Chinese medicine believes that illness is the invasion of foreign evils. If you want to avoid illness, you need to strengthen your body.
But it can also assist in the use of certain medicines. Traditional Chinese medicines are originally derived from nature, and many of them are harmless to the human body but have medicinal effects.
The old man's body is not very good, he coughs more than ever, he said to me: "You are the doctor, do I need to see other doctors?"
I just understood, and said: "Master, let me signal your pulse? But I am short of doctors and medicine, and I can't heal you. You'd better see a regular doctor."
The doctor waved his hand and refused, saying: "No, as soon as people get older, all kinds of problems come out. In fact, I not only sell old books, but also weird things. Do you want to open your eyes?"
Everyone is curious, so naturally I nodded.
The old man took out a cloth bag from his arms. After opening it was a layer of newspaper, and then opened a mahogany box, small and delicate, with strange symbols engraved on it, a bit like an oracle bone inscription. Open the box, and inside is A piece of yellow wax smells a special fragrance.
I asked: "Master, what kind of medicinal material is this? Why is it so fragrant?"
The old man proudly introduced: "You also know that this is a medicinal material. I am not mistaken. This is the musk from Songshan. It is natural. Now the musk is harvested after artificial breeding. This musk can be carried with you. Exorcise evil and avoid evil, contemplate and exchange your old coins, are you willing?"
The other party still came for my old coin, and I hesitated.
I’m not very familiar with Chinese medicine. Besides, it’s still a rare medicinal material. The old man pretended to be mysterious and said: "Your money is also dug out from the ground. I just want to bring it into the coffin again. Have you recently? Have hallucinations?"
How could this old man tell fortune-telling like Professor Zheng
The old man continued: "Young man, you have just stepped into society, and you are not deeply involved in the world. It is not clear about the sinister heart of the people in the society. Sometimes others can faint you by blowing cigarettes to you. You put on me. Baby, I can protect you from being invaded by foreign evils."
I was bluffed by him, especially the last four words. I have studied Chinese medicine and know the meaning of "external evil invasion", but looking at my old silver dollar money, I need to exchange for a piece of musk on my thumb. Reluctant.
"Money is something outside the body, what is more important than your own life? Your doctor knows better than us ordinary people!"
My heart was moved, and I took out the old money and exchanged it with the other party's musk.
This scent refreshed my heart, and I was immediately refreshed and refreshed. Putting the wooden box close to my body, I said goodbye to the old man.
Corey arranged for me to take a day off on New Year's Day, but before the salary was paid, I had to take five hundred yuan home.
Both of my parents are from rural areas and live more frugally. I took three hundred yuan and secretly gave my sister to buy some things for the family and some clothes for my parents.
My sister did not refuse, she said: "We don't want you to bring money back for the family. We only hope that you can bring your girlfriend back. When you get married, your parents will be relieved!"
Because I was going to college, my sister had to drop out of school and work after graduating from high school. Now that I started to work, she also quit her job and came back to do some small business with my parents and sell some construction materials for a living. This kind of business is hard work.
For my parents, I can only comfort them and lie to them that I am already talking about a girlfriend, and my parents are very happy after hearing this. But to my sister, I didn't lie to her, so I said: "I plan to take an assistant doctor's exam, so I haven't found a girlfriend yet, let alone get married. My parents still need you to take care of me."
My sister didn't say much, I went to visit my grandparents.
It is still a dilapidated old house. When grandparents are getting older, they no longer clean up the house and live only for three meals a day.
I gave the remaining two hundred yuan to my grandfather and said, "The old coin you gave me last time, I sold two hundred yuan."
Grandpa took the money, sighed, and said, "This is what I got in exchange for my life, and it's worth two hundred yuan!"
When I heard it, my grandma said to my grandpa, "You think your life is so valuable! Two hundred yuan is enough for you to buy 20 acres of land!"
In order to save my face and show that I was not deceived by the old man selling old books, I took out the mahogany box, opened it, and let my grandparents appreciate the musk.
After the grandma smelled it, she immediately used a fan to disperse the fragrance, and praised: "It's so fragrant, what kind of spice is this?"
Grandpa was very knowledgeable and said: "This is a piece of old musk. It can drive away flies in summer, but it will attract mosquitoes."
After hearing this, I was mixed, and went back home sullenly, took the rusty broken knife, wrapped it in newspaper, and put it in my bag.
My father said to me: "After waiting for the New Year, the home will have a phone installed, and then you will call home frequently."
I did. I had a meal at home at noon, and then drove back to the city in the afternoon.
After 1998, a large group of laid-off workers appeared in Luoyang City. To make a living, they had to start small businesses or rent out their surplus houses.
The house I rented belongs to a laid-off worker. He has two houses in the city. This house was originally intended for his son to marry, but his son didn't like it, so he rented it out to make money.
After returning, I met the landlord and his son.
The landlord, dressed in an old down jacket with a burly figure and a Chinese character, said to me: "From this month, your rent will increase by 100 yuan."
When I wanted to talk, his son yelled, "Not only your rent has risen, but their rent has risen. I plan to sell this house."
Although the house here is still built in the 1960s, it is close to our hospital and the rent is cheaper. I didn't expect the rent to be increased, so I had to agree.
The landlord’s son is also strong and strong, and said frankly: “Then you should pay for three months first, plus the deposit for a total of 1,500 yuan.”
I immediately said: "I haven't paid my salary yet. Wait for the 5th, and I will send it to you as soon as the salary is paid."
The other party didn't believe it, so his father said, "Doctor Yuan is a doctor in the mine hospital. He can't speak without words. Let's go back first!"
The father and son turned and left, and I hurriedly bid them farewell.
Putting down the bag, I went to the neighbor Leopard. He was sitting in the house and was angry. When he saw me coming, he motioned to me to sit down, took out a bottle of white wine, and cut a plate of pig intestines, and said, "Landlord, father and son. The two have been here, have you seen them too?"
I nodded, and Leopard complained, "Why doesn't the boss give me an increase in rent? Doctor Yuan, will you not go to work at night? Just have a drink with me." Then he set up his chopsticks. If I change it before, I I would agree in one gulp, but since that incident on Christmas Eve, I vowed not to drink anymore.
Leopard stared at me and said, "Why don't you even look down on Brother?"
I hurriedly explained, and the other party said: "If you can value me, drink together!"
He took the lead in drinking half a cup. I saw a tattoo on his throat and asked: "Brother Leopard, what is the tattoo on your throat?"
Leopard put down the wine glass and explained: "This is the Buddha Bodhi leaf pattern. When we are butchers, we kill too much. We write this pattern on our bodies. When we kill, we can alleviate our sins. However, some young people also learn from us. It's a real crime!" (End of this chapter)