Chapter 26: The Last Way
Dr. Ni stroked his white beard and said proudly: "Except for yesterday's one, the rest are cured!" ”
Zuo Shaoyang smiled, vaguely guessing the purpose of Dr. Ni showing off.
Dr. Ni slowly continued: "There are still prescriptions for stillbirths, and they have always worked. Only this time there was an exception. Think about it, the old man has only encountered this time for more than 30 years, and in the years to come, I don't know if I can still encounter such an incurable disease, you let the old man spend ten taels of silver to buy a recipe that is likely not to be used, if you were me, would you spend this money? ”
Zuo Shaoyang finally understood why Dr. Ni refused to buy this recipe at this price. A heart sank to the bottom.
Dr. Ni continued to say slowly: "Therefore, not all life-saving recipes are valuable, there are many kinds of them. For example, the recipe that is often used, which can save lives, and the only recipe that others don't know, let alone ten taels of silver, I will buy one hundred taels, but your recipe, I have encountered it once in more than 30 years, to say something unpleasant, even if the old decay can't cure this disease, how much loss will it have to the reputation of the old decay? What doctor dares to say that it can cure all diseases? ”
Zuo Shaoyang nodded and said, "What Dr. Ni said is reasonable, okay, don't you want to buy other commonly used recipes that can save lives?" We have it in Guizhitang, what do you want to buy? I'll sell it to you! I promise that it is a recipe that others don't know, and it will be sold exclusively to you! And the price is absolutely fair! ”
Dr. Ni burst out laughing.
"What are you laughing at? What I'm saying is true! Don't you believe I have these recipes? Still don't believe my recipe works? If you don't believe it, you can try it, if it doesn't work, I'll pay back double the price! ”
"No need!" Doctor Ni smiled, stood up and said coldly: "Originally, if you sold your recipe just now for a price of a few hundred yuan, Lao Yu would have bought it out of curiosity, but your lion opened his mouth wide, and he came up for ten taels, and now he said that he would sell other commonly used life-saving prescriptions exclusively to Lao Yu, and Lao Yu will know your true purpose." Okay, the old man has no interest in the so-called secret recipe of your hall, Young Master Zuo, please go back! ”
With that, Dr. Ni flicked the sleeves of his robe, turned around and walked out.
"Wait!" Zuo Shaoyang caught up a few steps and said hurriedly: "You really don't believe that I have this recipe?" Do you really believe that these methods work? ”
"To be honest, I really don't believe it!" Doctor Ni didn't even turn around, and said coldly: "If there is really such a recipe, is your hall still short of money?" Do you still need to come to the hall to sell your son? Hahaha" laughed loudly and strode out the door.
Where is Zuo Shaoyang stupid, Dr. Ni is right, this is like a bald doctor with no hair on his head, telling others that he has a secret recipe for treating hair loss, no one will believe it. It's just that they don't know that their recipes come from modern society, not Guizhitang's recipes. But how can this be said? Even if they did, who would believe it?
If you want to make people believe, you can only speak with facts! A thought popped up in Zuo Shaoyang's head, which shocked his whole body, although this idea was too ridiculous, but now, he had no choice!
Seeing a guy coming over and standing at the door, holding his hands and looking at him coldly, Zuo Shaoyang snorted and stepped out of the door. When I came to the lobby, I saw Dr. Ni sitting behind a carved table and was diagnosing a patient, stepped over, looked at him with his body, and said coldly: "Okay! Doctor Ni, let me prove it to you, let you see if our Zuo family's recipe has any effect, and whether it can save people! ”
Dr. Ni stroked his beard, looked at him coldly, and said slowly: "Look at the old decay! ”
Zuo Shaoyang brushed his sleeves away.
When he returned to Guizhitang, he saw Zuo Gui still sitting there with his sleeves folded like a wood carving, and his sister Fennel came over, doing needlework with Liang in the bedroom with a sad face. He walked up to Zuo Gui and said, "Dad! We can't wait here and wait, we have to think of a way to make money! ”
"What?" Zuo Gui slowly raised his face to look at him, it had only been a few days, and the wrinkles on his face had obviously deepened and become much deeper.
"If the patient doesn't come to the door, we have to think of ways to make money!"
"What's the idea?"
"Walk the streets and alleys to be a bell doctor!"
The bell doctor is the ancient Langzhong who walked the countryside with a medicine box on his back and walked around the villages to treat people, also called "You Fang Langzhong" or "Wandering Country Doctor", because most of them shook the bell, so it was commonly known as "bell doctor".
"What? Bell doctor? Zuo Gui was stunned for a moment, smiled bitterly, and slowly lowered his head again.
The Liang clan in the house heard this, and hurriedly came out, and the Liang family said: "Zhong'er, I'm afraid this idea won't work!" ”
"Why?"
"Your father is this age, and then he walks the streets and alleys, and then talks about the ...... of this cold winter and wax moon."
Zuo Shaoyang said: "I have the heart to pick a son to practice medicine alone, but I am too young, and people don't believe in my medical skills!" Only believe in Dad, Dad is the old man, as long as he is willing to pull down the child and walk the streets and alleys to serve the door, it is better than sitting here and waiting! Besides, it will expire the day after tomorrow, then Zhao Sanniang is a ruthless master, and if she does what she says, she will not be lenient anymore, at that time, we will not have a pharmacy, and we will not have to walk the streets and alleys as a bell doctor! Dad refuses to go to his brother-in-law's house, so it's better to take action in the next two days to make some money, or rent another house to settle down. You can't sleep on the streets on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, right? ”
Zuo Gui's body was shocked, thinking that what his son said was indeed the truth, and slowly raised his head, but he really wanted to carry the burden and walk the streets and alleys to be a bell doctor, and he really couldn't pull down this face at his age.
Zuo Shaoyang knew Zuo Gui's thoughts, and said indignantly: "Dad! You can't hesitate anymore, don't you think it's a shame to be a bell doctor? Don't forget, Hua Tuo, Bian Que, these miracle doctors have also been bell doctors! What is there to be ashamed of. If you feel that you can't pull your face, you will follow far behind you, I will carry the burden and rattle the bell to solicit, and if someone comes to seek medical treatment, you will come to see a doctor, this is all right? I'm young, thick-skinned, and I'm not afraid of being embarrassed. ”
When Zuo Shaoyang graduated from college, he was looking for jobs everywhere, and he was embarrassed at first, but after a few experiences, this cheeky skin was also practiced. Besides, what is there to be ashamed of walking the streets and alleys to be a bell doctor, not stealing or robbing, and relying on labor to eat? This is not the same as the merchant who walks through the village.
Zuo Gui was a little moved, glanced at the Liang family and his daughter, and then looked at the empty medicine shop, yes, wait like this, after the Chinese New Year's Eve, be swept away, and have to think about it, can't turn to his son-in-law, and he has no other skills, when the time comes, can't he pick a picker to walk the streets and alleys as a bell doctor? It's this road in the morning and evening, and it's better to go late than early. He looked at Zuo Shaoyang and said, "When the bell doctor ......, does anyone see a doctor?" ”
"Why not? Dad, you saved a pregnant woman who wasn't even cured by Huimin Hall yesterday, just rely on this, people will also invite you to see the disease! ”
Mentioning this, Zuo Gui's heart suddenly became hot, thinking about being a bell doctor is to treat a sore, carbuncle, swelling, cold and cough or something, this is not difficult for him, besides, even the difficult case like yesterday has been solved by himself, there must be a god in the dark to take care of it, so he finally made up his mind, swallowed his saliva with difficulty, stood up and said: "Okay!" The two of them walked the streets and alleys to be bell doctors! ”
Liang also knows that if the current situation continues, this road will have to be taken sooner or later. It's just that she can't help call the shots. Seeing that Zuo Gui nodded and agreed, although his heart was sad, hope also rose, and he choked up and said: "Master, I, I will prepare for you to go!" ”
When the bell doctor's line is not complicated, a banner with writing as a signboard, a medicine box for commonly used medicines, and a small bell will come to life.
When the bell doctor mainly treats, is some common diseases, the characteristic is to achieve a quick effect, it is best to make pills and powder, you can sell medicine at the same time, people buy it directly, do not need to suffer, eat it, will pay to buy, so the medicine does not need to be much, but it is best to be complete.
Liang found a long piece of large white cloth, Zuo Gui thought about it with his pen, and said, "What is written on this banner?" ”
Zuo Shaoyang said: "You have to write something mysterious, so that people are curious." Well......, just write: Specializing in the treatment of cold and cough, diarrhea, sores and carbuncles, male and female infertility, and various incurable diseases! ”
Fennel smiled, "Won't it be too long?" ”
"That's it! Only people can understand it, you have to write it in a simple way, who knows to the common people. ”
Zuo Gui said: "Makes sense! ”
Fennel said: "Writing about the treatment of various incurable diseases, will this be too much?" ”
"It is to be mysterious, to be good at promoting yourself, and these words must be written separately and written on the back, so that they are eye-catching! Besides, even Dr. Ni from Huimin Hall couldn't cure the disease, and he was stunned and called his father to cure it, this is an incurable disease, right? That's not what we're blowing, is it? ”