Luoxiafeng Yunyao Hall.
"Disciple Lu Duofu, please give my regards to my great uncle!"
The day after he decided to study medicine with Old Man Wen, Lu Duofu rushed here early in the morning to meet Old Man Wen. At this time, Old Man Wen was holding a pot of medicinal wine and slowly poured it into a small cyan porcelain cup. The wine was fragrant, dark red in color, and I didn’t know what it was soaked in. Old Man Wen carefully raised the wine glass, brought it close to his nose and took a deep sniff, with a satisfied look on his face. Lu Duofu's expression changed. Uncle Wen, who was usually meticulous, actually liked what was in this cup and drank it early in the morning.
Seeing Lu Duofu come, Old Man Wen put down his wine glass, nodded and said: "Well, that's right, you little one came quite early. Have you had breakfast? What I have is simple, you can use as much as you like, don't go hungry." , I can’t learn anything.” Old Man Wen pointed at the millet porridge and pickles on the table.
"Uncle, my disciple has eaten." Lu Duofu replied. When he was still in Tianshui City, Lu Duofu didn't have the habit of eating breakfast. It was good for country people to have two meals a day. Later he became a beggar and had a full meal a day that was worth burning incense. But since entering Yunyinmen, under the supervision of Bai Yunxi, Lu Duofu has completely changed his "bad habit" of skipping breakfast. Regardless of whether you are hungry or not, Baiyun Xi will make Nangong Yue and Lu Duofu eat three meals a day on time, and they are not allowed to leave until they finish eating, and they are not allowed to waste it.
"That's okay! Just don't be hungry!" Old Man Wen was not a wordy person. He couldn't do things like being polite to people over and over again. He pointed at the wine and said, "Let's drink some together?"
Lu Duofu was stunned: "Uncle Master, this..."
"Uh, forget it! I'll tell you what to do, and you can go and do your work!" Old Man Wen himself felt it was inappropriate. Lu Duofu was only ten years old, and minors should still be protected. Old Man Wen coughed lightly and pointed to the counter by the wall: "Look, little baby, you don't have to do anything in this month. You have memorized those three books."
Those three books all recorded superficial knowledge of medical techniques and pharmacology. Each of them was two inches thick. Lu Duofu had already read one of them. It seems quite difficult to cover so much content in one month. Lu Duofu lacked confidence and stood at the counter, a little at a loss.
Old Man Wen looked sideways at Lu Duofu: "Why, one month is not enough? You can't do this. Since you are determined to learn from me, you must be willing to work hard. Think of me back then..."
"No, one month is enough, uncle, I will definitely memorize it well!" Lu Duofu said, but his words were a bit careless, and he himself was not very sure. But if he expresses his embarrassment in person, it will inevitably make Uncle Wen look down on him. If he leaves a bad impression on him, he will not teach himself what to do in the future.
Old Man Wen laughed and nodded: "That's about right. The little kid has a good memory and can easily memorize a few books. Go ahead and read it inside. If you don't understand anything, just ask me!"
There is also a small courtyard inside Yunyao Hall, which is mainly used for Old Man Wen's daily life. Lu Duofu took the medical book as instructed, walked into the inner courtyard, found a chair and sat down to read. The content in the book is very complicated. What are the five internal organs and five elements of the human body? The lungs belong to metal, the heart belongs to fire, the liver belongs to wood, the kidneys belong to water, and the spleen belongs to earth. What medicines have five flavors: sour, bitter, sweet, pungent, salty, and What are the four qi of warm, hot, cold and cool...
This is not a story-telling session. Most of the things in the book are incomprehensible. It is too boring for a child of Lu Duofu's age. When Lu Duofu came to Yunyaotang for acupuncture before, he had to queue up, so he took a book to show off and read some contents. If others see it, they will praise it a few words, whose child loves reading so much, is really diligent and studious, etc... Children like to be praised. If someone praises them, Lu Duofu will take it seriously and get twice the result with half the effort. I just memorized a hundred or so acupuncture points.
But it was so boring to calm down and watch it alone. Lu Duofu felt sleepy while watching it. More than an hour later, I closed my eyes, leaned on the chair and fell asleep. There was everything in the dream, and Lu Duofu had a photographic memory. In just half an hour, he remembered all the contents of the three books. He was so surprised that Old Man Wen called his ancestors. From then on, Lu Duofu learned a magical medical skill and became very successful... …
"Wake up, it's time to eat, kid!"
Lu Duofu opened his eyes and saw Old Man Wen looking at him with a smile. He immediately realized that he had dozed off and couldn't help but blush. He muttered: "Uncle Master, I...I..."
"Okay, I just took a nap, it's expected." Old Man Wen smiled, as if he understood you very well. It seems that this old man also had a lot of naps back then. Old Man Wen led Lu Duofu to the kitchen, added a bowl of rice to him, and handed it to him. Lu Duofu was flattered and hurriedly thanked him: "Master, uncle, I'll come by myself." Then he turned into a guest and served Old Man Wen, serving tea and water without hesitation.
The lunch was quite good, with four dishes and one soup, including chicken and fish. It was obvious that Old Man Wen cared about Lu Duofu, a junior, and every dish was prepared in sufficient portions. He did eat very little, and only tasted a small amount of everything. The rest went into Lu Duofu's stomach. But Old Man Wen drank a glass of wine as usual.
After finishing the meal, Lu Duofu rushed to clean up the dishes and wash the dishes without letting Old Man Wen interfere. Old Man Wen did not insist, but nodded with a smile and a look of approval on his face.
"Boy, it's okay to sleep when you're tired, but you have to finish what I want you to write down on time." Old Man Wen left these words and went out for a walk slowly.
As the saying goes, you don’t need a heavy hammer to hit a drum. Lu Duofu firmly remembered Old Man Wen’s seemingly casual reminder. In order to overcome the bad habit of dozing off, he got two small wooden sticks and used them to prop up his eyelids when he was sleepy. In the following days, Lu Duofu never dozed off again.
In order to make full use of his time, Lu Duofu took these books with him day and night, even when he went to the latrine. One day I heard Nangong Yue say that reading aloud while reading can help deepen the impression and make it easier to remember. So Lu Duofu would read it out loud regardless of time, place or occasion, as long as he was reading. In the end, Old Man Wen couldn't bear the noise anymore and kicked him out of Yunyao Hall, ordering him to come back during dinner time.
"Mainly injured, five types of labor and six extremes, thinness, collapse, pulse failure, tonifying deficiency and replenishing qi..."
On the nineteenth day, Lu Duofu stood confidently in front of Old Man Wen, returned the book to Old Man Wen, and then recited it fluently. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. When Lu Duofu first saw these three books, he felt lack of confidence. But when he started memorizing them, he realized that it was not as difficult as he thought.
These medical books are classic works left behind by our ancestors after tens of thousands of years of accumulation, eliminating the unnecessary and retaining the essential. Medical skills are systematically summarized, and medicinal materials are also classified according to their medicinal properties, making it easier to remember. Another important reason is that the text in this book is quite large, but the content is actually not much, and there are illustrations in some places. The most important thing is that children around ten years old have the best memory. Even if Lu Duofu is not a child prodigy with photographic memory, he can still remember it after reading it several times.
"Well, not bad, not bad. I remember 99% of the 10%. It can be seen that I have put in hard work." Old Man Wen nodded with satisfaction, but then his face changed: "But boy, the remaining point, I still want to remind you. But remember, cold is cold, cold is cold, and cannot be confused. Smell and taste must be separated, and cannot be confused. And..."
Old Man Wen kept chattering, pointing out the mistakes in Lu Duofu's recitation one by one, and talked for more than half an hour. Lu Duofu listened, but he was a little unconvinced. Uncle Wen was too rigid. Old Man Wen seemed to have figured out what Lu Duofu was thinking, and just smiled and said nothing more.
Now that he can memorize it, Old Man Wen will teach him. Let me first explain the contents of several books one by one so that Lu Duofu can remember them. During this session, if Lu Duofu has any questions, he can ask them. Every few days, Old Man Wen would take some out to test Lu Duofu. Sometimes when Lu Duofu didn't remember and felt embarrassed, Old Man Wen didn't take it seriously, which made Lu Duofu feel at ease.
Regarding the medicinal materials, Old Man Wen not only had to personally take Lu Duofu to understand everything, but also personally cultivated and cared for them from smell, medicinal properties, and efficacy. Finally, he had to personally supervise Lu Duofu to complete the finished medicine.
After studying for eight months, Lu Duofu memorized every part of the three books. He could distinguish each medicine just by smelling it with his nose, and accurately described its growth habits, medicinal properties, and medicinal properties. Effects and taboos, production, storage methods, etc. Only then did Old Man Wen tell Lu Duofu: "Okay, I can officially teach you medical skills."
Lu Duofu fell to the ground, feeling that after eight months, he could barely touch the threshold...
