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Title: Reopening the Medical Center

Summary: In the simple tent on the strange mountain road, looking at the human fireworks at the foot of the mountain, we ushered in the early summer together

This trip went slower than I expected.We are still in the rolling hills in April.It was colder on the mountainside, and the breeze began to blow the catkins, so the mountain road was covered with spring snow for hundreds of miles.Thousands of paths and people are gone, only birds singing in thousands of mountains.On the quiet road, I found a tree to tie my two horses with him, and said to him: "Find a flat place to set up a tent to rest." Shi Mu looked at me left and right, leaned slightly, and waved away my catkins, dumbfounded. said, "Your hair."

I hooked my hair tie and grabbed it from the end to the front.The hair is no longer pure white, but mottled and gray.I said, "I can't continue dyeing. After returning to Hemu Medical Center, I will continue dyeing."

The scalp hurt slightly, Shi Mu tore off a hair of mine, and carefully rolled it between his fingers.His fingers are flexible and strong, with well-defined knuckles.Martial arts are so high that he doesn't need to attack secretly, but his hands are indeed suitable for holding hidden weapons.Shi Mu spread out my palm and put the curled hair into my palm.

I said, "Ah, the roots of my hair are turning black."

"I live in Uzang, Nanga Bawa Peak." Shi Mu gently hugged me from behind, "It's snowy there, like this catkin."

He paused only once in a long sentence.

I can't help but smile.There are scattered villages at the foot of the mountain. Occasionally, fireworks will light up and jump into the air, reflecting the fluttering of willow catkins.

In this way, in the simple tent on the strange mountain road, watching the human fireworks at the foot of the mountain, we ushered in the early summer together.

On the afternoon of May [-]th in the eighth year of Yongxi, I took him back to the Hemu Medical Center.At the door of the front shop, I asked, "Do you have any silver taels? Lend me." He took out a tael of small silver ingots and said, "The last one."

"You will return it when you enter the house." I said, "You go in first, I will go to Yan Butou to get the key to the medical center." He took the Qianchen wine jar and brick tea and went in.

I went to the gate of Yan Toutou's courtyard, and he was just entering.I called: "Yan Butou." He turned around, took a step back, and then came to hug me: "Li Ping, where have you been? You have been gone for seven years, and I thought you would never return to Caoshi Town." I smiled: "I just stayed in the seven southern states for a few years, and I went to the Kazakh grassland for some business." Yan Butou let go of me: "You have traveled a lot. Come in and get the key. Hemu Medical Center The locks are rusted, and I changed them for you. You threw away those pots and pans.” I went in with him to get the keys, and his wife greeted: “Doctor Li!” I said, “Captain Yan, you Is your daughter out of the court?" Yan Butou handed me the key: "Yes, she married a businessman in Shengye Town, northeast of Chang'an City." I gave him five taels of silver and said, "Shengye Town is a good place. It is next to Xingqing Palace, and the merchants living there are very rich. I will give you a tael of silver as a lock first, and I will go back to Baotong Bank to get the more silver for you." Yan Butou smiled and refused: "These I didn’t spend much money to maintain the Hemu Medical Center for you in [-]. If you feel bad, you can cook me two more good meals.” I took back the money and said, “Okay. How has Lin Lin been these years?” Yan Zhu The head said: "He was promoted to the household department member Wailang and moved out of Caoshi Town." I advised him: "You are too straightforward, you will never be promoted." Yan Butou said: "Caoshi Town is very good, I don't want to Move to another place." I said: "I'm going back first, I still need to clean up." I walked back, Yan Butou asked from behind: "Hey, where are Shen Lian and Wei Yan? Waiting for you at Hemu Medical Center Is it?" I paused and said: "Shen Lian has joined the army, I don't know what happened to him later. Wei Yan... passed away." Yan Butou hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." I said: "No problem."

I went back to Hemu Medical Hall to open the front shop.Hemu Medical Hall is still clean with Yan Butou taking care of it.I walked across the yard, and Shi Mu looked up in front of the kitchen: "Brick tea, 'Qianchen', put it in the kitchen?" I rolled up my sleeves and trotted over, and opened the leftmost kitchen door.He puts tea and wine into the kitchen.

I opened the bedroom door in the middle, and Shi Mu followed.I returned the one or two silver ingots to him, and while opening the bottom of the bed to take the seal, I said, "Speaking of which, a lot of my silver in Baotong Bank was mixed with consultation money from you, the God of Wealth. I'll pack my clothes, and you go Sit on the stone table and bench in the courtyard for a while." He went to the courtyard.I put the seal on the table and opened the wardrobe.Clothes are moldy.I cleared out and carried it to the gate of Hemu Medical Center in three trips.When returning to the courtyard empty-handed, Shi Mu looked at the Putao Teng and said, "It looks good."

"Wei Yan cut it himself. It's been 13 years, and it's as prosperous as a chariot." I tried my best to keep my voice steady, and entered the bedroom, "What's for dinner?"

"Eat meat!" Shi Mu said, "Too much, pancake."

"Okay. Eat chicken porridge? I'll go to the store to buy some more cooking utensils, and then visit some old people. Wait a little longer, and you can wipe the silver flagon in the kitchen clean. It's very black." I took my seal and went out .He went to the kitchen and said, "Okay, wait for you."

I went to the front shop: "I used to think that an expert must drink wind and food dew, and not touch meat."

He reiterated: "Eat them all. Meat!" He wiped the silver jug ​​with the cuff of his Xuanyi.

I give up speaking.Forget it, I'll make clothes for him again.

I went to Baotong Bank to get silver taels, bought small baskets in the store, and ordered four sets of ordinary clothes.Shi Mu and I have two sets each.Then I went to the cooking utensil shop to pick out: "Pots, bowls, ladles, pots, bowls and chopsticks, after these cooking utensils and tableware are cooked, I will prepare a set and send them to the Hemu Medical Center." , promised with his mouth: "Okay."

I then put the wheat, flour, green onions, ginger, salt, vinegar, etc. into the basket one by one, and then went to the raw poultry shop to pick a hen.I said to the shopkeeper: "The chicken should be killed and put in a cloth bag. I know you need to add [-] cents." The familiar shopkeeper grabbed the chicken and raised the knife in his hand: "Doctor Li, I haven't seen you for many years." I said: " You just came back from Yuanyou." He said, "I'll go back and get your hair scalded. Hemu Medical Center is going to reopen?" I said, "Well, I just wanted to ask you to tell the neighbors by the way." He said: "Of course. Chang'an city counts on your good medical skills. You haven't entered the imperial medical office yet, and opened a medical clinic to see patients for us." When he came out after killing the chicken, I gave him the broken silver, and he threw the cloth bag into my small pannier.

I carried a small basket on my back and went to Qi Jin's house by the Caoshi River.Knocking on his courtyard door, he smelled of alcohol in his dirty white clothes: "Eh? Li Ping, you're back?" I said, "Yes. I want to treat you to meat porridge today. Is Mrs. Qi here? Let's go together .”

Qi Jin patted me on the shoulder: "My mother... I just gave birth to her first seven. I'll go and change my filial piety, and I'll go with you."

"Sorry." I said.

He came out in brown clothes, with a small wine jar in his left hand and a blood-soaked leg in his right hand.As he walked with me, he said, "I shot a deer this morning. I sold most of it at the store and left two legs. I made one myself at noon. It was very fishy. I still need you to do it."

I said: "The meat porridge is just right with venison."

He asked, "Hey, where are Shen Lian and Wei Yan?"

"Wei Yan passed away. Shen Lian joined the Sheng Army." I said.

"Ah, sorry, life and death are common things." He said openly, "Is Shen Lian worthy of the martial arts I taught him?"

The son of the Shen family, Liang Zeren.I said, "In general, I am worthy. He is very considerate of the common people."

"That's good, I don't need to abolish his martial arts. Although he has been my apprentice for many years, although he is extremely intelligent and talented, I think he is too strong-minded and has too many distracting thoughts. In terms of martial arts alone, he cannot reach the realm of perfection." Qi Jin said.

Back in the Hemu Medical Center, Shi Mu stood up.I said to Qi Jin: "The leader of Tianyi Sect, Shi Mu." I said to Shi Mu: "This is the 'Hero'."

"The real name is Qi Jin. My mother is gone, so I don't need to hide my name." The eyes of Qi Jin next to me lit up, "Have you practiced Tianyi Xinfa? I have always wanted to try it, but I don't know my martial arts and Tianyi Xinfa Which is great."

Shi Mu stretched out his hand: "Come."

I hurriedly stopped him: "Don't try it in our courtyard yet! Qi Jin, put the wine jar on the stone table. Master Shi, please bring in a barrel of well water." Qi Jin put down the wine jar.

"Not trying." Shi Mu fetched water, "Got it, cooking utensils."

I went into the kitchen and followed me to put down the deer legs.

"What kind of wine is this jar?" Qi Jin asked, pointing to the corner wine jar.

"'Previous dust'." Shi Mu went into the kitchen and put down the bucket.

Qi Jin said: "Oh, Tan Qing said that it is the wine mentioned in the ancient records of Tianyi Sect. You can't eat it lightly."

And I put the venison and the ones I bought in the store into the pot.