Ah Chou looked at the white-haired old man in front of her, sitting there with a little rickety on his back, but his dark face and eyes were bright, and she couldn't help but think of four words: spirit.

"Grandpa, this is our ugly from Gujing Village," Tong Ningxin introduced, "I invited her to come and see my grandfather's illness." ”

"Old man." Ugly bowed.

The old man glanced at Ah Ugly, disagreed, and frowned at Tong Ningxin: "How old is a little girl, you can see the disease?" Aren't you fooling around? ”

Seeing that Tong Ningxin was counted, Ah Chou couldn't help laughing: "Old man, Fifth Brother Tong is not a fool, and he doesn't dare to joke about your illness." If you want to say whether I will see the disease, then you have to see you before you know. "For the old man's contempt, Ah Ugly didn't take it to heart. After all, she is too young, and in the profession of a doctor, which is more and more popular as she gets older, it really makes people not pay attention to it.

When I set up a stall in the city, didn't I get a cold reception at first? There is a process for building trust between people.

Tong Ningxin pouted aggrievedly: "Grandpa, she really knows how to get sick, otherwise even if I come here, my father and mother will hold me whatever she says." You also let Ugly look at it and say believe it or not! ”

The old man stretched out his hand suspiciously and motioned to Ah Chou's pulse: "Let's see what you can say." ”

After a while, Ah Chou withdrew his hand to diagnose the pulse, his voice was a little hoarse, but his tone was very gentle: "Old man, this is an old problem, right?" To say the least, there are twenty or thirty years. ”

"You girl guessed accurately, but how old are you, you know what medicine to prescribe?" Tong Ningxin's grandfather stretched out his finger and pointed at Ah Ugly, still not thinking that she had real talent and learning.

Ah Chou smiled indifferently: "People can't look good, the sea can't fight, let me talk about the old man's symptoms, and the origin of this rheumatism." As soon as the old man arrived in rainy and wet weather, his knees were tingling and sore, and it was difficult to even stand. Judging from the pulse, the old man is a qi and blood problem caused by yin deficiency. ”

When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head: "The symptoms in front are right; The reason behind is that I am a farmer and I don't know anything. ”

Ah Chou sighed a little and smiled: "Then I'll help the old man make a prescription, and you can show it to your son-in-law." Tong Li is a well-informed person, and I believe that he must know whether the ugly recipe can be used or not. ”

As she spoke, she took up her pen and wrote:

Cooked land for a tael. Yama meat two money. Huai yam four money. Yun Ling is a penny and five cents. Pink Danpi two money. Shengzawa is a penny. Xiduhuo is living in three dollars. Soybean roll ephedra water fried into three coins [1]

Although it is not complicated, and there is no rheumatism commonly used in parsnip and nepeta, it is a medicine that goes directly to the root of the old man's disease.

Before leaving, Ah Chou glanced at Tong Ningxin, turned to the old man and said: "Fifth Brother Tong is the most filial, when he saw me on the mountain to collect wind, he knew that the medicinal effect of the Tao was to cure rheumatism, so he asked for a way to cure this disease, and asked me to come to you to see the disease." He remembers you in everything, and this filial piety is really rare. ”

Walking out of the courtyard gate of Tong's house, Tong Ningxin thanked Ah Chou a little embarrassedly: "Chou, thank you for helping my grandfather see my illness, and also helping me speak." ”

"What do you thank each other?" Ugly's tone was natural and relaxed.

"I'm just sorry, my grandfather doesn't believe you......" Tong Ningxin said apologetically.

Ugly waved his hand: "It's okay, it's reasonable that he doesn't believe me, I just hope he can really try this medicine, otherwise how painful it will be when he gets sick?" ”

"I'll go and ask my father and mother to persuade him, and he will listen!" Tong Ningxin smiled and patted his chest confidently.

"Then you can persuade your father and mother later. Don't send it, I'll just go back myself. Ugly waved goodbye.

Tong Ningxin nodded: "You are careful on the road." ”

After walking on the country road for a while, and when he came to the fork, Ah Chou suddenly remembered that the people of the Li family didn't know how they were recovering now, so he turned a corner and decided to take a look.

Li Chengxiu leaned softly against the wall pier in the courtyard, with a pair of small hands on his cheeks, his eyes wide open, but his expression was a little tired. She yawned, and saw the masked woman in the dark blue jacket walk into the courtyard, and was immediately overjoyed: "Masked sister, eldest brother and second brother, masked sister is here!" ”

Ah Chou walked over, touched Li Chengxiu's head, and said softly, "Did Xiu'er take medicine and eat obediently?" Still uncomfortable? ”

"Xiu'er is not uncomfortable," Xiu'er shook her head with her hands, "Daddy, Dad, and Big Brother, they have nothing to do, but Xiu'er is bored at home, there is no one to play with here, and there is no market......"

At this time, Li Chengzhong walked out: "It's the ugly girl who is here!" ”

A ugly chin bowed: "Brother Li, you look good, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?" ”

Li Chengzhong shook his head and smiled sincerely: "It's all wrong, and I want to thank Miss Ugly for her skillful hand, I will definitely come to thank you another day." ”

"Brother Li is polite, it is the duty of a doctor to treat diseases and save people. It's just that I seem to be a little depressed when I look at Xiu'er? Ugly lowered his head and looked at Xiu'er.

Seven or eight-year-old Li Chengxiu pouted: "I ......"

"She is not used to going back to the village," Li Chengzhong glanced at his little sister, with a light sense of responsibility in his eyes, "There are many tricks in the city, and she is used to being wild." ”

Ah Chou laughed: "It is said that the eldest child who grows in the village is wild, how can anyone say that the child who grows up in the city is wild?" ”

Looking at Li Chengxiu, Ah Chou said patiently: "Although there is no market in the village, there are mountains and fields, and it is not boring at all. ”

"Really? Will the masked sister take me there? Li Chengxiu tilted his little head, and his big eyes were full of hope. I don't know why, she just feels that the sister in front of her is very kind, and she can't help but want to get close to her.

"It's Sister Ugly," Li Chengzhong corrected, and said politely and politely, "Miss Ugly, Xiu'er is not sensible......"

"It's okay, the name is just a title," even the word Ugly is just a title in itself, she doesn't know who the original owner of Lu Dao has and who belongs to which family, "Xiu'er, do you really want to play with your sister?" ”

Li Chengxiu nodded: "I don't even remember what the mountains and fields are like." When she left Gujing Village with her father and brother, she was still young, and many of her childhood memories were blurred.

Ah Chou glanced at Xiu'er, who was full of anticipation, and turned his inquiring gaze to Li Chengzhong, who was not far away: "Brother Li, I am very happy to take Xiu'er out of the hall to relax, which is also good for recovery." But I wonder if Brother Li is relieved? ”

Li Chengzhong agreed: "Naturally, there is no problem, the ugly girl is the life-saving benefactor of our family, how can you worry about it, it is to cause trouble to the girl." ”

Ugly took Li Chengxiu's little hand: "Xiu'er is so well-behaved, where will she cause trouble?" Then I'll take Xiu'er to the mountains for a walk, and I'll be back before sunset. ”

The fiery red plum blossoms in the mountains are already in full bloom, and they are as bright as clouds in the distance.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, Ah Chou pointed to the plum forest in the middle of the mountain: "Look at the plum blossoms, is it beautiful?" It's a pity that there is no snow this year, otherwise the snow and red plums must be better. ”

Li Chengxiu looked up at the piece of Merlin and said with admiration: "It's so beautiful, Sister Ugly, let's go there and have a look, okay?" ”

"If you want to climb the mountain, you're tired, are you willing to go?" Ugly led her and said as she walked.

"Xiu'er is not afraid of getting tired." Lee Sung-so said firmly.

Ugly chuckled: "You said it yourself, don't cry when the time comes!" ”

The two walked on the path in the middle of the mountain, talking and laughing. Suddenly, the sound of a sharp arrow breaking through the air came with a "whoosh". Ah Chou turned his head in shock, and saw an arrow feather speeding towards Li Chengxiu's direction.

Concentrate:

[1] From "Commentary on the Case of Wang Mengying's Medicine", by Qing Wang Shixiong.