Xu Xiaole followed Sun Yufeng's prescription and went to the crude medicine shop in the town to grab the medicine. I also booked pig gall at the wool butcher in the vegetable field. The wool butcher only kills two pigs a day, and there are only two pig galls, which happens to be called Xu Xiaolebao.

When he returned home, Xu Xiaole turned out the medicine pot stove at home, and found the ancestral notes of the decoction experience from the study, and carefully followed them one by one, for fear of destroying the efficacy of the medicine. He grew up reading and reading, and I am afraid that he has never been more serious than today.

In May, Jiangnan was so hot that people sweated when they sat down, but Xu Xiaole squatted beside the stove, sometimes looking at the color of the fire, and sometimes listening to the sound of the soup boiling in the medicine jar. I looked at the decoction manual in my hand again and again, and the fire was big to draw firewood, and the fire was small to fan the wind.

Hu Meiniang stood upstairs, looking at Xu Xiaole who was devoted to the patio below through the window, and only felt that this big boy seemed to have suddenly changed from "interesting" to "charming". Her eyesight is excellent, and she can see the beads of sweat on the tip of his nose from a distance, crystal clear, and there is always an itch in her heart, and she wants to take it off for him.

Xu Xiaole didn't know that the object of his crimson fantasies was paying attention to him. He didn't even have time to wipe the sweat off his face. At this moment, there is only this furnace and medicine jar between heaven and earth, and there is no room for anything else.

The medicinal soup was finally boiled, Xiaole stood up suddenly, his eyes suddenly darkened, and he almost fell. He slowed down slightly, and the joy in his heart surged up again, and he carefully poured the medicinal soup into the porcelain bowl, controlling his waist and bending his knees, for fear that he would spill it out too quickly.

When he arrived in Tong Wanqing's room, Xu Xiaole sent the medicine to his sister-in-law and called softly: "Sister-in-law, are you awake?" Just drink it. ”

Tong Wanqing reluctantly opened her eyes and tried to sit up, but she was paralyzed and had no strength. Xu Xiaole hurriedly put the medicine aside, wanting to reach out and help her sister-in-law sit up. It's a pity that I saw my sister-in-law lying on the bed, but I didn't know how to start, and tried to probe my sister-in-law's armpit, but my sister-in-law stopped me with a hum.

Tong Wanqing saw that Xu Xiaole didn't know the essentials, and sure enough, he couldn't serve people, so she had to say, "Come here." ”

Xu Xiaole went over as he said, Tong Wanqing reluctantly stretched out her hand, wrapped her arms around his neck, and nodded slightly. Xu Xiaolefu came to his mind, hurriedly exerted force on his waist, brought Tong Wanqing's upper body up, naturally leaned his hands to his back, and with a gentle support, the person had already sat up.

Tong Wanqing moved her body, leaned on the head of the bed, and squinted at him: "It's too big, it's not okay at all." ”

Xu Xiaole grinned and said, "Yes, I'm still young, very small, and I still need my sister-in-law to sleep with me at night." ”

Tong Wanqing really didn't have the strength to beat him, and saw Xu Xiaole's hair sticking to his scalp and face wetly, just like being fished out of water, knowing that he was working very hard to buy medicine decoction for himself, and he was distressed and moved.

Xu Xiaole took the medicine, slowly approached her sister-in-law, fed her with a spoon, and said, "You can't blow, you can't blow, if you blow the medicine, it's gone." He was afraid that the medicinal soup would be too hot, so he scooped it a few more times.

Tong Wanqing saw Xu Xiaole's focused expression, and secretly said in her heart: The little scourge that was only naughty and troublesome back then will take care of people overnight.

Tong Wanqing drank a spoonful of medicine and felt a little hot in her mouth, but the soup entered the stomach pouch from the esophagus, like cold water passing through the fire channel, and a cool breath came from top to bottom, dissipating the irritability of the whole body without a trace. She couldn't wait for Xu Xiaole to feed her slowly, and reached out to take the soup bowl: "I'll do it myself." ”

Xu Xiaole didn't dare to fight with his sister-in-law, for fear of spilling the medicinal soup. However, seeing that my sister-in-law suddenly has some strength, it seems that this medicine is not difficult to drink.

Of course, the medicine is bitter, not to mention the addition of pig bile. However, Tong Wanqing didn't feel that it was difficult to swallow at all, she only felt extremely comfortable. After drinking a bowl of medicine, Tong Wanqing breathed a long sigh of relief: "I feel as if I have come to life." ”

Xu Xiaole smiled from ear to ear and said, "It's good if the medicine can work!" It seems that my uncle is really not a charlatan who cheats to eat and drink, but is really a master of the world. He wouldn't lie to me if he asked me to study medicine with him. ”

Tong Wanqing heard Xu Xiaole say this, and smiled with relief: "Are you willing to study medicine now?" ”

Xu Xiaole rarely said seriously: "I was originally afraid that studying medicine was just impatient to endorse, and it was useless. If I can learn the same skills as my uncle and ancestor, and I can save people from suffering with a dose of medicine, and be admired by others, of course I am very happy to learn. ”

Tong Wanqing came up sleepy and muttered, "Then you have to work hard......" After speaking, she had fallen into a deep sleep. Xu Xiaole didn't know how many times in the past two days he watched Tong Wanqing moaning in pain, tossing and turning, seeing his sister-in-law so peaceful and quiet, he admired Sun Yufeng even more in his heart.

He returned to the study, took out the paper pills he had used to buy medicine, and unfolded them one by one.

This kind of paper pill is the rule of the pharmacy, printing the pictures of the medicinal materials bought by the guests, indicating the pharmacological properties, various applications and contraindications, and some exquisite shops will also wrap some sample specimens in the paper pills. Therefore, a long-term illness may not become a good doctor, but if someone in the family has been sick for a long time, it is inevitable to collect many such drawings

Xu Xiaole took the drawings, compared the specimens provided by the pharmacy, checked the traits, and put some in his mouth to taste the taste. Sun Yufeng prescribed twelve or thirteen flavored medicines in this prescription, Xu Xiaole checked them one by one, and memorized the pharmacology and medicinal properties written on the medicine sheet, and before he knew it, it was dark.

Hu Meiniang came in with a lamp in her hand and gently placed it beside Xu Xiaole. In her early years, she served Xu Jinshi to study, and these routines were very skillful, and she did not alarm Xu Xiaole at all.

Xu Xiaole turned his head and thanked him, rubbed his eyes, and didn't have any heart at all. Several medicine books and predecessors' notes had been spread out in front of him, carefully pondering the prescription prescribed by Sun Yufeng.

This is actually the intention of the old rule to ask apprentices to copy prescriptions. Only by copying it yourself, remembering it in your heart, and then using your spare time to ask for advice and turn over books, can you get something. The masters also observe the apprentice's mind through this method, and if there is no such self-consciousness, no one will be willing to teach him until he is old.

Xu Xiaole didn't know this truth, but the longing for studying medicine in his heart made him directly find this path, and no one needed to mention it.

Hu Meiniang came over to deliver dinner and supper, and when she saw that Xu Xiaole was still studying hard, she stood behind him and coughed lightly. Originally, I expected Xu Xiaole to turn his head and ask her something, so that he could remind him to go to bed and see it tomorrow. Who knew that Xu Xiaole didn't look back, and was still immersed in the book.

Hu Meiniang had no choice but to walk to the desk and approach Xu Xiaole, hoping that he would find out his dissatisfaction.

Xu Xiaole was really fascinated at this time, and he only felt that there were many ways in medicine, just like a big labyrinth. What's even more interesting is that there is no dead end in this labyrinth, no matter how you turn it, there is a great reward. If you can have a harvest, you will have fun, and the medical books that used to look hateful are now cute.