sister-in-law

Chapter 41
Many children in the town and nearby families had encephalitis, and the families of the children came to the town with their children in their arms.

The three pharmacies were also crowded with people.

He Xuantang hung a wooden sign high above the door, with a few large characters written on it: "Exclusive secret recipe, wonderful hand rejuvenation"!
This move was surprisingly successful, and at dusk, there was already a long queue outside Hexuan Hall, waiting for the "miracle doctor" to treat their illnesses.

Because Hexuantang's method of treating diseases is different from other pharmacies, the asking price is very expensive, even a child with five taels of silver.

This made some poor families hopeless, so they had to switch to the other two pharmacies to try their luck!

In the middle of the night, the silence was boundless.A last quarter moon looms behind the clouds, as if shy.

Except for the sound of clappers, the whole Qingquan Town seems to be integrated into the thick night.

Suddenly, in the distance, there was a dull sound of horseshoes stepping on the quiet land, galloping from far to near.

The sleeping people turned over indifferently, muttered a few words and fell asleep again.

Qingquan Town has convenient transportation, extending in all directions, all the way to the south is Kyoto, people who come from south to north have lived here, and the people in the town have long been used to it.

It's just that the sound of horseshoes tonight is destined to be unusual. There are dozens of horses, as if there is something urgent.

I thought that the sound of horseshoes would pass through the town, but unexpectedly it stopped in the town.

Then, many people who were close to him heard the door of Hexuantang being beaten like a drum, mixed with a few impatient shouts.

I don't know what happened, and no one in the neighbors got up to take a look. Anyway, the pharmacy, in the middle of the night, there must be a patient with an emergency.

Sure enough, when He Xuantang's buddy opened the door and saw the posture outside the door, he was so shocked that his eyeballs almost spit out.

There were more than a dozen tall horses parked at the gate, on which sat a dozen or so big men dressed in black, guarding a big carriage with two fours in the middle.

The person who knocked at the door was a chubby middle-aged man, wearing a sapphire blue quilted shirt with a collar, and his chubby face was like fermented steamed buns.

The buddy couldn't help but want to laugh when he saw him for the first time: this style is somewhat similar to that of his shopkeeper.

Because I often meet patients in the middle of the night for consultation, although it is not on such a large scale, the clerk is used to it, and asked in a casual tone: "I don't know if this master is taking medicine or seeing a doctor?"

"Look at the doctor." The middle-aged man waved his hand imposingly, pushed open the door first and squeezed in. Behind him, several big men in black quickly ran to the carriage, and saw the bright green light shining in the dark night The curtain of the carriage was opened by a tender white hand, and there were two bright red watermelon lanterns on both sides of the carriage. The light reflected on that hand seemed like a dream.

The clerk opened his mouth wide and didn't have time to talk, when he saw a young woman with a long face and a water-green shirt coming out of the carriage. The person said: "Madam, hand over the young master."

The clerk leaned against the door frame and was already in a daze, blinking his slender eyes, secretly clicking his tongue: I dare you, isn't this a righteous man?Just look at how much more handsome this woman is than the wife of Li Daguan's family in the town.

A few big men in black had already turned their gazes to this guy, and their gazes shot over like knives, which made the guy tremble in fright: Can someone like him see that the female family members of a rich family are also like him?
He shrank back hurriedly, and said with a smile: "Young one, go and invite the shopkeeper and the doctor sitting in the hall!" Sa Yazi ran to the backyard.

Get out of the carriage a middle-aged woman dressed in a dignified appearance, combing ingots, wearing gold and silver, wearing a moon white double-breasted gown with a collar, a thin black cloak with gold thread, holding a big girl in her arms. The red envelope quilt looks like a child inside.

The woman frowned, and surrounded by maids and mothers-in-law, she entered the Hexuan Hall.

Yang Cheng, the fat shopkeeper, and the doctor sitting in the hall had already listened to the waiter's report, and were already waiting in the hall.

Seeing such a noble person, even the well-informed Yang Cheng also became energetic.

This kind of travel situation, dare you be a big family in the city?Or is it from Beijing?
He blinked his slender eyes, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I have seen Madam, this way please!"

He welcomed the woman to the back of a twelve screens with mountains, rivers, flowers and birds next to the hall. Behind it was a soft couch carved with boxwood for noble concubines, which was just for noble people to rest.

The woman didn't speak, and the woman beside her answered on her behalf: "My young master has been suffering from a high fever since yesterday, and has been in a coma. He hasn't woken up yet. I heard that your doctor has an exclusive secret technique. Can it cure my young master's illness?"

The doctor sitting in the hall was dressed in a gray robe, with a slightly hunched back, always appearing humble and respectful in front of people.

Hearing what the woman said, he quickly exchanged glances with Yang Cheng, and knowing what he was saying, he said to the woman with a smile on his face: "My little old man has a secret recipe passed down from his ancestors, and he has unique insights into children's fever. I have seen it in the past few days." Many of these children are all cured by the medicine!"

"In this way, there will be Dr. Lao." The woman's frowning brows finally relaxed, a slight smile unconsciously hung on the corner of her mouth, she opened the bag in her arms, and a flushed, heavy breathing Yomo The six or seven-year-old boy closed his eyes tightly and lay on the imperial concubine's soft couch.

The child twitched from time to time, and his restless appearance caused the woman's face to change several times.

Seeing this disease, the doctor in gray became more confident. Aren't all the children in the town like this these days?
He hastily stretched out his hand and put it on the child's wrist, made a diagnosis, then took out the silver needle and pierced the child's Dazhui, Anmian, Renzhong, Hegu and Zusanli one by one.

He secretly mixed in the crowd in Sanyuan Hall to learn this trick from Su Ruoli. At that time, he saw it for real. The little girl’s film was just piercing these acupoints. It didn’t take long for those children to retreat. burn.

The whole room waited in silence for about a quarter of an hour, but the child remained the same.

The woman couldn't bear it anymore, she couldn't help but raised her head and asked the gray-clothed doctor, "Why hasn't the fever subsided? What should I do?"

The gray-clothed old man was a little flustered. At that time, he saw with his own eyes that after Su Ruoli gave the needle, the child recovered quickly.

Why can't I get to him?

It's just that in front of these people, he didn't dare to show the slightest panic, and pretended to be calm and ordered the buddy, "Take a cup of the exclusive secret medicine I prepared!"

The clerk agreed, and ran to the pharmacy respectfully to get a cup of dark concoction, put it on a tray, and handed it to the doctor with both hands.

The doctor in gray took it, and poured the child down with a pickaxe pot.Everyone smelled a foul smell, and they didn't know what medicine it was, so they couldn't help but looked suspiciously at the lying child.

Wiping the cold sweat off his forehead, the doctor in gray comforted the woman, "Madam wait patiently. 'As the saying goes, sickness comes like a mountain, and sickness goes like a thread', the young master burns like this, it doesn't take long Will be fine."

The woman thought so, so the group waited indoors and outdoors.

After waiting for a full night, at dawn, there was gradually movement on the street, and the sound of doors being opened from various shops came one after another. The child did not show any signs of waking up, but his breathing became heavier, his face became more flushed, and his body twitched convulsively. Even more powerful.

(End of this chapter)