keep this doctor

Qiguo Border Town Danzhou Qingcheng County

"Xiaohu, Batu, it's getting dark, come back with me!" The clear young voice sounded from the mountainside, with some helplessness faintly.

"Be obedient! Otherwise, I won't take you out tomorrow, and you will be locked at home!" The words already contained threats and intimidation.

Shen Ji was impatient and embarrassed at this time. He set off early in the morning and the sun was now westward. The herbs he planned to pick were all found in familiar places. The autumn evening wind in the mountains was gradually picking up, and it was a bit cold.

Autumn was deep, the evening wind danced with the withered grass around him, and made the yellowed leaves of the forest tops rustle. Although he didn't want to admit it, Shen Ji, who was alone on the mountain ridge, already felt a little scared.

The originally neat plain single robe on his body was already covered with dust and grass clippings because he walked back and forth in the jungle, wild grass, and mountain streams on the mountain, not to mention the heavy pannier on his back - which was filled with herbs, wild berries, and nuts , These are all the heavy gains today.

The 17-year-old boy worked so hard to bring the basket from the deep mountain step by step to the mountainside not far from his home. He was already panting and his face was flushed, and he just wanted to go home and unload the heavy burden.

It's a pity that the two little tigers who followed were still full of energy. After walking a few steps, they stopped to roll and play, and wrestled and entangled with each other. Ji's shoulders were sore and painful from the weight of the basket.

Seeing the sky gradually darken, Shen Ji became more and more anxious.

"Tomorrow you all stay at home, you are not allowed to go anywhere, and I will not take you to the market!" Angrily walking down the mountain, Shen Ji turned his head to greet Xiaohu and Batu from time to time, for fear that they would be lost.

Although his mouth was ruthless, the young man attached great importance to these two little tigers in his heart.

He is the only one left in the family—his mother died of illness three years ago, and his father accidentally stepped on the mountain to collect medicine half a year ago and suffered internal injuries. The old man still has old injuries from his youth. He was old and injured his root, even though he tried everything he could, he still couldn't save his life, so he left after three months.

Fortunately, there is still a big brother——thinking of his big brother Mu Dong who was far away in the Hezhou military camp in Qiguo, Shen Ji always felt warm and at ease in his heart. With more than a ruler, straight eyebrows and handsome eyes, and caring for himself, Shen Ji has always been convincing and dependent like a god in Shen Ji's heart...

Greeting the two disobedient little tigers along the way, they finally stepped onto the single-plank bridge in front of their house—the small courtyard gate of their own was right in front of them. The tigers go in first, and then they quickly dodge in and close the courtyard door and lock it, so that the little tigers will not sneak out again for people to find.

At this time, the setting sun was already showing only a small corner of the mountain in front, and the twilight in the valley was deep, and the returning birds rushed back to their nests in twos and threes, fluttering their wings, and there was only Shen Ji’s small courtyard standing beside the valley stream, in this radius, it was extremely quiet !

Shen Ji's house was built with bluestone and clay. The seven-foot-high and thick courtyard walls give people a sense of security and stability. There are many vegetables and fruit trees planted in the wide open space in the courtyard.It is a small courtyard with a small patio, four side rooms, a kitchen and a small warehouse—the place where the Shen family specially prepares and stores medicinal herbs.

Approaching the main hall where he received guests, Shen Ji quickly unloaded the heavy basket and put it on a special small square table. , took a long breath, and felt that he had recovered.He added some clean water to the wooden basin of the little tiger Batu, and called them to come and drink, and Shen Ji began to get busy.

Running in the mountains during the day is full of dry food to deal with, and now the hunger is very uncomfortable, Shen Ji first went to the well to fetch a bucket of water, wiped off the sweat and dust on his hands and face with a towel, turned around and walked into the kitchen with a bucket of water .

First wash the rice and put it in the earthen pot, rinse the iron pot, grab mung beans, barley and sugar from several jars in the wooden cabinet next to it, tidy them up and put them in the pot, add sugar and an appropriate amount of Water, put the wooden shelf on top and put the earthen pot on it, so that when the rice is steamed, you can drink the heat-relieving mung bean soup, and then rinse the pot next door and pour it into a bucket and a half of well water. He boiled his own bath water.

Only then did they start lighting the two stoves, and only when they saw the blazing flames did they go to prepare the stir-fry.

The bacon hanging on the side cut off a palm-sized piece of fat and thin, and then took out the green garlic and radish picked in the morning from the basket, and Shen Ji quickly washed and cut what should be washed. Concentrate on shredding the crisp and juicy white radish and marinating it with salt. Prepare some finely shredded ginger and green onion.Then light up the special cooking stove. After rinsing the small iron pan carefully, quickly fry a piece of bacon and green garlic, and then fry a few eggs. Pour some boiling oil on the noodles, mix in shredded ginger and chopped green onion, and the refreshing and appetizing cold shredded radish will do.

In the middle, Xiaohu and Batu rushed into the kitchen when they smelled the fragrance, wagging their tails and circling around Shen Ji's feet, humming non-stop.Shen Ji was so disturbed by the eight short legs of the two tigers that he couldn't use his hands and feet, so he had no choice but to throw a few slices of bacon and eggs to each of them to calm them down.

At this time the rice was already cooked, Shen Ji cleaned up the table and put the food on the table, but he couldn't eat it right away.I had to take out the little tiger Batu's rice bowl, mix the rice with bacon and eggs, mix well, cool it with a fan, put it on the old place next to the dining table, and the two little tigers came over before he called I ate it.

"Aren't you starving? I told you to be obedient and go faster, so you won't come back so late, what a bad thing!" Under the oil lamp by the table, a 17-year-old boy squatted on the ground, his body that hadn't fully grown was a little thin, The soft yellowish hair was all bunched up in the back of his head, but his natural complexion was fair and moist. At this time, he was flushed by the fire in the kitchen.

Shen Ji seriously criticized the little tiger before washing his hands and starting to eat dinner by himself. Even simple meals are delicious when you are hungry, let alone the bacon that has just been marinated in autumn. But it is old-fashioned, full of flavor, and the green garlic and radish grown in our own yard are fresh and tender.Shen Ji swept away the food, and finally drove away the flustered feeling of hunger after eating.

Slowly cleaned up the dining table, first put the mung bean syrup in a bowl to cool, then washed all the dishes and chopsticks and the rice bowls of the little tigers and put them away, mixed the boiled bath water into the bathtub, Shen Ji washed himself carefully, put on his resting underwear, and while drying his hair with a cloth towel, he went out to check whether the courtyard door was closed, and coaxed the two cubs into the tiger's den.

Shen Ji walked into his room slowly, today was really exhausting, but he was the only one in the family, he had to take care of his life, and he couldn't rely on the salary sent by his elder brother and the savings left by his parents.

Taking advantage of his still-dry hair, Shen Ji sat at the desk, drinking cool mung bean syrup, and casually picked up a book of medical skills to read. Shen's father had been a doctor in Yi'an Hall in the town for decades, working hard, Although he is not a well-known doctor who is highly praised, he has also been affirmed by many people.He has studied medicine since he was a child, and hopes to become a doctor in the future.Shen's mother planted some medicinal herbs in her spare time, packed them up and sent them to Yi'an Hall, and bought some food and clothing for the family after getting some money - a well-off family, warm and comfortable.

Shen Ji stared blankly at the book, his eyes were very clear, the fundus of his eyes was watery, and his pupils were light amber.He couldn't help but think of his elder brother Mu Dong again. Under the worry and thought, his fingers could no longer turn a page of the book.

Mu Dong is eight years older than Shen Ji, and is the adopted son of the Shen family. Mu Dong's biological father, Mu Shengwu, and Shen's father, Shen An, are sworn brothers. Mu Shengwu is a few years older and married a few years earlier. , there is no mother at birth.

There are many uncles and aunts in Mu Dong's family, and there are many children. They are not wealthy. Naturally, there are many conflicts in such a big family. Mu Shengwu is a bodyguard in the Huwei Bodyguard Bureau in the county. Mu Dong was often handed over to Shen An to look after, until Shen An married his wife Zhao and gave birth to Shen Ji.

Mu Dong watched Shen Ji grow up slowly from a baby in the swaddle. The little guy has always been obedient and obedient, obeying his elder brother's words, and the brotherhood between them is extremely deep.

Unforeseen events happened. When Mu Dong was ten years old, something happened to Mu Shengwu's escort. This was a long-distance escort, escorting a batch of goods from Qingcheng County of Qi State to Yezhou, a border city of Xia State. Unexpectedly, Xia Guo was in the midst of a battle for the crown prince at that time. In order to establish military merits, several princes of Xia Guo mediated and just found a reason to start the border expansion war.

When the two countries fought, the commercial roads were cut off, and the world was in chaos. Mu Shengwu and his party were robbed by Xia's team and suffered heavy casualties. Mu Shengwu couldn't even bring his body back to Qingcheng. orphan.

Under the strong insistence of Shen Ji's father, Shen An, the ten-year-old Mu Dong lived in the Shen family from then on, and later took the initiative to recognize the second elder of the Shen family as his adoptive parents.Mu Dong is upright and resolute, he is filial and respectful to his adoptive father and adoptive mother from the bottom of his heart, and he loves his younger brother Shen Ji even more, because he watched Shen Ji be born and grow up.His father died in vain at the hands of Xia Guo's bandit soldiers, Mu Dong couldn't let it go, he practiced the sets of boxing and kicking skills taught by his father every day.

The two countries, Qi and Jin, have been fighting continuously for years. Mu Dong has been ambitious since he was a child, and he only wants to make contributions and make a name for himself. He said goodbye to his adoptive parents when he was recruited by the imperial court, and resolutely joined the army.Mu Dong often exchanged letters, but now six years have passed, and with all his might, Mu Dong is already a general in the Hezhou Army of Qi State.

Shen's mother passed away three years ago, and Mu Dong rushed back to Danzhou for a few days to attend the funeral, but the battle between the Qi Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom in the north was imminent, and after staying for a few days, he had to rush back to Hezhou.Now that his father passed away three months ago, Shen Ji wrote to his eldest brother, and he expected to have received it long ago, but he did not receive a reply for a long time.Hearing the battles between the Qi Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom at Yingzhipo two months ago, Shen Ji felt extremely uneasy, fearing that something might happen to his elder brother in the army...

Shen Ji once again fell into deep fear: If the elder brother had an emergency, wouldn't he be alone in the world?

After all, Shen Ji is only 17 years old, and Shen Ji has been living alone at home for more than three months since his father passed away. From the beginning of fear, to now barely independent, the supporter of the boy is his elder brother in Hezhou.

"It would be great if the eldest brother came back, then you don't have to worry about anything, there are two brothers in the world to support you, but why haven't you received a letter from the eldest brother for three consecutive months?"

The slender fingers holding the book turned white with such force... Shen Ji realized that his emotions were about to lose control, and after cursing himself a few times, he quickly threw away the book in his hand, raised his head, and breathed and exhaled forcefully to calm down his emotions.

"Oh, it must be that my brother is too busy with military affairs recently. I will go to the post office in the county tomorrow to check. Maybe the letter has arrived."

Shen Ji tried hard to take back the tears, started to comfort himself, tried his best to make his mood better, regardless of the [-]% dry hair, he lay down on the bed and covered the quilt, and made up his mind to go to the post office tomorrow, after all, today Tired, he fell asleep after a while.

The bright moon is slanting westward, hanging on the top of the mountain, unknown birds and insects stay up late at night, whispering in low voices, and the sound of mountain streams flowing more and more clearly in the dead of night, this is as usual as before night——Shen Ji was suddenly awakened!

There was a "creak" at the door, and then it was quickly pushed open, and at the same time, sounds were clearly heard from other rooms in the courtyard—Shen Ji sat up immediately, and clearly saw in his terrified pupils A black shadow moved to the bedside in an instant.

"Don't move! Shut up!" A low, obviously impatient male voice came, while speaking, a cold, hard, blood-smelling sharp instrument was placed on Shen Ji's neck.