The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

Although Lu Xiuyuan is rich in modern life, he is doomed to not have much time to spend with his family in the field of medicine. He himself grew up in the hospital since he was a child.

Later, when I was studying, I was so busy that I didn’t have time, and after graduation, I didn’t have any free time. The number of times I met my parents throughout the year was appallingly infrequent, and they were basically on the phone.

Seeing with his own eyes how harmonious the current family is, he also has expectations for his future life.

After eating and drinking, he slowly took a walk in the yard, looking for things that he could use after going up the mountain for two days.

After recovering from a serious illness, Mrs. Zhang and the others would definitely not let him go up the mountain, not to mention that it would not be safe for him to go alone. If he asked Qin Feng to take him there rashly, the other party would definitely not agree.

In order to go up the mountain, he really had no other choice, so he made up an excuse of losing the seal. After a few days, Qin Feng couldn't find the seal, and then took himself up the mountain to look for it.

The reason why he is so obsessed with going up the mountain is because he seems to have seen a wild ginseng plant in the memory of the original owner going up the mountain, so he has to find a way to go up the mountain to verify the authenticity.

If it is true, then you will not have to worry about food and clothing in the near future; if you are wrong, you can find some other herbs along the way, which can also be sold for money and subsidize your life.

A few days passed by like this, and his body has fully recovered, and he calculated in his heart that the days are almost over.

Sure enough, early the next morning, Qin Feng, carrying a quiver, knocked on the door of Li's house with apologies.

Everyone was eating breakfast at that time, Mrs. Zhang went to open the door, and was a little surprised when she saw it was Qin Feng. Lu Xiuyuan hurried out of the room, adjusted his facial expressions, and asked anxiously, "Brother Qin, did you find it?"

Qin Feng's whole face was black and red, thinking that he had booked a guarantee ticket a few days ago, but he couldn't find it, and the guilt on his face was even stronger, "Brother Lu, I'm sorry, I went back that day and searched nearby, digging the ground. I still haven't been able to find it for three feet..."

Disappointment flashed across Lu Xiuyuan's face, but he managed to cheer up and comfort Qin Feng, saying, "It's okay, don't blame Brother Qin, maybe I lost it on the way up the mountain, it's my own problem..."

"Erlang, what are you looking for? Did you lose something?" Mrs. Zhang looked at him puzzled and asked.

"Mom, I can't find that seal, maybe I lost it on the way up the mountain..." Lu Xiuyuan looked to the side, staggering his eyes from Zhang's.

Zhang's heart was suspended, and he asked in a somewhat eager voice: "Where did you lose it? Do you still have a memory? This is terrible. It is used to prove your identity. How can you lose it!"

Qin Feng next to him was so red that his ears were red. He gritted his teeth and made a difficult decision in his heart.

"Brother Lu, if it's convenient, why don't you escort you, and you can search for it on the route up the mountain that day? Maybe you can find it?"

He looked at Qin Feng's apprehensive eyes, sighed and said, "It seems that this is the only way at present, and I will trouble Brother Qin to accompany me again."

Mrs. Zhang was anxious, worried that Lu Xiuyuan was about to go up the mountain again, opened her mouth a few times, but didn't know what to say.

After Qin Feng saw him, he immediately promised Zhang that he would definitely take good care of Lu Xiuyuan!

Although Mrs. Zhang was worried about safety issues, she also knew the importance of the seal. After being comforted by the two of them, she reluctantly nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Mrs. Zhang finally agreed, Lu Xiuyuan went back to the yard and took the bamboo basket and was about to set off. Seeing Qin Feng's puzzled eyes, he explained, "Gather some herbs by the way, the ones I made last time are all thrown away."

Qin Feng nodded. It turned out to be the case. He reached out to take the pannier, but Lu Xiuyuan politely rejected the other party's offer. He felt guilty for tricking Qin Feng into taking him up the mountain. The empty pannier is not heavy, so he should take it by himself.

Before leaving, Lu Xiuyuan saw Mrs. Zhang standing at the door with a worried expression on her face, and turned her head to give her a hug, "Don't worry, mother, I'll look for it once, and I'll go home as soon as I find it."

Without looking at the expression on Zhang's face, he turned around and led Qin Feng to the deep mountain along the route he remembered.

Qin Feng has been carrying his hunting guy on his back, so he doesn't need to go back to prepare. Before entering the deep mountain, the other party thoughtfully chopped two bamboo poles for him to use as crutches, so that he can avoid wasting too much energy when going up the mountain. .

Half way ahead, Lu Xiuyuan just pretended to rummage around in the surrounding grass with a bamboo pole. He cheered up when he reached the mountain. He was looking for the place where the original owner sat down to rest. The reason why he was so impressed was because the original owner was sitting on that ginseng tree Next to rest!

Seeing the road getting more and more remote, Qin Feng wiped his sweat and couldn't help asking, "Brother, why are you going up the mountain this way? This is not a road at all?"

Lu Xiuyuan waved his sleeves to fan himself, and he was also sweating, "That would be to collect herbs for my father. The road up the mountain is not nearby, so I just walked here to try my luck."

Qin Feng thought that his trap was deliberately set in an inaccessible place, no wonder he could bump into the trap...

Walking into the pine forest, Lu Xiuyuan began to pay attention to the dry pine trees nearby. He took out the sharpened bamboo sticks in the bamboo basket and stabbed them into the ground. white substance.

He greeted Qin Feng and told him to wait for him, then took out a hoe from the basket and started digging carefully, and after a while, he dug out a piece of poria cocos about the size of his head.

Poria cocos has been used as a high-grade medicine since ancient times. Poria cocos is sweet and flat, diuretic and damp, invigorating the spleen and calming the heart. It has many effects and has the reputation of the magic medicine of the four seasons.

In addition to the application in prescriptions, it has always been regarded as a precious nourishing food and is loved by people. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" even listed Poria cocos as a top grade, saying that it "relieves the soul and refreshes the mind without hunger and prolongs life."

He decided to dig a little more. If he could dig a basket of poria cocos and add that ginseng, it would be a worthwhile trip.

Almost at the place where he rested last time, Lu Xiuyuan took a look around, took advantage of Qin Feng's inattention, stained the seal with some dirt on the ground, and threw it in the nearby grass.

"Brother Qin, let's look around here. Last time I walked halfway, I rested here."

Qin Feng nodded, bent over and carefully searched for the bushes with a wooden stick. He couldn't bear to see it.

He also began to search nearby carefully, and after a while, he saw the unobtrusive ginseng. He squatted down and carefully inspected the stems and leaves, and he was very sure that this should be the genuine product.

Carefully dig out the ginseng, put it in your hand and inspect it carefully: the main root is thick and short, horizontal, with only two branches, in the shape of a figure-eight, all five elements are beautiful, there are also round reeds, and the taro is plump in the middle, shaped like a jujube pit.The skin is tight and thin, the upper part of the main root has dense and deep horizontal stripes, the root fibers are sparse and long, the texture is tough, and there are obvious pearl bumps.

It is not big, weighed it, it is about 200 grams, and this ginseng is almost a hundred years old!

The appearance is so good, if it grows up, it will definitely be more valuable, but their family is almost out of food now, so he can't care so much, he gently puts the ginseng in the back basket, closes the lid, and calms down own mood.

"Brother! See if this is your seal!" Qin Feng's surprised voice came from beside him, and he trotted over holding a cuboid seal.

Lu Xiuyuan turned around and took it, looked carefully, grinned at the corner of his mouth, and excitedly held Qin Feng's hand, "That's right! It's my seal! I finally found it!"

Seeing him so happy, Qin Feng scratched his head and laughed, "It can be regarded as found." It can be regarded as an explanation.

Lu Xiuyuan wiped the dirt on it carefully, put the seal away carefully, and said with emotion: "Thank you for your hard work! I found the seal this time thanks to Brother Qin! I don't know how to thank you."

Qin Feng waved his hand, "Don't be so polite, don't keep running up the mountain in the future, it's not safe, brother still expects you to be a high official in the future and have a glass of wedding wine."

Lu Xiuyuan smiled awkwardly. This request is a bit difficult to fulfill. God knows, he didn't plan to take the imperial examination at all. The ancient imperial examination was much more difficult than the modern college entrance examination.

Moreover, the ups and downs in the officialdom and intrigues are not suitable for an honest person like him.

They didn't stay on the mountain for too long and went back. After all, it was autumn and the mountain was not very safe. Generally speaking, this trip was a safe trip, and he followed Qin Feng on the return journey in a happy mood.

Going up the mountain is easy and going down the mountain is difficult, and the way down the mountain is not very easy. This time, Qin Feng wanted to help him carry the backpack. Lu Xiuyuan didn't refuse. It's better to be safe. If his feet slip and break the baby in the backpack, it's not worth it.

On the way down the mountain, the two of them saw a few rehmannia rehmanniae at the foot of the mountain. He dug them up again out of a desire not to waste them.

This time he went out in a hurry, walked for a long time without drinking a sip of water, Lu Xiuyuan's mouth was parched, but he didn't feel tired at all, and he ran towards home briskly.

When Qin Feng sent him to the door of his house, he refused the proposal to go in and have a cup of tea, and hurried back after saying that there was still something to do at home, so that Lu Xiuyuan didn't have time to thank him well, anyway, there will be opportunities in the future anyway.

Pushing open the door, Mrs. Zhang and his sister-in-law were sitting in the yard embroidering things, while Xiao Lian was watching and studying beside them.

As soon as Lu Xiuyuan came in, Mrs. Zhang quickly put down the embroidery work in her hands and went to pick up the basket. "Have you found the seal? You can go up the mountain as soon as you go up the mountain. You can also carry the bamboo basket on your back. It's not too heavy."

"It's heavy, I'll do it." He avoided Zhang's hand, and slowly put the basket on the ground.

"Why do you carry it when you know it's heavy?" Mrs. Zhang took out a handkerchief to help him wipe the sweat off his forehead and said distressedly.

Lu Xiuyuan opened the top cover, revealing the Rehmannia glutinosa and Poria cocos inside, "The Chinese medicine I picked by the way when I went up the mountain, these are good things, and I can get the medicine for my father after selling it."

Looking at the medicinal herbs in the back basket, Mrs. Zhang said sourly, "You brothers are both good boys..."

After showing the medicinal materials to Mrs. Zhang, he moved them to a cool place in his room and kept them in a cool place in his room. He had a lot of activities in the morning, and before dinner time, he was so hungry that he couldn't take it anymore. Can't wait to bring up the matter of going to the town to sell Chinese medicine tomorrow.

Originally, Mrs. Zhang was going to get medicine from his elder brother in the town tomorrow. After hearing this, he simply asked Lu Xiuyuan to take the trip for him. Now that the weather is cold, he can also help his elder brother Lu Xiuwu bring two thick clothes.

"When you go to the town this time, don't forget to go to the Ping'an Hall to thank Dr. Xu. Your recovery is thanks to the medicine he prescribed for free. We don't have any good things. If the herbal medicine you dug is valuable, you can give it to others As a thank you gift?" Zhang said tentatively.

"Let's see the situation at that time." In the memory of the original owner of Ping'an Hall, the price of medicines is not cheap. When he bought the medicine for Lu Dafu, he went to Fukang Tang, which is relatively cheap. He had to confirm the situation before speaking.