The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

Young Master Shi was angry and it was difficult to coax him.

Lu Xiuyuan talked about the origin of the ancient times, the ascension of the broken mirror, and the exhaustion of spiritual energy in the age of the end of the Dharma. He said that his mouth was dry, and the other party said that the matter was temporarily exposed.

He wiped the sweat off his forehead, but fortunately, the young master reciprocated, and prepared crispy chicken, braised duck feet, tofu meat in sauce, and Sixi meatballs for lunch.

Lu Xiuyuan eats a book full of satisfaction, no one can stop him, he is the happiest person in the world right now.

After eating, I corrected my mentality and started reading again. I didn't finish today's study until the sun was about to set.

After Lu Xiuyuan returned home, as soon as he unloaded his luggage, Mrs. Zhang couldn't wait to come over with the letter of divorce.

"Erlang, take a look, there's nothing wrong with what's written here, right?"

Lu Xiuyuan took it and looked at it carefully.

Hey, if you break the relationship, you will break the relationship. Unexpectedly, his grandmother added his uncle's name to it. This completely separated their family.

"There's no big problem. From now on, our family will be a separate branch of the Lu family, and will have nothing to do with grandma and uncle." Lu Xiuyuan signaled Zhang that there is nothing to worry about.

Mrs. Zhang patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good."

Lu Xiuyuan felt a lot more relaxed. Seeing Mrs. Zhang's appearance, he couldn't help suggesting, "Shall we make some side dishes to celebrate?"

"It's better not to make such a big show." Mrs. Zhang pointed to the direction of the back room, "Your father is sad in the room, won't it be good for us to do this?"

"You mean to celebrate Xiaolian's success in learning ten characters?"

"Is this reason too child's play?" Mrs. Zhang was a little worried.

Speaking of this, Lu Xiuyuan thought of the fact that he randomly checked Xiaolian's homework, so he said with emotion.

"Xiao Lian has a pretty good memory. She is a reading material. I didn't see how she reviewed the characters I taught her a few days ago, but she didn't forget any of them."

"That's because you didn't see her working hard. You weren't around during the day, but that girl kept lying at the gate, holding a small wooden stick and writing on the ground. She didn't stop until you came back soon." Mrs. Zhang exposed it mercilessly.

Lu Xiuyuan was surprised, "Is there such a thing?"

Isn't this a copy of that, secretly reviewing, and then amazing all of you.

But after all, she is still young, "Xiao Lian is so young, it is good to have this kind of disposition, and let her continue to work hard."

After some discussion, they decided to cook two more dishes to celebrate. As for Lu Dafu, since Mrs. Zhang is around, there won't be any problems, just wait until he thinks about it.

After that, I ran back and forth for a few days, and the days were getting closer and closer to the new year.

Mrs. Zhang saw that Lu Xiuyuan had been working so hard during this time, so she persuaded him to take advantage of the two days before Chinese New Year to take a good rest and stop going to town.

Lu Xiuyuan also decided to relax for a few days and not review for now.

He thought of what shopkeeper Lin said before asking him to help write Spring Festival couplets. If the writing is good, every word will be worth a copper coin. He couldn't help rubbing his hands expectantly.

So, the next day, Lu Xiuyuan got up to exercise as usual, then practiced calligraphy and drank a bowl of water. After breakfast, the whole family went to the town.

Mrs. Zhang and the others just set off with Lu Xiuyuan, with different destinations. The day after tomorrow will be New Year's Eve, and they are going to buy new year's goods and a portrait of worshiping the Kitchen God.

Lu Xiuyuan went to the book shop by himself, found shopkeeper Lin and mentioned the matter.

Shopkeeper Lin was a little surprised when he heard that, "I thought that Lu Xiucai was concentrating on preparing for the exam and would not write this year."

"Couldn't the shopkeeper have all written by someone else?" Such bad luck?Is he one step too late?

"No, no, no, that's not the case. As long as Lu Xiucai wants to write, he can write until the 28th." Shopkeeper Lin signaled him not to worry, "It's just that the closer the year is, the less money may be, because the money that should be bought Almost all of them have been bought."

"Understood." Lu Xiuyuan was very understanding.

When he came to the desk, Shopkeeper Lin found him a booklet that recorded auspicious Spring Festival couplets, and asked him to write on it.

Lu Xiuyuan picked up the writing brush in their store, first wrote a few large characters on plain paper, and tried the feel.

It can only be said that it is worthy of the purple hair brush praised by many ancients.

After getting used to it, I copied a few pictures according to the auspicious words in the booklet, but the more I wrote it, the more I felt something was wrong.

The five lakes and the four seas are all in spring, and the thousands of rivers and mountains are full of brilliance.

The spring rain moistens everything with silk, and red plums embroider thousands of mountains.

It's all too literary and artistic, not grounded enough, and the common people have no passion for sticking to it.

So he first wrote two down-to-earth Spring Festival couplets that are common in modern times.

Good luck all year round, and treasures from all directions enter the house.

The wealth comes with the spring, and the happiness comes with happiness.

Putting down the pen, I went out to find shopkeeper Lin, showed him the couplet, and then expressed my thoughts.

Shopkeeper Lin clapped his hands and applauded!

"It's a great idea. Let the folks who sell Spring Festival couplets read it out by beating gongs and drums. This sentence is easy to understand. The common people love it the most. It will definitely sell well!" Shopkeeper Lin couldn't stop standing around the two couplets. Turning around, looking very excited.

After confirming that it was feasible, Lu Xiuyuan began to search for those down-to-earth Spring Festival couplets in his memory, and wrote them down non-stop.

With the basis of practicing calligraphy during this period, he wrote half of the Zhengdan paper in one breath, and then stopped.

At this time, it was noon again, and the familiar smell of food came from the next room. Lu Xiuyuan put down his pen, went to the side to wash his hands, and naturally sat opposite Shi Yunchen.

The two had a harmonious meal, during which Lu Xiuyuan told Shi Yunchen not to read books for the next two days, and to start after the next year.

After dinner, Lu Xiuyuan continued to write Spring Festival couplets. He wrote a copy, and the other party read another copy. Yun Chen was amazed by the contents.

Lu Xiuyuan didn't stop until the empty space in the room was filled and there was no place to hang the newly written Spring Festival couplets.

He glanced out the window, and it was noon again. He rubbed his sore arms, and couldn't help sighing that it was not easy to make money.

Shopkeeper Lin took the abacus to him to settle the accounts, and the standard was uniformly measured by the paper standard, "For ordinary paper, a pair of five coins; Articles...a total of 485 articles, this is a big Chinese New Year, 500 articles if you want to celebrate the festival."

Lu Xiuyuan:? ? ? , he thought it was counted by words.

If that's the case, "Shopkeeper, save more of those gold-dusted papers tomorrow, Lu will take over."

Shopkeeper Lin smiled awkwardly, "Other people come early, and generally they can't keep them. Lu Xiucai should come early tomorrow morning."

It turned out that they paid attention to first-come-first-served, but fortunately, he had a thick skin and didn't care. He nodded to show that he understood the situation, took the money, and bid farewell to Shi Yunchen and Shopkeeper Lin.

After leaving the bookstore, Lu Xiuyuan was walking on the road, still rubbing his right arm non-stop.

After writing for a whole day, he only earned [-] essays. Without comparison, there would be no gap. Ever since he knew that gold powder is more profitable, he has no motivation to write red paper.

It would be great if he could arrange for him to write about gold powder for a day.

It's just a pity that their family lives far away, and they must not be able to catch up with the first batch of gold powder papers. If it is impossible, they can write for half a day every day?After all, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.

Arranging tomorrow's plan in his heart, Lu Xiuyuan walked straight towards the Ping'an Hall without stopping.

According to Mrs. Zhang, recently Lu Dafu always felt chest tightness and discomfort. He couldn't sleep well at night, couldn't eat, and lay lifeless in bed all day. When he came to town today, Mrs. Zhang asked him to go to Ping'an Hall to prescribe some medicine.

For symptoms like this, just prescribe some Wendan Decoction and drink it. The function of Wendan Decoction can reduce phlegm and harmonize the stomach, nourish the heart and calm the nerves, which is the most suitable.

When we arrived at the Ping An Hall, Dr. Xu, whom we hadn't seen for a long time, was giving the pulse of a middle-aged man dressed in rich clothes. Lu Xiuyuan walked over and watched from the sidelines.

Dr. Xu noticed someone approaching beside him, looked up and found that it was Lu Xiuyuan, pointed to the person in front of him, and asked, "What's wrong with this person? What can I do?"

What's the matter with this sudden question?

Lu Xiuyuan was taken aback for a moment, seeing that Dr. Xu's expression was serious and did not seem to be fake, he probably wanted to test himself?

Then he took two steps forward, first carefully observed the middle-aged man's expression and posture, and conducted step-by-step inquiries around the main purpose of this visit. During the period, he asked and debated, combining questioning and debate, and summed up some useful information.

According to the description of the other party's condition, as well as symptoms and signs, combined with his usual living habits, Lu Xiuyuan judged that he probably suffered from diabetes, which is modern diabetes.

As a surgeon, he is used to giving patients hypoglycemic drugs and insulin. There is nothing here, and he can only use traditional Chinese medicine to control it. He only remembers one kind of hypoglycemic drug in his mind...

Lu Xiuyuan looked at the swollen dark bags under the eyes of the middle-aged man, and this medicine is suitable for treating diabetes with kidney yin deficiency.

"There is a high probability that this person suffers from diabetes. For the prescription, use: Rehmannia glutinosa [-] qian, cornus [-] qian, yam [-] qian, Poria cocos [-] qian, paeonol [-] qian, Alisma [-] qian. Follow-up can not eat sweets, drink less porridge, Control the size of your meals, and exercise more at ordinary times."

After saying this, Dr. Xu was a little surprised at the side. Lu Xiuyuan's order of consultation was wrong, but he was able to draw the correct conclusion, which made him very curious.

Dr. Xu combined with what Lu Xiuyuan said just now, added some words, and prescribed a prescription for the middle-aged man, and took the medicine.

After treating this patient, Dr. Xu eagerly discussed with him when there were no new patients.

"Lu Xiucai, where did you learn your knowledge of medical consultation and physical examination from that book? Why have you never seen it before?"

Lu Xiuyuan didn't dare to take it too seriously, and only said that he had seen it by chance, but he didn't pay attention to the name of the book, and now he can't find it.

How can his knowledge of medical consultations be compared with that of old Chinese doctors in ancient times.

Modern medicine mostly relies on laboratory examinations. He is now in ancient times, and the times are backward. If a patient deliberately conceals his illness instead of telling the truth, his judgment will be greatly compromised.

And the best thing about Chinese medicine is that the powerful old man can tell at a glance what kind of disease it is, what causes it, and how to cure it without you having to say anything.

So Lu Xiuyuan had a very humble exchange with Dr. Xu.

But Doctor Xu saw that Lu Xiuyuan had a faint tendency to get started, so he became interested in talent, so he took a detailed look at Lu Xiuyuan's background.

In the end, I came to the conclusion that although some of Lu Xiuyuan's ideas are very unique, most of the knowledge is memorized by rote.

For example, when seeing a patient, he knows what kind of disease this symptom is and what kind of medicine to use, but a lot of pharmacological knowledge can't explain it, which is the so-called knowing what it is but not knowing why it is.

In front of professionals, Lu Xiuyuan's shortcomings were exposed without any hiding.

But Dr. Xu saw that he was very aura and full of talent, so the idea of ​​wanting to take him as a disciple was just around the corner.

As soon as he thought of it, Dr. Xu stroked his beard, and asked straightforwardly: "Does Lu Xiucai want to follow the old man in the future to hang the pot to help the world and save people?"

Uh, Lu Xiuyuan thought for a while, and resolutely refused, "Doctor Xu is very sorry, Lu doesn't want to."

Hiss, one of his beards was accidentally pulled off, did he hear correctly?Lu Xiucai refused?

"The old man sees that you are very talented, and you have a temper with this old man. Why don't you practice medicine with me? Although the Ping'an Hall is not big, it's okay to keep you full." Dr. Xu asked curiously.

Lu Xiuyuan bowed respectfully, "After some things, Lu has made up his mind to join the imperial examination, so he can only live up to Dr. Xu's love."

Dr. Xu did not give up. It would be a waste for such a good medical student to take the imperial examination, so he persuaded him: "The old man relied on these hands to make a sign. At his peak, countless dignitaries and rich people came to line up to seek medical advice. , don’t look at the small shop of Ping’an Hall, it’s just the most inconspicuous shop under the old man’s name.”

Speaking of this, Dr. Xu sighed, "Now that I'm old, I don't want to be famous anymore, so I hide my name and live here in seclusion. After seeing your performance today, I think there should be a relationship between us as a master and apprentice. If you are willing to worship me Wouldn't it be nice to accept the mantle as a teacher, as long as you learn seven or eight, and then you can do whatever you want without any scruples?"

Knowing that Dr. Xu has countless shops under his name, Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He didn't expect that the other party was so secretive.

But he had already made up his mind not to change it, so he could only reluctantly refuse.

After hearing the answer, Dr. Xu waved his sleeves angrily, with a look of resentment, "Then why don't you come here more often?"

"That's not a problem." Lu Xiuyuan smiled helplessly.

Fortunately, another patient came at this time, Dr. Xu's attention was diverted.

Before Lu Xiuyuan breathed out, Dr. Xu called him over to see how he administered the needles, so he had no choice but to go over to see how Dr. Xu looked for the acupuncture points and how to get the needles.

He has a little bit of superficial understanding of these things, but it is limited to piercing a few unimportant health-preserving acupuncture points for himself.

After Dr. Xu finished the operation, Lu Xiuyuan bit the bullet and explained the purpose of grabbing the medicine. The other party nodded slightly to show that he understood, but his body didn't move, so Lu Xiuyuan could only wait beside him.

Because this time the acupuncture points were common at Zusanli, after a quarter of an hour, Dr. Xu asked him to help wake up the acupuncture, and he directed it by himself.

Lu Xiuyuan stretched out his right hand tremblingly.

Seeing this, Dr. Xu comforted him, "Be normal, be normal, don't be so nervous."

Lu Xiuyuan forcibly stabilized his trembling, followed Dr. Xu's instructions to rotate and extract, and after waking up one by one, he said helplessly, "I've been writing Spring Festival couplets for a whole day, and I'm exhausted."

After it was dealt with here, Doctor Xu got up to help him grab the medicine.

Holding the medicine in his arms, Lu Xiuyuan looked at the big red paper Dr. Xu put in front of him, and cast a questioning look.

Dr. Xu said cheerfully: "What are you writing for Zhengchou Spring Festival couplets? Since you have been writing for a day, you must be quite experienced. Let's use this for today's tuition."

He doesn't know how to complain, is it what he wants to learn?This is a strong buy and sell!

Seeing Lu Xiuyuan's aggrieved face, Dr. Xu said cheerfully: "If we are in a master-student relationship, then naturally we won't mention tuition fees."

"It's just a Spring Festival couplet. As long as Dr. Xu asks, Lu is willing to help." So he didn't care about these small details, and he had nothing to worry about with the old man.

Thinking that this pair of Spring Festival couplets should be pasted in the Ping'an Hall, the most suitable one came to mind, and I finished it in one go with a pen and ink.

"I hope that people in the world are free from disease, and I would rather put medicine on the shelf to make dust."

Dr. Xu looked at it, stroked his beard, and said with emotion, "Okay, okay! This is what those of us who practice medicine are looking forward to!"

It was getting late, and after finishing writing, Lu Xiuyuan didn't delay too long, so he hurriedly said his goodbyes and left, running towards the bullock cart while complaining in his heart.

In order not to affect the imperial examination, it is better to come to Ping An Hall less in the future.

The sun is setting and it will be late.

Lu Xiuyuan ran all the way, and finally caught up with the last bullock cart. When he got home, there was a strong wind outside, and the sky was snowing heavily.

Lu Xiuyuan patted the cold air on his body, and said fortunately with some fear: "Fortunately, I didn't take off the clothes on the way back, otherwise the clothes would probably be soaked."

Mrs. Zhang brought over a steaming bowl of ginger soup, "Erlang, drink this bowl of ginger soup to get rid of the cold."

Lu Xiuyuan poured a bowl while it was hot, and then stood at the door, watching the snow fall hard and fast outside. After a while, the surface of the yard was covered with a thick layer of hoarfrost.

He wrapped his clothes tightly, auspicious snow heralds a good year, next year's wheat harvest will definitely be good.

After dinner, Lu Xiuyuan lay down on the bed, listening to the strong wind outside, his consciousness gradually fell into a dream.

He dreamed that he was about to go to the imperial examination, but he forgot to bring his ID card. The examiner stopped him outside and refused to let him in.

His eyelids trembled, his breathing became short of breath, and Lu Xiuyuan slept restlessly.

Until he was awakened by the sound of dead branches being crushed outside, opened his eyes, and sat up at once.

Lu Xiuyuan turned his gaze to the outside, and the courtyard was completely white.

Huh, it turned out to be a dream.

But then he realized that something was wrong, the snow was still falling outside!

The author has something to say: This is what I promised yesterday _(:з"∠)_

Thank you very much for the mine that I am so sleepy and want to sleep √ for taking care of mine ~ and a bottle of nutrient solution for a big abs~ love you~! =3=

ps: Spring Festival couplets refer to our Spring Festival couplets for Chinese New Year, poof, very festive.