Chapter 20: The Book of Medicine

"By the way, there's one more thing I almost forgot." Madame turned around and beckoned to a mother with a bun. The mother stepped forward and saluted, "The slave maid Liu has seen the two young ladies. After Liu's salute was finished, Mrs. said: "Aunt Liu originally came out of the palace, and I specially raised her in the mansion to teach Pan'er etiquette rules." Now that Xiaoyu is here, the fifth day of the next month will hold a ceremony to recognize the woman, so from tomorrow onwards, let Aunt Liu teach Xiaoyu the basic rules, so as not to be rude when you get it. If Pan'er has the spirit, she can also learn together. After that, the lady looked at the BRICS again and asked, "Is the BRICS girl interested in studying?" “。

Jin Brick was so panicked that his little hand shook again and again and said: "I'm not interested, you Central Plains just pay attention to these, in fact, as long as it is a salute from the heart, why bother with these forms?" “。 Madame shook her head and smiled: "You are still young, you don't know that this girl's every move has rules." “。

Mrs. looked at Xiaoyu's face and thought to herself, "Pan'er is weak, she has never been assertive, Heng'er is still young, this Xiaoyu is kind-hearted, generous, and quite assertive when encountering things." If you cultivate and win over well, have the friendship of growing up together in the past three years, and then accompany the deputy dowry to find a good family for her, maybe it will be a big help for Pan'er's two sisters and brothers in the future. ”

After thinking about it, she became more and more affectionate to Xiaoyu, and took a pair of jade bracelets from her wrist and said to Xiaoyu: "Xiaoyu, this pair of bracelets is still from Nanyang, you can wear it and play with it." Xiaoyu saw that the bracelet was emerald and crystal clear, knowing that it was a valuable thing, and hurriedly excused himself, but he couldn't stand his wife's repeated insistence, and Qi Pan was also persuaded on the side, so he had to wear it on his hand.

Madame looked at Aunt Liu and said, "In the future, you will rest for an hour after lunch, and then Aunt Liu will teach you for an hour." After the spring of tomorrow, if Pan'er's health improves, he will invite a famous teacher to come to the house to teach you piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. You still have to practice in the morning, so you don't have to come every day to say goodbye, come every five days to say goodbye, and tell me if you need anything. Qi Pan Xiaoyu and the two Ying Ying said yes.

After resigning from his wife, the two took Aunt Liu back to Qixia Courtyard. arranged Aunt Liu's residence, and assigned a little maid to serve Aunt Liu, and made an appointment for Aunt Liu to start learning etiquette at three o'clock tomorrow, and the two went back to the house to rest.

Bai Fu, who went out to see off the nurse early this morning, has returned, and after helping Xiaoyu crooked on the couch, he reported to Xiaoyu about the nurse's move, and took out two taels of silver and said: "When I came back just now, I met Mother Zhou, and I took the lady's monthly silver by the way." ”

After a busy morning, Xiao Yu was a little tired, leaned on the couch and glanced at Yinzi and said, "You can take this, and you will be responsible for managing the money in the future." ”。 Then I asked the nurse about the situation on the nurse's side, and learned that the lady had arranged everything properly, and even the winter clothes were ready, so I was relieved.

Xiao Yu looked at the house beam and said melancholy: "Bai Fu, the nurse is so old and there is no one to take care of it, you have to contact the peach and willow green over there every once in a while, although I can't meet the nurse, but the news must be timely." Bai Fu replied: "Miss, don't worry, I have arranged everything over there, and I can deliver the news at any time." ”

At this time, the gold brick came out again, took out the medicine scripture, and said to her: "Second Miss, you can read it after resting for a while, it is best to memorize those graphics and words, and after you memorize it, I will return this book to my senior brother." ”

Xiao Yu lamented in his heart: How did he travel to ancient times and become a young lady, and he felt busier than he went to work in his previous life. I got up at six o'clock in the morning, and I had to read this Rausch book in the morning, I had to go to class in the afternoon, and I had to practice in the evening, so I didn't have any time to rest. That's it, Yue Gongzi is also for his own good, and the more he learns, the better the chance of surviving in this ancient world.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu cheered up and read the book. Ancient books are all turned from right to left, and the characters are also arranged vertically, plus Xiaoyu is not familiar with traditional Chinese characters, and there are no punctuation marks, so it is very difficult to read.

Half an hour has passed, and Xiaoyu can only finish reading a page, and from time to time ask how to pronounce a certain word of BRICS and what it means. Jin Brick recited the above content backwards, and knew the general meaning, but when it came to the meaning of each word, she was also stumped.

Jin Brick said: "That's it, Second Miss, you don't care what you mean, let's memorize it first, in the future, you will have a teacher to teach literacy, and you will think about it slowly." It's this flower sketch pattern, you should remember it well, don't remember it. Xiaoyu looked at the plant patterns and asked the gold bricks: "Are these plants physically available?" It may be easier to remember when you see the real thing. Jin Brick thought for a while, "You read the book in a while, and I'll go around the garden to see if I can find you a few." Xiao Yu nodded and continued to fight with traditional Chinese characters.

Xiao Yu read two pages of the book, and simply turned to the last detoxification recipes, let's memorize these recipes first, she thought, remember a few first, maybe she can use them later. At this time, the gold bricks ran in in a hurry, still holding a few grasses in their hands. "Second Miss, Second Miss, I found a large patch of centella asiatica in the garden!" , Xiaoyu took the grass on the hand of the gold brick and observed it carefully, isn't this centella asiatica a common big bowl, in the previous life, Xiaoyu grew a large piece behind the house when he was a child.

"This is Centella Asiatica, what's the use?" Xiao Yu flipped through the book and asked about the gold bricks. Jin Brick said: "This heat-clearing and detoxification, heat dissipation and stasis, can be used as a hemostatic medicine!" ”

"Oh? How to do this? When Xiaoyu heard that he could make medicine, he suddenly became interested. "You can make pills with licorice, parsnip, and desmodium, but I haven't learned how to do it yet." “

Xiao Yu said with a little disappointment: "In this way, if I dry this and grind it into powder, if there is a trauma or something, is it useful to use this powder to stop the bleeding?" Jin Brick said: "It should be possible, but the fresh mash compress has a good effect, and we use it this way when we go out to be injured and rescued." “

Xiao Yu stared at the green centella asiatica and muttered the words in the book: "Centella asiatica, cold in nature, bitter in taste, detoxifying and purging fire, dispelling wind and cold, dispelling water, reducing swelling and stopping bleeding..... into the heart, lungs, spleen, stomach, and large intestine five meridians", this little centella asiatica has a lot of functions. She raised her voice and called Bai Rong and ordered: "You follow Sister Jinbrick in our yard to see if there is this centella asiatica, if not, ask her to take you to the garden to transplant some points to our yard." Then you pick some more, dry them, grind them into powder, and put them in a small porcelain bottle for me. After listening to this, Bai Rong went with the gold bricks.

Bai Fu asked curiously, "Miss, what do you want this powder for?" Xiaoyu tugged at the corners of his mouth and said, "We have limited conditions now, let's prepare some first, maybe it will come in handy one day." She remembered the Yunnan Baiyao in her previous life, she remembered that the main ingredient was notoginseng, I don't know if notoginseng began to be used in this era, if not, you can give it a try. She flipped through the book in her hand, and there was no record of Sanqi in it. If you have the opportunity, you can send someone to Yunnan to look for it.

Just reading books is more boring, and Xiaoyu is more accustomed to taking notes and taking notes. She asked Bai Fu to go to the East Chamber to ask Qi Pan if he was free. Bai Fu reported after a while that the eldest lady invited Xiaoyu over.

Xiao Yu walked into the east room, Qi Pan was sitting on the couch reading a book, and when he saw Xiao Yu coming in, he closed the book and put it on the table and asked: "What is the matter with the second sister looking for me, you don't have to be so polite in the future, just come in directly." Xiaoyu's face was slightly red, and he said: "Big sister, I don't know much about reading, and I can't write well, I want to see if my sister has a calligraphy here, so take a book and practice." Qi Pan smiled: "So that's the case, this is a good thing, come, I'll take you to the study!" After that, Qi Pan took Xiaoyu to the small study next to him.

The small study has large windows on both sides of the front and back, and there is plenty of light. On one side is a row of top-to-ceiling bookcases filled with various thread-bound books. There is a large case near the window, on which are placed the four treasures of the study room such as pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc., and a large blue and white round bottle on the side of the case, which is inserted with more than a dozen long and short scrolls. On the other side of the study is a guqin, which seems to be where Qi Panping practiced calligraphy and stroked the qin.

Qi Pan came to the side of the case, chose a small calligraphy brush for Xiao Yu, and let Bai Shao grind the ink, so he smiled and said to Xiao Yu: "Second sister can come here to practice calligraphy, there are a few calligraphy books, you can practice which one you like." Xiaoyu picked up the calligraphy and flipped through it, and browsed it roughly, the famous calligraphers of this era were not Wang Xizhi, Ouyang Xun and others that Xiaoyu had heard of.

Xiaoyu asked Qi Pan: "Which one is the eldest sister sitting?" Qi Pan opened a book and said: "I learned Mrs. Li's Xiaokai, her words are beautiful and smart, and she is more suitable for women to write." Xiao Yu said: "Then I'll also be in her copy, and the big sister can also give me some guidance." ”。 Qi Pan nodded and said, "It's okay, you can come to her characters first, after mastering the basic penmanship, you can change to other calligraphy in the future." ”

Waiting for Bai Shao to polish the ink, Qi Pan laid out the paper, demonstrated the penmanship to Xiaoyu, and asked Xiaoyu to start practicing from Yongzi first. Xiao Yu had already learned calligraphy with Zi Yan before, so it was not unfamiliar.

It's just that the word is crooked and miserable. Qi Pan watched from the side, correcting some of the mistakes she made with her pen. Xiao Yu puffed out his cheeks and said, "Big sister, you can rest, I will practice here by myself." Qi Pan encouraged her a few more words and went out.

Xiaoyu took the pen and practiced the words calmly, in this ancient time, the words are like their people, if they want to survive, the words naturally cannot be too ugly, fortunately, here pay attention to the woman's lack of talent is virtue, as long as you are not blind, you don't need to write poems and fill in the words.

While writing, she silently recalled the words on the medicine book, and when she encountered something that she couldn't remember clearly, she took out the book and looked at it, and unconsciously remembered a few recipes.