Chapter 32: Xinglin Hall

Everything in the quiet and quaint Xinglin Hall is very quaint. The varnish mottled barn is placed on it with a medicine bowl, a stone paperweight, a scale, an abacus, an iron mill, and a whole wall of carved hundred-eye cabinets, all of which are drawers, and the medicine labels pasted on each drawer have been yellowed, and the copper handles that are pushed and pulled are also polished, and the top of the cabinet is a row of blue and white porcelain jars, and the mouth of the porcelain jar is tied with a strip of red cloth, and the name of the medicine is written in small block letters on the cloth strip, all of which are the names of pills, powder, ointment, and pills; The lintel is a banner written in Yan script from right to left: Selected authentic medicinal materials, refined pills and ointments. It was magnificent, and the bones were strong. Even the white-bearded old Chinese medicine doctor sitting in the hall is also a fairy wind and bones, his line-bound medical books, pulse pillows, wolf pen and inkstone for writing prescriptions are all antiques, and Luo Zhi feels as if he has the magic effect of being superb, and the medicine is eliminated.

"Are you going to take medicine or see a doctor?" A guy came over and asked with a smile.

"Let's come here to get the medicine," Luo Zhi said crisply.

"Then take out the pharmacy, and I'll catch it for you," the guy said with a smile.

Luo Zhi glanced at him and said, "I want these medicinal herbs," she took out her sleeve pocket and took out cinnamon, star anise, bay leaves, grass fruits, and angelica from it.

The guy looked at the various medicinal herbs in the palm of Luozhi's hand, and thought to himself what effect these medicinal herbs have when they were paired together, he had never seen such a recipe before?

Luozhi looked at him with an unknown look, and was amused in his heart, but you couldn't imagine that this was the young lady I used to make food.

"How many pairs are going to be caught," the guy asked.

"Well, I don't want a few," Luo Zhi said.

"A pair?" The man said again.

Luo Zhi shook his head, stretched out a finger and said to him, "One pound of everything." ”

"Ah, this is a pound of everything, but it's a lot, what kind of disease is this? Little girl, if you buy too many medicinal materials and put them for a long time, it is best to catch a few pairs of them according to the recipe and then come over to check the pulse after eating, and then catch them after being diagnosed. The guy thought that their children didn't understand, so he explained bitterly.

It's really a good person, this Xinglintang is worthy of adhering to the "doctor's parents' heart" hanging pot to help the world, think about today's pharmacies in modern times, inside and outside are all kinds of promotional activities, patients enter the store, can't wait for a small cold to say that it is early cancer, buy more, smile, buy less, yin and yang weird, where they are "not worried about medicine and dust", it is simply a cash cow for patients, and everyone can't do without the medicine jar! The comparison between the two is simply very different.

"Thank you for informing me, don't worry, this medicinal herb won't waste raw insects, please catch it for me now," Luozhi pear vortex appeared, his eyebrows and eyes bent, making the young guy blush, and went to catch the medicine for her.

Luozhi took Luo'an, and Ah Shu stood to the side, so as not to block the way. Luo An shook his hand, pointed outside, and told her that he wanted to go to the door and sit on the stone steps to wait for her.

Luo Zhi knew that he liked to see the big carriages coming and going on the street, so he agreed and called Ah Shu to accompany him.

She waited quietly alone, taking a look at Luo'an and Ah Shu outside from time to time. When she was bored, she found that the most vivid and interesting part of this medical hall was to grab medicine.

The man took the prescription, looked at it first, then flattened it on the counter, pressed the corners with a stone paperweight, pressed a few pairs of medicines and spread a few sheets of yellow mounted paper, and took off the scale.

The scale is small and exquisite, and the bone weighing rod, weighing pan and weighing stone are made of brass.

When starting to grab the medicine, the guy first inverted the weighing pan, knocked the bottom of the plate with the weighing rod, shook off the residual impurities, and then walked to the hundred-eyed cabinet with the left hand scale, each flavor of the medicine and the drawer label are seated, the right hand grabs the medicine, blindly weighs, the scale is placed on the star of the dose, not biased or oblique, more minus points, less points, grasp a blind taste, take a brush to mark after the name of the medicine.

If there is a mashing medicine, weigh it and put it in the pounding bowl and pound it a few times. When the medicine is ready, check it again, confirm that it is correct, and pack them one by one.

In the process of packing, the guy acted quickly, folded the four sides of the yellow mounted paper, folded it into a bucket shape, pinched it, wrapped it into a trapezoidal shape with square edges and corners, and then stacked up a bag, capped the prescription, held down the prescription with one hand, and dragged a section from the thread lump hanging down from the ceiling with one hand, a bundle horizontally, a vertical tie, and then tied a knot that was easy to carry, and then the abacus crackled and clicked, and the bill. The action is smooth and unprocrastinating, and Luozhi admires it.

"Sixty-five in total," the guy looked at the abacus and quoted the price of the medicine. Luozhi took out his sleeve pocket again, counted out sixty-five copper plates, took the packaged medicinal materials, and walked out of Xinglin Hall.

Luo'an happily held Luozhi, his little face was full of happiness and excitement, this period of time was the most lively day since he was a child.

Uh, you fart boy looks like a five-year-old turnip head, what do you mean from childhood to adulthood, do you know?

"Luo'an, you will go to school in a few days, see what you want, Sister will buy it for you." Luozhi was in a good mood and said, Qin Fen gave a return gift of twenty taels of silver, plus two hundred and forty taels of Xuanyuan Lou's sale of sons and chili peppers before, during this period of time, it cost thirty-two taels to buy land and make red deeds, and it cost less than two taels to buy vegetables and make clothes, and there is still a balance of more than two hundred taels of silver.

"Sister, I want to eat the big meat bun you made," Luo An Tongyin said in a crisp voice like a falling bead.

When Ah Shu heard the big meat bun, his eyes were also shining and he stared at Luo Zhi and nodded.

These two foodies are not happy without meat, and they didn't eat meat buns this morning, so they remembered it. Yes, just now I was going to send steamed buns to Butcher Zhang, and I bought meat by the way and went back to wrap the big meat.

After the three of them returned to He Ji to store the medicinal materials, they came to the West Market non-stop. Seeing each other again, Butcher Zhang smiled when he saw them.

"Uncle, it's late for something to happen today, didn't delay you from giving it away?" Luozhi asked.

"No delay, it's just that I'm hungry, I can't think about it if I don't eat for a day now, hurry up, let me eat a bite first." I haven't eaten the big meat bun that I've been waiting for you for breakfast," Butcher Zhang couldn't wait to watch Luo Zhi take out the big meat bun wrapped in lotus leaves from the back basket, and as soon as it was opened, a fresh fragrance came to his nose, he took one and ate it himself, and let the three of them eat it too.

Luozhi refused politely, and Luozhi waited for him to eat enough and cut three catties of pork belly and five catties of tenderloin with pork ribs. There is no pig in the water today, Luozhi only learned after careful questioning, and now the pig water in Ji'an Town has been contracted by Xuanyuanlou, saying that Xuanyuanlou does not know what secret recipe is used to boil the pig into the water, and then stir-fry, so delicious that even the tongue wants to swallow it.

Luo Zhi was secretly happy in his heart, it seems that Xuanyuan Lou has relied on his own cooking skills to improve the cooking skills of this marinade recipe, and the guests are like clouds.

Luozhi went to the place where the fish was sold and bought a large grass carp, and when he was buying fish, he saw a big silver carp to buy and bought one. This silver carp has a large head and a smooth body like a loach, but the meat is very delicate and there are few fish bones, which is especially suitable for children.

Especially with the white tofu soup, it is extremely fresh and delicious, thinking of this, Luozhi saliva has to be set aside.

The three of them went to the grocery store to buy white noodles, lasagna and all kinds of spices unique to ancient times, let Ah Shu carry them, and the three of them went back to He's house, where the carriage arranged by Steward Zhao was waiting to send them home.

The He family also prepared a rich thank you gift for Luozhi, with rice, noodles and meat snacks, full of weight, and the old lady of the He family also gave Luozhi an extra pair of earrings and a very heavy silver bracelet, which was packed in a very simple and elegant wooden paper box.

Not to mention, this is the first time Luozhi has seen such beautiful jewelry in ancient times. Most of the people in Mujia Village are mixed with food and clothing, there are not many women who wear jewelry, Luozhi only comes and goes to a few households, and Mu Gui's family in the main family has a flat thin ring bracelet on his wrist, and the lady in Mu Langzhong has a pair of lilac earrings on her ears.

Luozhi refused, and the He family was almost anxious, saying that it was impossible to quit from the elders, and Luozhi had to accept it when there was no way to retreat. The He family also brought a lot of good things to Mu Ying's family, a lot of big bags and small bags.

Today's trip was too worthwhile, it was full of a carriage, and Luo'an and Ah Shu were squeezed out of the carriage to settle such things.

The coachman's whip was raised, and with a "drive", the jujube red horse "tapped, tapped, and stomped" pulled the green carriage to move around.

Luozhi's family lived in the north of the village a short distance from the entrance of the village, and the coachman sent them home steadily.

The coachman helped to unload all the things and move them into the hall, Luozhi left him for lunch, but he politely refused, Luozhi asked Grandpa to take a bamboo basket, filled him with a small basket of peanuts and took it away, the coachman thanked him again and again, and drove the carriage back to the city.

The old man carefully asked Luo Zhi about the ins and outs of this cart of things, and when he heard Luo Zhi talk about He Ji, he was so shocked that his beard almost stood up, and asked Luo Zhi how he knew about this way to save people.

Luozhi had already thought of a way to deal with it, saying that when A-Niang was sick, there was a traveling doctor who treated A-Niang, and taught her when no one was around, so that she could do more good deeds and don't ask about the future. There is such a person in the old man's memory, but it has been several years, and the appearance of the traveling doctor has long been unknown.

The old man looked at the rarity, opened up the objects to take a look, and was especially satisfied with the clothes sent by Qin Fen, all of which were practical, and he did not blindly pick clothes made of silk and satin, which showed that he was distracted when choosing fabrics.

Luozhi took out the jewelry that the He family gave her, the old man didn't say anything, only let her put it away by herself and wear it less in Mujia Village, so as not to attract people's eyes and make people worry about it, Luozhi thought it was true, and put it into her treasure chest together with the title deed.

The old man swept the yard clean in the morning, spread bamboo mats, and set aside a path for entering and exiting the yard, and the yard was covered with peanuts.

Fresh peanuts must be dried in order to be kept, otherwise they can't be eaten as soon as they sprout, that is, the duck flies to the beak, which is a pity.

Mu Ying brought a lot of things, but fortunately, her house was not far from Luozhi's house, and it took ten minutes to walk, so Luozhi arranged for Luo'an and Ah Shu to help her transport things home.

She sorted and packed up the things she brought back, and what worried her was that Fu Ruixiang sent a lot of clothes at once, and the boxes at home were full and couldn't fit them, so she had to take out some old clothes and put them on the bunk.

The two families agreed to work together tonight, and they are not in a hurry to do it now. Luozhi took a hat to cover the sun, and in his hand he held a farm tool similar to Zhu Bajie's rake, and began to dry peanuts, so that he could dry them faster.