Chapter 27 Going to the village to be a bell doctor
Fennel smiled and nodded repeatedly: "That's right, why don't you write this case as well?" ”
Zuo Gui shook his head and said, "No! That's the signboard of smashing people's Huimin Hall, we earn our hard-earned money, people earn people's, don't be blushing. You can brag about curing all diseases, but you can't squeeze others, let alone climb up on their shoulders. ”
Zuo Gui and Fennel glanced at each other and stuck out their tongues.
Zuo Gui raised the pen to write, and Zuo Shaoyang said: "Wait, we have to write the signboard of our Guizhitang, to make people believe that we still have a pharmacy in it, the so-called monk can't run the temple, and the most worrying thing about the patient is that the doctor is very good-mouthed, and he will run away if he cheats people out of money." Second, it's good to publicize our Guizhitang, we will be famous in the future, we will have savings, and we will also open a pharmacy and medical hall to sit in the hall for consultation. ”
"Well, that's fine." Zuo Guidao, picked up the pen and wrote a neat line of words on the white flag, the top was written horizontally with three big characters "Guizhitang", the middle two words - "special treatment", and the lower left and right sides were two vertical rows: "cold and cough, running belly diarrhea" and "sores and carbuncles, swelling and pain, male and female infertility." Turn it over, and write a line of large characters on the back: "Specializing in the treatment of all kinds of incurable diseases." ”
After writing it, Zuo Shaoyang praised: "Dad's word is really not covered randomly, I'm afraid that Wang Xizhi is just like that!" ”
"What nonsense, how can a father compare with a book!" Zuo Gui smiled, and that smile was still a little proud.
Liang had already prepared a medicine box, and Zuo Gui personally selected some commonly used medicinal decoction pieces and some pill powders into medicines, and also prepared knives to treat sores and carbuncles. Zuo Shaoyang took advantage of Zuo Gui's inattention, secretly selected some of the medicines he needed, and put the Zixue Dan and other pills he prepared last night into the medicine box.
It took almost an hour to get ready, Zuo Shaoyang carried the medicine box on his back, held the signboard banner, shook the bell, and led the way with his head held high. Zuo Gui followed behind with his hands far away.
Shopkeeper Cai from the grocery store opposite smiled when he saw it: "Ouch Zuo Langzhong, this is going to rattle the bell to practice medicine?" ”
Zuo Gui's face was a little hot, and he smiled. Zuo Shaoyang said loudly: "Yes, uncle, we call it a doctor to the door, and the service is home." Hehe. ”
"Okay!" Shopkeeper Cai stroked his beard and praised: "This is a good idea, yesterday you cured the stillborn mother, I heard a lot of people say, you send the doctor to the door, it must be better than waiting at home!" ”
After hearing this, Zuo Shaoyang's confidence increased greatly, and he smiled gratefully: "Thank you uncle for the compliment, let's go!" ”
They rang the bell and walked down the street, and after walking several streets, they did not meet a single person who called them to see a doctor. However, no one looks at the excitement and looks strange, after all, in ancient times, bell doctors were very common, just like the small merchants and vendors pushing trucks to sell things on the streets of modern society, except for the chengguan, no one will look at the strange.
After walking a few more streets, there was still no one looking for them to see a doctor, Zuo Shaoyang stood up and said to Zuo Gui: "Dad, let's go into the alley, I'm afraid no one will find someone to see a doctor on the street." ”
"Hmm!" Zuo Gui agreed from afar, and stood still with his hands in his cage, looking left and right, as if he was afraid of seeing an acquaintance. Zuo Shaoyang doesn't know anyone here, don't worry, besides, what's embarrassing about working to make money. He flipped the medicine box on his back and turned into an alley. There were many fewer people in the alley, but after more than half an hour, no one came to see them.
Just when Zuo Shaoyang was a little deflated, Zuo Gui's voice came from behind him, saying, "Go out of the city and go to the neighboring villages!" ”
Zuo Shaoyang patted his head, yes, the bell doctor was originally a wandering party in the countryside, people in the city have a fixed pharmacy and medical hall to see the disease, and most people will not look for the bell doctor to see a doctor, only the countryside that lacks doctors and medicines has a market for the bell doctor, just like the merchant who walks the pure string village. I'm really stupid to get home.
Zuo Shaoyang stood up and asked, "Dad, where are we going?" ”
"Well, let's go to the area of Qianren Mountain."
Zuo Shaoyang crossed over, and landed on Qianren Mountain, knowing that this mountain is actually the general name of a mountain range, and there should be villages on the mountain. Then he turned around and walked in the direction of Qianren Mountain. The two of them went out of the city one after the other and walked along the official road.
Seeing that Zuo Shaoyang was carrying the medicine box and raising the flag and ringing the bell, he was really too busy, so he walked a few steps to catch up, and said, "Give me the flags and bells." ”
"Okay!" Zuo Shaoyang knew that this was a big change in Daddy Zuogui's thinking, and happily gave him the banner bell.
Zuo Gui said: "Let's stop walking on the main road, go up the mountain to the cottage." I remember climbing this hill to get there, it seems that there are several connected villages, go there and walk there. ”
"Hmm!"
Zuo Gui walked in front, Zuo Shaoyang followed behind, climbed up the mountain, walked on the snow-covered sheep intestine path, slipped and got up from time to time, neither of them spoke, I don't know if anyone will look for them when they get to the village, they all walk with their heads bored.
The village selected by Zuo Guixuan, on the main peak of Qianren Mountain, the road is very steep, and it has been climbing up for more than half an hour. Only then did I see the village from afar. The village was almost at the top of the hill, on a gentle slope, sparsely sparse with smoke curling. There is a big locust tree at the entrance of the village, several people hug the thickness together, there is a monument under the big locust tree, and the three big characters of "Lao Huai Village" are engraved with official script. Next to the monument, there are two rows of simple benches made of wood.
The two came to rest under the locust tree for a while. Zuo Shaoyang put down the medicine box, stood on a big stone, and looked down the mountain, only to see the mountains embraced, the white clouds fluttering, like a belt wrapped around the mountains at his feet, occasionally a few crisp birdsong in his ears, the branches of the old locust tree like a huge umbrella on his head were hung with silver-white snow, a gust of mountain wind blew, shaking the branches, it would flutter and fall down, falling all over the heads and shoulders of the two.
Seeing this fairy-like place, Zuo Shaoyang was depressed, and couldn't help but take a deep breath, stretched his waist for a long time, and was comfortable, he had a small poem in his heart, and he didn't have that talent, he wanted to recite a famous sentence, and he couldn't think of it for a while, so he asked for his surname and yelled loudly: "I'm!" It's so grandma's comfort! ”
Zuo Gui didn't have the mood for him, and said, "Let's go!" Shaking the bell and holding the banner into the village, Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly picked up the medicine box, followed behind, and stepped into the village.
When the bell rang, everyone knew that the bell doctor was coming, and the children in the village ran out to see the excitement.
You also have rules for practicing medicine, unlike the merchant, you can't go to the door to ask people if they are sick, or even walk next to the door, you can only slowly ring the bell on the stone road in the village, if someone is sick, they will naturally come out to greet them.
As they walked slowly through the village, they were almost at the edge of the village, and when they were in despair, a child stopped them: "Ah! Langzhong, my grandmother asked you to come and see the disease! ”
The two of them were overjoyed, and hurriedly followed the child to the front of a house, and when the neighbors heard the sound of rattling, they all came out with their shoulders and necks bent to see the excitement.
An old woman brought two low benches and beckoned them to sit down at the door, which was also the rule, unless the sick were too sick to get up, or they were all at the door to see the sick, and they were not allowed to enter the house.
Then the woman came out with a young man in her arms, and saw that the man's hands twitched slightly, his eyes were squinting, his tongue was half out, and he sat down on the stool, trembling in spite of his thick jacket.
The old woman said: "Lang Zhong, you give my son a look, he came back from the field at noon yesterday, it became like this, yesterday afternoon there happened to be a bell doctor to come, also look, but not good, originally said that I want to go to the city to find Lang Zhong to see, but I heard that the city Lang Zhong diagnosis is too expensive, I can't afford it, you give it a look." ”
Zuo Gui snorted, stretched out his hand to support his face and looked left and right, asked about the experience, diet and stool, raised his wrist to check the pulse and looked at the tongue, touched his head again, thought about it, and said, "Well, I'll prescribe a recipe for you to eat." ”
Seeing Zuo Gui's expression, the woman didn't seem to be sure, and said anxiously: "Langzhong, what is my son's illness?" ”