novelden Chapter 529 The General Was Rescued (4)
Chapter 529 The General Was Rescued (4)
Xue Asi's medicine house is a quadrangle courtyard with a small storefront in front. It is square and very regular.
As you step through the big wooden door, you can smell the scent of medicinal herbs as soon as you enter.
The yard floor is paved with bluestone slabs. It should have been laid not long ago and looks quite new.
"Master, your house is paved with bluestone slabs!" Qiu Da said with emotion, "Only those who are extremely rich in Yu Country would do this."
Xue Asi didn't care too much, but she still explained: "There are 100,000 mountains from Jicheng to the nearest town of Yu Country, and there are only bluestone mines like this on many mountains, so bluestone is not valuable here."
"Oh! It's a pity that I can't transport it back, otherwise I would have made a fortune." After listening to Xue Asi's explanation, Qiu Da muttered in Yu language.
Xue Asi glanced at him and asked, "What did you say?"
"Master, don't you understand Yu country language?" Qiu Da seemed very surprised, "But you look like a Yu countryman!"
"Most people in Jicheng are of mixed blood from Yu Country and Xia Country." Xue Asi did not shy away from this at all. "My father is from Yu Country, but I grew up with my master since I was young, and my master is from Xia Country."
After hearing this, Qiu Dahan smiled and said, "So that's how it is!"
Then the two of them continued to walk inside.
In the middle of the quadrangle is a small courtyard with an old locust tree standing in it. Its dense branches and leaves are like a huge green umbrella, casting a large area of shade.
There is a circle of stone benches and a stone table under the tree, and on the table there is an unfinished chess game.
When Qiuda saw the tree, he immediately recognized it and said, "This is a ginkgo tree!"
Then the man was obviously panicking, and kept saying in Yuguo language: "This thing stinks and is poisonous! The doctor planted this tree, it seems that his medical skills are not that good."
Because Xue Asi had his back to Qiu Da, he naturally did not see the mocking smile on her face, and he did not know that his current master could actually understand the Yu language.
"That's enough! You're scared like this by just a tree." When Xue Asi turned around, there was only an expression of impatience on his face, "You don't live in here anyway, why are you shouting!"
It turned out that there was a not very big room next to the small storefront. It was a gatehouse specially left by Xue Asi's master when he was repairing the house. It was specially for the gatekeeper to live in.
It’s a pity that Xue Asi’s master is a good old man. Although he has good medical skills and a good business, he just can’t make any money.
There is no big problem for two people to live in Jicheng, but it is a bit difficult to live well.
Later, after Xue Asi took over the place completely, she changed her business strategy.
The clinic was changed into a pharmacy, and she still sees patients, but what Xue Asi sells the most is the finished medicinal powder for stopping bleeding and treating injuries.
The people of Jicheng are brave and aggressive, and people get hurt every day.
Although it is possible to prescribe accurate medicines for each patient as her master does, the benefits are not high. Moreover, some people are even more direct. After hearing that the patient does not have any serious injuries, they just pay a few consultation fees and don't even buy the medicine.
Xue Asi is different!
Whether to take the pulse or not is another matter, but as long as you are injured, you can buy medicine first and discuss it later.
Let’s not talk about the others, just take the slave owner and his men for example, they are frequent visitors to this medicine house.
As for this tree, she planted it the year she first arrived. She originally thought that it would not survive in Jicheng!
I didn't expect that he has grown quite well in recent years.
When Xue Asi's hand touched the tree trunk, he began to instruct Qiu Da on the general tasks he would have to do every day: "The most strenuous work here is carrying water."
Although Jicheng is near a big river, everyone basically relies on wells for water.
And because this place is remote, people who come to dig wells often only come once every three years.
Before, Xue Asi had no money, so she didn’t dig a well when that group of people came last time.
She had saved some money by now, so she would let them dig a well for her when they came next time.'
Now we can only fetch water from the nearby well.
Just as I was about to give some more instructions, I heard a knock on the door.
Qiu Da glanced at Xue Asi and found that he was also looking at him. He immediately realized that the job of "opening the door" was about him.
So he went to open the door for the person outside awkwardly.
When the door opened, I saw a middle-aged woman dressed like a woman outside.
"Ah Si, what are you eating today?" Aunt Lu came in with a basket in her hand. "The fish at the morning market today is pretty good. I bought one for you."
Aunt Lu was the maid that Xue Asi hired for himself. She was mainly responsible for cooking and cleaning.
At this moment, Aunt Lu saw that there was suddenly a man in the kiln, and she was also very curious: "A Si, who is this..."
In the eyes of the Xia people, the appearance of the Yu people and the Yu people is actually not much different.
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"I see, it's your brother who came to visit you." Aunt Lu said firmly, "Then I'll go buy some more food to prepare your meal."