Volume 1: Plugging the eyes and turning the dragon into a mysterious dragon 13
"Okay, Brother Ling, don't be obsessed with what has passed, everyone is still waiting for Tian'er to take medicine and see what the result is. The village chief said.
"Okay, brother village chief, do I need to do something?" Ling Hu reacted, still grateful to everyone in the courtyard.
"I don't understand the matter of boiling medicine, but now, you have to let your brothers into the house first, isn't it cold outside?" said the village chief, everyone laughed, and the sister-in-law of the Ling family also laughed.
"Look at it, my head is always lacking roots, brothers, come into the house," Ling Hu finished speaking, took out the bench, and hurriedly invited everyone in.
Doctor Xu stacked the medicine pots and carried them, the lid was held by others, and everyone also went over to help get the medicine, and Doctor Xu walked into the house carefully and slowly.
When Ling Hu saw it, he hurriedly ran over, took it from everyone's hands one by one, and gently placed it on the bed, so as not to let those appliances bump at all.
"Brother Xu, what can I do, everyone has been for me for so many years, and in the end, I can't bother everyone anymore. Ling Hu said.
"Brother Ling, don't worry about this, the brothers are all willing to go, and it's not Brother Ling, you force everyone to go with a knife, if you really want to help, then just chop the firewood just now, just about the size of your finger." Dr. Xu pointed to the pyre in the courtyard.
"Okay, I'll go right away. Ling Hu didn't say a word, and went straight to the courtyard, Ling Hu picked up the round firewood knife again, and split it, and the sound of clattering firewood came over, obviously very hard.
Everyone had questions on their faces, "Brother Xu, you know how to boil medicine and burn firewood, why do you have to chop small." The man of the Li family asked.
"Brother Li, this is the beauty of this recipe, you can't use ordinary fire to boil medicine, the eyeballs are the softest part of our body, softer than the tongue, boiled out with a big fire, the medicine is fierce, I'm afraid of hurting the immature things in the eyeballs, if it really hurts, I'm afraid it's really impossible." Doctor Xu set up the medicine pot in turn, and said to the Li family, everyone also understood.
"Then we usually have a cold and fever or something, and we use ordinary firewood, except for the bitterness of the medicine after boiling, I don't feel anything wrong, and it's all dark and not slippery. The man of the Li family said.
"This is that the firewood is too strong, and the medicinal properties of the arch are also strong, and the most important thing is that the minor illness is not so meticulous, and the rough skin and thick flesh are not afraid of tossing. Dr. Xu said that the medicine pot had been placed.
"Then what will you use to boil this time?" asked the man of the Li family, and everyone listened attentively, there are so many ways to boil a medicine.
"Brothers all know about simmering, it's the kind of slow flame, it doesn't look like there is much strength, and the fire used by the mother-in-law to simmer the soup. But this is an ancient recipe, which requires a cooking method called 'soft fire', which I wrote in the booklet, 'If the fairy recipe is successful, it is raised by soft fire, the firewood of Duan Xiao, the surface of the steamed is slightly moist, the meal is stored in the branches, the pith is turned at will, and the qi is melted and observed, which is called soft cooking', I really don't understand, so I specifically asked Mr. Zhou to help explain it. Dr. Xu said.
"Brother Xu, don't sell Guanzi, what is righteous and unwilling, what you say is a hot tongue, what does Mr. Zhou say" The man of the Li family said.
"Mr. Zhou said, this has to use a special firewood to boil the medicine, the firewood to steam it, can not be oversteamed, otherwise the light smoke does not make a fire, but the surface is a little damp, after the fire boils, the essence of the medicine can be boiled out, so that the dross is still left in the medicinal materials, the whole pot of soup just wants to boil when it stops, do not need to boil all the time, this is called soft fire boiling," Dr. Xu explained.
"We are sick, we have been boiling the medicine dry, and we only drink a little thick soup, and now there is so much soup left, can the effect work?" asked the Chen family man on the side.
"Brother Chen, haven't you taken the pill I kneaded?" said Dr. Xu.
"What? Could it be that the 'soft fire' boiled out?" said the Chen family man, everyone was also stunned, they had all taken that pill, it was soft and mild, but the medicinal power was endless.
"Yes, I can't just come over and boil it at home, in case there is something wrong, is it worthy of the hard work of my brothers? I split some small firewood at home, tried a few times, so lit a fire, the firewood heart burned, just steamed the outside dry, after the firewood heart burned, ignited the surface of the firewood, the temperature has not changed, and the flame is still blue, it looks quite beautiful. Dr. Xu said.
"Brother Xu, the firewood is all small, what do you think, can it be done? Ling Hu approached the room and said, wiping sweat from his forehead. In a corner of the courtyard, small firewood is neatly placed, about the size of a finger.
"Brother Ling, the firewood is chopping so fast. Doctor Xu walked to the courtyard and took a look, "It's so neat, Brother Ling's firewood is just the right size, let my sister-in-law do the next job." Ling Hu called his mother-in-law over with a loud voice.
"Brother Xu, what can I do?" The mother-in-law asked.
"Sister-in-law, please put the pile of small firewood that Brother Xu split in the pot and steam it for a while, after the water boils, you put it in and steam it, and take it out after dozens of counts, don't remember it." Doctor Xu advised.
"Hey, I remember, Brother Xu can rest assured. "Mother-in-law will do it immediately, her heart is full of joy, everyone is for Ling Tian, and she can also contribute, can she not be happy.
After a bowl of tea, the mother-in-law took the steamed firewood back to the house, and Dr. Xu touched the firewood and nodded with satisfaction, and the mother-in-law's heart also fell, it seems that the firewood is fine.
Dr. Xu then set up many small stoves, on which were placed various medicinal pots, and there were various medicinal herbs in the pots.
As Dr. Xu said, the flames are blue, and those small pieces of firewood are not burned whole, the flames are surging outward from the side, and the sound of sneering is endless, crackling...... There are a few small firewood cracked, the heart of the firewood is charred black charcoal, the firewood skin is still burning, but it is different from the general firewood, usually the outside burns first, and the inside is the last to ignite, this is just the opposite, the water vapor wraps the firewood surface, the temperature does not reach the degree of burning, and the firewood heart is extremely hot, and the air goes into the gap, making the firewood heart burn, emitting a faint blue fire.
Everyone waited patiently there, and Dr. Xu lifted the pot from time to time to take a look, occasionally holding a spoon and stirring it.
"Brother Xu, I asked you before I came, why did you get so many pots, don't say the words in your book, you don't understand. A man asked.
"This is easy to say, I can understand the words in the book, that is, there are so many medicinal materials, some of the medicinal properties are mutually restrictive, and some are mutually beneficial, that is, try not to let each other restrain each other, and try to promote mutual growth. Dr. Xu said.
Brother Xu explained it plainly, but he still didn't understand. Another man said.
"Let's just put it this way, only this one recipe needs to be boiled like this, and the others are not used, just take the demon bone grass as an example, this flavor medicine grows in an extremely cold place, if you take an ordinary casserole to boil, it is easy to lose the medicinal properties, if you also use a cold jade pot to boil, the power of the cold is dependent on each other, and it is easier to exert the medicinal properties, that's such a truth, brothers understand it this time." Dr. Xu explained, still busy at hand, staring at the medicine pot, for fear of some accidents.
Everyone now understands that it is to maximize the effectiveness of each herb.
"These people understand, what is the wooden pot next to it for?" asked the Li family.
"Brother Li, you'll understand in a moment." Dr. Xu lit another small stove, did not put the small firewood, stuffed some ordinary firewood, put up the few flavors of stone-like medicinal materials, roasted on the stove, after the red baking, put it into a wooden pot filled with water and "s......neered" The white gas rises, the water is evaporated a little, the red-hot stone sinks to the bottom, and the "click" cracks, the stone core is still scorching red, and the bottom of the wood is scorched black, the water vapor is dense, and the house is faintly filled with water vapor.
"The wood pot is used to do this, and the stone medicine pot cannot be used for stone medicinal materials, otherwise the medicinal power between the homogeneous will be suppressed, and the wood can survive on the stone, drawing out the medicinal power, which is the same as just now. Doctor Xu said, and everyone was stunned.
Everyone watched Dr. Xu open the bow left and right, although the footsteps did not stop, but each medicine pot was taken care of in an orderly manner, and everyone couldn't help if they wanted to. After a while, the sound of chirping came, and several pots were about to be opened.
"Brothers, help take it down together. Doctor Xu shouted, and everyone immediately went over, wrapped the handle of the medicine pot in a wet coarse cloth, and brought it down. Dr. Xu opened it and looked at it, and carefully poured the boiled medicine together, put it on a large pot and boiled it.
"This is the last step, boil all the medicinal soup into a bowl, there is no problem with the first few steps, and the color of the medicine even exceeds the level mentioned in the book. Dr. Xu said that everyone also began to be inexplicably excited, and the final result was still unknown.
Everyone felt that the aroma in the house was getting heavier and heavier, the heavy smell was indescribable, every breath seemed to wash the spirit, and the eyesight became stronger, and they could see the very subtle lines on the wooden table, Aunt Zhao also felt this fragrance in the house, not the refreshing fragrance emitted by the flowers, but the kind of strange fragrance that the elixir was about to be baked, and his eyes were also clear at this moment, and he saw everyone's faces clearly, and he also saw Ling Tian's appearance clearly.
With a "bang", the lid of the medicine pot was opened, and the strange fragrance suddenly increased greatly, extremely rich, gasping for breath, closing the mouth and smacking, you can feel the precipitation of the aroma in your mouth. Everyone felt that their bodies seemed to be blocked, blocked by the strange fragrance, and they seemed to be able to touch it when they stretched out their hands, and the unconscious tears in everyone's eyes flowed sideways, and a lot of stains flowed out, and they all felt that their vision was a lot more transparent.
"Medicine, it's okay" Doctor Xu jumped off the stool and shouted, and all the men also became commotionous, and Ling Hu and his wife clenched their hands even more.
"Aunt Zhao, bring Tian'er over. Dr. Xu said.
"Tian'er, follow grandma, let's go to my uncle's place to drink medicine. "Aunt Zhao told Ling Tian everything that happened, especially the Yang family's arms are gone, Ling Tian is already five years old, although Ling Tian can't see with his eyes, he understands a lot of things, and his psychology has matured early, and Aunt Zhao is always talking about being a good boy or something.
"No, grandma, let me go, I'll go by myself this time. Ling Tian's little face was full of determination, many men and the two of the Ling family heard Ling Tian's words, they were very curious, to see what this little doll was doing.
Ling Tian stretched out his hands and groped forward, he remembered that there was a table in the middle of the room, and he walked towards the table little by little, and the men also retracted their legs and feet, letting Ling Tian grope and touch the table in a moment.
Ling Tian turned around and happened to look at the village chief and Doctor Xu, rubbing his arms and faces. "Poof" knelt down, and everyone was stunned.
"Uncles, I just heard my grandmother say that my uncles have been working hard to collect medicine for several years for me, and I haven't even come back for the New Year, my aunt is at home alone, before drinking medicine, I must thank my uncles first, even if I can't see in the future, I will always thank my uncles, Ling Tian will definitely treat my uncles as fathers when he grows up, serve you and take care of you." Ling Tian finished speaking. Kneeling changed directions.
"Uncle Yang, you broke your arm for me, I can't repay this kindness, Ling Tian swears that when he grows up, he will definitely find a way to give Uncle Yang a new arm, if he violates this oath, he will ....... Ling Tian couldn't think of what would happen if he broke his oath,
"If you break this oath, you will be a puppy," Ling Tian said categorically.
Tong Yan was naïve, but when he said it to everyone's heart, looking at Ling Tian's serious appearance, tears flashed, and everyone sighed, the Ling family has a son like this, and he smiled in this life. The man of the Yang family in the corner was so moved that he almost cried, and hurried over to help Ling Tian up. "Tian'er, your uncles have received it, do you know what the uncles' greatest wish is?" asked the Yang family.
"I don't know. Ling Tian shook his head.
"Wish is to hope that you can grow up healthy, and hope that your eyes can see. The Yang family man said.
"Uncle, aren't these two wishes?" haha...... Everyone laughed. Ling Hu and his mother-in-law were very relieved, and for the first time, they felt that their doll had grown up.
"Tian'er, drink the medicine" Doctor Xu shouted, everyone gathered around again, Doctor Xu picked up the soup bowl the size of a snail, the amber soup in the bowl shook back and forth, flashing sparkling, every time it shook, the edge of the bowl left a thick color of the medicine marks, very rich, Doctor Xu gently served it to Ling Tian.
Ling Tian took it with great caution, feeling that his face was blocked by the medicinal fragrance, like an invisible wall of qi, blocking his touch, so with a little force, his mouth touched the edge of the bowl, gently picked it up, and poured it into his mouth.
Many men surrounded Ling Tian, motionless, for fear of missing the moment of the birth of a miracle, and even his breathing stopped in this kind of picture.
"Goodong" Ling Tian took a sip down his throat, but this mouthful, his face instantly lost his feeling, as if he had been injected with a lot of anesthetic, his mouth was like biting a piece of cold iron, his gums and cheeks were swollen, his throat was like a big ball of ice and snow, he wanted to shout loudly but his throat was frozen by ice and snow, cold, very cold, everything was cold through the heart, after a little waiting, this cold turned into a small worm, wandering around his body, making Ling Tian very itchy, as the small worm swam, the freezing meaning in his throat loosened, "Ahhhh With a sound, Ling Tian shouted, and with this sound, a rich fragrance gushed out from between the heart and lungs, straight through the mouth and nose, the little worm seemed to be frightened, burrowed into Ling Tian's brain, and finally reached the eye socket, and began to circle. Ling Tian only felt refreshed, his mouth full of relish, and the sweetness overflowed.
This night, after drinking the decoction for more than an hour, everyone stared with bated breath, and then found that a lot of black filth was squeezed out of the corners of Ling Tian's eyes, and no one dared to move, staring straight ahead.
Ling Tian's cloudy eyes began to be a little clearer, there seemed to be a halo in his eyes, circle by circle, every time he turned, his eyes were clear, the black turbidity in the eyeballs slowly precipitated and merged, faintly showing signs of forming pupils, as the aperture rotated, the turbidity continued to condense, and the black edge of the condensation was a little unstable, and it had been shaking gently, and the white eyeballs bordering the pupils exuded some kind of power to repel this fusion, and the two forces formed a confrontation situation for a while, like a fish caught in a net, the black pupils were struggling, and the edges were vibrating into a jagged state, as if they were trying to break through the shackles of this resistance, the more intense the struggle, the clearer the pupil, and the white eyeball squeezes this vibration to calm it down, and the more it is calm, the more cloudy the eyeball becomes.
The crowd of onlookers was anxious and wanted to reach out and tug at the white eyeballs to ease the resistance, but this was impossible. Everyone was shouting in their hearts "Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop......"
The white eyeballs and black pupils are still glued, the pupils are unwilling, no matter how they struggle, they can't escape the restraint, the strength of the struggle slows down, slowly stops, the edges no longer shake, and slowly forms a pupil, but that pupil is more blurry. The number of lives has been decided, how can it be changed with just a prescription? The white eyeball is the number of lives, and the number of lives is as eternal as possible, but the unyielding challenge is indispensable, and this time the challenge has not completely failed.
Everyone looked at each other, and they all looked at Dr. Xu, who was also frowning, not knowing what this result meant.
Ling Tian could only distinguish the outline of objects, and could only see vague black and white light and shadow, unable to see specific details or colors.
"Dad, I saw it," Ling Tian shouted. Everyone was surprised and delighted.
"Can you see Daddy's appearance clearly?" Ling Hu asked.
"I can't see clearly, what is that pile of hair on my father's face" Ling Tian walked over and touched Ling Hu's tiger, and everyone laughed.