Bianshanhan [farming]

As autumn approaches, I feel a little chilly in the morning, and when I get up, I wear thinner clothes, and I will be shivered suddenly by the cold.

After eating early, Li Qingzhuo was thinking about soaking the clothes he changed yesterday before the shop opened, and then he got the water, when Zhao Yang stopped him.

"Li Qingzhuo, the master told me to cut the astragalus the day before yesterday, why didn't I check it just now?" Zhao Yang stood at the door of the warehouse and shouted loudly.

The backyard is only that big, Zhao Yang's voice was so loud that the street outside could hear him clearly, and he had a gloating expression of "I finally caught you".

This man is the nephew of the shopkeeper Zhao Dahao, and like Li Qingzhuo, he is Doctor Lu's apprentice, because Doctor Lu values ​​Li Qingzhuo the most, and he has resentment in his heart, and usually his eyes would hang behind Li Qingzhuo's eggs, picking bones, now that he finds an opportunity, naturally he must have a meal attack.

Li Qingzhuo and this person have never dealt with each other. Knowing that he was finding fault, he frowned and said, "My hands are swollen, and I can't do fine work these days. I have already told the master. There are still some Astragalus slices in stock. Don't delay the shop in a few days." Medication."

Astragalus membranaceus is very hard after drying, and it needs to be sliced ​​thinly and evenly, which is almost impossible with hand skills. Among all the apprentices, Li Qingzhuo is the most valued by the master, and this job is specially assigned to him. Although the other apprentices are dissatisfied, they are less happy work.

"Then I blamed you!" Zhao Yang said angrily, "Master has always been strict, but he has always been very generous to you! But if you pat your chest, do you dare to say that you are worthy of his old man's cultivation? You are an apprentice in a shop but secretly I ran to copy books to make money, but ended up hurting my hand, and kept the money in my pocket, but delayed the business of the shop. I really don’t know how a person like you still has the face to stay in the shop.”

In fact, Zhao Yang is really shameless for saying this. He has to count the medicinal materials every day, but the master told him that it was a few days ago to cut the astragalus. He only found out today, obviously he has been lazy these days.

Li Qingzhuo knew it very well, but he didn't point it out. As a senior, he had mentioned it more than once before, but this junior not only didn't appreciate it, but also felt that he wanted to run him away, and the two of them became enmity.

Later, he didn't bother to say, this person is the shopkeeper's nephew, unlike other people, who will be kicked out because of one or several mistakes, so let's do our own thing.

Li Qingzhuo didn't want to meddle in Zhao Yang's affairs, but Zhao Yang wanted to make him feel uncomfortable.

Li Qingzhuo shook the water off his hand, straightened his waist, and said: "I did take over the job of copying books, but I only wrote for two quarters of an hour every night, and I never missed my work. The reason why my hand was injured was because I was picked up when packing up the medicinal materials. The poisonous thorn was pricked, the master bandaged it, if the junior brother doesn’t believe it, you can come and have a diagnosis.”

"What are you yelling about? I heard you arguing from the front, which disturbed the guests, and both of you will be punished!" Zhao Dahao came over and shouted in a low voice with a bad expression.

Zhao Yang was speechless at the rebuttal, and when he saw this, he shouted "Uncle" and ran away quickly.

Li Qingzhuo didn't continue to tidy up, he dried his hands and hurried to the front shop to help.

As soon as the sun came out, some customers came into the pharmacy. Dr. Lu sat and looked at his condition, and the apprentices stood behind and listened carefully to every word of the master, and someone beside him took down detailed notes.

There are several pharmacies in Liushan County, Huichuntang is one of the best.

Huichuntang has been open in the county for nearly a hundred years. The Zhao family has grown from a down-and-out doctor in the county to a respectable figure in the county. The rapid fortune is mainly due to the good reputation created by the previous generations.

The shopkeepers of the first two generations of Huichuntang were the most fair and kind-hearted shopkeepers. In summer, they served herbal tea outside the medicine shop for passers-by to cool off the heat. In winter, they would cook ginger soup to drive away the cold. People in the county all praised benevolence and righteousness.

Because of this, the Zhao family's pharmacy gradually grew bigger and bigger, but when it spread to Zhao Dahao, Huichuntang began to decline.

Zhao Dahao, shopkeeper Zhao is different from his father and grandfather, he has shallow eyelids, and when he comes to the pharmacy to get medicine and see a doctor, he can't do without a penny, and he doesn't understand medicinal materials. There were many disputes with Dr. Lu of the shop.

He felt that with good medicine, a few patients would be fine, and the shop would not make much money.If you use inferior or ordinary medicinal materials, you need to eat a few more pairs to get better. The shop not only saves money by collecting medicinal materials, but also earns more by selling medicines. The combined income may double.

Healing diseases and saving lives is not a child's play. Dr. Lu has been a doctor for decades and knows all kinds of medicinal materials. When he found that the medicinal materials in the pharmacy were wrong, he immediately went to find Zhao Dahao.

Although he is just a doctor in office, he has good medical skills. It was Zhao Dahao's father who left him in charge of the pharmacy. If he hadn't had a deep relationship with the Zhao family, with such a shopkeeper, he would not only yell at him, but also walk away.

Because he accepted the entrustment of his old friend before his death, Dr. Lu was so angry that he could not leave, but he would not sell bad medicines against his conscience. You won't get medicine from the shop.

Zhao Dahao's father left in a hurry, and if he didn't come, he hurriedly told his son about the shop. Before he died, he only told him that he must listen to Dr. Lu's words.

Zhao Dahao was only thinking about making money, he didn't listen to Dr. Lu's words, and secretly stockpiled grain and medicinal materials, and ended up losing a lot of money, ruining his family's fortune, and focusing on his own shop.

Dr. Lu was sick at home, he knew it was intentional, he didn't want to bow his head to be restrained, and invited a doctor from another county to sit in the hall to see the doctor. The doctor was willing to listen to him, but after half a year, the people who came to see the doctor realized that something was wrong.

Zhao Dahao pretended to be smart, and the people in other pharmacies immediately saw what he was doing, and yelled everywhere that he was shoddy, and as a result, the reputation of Huichuntang was not good.

After all, Dr. Lu couldn't bear the loss of his old company's property, so he came back with anger and forced Zhao Dahao to throw away those defective medicines. It took a few years to go to the clinic for gold, and Huichuntang was able to recover from its decline.

Dr. Lu was able to save Hui Chun Tang's life, but Zhao Dahao didn't feel much gratitude, on the contrary, he hated him even more.He knew that the old man was really indispensable in the shop, so he tried to send his son to study medicine with Dr. Lu.

What Zhao Dahao thought was that the shop would not be under the control of others if his family had learned a whole set of medical skills.What he thought was pretty good, but it's a pity that his son is particularly disappointing, addicted to beauty all day long, and doesn't do any serious work, how could he have the patience to study medicine.

Seeing that his son was not the material, Zhao Dahao brought some nephews from his own family. Doctor Lu watched Zhao Dahao grow up, so how could he not know what he was thinking? He was very disappointed, but he still taught him seriously .

What Dr. Lu thought was that if someone in the Zhao family learned all his skills, he would be relieved of being kicked out, so as not to see this wicked person again.

However, there is a world of difference between farming well and not doing well. To be a doctor, you must learn to diagnose and treat diseases, identify medicinal materials, process medicinal materials, etc., which is more complicated than farming. Not everyone can learn it well. Zhao Dahao These few nephews are not calm, and they are not good materials for studying medicine.

Dr. Lu told Zhao Dahao, but Zhao Dahao only said that they were still young, and it would be good to follow them for a few more years.

When treating Mrs. Chen, Dr. Lu fell in love with Li Qingzhuo, and took him back to the shop as an apprentice. After only half a year, Dr. Lu saw that he was a good young man, and devoted himself to teaching Li Qingzhuo. It also made Zhao Dahao unhappy.

Because of various things, the Zhao family has always been wary of Li Qingzhuo.

Even with the protection of his master, Li Qingzhuo has been squeezed all these years, but he doesn't care about it. If he wants to learn the real skills, he must endure hardships, and he really shouldn't be distracted by these irrelevant people.

Leaving the matter of the morning behind, Li Qingzhuo neatly weighed and took the medicine according to the prescription. After wrapping it up, he carefully instructed how to cook and drink the medicine.

After sending the guests to the door, Li Qingzhuo was about to go back, when he suddenly heard a crisp voice, "Second Brother!"

Li Qingzhuo turned his head and saw Li Maoxian and Li Qinghong brothers standing outside the shop, he couldn't help showing a surprised smile, "Father, son, why are you here?"

The three of Li Maoxian and the others had already left the shop, afraid of delaying the business, they waited for Li Qingzhuo to finish his work before opening his mouth.

"Come to the county to buy glutinous rice, and I'll see you by the way." Li Maoxian said.

Li Qingzhuo was stunned for a moment, he knew that there was not enough food at home, but he should buy cheap sorghum rice, why buy glutinous rice? !

Before he could ask, Li Qinghong couldn't wait to say, "Second brother, I can use glutinous rice to make sugar. Our family has earned a lot of food by selling sugar. Now we don't have enough glutinous rice and wheat, so we bought it. A few days ago We also came to the county once, but it's a pity that you are not here, otherwise we could taste the maltose made by Zai'er!"

Before Li Qingzhuo could react, he saw Brother Yao holding a white lump to his mouth.

"Zai'er, you still haven't eaten." After being surprised, Li Qinghong was a little embarrassed, because the candy was going to be sold and he couldn't eat it casually. Everyone in the family shared a piece, and he couldn't help eating his piece.

Opening his mouth subconsciously, Li Qingzhuo soon tasted a light fragrance, "It's so sweet."

Li Qingwen smiled and rolled his eyes, "Second Brother likes it, I'll get you more next time."

The sun shot down from the gaps in the leaves and shone on his face. Li Qingzhuo felt that his eyes were a little swollen. He raised his hand and touched his younger brother's head, but he didn't speak for a long time.

His younger brother used to be inseparable from others when eating, drinking, and messing around, making people worry about him, but now he is better, so caring and sensible all of a sudden, Li Qingzhuo feels like a dream.

Although he hadn't seen his son for several days, he couldn't delay too long. Li Maoxian took out the cloth bag from the burden, which contained the sorghum flour pancakes that Mrs. Chen had made early in the morning.

"So much?!" Li Qingzhuo took it, his hand sank, and the bag almost fell to the ground.

"The family's food is not so tight now, so your mother took more." Li Maoxian took out the copper plate and handed it over, "Zhuo'er, return your mother's medicine money quickly."

"No need, father, the medicine is not bought on credit, I bought it with the money from copying books." Li Qingzhuo pushed his father's hand away.