Chapter 15: The Concoction Master
Lin Qingdai will be skeptical. Wu Cong asked in a low voice: "Shopkeeper, will this lily continue to use honey moxibustion or use the honey steaming he said?" ”
"Do as Mr. Du said! He was a doctor, and he knew best how to use medicine. ”
"Okay!"
Du Wenhao smiled, walked out of the pergola, and when he passed by Yingzi, who was busy cleaning medicinal herbs, he glanced at it and asked, "Yingzi, you are cleaning seaweed, right?" ”
"yes."
"You're going to wash it like that?"
Yingzi stopped and looked up at him: "Yes, how can you wash it if you don't wash it like this?" ”
Du Wenhao sighed: "The salt content of seaweed is very heavy, and it must be repeatedly changed and cleaned in a long running water to remove the salt, otherwise the salt will affect the efficacy of the medicine." ”
Yingzi stuck out her tongue: "I've always washed like this." ”
"Alas, the herbs are concocted like this. No wonder you don't even come to your pharmacy to grab medicine. "Sit back on the stool and continue to pound the antelope horns with the pound knife.
Lin Qingdai said to Yingzi: "Do what Mr. Du said, go to the well to change the water and rinse." ”
Yingzi agreed, and left with the basin.
Lin Qingdai sat down and said to Du Wenhao with a smile: "Mr. Du seems to know a lot about the preparation of medicinal materials?" ”
"Of course," Du Wenhao knew that now was not the time to be polite, and swept the small piece of atractylodes decoction in his hand, "My uncle is the one who runs a pharmacy." ”
Yingzi by the well was straightforward, and asked with wide eyes: "Then why did you come out to be a bell doctor and go to the rivers and lakes?" ”
"I'm ...... I'm not helpless! ”
"Is the pharmacy down?"
Du Wenhao casually made up a lie: "Uncle, he is an old man...... died, but the pharmacy caught fire again, and there was nothing left in the fire. "It's not an exaggeration to think that it is the Song Dynasty almost a thousand years ago, my uncle has not yet been born, and the pharmacy does not exist.
Yingzi suddenly looked sympathetic, for fear that Du Wenhao would be sad when he remembered the past, so he hurriedly diverted the topic, and casually took a Bai Wei from the pile of medicinal materials at his feet and asked, "Doctor Du, what is this Bai Wei cured?" ”
Du Wenhao said: "Bai Wei can clear heat and cool blood, and can also detoxify and cure sores. It can treat hypothermia after childbirth, sores, poisonous snake bites, etc. However, Bai Wei is slightly poisonous, and if you overdose, you will be poisoned. ”
Yingzi hurriedly threw Bai Wei on the ground and clapped her hands a little embarrassed.
Du Wenhao said with a smile: "Bai Wei is only a little poisonous, and it will only be poisoned if it is overdosed, and it will not be poisoned by skin contact, rest assured." ”
"Oh." Yingzi's white and tender face flushed, and she picked up another herb and asked, "What about this?" Is this also toxic? ”
"It is a medicine that is poisonous, many medicines are poisonous, this medicine in your hand is called morning glory, it is a kind of catharsis and water medicine, treating ascites, and those with poor stool have miraculous effects. However, morning glory can also be poisoned if taken in large amounts. ”
"yes? How is this medicine called? It's weird! ”
"Hehe, there's a legend here, do you want to hear it?"
"Okay, okay, I like to listen to stories the most, tell us about it."
"Well, once upon a time, there was a man who had a bulging disease, and he was so uncomfortable that he couldn't be cured by seeking medical treatment, and then a doctor cured him with this medicine. The man was very pleased, and took an ox to Dr. Xena. Later, the news spread, and people called this medicine morning glory. ”
"Hee-hee, that's interesting! Let me tell you another story. ”
"Okay," Du Wenhao picked up a piece of ore medicine from the pile of medicinal herbs: "This medicine is called Yu Yuliang, which is made into medicine with vinegar calcination, which can treat dysentery and bleeding in the stool, do you know why it is called this name?" ”
Yingzi shook her head.
This kind of medicinal material is shaped like a steamed bun, the legend is the food left by the ancient Yu when he controlled the water, in the famine years, the people were so hungry that they couldn't do it, so they picked this kind of stone and grinded it as food to eat, and saved a lot of people. It's just that I can't pass the stool after eating too much, and it's very uncomfortable, but it's better than starving to death. ”
Yingzi's big eyes sparkled, and she nodded again and again.
Lin Qingdai said on the side: "Doctor Du is well-read and has a strong memory, and he knows a lot of things." ”
"Where, where! Shopkeeper Lin has won the award, and it can be seen that Shopkeeper Lin's ancestor should also open a pharmacy. ”
"Really? How so? ”
"From the name your parents gave you, Qingdai is a good medicine for clearing heat, it can also solve all kinds of poisons, can be compatible with many medicines to treat many diseases, and can use the name of the medicine as your maiden name, it can be seen that your parents know the medicinal materials well."
"I can't see that Dr. Du still knows how to tell fortunes. In fact, my ancestors were honest and farmed, and my father changed to business, mainly engaged in medicinal materials. When my mother gave birth to me, she wanted to choose a name, but my father took a medical book and opened it, which happened to be the flavor of Qingdai, so he named me this girl. ”
"Oh! This pharmacy is also your family's business, right? ”
"No, I did it myself. Before I married into my husband's family, my father-in-law was already seriously ill in bed, and my husband's family wanted to be healed, but I didn't expect that on the day I got married, the seriously ill father-in-law died. My husband's family said that I had died by force, and immediately drove me out of the house, and only allowed me to take half of the dowry. I left my husband's house, and I didn't have the face to go back to my parents' house, passing by this Dongda County, I saw that this pharmacy was going to sell, so I pawned this half of the dowry, and changed the name of this pharmacy to 'Wuweitang', taking the meaning of the five flavors of life. However, I don't know much about medicinal herbs, and my business has been sluggish. ”
Du Wenhao nodded again and again, believing that this little widow was really pitiful, and this widow was really wronged.
Yingzi was listening to it just now, and wanted to continue listening, so she said to Du Wenhao: "Doctor Du, can you tell us about the preparation, efficacy, and anecdotes of these medicinal materials?" ”
"Okay! The processing of medicinal materials is very important, and different processing methods should be selected according to different medicinal properties and treatment requirements, especially some poisonous medicinal materials, and the processing is even more particular. For example, this leech, if it is not well concocted, it will have a strong fishy smell, and the smell is very bad after entering the decoction, it is difficult to take, and it is easy to absorb moisture and return to softness. How do you make it? Rice wine should be mixed well......"
Du Wenhao saw that Yingzi liked to listen to it, and he was also interested, and while helping to sort out the concocted medicinal materials, he talked endlessly. This statement is like a surging river, endless, until the sound of bangzi came outside, it has been three watches, Du Wenhao said: "Okay, it's late at night, let's continue tomorrow." ”
Yingzi was still unsatisfied, clapped his hands and said, "I haven't heard enough!" ”
"There's time in the future!" Du Wenhao got up and hugged his fists at Lin Qingdai, "Shopkeeper, I'll leave and go back to rest." ”
Lin Qingdai smiled and got up: "Doctor Du, please wait." ”
"Shopkeeper, is there anything else you have to say?"
"I don't dare to command, but I have a suggestion. I heard what you just said, and I feel that you know a lot about the processing of medicinal materials, so I want to hire you as our Wuweitang medicinal material processing master, I don't know if you are willing? ”
Du Wenhao was overjoyed: "Okay! Thank you Boss Lin! I'm just a Jianghu Langzhong, I'm tired of Dr. Ling's wandering around the world, and I want to have a place to stay, so I just wanted to apply for a medicine selection guy yesterday, and now I can be a master of concocted medicinal materials, which is already a benefit to ascend to the sky, how can there be no reason to be unwilling. ”
Lin Qingdai smiled and said, "Okay, your monthly salary is tentatively set at Erguan, do you think it's okay?" ”
Du Wenhao was pleasantly surprised, and the second copper coin is 2,000 yuan, which is equivalent to 2,000 yuan, which is enough for a family of five to eat for two months. This can be regarded as a high salary, for fear that I heard it wrong, I asked if I was suffering from gains and losses: "What did the shopkeeper Lin say about two thousand Wen?" ”
"Well, what, isn't it too little?"
"No, no! Hehe, it's so much, I can't believe my ears. Hey, hey, hey. ”
"Yes, I hope you will do your best to help me guide the concoction of medicinal materials in the future."
"Definitely, definitely!"
"In addition, before the sitting doctor is invited, you will continue to be the sitting doctor of our Wuwei Hall, okay?"
"Yes, yes! Thank you shopkeeper! Du Wenhao was even happier and thanked him again and again.
"You are now the master of my Wuwei Hall, you have to have a separate place to live, so don't crowd the Chase shop with them. Yingzi, you go and clean up the study next to us and give it to Dr. Du. ”
"Whoa!" Yingzi agreed, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Du Wenhao, he waved his hand again and again: "No, this is the shopkeeper's study, how can I live!" I'll just squeeze the two of them into the shop, it's fine. ”
"That won't do! This study is the one I bought from this pharmacy, and it is full of medical books, which are left by the previous pharmacy. I don't understand it, and besides, I'm still busy with business, and I don't have time to read it, but you're a doctor, so it's really suitable to live there. Those medical books may be of some help to you. ”
"This ......"
Wu Cong said on the side: "Doctor Du, it's better to be respectful than to obey your orders, since the shopkeeper has arranged it like this, you just obey." ”
"But this ......" Du Wenhao hesitated a little, there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, not to mention living next door to the widow, it is not good to say it.
Lin Qingdai said lightly: "Doctor Du, if you dislike it, I will go to the Hengxiang Inn opposite to rent you a room for a long time, how about it?" ”
Du Wenhao was startled, waved his hand and said, "How can it be done!" ”
Silly Fat also helped: "Doctor Du, if you don't hurry up and agree to come down, and then get it down, I'm afraid that the shopkeeper will build a house for you alone." ”
Seeing Lin Qingdai's cold appearance, Du Wenhao didn't dare to shirk anymore, so he had to bow down and say: "Since this is the case, then thank you to the shopkeeper, I live in the study." ”
Lin Qingdai smiled at this time, glanced at Yingzi, and Yingzi hurriedly ran to arrange a place to live.
After a while, Yingzi came back and said that the residence was settled.