Eight rivers around Chang'an, ice and frost on the railing. Rich people find it boring, poor people look forward to leisure. Chiseling wet clothes, drinking wine and toasting. The shopkeeper left temporarily, but the new crop of Chinese tomatoes was still there.
The next morning, Pei Yaoqing and Li Longji had breakfast together and waved goodbye to Li Yi.
Li Yi first changed the dressing for the patient with seborrhea and turned to check on Yu Huaide's condition.
"You still have to stay for a few more days. There's inflammation now, so you can't operate. Don't worry." Li Yi observed and chose a safe method.
If the incision became infected now, it would be a medical accident.
Yu Huaide didn't know what Li Yi was going to do. Otherwise, he would probably refuse.
At this moment, he was very obedient and followed the doctor's instructions very well.
In late October, Yu Huaide's inflammation was completely gone. He muttered something like "the Imperial Medical Department is full of quacks" and was arranged for surgery by Li Yi.
Anesthesia, surgery, suture with a no-take suture, bandage, and end.
"For the next few days, it's best not to wear anything and then take this medicine. Take two pills once a day. This is the amount for five days.
Come to change the dressing tomorrow and arrange for the next change according to the situation. In the next half a month, you can't find a woman or a man. You … can't do it yourself. "
Li Yi gave medical advice. Anyway, no family member signed anything. The patient himself didn't sign anything.
Yu Huaide didn't seem to hear Li Yi at all. He was staring blankly at the thing that was cut off on the plate.
After a while, he came back to his senses. "You, you cut … cut it off for me?"
"Ah, if you don't cut it off, you'll get gonorrhea next time. And as a man, let me tell you, this …"
Li Yi understood that the patient was emotional. He quickly comforted him and whispered the benefits of cutting it off.
In the end, he almost said that there was an accident. The anesthesia didn't seem to work, so he quickly gave him an injection and fed him medicine, estrogen medicine.
"Is it really like this?" Yu Huaide didn't care about being injected with another needle. He was excited. It was actually like this.
"Half a month. You must take the medicine for the first five days." Li Yi saw that the patient's mood was stable and quickly changed the topic.
"So Li Dongzhu is also a kindred spirit." Yu Huaide was about to change the topic again.
"Aiya!" Li Yi exclaimed.
"What's wrong?" Yu Huaide stopped smiling.
"There are some dishes that you can't eat. Seafood, fish, prawns, and crabs. Leeks, garlic sprouts, coriander, scallions, ginger, garlic, mustard, and anything spicy can't be touched."
Li Yi, who had changed the topic, told her to pay attention to her diet and nothing else.
Yu Huaide let out a long sigh and said, "I'll stay here tonight."
"Deal!" Li Yi nodded.
***
Chang 'an was bustling with noise and excitement. Many people who had little or no work in winter were hired by the government office to make shaved ice.
The money would be provided by the merchants and the rich, while Pei Yaoqing arranged for the bailiffs to pull in investors.
Tell Benla's people how beautiful the ice sculptures are and who funded them. Some of them have to be placed in front of the shop.
"Squire Guan, let me tell you, it's more beautiful at night. There are lights in the ice, just like a fairyland. If you put two of them in front of your shop, who wouldn't take a second look?"
The bailiffs told a local rich family that there was an official in this family, but the current generation was disappointing.
Squire Guan was tempted. His family had two houses and rented out the other one. The rent in Chang 'an was not low, so he was rich.
Squire Guan was tempted. His family needed fame so that his children could find a way out.
"How much is one?" He asked.
"Squire Guan, what kind of sculpture, and the size … …" The bailiffs patiently said. The prices were different.
After that, the bailiffs carried two bolts of silk and told Squire Guan to give priority.
The bailiffs trotted back to the county office and went to the storeroom to register.
After registering, he was given a sign which said, "50 yuan."
This was his commission for the promotion. He turned around and looked for the next target.
Pei Yaoqing was leisurely and was not in a hurry.
He followed the reward method provided by Li Yi and found that it was indeed useful.
Except for him, the other deputy county magistrates were all running around. No one was lazy.
As the county magistrate of Chang 'an, he was not in a hurry. Someone would take the initiative to discuss the ice sculpture to raise money.
At this time, in the eight main rivers and ponds of Chang 'an, there were people chiseling ice. They first chiseled cracks around the ice.
The ice was pierced and a rope was pulled under the ice. At the other end, another hole was chiseled and the rope was tied.
The surrounding ice was chiseled and pried open. A piece of ice was separated.
The people on the shore pulled the rope, while others laid straw and put up boards.
It used to be difficult to pull the ice, but now they all used hand gourds. Clatter, clatter, clatter, the ice was slowly pulled up.
Thick logs were put up on a shelf. The big ice was hoisted up. The cart below came and put down. A piece of ice was basically a cart.
The labourers worked hard. The rich people sat upstairs and watched. When they saw someone accidentally fall into the water and climb out, the people upstairs would laugh happily.
The bailiffs who usually watched from the ice chiseling ground would also laugh.
However, it was different this time. They tied a rope to the people chiseling the ice.
When the people fell into the ice, they were immediately pulled and pushed into the temporary shed. They took out old clothes and drank a bowl of ginger soup.
The Ming Residence had agreed that the person in charge of the ice section would be deducted the salary of the person in charge who was injured or had an accident.
The bailiffs thought of many ways to improve their living standards.
They took a pile of old clothes and threw them into the shed. They built a small charcoal stove and set up a clay pot to cook ginger soup.
They did not dare to make people sick from the cold. That would be a waste of time.
If they fell into the water and slipped under the ice and drowned, they could not expect to get a penny this winter.
"Take a rest. Wipe your hair and sit by the stove. Don't worry. Pay your salary."
The bailiffs saw that the person who came back to change clothes was about to rush out again. They quickly stopped him and persuaded him.
"Don't be afraid. We can't delay. How can we take the money and not work?" The person wanted to leave.
"I'm afraid. I'm afraid. Sit down and talk." The bailiffs forced the person down and then began to talk about family matters.
***
There were still four days until the twelfth lunar month. Yu Huaide took the oral anti-inflammatory medicine and put on a dress before boarding his own horse carriage.
"Li Dongzhu, I will come find you tomorrow and give you the money." Yu Huaide shouted to Li Yi in the carriage.
Li Yi nodded and said, "I don't want grain. There is a lot of grain in the manor."
"I know. Goodbye." Yu Huaide shouted and closed the door. The three horse carriages and the group of people left.
"The price of grain will drop, but next year … Ai! Ignorance is the scariest. "
Li Yi muttered and turned back to the courtyard. A new cadaver was sent in and he began to study.
The next day, Yu Huaide came to deliver the money. There were bolts of silk and strings of copper coins.
Steward Song De asked someone to count the money. Yu Huaide also asked someone to bring out a box from his carriage.
He opened the box and said to Li Yi, "Li Dongzhu, I have something good for you. This kind of radish is sweet. You must have never seen it before."
Li Yi poked his head out to take a look. He smiled and asked, "Is it good? I will buy it. "
"There are still some left. From Tubo, there are people from the West selling it. I used a lot of tea leaves to exchange for it.
When I came back, I gave it away and they all said it was delicious. Unfortunately, there are no seeds. Otherwise, I would definitely plant one.
If Li Dongzhu wants it, I will give you two more boxes. Don't talk about money, don't talk about it. "
Yu Huaide told him where it came from and waved his hand, refusing to sell it.
"No, one catty and five carrots. When you go there in the future, if you see something rare or not seen in the Tang dynasty, you will definitely pay a high price."
Li Yi insisted on giving money. This was a carrot.
He had heard that it existed in the Han dynasty. However, he had not seen it in the Tang dynasty and no one knew about it.
The only information he could find was a sentence in the Compendium of Materia Medica: The Yuan dynasty came from the Hu and smelled like a carrot.
Li Shizen said that during the Yuan dynasty, radishes were already called radishes. The radishes of the Hu were naturally carrots. There was nothing wrong with that.
As for the lack of seeds …
This could be planted without seeds. After planting it, it would produce seeds.
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