Chapter 84

"Madam, you really can't do it. If this is spread, it will affect Dalang's reputation. How can you just let an unknown doctor look at the fetus?"

Mrs. Yang saw the half-lying Shi Baolan. Young Jiang, who was sitting on the brocade blanket, glanced at the gold and jeweled hairpin slightly dangling in her bun, and the Yamaguchi crown dotted with emerald green beads and inlaid with gold thread patterns.

There was an imperceptible greed in her eyes, and she continued to speak sincerely in the tone of someone who has experienced it: "Madam, I don't know. Madam, I have given birth to three children. I know that I occasionally feel uncomfortable during pregnancy. Madam, you are just bumpy on the road. What's wrong with you?" Just recuperate for two days. If you really feel uncomfortable, I will find a young lady for you after you stay at the inn in Yanting City."

As soon as she finished speaking, Madam Jiang held her hand and let go.

Her face was still ugly, but she was extremely disgusted with Mrs. Yang in her heart. Along with the pain in her lower abdomen, she felt that her eyes were black.

Seeing her unhappy expression, Mrs. Yang said "Hey" in fear.

Mrs. Yang was also a little afraid that something would really happen to the Jiang family. If something happened, Dalang would not spare her lightly. However, she is Dalang's wet nurse, and Dalang has respected her since he was a child. This time, he sent her to follow Jiang's family when he went out. Jiang's stay was only a year, and he could not decide on many things.

Besides, there is still an eldest lady above. Thinking of this, Mrs. Yang is not so scared anymore.

But he had to do a good job on the surface. He screamed twice, took out the handkerchief in his arms, and went to wipe the sweat on Jiang's forehead.

Suddenly, Jiangsu Yu next to her angrily pushed Mrs. Yang away.

Jiangsu Yu said coldly: "Stop talking anymore. It's not your mother-in-law's turn to discipline me. If my sister finds out and neglects my sister because of this, I, Jiangsu Yu, will be the first to refuse!"

After that, he He glanced at Mrs. Yang coldly.

Immediately, he turned around and got out of the car and asked the doctor outside to come up to the car.

Outside the carriage, Xu Yi stood beside the carriage, and the argument inside could be clearly heard.

He watched with eyes, nose, and heart, but was forced to listen to the other party's internal affairs, but he knew in his heart that this dispute would not last long.

After all, the woman who spoke was a servant and could not influence the master's decision.

Xu Yi thought about the young man with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes. If he was really that pedantic, he would not have the idea of ​​letting him get in the car.

Sure enough, the curtain in front of him was forcefully opened, and the young man got out of the car again.

Jiang Suyu shouted, "I'm sorry, Doctor Xu."

Xu Yi nodded and looked at him. Seeing his anxious look, he reminded him quickly, "I didn't bring a medicine box with me on this trip, so I could only take a rough pulse. If you really have an important problem, you have to go to the city quickly."

Jiangsu Yu's heart tightened: "I understand."

He turned aside and motioned for Xu Yi to get on the carriage.

Xu Yi supported the edge of the carriage and walked up. As soon as he entered the spacious carriage, he felt hostile eyes.

Xu Yi raised his eyebrows, glanced at Mrs. Yang, and focused on the pregnant woman without paying much attention.

The young pregnant woman lying on the soft couch looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a beautiful face like a flower. At this moment, there was a trickle of sweat on her forehead and temples.

She was wearing a thick brocade pink and purple wide-sleeved dress with a tube top pleated skirt underneath, and her belly was slightly bulging.

Xu Yi's movements were slightly stagnant: "..."

At such an age, he seems so out of place with this person who has been pregnant for six or seven months.

He sighed softly in his heart, squatted down slightly, and called the little lady first.

Mrs. Jiang's closed eyelids trembled slightly. She had become a woman and hadn't heard anyone call her "little lady" for a long time.

She opened her eyes weakly and was stunned when she saw a young man of the same age as Brother Yu.

"Are you a doctor?" Her voice was weak. Although her stomach hurt all the time, it was not to the point of coma.

Xu Yi nodded: "I'm Xu Yi, I'm about to diagnose my wife's pulse. Madam, please extend your right hand."

Mrs. Jiang half-squinted her eyes and stretched out her delicate hand.

These hands were as smooth as jade, delicate and slender hands that had never done any rough work.

Xu Yi lowered his eyebrows and took out a handkerchief from his pocket, placed it on the pulse diagnosis area, and then placed his fingers on the pulse line.

Through the veil, the pulse perception becomes weaker.

Xu Yi took a longer time to take pulse than before.

Jiang Suyu waiting next to her was a little impatient. Looking at Xu Yi who was sullen and silent, she became even more flustered.

"Doctor Xu, how is my sister?"

Xu Yi did not reply to him immediately, but took his pulse again and asked Mrs. Jiang to give him her left hand.

After a while, he took back his hand and looked at Jiangsu Yu and said, "My dear, this is stagnation of Qi and blood and damage to the fetus."

"Is it serious?" Jiangsu Yu looked at her sister and then at Xu Yi, " Will the fetus in the belly be in danger? "

This is the first child of my sister and my brother. After her sister had this child, she was hoping that the child would be born safely.

He didn't want to see his sister sad.

Xu Yi said: "It's not serious. It's caused by carelessness in daily life and fatigue on the road, which leads to the disorder of qi and blood. It is necessary to replenish qi and blood, nourish the kidneys and strengthen the fetus."

But he saw that Mrs. Jiang's face was pale and she had pain in her lower abdomen, so he was afraid. There are other causes.

Xu Yi glanced around, and finally his eyes fell on the incense bag hanging by the window edge.

He asked: "What's in that brocade bag?"

Mrs. Jiang stood up half-supported and said softly: "It's the soothing incense that my husband gave me, and it's filled with soothing medicines."

Xu Yi said: "Can you show me?"

Mrs. Jiang nodded.

So, Jiangsu Yu next to her took off the brocade bag and handed it to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi opened the brocade bag and poured the contents into the palm of his hand. There were sandalwood, Perrin, Angelica dahurica, mugwort and other medicinal materials.

These are indeed medicines that can soothe the nerves. They are rich in flavor. Wearing them for a long time can have the effect of moving the body temperature, calming the nerves and refreshing the brain.

Xu Yi thought that he was mistaken, but maybe it was just the chaos of Qi and blood caused by the fatigue of traveling and traveling.

Just as he was about to put the medicinal materials back into the brocade bag, he caught a glimpse of some dark brown powder in the brocade bag.

He paused, picked up the powder and sniffed it at the tip of his nose.

It's musk.

Some people grind musk into fine powder and put it together in a sachet. This sachet contains sandalwood, Perrin and other fragrant things. It is difficult to find it if you don't distinguish it carefully.

Xu Yi: "..."

Xu Yi poured the powder into his palm and stretched it out in front of Jiangsu Yu.

He said calmly: "This is musk. Pregnant women should not wear it for a long time, otherwise it will easily cause fetal instability."

"Musk?!"

Two voices exclaimed together.

Jiangsu Yu immediately pinched some and smelled it. Sure enough, it was musk!

Mrs. Yang on the side hurriedly approached to take the kit, but Xu Yi had already cautiously moved away from her, preventing her from successfully getting it.

Mrs. Yang was stunned unexpectedly, and said in shock: "Where did the musk come from? It's not just you talking nonsense, is it? This is the tip bag that Dalang gave to his wife."

The implication was that Dalang wanted to harm her. His own flesh and blood cannot survive.

The Jiang family siblings all felt chills in their hearts. They all knew that Xianggong Han would not do such a despicable thing, but the rest of the Han family did not know that.

Jiangsu Yu looked ugly: "Is it because of this kit that my sister's fetus is unstable?"

"Not necessarily." Xu Yi shook his head, not daring to draw a conclusion, "How long have you been wearing this?"

Lady Jiang was still frightened . He said: "Since I was pregnant, my husband has given me this kit."

Judging from the pregnancy, it has been more than six months.

In other words, I wore this kit for six months, no wonder.

When the siblings saw Xu Yi's expression, they knew she had abdominal pain, and this kit was the culprit.

When they looked at the kit again, their eyes were completely different.

Only Mrs. Yang was very uneasy. She knew that Dalang would not do this, so there were no more than three people who dared to take advantage of the kit.

Thinking of this, she felt uneasy. Although she didn't like this Jiang family, after all, the child she was carrying was Da Lang's biological child.

"Madam, you must never wear this kit again," she shouted.

No one in this carriage would know the dangers of this kit. Hearing what she said, there was not much reaction.

Mrs. Jiang held her belly and asked Xu Yi: "Is something going to happen to the child in my belly?"

Xu Yi said: "From the pulse point of view, the situation is not bad, but it is not suitable to travel again. Ahead is Yanting County. I would like to suggest "It's better to rest for a few days to take care of the fetus."

As for how to take care of the fetus, Xu Yi said that he would write a prescription, and Mrs. Jiang could go to the medical center to get the medicine when she went to the county town.

Jiangsu Yu looked at her sister and said softly, "Sister, we listen to Dr. Xu."

"But..." Mrs. Yang couldn't help but want to speak again.

Before she could say anything, she was frightened by the look in Jiang Su Yu's eyes and swallowed it back.

Mrs. Jiang nodded to her younger brother, and then said to Xu Yi, "I'm sorry, Doctor Xu."

She added, "This bag of tips can't be left behind for a while, but is there any way to prevent it from affecting me?

" Yi pondered, and saw several exquisitely crafted cages placed under the low seats of the carriage. To the right was a lacquered and gold-painted dressing box, and behind were several exquisite small-hand blue and white porcelain vases painted with orchids, no more than the size of a palm, covered with wood carvings. cover.

Xu Yi looked away and said, "Just put it in a bottle or a box and don't open it."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Jiang knew what to do.

Afterwards, Xu Yi restored the kit and returned it to Jiangsu Yu.

He asked Jiangsu Yu for a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and sat on the floor in the carriage with a pen writing prescriptions.

Xu Yi prescribed longevity pills for Mrs. Jiang, and took them together with Shengyu Decoction.

This Shoutai Pill is synthesized from four medicinal herbs: Cuscuta japonica, Loranthia sinensis, Dipsacus chuanxiuan, and Donkey-hide gelatin. Among them, dodder, locust and dipsacus are rolled into fine powder, and donkey-hide gelatin is melted with water and then added together to make pills.

The dodder in the prescription can nourish the kidney essence; the locust and donkey-hide gelatin are traditional Chinese medicines that nourish blood and reduce blood lipids. When made into pills, they can nourish the kidneys and relieve miscarriage. [Note 1]

Xu Yi saw that Lady Jiang’s face became even worse after learning that there was musk in the kit.

You know this matter had a great impact on her.

As for the other Shengyu Decoction, it is mainly used to replenish qi and blood, and treat restlessness. The medicines changed according to the symptoms, so Xu Yi made additions and subtractions in the medicinal materials and dosage.

This recipe is recorded in the "Yizong Jinjian", which is the four kinds of medicine: Siwu Decoction Angelica sinensis, Chuanxiong rhizome, white peony root, and Rehmannia glutinosa, plus ginseng and astragalus, and Xu Yi added moxa leaf charcoal. For Mrs. Jiang, Siwu Decoction can nourish qi and blood, ginseng and astragalus can nourish qi and stabilize the body, and moxa leaf charcoal can stop bleeding and stabilize the fetus. [Note 2]

The combination of Shoutai Pills and Shengyu Decoction can better nourish the kidneys and strengthen the fetus, replenish qi and blood.

Xu Yi wrote down the dialectical pathogenesis and prescription, and then handed it over to Jiangsu Yu.

Seeing that Mrs. Jiang's stomach still hurt, he asked them if there was any needlework in the carriage.

Mrs. Jiang didn't know what he needed needlework for, but there was a sewing box in the carriage.

She looked at Mrs. Yang and asked her to take out the sewing box.

Mrs. Yang wanted to use the eldest wife's momentum to overwhelm others, but now the siblings don't care about her anymore.

This young doctor seemed to have some tricks up his sleeve, and Jiang's fetal image was unstable because he had been wearing the kit for a long time. If this man hadn't discovered that the kit was wrong, what would have happened next would have been disastrous.

She turned around and dug out a delicate lacquered box from a cabinet and held it in her arms.

She did not rush to give it to Xu Yi, but said: "This is my wife's sewing box. Doctor Xu, if you want anything, just tell me and I will give it to you."

Xu Yi looked at her deeply: "I want two pieces of silver." Do you have the needle?"

Mrs. Yang nodded, she did have the silver needle.

Most of the embroidery needles used in ordinary people's homes are made of iron, but the sewing boxes of wealthy people are exquisite and small, and the embroidery needles used are mostly made of silver.

She opened the box and took out two thin silver needles and handed them to Xu Yi.

After Xu Yi took it, he asked for another oil lamp.

At this time, the Jiangsu Yu siblings already knew what he was going to do.

Xu Yi also said to them: "I will do some acupuncture for the lady first to relieve the symptoms."

"Thank you so much, Doctor Xu." Mrs. Jiang was grateful.

This place is still several miles away from Yanting County. Even if you reach the county seat, you still have to find an inn and go to a medical center to get medicine and decoction. It was not easy for Mrs. Jiang to endure for such a long time.

In particular, she had chosen to let Xu Yi see her fetus, so why bother coquettishly now.

Xu Yi was talking to Mrs. Jiang while sterilizing the silver needle in his hand with the fire of an oil lamp.

When the temperature of the silver needle cooled down, Xu Yi held it steadily with his wrist and inserted it bit by bit into the Hegu point of the muscle on the back of Lady Jiang's hand.

A few seconds after the pricking, Mrs. Jiang's abdominal pain was relieved, leaving only a trace of intermittent pain.

It didn't take long for Xu Yi to take off the needle and remind Jiangsu Yu who was looking a little startled.

"Jiang Xiaoguan, it's getting late, we'd better set off as soon as possible." Xu Yi said.

Jiangsu Yu came to his senses and quickly took out the silver money and gave it to Xu Yi: "Thank you very much, Doctor Xu. This is a small amount of gold. I hope Doctor Xu will accept it."

Xu Yi glanced at the silver money Jiangsu Yu handed over and did not refuse it pretentiously. The land was harvested.

He said: "If you have any questions, you can come to see me at Xu's house in Shijing Lane, South Street."

Jiangsu Yu cupped his fists and said, "Su Yu knows."

Xu Yi didn't say more, he opened the curtain and got out of the car, went back to On top of Uncle Liu's bullock cart.

Uncle Liu and A Xu in the car were both nervous about him, but they didn't dare to disturb Xu Yi privately. When they saw him back, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Doctor Xu, did you go to see someone?" Uncle Liu asked him happily.

Xu Yi nodded and did not say who he was treating.

The young woman in the carriage looked like a noble lady of high status. Nowadays, noble ladies began to learn to be particular about showing their faces to others when they were out, let alone being so close to a strange man.

It doesn't matter that he can't treat the doctor. The main reason is that the servant is hindering it. Xu Yi could tell what kind of face Mrs. Yang was like after getting along with her.

I just found a doctor on the way to see a doctor, and he could say something "disgraceful to my reputation". He didn't take this young woman seriously at first glance. When I met the so-called old man, I didn't know how he would arrange it.

But life is precious. Mrs. Jiang and her brother were unwilling to listen to the mother-in-law for the so-called reputation.

Now that we have reached this point, we naturally need to take good care of the fetus.

As for who put the tip in the musk bag, that is the house fight that the other party has to face.

Xu Yi sighed in his heart, as expected, house fighting really existed.

The bullock cart they were riding in slowly followed the carriage, but the carriage did not move very fast in order to take care of the physical condition of the pregnant woman.

More than half an hour later, horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts entered the county town one after another. At this time, a person got out of the carriage.

Jiangsu Yu specially came over to say goodbye to Xu Yi, and then the two cars parted ways in the east and south.

...

On the second day, Xu Yi was processing the dug medicinal materials in the yard.

A Xu and A Jin rolled up their sleeves and put the rhubarb in the basin to wash. At this time, He Qiulin from next door came over and joined in when he saw them busy.

Several people were busy surrounding the rhubarb, isatis root and gastrodia elata that had fallen on the ground.

During this period, Xu Yi also told them one by one how to distinguish these medicinal materials, what their medicinal properties are, what they can treat, which medicines they will conflict with, etc.

He doesn't need these people to be able to remember it in one go. This thing should be read, heard and asked more often.

A Xu and A Jin were no longer confused as they were before. After Xu Yi finished speaking, he asked them what the functions of rhubarb were, and they all remembered about it.

On the other hand, He Qiulin, because he had never had much contact with medicinal materials before, he did not know many medicinal materials. Apart from angelica and wolfberry, there was only honeysuckle.

"These medicinal materials look like, I really can't tell why this one is called rhubarb and this one is called gastrodia elata." He Qiulin sighed.

Xu Yi laughed and said: "This rhubarb has different shapes. It has a rough skin on the outside. This skin needs to be removed and then dried in the sun before it can be used as medicine."

"But if you look at this gastrodia elata, it looks more like It’s a short and fat radish, but it has circles of lines, it’s not rough to the touch, and it’s lighter in color than rhubarb. This is due to the difference in shape. “

As for the taste, the two are quite different.

The smell of Gastrodia elata is stronger. Just cut it slightly and the strong medicinal aroma inside will come out.

Listening to what he said, He Qiulin was no longer as confused as before when he looked at the rhubarb and gastrodia elata, and he could tell a few things.

Wash the medicinal materials, wipe them dry with a rag, and spread them one by one in the yard to dry.

After drying for a few days, Xu Yi saw that the dryness was almost the same, so he cut them into slices with a medicine knife and spread them on a dustpan to dry in the sun.

This time, they can be placed in the kitchen, where cooking is often done, and the high temperature of the fire at the mouth of the stove can speed up drying.

...

On this day, Xu Yi was treating a patient with an eye disease, prescribing eyewash, and when he was sending the person out, a donkey cart stopped in front of him.

The curtain of the carriage behind the donkey cart was lifted, and it was Xing Yuesen.

Xu Yi was a little surprised and said: "Today is not a holiday."

"Tomorrow we will be giving porridge outside the City God's Temple. I asked the teacher for leave and he agreed." Xing Yuesen was in a good mood. After talking to Xu Yi, he left Handlebar style to carry things off the car.

He told Xu Yi that he was here to give gifts today.

This gift is very unique and elegant. He was brought here specifically because he asked Xu Yi to be the doctor at the temporary free clinic.

Free clinics have meaning. As a doctor, Xu Yi has difficulty collecting money.

However, the hard work of the past few days must also be paid, but it is not a transaction in money, so both parties have fallen into the trap.

So the gift Xing Yuesen brought was two boxes of ordinary things.

One of the boxes contains rice, flour, fruits and vegetables. It contains a box of fine white rice, a box of fine white flour, a pot of seasonal vegetables and a pot of fruit.

There are not many fruits in winter, so this pot of fruits is actually dried fruits. There are four pieces of dried peaches, dried plums, raisins and dried apricots.

The other box contained charcoal, cloth, lamp oil, and candles.

The Xing family has a big business, and Xing Yuesen picked out all the good things. The value of these two boxes of gifts is not low. If they are pawned in the Changsheng Treasury, they can get back more than ten dollars.

He was so generous when he made a move. Xu Yi hesitated for a while, wondering whether to accept it or not.

Xing Yuesen looked like he had roundworms in his stomach and said with a smile: "This is etiquette. Brother Yi, you have to accept it if you don't want to accept it, otherwise you just don't want to come to the free clinic."

Xu Yi: "..."

Is this really true?

He suspected that Xing Yuesen made it up randomly to get him to accept the things.

After being instructed by her husband, Chezi Shi carried the gifts to the yard one box after another, not allowing Yi to refuse.

Helpless, Xu Yi had no choice but to accept the gift.

He was already thinking about how to give the same gift back.

Is it possible to send agarwood again?

The two entered the house, and Xu Yi asked A Xu to make a pot of black tea.

Xing Yuesen sat in the slightly crowded main room, drank the black tea brought by A Xu, and said, "Brother Yi, have you noticed why this main room is getting narrower and narrower?"

Xu Yi blinked, that's right, he Half of the main room was divided into a clinic, and a lot of things were stuffed around it.

With such changes, the Xu family today is a bit too small for him.

These days, he has been thinking about whether he should go to Manager Huang and ask if there is any house that is suitable for him that is listed for sale.

Xu Yi said: "It's a bit smaller. Now that there are two more people in the family, things are being added little by little. With more things, the space will naturally become smaller."

He told Xing Yuesen about the idea of ​​buying a house, but I just don’t know what the price of a house in Yanting County is.

If it doesn't exceed one hundred and fifty guan, he has enough money.

When Xing Yuesen heard that he was interested in buying a house, he thought about it and asked, "Brother Yi, where do you want to buy a house? Is it still on South Street? Or somewhere else?"

Xu Yi shook his head: "I haven't thought about it yet.

" I've been busy these days and haven't asked Manager Huang yet. Xing Yuesen said :

"How about I go ask you about this?"

Xu Yi raised his eyebrows: "?"

"In the past few days, I heard that the other party intends to sell this house."

He told Xu Yi that the location of the house was good, the house inside was quite new, and the house was not too big when he entered the yard, so it was just right for Xu Yi.

Seeing Xing Yuesen say this, Xu Yi was also moved.

"Then please ask Brother Yue Sen to ask more questions for me." Xu Yi smiled at him.

Xing Yuesen said bluntly that it was a trivial matter.

It's a pity that such a big thing as buying a house cannot be rushed, so this matter needs to be put aside for the time being.

The most important thing now is to provide porridge in the Xing family tent and open a free clinic tomorrow.