Chapter 12 Study medicine

The pharmacy is a two-story small building facing west and facing the street. The main hall is three wide, with five rooms. There is a counter and a medicine drawer on the first floor, and the second floor is dedicated to the doctor's consultation. Simple and clean, clear and generous. After the pharmacy is a small courtyard, the main room is dedicated to the stewer's office, and the inverted seat is specially used to store medicinal materials. The west wing is separated by three rooms, and the two rooms in the south are pharmaceutical workshops, and the one in the north is dedicated to night watchmen.

The pharmacy manager's surname is Wan, and he is a short and fat middle-aged man. Xiaoxuan said that he was meticulous, conscientious and worth getting along with. When Rong Hui saw him, it was just as the snow melted and the wind was gentle and the sun was beautiful. He is dressed in white cotton and brown, holding the account book and checking the medicinal materials. The white clothes in the medicine rack are better than snow, and the windows in the hall are bright and clean, all of which are pleasing to the eyes. Rong Hui nodded and praised secretly: "It's true!"

When the stewman saw Xiaoxuan coming over, he hurried to welcome him out and invited him to make tea. Xiaoxuan smiled gently and interrupted softly: "Brother Wan is bothered. Isn't there a person in the pharmacy? I sent someone to my brother, and I'm sorry to take care of him!"

"Where are you talking about!" Wan was flattered and nodded repeatedly: "Definitely! Definitely!" Rong Hui saluted Wan Guanshi again and officially entered the pharmacy. Busy at the beginning of spring, Xiaoxuan turned back to the "Taishi Gate" after greeting him. Wan stewor personally explained the pharmacy regulations to Rong Hui, and Rong Hui kept it in mind: "Pharmaceutical... dry medicine... take the medicine alone."

There are also three deacons in the pharmacy, two men and one woman, both of whom are of the same age as him and are slightly The three of them were supposed to take turns vigil, but when they saw Rong Hui come in, they all showed their goodwill to him and pushed them, "The practice of the pharmacy is that the new vigil will be rotated for another year! This is also a good thing. It's a unique courtyard, just to devote yourself to practicing.

Rong Hui responded cheerfully and lived in the backyard of the pharmacy. Those three were a little sorry. In the evening, they specially asked the kitchen to add dishes to wash the dust for Rong Hui. After talking with each other, the girl's name is Wan Rong, who is the niece of Wan Guan. Not only is he beautiful, but he is also very cheerful. The other two are cousins. The elder brother's name is Qin Qin, who is calm and honest; the younger brother's name is Qin Mu, who is lively and agile, and both of them are very upright.

Rong Hui felt that the two brothers were full of sharp thorns and didn't like him. At first, he was surprised that he only said that he had offended them. After five dishes, I found that they were competing to please Wanrong, and then I knew that it was "a fair lady, a gentleman." When talking to Wanrong again, the perfunctory meaning is overflowing. The two brothers were very happy before they got close to Rong Hui.

After dinner, Wan Rong brought a pot of tea and discussed the scheduling with the three. "Taixu Gate" has been established for a long time, and all the reasons have been customized. Other deacons are fine, and they can finish their errands. The patient couldn't wait for the medicine, and the pharmacy had to wait from time to time, so they were divided into two shifts, and each group was on half a half shift.

Wanrong is in a dilemma. If he is on duty with his brother, his brother will not agree. If I accompany my brother on duty, my brother will not agree. If you accompany Rong Hui, neither of them will agree. Four people held each other for a long time, and Qin Mu suddenly had an idea: "It's better to divide into four days and line up eight shifts!"

In this way, each person can work at least once with the other three people, work one day in four days, and take a day off, which is reasonable. Rong Hui will also be relieved if he makes a little calculation. Seeing that the Qin brothers clearly aimed to be on duty with Wanrong, they couldn't help thinking of the prostitutes who went to the kiln. My heart moved casually and I was about to laugh. "Bang-", with a crisp sound, Wanrong's palm rose up.

She was furious and pointed to the three people and shouted in a low voice: "Who do you think I am, taking turns to accompany you?" Apricot's eyes are wide open, with shame and anger. A little bit of anger, even more charming.

When Rong Hui saw that he had also been taken away, he suddenly looked innocent and hurriedly asked the Qin brothers for help. There were many diners in the hall, and they looked sideways when they heard the noise. The Qin brothers waved their hands and explained: "misunderstanding, misunderstanding!" The shape is very embarrassing.

Qin Qin gently withdrew Wanrong's sleeves and asked her to sit down. Qin Mu hurriedly accompanied him: "We really don't mean that." He asked Rong Hui again, "Brother Li, you didn't mean that either!"

"There is no 300 taels of silver here!" Rong Hui frowned and slandered, "Stupid boy, at this time, it's too late to make amends. How can you justify it!" I had to pretend to be demented, scratched my head and laughed, "I haven't understood what you just said!" It also led to the topic: "What is divided into four days, eight classes. How to arrange? I still don't understand!"

This is the skill of arrangement and combination, and people who often take care of common affairs can do it. Rong Hui once learned to match ingredients and compile recipes in a restaurant, and the reason is the same. At that time, there were dozens of ingredients for melon, vegetables, fish and meat. There are several ways to stir-fry and fry. It is more complicated than this.

The topic was led to "schewing" again, and Qin Mu was grateful and explained with great interest. He was confident and sold a barrier first and asked about Rong Hui's birthday: "It's better to arrange the size first. There is also an order!"

Rong Hui told the truth: "I am a snake, born in the Double Ninth Festival!" The other three know the root, Qin Qin is the largest, Wanrong is the smallest, and Rong Hui ranks second. But when he saw the two brothers looking at each other, he couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong?"

"No...nothing!" Qin Mu smiled and said, "Let's line up like this. My brother is on duty on the morning of the first day, all day on the second day, rest on the third day, and on duty on the afternoon of the fourth day." He said that he dipped his fingers in tea and wrote down eight sets of numbers. Rong Hui saw that he and Wan Rong were on duty twice, and the two brothers had only one chance, which suddenly became clear.

Wanrong took a moment and remembered it in his heart. She is the focus of the matter. It is neither easy to agree or oppose, and there is no better arrangement, so she has to sigh and say lightly, "Since it has been decided, I will submit it to the paper tomorrow, right?" The voice was indifferent, and he got up and left as if nothing had happened.

The three of them got up, and Qin Mu greeted Rong Hui again: "Let's send our sister back first."

When Rong Hui saw Qin Qin following first, he was stunned. The back of his hand tightened and had been pulled out by Qin Mu. At present, it is time to hold the lamp. If you are alone, you will inevitably be criticized. If it is a group of flowers, it is enviable. As soon as he returned to the West Differentiation Hospital, he only felt the fragrance under his nose. Instead of being ashamed, he was particularly comfortable, so he generously became the "flower protector".

Wanrong and her people lived in a small courtyard, and the three of them were sent outside the door before saying goodbye to each other. Rong Hui took the key and went straight back to the backyard of the pharmacy.

His room is one foot wide and two feet deep. The door opens to the east. There is an Eight Immortal Table in front of the east window, a lamp and a pottery pot on the table, and a pine square chair in front of the table. There is a green curtain across the room, a hard bed behind the curtain, and a double-door wardrobe at the head of the bed. Zhou is upright and simple and clear.

Rong Hui lit the oil lamp, checked it a little, and then went back to the kitchen to fre water and wash. He was busy until he went to bed and lay down. According to Xiaoxuan's instructions, he guided his breath with intention. After three weeks, he walked for three weeks before he stopped and rested.

The snow melts during the day, the cold wind penetrates the bones, and the night is even colder. On the sixteenth of the first lunar month, the moonlight was bright and the silver glow was shining, which made the courtyard more quiet. Rong Hui was not sleepy for the time being, so he simply sat at the table and calculated his future: "The monthly routine of the head and the chief supervisor is 50 taels, the monthly routine of the supervisor is 30 taels, 15 taels for the first seat of each room, 10 taels for the second-class steward, and 5 taels for third-class steward. Two taels of the great deacon, one taels of the second-class deacon, 500 yuan for the third-class deacon, and there is no monthly case for martial arts disciples... Xixi's Shuqi is thirty taels a year, and the doctor's offering is also thirty taels a year. One set is often taken in each of the four seasons, with a separate courtyard, two children collecting medicine and dispensing children..."

The pharmacy is under the control of the warehouse, and Wan is a second-class stewer. Xiaoxuan is in charge of the "Insurgible Pavilion" and is a major stewel, and Rong Hui is now a third-class deacon. There is no accumulation of martial arts in his family, and he can't be the Xixi who teaches martial arts. He just wants to be a doctor. He can not only be hospitalized, but also has people to use him, and his life is also quite good. Thinking of Xiaoxuan and encouraging him, "When you recognize all the medicinal materials in the pharmacy and memorize the medicinal properties, I will promote you to second class." I'm more sure.

Rong Hui secretly planned and suddenly felt that his future was bright: "As long as Xiaoxuan takes care of him, he will work hard for a few more years and won't worry about a good life. And under her eyes, she can be pinched all the time, and there will be no change again. When I made up my mind, I felt that the rosin was in my nose, which was particularly comfortable. He exhaled a turbid breath in his chest, and his tiredness surged up, so he blew the lamp back to the inner room to sleep. There is only cold air in the room, and the moonlight is faint.

The cool wind attacks, and it is hard to withstand the spring cold. The dream of youth is good, and people are shocked. Rong Hui half woke up from a dream and shrank into a ball. Suddenly, he felt cool and hit his face. He couldn't help shivering and sat up. The sky was already hazy.

The pharmacy opened at the beginning of the year, and returned to Rong Hui and Qin Qin on duty in the morning. He didn't dare to neglect, got up, poured water to clean up, and went to the canteen too early. At the beginning of the Spring Festival, the canteen made spring cakes and rolled them with pickles, melons and vegetables. The mouth was crispy, delicious and thought-provoking.

Rong Hui ate two in a row before returning to the pharmacy to open the door. After a while, Qin Qin also came. At the beginning of the day. The morning sun rises, like a glow of fire, and everything is dressed in red. The two greeted him, and Rong Hui poured a cup of tea for Qin Mu and asked him for pharmacological advice.

Herb is divided into four flavors: cold, heat, warm and cool, and has five flavors of spicy, sweet, sour, bitter and salty. It is divided into four purposes: liter, descending, sinking and floating, and has a toxic difference. There is no end to creation. Medical skills have always been taught by mouth, and the son inherits his father's career. Even if there are famous doctors mentioned in the book, it is extremely difficult to publish medical books. If self-learners do not personally taste hundreds of herbs and try poisons, it is more difficult to see their paths.

Qin Qin was flattered. In a blink of an eye, he looked sincere. He happily picked up the tea cup, took a gentle sip, and agreed with a smile, "Well, there is a pharmacopoeia. I will teach you to recognize it." With a random finger, he is very angry.

Rong Hui held out a book of "Collection of Herbs" under the counter and opened the first page. He couldn't help but be surprised that it was wine. Qin Qin teased him: "Wine is the first of a hundred medicines. What do you write about without wine on the first page?" He also told Rong Hui: "The medicine has eighteen antis and nineteen fears. You'd better look at your back and pay more attention when grabbing the medicine. You can't make a mistake!"

Rong Hui kept it in his heart and asked, "There should be a lot of such precious medicinal materials in our pharmacy!" The two of them had a good heart and looked at each other and smiled. In the morning, Qin Mu taught him to recognize five herbs: wine, water, licorice, astragalus, ginseng and sand ginseng. However, they are all cut dry medicine, which is difficult to recognize if they are not experienced.

Qin Qin drew up another duty form and presented it to Wan Guan. Wan was drinking tea in the main room. After looking at the watch table, he couldn't help nodding and said, and told Qin Qin: "In spring, everything sprouts. If you are not on duty, you can pour medicine in the backyard to dry medicine. There is little rain on the mountain, and you can take turns to bask in the sun three times. Otherwise, the medicinal materials will be moldy, and it will be difficult to explain!"

Qin Mu nodded, thinking that he could be with Wanrong and happily agreed. Just as I was about to go out, I heard Wan's reminder: "The canteen has set up a new medicine garden. If you are growing medicinal herbs, you can also help!"

There are also vegetable gardens on the mountain, but they are not good enough. The radish and cabbage grown are a large circle smaller than those on the market. Qin Mu couldn't help frowning and asked, "Can medicinal herbs be grown on this mountain?"

"Isn't the hundreds of years of ginseng harvested in the mountains?" Wan Guanshi had already had his own opinion: "The medicinal materials are not compared with others. The slower they grow, the more expensive they are. Even if you can't take medicine, it's still a good thing!"

Ginseng is the "king of herbs" and must grow ginseng in the medicine garden. The ginseng produced in Lianshan is famous. Every summer and autumn, not only outsiders go into the mountain to steal picking, but also organize disciples to go down the mountain to collect ginseng. When you come and go, the wild ginseng is picked less and less, and then you start planting on the mountain.

Ginseng is divided into "forest ginseng" and "garden ginseng", and "forest ginseng" grows among the trees of the forest. It eats and drinks dew. It does not see the sun all year round. It grows by the aura of heaven and earth. It takes ten or 20 years before it can become a medicine for Wang Sun and nobles to enjoy. Garden ginseng is directly planted in the medicine garden. The water is fat and sunny. It can be harvested in three or five years and is specially for sale in pharmacies.

The Qin family is a big ginseng family. Qin Qin is familiar with it. He concluded that the garden ginseng was planted on the mountain. After saying goodbye to the steward, he went back to the lobby and told Rong Hui.

There are many doctors in the world who can diagnose and treat diseases and injuries. But there are not many people who know wild licorice. Rong Hui got this good opportunity, was happy, happily agreed, and asked Qin Mu, "Are we going down the mountain to collect medicine?" He pointed to the medicine cabinet to show that there was not much stock.

It is naturally a pleasure for young people to follow their masters, carry medicine baskets, and swim freely in the mountains and rivers. Qin Muxian was stunned and smiled: "These pharmacies from all over the world are offering!" Seeing Rong Hui's face full of doubts, he had to explain quietly: "Pharmaceutical merchants have to pass by the foot of the mountain... You know..."

Lianshan is bordered by the State of Zhao in the north, the State of Song in the east, and the State of Chen in the west. The two countries have to pay tariffs for trade. When the caravan transits from the foot of Lianshan, it only needs to send some gold and silk tributes, which is much cheaper than tariffs. And the "false view" does not plunder people's wives and daughters, and does not rob people's property, and also guarantees their peace. In the long run, merchants prefer to cross the border from the foot of Lianshan Mountain.

Rong Hui first heard that "too vain" still did these things, and finally knew that he had become a "green forest hero, a man in the world", which was angry and funny: "After all, the grass has fallen!"

Qin Mulian felt ashamed and quickly changed the topic: "Do you want to study medicine? That's a little!" He whispered: "When you meet someone upstairs to see the disease, just go up and make tea and see how the doctors look at the disease. When the prescription is prescribed, you can keep it in mind and think about it carefully. If you don't understand, just go up and ask. It's full of knowledge!"

Rong Hui wrote it down one by one, first recognized the medicinal materials and recited pharmacological. The next day, he returned to work all day. In the morning, Qin Mu taught him to recognize the five-flavored medicinal herbs of apricot ginseng, Platycodon grandiflorum, long pine, yellow essence and jade bamboo. In the afternoon, she returned to Wanrong on duty. She was wearing a half-arm jacket and a pleated skirt, which was bright and touching in the spring. As soon as he came, he took out a bag of kraft paper and stuffed it into Rong Hui: "Pack brown sugar, one bag and two taels. Turn a blind eye, listen without hearing, and don't think too much... You know..."

Rong Hui was puzzled. When he saw a female disciple coming in to get brown sugar, he suddenly realized. He blushed again and was ashamed, so he had to turn his back to the counter and dare not look more. He wanted to move more and turn into air.

After the female disciple left, Rong Hui breathed a sigh of relief. Wan Rong happily joked: "Doctor's parents, look at you, you won't have any bad ideas!"

Rong Hui retorted: "Since they are both parents, they are naturally strict father and mother. I'm a father, how can I care about the affairs in my daughter's room!" It's taken advantage of Wanrong.

"You..." Wan Rong was furious and raised his hand to hit him.

"Stop-" Rong Hui pointed to her and said, "I didn't say you. Don't sit in the right seat!"

If Wanrong is true, he will admit it. For a moment, she was so ashamed that she was so angry that she happened to have a female disciple to get brown sugar, so she flirted with her and deliberately angry with Rong Hui. When girls talk about home, it's always endless. The girl will also come. At the beginning of the words, she is reluctant to leave. In this way, Wanrong never paid attention to Ronghui.