Zuo Shaoyang continued to walk down all the way, walking next to each other in the southeast, northwest and northwest cities. Their Shijing County is not big, so it didn't take an hour to visit all the streets and alleys. Along the way, I saw happy children setting off firecrackers, and I saw men and women wearing red and green to go shopping, but the most I saw were the begging along the street, selling children and daughters, and the street children lying weakly on the street corner.

He knew that in the first year of Zhenguan, there were still wars and famines in many parts of the country, so the people lived very hard, and many people were displaced. Compared to these people, the difficulties faced by their Guizhitang are already very ordinary.

Walked to the yamen, no one at the door, poked the probe inside and took a look, saw that there was no one inside, the first day of the new year was naturally a holiday, there was a photo wall erected at the entrance of the door, the wall was pasted with large and small papers, some also painted images, I was very curious, I thought that my brother-in-law Hou Pu was the scribe of the yamen, and it was nothing to go in and see, so I stepped in.

There is a gatehouse inside the gate, the door is facing this side, and there is an old man sitting inside, dozing off in a robe, hearing footsteps, opening his eyes and seeing that it is Zuo Shaoyang, he smiled: "It's Zuo Dalang." Is there something wrong? ”

Only familiar people call themselves Da Lang, it seems that this old man is an acquaintance, Zuo Shaoyang is also bold, and he is busy arching his hand: "Happy New Year!" It's nothing, just take a walk around the New Year. ”

"Oh. Then you take your time. The old porter closed his eyes again and took a nap.

Zuo Shaoyang walked to the wall and looked up, and found that it was some official documents such as judgments. Those few official documents with portraits were several sea arrest notices for wanted criminals. This aroused his interest, but unfortunately the other ones were soaked and rotted by the wind and rain, and the handwriting was not real, only one seemed to have just been pasted and was not broken.

He tilted his head and read it carefully, it was a wanted thief nicknamed "Flying Squirrel". The proclamation stated that those who were arrested would be rewarded with a reward of 100 taels of silver. Those who assist in the capture of the news will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver. I can't help but be staggered, one hundred taels is 500,000 yuan! It seems that this guy has committed a lot of crimes. Take a closer look at the appearance on the picture, with a beard on the edges, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a face. I thought to myself that this guy was really vicious, and he looked like a villain.

After leaving the yamen, I walked all the way to Washi.

Washi is a square, according to the different stalls are divided into several large pieces, such as selling vegetables and meat, selling oil, salt, sauce and vinegar and small commodities, selling clothing fabrics and old clothes and cloth, selling medicinal herbs, etc., but this day is the first day of the Lunar New Year, according to the convention is not open, but there are also many stalls in order to make money on the first day of the new year, and they also set up stalls to open.

He walked to Washi, saw a rice shop, then went in to take a look, there are rice noodles in it, a look at the sign inserted on it, really surprised, a bucket of black noodles costs 200 Wen, and the general brown rice is more than 300 Wen a bucket, not to mention fine noodles and polished rice. In the Tang Dynasty, a bucket had a little more than ten catties, and it cost 20 wen to calculate a catty of black noodles, and a catty of brown rice cost 30 wen to buy. According to the calculation of 20 catties per month for one person, a family of five will pay 100 catties a month, and 3,000 yuan, that is, 15,000 yuan, will be required in a month. The monthly income must exceed 3,000 wen (three taels of silver) per month to be able to afford to eat relatively poor brown rice.

sighed, Zuo Shaoyang went to see the meat and vegetables again, and there were also meat dishes in the market, but the price was even more frighteningly high, pork was 100 wen per catty, beef was 120 wen, and a Chinese cabbage was also sold for 3 yuan.

In this way, if a family of five wants to live by eating rice and a little meat, it must have a monthly income of at least 5,000 yuan, which is equivalent to 25,000 yuan. With such a high standard of living, how can ordinary people afford it, no wonder most ordinary people eat black noodles and wild vegetables. Even if it is a small rich family, they don't dare to eat white rice and pork every day.

Then I walked forward, and I heard that it was very lively in the distance, and there was a sound of selling prices all day long, and there were bursts of laughter and cheers, and when I got closer, I saw a group of people in a circle, tiptoeing to look. I saw all kinds of differences in these circles, some of them ran the rivers and lakes and played monkeys, some danced with knives and sticks, some played tricks and sang on stage, some played tricks and so on. Although the level is not very good, the onlookers are all watching with relish. Presumably it's just a fun New Year.

Zuo Shaoyang squeezed into the circle of tricks and looked at it with his sleeves cuffed. He was grinning and looking at the fun, when he suddenly felt a gentle tap on the back of the shoulder, looked back, and said in surprise: "Miss Peilan!" ”

It was Miao Peilan, a firewood girl, who patted him on the shoulder. Miao Peilan smiled at him, beckoned, and turned around and walked away. Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly followed: "Miss Peilan, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, are you coming to the city to play?" ”

Miao Peilan shook her head and pointed to the place where firewood was sold in the distance: "I'm here to sell firewood." ”

"Huh? On the first day of the Lunar New Year, you also sell firewood? ”

Miao Peilan smiled again, took out the money bag from her arms, poured out all the money inside, counted it, and handed it all to Zuo Shaoyang: "This is the consultation money that the families you brought down to you last time when you went to our Laohuai Village for diagnosis and treatment, I originally wanted to sell firewood and then go to your pharmacy to give it to you, but I happened to see you." There are twenty-three texts in total. "Let's talk about who's money.

Zuo Shaoyang was very happy and took the money: "How do they know that you know me?" ”

"Brother Li told them that yesterday morning we sent Aunt Li back to Laohuai Village. The last time you and your father went to the village to diagnose a patient, they all got better with the medicine, and they all said that you were very good at medicine. I was afraid that you would be in a hurry to wait for the money for the New Year, so I heard that I was going down the mountain to sell firewood today, so I asked me to bring you the money. By the way, my mother asked me to thank you, your medical skills are really high, you can cure the disease without medicine, and her body and bones are much better. ”

"Who is your mother?" Zuo Shaoyang said curiously, "Among the patients we saw that day, was there your mother?" ”

"Well, it's your father who pricked his nose with chopsticks and bled and healed from his illness."

Zuo Shaoyang suddenly remembered that the family was the poorest of all the patients, with four walls, and a few children sitting bare-ass on the bluestone slab sucking their fingers. The patient was a lame middle-aged woman. Busy said: "I remembered, it turned out that it was your home." Is that lame woman your mother? ”

"Hmm."

"I see that there are four children in front of the door, how old are they, and the oldest is estimated to be only ten years old, is it your younger sibling?"

"Yes, three younger brothers and one sister. I'm the boss. ”

"What about your father?"

"...... died, died of illness."

"Oh, I'm sorry."

Miao Peilan smiled astringently and said, "When are you going to go?" When the people in the village heard that you had excellent medical skills, they would give you money after they had cured the disease, and they all said that they wanted to see you. ”

Zuo Shaoyang said with a smile: "Tomorrow my brother-in-law's family will come to visit the New Year, and I am not free, so I can only visit the day after tomorrow at the earliest." By the way, how happened to Aunt Li's stroke? ”

Aunt Li is the last time she quarreled with her daughter-in-law, she had a stroke and sought medical treatment everywhere, and the pharmacies saw that they were too poor, and there was ginseng in the medicine they needed, and they were afraid that they would not be able to pay for the medicine, so they shirked the old woman who could not be cured. Zuo Shaoyang was treated with antelope horn hook vine soup and purple snow, and he was able to open his eyes and recognize people at that time.

Miao Peilan said: "She took your medicine that day, and she has already gotten much better, and she can recognize people when she goes back, but it's just ......"

"What's wrong?"

"Before I went down the mountain this morning, I heard from Brother Li that Aunt Li couldn't wake up again, and she couldn't wake up when she screamed."

Zuo Shaoyang was taken aback, it stands to reason that it shouldn't be like this, how could he be unconscious again? Could it be that something has changed? The treatment of stroke places special emphasis on the first time, that is, at the beginning of stroke, to take medication accurately and as soon as possible. In order to minimize the harm of stroke, there can be no delay. Zuo Shaoyang immediately made a decision and said, "I'll go back and tell my father immediately, and strive to take a look at Laohuai Village now!" ”

Miao Peilan didn't know the criticality of this matter, seeing that Zuo Shaoyang's face had changed, she suddenly became nervous, looked back at her firewood, and nodded.

Zuo Shaoyang quickly ran back to the pharmacy and told Zuo Gui about it.

Zuo Gui was also taken aback: "Didn't you use the recipe taught by the old lady Doctor Ling?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang nodded with some embarrassment.

"That old bell doctor is not ......, not ......" Zuo Gui's father wanted to say that the old bell doctor was not an immortal? But after thinking about it, what kind of immortal also thinks so, people themselves haven't said it, and their son hasn't said it, so they can't blame others for it. I didn't even think about what to say later.