Chapter 67:

Eastern suburbs, Xing family manor.

In the open space outside the manor, two different donkey carts have been parked. The handlebars of the carts are used to rest in a small pavilion next to them. There is a small charcoal stove in the pavilion, and a teapot is hung on the stove to make tea. It is a pleasure to sit around the stove and drink tea to keep warm.

After they had a cup of tea, they saw a donkey cart coming this way.

Today, the young gentlemen of the master's family came to play in the manor. I was wondering which young official came here.

Soon, I saw a young doctor with a handsome face, no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, getting out of the donkey cart, carrying a medicine box on his back?

When young men go out to play, do they already need a doctor to accompany them?

Xu Yi entered the manor carrying the medicine box, and the servants living in the manor led him inside.

The servant led the way and explained: "Fifth Master Yue is already resting in the pavilion, waiting for you to come over, Doctor Xu. Young Master Tao has also arrived, but Young Master Xin has not arrived yet. When he arrives later, My fifth master said, go to Houshan Peach Grove, where hot tea and snacks are all prepared.

Doctor Xu, if you think there is anything missing, just ask the younger one to make arrangements immediately. The doctor is an honored guest that his fifth master-in-law has ordered to be well served, and the servants in the manor do not dare to neglect him.

The hosts are coming to play, so Zhuangzi prepares everything that needs to be prepared two days in advance. A change of clothes and a place to rest have been arranged, just in case anything goes wrong.

Xu Yi nodded and said he understood.

It was his first time to come to Zhuangzi, and he didn't know the way, so he had to be led to the pavilion by a servant.

As soon as he arrived, Tao Qinghao stood up first, bent down with a smile and said, "Xu Yi, why are you bringing a medicine box with you when you go out to play? I don't know why you thought you were coming for a medical visit."

Xu Yi glanced at him and didn't want to say more. , Xing Yuesen was also curious and asked him why he brought the medicine box.

"Professional habits." Xu Yi said briefly.

When the two of them heard these four words, they were stunned. They felt that these four words were so strange.

You say you don’t understand, but you seem to understand, you say you understand... but you still don’t understand.

Tao Qinghao was confused: "Where did you learn the words? They sound very good to me."

Xu Yi in turn teased him: "A knight never leaves his hand with his sword, and a doctor never leaves his medicine box."

Tao Qinghao: "..." He understood. .

Xing Yuesen said: "Brother Yi, you have a good habit. The medicine box is a life-saving tool. It doesn't matter if you carry it with you. If something happens on the way, you can come to the rescue."

Tao Qinghao didn't say anything else.

It wasn't that he really wanted to tease Xu Yi, but he was used to it. This habit was not good. Looking at Xu Yi's expression again, he didn't see that he was really angry, so he relaxed.

He became close to Xing Yuesen and Xu Yi because of Xin Shengyuan.

Now I also want to have a good relationship with them both.

Before Xin Shengyuan arrived, Tao Qinghao told them: "Xin Yao also said that he would make a bet with me that he would not be the last one to come to Zhuangzi. I think he overslept and I don't know if he woke up yet."

Xing Yuesen frowned . eyebrow.

Xu Yi said: "East Street is close to the eastern suburbs, Xinyao should be arriving soon."

Tao Qinghao nodded: "I think he will be here soon." As he said, he asked the boy who followed him to go outside and wait when he saw anyone. Come and report.

The servant took the order and left, and the next moment a servant came to ask questions. Someone from the kitchen came to ask if we should have a side stove for lunch.

Xu Yi's ears perked up.

Zhuangzi's Zao Niang was originally from Guangdong and Guangxi. Due to floods in her hometown, she fled to Shu to find a way out. She was good at cooking, so she was hired by the Xing family to be a kitchen girl. However, the Xing family already had a kitchen girl, and she couldn't compete with the old people in the house, so she was sent to Zhuangzi.

There is so much leisure in the village, but it is a pity that the owner of the house does not come here to rest a few times throughout the year, so there is not much profit to be made.

This time I heard that it was the fifth master of the Xing family who invited his friends to play in the village. I wanted to show off well, so I thought of the "burning side stove" method.

This is a stove in Guangfu that uses local ingredients to eat. It wins by freshness. The soup base only requires water, and the rest is the freshness of the ingredients.

But there was no seafood in Yanting County, and Xu Yi was curious about how the kitchen lady got the ingredients.

Xing Yuesen had never eaten Dabianluo before. Hearing the introduction from his servant, he was very excited and asked Xu Yi and Tao Qinghao what they thought.

Xu Yi himself likes to taste all kinds of different foods, and Tao Qinghao not only loves to eat, but also knows how to eat.

The two looked at each other, what else could they do? Of course he clapped his hands in agreement.

"It seems that today's trip is a good one. Not only can you pick peaches, but you can also eat them in a fresh way that is only heard of by traveling merchants." Tao Qinghao said with a smile.

Xu Yi looked at him and asked, "Have you heard of it?"

"Yes, but I haven't eaten it."

"Oh." Xu Yi responded, suddenly looking towards the way he came.

Xing Yuesen glanced towards him and asked him with raised eyebrows, "What's wrong?"

"Xin Yao isn't here yet," Xu Yi said.

When he mentioned this, Xing Yuesen and Tao Qinghao also felt that something was wrong. Even if this guy was snoozing, the maids and servants waiting in the courtyard would not let him sleep too much.

Could it be that something happened on the road...

"It's bad!"

At this time, the boy who had gone to guard the door ran back in a panic.

He panted and shouted to Tao Qinghao: "Mr. Lang, it's not good. I don't know what happened to Mr. Xin's Xuelian. Something happened on the way. She looks like she is dying."

"Xuelian?" Tao Qinghao frowned. stand up.

He and Xin Shengyuan had been playing together since childhood, and they knew that he had a personal maid named Xuelian in his house. This girl is smart and considerate. Xin Shengyuan doesn't understand the affairs between men and women, but she often mentions Xuelian's good qualities in front of Tao Qinghao.

Over time, Tao Qinghao also remembered Xuelian.

Just when he was wondering why Xuelian couldn't survive, Xu Yi had already put the medicine box on his back and left the pavilion ahead of them.

Xing Yuesen and Tao Qinghao followed one after the other.

Xu Yi didn't waste time asking the boy. He quickened his pace and walked towards the outside of Zhuangzi. After walking for a while, I saw a handlebar guy hurriedly looking for someone.

"Doctor Xu?!" Zhuozi asked uncertainly when he saw Xu Yi.

Xu Yi said calmly: "It's me."

"My brother Xin is looking for you to save someone..." Handlebar Shi was about to say something more, but was interrupted by Xu Yi.

"Lead the way."

As he spoke, his pace did not stop, but even accelerated.

Handlebar didn't dare to delay, and ran along, wiping his sweat in a panic. This man was so good, why couldn't he do it.

Outside Zhuangzi.

Xin Shengyuan sat on his knees in the carriage, looking anxiously at Xue Lian, who was pale and cyanotic, clutching her neck and gasping for air in pain.

He was completely helpless. He only shook Xue Lian's shoulders and called her name over and over: "Xue Lian... Xue Lian..."

Xue Lian couldn't answer. Her throat seemed to be blocked by a huge boulder, and it became increasingly difficult to breathe. What's more, It's time to speak.

She opened her mouth in pain, wanting to call for help, and trying to comfort Xin Shengyuan who was panicking for her, but no words came out. She only felt her eyes were dizzy, her vision became blurry, and even Xin Shengyuan's face was blurred. It's not clear...

is she really going to die?

Xuelian was a little unwilling. She had no ambitions and just wanted to live a stable life. When the eldest lady arranged for her to be a personal maid next to Xin Shengyuan, she was unwilling. It's not easy to be a personal maid. If you don't do it well, you may even lose your life.

But Xin Shengyuan was an easy-to-serve master. He was pampered and dignified, but he didn't beat or scold his servants...

Xue Lian felt that she must be dead, otherwise why would she have the heart to think so much.

"Cough cough cough -"

Xuelian was unwilling to give in. She didn't want to die. She opened her mouth desperately to breathe. In a trance, it seemed as if the curtain of the carriage was forcefully torn open, and a beam of light shone in.

When Xu Yi arrived, Xuelian's condition was already very serious and she could suffocate at any time. He shouted: " Xin

Yao! " In front of this girl named Xuelian. Ignoring the difference between men and women, he opened her eyelids with his hands, and her eyes were slightly dilated. Looking at the color of her lips, they were abnormally cyanotic red. Without saying a word, Xu Yi opened her hand that was covering her throat and saw large red spots on her neck, resembling urticaria. He quickly determined from the symptoms displayed by Snow Lotus that it was reactive urticaria accompanied by laryngeal edema. Xu Yi turned to look at the lost Xin Shengyuan, frowned slightly, and said very quickly: "Xin Yao, get the person out of the car." "...Oh." Xin Shengyuan came back to his senses and went to hug the person obediently. . He was not very strong, so he had no problem holding Xue Lian. After he was carried out of the carriage, he waited in confusion for Xu Yi's next instructions. Xu Yi asked him to carry the person to the resting pavilion and lay him flat on the ground. Xing Yuesen and the others rushed over and surrounded them when they saw this. There were too many people and the air circulation was not smooth, so Xu Yi asked them to disperse and stop crowding around Xue Lian. He then took a soft cushion from the carriage and pressed it on the back of her head, raising Xue Lian's head. Elevating the neck is to prevent the acutely ill person from suffocating. At this time, Snow Lotus's shortness of breath seemed to have eased a bit. Xu Yi checked her pulse and made sure that she would not get worse, so he asked someone to dissolve a bowl of salt water first. When the salt water was brought, Xu Yi lifted her up, opened her mouth and let her drink. Xue Lian subconsciously tried to struggle, but Xu Yi pinched her cheek. As soon as she opened her mouth, he poured the salt water in. "Cough cough cough..." A violent cough sounded. Breaking the dead silence around him, Xin Shengyuan finally came back to his senses. Seeing Xue Lian open her eyes, she hurriedly called: "Xue Lian, can you hear me? What's wrong with you?" Tao Qinghao stepped forward to take him He pulled her back and said, "Xinyao, calm down. Xu Yi is treating her." "I know, I know." Xin Shengyuan looked at his friend aggrievedly. He was so frightened just now that he didn't even know What to do. Now that Xuelian seemed unlikely to die, he asked in a daze, "What's wrong with her?" Xu Yi looked at him deeply and said, "This is addiction rash. This disease is caused by eating inappropriate food or smelling Uncomfortable pollen is caused by the smell. When the disease starts, there will be a rash, wheezing, and mouth swelling that cannot be described. If the disease is serious, the life is in danger." He opened the medicine box and took out the licorice and honeysuckle. Taking salt water can improve metabolism, but you can't wait for the urticaria to disappear on its own. And judging from the reaction of the snow lotus, it is not completely out of danger yet. You need to decoct licorice and honeysuckle first. These two can relieve allergies and reduce allergic reactions as much as possible when drugs are insufficient. Hearing what Xu Yi said, Xin Shengyuan didn't dare to relax. Xing Yuesen next to him immediately called someone to boil the medicine. "How come she hasn't recovered from her asthma yet?" Xin Shengyuan asked anxiously. Xu Yi told him not to panic. He felt for his pulse and found that the snow lotus allergy symptoms did not continue to react strongly. He thought he had not been exposed to many allergens. He took back his hand and asked Xin Shengyuan: "What did she come into contact with before she became ill?" Xin Shengyuan calmed down and said, "I just ate a piece of mung bean cake." He touched his neck fearfully. She said with lingering fear, "But I also ate it, how could I be okay?" "If I thought correctly, this snow lotus girl cannot eat mung bean cake. After she ate one piece, she developed a rash, and the pathogenic factors entered the lungs, causing asthma. ." Xu Yi said slowly, while checking Xue Lian's eyes again. At this time, Xuelian had woken up, but she still felt like there was a stone blocking her throat, and she was so uncomfortable that she couldn't speak. Facing Xu Yi who was not shy about diagnosing her pulse with his hands and looking into her eyes, Xuelian felt her cheeks heat up with embarrassment and turned her head away without daring to raise her head, preventing Xu Yi from touching her eyes. Xu Yi was stunned for a moment: "..." He soon realized what he was doing, smiled helplessly in his heart, moved away silently, and explained sincerely: "The situation was urgent just now, so I apologize for behaving a little bit arrogantly. I hope you don't mind me." ." Xue Lian stood up, half-hanging her head, and shook her head slowly. Tao Qinghao looked at Xuelian, then at Xin Shengyuan, then at Xu Yi, and said to Xuelian: "The person who saved you is a doctor, his surname is Xu Mingyi, and he is a good friend of your brother Xin. Xuelian, you have to be good." Thank you, don’t waste my time saving you.”

Xue Lian raised her eyes. Her appearance was not outstanding, she could only be called Xiaojiabiyu. She had delicate features, and the most vivid thing was her tender almond eyes.

When she heard this, she knew that Tao Xiaolangjun was helping her out, and she quickly saluted Xu Yi.

"More...ahem...thank you...doctor..."

Her throat was damaged and her voice was hoarse.

Xin Shengyuan looked at her distressedly, took her hand and said, "Xuelian, sit down and stop talking."

"Okay, okay, let's see how scared you are." Tao Qinghao patted his friends on the back, Asked, "Something happened on the way, why did it take so long to come here?"

Xin Shengyuan was about to say, when he saw Zhuangzi's servants coming over in a hurry carrying bowls.

They hurriedly put aside what they were talking about and went to see how Xuelian was doing after taking the medicine.

After drinking this licorice and honeysuckle soup, it didn't take long for the red rash on Snow Lotus's neck to gradually disappear, and the edema in the throat also improved, making it less uncomfortable.

It's just not enough to completely cure this addiction. If it's fast, it can be cured in a few hours, if it's slow, it can take a few days. If the treatment is not thorough, it may turn from acute to chronic. In severe cases, it may last for months or years and may not heal for a long time.

This addiction rash is easy to get rid of, but it is difficult to get rid of it. The reaction caused by the snow lotus was so violent that Xu Yi told her not to come into contact with foods related to mung beans in the future.

Xuelian pursed her lips. She was afraid, so she just nodded.

At this moment, Xin Shengyuan, no matter how slow he was, came to his senses and asked her puzzledly: "You know you can't eat mung bean cake? Then why don't you say, you can eat it if I tell you to, and what will happen if you die?" Okay?"

Xue Lian gritted her teeth, knowing she was wrong, and choked out: "I didn't know it would be so serious, I just thought it would be uncomfortable for a while."

The eldest lady was afraid that her son would get bad teeth, so she wouldn't let him eat more sweets. Therefore, the small stove in the west wing garden does not prepare snacks very much.

However, Xin Shengyuan loved to eat mung bean cake and often asked the kitchen lady to make it secretly. Xuelian didn't know that she couldn't eat mung bean cake at first. Later, one time, Xin Shengyuan gave her mung bean cake to eat. Give the mung bean cake to the girl below.

Later, her throat felt uncomfortable after tasting it several times, so she stopped touching it.

However, she didn't dare to say this to Xin Shengyuan. As a big girl, there were many girls who wanted to take advantage of her.

This time Xin Shengyuan urged her to eat in front of her. Xuelian couldn't think about it for a moment, so she ate the mung bean cake.

Hearing that there was such a misunderstanding, Xin Shengyuan didn't speak for a long time.

For a long time, he said angrily: "Am I the kind of unreasonable man? You couldn't eat it but didn't tell me, it just made me worry in vain. Now you are crying in grievance, and you don't know that I bullied you." "

How could Xin Shengyuan have ever been so wronged? Xue Lian, who was getting angry as he spoke, waved his sleeves and walked away quickly alone. When he left, Xue Lian chased after him.

Seeing this, Xu Yi frowned without any trace.

Looking at Xing Yuesen and Tao Qinghao next to them, they did not show anything inappropriate about the master-servant relationship between Xin Shengyuan and Xuelian.

Did he think too much? Xu Yi thought to himself and followed his friends back to Zhuangzi without saying a word.

After all this fuss, everyone was half less interested in going to the back mountain to pick peaches.

"Not going?" Xu Yi felt a little regretful.

He really wanted to pick peaches.

Xing Yuesen said: "I asked people from Zhuangzi to pick a few baskets and bring them back to taste."

The peaches grown in Xingjia's Zhuangzi are late-ripening varieties, and the fruits only mature at the end of September. The fruits are not big, but the skin is thin and the flesh is thick. It's juicy, and when you tear open the pink peel, the pulp inside is soft and sweet.

The delicious peaches restored the harmony in the atmosphere.

Xin Shengyuan was not angry with Xuelian anymore and said dryly that he wanted to eat peaches.

Xue Lian squatted beside him and took some peaches for Xin Shengyuan to peel.

Xu Yi was sitting not far from her, looking at her almost whole neck, and said: "Miss Xuelian, I will give you a prescription later. When you go back, boil a few more medicinal decoctions and wait for your throat." Once you recover, you can stop taking the medicine."

Xuelian was grateful and quickly stood up to express her thanks.

They ate the peaches. The boys had already prepared pens and papers. Xu Yi sat down and wrote down the words.

He first wrote down the symptoms, and then wrote down one qian each for Fangfeng, Schizonepeta, and Cicada slough, and five fen each for Kochia bark, red peony root, and Astragalus membranaceus.

After writing, he told Xuelian and Xin Shengyuan: "One dose per day, taken twice a day. The medicinal soup should be decocted to 70% before drinking, and the second time reduced to 50%. All foods that need to be avoided are here "You should remember this in the prescription."

Xin Shengyuan took the prescription and asked, "Why can't you eat soybeans?"

Xu Yi said, "Although soybeans are not a herbal medicine, they can enter the spleen meridian. It is to relieve the poison of evil heat. Eating more soybeans can counteract it. It is better to eat less."

Xin Shengyuan nodded: "So there is such a saying. It seems that this thing should not be eaten indiscriminately."

Xu Yi listened. He smiled and told him not to panic. As long as he was not allergic to food, it was okay to eat it, but no matter how good the food was, he should still eat less.

Seeing that Tao Qinghao was still eating peaches, he reminded him not to continue eating.

Tao Qinghao put down the peach in his hand regretfully. He didn't have to listen to what others said, but he still had to listen to Xu Yi's words.

Not long after, the person in the kitchen replied and said that the stove was ready.

Xu Yi and the others moved their position and went to the stream at the foot of the back mountain. There was a pavilion set up by the stream. There were two tables side by side in the pavilion and two side stoves with different soup bases.

The stove below was already burning charcoal, and the soup in the copper stove above was gurgling.

Xu Yi glanced over and saw that one was a spicy soup pot base. The kitchen lady next to him introduced that the soup base was made from mutton bones that had been simmered for a day and a night until they became thick white. Fry the mutton in oil to give off a fragrant and spicy flavor, add it to the soup and simmer over low heat.

After smelling it for a while, there is the aroma of spicy oil.

The other side stove is pure soup base.

The kitchen lady said: "Nothing is added to the base of this soup. We only use the clear spring from the mountain behind Zhuangzi. There is no need to mix the salt. After the ingredients are rinsed, you can taste the freshness of the food."

"Not bad, not bad. Where is the meat?" Tao Qinghao Staring at the spicy soup base, I asked the kitchen lady.

Zao Niang told them not to worry, saying that this soup should not be eaten just like this, as it was very particular.

There is no seafood in Shu, but there is river food.

It’s not easy to buy river shrimps this season. Kitchen lady also searched for them for a long time before buying them.

She brought the river shrimps and boiled them in the soup. After they were boiled, she took them out. The boys next to her peeled them off and put them on a plate.

Not only that, the shrimp meat needs to be dipped in sauce. The sauce only contains ginger and scallion water, salt and soy sauce, and no other ingredients are added.

Xu Yi thought that eating it this way would taste ordinary, but he didn't expect that the river shrimp dipped in sauce would taste even sweeter.

It was the first time for Xing Yuesen and the others to eat on the side of the stove. They were also new to this way of eating. After discovering that the taste was surprisingly good, they stopped letting the kitchen lady and the boy wait on the side.

"It's fun to make the side stove yourself."

Tao Qinghao put in the mutton slices, rinsed them until the meat slices changed color and curled up, then took it out of the pot, dipped it in the sauce plate, and stuffed it into his mouth with a big mouthful. It was fresh and fragrant. The taste explodes in the taste buds, and the whole person is greatly satisfied.

Xu Yi scooped up a bowl of clear soup with shrimps and meat and drank it. He raised his eyebrows slightly. The soup was fresher than the meat.

He said: "Try this soup."

"What's so good about the soup?" Xin Shengyuan muttered, but his body honestly followed Xu Yi's example and scooped up the soup and drank it in small sips.

After drinking, he said "Eh" and said in shock, "Isn't this just an ordinary soup? How can it be so fresh?"

"I'll try it too."

Xing Yuesen was more steady. After drinking, he squinted his eyes and smiled. Said: "It's really good."

Everyone else said the same thing. Tao Qinghao, who was only focusing on eating meat, stopped rinsing the meat and drank a bowl together.

Then, the soup shrunk very quickly, visible to the naked eye.

Since everyone had drunk the soup, there was very little soup in the clear soup pot, so we could no longer continue to cook the meat.

Xing Yuesen called the boy over and asked him to go find the kitchen lady to add water.

The kitchen lady came over with a pot and looked at the little soup base left: "..."

The preferences of this rich kid are different. Ordinary people would like to eat an extra piece of meat, but they prefer soup.

Everyone enjoyed eating this side oven, and Xu Yi thought it was a good way to eat.

The ingredients retain their original flavor to a great extent, and it is also great to drink a bowl of hot soup in winter.

After the meal, the boys took the stove away.

Xing Yuesen planned to take them to Taoshan above to eat.

As a result, a boy came over anxiously and said that a few wild dogs had gotten into the back mountain from nowhere and ate the livestock raised by Zhuangzi.

The guardians of the courtyard have gone up the mountain to drive away wild dogs.