Mountains

Lifan sat next to the stone table, drinking the rice wine that his apprentice bought for himself when he went down the mountain for the first time, peeling melon seeds in his hand, and licking the candy with relish on the side.

Lifan thought to himself, this apprentice is not only talented, but also quite filial, most of the change recovered from buying rice was spent on buying things for myself, although the money is not much, it is rare to have this heart. But just going down to buy things every day is not very helpful for him to integrate into society, and he has to find a way to make him more vigorous. Thinking of what he had done under the mountain before, Lifan had an idea in his heart, turned his head to Zhu Siqi and said:

"Apprentice, although you have done everything I told you to go down the mountain today, but this will not help you to experience the life of the society, you must know that the things you buy today can be done by children of several years old under the mountain, I see if it is for you to find a job under the mountain, so that you exercise more, what do you think?"

"Master, what do you think I can do now?" Zhu Siqi did not have much confidence in himself. He didn't know that he was carrying a treasure mountain and didn't know it.

"You can do a lot" Fan deliberately teased him "anything to sweep the floor, wash the dishes, lay hands, be an apprentice or anything"

"Master, I've been studying for more than ten years, so I can only do this kind of thing!" Zhu Siqi was anxious.

"Haha" Seeing the apprentice's anxious look, Fan Fan smiled, "Of course it's more than that, in fact, there is a suitable thing for you to do as a teacher, there is a Santang pharmacy in Santang Market, where the doctor is surnamed Deng, when I was a doctor in the mountains, I admired me very much, as long as you go there, as long as you say that it is my apprentice, he will definitely be willing for you to stay and help him." ”

Seeing Zhu Siqi's appearance when he opened his mouth to respond, Li Fan immediately continued, not giving the apprentice a chance to open his mouth, "In fact, there is another way, that is, just like when I was a teacher, set up a stall in Santang and treat others by myself, you have read so many medical books and memorized so many prescriptions, there should be no problem." ”

As soon as Zhu Siqi heard that he could do it himself, of course he was willing, but he was not very clear about his own ability, and said to the master with a questioning tone: "Master, seeing a doctor and prescribing prescriptions is a matter related to the lives of others, although I am familiar with medical books, memorize tens of thousands of prescriptions, and I also know a lot of strange prescriptions, but I have been giving people a pulse from the end, are you not afraid that I will lose your face when I arrive?" Zhu Siqi also heard the master's ridicule of himself, and his mood was relaxed, and he fought back against the master.

Seeing that the apprentice was not fooled, he could only tell him the truth, "You practice internal strength every day, and you should be quite familiar with the structure of the human body, if you don't know how to judge the pulse, you can directly send a trace of true qi to the other party's body to check it, and it is very easy to find the cause, in fact, the most important thing in treating the disease is to find out the cause in order to prescribe the right medicine, and you have this innate advantage, where will there be the opportunity to take the wrong pulse?" And you know all kinds of pulses, in the future, you will have more pulses, and you will print the pulses mentioned on the certificate one by one, and then you don't need to send true qi, you will naturally be very accurate. ”

"It turns out that I'm so powerful, I don't even know it" Zhu Siqi was happy now

"Are you willing to set up your own stall?" asked Lifan.

"Yes, I'd rather be the head of the chicken than the queen of the cow, this is my first step out of society!" Zhu Siqi is now confident and arrogant.

"That's good, in order to increase the motivation, I will also put pressure on you, after you set up a stall, in addition to providing the two of us with living materials on the mountain, you can pay another hundred yuan every month" Fan finally fell out of his original intention: now is the time to enjoy, in the past ten years, I have to think about how to maintain the lives of the two masters and apprentices, now it's okay, someone has taken over.

At this point, the words were spoken, and Zhu Siqi could only acquiesce to what the master said

"I'll go down the mountain tomorrow to set up a stall, I don't believe I can't earn 100 yuan a month" After saying that, he immediately took action, preparing pens, paper and other items

"You can't be in a hurry about this, with the experience of being a teacher, you are not well-known now, and Chinese medicine is more and more popular the older you get, you will go tomorrow and you may come back how you go. "Lifan was afraid that he would be impatient, so he hit him a little.

"Then what should I do, Master, you give me an idea" Zhu Siqi asked Master for help

"Well, this is the last time I've given you an idea, and you'll have to decide for yourself in the future. "I want to cultivate the apprentice's sense of independence, but when it comes to the situation, I still can't help but want to help him on the side, fortunately, this is the best time to change my words, apprentice, it's up to you in the future!

"You should go to set up a stall on the next market day, there will be a lot of people, and there should be a lot of people to see a doctor, and the Santang Pharmacy will definitely be too busy at that time, and someone will look for you." You must fire this first shot, and by the next market day, if the patient who has eaten your prescription is cured, you should be able to set up a stall there regularly. "Sure enough, the ginger is still old and spicy, and I suddenly came up with a good idea.

"Thank you, Master, you should be able to succeed now. After listening to the master's words and deeds, Zhu Siqi had a bottom in his heart, and walked back to his house to take out the medical book and review it again.

Four days later, it was the day of the Santang Gathering.

Zhu Siqi came to the market early, first went to Santang Pharmacy to visit the sitting doctor Deng Dafu there, Dr. Deng knew that it was the apprentice of Master Fan who used to set up a stall here to see a doctor, he was very polite, I heard that this young man also wanted to set up a stall here, I was very surprised, not that I didn't believe it, others may not understand, he knew Fan's ability. Just amazed at his age, only in his teens!

After knowing his intention, Dr. Deng found him two chairs and a table at the back of the pharmacy and lent him a table.

After Zhu Siqi thanked Dr. Deng, he moved the table and chairs to the place not far from Santang Pharmacy and set up the first stall in his life, why is it so close to the pharmacy, in fact, he also has ideas in his heart. The people who come to Santang Pharmacy are all coming to see the doctor and grab medicine, and there will be stalls that some people will see when they are close, and they have invisibly borrowed the fame of Santang Pharmacy, which is really a good shade under the big tree.

Then I picked up a small wooden board on the side, pasted a piece of white paper on it, took out a brush and wrote on it the words 'see a doctor and prescribe a prescription' and stood on the table. Why don't you write words like 'Hua Tuo is alive', 'Bian Que's resurrection' and 'Specializing in the treatment of incurable diseases', he also has thoughts in his heart, he is too young, no matter how good he writes, it is better to write his own prescription, if he writes such words, it doesn't matter, what he is afraid of is that he thinks he is a liar, then he can only close the door today.

Time passed slowly, the flow of people on the set began to increase, when people passed by his stall, as soon as they saw his 'sign' eyes moved, and then turned their heads to see his young appearance and turned to walk forward, even if someone wanted to come closer to ask, there were people on the side who did not let them come, and they all went directly to Santang Pharmacy.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Siqi was also secretly anxious in his heart, it is not my fault that I am young, can't I treat people when I am young? Seeing the crowd of people in the Santang Pharmacy not far away, the people inside did not even have a place to stand, so I could only sigh in my heart.

At this time, a middle-aged woman of a year was squeezed out of the Santang medicine number, holding a few packets of medicine in one hand, and a teenage boy in the other hand, she was an ordinary peasant woman in this neighborhood, due to the rain when she was young, and now she has rheumatism, and the knee joints of her feet are like ten thousand small needles in the in the rainy weather, the pain is uncomfortable, and she has grabbed the medicine a few times in the Santang pharmacy and has not improved. Seeing such a young man setting up a stall not far away, he came to see it with the mood of looking at more and comparing it indifferently.

Zhu Siqi saw someone coming, knew that he was coming to see a doctor, and he was happy, and finally opened the pot.

The middle-aged woman walked up to the stall and asked:

"Young man, are you seeing a doctor alone or are you guarding the stall for your master" The middle-aged woman thought that there should still be a master, and Chinese medicine is not so young.

"Auntie, I'm seeing a doctor alone, don't worry, I still have some ability, otherwise how dare I come to set up a stall!"

Although the middle-aged woman doesn't believe it much, she has already come, so let's take a casual look.

"How much does it cost you to prescribe here?" In the countryside, the main ones who break a penny into two cents and spend it, and ask the price before seeing a doctor.

It costs three yuan to prescribe a prescription in Santang Pharmacy, and Zhu Siqi originally wanted to price two yuan, but when he saw that no one cared about it for so long, and it was the first patient, he said: "One dollar."

When the middle-aged woman heard that the price was cheap, she walked to the chair next to the table and sat down, stretched out her hand and put it on the table, and did not speak, wanting to test his level.

Zhu Siqi saw the middle-aged woman stretch out her hand, and didn't think much about it, stretched out three fingers on her pulse, and knew that she was cold invading her legs, it should be rheumatism, but in order to be more sure, he sent a trace of true qi to the middle-aged woman's body, and it was indeed rheumatism, rheumatism is a common disease, but it is also very difficult to cure, of course, for Zhu Siqi, if he uses true qi, it is a piece of cake, but in that case, he will immediately have to expose his internal strength, which he does not want to do, it seems that he can only acupuncture.

He let go of his right hand and said to the middle-aged woman, "Auntie, you should have invaded the body with cold qi in the early years, and you didn't feel it when you were young, but now it has become rheumatism." ”

As soon as the middle-aged woman heard that Zhu Siqi was right, she hurriedly said to him, "Then you have a good prescription, can you cure it?"

"You don't need to take another medicine for this prescription, just use the medicine in your hand, I'll give you an acupuncture, and it should be all right after a few times." Zhu Siqi had already seen the medicine bag she was carrying, smelled the medicine, and felt it again, knowing that it was a decent medicine for rheumatism, and it should be cured with her own acupuncture.

Hearing what this young man said with such confidence, the middle-aged woman immediately increased her confidence: "Okay, can you give me a needle now?"

"Yes" After speaking, he took out a set of needles when the master used to practice medicine, and asked the middle-aged woman to stretch her feet over, and not to ask her to pull up the trouser legs, and with his perceptual ability, he inserted a few needles into several acupoints at the knees of her legs along the small gaps in her pants.

The middle-aged woman saw that his movements were very fast, and in a flash, a few needles had been inserted into her legs, and she felt a little numb, so she believed that this young man had some real skills.

After more than ten minutes, Zhu Siqi pulled out all the needles and said to the middle-aged woman: "Auntie, even if your acupuncture is completed this time, I will do it again for you when you come here next time you come to the market, and you will still take the medicine in your hand when you go back." ”

"Thank you, young man, if my leg is better, next time I will introduce you to someone else to see a doctor from you" After speaking, he handed Zhu Siqi a piece of money and left.

"It's finally opened, and I've finally earned the first dollar in my life" Zhu Siqi was very happy in his heart and shouted in his heart!

With the first one, the people behind are not afraid, after all, it is cheap here, as long as one dollar, a man on the side saw the middle-aged woman leave and immediately walked over and sat on the chair.

This time it was very simple, it was just a cold, and he opened the prescription with a wave, but the money was only given for one dollar, and Zhu Siqi didn't withdraw now. can only accept this reality, and in the future, it will be a prescription for one dollar.

The number of people rushing to the market gradually decreased, Zhu Siqi treated a few more patients, saw that it was getting late, he was ready to close the stall, returned the tables and chairs to Dr. Deng, and by the way, he also deposited his pen and paper and other things with him, and began to go up the mountain, this time he did not buy anything, because it was the money he earned every time, and he was reluctant to spend it.