Chapter 1: Childhood

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Qinglong Mountain, from a distance, looks like a green dragon lying in the mountains. The clouds are orange and purple, towering into the clouds, and the legend says that the green dragon is the seven houses of the East, and has the appearance of the emperor.

Qingyang Town is located at the foot of Qinglong Mountain.

The warm sunlight shone on both sides of the street, and the people in the tea shop drank tea idly, not knowing what they were talking about, sometimes laughing, sometimes whispering.

The tempting aroma wafts from the taverns on both sides of the street, which makes many lazy people squatting on both sides of the street basking in the sun salivate. I touched my pocket, closed my eyes and continued to dream.

The bustling crowd, the lively streets, the children shuttling back and forth in the crowd, the sound of laughter and slapstick from time to time, the bargaining of women and vendors, and the shouts of shopkeepers soliciting customers in front of their houses, formed a peaceful and prosperous scene.

The Yangjia Pharmacy, in the northeast corner of the town, sits in the north and faces south, and the gate market is full of eight entrances and eight exits.

With a long neighing of horses, two officials rode horses from the direction of the downtown entrance in the north, and when they arrived at the gate of the Yang family's pharmacy, they grabbed the reins of the horse: "Huh."

The two turned over and dismounted, rushed to the door of the pharmacy, and shouted loudly: "Shopkeeper Yang, come out quickly, and say good news to you." ”

The surrounding villagers on the left and right sides listened to the voices and watched.

"Hey, you said that Yang Shopkeeper is a Lang Zhong who sees a doctor, what kind of happy things can there be in the family, is it not to cure the illness of the imperial mother, or which princess is optimistic?

"Don't talk nonsense, the princess is sick, and there is a royal doctor in the palace, how can you go here to find Shopkeeper Yang's doctor?"

"Why can't it? As for the medical skills of the shopkeeper Yang, within a radius of more than 100 miles, which one does not know, and which one does not know. ”

"I said, don't believe it, I've really heard of Shopkeeper Yang's grandfather, who really worked as an imperial doctor in the palace when he was young. ”

"Pull it down, those Chen sesame seeds, chaotic grains, how many years ago, why mention it? Look at it, won't you know when Shopkeeper Yang comes out in a while." ”

I heard the noisy voices of people outside the door, and I saw a person walking out of the door, more than forty years old, medium stature, thick eyebrows and broad eyes, giving people the first feeling that he was shrewd and capable, the lord of the eight-sided exquisite, with a loud voice, it was the shopkeeper of the pharmacy, surnamed Yang Mingfugui.

Seeing the two officials standing in front of the door, they hurriedly trotted forward to meet them, bent down and clasped their fists to salute.

"Hahaha~ It turned out to be Lord Zhao, what kind of wind blew the two adults here today, hurry up and invite the house. ”

"Hurry up and make tea for the two adults, and then ask the kitchen to make a few good dishes, and bring a few jars of high-quality wine, and I must accompany a few adults to drink a few cups today." ”

Shopkeeper Yang was talking politely to the two officials, and let the two officials go into the room.

"I said Yang shopkeeper, you don't have to be polite, today the two of us came to you, it was a business matter, and I will go back to the county government immediately after I finish it, so I won't disturb Yang shopkeeper You will make a fortune, and Yang shopkeeper is not an outsider, and I and my family members also have a lot of trouble for you on weekdays, so we don't have to see outside, they are all old acquaintances, let's talk about it verbally."

Your son was happy to be born in my Qingyang County Township Examination, so the county government sent me two to report and congratulate, and the shopkeeper Yang said hello to you! Haha~ Hurry up and ask your son to come out. ”

"Your son is young and promising, and his future is limitless, he will be a bachelor in the future, and he will be a Hanlin, and it will not be far away for you Yang Jiaguang to honor your ancestors! ”

"Look at what you said, Lord Zhao, Xiao'er is just a momentary blessing, and in the future, I can have half the ability of the two adults, and my Yang family can be regarded as the ancestral tomb is smoking. Hearing this, Shopkeeper Yang said modestly, but he was also quite happy in his heart.

"Shopkeeper Yang is polite!" the official surnamed Li also said next to him.

"Hurry up and call Tiancheng out for me," Shopkeeper Yang turned around and hurriedly instructed the young man at the pharmacy.

The young man hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper, the young master is not in the house, someone has already gone to look for it."

"You don't have to be so polite, since your son is not here, we will go back to deal with each other. ”

"This is an official letter from the shopkeeper, and when Yang Gongzi comes back, please hand over the handwritten letter to the shopkeeper, and we have other official matters, so we will leave. ”

"Oh, how can the two adults do this! The two adults have worked tirelessly for the children's affairs, and they have to drink a glass of water and wine before leaving! ”

"Haha~ The shopkeeper doesn't have to be polite, the coming day is long, when he is not busy, we will definitely come to ask the shopkeeper Yang for a glass of wine, today we do have other official business, I really can't get out of the body. ”

The shopkeeper Yang saw that the words of the two officials had come to this point, so he didn't insist, and hurriedly ordered the young man to take out the silver taels and give them to the two officials. "Thank you enough friends of the shop......keeper!

"The two adults walk slowly, and when the day is not busy, you must come and have a few drinks......"

"Definitely, definitely" The two officials laughed and walked away.

After sending off the two tolerances, the shopkeeper Yang and the neighbors exchanged pleasantries, took out the candy, and distributed it to the children who had been gathering in front of the pharmacy for a long time, and then returned to the backyard of the pharmacy.

Back in the private house where he lived, his wife Li Ruolan was standing in front of the door. Seeing the shopkeeper Yang coming back, he hurriedly asked, "What's going on outside the courtyard just now, why is it so noisy?" ”

Mr. Yang's shopkeeper and his wife Li Ruolan told Mrs. again about her son Tiancheng's admission to Tongsheng, and Mrs. was very happy to hear about it.

The husband and wife were talking, when the door opened, and a teenager walked in from outside.

The young man was seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a robe embroidered with green lines, but there was a trace of casual playfulness under his delicate face.

"Dad, mother, I'm back", the young man is the son of the shopkeeper and his wife, Yang Tiancheng.

"Tiancheng, you came back just in time, just now your father sent a little guy to look for you everywhere, you kid knows how to run around all day long, and you don't know how to read books" Mrs. Yang said Tiancheng in annoyance.

"Hehe, madam, you can be content, our son is good" Shopkeeper Yang seemed to be in a good mood.

"You protect your son all day long," the lady glanced at her husband.

"Tiancheng, my father told you that the official messenger in the county government came just now, and sent you an official letter, and you won the child in this year's township test in Qingyang, which is not bad, this is also a great joy for our Yang family. ”

"Well, I already know about it, I went to the teacher's house just now, the teacher has not been in good health recently, I prepared a little Chinese medicine for the teacher, and by the way asked the teacher some questions, on the way back I met the neighbors, they have told me about it, I am not in a hurry to go home."

"By the way, father, mother, the child just met his sister on the way back. My sister also found out about this, and said that she would come back with her brother-in-law later."

"Yes, great, otherwise I would like to send the little guy to call them over, just don't go, I'll prepare a meal, Xiaowan, I haven't seen her for a few days, and I miss her."

"It just so happened that our family also took this opportunity to reunite. ”

Mrs. Yang happily turned around and went to the kitchen to prepare the meal.

The sun was half set, and Tiancheng's sister and brother-in-law returned home. The young couple has been married for more than a year, and they have no children, brother-in-law Gao Yang, the family is solid, and the people are also loyal and honest, everything in the family is based on the temperament of the natural sister, although the life of the young couple is not rich and expensive, but it can be regarded as a taste.

Sister Yang Wan'er, born with a delicate face and a graceful posture, but there is a kind of fierceness in a pair of dark eyebrows, and she knows at a glance that she is not a fuel-efficient master.

The family is naturally very happy because of the natural thing, and the meal is also lively and delicious. Soon after the meal, Tiancheng's sister and his wife said goodbye to their parents and brother and returned to their own home.

Ordinary days, so fast, a month passed like this, and suddenly one day, the shopkeeper Yang of the pharmacy sent a young man to call his son Tiancheng to his own house in the backyard at noon.

Tiancheng came to his father's room, "Dad, what are you calling the child? Why didn't you see my mother?" ”

"Your mother, I'll go to your sister's house in the morning. said that I missed your sister, I guess I can come back in the evening, and today we are the only father and son left in the house."

Shopkeeper Yang picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of tea gently, and pondered for a while, "Your mother is not here today, and my father will tell you one thing."

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