Jing Zhong's condition was critical, and Yu Jinnian, as a doctor, did not dare to leave without permission, so he had only been active in a small courtyard for two days. Jing Zhong was also quite uneasy after taking the medicine. On the third day, Yu Jinnian was making porridge in the kitchen. Ah Chun walked in with his eyes dazed, shrugged his nose, and said, "It smells so good, it tastes like taro."
Yu Jinnian smiled and asked, "Ah Chun likes taro?"
Ah Chun nodded, moved a small stool and sat at the door, looked at Yu Jinnian with his face in his hands, waited patiently for the porridge and said, "Well, taro is the best. The taro is very fragrant!"
Begging? Yu Jinnian looked at the huge house, wondering: "Brother Ah Chun is very rich, why do you want to beg for food?"
Ah Chun thought about it carefully, his round face was wrinkled bitterly, and he didn't seem to know the reason, and his little brain couldn't make any sense, so he simply talked about things from a long time ago: "Um...Ah Chun before I live in a very cold place, it keeps changing, and I don’t know where Ah Chun has gone. People cry all the time when I sleep at night, and I have to sing to others during the day, from morning to night. They said that Ah Chun’s voice Okay, let's ask Ah Chun to sing, but Ah Chun can't sing, so they beat Ah Chun..."
Sweet taro porridge was boiled in the pot, which was stewed with yellow corn grits and diced taro. The aroma wafted into Ah Chun's nose, and he licked his mouth greedily.
The corn grits were soaked the first night, and today they were boiled in clean water until they were soft. When they were about the same time, the cold taro that Ah Chun cooked earlier was peeled and diced. As for porridge, there is a saying that the essence of rice is that water should not be separated from rice, and rice should not be separated from water. The two are harmonious and suitable, with a combination of hardness and softness, and the mouth is soft and smooth, which is the best porridge.
Yu Jinnian poured the diced taro into the pot, after a while, crushed it little by little with the back of a ladle, and then added sugar to taste. After that, he took out a bowl and served it to the boy while squatting halfway, without interrupting him, he followed his words and asked doubtfully, "Ah Chun used to be a singer?"
Ah Chun flattened his mouth, and there was a little bit of strange longing in his eyes: "Ah Chun doesn't know...Ah Chun is singing so hard in order not to be beaten, because if she sings well, she can live in a big warm room. Ah Chun has seen , as long as someone sleeps on your body for one night, you can have a lot of money, and you won't be frozen!"
Yu Jinnian was startled, this is not an ordinary actress, but also a third-rate broker!
Thinking about it, he felt chills all over his body, and he couldn't help asking: "And then?"
"Well, later on, they put a very beautiful dress on Ah Chun, and asked Ah Chun to stand on a big stage and sing." He stretched out his hand and gestured, "It's about this big, no, it's even bigger." A little bigger... There are rich men under the platform throwing money at A Chun, saying they want to buy A Chun back, and they hurt A Chun so much..."
Yu Jinnian reached out and rubbed Ah Chun's face, thinking that fortunately he is a little fool, he didn't know what the actor meant, let alone understand that those people gave him beautiful clothes not to be nice to him, but to carry him out A nice price.
Ah Chun's eyes lit up as he spoke, as if thinking of something happy, he danced and said, "Then brother came! He is so powerful, he punched a rich man and took Ah Chun away."
"How old was Ah Chun at that time?" Yu Jinnian also served a bowl of porridge and chatted with him, "How old is Ah Chun now?"
"This Ah Chun knows!" Ah Chun counted on his fingers, "Ah Chun was ten years old when my brother came here, now Ah Chun is nineteen!"
Yu Jinnian almost spit out the porridge, coughed a few times, what, this silly brat is already nineteen? !
The little fool always speaks illogically, what comes to his mind is what he thinks, but when he mentions Jing Zhong, it seems to be very clear, and he remembers every detail clearly, he said: "Brother bought a new one for Ah Chun. Putting on the clothes, and took Ah Chun to eat at a very good restaurant, and drank wine—that was not good.” He evaluated the food and wine he ate that day, and then continued: “The money was spent later. It's over, let's beg for dinner together."
For the matter of begging, Ah Chun did not feel disgusted, but was very happy: "I have been to many places! By the way, have you ever seen a big red river?"
Yu Jinnian shook his head: "I haven't seen it."
Ah Chun proudly puffed up his chest: "I've seen them before, red ones! There are also particularly fragrant grasses, and sand like snow, which can bury so many people... Ah Chun has seen them all!"
Yu Jinnian led him and said, "Then how did you get here?"
Ah Chun blinked, took a sip of the sweet taro porridge in the bowl, and muttered: "Ah Chun can't remember clearly either. When I was begging for food, I got something good, but my brother didn't eat it, so I gave it to Ah Chun... Said that I had done wrong things before, and I didn’t deserve to eat good food.”
"Later when I came here, Ah Chun fell ill, and it snowed heavily that day. My brother cried for a long time, hugging Ah Chun and kowtowing everywhere..." Ah Chun himself remembered vaguely what happened during his illness, only a rough recollection. Said, "Later, later I was here. My brother suddenly said that I don't want to beg for food. First, I was grinding for others, carrying rice on the pier, and then I sold silk when I made money, and then I continued to sell silk..."
Speaking of this, Ah Chun put down the bowl, and ran to show Yu Jinnian a silk flower: "Look, the aunt in the alley taught Ah Chun how to make silk flowers. Ah Chun is very smart, and he can learn it quickly! Ah Chun is just like my brother." Clever, he even sold silk flowers and hired a doctor to treat my brother!"
Did this silly boy think that he was invited by the "one thousand gold" silk flower? Yu Jinnian smiled helplessly: "Yes, yes, Ah Chun is the smartest, let's have some porridge."
Seeing Ah Chun's appearance, pink and lovely, like a snow doll, if he hadn't mentioned it himself, others would never have imagined that he had a life of being homeless and begging on the street. It seems that Jing Zhong is really pampering Ah Chun, so that a little fool who doesn't care about world affairs and doesn't understand human feelings can live so carefree.
After Ah Chun finished his porridge, he wanted to bring a bowl to his brother.
Yu Jinnian was afraid that Jing Zhong would lose his mind and find it difficult to swallow, so he made some vegetable and fruit juice, added sugar, and made it into whey for him to drink.
Ah Chun gratefully ran back to the room with milk to accompany his brother. Yu Jinnian finally took a break from his busy schedule and was able to sit down and have a sip of hot porridge... Unfortunately, things didn’t work out, and he had a bowl of porridge. Before he finished drinking, he heard Ah Chun rushing over, opened the door and shouted, "Brother, you stink!"
Yu Jinnian hurriedly got up and followed to check. When he opened the door, there was a stench in the room—it was Jing Zhong's legacy.
The five fluids of the kidney are resuscitated and the two yin, if the two are blocked, the kidney water will be exhausted. Jing Zhong hasn't passed any bowel movements for many days, so it's a good thing that he can understand later today.
Check the patient's body temperature again, it is no longer as hot as the day before, and the tremor in the right hand has settled down, and the pulse is stringy, and the tongue is red and slightly greasy. It's just that the person was still in a trance and drowsy, so Yu Jinnian prepared Huanglian Wendan Decoction with added flavor to clear away phlegm and heat, and swallowed it with Yushu Dan ground powder.
This Yushu Dan is famous as Taiyi Zijin Dan and Shenxian Zhuidu Pill. It is said that it is a prescription of Taoist medicine to cure all kinds of diseases. Taoist medicine is more mysterious than Confucian medicine. Real people and strangers, with lacquered hair and childlike face, wander around the world without a trace. It is romantic and magical, and its medicinal prescriptions are often accompanied by hazy legends.
Dao is divided into eight trigrams—Qian, Zhen, Kan, Gen, Kun, Xun, Li, and Dui, and Taoist medical prescriptions are also divided into eight categories. Yushu Dan is the Xun Gua prescription in Taoist medical prescriptions. Sunda is wind, and the nature of wind is good and changes several times. Therefore, most of the violent and urgent diseases and the wind-moving diseases belong to the Xun hexagram, and Yushu Dan is naturally included in it. Works wonders.
Yu Jinnian picked up a pen to write the prescription, and he could barely draw up a few or two medicines, but he scratched his head and couldn't continue writing. He smeared several ink blobs on the paper, hesitating in his heart about how to write the character "halberd", when he turned his head, Ji Hong actually came into the yard, holding a snack box in his hand.
Seeing a savior, he rushed out to greet him, took the food box, and said happily, "Why are you here?"
Ji Hongdao: "You haven't been back to the noodle shop for two days, Qing Huan was worried that you were hungry, so she steamed some steamed buns with you." He suddenly raised his hand and wiped Yu Jinnian's face, wiped the still black ink with his finger, and shook Shaking his head, he said, "Why is your face all blurred?"
The buns were wrapped with radish and minced meat. Yu Jinnian was indeed very hungry, and he was gnawing on the buns. Hearing Ji Hong's question, he realized that his hands were still stained with ink—the soft, hot, white and fat big buns were impressively Two black finger prints were pinched: "Oh, I forgot..."
"careless."
Ask him to take another clean bun to eat, but the boy laughed and said: "Don't waste it, ink is medicine too."
Ji Hong saw that he really finished eating the ink-stained bun, and said helplessly, "In your eyes, anything that smells good or smells is medicine." He took out a white silk from his sleeve, dipped it in clean water, and gave it to the young man. After wiping his fingers, he went to wipe his face again. The well water was cold, and the boy in front of him couldn't help but close one eye. He asked softly, "Can't write anymore?"
Yu Jinnian said embarrassedly: "I didn't want to trouble you..."
Ji Hongqi asked, "Why?"
Yu Jinnian muttered: "You are not happy to see him, and you must be even more unhappy to see me prescribing him medicine. It is better to be out of sight and out of mind."
"What happened to that man?" Ji Hong looked at the room where Jing Zhong was, looked away for a moment, bowed his head, and said, "Er Niang and Sui Sui haven't seen you for many days, and they are thinking about it. When will you go home?"
Yu Jinnian hurriedly said: "It's much more stable now. After taking today's medicine, you should be able to wake up. When the condition is stable, just ask them to invite another doctor. I will go home with you today."
Ji Hong nodded lightly: "It's not convenient for me to go in, so I went to get the pen and ink."
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After making up the plan, Yu Jinnian gave a few more instructions to Ah Chun, and mentioned something about asking them to invite another doctor. Ah Chun became depressed when he heard it, but although he was a bit stupid, he still knew something. Yu Jinnian was not forced to continue treating Jing Zhong.
He took the prescription and sent Yu Jinnian to the door. He didn't know what to call Yu Jinnian. Jing Zhong never taught him this, so he whispered: "You, you..."
Although Yu Jinnian already knew that this silly boy was actually two years older than him, he couldn't help but take advantage of him, and said solemnly: "What are you called Brother Xiaonian."
Silly Achun shouted honestly: "Brother Xiaonian."
He carefully looked at Ji Hong at the side, pulled the hem of his clothes a few times, lowered his head and said anxiously, "Brother Xiaonian, my brother said that he did something wrong, Ah Chun didn't know well, when Ah Chun did something wrong, my brother did the same." I want to train Ah Chun, but Ah Chun will change it, as long as I change, my brother will still kiss Ah Chun... my brother is the best to Ah Chun, Ah Chun likes my brother..."
Confused, not knowing what he meant, Yu Jinnian bent down and said, "What did Ah Chun want to say?"
Ah Chun squeezed his hand tightly, and there was still a wound in his hand when he pushed away Ji Hong's sword. Although the scar had been solidified, he still felt itchy. If it was usual, he would have already slipped into his brother's arms Acting like a baby, but now that his brother is sick and unable to get up, he has to take care of him.
He didn't know how to sell silk, so he made silk flowers from the scraps left at home and sold them; he didn't know which doctor to invite, so he went all over the street to ask; Please come to see a doctor for brother, even if you give Yu Jinnian all the basket of silk flowers made from boiled red eyes.
Without his brother, he consciously thought that he was the pillar of the family.
Ah Chun raised his eyes, and asked Yu Jinnian seriously: "Ah Chun has done something wrong, so if he corrects it, he will still be good Ah Chun. Then brother has done something wrong, can't he correct it?"
Maybe it is because Ah Chun is not well versed in world affairs, so he is extraordinarily keen on certain matters, and he can express the doubts in his heart more straightforwardly and without obfuscation. Unsightly smudges on an otherwise flawless sheet of paper.
Yu Jinnian was stunned for a moment, he asked Ji Hong for help in a blink of an eye, but Ji Hong turned his back, walked out of the courtyard gate, and waited for him standing on the bluestone slab with folded hands.
He slightly bent the corner of his mouth towards Ah Chun, and said gently: "Ah Chun, not all mistakes in this world can be forgiven as long as they are corrected, and some mistakes can never be corrected once they are committed. Ah Chun is still young, it doesn't matter if you don't understand, if your brother wakes up, tell your brother this sentence, your brother will definitely understand."
Ah Chun nodded with a half understanding, Yu Jinnian also bid farewell to Ah Chun, turned around and ran towards Ji Hong.
In the courtyards on both sides of the alley, a few flowering trees were planted in twos and threes, with branches and leaves protruding, and a few thin leaves scattered scatteredly. The skylight poured down through the branches, breaking into mottled pieces on the uneven bluestone road.
In the blink of an eye, the young man held the food box in both hands, slightly raised his head to look at the clouds in the sky, thoughtfully, the light and shadow among the clouds flowed away from his eyes, making the amber-like pupils of the young man look flawless and pure.
Ji Hong liked his flawless eyes very much, so he stretched out his hand to cover them, and said, "Looking at the road. Could it be possible that he was dumbfounded after a few words with Ah Chun."
Yu Jinnian held his hand, blinked his eyes in his palm, and retorted: "Ah Chun is a bit stupid, but he is actually quite smart."
With a crisp and itchy palm, Ji Hong withdrew his hand and said, "Aren't these words contradictory?"
"Really?" Yu Jinnian pondered for a while, and then said, "Ah Hong is a bit cold, but he is still quite gentle-is there no contradiction at all?"
Ji Hong didn't know how to respond to these words, so he simply kept silent.
Yu Jinnian leaned on his shoulder, and thanked him in a low voice.
At this time, a few girls suddenly crowded around, and laughed and asked them to go to the courtyard to look at the flower cloth. Ji Hong didn't hear what Yu Jinnian said for a while, so he asked more: "What?"
The two managed to get rid of the girls selling cloth, and walked out of Huaihua Hutong shoulder to shoulder. Yu Jinnian let go of his breath and continued: "When I was young, I was very insecure. I always wanted to be accompanied, and I had to ask each other every day. Will dad come back and have dinner with me?"
When Ji Hong heard him talking about the past, he looked at it intently.
Yu Jinnian said: "Daddy says yes every day, but he often doesn't see anyone all day long, and only comes back late at night. I'm the only one in the house, it's pitch black. I dare not ask him where he went, for fear that he will find me annoying, don't I."
People in the Great Xia Dynasty value bloodlines the most, Ji Hong doubted: "Since you are the only son in the family, and the incense is only from this bloodline, how could you abandon you?"
Yu Jinnian smiled: "Because I'm not from the Yu family, I was picked up by Dad."
Ji Hong paused, and suddenly realized his gaffe, hurriedly took two steps to catch up with the boy, but he was thinking all kinds of things in his heart.
"Later I found out that Dad was just too busy, busy treating illnesses and saving lives, and didn't have time to come back and eat with me." Yu Jinnian held the food box in front of him, walked in small steps, and kicked his knees on the wooden food box from time to time, pushing It jumped up and down, "Although I was very unhappy, I was still obediently waiting at home like Ah Chun. Until one day, when I went out to sell things by myself, I was hit by a car... a carriage, and my head was hit. Lots of stitches."
Ji Hong had seen the scene of Qing Huan stitching bones and skins, so he naturally thought that the "stitching" was an extremely serious illness, his heart suddenly tightened, he subconsciously looked at the back of the boy's head, and asked, "And then. "
Yu Jinnian shrugged his shoulders: "Unfortunately, the man driving the car suddenly suffered a stroke. Father threw me to the others and went to save the man who had the stroke."
Ji Hong stretched out his hand, but Yu Jinnian didn't dodge it, the two of them came together naturally, and he smiled at Ji Hong, "I cried a lot at that time, and I was so wronged that I couldn't even eat. I said he hit me , it’s his fault, why daddy went to take care of him first, but didn’t come to see me?”
"So Father led me to the study and asked me what words were on the wall."
Ji Hong asked: "What is it?"
"It's Yu's eight-character family motto." Yu Jinnian read every word, "Doctors are benevolent, benevolent and beneficial to life - and from that day on, my father began to teach me medical skills, telling me that as a doctor, there is no such thing as a skilled hand of the living and the dead. , but you must have the kind heart to go to rescue, otherwise you are not worthy of being a doctor, let alone inheriting Yu's family education."
Yu Jinnian's hands were slightly tight, and he pinched Ji Hong's fingers lightly. He lowered his eyebrows and said softly, "I and Dad are father and son, so I still can't understand him. You and I are not relatives, and this matter involves the second elder brother. It’s the luckiest luck that we haven’t broken up because of this...so thank you, Ah Hong..."
Ji Hong tilted his head slightly, the sun fell on the young man's face, it was so bright and beautiful that one couldn't help but want to touch and hug him. Although he still hated Jing Zhong's escape from his master and did not intend to forgive him, he did not want to continue to entangle in the matter of Yu Jinnian's treatment or his death.
People are close and distant, if they are alienated from their relatives and abandoned because of each other, wouldn't it be painful for the relatives and happy for the enemies.
Compared with a guard who abandoned his master, losing such a gentle and kind little gentleman is even more painful in life.
Ji Hong took him by the hand, but didn't continue talking about this matter. He just gave a faint "hmm" and then mentioned: "Qing Huan picked water shield by the water yesterday, it was very tender, so I asked me to ask you how to do it." cook."
Yu Jinnian didn't expect his topic to change so quickly, he was stunned for a long time, and after a while he came back to his senses and asked, "Are there any mushrooms at home?"
"It seems to be there." Ji Hong said.
The two turned across the street while talking, and walked into the long street leading directly to a bowl of noodle restaurants. Yu Jinnian accidentally saw Dan Lang selling crabs by the street, so he laughed and made a decision: "Then let's do four things." Good soup!"
Ji Hongfang wanted to ask in detail what these four delicious soups were and what ingredients they were made of—a figure suddenly passed by him, and there was a faintly familiar fragrance of clothes.
Subconsciously, he turned his head and saw that the man was squatting in front of the crab pole, flipping some crabs like an expert, and asked the man with a frown, "How much is this crab? Are there any female crabs?"
"Min San?" Ji Hong just glanced at him, feeling bad, he turned his head in an instant, and led Yu Jinnian to the other side of the long street.
"Hey! Hey, hey, wait!"
There was a lot of noise around, and for some reason, Min San was able to notice the two of them from the crowd, as if he had seen something rare, his eyes lit up, and he didn't even want the crabs that he said were good. He threw it back into the basket, patted his butt and ran after the two of them.
He was quick on his feet and rushed to the front of Ji Hong in a few steps. He stretched out his hand to stop him, looked him up and down, knocked on his forehead with a fan and thought about it for a long time before he suddenly realized, but after struggling for a moment, he hesitated again. Said: "Ah! You are, you are... Ji..."
"My surname is Wang, my lord thinks he has misunderstood the person." Ji Hong interrupted him coldly.
Min San was stunned, doubting himself with a sullen head: "Ah? Really, did I admit it wrong..."
Yu Jinnian was caught between the two of them, not knowing what to do. He looked at Ji Hong for a while, and then at another young man in fresh clothes who was bewildered, and thought: Yes, this unknown young man, you He didn't admit his mistake at all, I'm afraid it was because he wasn't wrong.
Didn't this scare Ji Hong's surname again