Chapter VII: Sudden Epidemics
Unconsciously, I stayed in this Yunmeng Mountain for more than two years, and in the past two years, the master has given me a lot of medical books, some of which have been handed down, and some of which have been researched and explored by him, all of which have benefited me a lot.
Early in the morning, the chirping of birds in the mountains woke me up, and this period of study and research made my brain very full, and I slept very heavy and sweet every day. I stretched, feeling smooth.
After waking up, my master and I were drying medicine in the yard, time was unhurried, and I enjoyed everything now.
"Master, can you show me this medicine?" I took out a prescription from my bosom and handed it to the master.
"What do you want this for?" The master looked at me in shock and confusion after taking a look at the prescription.
"It's not me, my sister, although she didn't tell me, but I know that she wants a child, but it's been three or four years, and there is no movement." Looking at the master's shocked face, I quickly explained.
"It's okay, I'll add flavored medicine to you, the effect will be better." As he spoke, the master led me to the study, picked up the pen, and added a taste of medicinal herbs to me.
"Wow! I'm ashamed of the master, why didn't I think of it, but fortunately I came to ask the master for advice. "I looked at the master with great admiration.
"If you've written a letter, send it." The master still knows me so well and knows what I want to do.
"Niannian, let's go." I wrote a letter to my sister in the master's study, and immediately went to the town with Niannian to deliver the letter.
[Sister is fine, I have learned a lot by the master's side in the past two years, although my sister didn't say it, but I know that my sister wants to have a child, here are the recipes for conditioning, my sister can try it, and I look forward to going home to hug my little nephew.] - Weiwei]
"It's coming, it's coming!" Nian Nian trotted out of the room and followed me to the town.
"The girl is here to deliver the letter again!" In the past two years, my sister and I have written a lot of letters, and even the messenger brother remembers me.
"Yes! It's still the same, Chang'an City Wen Mansion. I smiled and handed it over, stuffing some more silver taels by the way.
"Okay, I'll deliver it." The little brother shook the money in his hand, and the smile on his face became even stronger.
"Niannian, when do you say I can hold my little nephew." My heart blossomed, and my mind was full of thoughts.
"Alas, when will I be able to hold Miss's child!" Nian Nian deliberately learned my tone and teased me
"What do you say! Stop! "I'm so angry that I want to catch up with Niannian.
"Come on, chase me! Haha...... "Nian Nian ran forward vigorously."
After sending the letter, Nian Nian and I went home all the way, saying that I would have a nephew next time we met.
"Master, some villagers in Yunmeng Village came to look for you, saying that many people in the village were sick one after another and wanted you to go and see." Du Ruo was a little anxious.
"Weiwei, take the medicine box and we'll go together." The master got up and immediately rushed to the village.
"Good! Coming right away. "As soon as I got home, I heard my brother's words, I put down my things, took the medicine box, and went to chase the master.
"Divine doctor, you can take a look for us! A few days ago, when I came back from the market, my child had symptoms of fever and cough, I thought it was a cold, so I didn't care, but now his condition is getting more and more serious, and my father-in-law and several people in the village are infected. "Auntie anxiously explained the situation to us.
"Weiwei, what are the symptoms?" The master wanted to give me a chance to exercise, so he asked me to check it out.
"Ah...... Mouth! "The child's tongue was pale, and his pulse was small, and I touched his forehead, and he had a fever.
"What other symptoms does he have?" I asked.
"The child is occasionally irritable, and then he vomits from time to time, and he can't eat anything." After seeing the child, I probably knew that it was a symptom of wind evil, and this disease was mild or mild, and it was still life-threatening if it was serious.
Seeing that the master frowned a little, I thought that I didn't ask somewhere, or did something wrong, and I was a little nervous.
"The master is an evil spirit, and the camp and guard are incompatible." I looked up at my master, hoping to get his approval.
"Do you have a solution?" The master believed in me very much, looked at me with a firm look in his eyes and said.
"Four grams of Sichuan cinnamon branches, nine grams of fried white peony, four grams of raw licorice, nine grams of poria cocos, three grams of fresh herbs, three grams of white cardamom, three fresh lotus stems, and decoction in water." I said with a weak heart.
I remember that I had seen it in the book that the master gave me before: the external wind evil, the camp and the guard are not in harmony, so I see the fever, cold, sweat and incomprehension, and use the products of Guizhi Tang and Fangxuan to dispel the wind and dispel the filth, and reconcile the camp and guard, so the heat retreats, and the wind evil is solved.
"Although it's a little different from what I thought, there is nothing wrong with your method, you and Du Ruo stay to take care of the villagers, and come back to get whatever medicine you need." The master touched his beard and turned away, although he was a little worried, but he had the bottom in his heart, hoping to give us two opportunities to exercise, after all, he was old.
"Is the master so relieved of us?" I didn't have a bottom in my heart, and looked at my senior brother.
"The master can rest assured that we will stay, he must think that your prescription is feasible, and you have to trust your own judgment." The senior brother looked at me firmly, he understood the master, and the master wanted to give me the opportunity to be independent.
"Alright! Then let's do it! "I cheer myself up.
"Senior sister, you take care of the patient first, gather the patient over, and I'll go and get the medicine first." The senior brother looked solemn and trotted to grab the medicine.
"Auntie, you are familiar with the people in the village, I will go with you to gather all the sick people here." I wasn't familiar with the road, so I had to let my aunt lead the way, which would be faster.
"Good! Good! Come with me, girl! As she spoke, the aunt got up and patted her hands and clothes.
"Brother Li, bring your daughter-in-law to my house......"
"Sister-in-law Chen......"
"Uncle Zhang......"
After my brother left, my aunt and I went door-to-door to ask the villagers to gather all the sick and symptomatic people, so that my brother and I could observe the changes in their conditions and give them medicine.
"Senior sister, be careful." Senior Brother said with concern. I know that he was worried about me, afraid that I would also be infected.
"It's okay, I'm looking at the patient, you go and boil the medicine first!" I wiped the sweat from my forehead and observed the patients one by one.
After the senior brother boiled the medicine, we sent it to the villagers, and by the way, we looked at the changes in the symptoms of each of them, although there were a lot of people who got sick this time, all because of human-to-human transmission and mutual contact, and the development was not very serious.
"Senior brother, I suddenly thought of a way that might work, you go and find me some dried wormwood." Although the senior brother looked puzzled, he didn't stop moving, and immediately went to find wormwood for me.
"Senior sister, what do you want wormwood for?" My brother brought me a whole bag of wormwood.
"I seem to have read in a book that smoked wormwood can not only repel mosquitoes and insects, but also have some effect on symptoms such as external wind evil, which can be prevented, and smoking in every household can also reduce a lot of our troubles." I kept thinking about the book.
"......" Senior Brother hesitated.
"Oh, don't worry about it so much, just believe me once! We divide the wormwood and let every house smoke it. With that, the two of us began to go our separate ways.
"When you take it home, roll the wormwood into strips, rub it tightly, and then light it and put it in the brazier, so that the smoke can stay in the room for a while and then ventilate, but don't set the house on fire!" My brother and I explained to them one by one how to use it and what to pay attention to, for fear that they would burn down the house.
"Senior brother is tired, right? Rest for a while! I took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. I've been busy all day today, but I haven't done much, and it's always been my brother running around.
"Thank you two, you deserve to be the apprentice of the divine doctor......"
"I'll come back to play more often in the future!"
"Yes! Oh, yes! "The villagers came to see us off at the entrance of the village with gratitude.
"Let's go back, it's our business, it's not enough to worry about." My senior brother and I hurriedly shirked it.
"Take the money!" The villagers pooled money from each family to give us.
"No, these medicines are all picked by ourselves, they don't cost money, and they can keep us for a meal in the future." My brother and I smiled and refused the money they offered, but only promised to eat later.
"Hahaha...... "The villagers in the village were also amused by us.
The two of us ran back and forth between the village and our homes for more than half a month, and the patients in the village finally returned to normal. The tension disappeared in an instant, and even breathing felt much smoother.
"Tired, aren't you? Come, I'll carry you back. "On the way back, my brother saw that I was tired and a little distressed, so he squatted down and tried to carry me.
"No, I'm fine." I was so tired that I couldn't walk, but I couldn't bear to brush off my brother's kindness, so I stretched out my hand and asked him to pull me.
As I walked, my brother suddenly stopped, and I accidentally bumped into his arms.
"Ahh I rubbed my aching head.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Did it hurt? The senior brother stared at me, reached over and rubbed my forehead, and his face was slightly red.
"What's the matter, is there something wrong with Senior Brother?" I wondered why he stopped suddenly.
"No, no......" The senior brother stammered, and stopped talking.
"Let's go, I'm so tired!" With that, I walked forward briskly, intent on going back to sleep.
"Miss, you're back, I'm bored to death if you're not there." Nian Nian trotted up and grabbed me.
"My good thoughts, I'm so tired, I'll go back to sleep first, and I'll accompany you when I wake up, okay?" I was so tired that my feet and hands were sore, and I just wanted to throw myself on the bed and feel the gentle embrace of the bed.
"Oh well! I'll wake you up when we're eating. "Nian Nian feels a little sorry for me, I used to only know how to play and make trouble at home......
When I entered the room, I didn't have time to change my clothes and collapsed on the bed before falling into a deep sleep.
After the senior brother came back, he did not go to rest, but worked with Nian Nian to help the master pack up the medicinal materials and dry the newly picked medicinal materials.
"What are you laughing at?" Nian Nian looked at the senior brother with a smile on his face, tilted his head and asked curiously.
"No, no, how can I laugh!" The senior brother suddenly came back to his senses when he was asked by Nian Nian and denied it.
"Oh!" Nian Nian knew that he must have something on his mind, but he denied it, and it was not good to continue to ask, so he had to put down the medicinal herbs and walk to the kitchen.
Seeing Nian Nian leave, my brother's face turned slightly red, and his mind was full of images of me reaching out to him......