After noon, Lan Zhao waited until she had slept and a knock on the door woke her up.
It was the waiter who called the door and said that there was a child downstairs looking for her. The child's calm temper seemed much more reliable than the old doctor.
Lan Zhao couldn't help but find this idea funny. The white-bearded doctor's surname was Hu. The boy said that the master had ordered Miss Lan Zhao to get a soft sedan to prevent the girl from getting a heatstroke if she walked over.
Lan Zhao smiled and said no, no, she couldn't be so weak in just two steps.
Walking to the street of Huichun Hall, the front door of Huichun Hall is indeed very lively. I don't know how a medical clinic can become so famous. On the contrary, Dr. Hu's Anxin Hospital is very deserted.
The Anxin Pavilion is right next to the Huichun Hall. People who come and go frown when they look at it. The tattered plaque at the door says on one side, "The medicine that cures all diseases will cure all diseases." On the other side, it says, "Come and you can feel at ease." "You can go with peace of mind" are just a few words.
˙It’s just that when the wind blows, the plaque is swaying and seems to fall off at any time. I don’t know how capable this medical clinic is to dare to open here.
The waiters at the Rejuvenation Pavilion next door always looked like they were watching a show every time they saw them. They disliked the master and apprentice so much that they even speculated when they would close down.
There are still some wormwood hanging on the door of Anxin Hall but they have been dried in the sun. During the Dragon Boat Festival, people will hang wormwood on the door. I don’t know how this custom was passed down. It is just said that wormwood can ward off evil spirits, pray for blessings and repel insects. meaning.
The method of hanging mugwort is also particular. Usually mugwort, banyan and calamus are tied into a bunch with red paper, and then inserted or hung on the door, because the head of mugwort symbolizes the sword that drives away bad luck, and the growing season and shape are considered important. In order to feel the "qi of hundreds of yins", the leaves are shaped like swords and inserted at the door to ward off evil spirits.
In addition, mugwort represents attracting hundreds of blessings. When inserted at the door, it symbolizes attracting blessings, which can make the owner healthy. Mugwort is common and requires money. This habit is common in every household from nobles to common people.
The peculiar aroma produced by mugwort can repel mosquitoes, flies, insects and ants, and purify the air. After a month, when the mugwort dries up and no longer emits fragrance, it will be taken down and burned, and it can be used to smoke the room. Very effective in repelling mosquitoes.
Lan Zhao looked up at the wormwood hanging on the door frame and asked Xiaobing: "Are these wormwood hung on the Dragon Boat Festival?"
"Yes." Xiaobing replied.
More than half a month has passed since the Dragon Boat Festival, and the wormwood has dried up. The weather this year is really hot.
Lan Zhao looked up and down and asked, "Dr. Hu did this?"
"Master hung it." Xiaobing was a little helpless, and the two of them walked to the door. It seemed that Doctor Hu had done it on purpose. The wormwood was hung just out of Xiaobing's reach.
He's not tall enough.
"Doctor Hu is really getting older and stronger." She covered her mouth and smiled. This Doctor Hu is really interesting.
"No, if someone robbed him of his wine, he could still chase you ten streets." Xiaobing exposed his master's shortcomings unceremoniously.
Lan Zhao chuckled. The relationship between master and disciple seemed to be very good.
"Master, Miss Lan is here!" Xiaobing walked in and shouted inside. Doctor Hu slowly stood up from behind the counter and yawned widely.
"Master, didn't you just wake up? Why are you sleeping again?" Xiaobing said dissatisfiedly. At the same time, he neatly packed a table and came out, wiped the table and stools, poured water for Lan Zhao and asked her to sit down.
"Thank you, Xiaobing. Updated with no errors@"
Lan Zhao saw a bamboo chair behind the counter and thought that Dr. Hu would hide there and sleep when he had nothing to do.
"Get up, get up. Isn't there no patient? What happened if I lay down for a while?" Dr. Hu dug his ears with his fingernails, and his face was full of disgust with the verbosity of the cake.
Xiaobing snorted: "Okay, who should be blamed for the lack of patients in the medical center? Who told you to open the store next to the Huichun Hall! I don't want to come to this shabby medical center."
"Go, go, go, what do children know? Have you sorted the medicinal materials and finished the work? Why don't you go quickly!" Doctor Hu looked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and his expression seemed a little angry.
Xiaobing made a face and ran to the backyard. Doctor Hu turned to Lan Zhao and put on a smiling face again and said, "Let the little friend laugh."
"The relationship between Doctor Hu and Xiaobing is so good, I also miss my master a little bit...
"Lan Zhao said with a smile, this is true. Mrs. Qingyun has been away for more than half a year without even a letter, and she doesn't know what happened to her.
Doctor Hu stroked his beard and said, "What the hell, the kid is naughty."
"Master really tells lies without blinking an eye." Xiaobing's faint voice came from behind, and he was seen coming back again and again to bring a bunch of medicinal materials and put them away in the lobby.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is the one working in this store, okay?
Dr. Hu, who was caught saying bad things about people, looked at him with a glaring look at him: "What are you doing out here?!"
"Classification." Xiaobing said, "We need to let passers-by see us working, so that people next door who can't stand the disease will come to see the doctor. We always seem to be doing something shameful in the backyard."
After Xiaobing finished speaking, he ignored Dr. Hu, moved a small bench and sat down to slowly sort the medicinal materials. Those that could be used directly as medicine and those that needed to be ground into powder were separated one by one and put aside.
Dr. Hu went straight to the point in a few implicit sentences: "My friend, I invite you to come here today because I have a request. You have also seen the situation in our Anxin Hall. I would like to invite you to sit here for a while, but I don't know if it is possible." Convenient? I won’t treat you badly in terms of monthly payment.”
The faint voice of the cookie came again: "Master is painting cakes again. Where can we get the money? I can count the number of copper coins in the drawer on the counter with one hand."
"Aren't there more than a dozen more?!" Doctor Hu glared at him.
"Did the money you spent to buy wine yesterday fall from the sky?"
Dr. Hu was upset by the cookie, and his face turned red and white, but he was still very spicy. As long as I wasn't embarrassed, I could pretend it never happened.
Doctor Hu put a wrinkled old face and said in mourning: "My dear friend, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. As soon as I saw you today, I knew that the nobles of Anxin Hall were here. Our century-old inheritance of Anxin Hall cannot be destroyed. In my hand. _o_m "
Just then, there was a noise at the door.
"Save my child! Save my child!" A woman knelt at the door of the Huichun Hall crying, holding a little girl in her arms. The girl's face was bruised and she looked not good.
The doctor who sent her out said unbearably: "Madam, it's not that I won't save you, but the lady has already passed away. It's better to prepare for the funeral as soon as possible."
When the woman heard this, she almost fainted from crying. The maid next to her quickly supported her with quick eyes and hands: "You were fine just now, why did you die...why did you die..."
"There are patients behind us. I'll go in first. Madam, I'm sorry." Perhaps after seeing so many separations between life and death, the doctor seemed to be a little cold-hearted.
He glanced at the child with pity. If he stayed here, he would only delay the condition of the patient behind him. The child had already died and there was no way to save him.
"Madam, let's go back first." There were more and more people around, and the maid soothed in a low voice, helping her wife to stand up.
Condolences, madam.
These words almost overwhelmed the woman. After taking two steps, her body softened and she fainted.
The maidservant exclaimed. She only caught the woman, but the child in her arms fell.
Lan Zhao dodged and caught the little girl. Doctor Hu followed him out, checked her breath and pulse and said seriously: "Come in quickly!"
His tone was solemn and his expression serious. Lan Zhao hugged the little girl and walked in with him. Xiaobing had already ran out and came back.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"She got stuck in the fruit and died of suffocation." Xiaobing had already asked about the incident just now.
"How long?"
"just."
Doctor Hu glared at the maid: "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you help your wife in too?"
Only then did the maid come to her senses, and she and Xiaobing half dragged and half supported the lady to a chair and sat down.
Doctor Hu took Lan Zhao into the back room.
"Turn her over." Dr. Hu said, and Lan Zhao followed the instructions and turned the little girl over.
Doctor Hu stepped on the stool and pushed the little girl upside down on his knees, keeping her head as high as possible and her feet as low as possible.
He used his right hand to quickly and forcefully tap the center of the line connecting the shoulder blades on both sides of the little girl. Seeing that the little girl didn't respond, he slapped her a few more times.
After only three shots this time, the little girl coughed violently and spit out a fruit the size of a copper plate from her mouth.
But it wasn't over yet. Doctor Hu turned the little girl back. The little girl's face was blue and purple and she couldn't breathe well.
"Let her lie flat." Doctor Hu said, and Lan Zhao immediately followed his instructions.
The little girl was lying flat on the bed. Doctor Hu turned around and took out the golden needles. After sterilizing them with fire, he injected a few needles into the little girl. The little girl's complexion improved visibly.
Doctor Hu breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay. @ "
When he led the living little girl out, a burst of cheers erupted outside, and many people gathered outside the door of Anxin Hall to wait for the outcome of this matter.
The woman held the little girl with tears streaming down her face and was extremely grateful to Dr. Hu.
The woman said that her surname was Zhang and she was the mother of a little girl. The little girl got stuck while eating at home. At first, she coughed hard and couldn't come out. She coughed until her face turned red. When she saw that her condition was not good, it was too late to call a doctor. The woman He hurried back to the Huichun Hall. On the way, the little girl's breath gradually weakened, until she lost her breath not long after entering the Huichun Hall.
Children are most likely to die from suffocation due to foreign objects getting stuck. Fortunately, Dr. Hu acted quickly, accurately and decisively, saving the little girl's life.
Doctor Hu couldn't cope with this. He winked at Lan Zhao and hid behind the counter.
Lan Zhao smiled lightly and stepped forward to comfort Mrs. Zhang and said, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Zhang, my master is a little tired. Come here and I'll explain the rest to you."
There were too many people at the door, so Lan Zhao asked Mrs. Zhang to come to the side so that she could talk more quietly.
Lan Zhao said: "Because the fruit is too hard, her throat should be scratched, so it is best not to speak in the past few days, otherwise it may affect her future vocalization. Also, the daughter should pay attention to what she eats, and eat something lighter." Mainly liquid food.”
After Lan Zhao finished speaking, he looked at Mrs. Zhang and smiled.
Mrs. Zhang was still waiting for her next words, but she didn't expect them to be gone. She asked doubtfully: "Don't you need to prescribe medicine?"
Lan Zhao said: "Her symptoms don't seem to be very serious at the moment, and generally do not require special treatment. As long as you pay attention not to eat spicy food and hard food every day, you will slowly recover in one or seven days. If there is any abnormality, Come to us again when you feel comfortable.”
"You really don't need to take medicine?"
Lan Zhao laughed and said, "It's really not necessary. If you're worried, just come back tomorrow and ask Master to put a few needles in acupuncture to make things better faster."
After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang finally felt at ease. She thanked her profusely and left a piece of silver and left with her daughter. .
