ancient female doctor

Chapter 12 Deerbite Grass (3)

After another three days, because the weather was fine, the deerbite and other herbs were completely dry.Originally, Qingzhu wanted to take advantage of these few days to go up the mountain to dig some herbs, but Qingshan saw the broken blood blisters on Qingzhu's palms and the scratches on his face and hands.After going up the mountain for a day, Qingzhu was indeed tired, and his health was not good, so he rested for a few days.

Fortunately, there is still a small bag of brown rice and eggs sent by the village head's wife at home, so there is no shortage of food.In addition, Qingshan would go to dig a basket of wild vegetables every day, and the family's food would last another seven or eight days, so there would be no problem.

On this day, the rooster crowed and the green bamboo got up, and the breakfast was ready and eaten. It was still dawn, and the outside was still hazy, and the road could not be seen clearly.

Originally Qingshan was going to accompany Qingzhu, but Qingzhu saw that Qingshan was sleeping soundly, so he went out quietly by himself.Still carrying a basket, small bundles of herbs and green bamboos collected earlier were trapped together in different categories.But this is dry, naturally very light.

As for the three round-leaved deer grasses, Qingzhu was careful and careful, wrapped them in a clean cloth, and put them in his bosom.

Xiajia Village is actually quite convenient. There is a small pier at the entrance of the village, and it is more convenient to go to the county seat or state capital by boat.Although it is best to go to the county town or even the state town to buy these medicinal materials, but Qingzhu is too shy, and the family can't even afford the two cents for the boat fare, so he can only choose to walk to the nearest market.

The nearest market to Xiajia Village is Wangjiaji more than ten miles away. Today is the day to go to the market. There are quite a lot of pedestrians along the way, and occasionally you can even see a bullock cart driving people past.

When I was digging medicine in the mountains, I didn't feel how tired my legs were, but my feet hurt for a long time after I went back.But after walking for more than ten miles, Qingzhu really felt that his legs were about to break. The wild vegetable porridge with clear soup and little water in the morning seemed to have been completely consumed, and his stomach began to feel empty, as if he had no strength in his body. .

After finally arriving at the market, there was only one medical clinic, but Qingzhu inquired about it, and said that the doctor in this medical clinic was surnamed Li.

There are only two streets up and down the market, and the medical center is down the street.Qingzhu walked to the entrance of the medical hall, and there was a plaque above the entrance of the medical hall, with the words "Renxintang" written on it.

Right now there are patients in Renxintang. A doctor is sitting on the table on the right side of the medicine hall, prescribing a prescription. In front of him is a man in short clothes and shorts, and there are three or four people standing behind him.

Inside the counter was a [-] or [-]-year-old, quite clever boy, who was quickly filling the patients in front of the counter with medicine.

It looked quite busy, and Qing Zhu didn't want to disturb her at this time, so she just stood quietly, waiting for the doctor and the assistant to finish their work.

Wait until almost noon.When everyone was gone, the doctor shouted at Qingzhu: "Little girl, do you want to see a doctor? Come here."

Hearing the sound, Qingzhu passed by, and whispered respectfully on her face: "Doctor Li, I'm not here to see a doctor."

"Didn't you come to see a doctor?" Dr. Li glanced at Qingzhu and said, "If you are sick, get treated early, but don't delay it until the end because you don't want the money, and it will become a serious illness. At that time, no matter how much money you have, it will be useless."

"Yes, what you said is too correct, isn't that the reason." Qingzhu agreed with Dr. Li's words, and said with a smile.

"So, you little girl, don't hide it. I don't think you look very good. How about I feel your pulse?" Dr. Li said, looking at Qingzhu.

"Don't bother you, I'm just physically weak. I just fell ill not long ago, so it's nothing." Qingzhu smiled and said to Dr. Li.

"Oh, this is just recovering from a serious illness. No wonder your complexion is so bad. Come on, I'll take your pulse. Don't worry, if you don't need to take medicine, I won't charge you for the consultation fee." Doctor Li pushed the pulse pillow as he said.

Seeing this, Qingzhu couldn't refuse anymore.Place your wrist on top of the pulse pillow.

Dr. Li put his fingers on Qingzhu's wrist, closed his eyes, and said after a while: "It's really not a serious problem, but it's too weak, and I need to warm it up. But ah, taking medicine doesn't help much, the key is , you still have to eat enough..." At this point, Dr. Li's voice stopped abruptly.

Although Qingzhu's clothes were washed clean, they were patched with patches, and her hair was tied with strips of cloth, not even a wooden hairpin.In addition, Qingzhu looks like a little girl, but about ten years old, most people, no matter how poor they are, would not let such a young girl go to the market alone.

The world is difficult, and there are more and more Hanako kidnappers...

Presumably this little girl is either her elders in her family are seriously ill, or she is lonely and helpless.If the elders in the family are seriously ill, the little girl doesn't show any anxiety on her face, so she is an orphan.

Oh, it's hard...

Doctor Li thought in his heart, but shook his head.

"Doctor?" Qingzhu looked at Doctor Li's appearance and called out tentatively.

"Oh, little girl, you don't see a doctor or take medicine, what are you doing here at Renxintang?" Dr. Li came back to his senses, looked at Qingzhu and asked.

"Doctor, it's like this. I want to ask, do you accept herbal medicine here?" Qingzhu said, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she felt a little embarrassed.

From the previous life to the present life, it was the first time for Qing Zhu to sell things, so she was naturally a little embarrassed.

"The medicinal materials have to be collected, but usually they are bought by familiar herbal pickers..." Dr. Li frowned when he heard Qingzhu's words.

Hearing what Dr. Li said, Qingzhu naturally understood what he meant, but the family was struggling, and she couldn't care about other things, so she hurriedly asked, "Why don't you show me? These are the best medicinal materials for me. .”

"Then take it out and let me have a look." Doctor Li looked at Qingzhu's appearance, feeling a little unbearable in his heart, and changed his words.

"Hey, good." Qingzhu listened, his heart relaxed, he quickly put down the pannier on his back, and brought it in front of Dr. Li.

Dr. Li took out the medicinal materials in the green bamboo basket, looked carefully, put them in his nose and smelled them carefully, and said to Qingzhu: "They are all commonly used herbs, but they are indeed the best ones. They are picked from Daqingshan, right?" ?”

"Yes." Qingzhu replied with a smile in her eyes.

"Did you pick it?" Dr. Li looked at Qingzhu's eyes and asked curiously.

"Yes." Qingzhu nodded again and replied.

"Little girl, you are quite courageous." Dr. Li shook his head when he heard the words. If it weren't for the difficult times in the world, it would not be wrong for a little girl to venture into the mountains to beg for a living. Thinking about it, his heart softened, and he said : "These herbs of yours are all good, you can use them when you cut them into pieces, I accept this."

"Thank you Doctor Li, thank you Doctor Li." Qingzhu was overjoyed when she heard the words, and thanked repeatedly.

"Okay, don't thank you, but ah, my ugly words are up front, your herbs are all common and worthless, and there are rules in this industry, and I can't just break the rules. You For these, I can only give you twenty Wen." Doctor Li now changed his face to look like a businessman, pointing to the herbs in the bamboo basket, and said to Qingzhu.

Qing Zhu has figured out a long time ago that a penny in this place is roughly equivalent to a dollar in modern times, but a penny here is much more expensive than a dollar in modern society.Twenty Wen, that is, 20 yuan, I didn't expect that I worked hard for a long time, and it was worth such a little.

"What's the matter? Girl, this price is fair to you. I didn't bully you. Are you selling it or not?"

Seeing that Qingzhu was a little dazed, Dr. Li felt a little unhappy, and he thought that Qingzhu thought he had too little money.Although the [-] Wen of these medicinal materials were a little less, he followed the rules and didn't cheat her.He opened a medicine hall, not a shantang.These days, many good deeds are done, and people die early.

"Sell, sell, thank you Doctor Li. I just, I was overjoyed just now, please don't take offense, Doctor Li." Seeing Doctor Li's unhappy face, Qingzhu immediately realized it and apologized quickly.

"Well, that's good. To be a man, you have to know how to measure." Dr. Li's complexion improved after hearing Qingzhu's words, but his tone was not as friendly as before, and he shouted to the counter: "Banxia, ​​take twenty Wen Qian comes here."

"Okay, Master." The boy at the counter responded and brought over a small string of copper coins.

Dr. Li took the copper coins, counted them carefully in his hand, then handed them to Qingzhu, and said: "Take it and count it, twenty coins, one penny is not a lot, and this rope will be given to you."

"Yes, thank you Doctor Li." Qing Zhu took the copper coins and was about to put them into his sleeve without counting them.She watched Doctor Li count just now, if she took it and counted again, it would be a bit of a slap in the face to Doctor Li.

What Qingzhu didn't expect was that Dr. Li was very serious and said: "Count, count first, you put it in your pocket, I don't recognize it."

"Yes." Qingzhu stood up to Dr. Li's words, but she followed the good advice, really counted the copper coins again, and said: "It's exactly twenty coins, one is not bad."

"En." Dr. Li watched Qingzhu's movements and nodded in satisfaction.He is the most serious person when it comes to money, and he will not owe others, but others should not even think about taking more money from him.

Qingzhu took the money and left Renxintang.Originally, she brought the deer nipple grass just to see if she could sell it, but seeing Dr. Li's penny-pinching look, she didn't want to come out.But when she walked out of the gate of Renxintang, she was tangled again.

Although Dr. Li is stingy, he is not deceitful.In case she went to sell in the town or county and met a villain who bought and sold them by force, or even refused to give him a penny, she would have nowhere to complain.But no one would stand up for her, a helpless orphan, she had already figured this out.

Rather than being robbed, it would be better to sell it to Dr. Li... At least he doesn't look like a bad person except for being stingy.

Thinking of this, Qingzhu turned around and walked back.

In fact, after struggling for a long time, Qingzhu only walked a few feet away, and walked back in a few steps.

"Hey, little girl, why are you back again? Is there anything else?" Dr. Li asked curiously as he watched Qingzhu go and return.

"Yes, Doctor Li, please take a look at this." Qingzhu said while carefully taking out the cloth-wrapped deer grass from her bosom, put it on the table, and opened the cloth.

"What's the matter..." Dr. Li looked at Qingzhu's movements, and spoke impatiently, but before he finished speaking, he swallowed the rest of the impatient words.

Dr. Li was speechless for a while, before he realized that he almost rushed, leaned over and gently picked up a herb, his hands trembling, and his mouth trembled: "This...is this round-leaf deer nipple?"

　Ask for collection~ask for fattening~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)