The old Chinese doctor in the courtyard

Chapter 33

For the younger siblings, I found Suwen and Shanghanlun respectively, and the three siblings, who were well fed and drunk, read together until late at night before falling asleep.

Early the next morning, even though she knew that the three brothers and sisters had worked hard at night, her mother Han Jinhua was not considerate, after a round of yelling and scolding.

The three brothers and sisters started their morning reading in the dark sky outside the window.

"Brother, what did you do? Are you causing trouble again?
What kind of medicine did our mother let us learn all the time? "

Facing his younger brother Li Jianshe's question, Li Shengli gave him the back of his head, picked up his own Treatise on Febrile Diseases and read aloud.

It can't be said that he instigated this matter, otherwise, the younger siblings should join forces to target him.

The books exchanged from Zhao Laogan are many duplicates. Li Shengli compared them last night. The versions of different dynasties are somewhat different.

The book in his hand can be regarded as a supplementary version of Treatise on Febrile Diseases with some medical records and prescriptions added by later generations.

Judging from the quality of the book, it should be an official printed version, and the credibility is still extremely high.

There are also good and bad medical books in traditional Chinese medicine, and some prescriptions and treatment methods that are too idealistic are also open to discussion.

After reading until dawn in the morning, and having sweet potato and pumpkin porridge for breakfast, Li Shengli wandered to Master Liu's house in Zhima Hutong.

Before buying books for his younger siblings, he wanted to try at Grandpa Liu's house to see if he could get some ancient books from his house.

Although he had made a joint appointment, Li Shengli was not too presumptuous. When he arrived at the door of Mr. Liu's house, he still knocked on the knocker and called the door, and entered after hearing the bell.

Mr. Liu, who is old and young, should also have woken up early, playing with a few bamboo sticks in the courtyard.

"Yo... boy, here we come.

Come on, take a look at the things that Mr. Liu has done before, let's go out for a doctor's tour, and we must take care of the things.

This solid bamboo gun barrel is a good thing that Master Liu spent a lot of money to get. "

Li Shengli was somewhat curious when he heard Master Liu say that the bamboo stick was a gun shaft.

In the early years, Doctor Ling traveled to Fang, and it was understandable that he carried a guy on his body for self-defense.

But traveling around with a big gun is somewhat unreasonable.

Moreover, the bamboo pole in Master Liu's hand is only 1.5 meters long, which is still somewhat different from the gun barrel in Li Shengli's impression.

"Master Liu, are you sure this is what Lang Zhong You Fang wants to bring?

I looked at the length, it doesn't look like a gun barrel! "

Ling doctor has many titles, such as Ling doctor, You doctor, and You Fang doctor are more formal and commendatory titles.

Liars, Mongolian doctors, and quack doctors are more derogatory terms.

Li Shengli didn't know much about the profession of Ling doctor, so he asked based on the principle of asking if he didn't understand.

"Lonely and ignorant, in the early years, there was a sharp weapon for self-defense in the sedan chairs of officials, called sedan guns.

Of course, it is also possible to put it on the head of the bed or behind the door. The length is not limited, but it needs to be convenient. "

After stroking the bamboo gun barrel with his hand, Master Liu gave an explanation.

But what Li Shengli asked was not this, what he asked was why Dr. Ling wandered around with a gun.

"Master Liu, what does this sedan gun have to do with Doctor Ling Youfang? We don't need it, do we?"

Hearing Li Shengli's question, Master Liu sighed softly, obviously wanting to recall the past again.

"Back then, I didn't have the talent to become a doctor. One of my senior brothers gave my father a bad idea, asking me to be a wandering bell doctor, so as to train me.

As a result, I was kidnapped by a group of bandits not far from the city.

Not only did my family pay [-] yuan to redeem me, but I also suffered a lot.

After learning from the pain, I came up with such a way to travel with a sedan gun.

There is no distinction between medicine and martial arts. If I had a big gun at that time, I would not have been tied up by a gang of bandits with sticks and blades.

When Master Liu was young, he was also a good Xingyi boxer, able to wield a sharp spear.

But the big gun is more than ten feet, and it is eye-catching when you go out with it, so the sedan gun is the best choice.

I ordered a batch of gun shafts and medicine boxes in the south, and found the best blacksmith in Sijiu City to make a batch of gun heads.

Isn't there a nine-steam and nine-dry method for concocting medicinal materials?I also asked them to use the method of nine steaming and nine frying to concoct these solid bamboos.

Don't look at the lightness of this bamboo gun, but it's not a problem to pick something that weighs two hundred catties. "

After listening to what Master Liu said, Li Shengli could only roll his eyes and let it go. This guy was a second generation back then.

This bullshit made him brag, and Li Shengli felt a little shabby.

"Master Liu, did you offend someone back then?
The two of us don't need sedan guns when we go out. "

Li Shengli also gave the reason why Master Liu was kidnapped when he was young.

It's not that I offended people, but this guy was too high-profile at the time and was targeted by people.

Playing big guns with bandits, this guy really wants to come out.

"Hi……

Are you at peace now?

When we go out to practice medicine, we will encounter cats, dogs, and everything.

With a guy in your hand, don't panic.

When You Fang goes out, the ability to come back is the ability, and being a bell doctor is the ability to not be harmed by others.

As for medical skills, a little bit is enough. Emergency and severe cases are not in our place.

When Master Liu was young, he realized this truth. When he went out, he had to wear tattered clothes, but the things used for practicing medicine should not be tattered.

Not only can it not be broken, but it must be particular about it. For example, the bamboo medicine box ordered by Master Liu, after going out, even the big landlords have to say "good things".

The medicine box bluffs people, it is our ability to bluff people, so there will be more people who come to you for medical treatment. "

Hearing what Mr. Liu said like a liar, Li Shengli was even more sure that this old man was incapable of medical skills.

But she has a lot of experience in wandering the rivers and lakes, and her mother Han Jinhua's evaluation of poor craftsmanship is still very appropriate.

Not wanting to talk to Master Liu, Li Shengli explained the purpose of coming today.

"Master Liu, I heard that you have a lot of medical books at home, can you borrow a set of medical books?"

After hearing Li Shengli's words, Master Liu rolled his eyes and refused directly.

"Thinking about my Liu family's medical book, please forgive me!

It's not my Liu family's inheritance. Even if I burn the medical books in the house, I won't show them to you.

Boy, go back and think about it carefully. The inheritance of Master Liu's family is not unknown in the Chinese medicine field.

Apart from the Wu family in the febrile disease sect, my Liu family is the only one, it's a pity..."

After speaking, Master Liu glanced at Nanpiaozuo and then at Westinghouse, obviously trying to whet Li Shengli's appetite.

"Well, if you don't borrow it, don't borrow it, let's stay together first...

You are always busy, I will go to other places to search first. "

Li Shengli is not very optimistic about Master Liu's character, and he is not interested in the inheritance of the Liu family he mentioned.

If one wants to obtain a family's inheritance, a famous teacher is indispensable. If one can obtain a family's inheritance just by reading books, then one would underestimate traditional Chinese medicine.

"Don't buy medicine boxes, silver needles, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, Master Liu will give you a set.

For bone-setting medicinal wine, you can go to the pharmacy to buy cheaper off-the-shelf medicines. If you take out the good things from Master Liu's house, it will be a waste.

As for the outfit, you can buy it yourself, the current outfit is too shabby.

If you want to buy second-hand books, go to Liulichang or trust stores, it depends on your luck. "

Hearing Master Liu's instructions, Li Shengli nodded. Although he didn't borrow books, Master Liu still wanted to cooperate.

Looking at the old work clothes full of holes on his body, he shook his head, and could only pick up some old clothes from Xiao's house.

Now the price of a suit of clothes is not cheap, and you have to ask for cloth tickets and industrial tickets. If you have money but don’t have tickets, you can only stare.

After leaving Grandpa Liu's house, Li Shengli went straight to Xinhua Bookstore and asked if there was such a set of books, and there were three or four editions.

After roughly asking about the price, Li Shengli was shocked by the high book price.

Two volumes of the 63 edition are the cheapest, 12 yuan and [-] cents a book, and [-] yuan and [-] cents for two copies, which is free of charge.

The 53 edition of fourteen hardcover volumes costs two yuan and seventy cents a book. Although the price of a single book varies from high to low, a set is in the early twenties. This price is really terrible.

Under the unkind eyes of the bookstore salesperson, Li Shengli rubbed the book cover, turned around and left the bookstore decisively.

It is the cheapest two-volume version, plus Guwen Guanzhi, the two sets are almost the monthly salary of Li's old man. Learning Chinese medicine is indeed a long way to go.

When he came to the street, Li Shengli looked around and found a middle-aged man wearing glasses and a Chinese tunic suit. He wanted to inquire about the second-hand book market in Sijiu City.

"Comrade, may I ask, is there anywhere near us that sells used books? It's best to sell books on traditional Chinese medicine."

The middle-aged man who was asked the way pushed his eyes, scanned Li Shengli several times up and down, cleared his throat, and then spoke slowly.

"Liulichang and Longfu Temple both sell used books, but you'd better not go there.

The prices over there are not cheap, and besides, it’s a new society now, and it’s best to see Western medicine for treatment. Believe in science and don’t think about it yourself. "

Li Shengli shook his head and sighed helplessly when he asked for directions, he thanked him, and turned around to leave.

"Little comrade, if you really want to buy it, go to the trust store. It's cheaper there. Some books that don't come in sets cost only two or three cents a book."

Perhaps it was because Li Shengli was very polite. When we finally parted, the middle-aged man wearing glasses pointed him in the direction.

After Li Shengli thanked him again, he followed the familiar road and went straight to Beixinqiao Trust Store.

After entering the trust store, Li Shengli went to the counter and asked where the old books were. The salesperson pointed to a corner indifferently.

Looking at a pile of old books in the corner, Li Shengli walked over and began to pick them up.

Just as the middle-aged man wearing glasses said, there are not many complete sets of books in modern versions in the trust store, and there are more thread-bound books that are not complete sets.

After picking for a while, he picked out more than a dozen medical books that seemed to be out of order for some years.

Li Shengli's luck is considered good, one of which is the first volume of the Golden Mirror of Medicine, and one of Zhong Jing's complete books.

The characters in the thread-bound books are relatively large, and the first volume probably needs more than a dozen volumes. There is only one volume of ancient books, and some of them are not reliable.

For those who are not familiar with the content of the Golden Book of Medicine, this book is no different from waste paper.

After poking around for a while, he managed to find an ancient prose view with some missing front and back. Li Shengli looked at the scattered books in front of him, somewhat discouraged.

Yizong Jinjian is an encyclopedic Chinese medicine classic written by Wu Qian during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. If it is a thread-bound large-character edition, it will take at least dozens of volumes.

Wanting to collect a complete set among the piles of messy books is obviously a bit of a dream.

Cheap has its own reasons for being cheap, but the new books in Xinhua Bookstore are indeed too expensive.

Li Shengli has money in his pocket, and he doesn't care about the book fee of 40 to [-] yuan, but his father and mother at home can't do it.

Dozens of dollars are spent, and the source of the money is still unclear. The old lady's big neck will not be polite to herself.

Spending money to get beaten, Li Shengli doesn't want to be such a big injustice.

Just when he decided to give up temporarily, a person walked up to him.

"Hey... aren't you a relative of Mr. Xiao's family?
Are you the one who saved his wife? "

Li Shengli looked up, and it was none other than Zhang Zhang, the head of the Beixinqiao Trust Store, who was an acquaintance.

(End of this chapter)