Chapter 2: The Down-and-Out Old Man
Of course, these details can't escape the eyes of the shopkeeper. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In addition to his spare time, he will point out some medical skills, and the medicine scriptures in the medicine hall will also let him read them.
Under the guidance of the shopkeeper Gu, Li Fan gradually learned some ways to practice medicine.
A year passed quickly, and the stock of medicinal materials in the store was not much, so the shopkeeper Gu had to go to a distant place to purchase some medicinal materials.
Considering that he was temporarily away and had no one to take care of the pharmacy, the shopkeeper Gu asked Li Fan to replace Zhang Gui, who was in charge of catching medicine, and asked Zhang Gui to follow him to learn some ways to take care of the pharmacy.
At this time, Li Fan had already mastered half of the prescriptions in the store, and he also knew all kinds of herbs.
Li Fan likes to delve into innovation, and after becoming familiar with the characteristics of various herbs, he has prepared several new prescriptions.
These new prescriptions work on patients, often with miraculous effects, and some even cure the disease.
After more than a year of painstaking management, with the effect of the new prescription, the business that had been plummeting gradually improved, and more people came to Qingfeng Pharmacy to get medicine and see a doctor.
There are more people, and the income of the pharmacy has increased several times.
Shopkeeper Gu was in a good mood, and his frowning brows were also a little stretched.
After the pharmacy recruited a few new guys, it solved the shortage of clerks.
Shopkeeper Gu also specially vacated a warehouse for storing medicinal materials on one side to solve the problem that the pharmacy is too small and the patients are crowded.
In order to become famous, he also set up a loving rule, you can see a doctor first and then pay, and the prescription can be delivered to your door.
On this day, an old man with tuberculosis who was about to die came to the pharmacy, and as soon as he entered the door, he opened the crowd that was queuing up and came straight to the counter where Li Fan grabbed the medicine.
"Little brother, I'm in a panic in my chest, can you prescribe me a few doses of medicine first, thank you. ”
The old man's face was pale, and his shriveled figure trembled slightly.
Li Fan glanced at the old man's face, stretched out his finger, and put it on his veins.
"Your disease is caused by the invasion of cold qi and the accumulation of tuberculosis in the lungs, and this disease should have been for several years. Originally, it was a very mild illness, and a few doses of medicine were fine. But now it takes a long time and needs to be treated with long-term medication. Then he said with a slight frown.
The old man couldn't help but be sick, and then said with a wry smile.
"What the little brother said is that I did have a cold a few years ago, and then I did not go to the doctor, and recently I had a bad cough when I slept at night, and I never thought that it was all the old illness before. ”
"It's okay, I'll prescribe you three days of medicine first, and then come and get the medicine after you finish eating. After Li Fan finished speaking, he took out a blank prescription on the counter and wrote it with a pen.
After that, he handed the prescription to a fellow standing by the side, and asked him to dispense the medicine according to the prescription.
Soon after, the man took all the medicinal materials, Li Fan checked them one by one, and after confirming his ignorance, he took out a few pieces of coarse yellow medicine paper, wrapped them into more than a dozen packs, tied the medicine bags with hemp rope, divided them into three strings, and handed them to the old man.
"This string of six bags, take once in the morning, noon and evening, two bags at a time, and take them with warm water. Li Fan advised.
The old man took the medicine string in his hand, glanced at it, and asked softly.
"How much does this medicine cost?"
"Thirty dollars. ”
"I only have five coins of silver on me, and it seems that I have come for nothing. The old man sighed and said a little depressed.
"That's it, it's important to treat the disease, you take this medicine first, and when your body is well adjusted, you can pay back the money at any time." ”
The old man was dressed like a down-and-out person, very pitiful, Li Fan pondered for a long time, and then said such a thing.
"Then thank you, little brother. After hearing this, the old man hurriedly thanked him, picked up the medicinal herbs, turned around and left.
"If you don't have time to get the medicine in the future, you can give it to you with the address and send it to you. Li Fan shouted from behind.
"Zhangjia Lane, No. 3. The voice came from afar, and the old man disappeared in the doorway.
"Little brother, aren't you worried that he is a liar?" An honest man at the front of the queue glanced at the door and said to Li Fan.
"Yes, little brother, your heart is too good. The middle-aged women in the back said babblingly.
"It doesn't matter, the essence of practicing medicine is to save lives and help the wounded. After Li Fan finished speaking, he put his hand on the honest man's wrist and took his pulse.
When he said this, the crowd nodded, and said no more.
After a few days of busy work, in the evening, the last few people who came to Qingfeng Pharmacy to grab medicine for consultation took the medicine strings, walked out happily, and set foot on the way home.
Not long after, Li Fan also walked out of the pharmacy with a few strings of medicines.
Three days have passed, and the medicine of the old man should have been finished, and he didn't come to catch the medicine, so it can't be that something happened, so let's take a look.
After making up his mind, Li Fan said hello to Zhang Gui and Shopkeeper Gu, picked up the herbs that had already been prepared, walked out of the store, and walked down a street.
Follow a small street along the north district, turn a corner at the end, and this is No. 3 Zhangjia Lane.
At the end of several tall courtyards, there is a low, dilapidated wooden house, which is unusually conspicuous.
At the door of the wooden house stood a broken wooden plaque, on which were engraved with three large vermilion characters that had been removed from the paint.
There was a small wooden table next to it, and there was a stack of blank rune papers.
In the corner of the table are several small porcelain plates, containing materials such as cinnabar and silver powder.
A shriveled old man held a talisman pen and waved it vigorously on the blank talisman.
This old man is the one who went to the pharmacy three days ago to arrest him. The complexion looks better, and it should be that those medicinal herbs have done their job.
The wooden table was surrounded by men, women, and children who came to ask for charms.
"Zhang Qing, the peace charm you want has been drawn, three cents. ”
"Okay, thank you Master Zhang, you are for you. ”
A young man dressed in green walked out of the crowd, picked up the talisman, hurriedly put the three pennies into a bowl on the table, thanked him, and turned away.
The old man lowered his head and began to draw again.
Li Fan didn't bother, just huddled in the crowd, approached the wooden table, and watched quietly.
On an ordinary piece of yellow paper, a few mysterious lines can be drawn to stop the bleeding and keep people safe, which is unheard of.
The lines on the talisman twisted and twisted, as if communicating some kind of force.
After looking at the curved lines, the mind was drawn to a mysterious space.
"Li Cuiliu, your lucky charm is good, five cents. ”
"Thank you Master Zhang!" A woman in her thirties in a green jacket squeezed out, happily picked up the talisman, put five cents into the bowl, and turned to leave.
After more than half an hour, the old man finished drawing the last talisman and sent everyone away.
After looking at the dozens of dollars in the bowl, he shook his head and prepared to close the stall.
Seeing this, Li Fan hurriedly stepped forward.
"Uncle Zhang, this is your medicine, I didn't wait for you, I found it by the address. ”