Chapter 64

Here, Xu Yi has to mention the importance of marketing methods.

If only Xu Yi had set up a stall to sell Xiaoshi Pills at the beginning, then everyone in the county would not have known about the Xiaoshi Pills.

He was originally willing to sell to Jishi Tang because of its status and reputation in the county medical clinic. He would give half of the profit to affiliate with Jishi Tang, which was a win-win situation. When setting the selling price, firstly, the price of the medicine should not be too high, so the purpose of making Xiaoshi Pills would be lost, and secondly, it was to prevent the other party from crossing the river and burning the bridge one day.

Obviously, his judgment was correct.

Doctor Yan is a good doctor, but the family behind him has long been transformed from a family of doctors into a family of businessmen. The focus is biased, so naturally there will be disagreements about Doctor Yan and his ideas.

A breakup is inevitable, but Xu Yi may not lose.

The fact that so many people gathered around the stall today to buy Xiaoshi pills is the best proof.

When people come and go, if they hear that they are selling Chen's Xiaoshi Pills, they will stop to look and ask.

Some of them were servants at home. After getting the news, they ran to the master's house to ask about the situation, and they would come back with a bunch of money to buy Xiaoshi pills.

Not long after, a middle-aged man wearing rich clothes came over. He wasn't here to buy Xiaoshi Pills. He just asked A Xu who the doctor was who made Xiaoshi Pills.

Ah Xu had never seen such a scene before, so he subconsciously looked at Xu Yi who was watching the excitement.

The middle-aged man followed A Xu's gaze and met Xu Yi's eyes.

Xu Yi: "..."

He came over and asked: "I dare to ask this young man, but do you know who the doctor is who made the Xiaoshi Pills?" Xu Yi asked

him: "Why are you looking for him?"

The young man looked at him and said, "This doctor can prepare this Xiaoshi Pill, so he has great medical skills. My husband's eldest brother has a serious illness, and it has not been cured for a long time. I asked this doctor to see him on behalf of my husband." "

As he spoke, he saw Xu Yi's expression and added: "If Xiaolang knows where this doctor is, I hope he can tell him."

Xu Yi said, "There are many doctors in the county, why are we still looking for one whose whereabouts are unknown? "Yes."

The middle-aged man sighed and said that all the famous doctors in the county could not be cured. Even Dr. Chen, who had the best reputation, went to see him and said that the disease could not be cured, but his husband did not give up.

The eldest brother is the husband's first child. He is handsome and talented, but at the age of eight, he is already known as a dragon or a phoenix. But the doctor said that the child was sweating profusely when he was born, and he still sweats like this at the age of eight. He is not an adult.

There is indeed a saying in the law about the longevity of Xiang'er's life that "you cannot stop sweating and you are not a grown-up", and according to this middle-aged man, his husband's son has a good temperament and is very smart since he was a child. In ancient times, this It is not conducive for children to grow up, and most of them will die in infancy.

After all, the problem of "continuous sweating" is caused by many reasons, including physiological and pathological reasons, which can make doctors agree that it cannot be cured. Xu Yi suddenly wanted to know what kind of disease this was. .

However, we still need to go through consultation to know the specific details.

Xu Yi said: "I am the doctor who made Xiaoshi Pills. My surname is Xu Mingyi. You can call me

by my first name." The middle-aged man was surprised. Is this young man the doctor who made Xiaoshi Pills?

That's too young.

He hesitated whether to take Xu Yi to the mansion.

Xu Yi was not in a hurry, so he said to him: "You first ask your husband if he wants me to go to the house for medical treatment."

The middle-aged man thought it made sense, and after asking for the address of Xu Yi's home, he Hurry away from the crowd.

Xu Yi looked at his leaving figure, then looked at A Xu and the others. The Xiaoshi pills he brought today were almost sold out, and it was time to go back.

He stood up and flicked his wrinkled robe.

...

The bullock cart leisurely returned to Shijing Lane, South Street.

It was almost lunch time, so Xu Yi asked Uncle Liu to stay and eat with them.

Xu Yi said to A Xu: "I want to eat shredded chicken noodles."

Shredded chicken noodles are made by tearing the cooked chicken into strips and frying the peppercorns with lard. After frying the peppercorns, the peppercorns are removed and only the sesame oil is left. . Then mix the sesame oil into the shredded chicken and season it.

The trouble is rolling out the noodles.

When A Xu heard that Xu Yi wanted to eat, he went to the jar to get flour. This flour was said to be white flour, but it was slightly yellow. It was different from modern fine noodles. Just smelling it had a strong wheat aroma, which made people want to try it. taste.

He pounded a chicken into the flour, added a bowl of well water, half a spoonful of salt, and started kneading the dough.

At this time, Xu Yi brought some hemp rope to Ah Jin and asked her to tie it up with the money she got from selling Xiaoshi pills today.

A pack of Xiaoshi pills costs twenty dollars.

Ah Jin's eyes were bright and he shouted happily: "Lang Jun, there is so much money."

They brought a wooden box to put the money. When they closed the stall, the box was almost full.

Ah Jin tried to pick it up, but it was too heavy and he couldn't move it.

Xu Yi asked casually: "Do you like making money?"

Ah Jin lay down in front of the box and stretched out his hand to touch the money in the box. When he heard this, he raised his face and said with a smile like crescent moons: " I'm glad that so many people want to buy the pills made by Lang Jun, which shows how good the pills made by Lang Jun are."

After that, she asked Xu Yi, "Lang Jun, are we still going tomorrow?

" Smiling at her: "The City God's Temple will be closed tomorrow."

Ah Jin said "ah" with a look of disappointment in his eyes. It would be great if it could be like this every day.

But the child's mind quickly returned to the fun of counting money.

Xu Yi moved the box into the house and poured it on the table. With a clatter, a mountain of money appeared on the table.

One hundred coins is a string, and ten strings is a string.

After they finished counting, they counted out two coins. This made Ah Jin so happy that he ran to the kitchen and told Ah Xu the good news.

A Xu was very happy after hearing this, pinched a piece of shredded chicken and fed it to A Jin, and asked her: "Is it salty?"

A Jin chewed and swallowed it into his stomach, licked the corners of his mouth and said: "It's not salty, it's delicious. "Brother, you are getting better and better at cooking. No wonder Lang Jun only lets you do it."

A Xu said, "You are too young, and Lang Jun doesn't trust you."

"Really?" Ah Jin tilted his head, "When can I grow as tall as my brother?"

Ah Xu was stunned for a moment and said that as long as he is ten years old, he can be as tall as him.

The age of ten is a very important turning point for children. There is a saying among the rural people that as long as this child is over ten years old, he will be able to live healthy and healthy until adulthood. Before that, many children will die young due to various reasons.

Therefore, among the people, there are people who dress children in Baijia clothes, eat Baijia rice, or give them nicknames, all for the sake of the children's well-fed life.

Ah Jin looked forward to growing up quickly, but Xu Yi in the room fell into silence looking at the pile of money.

Let's exchange this money for exchange.

Otherwise, he would have no place to store money at home.

Looking at the piles of small houses, Xu Yi suddenly felt that the house was a bit small, and he turned his attention to the yard.

The yard is not large, only twenty or thirty square meters, occupied by a hut, flower beds, tea tables and stools for cooling off, and a place for drying medicinal herbs. There is no more space for him to perform.

Could it be that you want to move?

Thinking of the many troubles involved in moving, Xu Yi suppressed the idea.

He got up and went to the kitchen. Watching A Xu cook was a way to relax his mind and body.

When Xu Yi arrived, A Xu was cutting noodles.

He kneaded the flour into a smooth dough, and after it had rested for a while, he sprinkled a little flour on the chopping board, placed the dough on the board, and rolled it into a thin pancake with a rolling pin.

Then roll it up, place two fingers on this side of the roll, and start cutting.

The noodles were cut to the same length, but A Xu's knife skills were immature and he couldn't cut all the noodles to the same thickness.

But this is not a big problem, as long as the noodles are delicious, it can beat everything else.

Adding flour, eggs, salt and then kneading the noodles is a technique taught to him by Mrs. Chen. Mrs. Chen said that the noodles made in this way are smooth, delicious and more fragrant. Many noodles made in noodle restaurants have secret recipes that are never told to others, but Mrs. Chen still told A Xu about this recipe.

Although he didn't know why the noodles became more delicious after adding eggs and salt, Xu Yi fell in love with them after eating them once.

tasty.

It's really delicious.

A Xu saw that Xu Yi liked to eat, so he thought of toppings in different ways.

In the market, a domestic chicken sells for only 80 yuan, which is relatively cheap among meat prices.

Since A Xu learned more dishes, he would often buy a killed chicken and he could cook, braise and stir-fry it. There is some meat left from the chicken I bought yesterday, and I used it to make the shredded chicken today.

At this moment, Xu Yi came over. A Xu put the cut noodles into the boiling water, took a plate with a piece of shredded chicken and let him taste it: "Is this taste okay, Lang Jun?" "

Yes!"

Xu Yi After eating, he said with satisfaction.

When the noodles are cooked, spread the mixed shredded chicken on the noodles, and the lunch is ready.

There was an extra Uncle Liu today, and they were eating at the coffee table in the yard.

Everyone was holding a pottery bowl in their hands, and they all had their heads buried in their mouths, and no one spoke.

This noodle is really delicious. The lard fried with Sichuan peppercorns is fragrant and numb. When you mix it with the chopsticks, each noodle is coated with the oil of the sauce. This noodle is even chewier and full of flavor than ordinary noodles. The portion is large and it tastes very delicious.

"I have lived for so many years, and this is the first time I have eaten such delicious pasta."

After eating, Uncle Liu wiped his mouth and said with emotion.

Xu Yi had eaten a lot of delicious food, but he was still amazed by this simple food. The noodles were full of wheat flavor and had a texture that he had never tasted before no matter how many times he had eaten noodles.

"Ms. Chen said that the noodles made by my brother can be set up as a stall in the market." Ah Jin said proudly.

A Xu's face turned slightly red and he didn't look up in embarrassment.

Xu Yi and Uncle Liu both nodded in agreement. Such noodles are also extremely popular in the market.

"If A Xu becomes a cook, he will be able to achieve something in the future." Xu Yi said.

When A Xu heard this, he quickly shook his head: "I'm not a cook, I want to study medicine with Lang Jun."

Xu Yi smiled hoarsely.

He just said it. If he really wanted A Xu to be a cook, Xu Yi would be reluctant to do so.

After dinner, Uncle Liu did not stay at Xu's house for long. It was getting late and he had to go to the city gate to pick up individual guests.

Xu Yi sent people out and went back to the kitchen to work on medicinal materials.

On the other side, there is the Pang family, which is only three alleys away from the Xu family.

The Pang family was a new resident on South Street. When they moved in, they were very low-key and did not cause any excitement. There was only an old servant and a boy in the entourage, and two donkey carts loaded boxes and parcels.

Pang Boyi was originally from Tongzhou. After he became an official, he returned to his old home in Tongzhou for half a year. Then he dismissed many of the rented servants, leaving only a few prostituted servants and his family's children to serve him in his hometown. And he took his servant Uncle Pang with him and traveled around with another boy.

This time he came to Yanting County purely by accident. Because his friend was serving as a county captain here, it was a safe and pleasant place to live. Pang Boyi had traveled to various places in the past few years and rarely stayed in any place, so he decided to stay here. Stay for a year or two.

Not long after he moved in, Uncle Pang brought him such interesting things.

Pang Boyi sipped his tea, looked at his friend sitting across from him, and asked in surprise: "You don't even know which doctor made the Xiaoshi Pills?"

"I don't know." Pan Wenji shook his head, saying that such a thing might not be possible for the Street Secretary. He knows better.

"They often deal with these doctors over there. If you want to know, I will send someone to ask you."

Pang Boyi smiled and said: "If you ask, it will be half the fun."

Pan Wenji: "... "You haven't changed after so many years. It must be a small thing for you to become an

official. Why don't you go back after so long? "

?" Pang Boyi felt that he had spent most of his life studying and gaining fame and fortune, and he had never been so happy as he had been in the past few years.

"You know that I am enjoying hardship, but how do you know that I am enjoying it?"

Pan Wenji looked at him with deep eyes. Seeing that his friend was not joking, he laughed lightly to himself.

"If you don't want to go back, I won't persuade you." He hesitated for a moment and asked the practical question, "It's expensive to travel. You haven't received a day in these years, but you still have enough money."

Although Pan Wenji was a small county captain , but the monthly salary of officials in the Song Dynasty was high. For example, the annual salary of a minister in the court could reach tens of thousands of guan. He was a county lieutenant with a rank of eighth rank, and his monthly salary was ten thousand guan. In addition, the family still runs a shop and other businesses, so life in the county town is quite comfortable.

He knew that his friend had been very strapped for money in the past two years, so he took out a fifty-tael handover and handed it over.

He said it was a housewarming gift, so Pang Boyi had to accept it.

Pang Boyi gave up and said: "This housewarming gift is too heavy. My aunt's birthday is next month. I don't have so much money to buy a birthday gift. You are making things difficult for me."

Pan Wenji: "..." Very good, very good.

He gritted his teeth and asked if he would accept it.

"I won't accept it," Pang Game said.

Pan Wenji laughed angrily and said provocatively: "If you reject me now, aren't you afraid that I will be angry and ignore you in the future, and no one will relieve your boredom?"

Pang Boyi heard this, frowned slightly in thought, and his brows seemed to be shaken. .

At this time, Uncle Pang came back.

Pang Boyi looked over and saw Uncle Pang walking briskly, so he smiled and said to Pan Wenji: "Maybe if you don't come, I will have new and interesting things to do to relieve my boredom."

Pan Wenji's heart skipped a beat, and when he looked at Uncle Pang again, he saw a few differences.

Soon, Uncle Pang came to the two of them, first saluted Pan Wenji, and then said to Pang Boyi: "Da Lang, I bought the Chen's Xiaoshi Pills."

He went out today, and just after passing the market, he got news that there was something outside the City God's Temple. Someone set up a stall in the market selling Chen's Xiaoshi Pills. I went to check it out with a skeptical attitude, but I didn't expect that it was two children setting up a stall. Uncle Pang thought it was strange, so he also stepped forward and bought a pack to take back.

"Is this the Xiaoshi Pill?" Pang Boyi raised his eyebrows, took it and opened it.

The pills inside are round and plump, all of the same size, and have a pleasant medicinal fragrance.

"This is true." Pan Wenji suddenly said.

Pang Boyi looked at him: "Oh?"

Pan Wenji said: "Every household in the county will prepare these Chen's Xiaoshi Pills. Taking one pill for abdominal distension is very effective. Unfortunately, in the past, Jishitang only sold them by the handful, every day. Only 80 pills are provided, and you have to queue up in advance to buy them. "

In the past, the quantity was limited, but this time it is unlimited, and the price and efficacy are all different.

Several wealthy families had gone to the government office to file complaints, but since they did not reach the level of court hearing, they were all dismissed by Pan Wenji.

"Uncle Pang, you bought it at the market in Chenghuang Temple. Have you seen who the doctor is?" Pan Wenji asked him.

Uncle Pang shook his head and said, "They are two children." He paused and thought of something, "It seems that there is a young man guarding the side."

"If it is a young man, then it shouldn't be the case." Pang Boyi shook his head regretfully. , "Based on his age, this young man may be the doctor's apprentice. Uncle Pang, if you meet him next time, let me ask."

Pan Wenji thought for a moment and said, "Are you saying that you are new to the country and are not accustomed to it? You have been suffering from gastrointestinal discomfort these days. "It's better to take one pill now and see how it works."

"Wen Ji makes sense." Pang Boyi also had the same idea.

When Uncle Pang heard this, he went to pour him a glass of warm water and told Pang Boyi that he should not drink tea or eat fried meat or fish after taking the medicine.

Pang Boyi shook his hand after taking the pill and asked: "Can I still eat today's fried fish?"

Uncle Pang replied with a cold face: "Da Lang, you can't eat fried food."

...

Xinglin Pavilion .

Sun Shitong stared at the open jute paper in front of him secretly, clenching his hands on the table into fists.

By now, he already knew whose hand this Xiaoshi Pill came from.

There has been a lot of noise these days about Jishitang selling pills, and the most proud person among them is him.

After Ji Shitang and Xu Yi broke up, Xu Yi would not be able to make a big splash in the future. Unexpectedly, he was not happy for a few days when Li Ji told him that someone was selling Xiaoshi pills in the market.

He was afraid that the news would be wrong, so he took a car to see what was going on. He saw two children from the Xu family setting up a stall there, and even Xu Yi was present.

At this time, Sun Shitong's sense of luck was shattered, and he returned to Xinglin Pavilion with a serious expression.

He was angry in the clinic, but Li Ji, who was playing with medicinal materials in the hall outside, was absent-minded. Even people like Xu Yi, who abandoned literary medicine, could start practicing medicine in such a short period of time. Not only could they treat people, but they could also make pills.

And he had been an apprentice for so long, serving Sun Shitong tea and water every day, and his life was worse than that of a boy. But he couldn't learn anything. He was not as good as the ten-year-old child next to Xu Yi.

He should have known that Sun Shitong didn't really want to accept him as an apprentice. He might as well abandon the dark side and join the bright side...

Yes, that is, abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side. He wanted to tell Xu Yi that Sun Shitong had been watching him from behind, and asked Xu Yi to be more careful. In this way, will Xu Yi accept him as his apprentice?

Li Ji was thinking messily in his mind, and put the rhubarb in his hand into another medicine cabinet.

At this time, Sun Shitong came out of the clinic and wanted to call him to the Xu family to inquire about the situation. However, when he saw that he was so distracted that he even misplaced the medicinal materials, he was so angry that he pointed at him and cursed.

Li Ji's eyes were red with grievance, and he lowered his head without saying a word.

His behavior made Sun Shitong even more angry, and he threatened sarcastically: "You are so disobedient. Don't come here anymore. Pack your bags and go home. It's really rotten wood that cannot be carved. Why should I take such pains to teach you medical skills?

" After saying that, Li Ji's face changed, and he cried with trembling lips: "Teacher, I was wrong, I was wrong, I just lost my mind and put the wrong medicinal ingredients."

"Humph, these are all excuses, I think you have already thought about it. You're not here anymore, you might as well leave early, lest I see you upset." Sun Shitong became angry, and looking at Li Ji's unpromising look, he lost the patience for preaching before.

He wanted to pull back the sleeve that was grabbed by Li Ji, but Li Ji wouldn't let go, but he lifted his feet and knocked him to the ground hard. He looked at Li Ji who was crawling to his knees after falling to the ground. He returned to the clinic with disgust in his eyes and called another apprentice to come in.

The apprentice glanced at Li Ji who was kneeling on the ground anxiously, and thought about it before going to the clinic first.

When he came out, he found that Li Ji was still kneeling there, motionless.

He suddenly felt uneasy, hesitantly came to Li Ji, and called him in a low voice: "Li Ji, Li Ji, what's wrong with you?"

Li Ji didn't answer him.

The apprentice swallowed his saliva, looked back and saw that Sun Shitong had not come out, and then said in a low voice: "If you don't get up first, the teacher won't be able to see you while you are kneeling here..."

Before he could finish his words, he first saw Li Ji's red face. His eyes seemed to be bleeding, and he suddenly backed away in shock.

"...Li Ji?"

Li Ji still ignored him. Instead, he stood up staggeringly, his hands hanging by his sides trembling, and his scary red eyes staring in the direction of the clinic.

Suddenly, he moved and ran quickly to the backyard. When he came out, he had a knife for cutting medicinal materials in his hand.

Before anyone else could react, Li Ji rushed into the clinic with a knife, followed by a hoarse cry of pain...

"Killed!"

In the chaos, Li Ji ran out covered in blood. Medical clinic.

*

Who would have thought that the honest apprentice would one day get angry and kill the teacher who taught medical skills.

Soon someone went to report the crime.

The Xinglin Pavilion was sealed up, and the onlookers saw Doctor Sun inside being carried out on a rack by the Yamen.

Tick ​​tick tick -

blood stains were all over the floor, and soon the street clerk responsible for cleaning the streets scrubbed the blood stains off the floor.

At this time, Xu Yi was buying medicinal materials for making Xiaoshi Pills at another medical clinic.

When he came out, he found that there were suddenly fewer people on the street. He only saw a group of government officials with official swords at their waists looking for people.

The uncle who was cleaning up the stall next to him kindly reminded: "Young man, please go home quickly. There was a murder on South Street, and the murderer escaped."

Xu Yi frowned and wanted to ask about the situation when he saw the Yamen coming towards them.

"Have you seen a young man about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing gray shorts and brown, with blood on his body?"

The uncle of the stall owner quickly shook his head: "Poor Master, the young one has been setting up a stall here, and he didn't see this People."

The Yamen glanced at him, turned their attention to Xu Yi, and asked him, "Did you see it?"

Xu Yi said slowly, "No."

These Yamen looked at Xu Yi like this. He also knew that asking questions would be useless, so he didn't say any more nonsense. He just told them to leave quickly. If they saw anyone suspicious, they should go to the Yamen to report the case immediately.

On the way home, the surrounding houses on both sides were tightly closed. Children who usually came out to play at this time on weekdays were locked inside by their parents and were not allowed to come out.

I'm afraid these children won't be able to come out to play until the fugitives are caught.

When Xu Yi was approaching home, he suddenly saw a gray figure passing by the path of a house not far away.

He frowned. Next to the path was the Xu family's house.