Chapter 12: The Old Man
At dawn, a few roosters crowed outside the inn, and the curtain of a new day was lifted. There was still a bit of mist in the air, which slightly blocked the view of passers-by. However, the bustle of the street is still there, and the noise and noise have not been reduced by the light fog.
Shen Jing still woke up early, but now he was injured, so he didn't continue practicing the sword as usual.
Senior Han's medicinal bath is very effective, and after a night of treatment, although the pain in his body is still there, it is not as serious as yesterday. He could feel the itching on his skin because of the healing, and he didn't dare to scratch it, so when he couldn't stand it, he dipped it in cold water and applied it so that it wouldn't be too itchy. He was able to stand and needed no more support, and he didn't tremble from the pain.
Shi Yu also gets up early, she basically does some trivial things such as cleaning the room and wiping the tables and chairs every morning, there are not many rooms without alcohol, and there are few diners or travelers staying in the hotel on weekdays, so this kind of work is not heavy.
Shen Guo wanted to help Shi Yu do it together, but when Yu looked at him with resentment, he knew that he couldn't help. The little girl angrily asked him to sit down and recuperate, and asked him not to work with her.
In fact, the injury is not as serious as Shi Yu thought, and the morning walking activities are also accelerating the healing. But he also knew that Shi Yu was caring about him, but he was a cute little girl, so he gladly accepted it.
Shi Yu has done that, and it is usually the time of the hour. In the future, when she is not busy, she will go to the pharmacy on the second floor to memorize the prescriptions and memorize the herbs. It's also a daily part of her routine.
There was a puppet in the pharmacy with a lot of needles pierced on it, which Shi Yu said was made when her master taught her medical skills when she was a child. There are too many acupuncture points on her body, and the puppeteer can help her remember. Occasionally, she would put a few stitches on it, which was learning from the master's appearance. Shi Yu said: "The master will only be meticulous when he sits in the clinic, and he is basically lazy on weekdays. ”
For the acupuncture points, Shen also remembers deeply. However, when the master taught him in the past, he did not make a puppet like this. The master usually uses him directly as a teacher, and tells him the name, function, and so on of which acupuncture point is pointed between his fingers, and he suffers a lot for this. Therefore, seeing these in the pharmacy was very kind, and when she talked to Shi Yu about his experience of remembering acupuncture points, she laughed for a while.
He is the opposite of Shi Yu, Shi Yu mainly studies medicine and practices martial arts as a supplement, while he studies medicine as a supplement and practices swords.
There are walls full of medicine cabinets on the left and right sides of the pharmacy, which is dazzling to see. Shi Yu is different, I am very happy to study those herbs up and down. There was also a large square table in the room, on which were many tools used in the practice of medicine, and a pile of prescriptions written by Shi Yu when she memorized, which she said had been slowly memorized during her previous practice.
Of course, she can write down all the prescriptions now, and the interesting thing every day is to recall or improve it. It's not difficult to recall a prescription, but it's not easy to improve.
Those prescriptions that have been handed down are all slowly formed after continuous exploration, research and trial. Therefore, improving the prescription requires a gradual process, and if you are lucky, you may be able to find something.
Shi Yu said with a smile that she and her master had discovered a lot of mixed effects between herbs. For example, the effect of notoginseng on blood circulation and blood stasis will be better if it is paired with angelica and safflower.
She also said that the dosage of medicinal materials recorded in the ancient prescription is not all correct, and it is not possible that different combinations of drugs will cause better effects. This is probably the one thing that Shiyu does the most every day, and it also gives her great pleasure. When she talked about it, she was very active, chattering about a lot of things he didn't understand.
He had nothing to do, so he helped Shi Yu grind the medicinal herbs on the side, and the morning passed quietly in such a warm picture.
In the afternoon, he went out with Shi Yu. Because the ingredients in the store were about to run out, Senior Han was urging Shi Yu to buy them. Although there are no guests on weekdays, the materials must be prepared to welcome the guests.
Shen Jing went with Shi Yu when he had nothing to do, but Shi Yu didn't agree at first. But after he jumped two laps intact, Shi Yu accepted it. He knew Shi Yu's worries, but the injuries on his body were indeed no longer serious, of course, all thanks to the medical skills of Senior Han.
Shen Kuang also wanted to help Shi Yu, but he couldn't help anything else, he could still carry things. Second, it was for drinking, and the pot of Fu Yuchun had already been drunk by Senior Han, so he needed to make another pot.
In addition to these, of course, he also has selfish intentions, and he has more silver taels on him, so he wants to follow Shi Yu to go shopping and see if he can buy some favorite items.
The afternoon market is noticeably less noisy than the morning one, and there are far fewer crowds.
The season has not yet reached the beginning of summer, and the temperature in the afternoon is much higher, so the thick shirts that belong to the deep winter and early spring have receded. Most of the people on the street are dressed in breathable clothes, and the colors and styles are bright and bright.
Shen Kuang also dressed casually, because of the injuries on his body, so he wore it loosely. This way, the afternoon wind blows through the sleeves and trouser legs and on the skin.
Yesterday was in a hurry, there were not many places to hang out in the city, and today with Shi Yu, he only knew the prosperity of Qiuluo City.
The place they were going to was called Chengpingfang, and Shi Yu said that it was a gathering place for vendors outside the city, where they could buy fresh fruits and vegetables. There are also fixed stalls in these fish and meat workshops, so Chengping Fang is a more formal area for selling these goods, and there are also special people under the jurisdiction, which is much better than the street stalls in all aspects.
Similar to Chengpingfang, there are several in the city of Qiuluo. Although the functions of Chengping Fang are different, they probably include eating, drinking, and having fun, and each workshop has its own duties.
There are many wine shops in Chengyifang on the other side of Dongcheng, and no wine is also in Dongcheng, but it is just a nameless shop. Further north, Changle Fang, not far from Chengyi Fang, is close to Luoshui, and is one of the most prosperous places in the entire Qiuluo City.
There is a smoke willow painting bridge, wind curtain green curtain, is a good place to have fun and listen to music. The coast of Luoshui is also a famous gold cave in Qiuluo City, and there are many places in Fengyue.
Speaking of Fengyue Place, Shi Yu seemed to be very interested, so he smiled and said: "I have been to the Red Sleeve Building there before, and the sisters in the building are all very beautiful!" ”
Shen Guan naturally knew what kind of place this red-sleeved building was when he heard it, but he was a little curious when he heard what Shi Yu said. "What are you going to do there? Went with Han's seniors? ”
Shi Yu naturally heard the meaning of his words, and shook his head with a red face. "Brother Shen, where did you think of going? It was Shi Yu who went by himself. Several sisters in the building were sick and found their masters. But it was inconvenient for them to come, so the master asked me to go and heal them. Later, if anyone in the building got sick, they would send someone to look for me, so I got acquainted with them after coming and going! Although my sisters are dusty women, they are all kind, and they are all hard-working people, but they don't have the good fortune of me! ”
Shi Yu's kindness is innate, so even when she talks about those dusty women, she doesn't take it lightly at all, and when she talks about them, she just feels a little pity, and there is no distinction between high and low.
Of course, there is no such worry and sentimentality in Changle Fang, and in the light singing and dancing, swaying and shining, some are all amorous and charming in the red dust.
Chengpingfang is located in the west of the city, and they passed through the small half of the autumn falling city. The shop was orderly, probably planned, so the location of the stall vendors was very regular, and they didn't smell any unpleasant smell all the way. Shiyu doesn't need to buy many things, it's nothing more than some ingredients to be used on weekdays, and after a turn, I basically bought all of them.
Out of Chengpingfang, Shi Yu took him to Dama Street again. Speaking of Dama Street, she showed a quirky smile again.
Most of the merchants on Dama Street came from the south to the north, some from the Liang Kingdom in the south, some from the north, and even caravans from the Western Regions. The prosperity of Autumnfall City made them willing to take a huge risk, because the silver taels they earned on this trip were worth a year's income on weekdays.
In the era of separation, there was no shortage of people who licked blood on the tip of the knife. The caravans were more willing to hire some escorts from the dart bureau, although the price was high, but it could keep them alive.
In the past, in Meiwu City, Shen Guo had never seen people from the Western Regions, but it was quite a novelty to see it on Dama Street at this time. The appearance of the people of the Western Regions was very different from that of the Great Wei people, and most of those men had high noses and sharp edges. However, those women are beautiful and dressed quite coolly, and Shi Yu was a little shy for a while and didn't dare to look at it.
Although she also saw those sisters in the red-sleeved building wear it, she still couldn't accept it when she wore it like this on the street in broad daylight. After staying in Qiuluo City for a long time, she has seen a lot of people from the south and north, but she is not so sensitive, but because of her daughter's family, she is still not so bold.
The young man took a few more glances along the way, and although he was a little shy, he was not as shy as he lowered his head like Shi Yu.
There are not many types of goods sold by the people of the Western Regions, they are all furs, medicinal herbs and the like, and the reason why Shi Yu came here is also for those medicinal herbs. When it comes to medicinal herbs, she can't hold back her words. Shi Yu muttered that although they are all a kind of medicinal material, the different origins can make their medicinal effects very different.
The most important thing on Dama Street is strange objects and strange people, Shi Yu is selecting medicinal materials in the shop of the people of the Western Regions at this time. There was a sloppy old man in front of the shop who also set up a small stall, and the old man's appearance should also be from Dawei. The old man's stall was full of miscellaneous things, some of them were complete, but most of them were defective.
When Shen Guo walked to the stall, the old man was squinting to himself, as if he was asleep. He leaned down and looked at the things on the stall, there were martial arts cheats, long swords and swords, and even any treasure keys, and for a while it was difficult to distinguish between true and false.
After looking at it, he felt that except for the old man's interest, the rest of the things were of little use.