In the Tang Dynasty, the prescription used for the treatment of stroke was based on ginseng, and the dosage was very large, and it was very expensive to use about 4,000 wen for a dose of medicine, while the new prescription used by Zuo Shaoyang in later generations was only a dozen wen for a dose, which was really a world of difference. This letter Lang Zhong came to the door when he smelled it, thinking that Zuo Shaoyang was young and easy to deceive, and wanted to buy this recipe with 100 yuan.

Zuo Shaoyang didn't break it, smiled faintly, and said: "Uncle Feng, this recipe is ......, hehe, we don't sell it!" Good bye! With that, he carried the banner and walked away.

Feng Langzhong chased a few steps and said, "Da Lang, let's discuss it again, the price is easy to say, if it doesn't work, I can add it, how about one hundred and thirty Wen?" One hundred and fifty wen! I've got a hundred and fifty ......! ”

Zuo Shaoyang ignored him, walked as fast as flying, and got into the alley. He has become familiar with the streets near here, and after getting rid of Feng Langzhong, he turned to the mouth of Apricot Alley, and sure enough, he watched a small tea shop, and went shopping during the New Year, and he passed by, but he didn't care.

Closer look, this tea shop is not big, there is a banner in front of the door, and there are several big words written on it: "Qingxiang Tea Shop". In the lobby, there are small square tables and small bamboo chairs made of low bamboo. At this moment, not long after dawn, there are only a few old tea customers who like to drink morning tea, sitting in it scattered, holding their own large teacups, and sipping tea slowly. There is also a door in the back that leads to the backyard, and there is an old counter next to the door. There are several large copper teapots on the counter.

Sang Xiaomei's brother Sang Wazi leaned on the edge of the counter with a pot, opened his mouth and yawned, as if he hadn't woken up. At the counter, Sang Xiaomei's father was looking down to open a book, her mother Sang Mu was holding a big copper kettle, walking around, refilling the water for guests, this Sang Mother was short and fat, but her old face was full of folds.

Zuo Shaoyang dangled the bell in his hand, and slowly walked past the door of the teahouse while watching. I didn't hear anyone inside greet me, so I stopped, and slowly walked back, shaking the bell louder, but the bell doctor couldn't shout, so I could only rely on the bell to tell others that the bell doctor was passing by.

Sang Mu looked at him with a teapot and smiled: "It's Xiao Langzhong, are you here to drink tea?" Sit inside! ”

"No, no," Zuo Shaoyang waved his hand, "I'm ......, I'll wait for my father." ”

"Oh, your dad hasn't been here for tea in a long time. Are you coming today? ”

"No, no, hehe, we're going to patrol the doctor, let me wait here, aunt, you're busy......" Zuo Shaoyang said as he walked forward, and when he arrived at the entrance of the alley, he still didn't hear anyone greet him.

He was a little discouraged and wanted to go back, but what appeared in front of him was Sang Xiaomei's resentful eyes, and he turned around and walked back slowly. This trip was slower, almost pacing three times at a time, but after passing the door, I still didn't see Sang Xiaomei, and even Sang's mother went into the kitchen.

Zuo Shaoyang had no choice but to give up, carrying the bell doctor's flag, the bell was not shaken, he hung his head in despair, turned around and walked quickly through the door of the tea shop, ready to go home.

At this time, I heard someone in the tea shop laughing: "Isn't this the son of Guizhitang Zuolangzhong, hey, what are you doing here?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang stopped, turned his head to look, and saw an old man standing by the door of the lobby leading to the backyard, very tall, like a bamboo pole, his head was about to touch the door railing, and he was smiling at himself, but he didn't know him. But seeing that he was holding his hair in a bun, tied with a silk ribbon, with a gray beard floating under his chin, and wearing a robe with a round neck, the fabric was fine satin, and the robe was made of silk and cotton, this dress was not like a poor man, and somehow ran to this secluded little tea shop to drink. But when people recognized themselves, they must be acquaintances, so they grinned without smiling, and said casually: "Hello uncle! ”

The old tea guest smiled and said, "Xiao Langzhong, come in and have a cup of tea, and help me take a look at the illness by the way." Look, you've learned a few things about your daddy. ”

As soon as Zuo Shaoyang heard that someone was looking for him to see a doctor, he just took this opportunity to go in and wait for Sang Xiaomei, and hurriedly carried the banner into the tea shop. Leaning on Sang Wazi in front of the counter, and Sang Daddy, who was watching the account behind the counter, all smiled at him, Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly smiled back, and followed the old tea guest into the backyard.

This backyard is very small, and it is a stilted building by the river, hanging in the air by the river. The fence by the river is made into a bench with a curved backrest, and you can sit on the bench and look at the quiet and quiet river flowing slowly under the stilted building, as if you are in the river. If this is in the middle of summer, the river breeze is gentle, and it is definitely a good place to escape the heat and cool down. It's a pity that it's a cold winter wax moon, and the river breeze is blowing, which is really beautiful and frozen.

There was no one in the backyard, just this brocade-robed old man, a coarse porcelain teacup containing half a cup of strong tea, steaming.

The old tea guest walked to a bamboo chair, first pulled the bamboo chair away, squatted a horse step, supported his hands on his knees, frowned, and then sat down slowly, breathed a long sigh of relief, beat his waist, and pinched his shoulders, and then beckoned Zuo Shaoyang to sit.

The cold wind was gusting by the river, but the old man's body seemed to be very strong, and he didn't even have the slightest sense of shivering and chilling. It's just that my hands and feet are a little inflexible.

Zuo Shaoyang put the banner on the bamboo chair next to him, since the old tea guest recognized himself, he should be an acquaintance, but he didn't know anyone, so it was not easy to call him, so he bowed down and made a smile: "You always drink tea?" ”

"Yes, it's been a habit for decades, and this habit has not been broken in those years of war."

"It's freezing on this day, drinking tea in the river breeze is not good for your body and bones."

"Hehe, I know, this is a rotten problem that I have developed for many years, in the early years, I ran the dock, no matter how windy and rainy, it was not where I fell to sleep, where I sat and where I drank? Get used to it, - what kind of tea? I invite you. ”

"Thank you, I don't drink tea, just give you a look at the disease, why are you uncomfortable?"

"I said that I invited you to drink tea, how can there be any reason not to drink it, how about giving you a cup of Mengding chickpeak tea?" He raised his voice and shouted out the door, "Sang Wazi, give Xiao Lang a cup of hooded eagle's beak!" ”

"Okay!" As soon as the mulberry baby in the front hall heard that there was business, he immediately came to his senses, took down a coarse porcelain teacup from the counter, scooped a spoonful of crushed tea powder from the bamboo basket with "Mengding Eagle's Beak" written on several bamboo baskets on the counter and put it in the teacup, holding a large copper teapot in one hand and a teacup in the other, striding into the backyard, laughing with him, putting the teacup on the bamboo table, and slowly filling the teapot with boiling water. Ha waist nodded: "Xiao Langzhong, you use it slowly." He turned around and walked away with a smile.

The old tea guest pointed to the spice jar on the table with three bamboo tubes tied together: "What's more?" Green onions, ginger or salt?

The Tang Dynasty drank tea and liked to add condiments to the tea, and the commonly used condiments were green onions, ginger, and salt for stir-frying. Zuo Shaoyang actually doesn't like to drink tea very much, and adding green onions, ginger and salt to tea is even more unacceptable, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, it's good like this." ”

The old tea guest glanced at him, and there was some approval in his eyes: "Well, it's wrong, I don't like to add these things to the tea, tea is not like tea soup like soup." For example, your father, when he drinks tea, he likes to add some messy things, making it like a decoction, and it smells bad to death! You didn't learn this from him, which is good! ”

Zuo Shaoyang saw that this old tea guest could actually tell his father's tea-drinking habits, and he must be familiar with his father.

The cold river breeze blew, drilling into the body from the neck and cuffs, so cold that Zuo Shaoyang was excited, and he hurriedly picked up the teacup and wanted to take a sip to warm his body, but the teacup was just picked up, and before it was sent to his mouth, he felt that the teacup was abnormally hot, and hurriedly put the teacup on the bamboo table, put it in a panic, splashed some, and just poured it on his hand, so hot that he hurriedly wiped his hand on the back of his clothes, and gasped in his mouth.

The old tea guest laughed: "You, this is not the same as your father, your father is a slow surname, what about you, you are an urgent surname, hehe, you say, is it better to be a busy surname or a slow surname in Langzhong?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang thought for a while and said, "If it's fast, it's fast, and when it's slow, it's slow." ”

"Huh? Haha, kind of interesting. The old tea guest smiled, "That's right, you have a lot of sense." Just rush to this sentence, your future achievements will definitely be higher than your father's! ――You may not like to hear it, but your father's medical skills are really not very good. Hey hey"

How dare Zuo Shaoyang talk about his father's medical skills in front of outsiders, and hurriedly diverted the topic and said, "Why are you uncomfortable?" ”

"What's the hurry? I'm not in a hurry, you're in a hurry, aren't you just drinking tea when you come in? Why don't you go outside the door for a long time? ”