After traveling through time, she took her husband to be a food doctor

Ding Xirui studied hard for three days and barely memorized the twenty kinds of medicinal materials and their properties in the medical book. She also took out her brush and started practicing calligraphy. Fortunately, she had participated in a calligraphy club in college and had a little foundation, otherwise it would be too bad. She now regrets giving up calligraphy after work. "A skill is better than a curse", she must not be lazy in the future.

After breakfast that day, she went to the herbal medicine store with Ding's father.

Coming out of the Ding family courtyard, after crossing three streets, you will arrive at the Ding family's medicine shop. Chen Pi said that Ding's father started from scratch and the medicine shop is small in scale. Although it is not as famous as the century-old shops in Luocheng County, the medicinal materials are of high quality and the prices are fair. In addition, Ding's father is kind and generous, so the business of the medicine shop has always been good.

Speaking of which, it took some thought to ask Chenpi about it. Ding Xirui couldn't ask directly, so when he was helping to cook in the backyard, Chenpi happened to be fetching water, so Ding Rui started to ask in a roundabout way: "Chenpi, you follow the master around every day, you must have gained a lot of experience."

"Miss, Chenpi doesn't dare to say that he has 'experience', but he has learned a few things from following the master." Chenpi replied embarrassedly.

"Then let me test you. Please rank the pharmacies in Luocheng County now. How high can our pharmacy rank?" Ding Xirui asked.

"If you ask me, the one at my house is naturally the best, hahaha." Chenpi said with a smile.

So, he asked Chenpi about the general situation of the Ding family pharmacy.

The name of Ding's pharmacy is "Bencaotang". The main hall is the counter on the left where patients can get medicine. Behind the counter is a drawer with the names of various medicinal materials. The right side seems to be the place for big business, with more packages of medicinal materials. The scene that she had only seen in movies and TV dramas before appeared in front of her. Ding Xirui couldn't help but stop and take a closer look. However, she was soon taken to the backyard of the store by Ding's father. The backyard is where medicinal materials are processed. Ding's father took her to the main hall in the backyard, where various medicinal materials were placed. Ding's father usually teaches apprentices here. Ding Xirui studied with Ding's father about a month ago.

There were two young apprentices present today. They bowed respectfully and did not dare to look up at Father Ding.

"Have you two been slacking off these days?" asked Ding's father.

"No, Master, we dare not." The two apprentices replied quickly.

"Today's medicinal herbs are here, come and take a look." said Father Ding.

Following the sound, he saw that the medicinal herbs in the drawer looked like dried fruits. Ding Rui took them in his hand and touched them. They were a little sticky. He smelled them and they had a little sweetness.

"This is Polygonatum sibiricum. Xiaosi, tell me how much you know about it?" said Father Ding.

"Yes, Master. It is recorded in Qianjin Yifang: 'Dig up the roots of Polygonatum odoratum at the end of September, pick the fat ones, remove the eyes, steam them, dry them slightly, steam them again, dry them quickly, eat them like honey, and then stop.'" The taller apprentice answered. So you are "Xiao Si", Ding Xirui silently memorized it.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the yard.

"Master, Uncle Huang and Xiao Liuzi are back! They are back!"

"Who's back?" Father Ding was very excited and ran out. Ding Xirui also went out with the others.

When they arrived at the main hall, "Uncle Huang" and "Little Liuzi" were lying on straw mats, groaning in pain. Father Ding and the drugstore clerks surrounded them, shouting, "Uncle Huang! Little Liuzi!" But the two did not respond.

Father Ding stood up and asked, "Who brought them back?"

"Master Ding, it's us." said two ragged men at the door.

"We were fishing on the coast of Jiangjin County. It was Mr. Li from Jiangjin County who asked us to bring the people back. We encountered them while fishing. Some people on the boat had already died, and there were only a few left." One of the men replied.

"Xiaowu, take the two brothers to eat something." Father Ding ordered.

"Yes. Please follow me." Xiao Wu led the people into the back hall.

"What happened? There's been no news for three months. I was so worried about you... Oh!" Father Ding started crying as he spoke.

"Have you called a doctor?" Ding Xirui asked.

"Already gone." a waiter replied.

Ding Xirui stood behind the crowd and saw that Lao Huang and Xiao Liuzi both looked pale with some red bruises of varying sizes on their skin. When Ding's father touched them, the two frowned as if they had received an electric shock and shrank back, probably because they were in pain.

"Master, water." A waiter brought two bowls of water. The others helped to hold their heads and pried open their mouths to pour water. Ding Xirui saw their swollen red gums.

"Is it scurvy?!" she was suddenly shocked.

When he was studying before, Ding Xirui had never seen any cases of scurvy in ancient China. However, scurvy from the European Age of Discovery is basically known to everyone in the 21st century. Scurvy is also a vitamin C deficiency disease. Could it be that this is the disease that Lao Huang and Xiao Liuzi suffer from?

"Chenpi, how long have Uncle Huang and Xiao Liuzi been out to sea?" Ding Xirui quietly asked Chenpi beside him.

"Miss, they have been out to sea for more than three months. They should have been able to come back in more than a month from Xiaowan Island, but we waited and waited but they didn't show up. The master asked people to look for them, but there was no news at all. The people on Xiaowan Island also said they had never seen them. It's really weird." Chenpi replied.

"Maybe they encountered some undercurrent or storm and got lost at sea for a while." Ding Xirui thought. Drifting at sea for a long time, and with these symptoms, it's clearly vitamin C deficiency! The two people's conditions should not be too serious, and there is no obvious bleeding.

"Chenpi, is there anyone selling oranges and fresh dates on the street?" Ding Xirui asked.

"Yes, there are oranges, but I haven't paid attention to dates." Chenpi answered a little puzzled.

"Go buy some oranges and dates, buy more. And also buy some vegetables and pork liver." Ding Xirui said hurriedly.

"Miss, why?" Chen Pi asked.

"Go buy them first. These can save their lives." Ding Xirui pushed him out. They needed to replenish vitamin C as soon as possible. There was no medicine, so they could only eat foods rich in vitamin C. Vitamin C deficiency is often accompanied by iron deficiency anemia, so they had to eat some animal organs to supplement it.

"Okay!" Chenpi ran out.

At this time, the doctor came.

"Doctor, please come and take a look. These two have been drifting on the sea for more than three months and now they are in this state." Father Ding said as he made way.

Looking at the doctor in front of her, Ding Xirui thought of her lifesaver—the doctor who called himself Lin, whom she had not had time to inquire about.

The doctor was about forty years old, with gentle eyes and a short beard. He leaned over and began to take the pulse, then observed the eyes and oral conditions of the two people.

"You two have been drifting on the sea for a long time and have insufficient food, so you are so weak. This is not a big deal. But there are bleeding symptoms on the skin and gums, which need to be taken seriously. I will prescribe some hemostatic and nourishing medicines and observe you for a few days." said the doctor.

"Okay, doctor, please come this way." Father Ding led him to the counter to write a prescription.

"Miss! I bought the things!" Chenpi ran in breathlessly, holding a bunch of things.

Everyone was stunned and looked at Ding Xirui.

Ding Xirui silently took a step back, lowered his head, turned to Father Ding and said, "Dad, Uncle Huang and Xiao Liuzi are weak, I asked Chen Pi to buy some food that is good for their health."

"Okay, I understand. You go to the back hall first." Because there were outsiders present and it was inconvenient for his daughter to go to the back hall, Ding's father asked her to go to the back hall.

"Yes, Dad. But my daughter has something to ask the doctor." Ding Rui stepped behind the counter and continued.

"To be honest, my daughter is learning medical knowledge and identifying medicinal herbs with me," Father Ding quickly added.

"Miss Ding, please feel free to speak." said the doctor.

"Doctor, are there any special dietary considerations for these two patients?" Ding Xirui asked.

"First take some soft rice porridge, wait for your stomach and intestines to adapt, then resume your normal diet and add some supplements." The doctor replied.

"Thank you." Ding Xirui bowed and went to the back hall.

It is not good for patients to only take white rice porridge to recover, because the nutrition is single and it will stimulate the secretion of gastric acid. However, many doctors believe that soft food is easy to digest, so it is not appropriate to let patients drink white rice porridge.

Chen Pi carried a bunch of things and went to the kitchen. Ding Xirui said, "Uncle Huang and Xiao Liu are weak and need to be nourished. During this period, everyone needs to be more attentive."

"Pinellia ternata, dried orange peel, peel a few oranges first, remove the white skin, leaving only the flesh. Then take some jujubes, remove the pits and mash them into a paste."

"Yes." The two took the oranges and dates and started working.

"Miss, what about me?" asked a fat aunt.

It should be the cook, I haven’t had the chance to meet her yet.

"Please make the porridge. You need to add vegetables and pork liver to the porridge. Add more chopped vegetables and less pork liver, which should be mashed. Prepare them before cooking to avoid too strong fishy smell. It would be bad if Uncle Huang and Xiao Liuzi couldn't eat it." Ding Xirui said.

"Okay, leave it to Aunt Fan, no problem." said the cook.

"It turns out to be Aunt Fan. I like people who introduce themselves the most." Ding Xirui remembered it secretly.

She rolled up her sleeves and started washing the dishes and basins.

After a while, everyone in the pharmacy carried Lao Huang and Xiao Liuzi to the backyard room. After settling them down, Ding's father also went to the kitchen. He was about to ask the cook to cook porridge for the patients, but he saw his daughter and a few others busy at work.

"Xi Rui, what are you doing here?" Father Ding asked puzzledly.

"Dad, I have nothing to do, so I came to the kitchen to help. Aunt Fan is cooking porridge, and Pinellia and Chenpi are preparing fruits and vegetables. It will be ready soon." Ding Xirui replied.

Father Ding frowned. Although he knew that his daughter was always kind-hearted, he didn't know when she had become able to arrange things so properly. Today she asked Chenpi to buy things early and asked the kitchen to prepare food early. This surprised him a little. "Maybe her mother taught her." Father Ding thought.

"Miss, everything is ready." Banxia handed the oranges and date paste to Ding Xirui.

"What is this?" asked Ding's father.

Ding Xirui was a little panicked for a moment. She couldn't tell Ding's father that the patient needed to eat these things to supplement vitamin C, so she had to tell him some common sense that ordinary people should know: "Dad, oranges can promote digestion, and dates are the most beneficial to the body. The doctor said that Uncle Huang and his wife have weak stomachs now. My daughter thinks these are good for them. They can use some after they finish eating the porridge." She finished speaking nervously and watched Ding's father's reaction.

"Well, that's right. Did you read all this from a book?" Father Ding asked.

"Yes, yes, ever since I started studying with my father, my daughter has also been studying." Ding Xirui breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she knew all this, otherwise she really didn't know how to explain it.

"Master, Miss, there's smoke coming out of the kitchen. You'd better go to the living room." Aunt Fan prepared the ingredients for cooking porridge and started to light the fire.

Ding Xirui was afraid that his father would see the pork liver paste, so he quickly helped his father out of the kitchen.