By this time, the sun had slowly set. Liu Sanmei said to Yang Xianmao: "You guys go back first, I'll go get some mud and use it to cover my face." ”

The sister-in-law said: "The silt in the river stinks to death, and you even use it to cover your face, it's really disgusting to think about." It's also a shame that my brother can stand the smell of you. ”

Liu Sanmei glared and said, "I think this sludge is very fragrant, how can it stink?"

When Yang Xianmao heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "I have something to go back first, so I won't accompany you." ”

Liu Sanmei smiled and waved her hand, signaling them to go back first. Then she carried her skirt and stepped on the cobblestones by the side of the road to the upper reaches of the river, and she was going to the bend to fetch some silt.

Yang Xianmao and her sister-in-law got up and walked back.

On the way, Yang Xianmao asked her sister-in-law: "When did your sister-in-law start using mud to paint her face?"

The sister-in-law thought for a while and said, "It seems to be half a year ago." She told me one day that she had noticed that there was a section of the river where the silt smelled so good that applying it to her face made her skin unusually smooth. I told her that your skin is already smooth, and like a shelled egg, do you need to be smoother? I once saw her put mud on her face, and I didn't like the smell, but my sister-in-law enjoyed it herself. I didn't bother to pay attention to it, people wanted to do it, and besides, my brother didn't say anything. ”

Yang Xianmao asked with a smile: "Your brother really doesn't care?"

"Actually, in private, my brother said that he didn't like the smell either, so every time my sister-in-law put mud on her face, my brother hid away. My brother would not go back to the house until my sister-in-law had washed her face, washed it with water many times, and then covered the smell with rouge gouache. The maids and servants in the family actually don't like it, but if the young grandmother wants to do this, they can't help it. But fortunately, my sister-in-law is very modest, and she did not force the maids in these houses to smell the smell with her. Every time she applied her face, she asked the maids to go out and wait, and she didn't have to wait on the side, which saved these maids from being disgusted and uncomfortable. ”

Yang Xianmao nodded frequently when he heard this.

When she walked to the gate of the courtyard, the sister-in-law asked Yang Xianmao, "By the way, Brother Yang, have you found a way to get rid of the ghost fetus in my sister-in-law's belly?"

Yang Xianmao said: "I think it's almost." ”

The sister-in-law suddenly asked happily, "What you said is true?"

Yang Xianmao replied seriously: "Really, if nothing happens, tomorrow I can start treating your sister-in-law for her ghost fetus." In three or five days at most, her ghost fetus will be able to be defeated. ”

The sister-in-law was overjoyed and said, "Great, I'll go tell my brother to go." ”

"Wait, don't say anything about it first, it's not interesting to say it before this matter is decided, if my methods don't work, wouldn't it be a waste of joy. ”

"Brother Yang's medical skills are the highest I've ever seen, you can't help it, who else can do it?, but since you said so, then I won't tell my brother for now, and when you cure her illness, he will naturally know." ”

Yang Xianmao and his sister-in-law separated after entering the courtyard, Yang Xianmao looked left and right, and saw that no one paid attention to him, so he did not go back to the room, but walked straight towards the backyard.

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Liu Sanmei came to the river bay, stepped on the silt and walked to the depths, stretched out her jade hand to dig out a large lump of silt from under the shallow river water, leaned in front of her nose and smelled it, feeling that it was particularly sweet. She didn't understand why her sister-in-law, her husband and the maid-in-law couldn't say that it smelled good, she really couldn't understand.

She put the mud in a handkerchief, and after clearing the surface of the mud and debris from the water, she carried it back to the shore, dried her feet, put on embroidered shoes, and then took the bag of mud to her house.

After entering the house, she came to her house. The maid knew that she was going to cover her face with mud, and they all withdrew. Liu Sanmei entered the house, closed the door, and closed the window. Then he put the bag of sludge on the table. When she looked back and saw that the door of the porter was closed, she immediately opened the bag, grabbed a lump of mud from it, put it in front of her nose, sniffed it for a moment, and took a deep breath, as if enjoying it.

Then she opened her mouth suddenly, and took the lump of mud into her mouth and chewed it twice, as if she were savoring a delicious meal, and only after a moment did she swallow it into her stomach.

Liu Sanmei grabbed the mud with her hands and put it into her mouth one by one, until she swallowed the last lump on the handkerchief into her stomach, and she breathed a sigh of relief with satisfaction. Then he went to the window and washed his hands, slapped some water on his face, and then hung the handkerchief on the hanger, and opened the door and went out with a little song.

After Liu Sanmei walked out of the house, a person poked out of the dark side of the roof beam, and this person was Yang Xianmao. Yang Xianmao's face did not have a look of surprise, but a more solemn look.

Before this, although Yang Xianmao had already suspected that Liu Sanmei might have eaten something that could not be digested, causing this kind of thing to accumulate in her stomach, so she ate her stomach bulging. Now he finally affirmed his judgment, it turned out that Liu Sanmei actually dug it back, and others thought that the mud she used to apply noodles was a delicacy and swallowed in her stomach. If you swallow a large lump of it, you can't digest it, and over time, it will add up to a lot, and of course your stomach will bulge.

This penchant for swallowing foreign bodies is also recorded in the ancient medical books and classics that Yang Xianmao reads, and he soon found an earthwork specially used to treat this penchant for swallowing foreign bodies.

Yang Xianmao didn't appear in front of Liu Sanmei when she swallowed the mud, because then Liu Sanmei would be extremely embarrassed. He was going to quietly cure her so that once she was cured, she wouldn't swallow the mud again. And this devouring of the mud has become her own secret, so that her future life will not be affected.

Yang Xianmao's prescription for treating Liu Sanmei's special hobby of swallowing silt is actually a kind of soil. It's just that this kind of soil is very particular, and it is called Dongbi soil. That is, the kind of soil on the east wall of the courtyard, which has been powdered by the sun.

Because the soil of the east wall, where the sun is first seen every day, can absorb the true fire of the sun, and the qi generated by the true fire of the sun can replenish the soil and overcome the wetness. likes to eat mud, which proves that Liu Sanmei's spleen and stomach are trapped by dampness, and using this kind of soil that has been exposed to the sun and obtained the true fire of the sun is used as medicine to swallow, which can restrain her spleen and stomach trapped by dampness, so as to cure pica.

After Yang Xianmao left the house, he first searched for it in various parts of the courtyard. This mansion is an old mansion that has been around for many years. He found this kind of east wall soil on an east wall, and it was very suitable. So he took a handful and went back to his room, put the soil and water to make a thin mud, and then kneaded it into pills, and then took it to the kitchen stove to bake it.

After the pills were prepared, it was almost dark. Yang Xianmao went straight to the inner house to see Wang Dalang and Liu Sanmei. After meeting, Yang Xianmao took out the pill of Dongbi soil that had just been configured from the porcelain bottle, handed it to Liu Sanmei and said to her: "This is a pill that I prepared after thinking about it these days, you take it first and see if there is any movement." ”

Of course, Liu Sanmei didn't know that after taking this medicine, she would no longer like to swallow the mud, so she happily put the pill in her mouth and took it with warm water.

Soon after Liu Sanmei ate it, she felt a faint pain in her lower abdomen, and wanted to go to the thatched house, so she hurriedly said goodbye with a red face. After a long while, he came back, and when he came back, he was already relaxed, and said to Yang Xianmao: "Brother Yang, what kind of medicine are you? I used to feel like my stomach was bulging and uncomfortable. Although I pulled a lot after taking this medicine, my stomach was much easier after the convenience just now. ”

Her husband Wang Dalang happily glanced at his wife's lower abdomen and said, "Your belly seems to be much better, could it be that you have pulled out those dirty things just now?"

Although the previous medicine made Liu Sanmei's stomach deflated slightly, it didn't have much effect, but this time it was different. Directly reverted to the original state.

Yang Xianmao smiled and nodded, "That's right, you can almost clean it up after taking another three days of medicine, and your lower abdomen should be able to return to normal at that time." ”

There is another sentence that Yang Xianmao did not say, that is, of course, you like to eat the silt in the river, and this problem can be completely changed. Sure enough, three days later, Liu Sanmei's belly completely calmed down, and the lower abdomen, which had been two or three months pregnant, no longer bulged.

Liu Sanmei and her husband were very happy, and Wang Yuanwai was full of praise for Yang Xianmao, and always said to his wife in private: "I knew this earlier, I spent so much unjust money in vain." It is useless to have such a miracle doctor in my own family, but I spend a lot of money to invite some useless things. ”

Mrs. Wang smiled and said: "Foreign monks can chant scriptures, and they always feel that everything in other places is good and fragrant, and their own is poor." This is also an idea that most people will have, and it is no wonder that the old man has it. ”

Wang Yuanwai was even more ashamed of this, and suddenly a thought came to his mind, and he stroked his gray beard and said to the woman: "I see that this Yang Xianmao has such a ability, and he will definitely be able to get ahead in the future." If he were to be hired as a son-in-law, wouldn't he be much better than those farmer or the little rich man? ”

Mrs. Wang stroked her palms and smiled: "I have had this idea for a long time, but it has never been easy to talk to you, master." Since you mentioned it, I completely agree with it. Why don't I go and talk to my daughter and see what her opinion is? I look at her Yang Xianmao, and it seems to be very right. ”

Wang Yuanwai was very satisfied with this idea. If such a capable person can really be retained, it will be a new hope for their Wang family. So Wang Yuanwai said to his wife again and again, asking her to ask her daughter quickly, as if Yang Xianmao, the treasure of Yang Xianmao, would be poached by others.