dhibooks Chapter 18
Chapter 18
【Plant a seed...】
Early the next morning, after Ye Fan had dinner, he and Yu Dalang drove the ox cart to the county.
The doctor himself said that if the amount of charcoal is used properly, not only will it not eat the dead, but it can also cure diseases.Uncle Yu finally stopped objecting, the only requirement was to go to the medical clinic to buy it, not just take it from the brick kiln.
So, Yu Dalang had to go to the county again.It just so happened that Ye Fan was also going to give Sister Ye a baby goose.
The city of Daning County is in the southwest of Hanjialing. The two of them sat in a bullock cart and after walking for more than half an hour, they saw the high city wall.
The lower half of the city wall is made of blue bricks, and adobe is built on top of it, which is more than ten feet high.The city tower is not too high, and the thick wooden doors and dark door openings make people unconsciously feel a little awe.
Ye Fan got off the bullock cart and walked through the doorway slowly.
Looking at the mottled wall bricks, the dusty ground, and the few plainly dressed or even shabby guards, he couldn't help feeling an inexplicable emotion in his heart.
——Everything in front of me is not as solemn and gorgeous as shown in TV dramas, but this is the real ancient times and real life.
Yu Dalang turned his head and said in a naive voice: "Xiao Lang, I'll take you to the restaurant of the eldest lady first, it's not far from here."
Ye Fan regained his senses and said, "Go to the medical center first, I just want to buy something."
Hearing that his voice was slightly hoarse, Yu Dalang immediately took a water jug from the back of the ox and handed it to him, "San Niang made the sweet water, Xiao Lang taste it."
Ye Fan broke into a smile, grabbed the pitcher and took a big gulp.
The sweet honey water slid down the throat, and the inexplicably restless heart also became more at ease.
In life, you have to work hard to meet the unknown reward.
Everything you want will be there.
***
The two came to a medical clinic called "Jishengtang".
This medical clinic has three big rooms facing the street, and the inside is divided into three parts: the front hall, the middle hall, and the back hall. The medicine boy collects medicine in the front hall, and the doctor sits in the middle hall for consultation. and emergency patient care.
In the front hall, against the walls are large medicine cabinets as high as the roof. The cabinets are painted with red paint, and the names of medicines are pasted on them. They are divided into small square medicine drawers.
A row of drug boys stood in front of the medicine cabinet. The younger ones were more than ten years old, and the older ones were middle-aged, all wearing blue shirts and square scarves.Some people read prescriptions, some climbed up and down to grab medicine, and some were busy winding hemp rope and cutting grass paper.
The huge front hall is filled with refreshing medicinal fragrance.
When it was Ye Fan's turn, a young drug boy with slightly round cheeks and a pair of smiling eyes greeted him very pleasingly.
Seeing that he had no prescription in his hands, the drug boy didn't neglect him, and asked angrily, "Is Lang Jun grabbing the medicine?"
"Thank you, I would like to ask for a dose of chilblain ointment."
Sister Ye runs a restaurant, and she cooks and washes the dishes by herself. The chilblains in winter are not cured by the end of spring, but become more red and swollen.Ye Fan thought about buying a box of plaster for her, which would be more or less useful.
"This has to be prepared now, you wait." The drug boy bowed to him, and trotted to the back hall.
Ye Fan wondered, "Isn't chilblain ointment ready-made?"
Yu Dalang put the heavy charcoal at his feet, and said with a smile: "Xiao Lang forgot? You froze your hands from playing in the snow the year before last, and the owner asked me to buy it once. The doctor said that the ready-made ones are useful. "
Ye Fan searched the "memory bank", but couldn't remember anything.
Fortunately, the medicine boy came out soon, holding an oiled paper bag tied with a string in his hand.
"This is the chilblain medicine you want. Take it in the morning and evening, and apply a thick layer. It's just enough for three days. If it's still not good after three days, you can come back to get it."
Ye Fan received the oiled paper bag in his hand, only to feel that the contents of the bag were wet and limp, which was different from what he had imagined.
He didn't hesitate, and opened it in front of the medicine boy.
Sure enough, the inside is not a greasy and firm paste, but... how should I put it, it's more like a mixture of several kinds of medicine, mixed with water or oil.
Seeing him like this, Yaotong was not annoyed, but asked suspiciously: "Mr. Lang, what's wrong?"
"Is there no ready-made ointment? I mean the kind..." Ye Fan gestured with his hand, "It's like the rouge used by ladies. It's packed in a box and can be used for a long time."
The drug boy pondered for a while, and said: "From what you said, it really looks like something in a boudoir. I have never heard of anyone using it to cure chilblain."
Ye Fan was a little surprised. Didn't you say that chilblain ointment already existed during Hua Tuo's time?Not here?
Or is it just this one?
As soon as this doubt came to mind, the drug boy said: "Mr. Lang, not only my medical center does not have what you said, but all the medical centers in Anzhou City do not have it."
As soon as these words came out, an angry voice came from inside, "Ignorant child, how can you say such big words!"
Yaotong shrank his neck and said in panic: "Master, the kid is wrong, you, don't get angry!"
"This Anzhou is so big, have you heard of it and seen it?"
With the voice, the gray curtain was lifted, and an old doctor with white beard and hair walked out.
When Ye Fan saw it, he couldn't help but be in awe - "spirited, wise and unparalleled" could not be more suitable for this old man.
When the medicine boys saw him, they all showed respect, and the people who were grabbing the medicine also bowed their hands to salute him.
The old doctor returned the salute from a distance, and when he looked at Yaotong, there was a hint of sullenness on his face.
Yaotong knelt down on the ground tremblingly, with his head down, not daring to defend himself.
He was reprimanded for causing trouble for nothing, Ye Fan felt guilty, and clasped his hands and explained: "Don't blame, sir, it's the kid's fault, I didn't make it clear in advance."
The old doctor looked at him, his eyes paused, and a trace of obvious surprise flashed in his eyes.
Ye Fan raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, putting on a harmless appearance.
The old doctor stroked his beard, and his expression softened slightly, "This little friend, the old man wants to ask a question or two, I wonder if the little friend can move?"
Ye Fan hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, if the elder has advice, the kid will listen to it."
The old doctor laughed and made a gesture of invitation.
Ye Fan hurriedly bowed.
The old doctor stopped giving way, and walked ahead with a smile on his face.
Ye Fan whispered some instructions to Da Lang, and followed him up.
***
The middle hall is not big, and there is an earthen kang by the window, and a table is placed on the kang, and pulse pillows, pressing boards and other things are placed on the table.
Ye Fan and the old doctor sat opposite each other, and a waiter removed the leftovers and prepared fragrant tea.
The old doctor held his hand and said: "My surname is Bian, how dare I ask my little friend's name?"
"Boy, I went to Ye Xiafan and met Doctor Bian."
Old Doctor Bian looked slightly surprised, "Your surname is Ye? But it's from Hanling?"
"Exactly."
"That Ye Xinye good man..."
"It's my father."
The old doctor Bian paused for two breaths before he straightened his body slightly and held his hand again, "It turns out that he is a descendant of Ye Gong, disrespectful, disrespectful."
Ye Fan bowed respectfully.
Without further gossip, old doctor Bian asked about chilblain ointment.
Ye Fan didn't understand the level of craftsmanship in this era, but he didn't panic at all. After all, he had the "super cheat" of Pang Tuan - Pang Tuan rolled in the database for 0.00001 seconds, and then called out "Snake Oil Chilblain Ointment" ", " black and white grass chilblain ointment " making method.
Ye Fan read like a repeating machine: "Mix snake oil, sheep oil, or black and white grass, ginseng, angelica, Luhui, silver dancao, etc. with boiled pig pancreas, and this kind of sore medicine may be made."
Pangtuan carefully reminded: "'Luhui' is aloe vera, and 'Yindancao' is mint."
Ye Fan's lips parted slightly, and he almost repeated the words. Fortunately, Fat Tuan found out in advance and quickly covered his mouth with his small paws.
"Well... that's how it is, cough, cough cough..."
Ye Fan pretended to cough, trying to cover up the past.
Fortunately, old doctor Bian was so absorbed in pondering over the prescription that he didn't pay attention to his abnormality.
"These medicinal materials are indeed used to promote blood circulation, remove stasis, reduce swelling and remove coldness. Dare I ask Xiao Langjun, is this prescription really effective?"
Ye Fan chuckled, "I don't dare to make a judgment, sir, if you think it's right, you can give it a try."
Old Doctor Bian was startled when he heard his words, "May I ask, where did this prescription come from?"
"It was a gift from a traveling doctor who came from afar when my father was there." Since the old doctor Bian knew Father Ye, Ye Fan was happy to raise the banner.
"This prescription can now belong to Mr. Xiao Lang?"
"Exactly."
"If the old man heard me right, Mr. Xiao Lang just said that the ointment can be placed in a box, and it can be stored for a long time like a woman's rouge?"
"Yes."
"Can it be shipped elsewhere?"
"can."
The old doctor Bian pondered for a moment, and seemed to have finally made up his mind, "Come on! Since there is such a good thing, the old man asked with a shy face, if I offend, I hope you will not take offense."
Ye Fan smiled, and said bluntly: "Sir, it's hard to say, but it's okay."
Old Mr. Bian paused again, then said: "I wonder if Mr. Xiao Lang can sell this prescription to the Biguan?"
Ye Fan had expected this question from the other party since the moment he sat here.
He scratched his head and grinned, like a young boy with no intentions, "It's just a dry prescription. It's not known if it can be made. If you want to, sir, you can take it for a try. If it really works. , it can be regarded as not burying it.”
Hearing this, not only the old doctor Bian, but even the waiter who was kneeling on the side, as quiet as a wall flower, couldn't help showing surprise.
Ye Fan was not satisfied yet, and continued: "The boy has nothing to say, and said in a big voice, if this ointment can really be made, let alone soldiers fighting hard in the frontier, even ordinary people can benefit from it?"
The old doctor Bian stared, his expression turned from surprise to serious.
Ye Fan met his gaze with clear eyes.
The old doctor Bian seemed to rule out the possibility of his "bad intentions", so he raised the teacup and praised: "You are worthy of being a descendant of Ye Gong, you are the father if you don't disgrace! You are the father if you do not disgrace!"
Ye Fan raised the corner of his mouth, "Thank you sir."
The old doctor stroked his long silver beard and looked at him with a smile, like a loving elder.
Ye Fan also smiled, his crescent-like eyes and a pair of small canine teeth were really soft and harmless.
Besides, what he did this time really didn't intend for anything?
Naturally not.
On the way here, Yu Dalang mentioned the background of this medical clinic - it is said that the Bian family has a backer in the court, and they are military doctors or something, and the officials are not small.If so, this chilblain ointment is naturally very important to them.
Just now Ye Fan secretly watched, there are many people in shabby clothes in the restaurant, some who can't afford good medicine, and some who are temporarily on credit, the waiters all treat them the same way.
Coupled with the attitude of those patients towards the old doctor Bian, it is enough to conclude that this medical center has a good reputation.
It's just a prescription, and he is happy to sell his favor.
In the final analysis, he was doing it for the Ye family's reputation, and for the goodwill of Jishengtang. If he had these two things, why wouldn't he be able to earn that yellow and white stuff?
Mr. Ye Xiaolang, you are so smart!