegou's injury, is there any problem?"

Xu Yi saw that this man was related to Zhang Tiegou, and seeing that Zhang Tiegou didn't say anything, he asked He said: "It's almost better. You still need to apply the ointment for two more days and then you can stop taking the medicine. However, injuries to your muscles and bones are unavoidable. It's better for Brother Zhang not to go up the mountain these days."

Zhang Tiegou said depressedly: "Then I'm going to die from holding it in."

Xu Yi looked at him with a smile and said softly: "Then hold it in."

Zhang Tiegou shrank instantly, looking left and right without looking at Xu Yi's eyes.

Village Chief Zhang on the side was surprised to see that this iron dog was not afraid of anything. He didn't expect that there were still people who were afraid.

Even though Village Chief Zhang was born in the countryside, he had studied for several years and knew a lot of words. He was an educated man in the village. Otherwise, it would not be his turn to take on the position of village chief.

He saw people much better than the villagers. He knew that the doctor named Xu Yi was not an ordinary bachelor who came to the village to blackmail people, so he thought of asking him if he knew anything about gynecology.

...

Not long after, the three of them were sitting at Zhang Tiegou's home.

Seeing that there was a half-grown child in the house, Village Chief Zhang asked who the child was.

A Xu saluted and said, "Hello, old sir. I am Lang Jun's servant."

After hearing this, village chief Zhang smiled and said, "You don't have to call me old sir. I can't even call me this honorific. My surname is Zhang. You call me." Just be the village chief."

As he spoke, he looked at Xu Yi, who was sitting opposite.

Xu Yi noticed the look he was looking at and asked him: "I don't know if Village Chief Zhang asked me to stay, but what do you have to say?"

Village Chief Zhang sighed: "I have an unkind request to ask Doctor Xu, but it's just ..."

He paused and looked at Zhang Tiegou beside him.

Xu Yi immediately understood and said to Zhang Tiegou with a smile: "Brother Zhang, A Xu finally came to Baili Village. Are you willing to take him to play by the river?"

Zhang Tiegou couldn't tell that this was something he couldn't do. Speaking in front of him, he reluctantly got up and took A Xu away.

Soon, Xu Yi and Village Chief Zhang were the only two people left in the room.

Xu Yi said: "Village Chief Zhang, you can say it now."

Village Chief Zhang thought about it for a while and then said: "I wonder if Dr. Xu knows gynecology?"

After hearing "gynecology", Xu Yi later realized He finally understood why Village Chief Zhang sent Zhang Tiegou away.

The ancients avoided talking about women's diseases for fear of being misunderstood by the listeners. In addition, there were few female doctors. If a woman had any uterine disease, she could only keep it secret, which would make the condition worse and unable to be cured. .

But in fact, since ancient times, there have been many medical books recording various cases of gynecological diseases.

For example, the "Huangdi Neijing" records the first prescription in the history of gynecology, "Four Squid Bones and One Luru Pill", which is a prescription for treating blood dryness and amenorrhea. Moreover, the "Nei Jing" also summarizes the physiological changes of women in various age groups from the "Twenty-Seven" to the "Seven-Seven" years based on the law of seven. [Note 2]

In addition to the "Huangdi Neijing", "The Synopsis of the Golden Chamber" written by Zhang Zhongjing of the Eastern Han Dynasty was the earliest medical work to have a special chapter on gynecology among the ancient Chinese medicine books, pioneering the diagnosis and treatment of gynecology and the external treatment of gynecology. The beginning of the disease. [Note 3]

There are many ancient Chinese medical books on gynecological diseases, among which the "Mai Jing" written by King Shuhe of Jin Dynasty mentioned "menstruation" for the first time. Xu Zhicai of the Northern Qi Dynasty wrote "Month-by-Month Pregnancy Method", which describes the changes in pregnancy and methods of raising a fetus. Sun Simiao of the Tang Dynasty summarized infertility into two categories: "Total infertility" and "Intermittent" in his "Essential Prescriptions for Emergencies"...[Note 4]

By the Song Dynasty, the research on gynecological diseases was already very mature.

But even so, the people at the bottom still avoid talking about gynecological diseases. Even if they are sick, many of them dare not ask a doctor to diagnose and treat them at home. I am afraid that I will be criticized for being watery, ignorant, and many other criticisms.

Because of these words, many gynecological diseases have been delayed.

Xu Yi said: "I'll wait for you later."

After hearing this, Village Chief Zhang quickly asked: "Can I ask Dr. Xu to go to your home and have a look at the internal medicine clinic?"

Xu Yi did not refuse.

He brought a medicine box with him when he went out today, and he could go out at any time with the medicine box on his back.

The two walked out of Zhang Tiegou's house one after another, and saw Zhang Tiegou sitting on the ground by the river not far away, holding a stick in one hand and waving the water. Asu, on the other hand, was in the river, with his trouser legs and sleeves rolled up, bending over to catch fish.

Suddenly, Zhang Tiegou turned his head and looked over. When he saw Xu Yi and the village chief coming out, he got up from the ground.

"Axu, we're ashore." He shouted to Axu in the river.

When A Xu saw it, he climbed out of the river and ran towards Xu Yi.

His clothes were a little wet, but his eyes were bright and he looked like he was having a good time.

"Langjun, Langjun."

A Xu ran for a while and then remembered that there were outsiders. He gradually slowed down and whispered with a slightly red face, "Langjun, Zhang Orion took me to catch fish. "

Xu Yi smiled and asked him: "Did you catch it?"

A Xu said reluctantly: "I caught one, but it was too small. Zhang Orion asked me to let it go."

Xu Yi patted him without saying anything . Ask him to take off his wet clothes so as not to catch a cold against his body.

Then, he told Zhang Tiegou, who was walking over, that he was going to Village Chief Zhang's home for consultation and would come back later.

Zhang Tiegou wanted to follow him, but Xu Yi refused and wanted him to take care of A Xu.

He was worried that A Xu would be alone in a strange place.

It was afternoon at this time, and the people who were running around and watching the fun all went back inside to make lunch and have lunch. Xu Yi and Village Chief Zhang were walking side by side on the road between the fields. This was the time when the crops were not harvested. The rice in the fields was not yet ripe, green and yellow, and rustled when the wind blew.

However, the weather in Yanting County has been good in recent years, and even in bad times, the people have food to eat and will not go hungry.

Soon, they arrived at the village chief's house.

The village chief's house is more elegant than others in the village. It is a three-room blue brick house. Surrounding the yard outside, there is a small field and a chicken coop, with several fat hens clucking.

When they walked into the yard, a girl with pigtails ran out. When she saw the village chief, she shouted happily: "Grandpa is back!" As

soon as she shouted, five or six more children, some big and some small, ran out. There are boys and girls.

After they chirped "Grandpa" several times, Village Chief Zhang looked at them with a smile and asked, "Where is your grandma?"

"She's in the house!"

"Okay, let's go play. Grandpa is busy with grandma. You guys You can’t come in, do you understand?” Village Chief Zhang warned.

The children nodded obediently, some ran to play in other rooms, and some went outside.

Village Chief Zhang told Xu Yi that he had three brothers and one sister. All three brothers were married, and the sister got married last year.

In fact, his family did not look wealthy. After earning some money to build a house, there was not much left. Later, the son got married, the grandchildren popped up one by one, the population increased, and the expenses increased accordingly.

His family has fifteen acres of paddy field and six acres of dry land. After paying the grain tax and population tax, the rest is only enough for the family's annual rations, and there is no extra grain to sell.

There is no other extra livelihood in the family. The eldest son is doing long-term work for others, and the second son and the younger son are working in the fields. During the slack period, they can go to the county town to do some part-time work and earn some copper coins to go home.

Naturally, he couldn't tell outsiders these words.

It's just that after he became the village chief, he had to set an example for the people in the village, and he couldn't be as fussy as before. If the family buys honey, they will also share some with other little children in the village.

Therefore, he is quite dignified as the village chief.

inside the house.

Mrs. Zhang heard her husband's voice at home, so she opened the door and went out to see. She saw a handsome young man next to her wife, and she was confused and did not dare to come out.

"Why did you bring outsiders here?" she asked quietly.

Village Chief Zhang said: "This man is a doctor. He used to see Iron Dog's leg injuries. He knows some women's diseases, so I want him to see you too."

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang frowned and whispered: "I don't want to see it. , you ask him to go back."

"What are you talking about, old lady? I've already invited people to come home." Village Chief Zhang knew what she was worried about, so he explained to her in a low voice.

…

Xu Yi stood upright outside the house, looking at the scenery in the countryside. The afternoon sun was not scorching, and the figures of children playing outside were stretched very long, bending over to pick something up on the ground.

Xu Yi took a closer look and found that he was picking up dogtail grass.

Foxtail grass is a weed, but it can also be used as a medicinal herb to treat diseases. It has the effect of clearing away heat and reducing fire. It is also effective in treating oral ulcers and sore throat.

Seeing the children playing with dog's tail grass, Xu Yi squinted his eyes and asked if he could give these dog's tail grass to him.

"I have jelly beans here, which can be exchanged for the foxtail grass in your hands." Xu Yi touched his sleeve pocket and took out a small bag, which contained jelly beans used to coax A Xu and A Jin.

When he goes out every day, he also carries a handful of jelly beans with him. Sugar can help in emergencies. If you encounter hypoglycemia, fatigue, or fatigue, eating a jelly bean can provide temporary relief.

When they heard that the dog's tail grass in their hands could be exchanged for jelly beans, the children gave all the dog's tail grass to Xu Yi without any hesitation.

Xu Yi opened the bag and distributed jelly beans to them.

These children got the jelly beans and ran away happily.

On the other side, Village Chief Zhang persuaded Mrs. Zhang to be willing to treat Xu Yi.

He immediately went out to look for Xu Yi and was slightly puzzled when he saw Xu Yi coming back with a pile of dogtail grass.

Xu Yi asked him: "Village Chief Zhang, do you have hemp rope here?"

Village Chief Zhang didn't know why: "Yes, yes, I just don't know why you picked so many weeds, Dr. Xu."

Xu Yi said: "No. What I picked was the jelly beans I exchanged with the children."

Village Chief Zhang: "..."

He didn't know what to say for a moment, so he ran to get Xu Yi a piece of hemp rope.

Xu Yi took the hemp rope, thanked him, tied up the dog's tail grass, and then asked Village Chief Zhang if he could go to the house to see a doctor.

Village Chief Zhang immediately led him into the house. At this time, Mrs. Zhang was already hiding on the bed and lowered the bed curtains on both sides. Xu Yi could only see the vague outline of her body.

Xu Yi treated Mrs. He and Mrs. Chen in a dignified manner before.

This was the first time he had seen such a battle. In a daze, Xu Yi felt a sense of separation between reality and ancient times, as if he was living in the openness of modern times and at the same time couldn't help himself in the restraints of ancient times.

"Doctor Xu?" Next to him, Village Chief Zhang said.

Xu Yi came back to her senses and said softly: "I hope Aunt Zhang can reach out and let me feel her pulse."

After a few seconds, Mrs. Zhang stretched out her hand from the bed tent.

Village Chief Zhang is over forty years old, and as his wife, she is naturally about the same age. But looking at the hands stretched out, they are covered with traces of hard work. There are thick black and deep calluses on the palms and between the fingertips, which have dried and cracked into winding ditches.

Xu Yi silently raised his hand, placed the pulse pillow on the back of her wrist, and placed his other hand on the pulse at her wrist.

At this time, the hand under the fingertips shrank slightly.

Xu Yi said softly: "Auntie, don't be afraid, I'm just checking your pulse."

Village Chief Zhang also said: "Old lady, what are you afraid of? Dr. Xu is young and promising, and he will definitely be able to tell what's wrong with your body. "

In the tent, Mrs. Zhang didn't make a sound.

Xu Yi didn't say anything more and held his breath to carefully check his pulse.

When feeling the pulse for the first time, Mrs. Zhang's pulse was a little vertical and weak, and then gradually became thinner, weak, and heavy.

This is a sign that there is heat evil in the body, and there are more than one or two diseases in the body, and the body has been ill for a long time.