Aspirations

Chapter 30
Cao Shuli thought that Xia Xiang's words were taken as nonsense by Jin Jia, and hurriedly excused Xia Xiang: "Sir, Xia Xiang is also kind. If there is anything wrong with what he said, it is also for the purpose of curing diseases and saving people, and he has no intention of showing off."

Cao Shujun pushed Xia Xiang lightly, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Jin Jia is probably angry. Once he gets angry, his relatives will deny him. If he says something unpleasant, just bear with it. Don't refute or argue."

Xia Xiang nodded, feeling uneasy in his heart.If it weren't for Cao Yongguo's serious condition, he would definitely not show off in front of Jin Jia. The famous Mr. Jin Jia is known as Hua Tuo in the world. Compared with him, there is a world of difference in his medical skills.

I don't know how long it took, Jin Jia just woke up like a dream, he saw several people looking at him eagerly, and suddenly smiled: "Sanlang, don't you go to prepare the things you need for the medicine bed and medicine chair, what are you doing?"

What?Cao Shujuan didn't react for a while, and he was taken aback for a while before he understood Mr. Jin Jia's meaning. He was ecstatic and shouted: "Obey!"

Cao Shuli's heart fell to the ground at this time, and she bowed to Xia Xiang and Jin Jia respectively: "My little girl thanked Mr. Xia Lang and Mr. Jin Jia."

Xia Xiang hurriedly returned the gift, but Jin Jia didn't care much, reached out and pulled Xia Xiang and pulled him outside the house.

"Tell me, did you really come up with the method just now?" Jin Jia also thought about how to make the medicinal power penetrate into Cao Yongguo's body to achieve the purpose of expelling the cold, but he couldn't think of it. When several imperial doctors talked about this, everyone was at a loss. They never thought that the long-standing and difficult problem was solved by a scholar and spread it out. I am afraid that no one in the imperial hospital believed that such a wonderful idea would come from just now. Xia Xiang in the weak crown year.

Xia Xiang held back his laughter, because Jin Jia's appearance was too funny and funny, he replied seriously: "That's what I think, it's absolutely true."

Jin Jia didn't say a word, walked to the corridor, stood with his hands behind his back, and looked up at the sky.The sky was high and cloudless, and a few geese flew by, far away and lonely.

Jin Jia didn't speak, and Xia Xiang didn't speak either. He stood behind Jin Jia with his hands behind his back and looked up at the sky.The two are like two poplars, the golden armor is tall and vigorous, and Xia Xiang is tall and delicate.

After an unknown amount of time, Jin Jia turned around and patted Xia Xiang on the shoulder with a solemn expression: "Xia Xiang, if you are interested, how about this old man accepting you as a disciple?"

Xia Xiang was stunned, and after a while, he bowed and said, "Thanks to Mr.'s kindness, I just want to be in the official career, and have no intention of medical skills."

"Good doctor, who said you can only choose one?" Jin Jia snorted coldly, and said with disdain, "You wait for a student to look down on a doctor. The so-called inferior is only a high-ranking student. Is there anyone who is illiterate? The doctor? The doctor is also a scholar."

"Traditional medicine treats the country, traditional Chinese medicine treats the heart, and subordinate medicine treats the disease. As a superior doctor, my husband has the skills to treat the country." As an imperial physician, he treats all the royal family and princes and ministers, each of whom holds high positions of authority and is concerned with the safety of the common people, "Whether it is an official career or a medical practice, as long as it can help the world and the people, what is the difference between the superior and the inferior? "

Jin Jia's face softened slightly: "Do you really think so?"

"If I didn't think so, I wouldn't be studying medicine in addition to reading." Xia Xiang not only thanked Li Dingshan for his enlightenment, but also thanked his mother for his erudition.His mother also knew a little about medicine, and he also learned a lot of medicine from her.

"Why don't you study while studying medicine? Well, you put it nicely, but you still put more emphasis on literature and less on medicine." Jin Jia flicked his sleeves, turned around and left, "This old man has changed his mind, even if you want to take him as a teacher, this old man will I won't accept you as a disciple."

Well... well, Xia Xiang can be considered to have taken Jin Jia's moody personality, but it is also a real temperament, not annoying, but real and cute.

Just as he was about to go back to the house with Jinjia, someone suddenly jumped over the railing and jumped into the corridor, blocking the way of Jinjia.Jin Jia was on top of his anger, and he stretched out his hand and pushed the person: "Get out of the way."

As soon as the person stretched out, the incoming person dodged to the side, dodging the push of the golden armor.Jin Jia angrily shouted, "Who are you?"

"Xia Xiaowu. Old man, who are you?"

The person who came was Xiao Wu.Xiao Wu changed into a clean suit, but it didn't fit well. It was a little bigger. He clumsily tried to put away the overly long sleeves, and his movements were too large, as funny as dancing.

Xia Xiang smiled and said, "Where have you been? Why is your hair wet?"

"I just went into the water for a swim." Xiao Wu has a simple temperament, thinking that the Cao Mansion Pond is the same as the Anding River outside, and he can swim freely.

"Vulgar and rude." Jin Jia was angry at Xiao Wu's wildness and casualness, and looked at Xiao Wu, "Cao Mansion Pond, is it the place where you swim? Seeing that your clothes are disheveled and your every move has no rules, you are Xia. Xiang's entourage?"

"Exactly." Xiao Wucai didn't care what Jin Jia's attitude towards him was, and he couldn't see how much Jin Jia hated him. , "The water is not deep, there are not many fish, and it is not fun. But there are also interesting places. The bottom of the water is very cold, as cold as ice. If only I had known that there was such a good pond, I would not have to be hot in summer..."

Jin Jia spat out two words with great contempt: "Fool."

However, Xia Xiang heard something and hurriedly asked, "Xiao Wu, how deep do you think the water is?"

"The deepest place is just this deep..." Xiao Wu raised his right hand high above the top, gesticulating the height, "I can reach the surface of the water by stretching out my hand."

"Aren't you stupid too?" Jin Jia was even more angry when he saw that Xia Xiang neither reprimanded Xiao Wu nor apologized to him. He wanted to walk away, but he couldn't move forward. He wanted to hear about Xia Xiang and Xiao. Why are five or two fools so interested in Cao's pond.

Xia Xiang did not forget to give Jin Jia a nod and smile, then turned back to the pond thoughtfully.The pond was rippling with blue waves, and there was nothing unusual about it.He thought for a moment, then asked, "From what Mr. sees, how cold will the current temperature be at the bottom of the water as deep as one person is?"

"It's so boring!" Jin Jia was extremely angry and walked away, "The old man has no time to accompany the two fools to say some outrageous words."

"Sir, why is the old gentleman so angry? Am I wrong?" Xiao Wu scratched his head and rubbed his nose, "Old gentleman, the bottom of the water is really cold. If you don't believe me, you can go down and try it."

Xia Xiang thought for a while, and when he saw Jin Jia, he was about to enter the door, and suddenly said, "Mr. Jin Jia, there is cold air at the bottom of the water..."

Jin Jia's body paused, one foot stepped into the threshold, but the other foot could not move. He was stunned on the spot and muttered to himself: "Cold air, there is cold air at the bottom of the water, cold air enters the body!"

"It makes sense!" Jin Jia didn't know what to think, suddenly slapped his thigh, turned around and ran, and he came to the edge of the pond after a few ups and downs. He didn't take off his clothes, and jumped in a graceful jumping posture into the water.

With a "thump" sound, the water splashed all over, splashing Xiao Wuyi's face.

Xiao Wuyi wiped the water on his face and opened his mouth wide: "Sir, is the old gentleman also stupid?"

Xia Xiang ignored Xiao Wu, took off his gown and threw it to Xiao Wu, and jumped into the water.Xiao Wu can no longer describe his mood in terms of shock. He couldn't understand why Jin Jia and Xia Xiang were diving one after the other. Could it be because the weather was too hot?But just now, Mr. Jin Jia clearly said that swimming in the Cao Mansion Pond was vulgar and rude, why did he swim again in a blink of an eye?Could it be that he wanted to swim by himself and didn't want others to swim, so he said that on purpose?
Not to mention how Xiao Wu couldn't understand Jin Jia's behavior, only that Jin Jia and Xia Xiang entered the water one after the other.Not long after they came to the deepest place, the two looked at each other and dived into the water at the same time.

The water in the pool is not clear and the bottom cannot be seen clearly.The water temperature on the surface of the water is still warm due to the direct sunlight, but once it reaches the bottom, the water in the pool turns icy cold, which is biting to the touch, just like winter.Xia Xiang was unbearably cold, and couldn't help shivering.

Xiao Wu was just at the age of blood and energy, he said that the bottom of the water was cold, it must be really cold.Xia Xiang also knew that Xiao Wu would definitely not lie. After a try, he realized that it was much colder than he expected.

After only staying at the bottom of the water for a moment, Xia Xiang felt cold all over his body and could not bear it, so he had to surface.When he opened his eyes, the golden armor also came out of the water.

The two swam to the shore, Xia Xiang was okay, the sun shone, and he recovered his body temperature in a blink of an eye.However, Jin Jia's lips were white and his body was trembling, showing that the cold under the water penetrated his bones.Xiao Wu also winked, took off his long gown and put it on Jin Jia.Jin Jia glanced at Xiao Wu, wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.

After a while, Jin Jia's complexion recovered a bit of blood. He sat on the bench in the corridor and said breathlessly, "Xia Xiang, what do you say?"

Xia Xiang hadn't woken up from the shock at the moment. He couldn't understand why the temperature difference between the bottom and the water surface was so huge. He shook his head and said, "I don't know why it's so weird."

"You didn't know it before." Jin Jia sneered, "The water at the bottom is so cold, if there is an ice cellar below, there is a natural giant hole below."

"Mr. is not a god, so there are things he doesn't know. Are you an omniscient god?" Xiao Wu couldn't help but retort Jin Jia, "Mr., do you think the bottom of the water is cold because there is a giant python at the bottom?" because of?"

According to legend, the body of the python is as cold as ice, and where the python haunts, the midsummer turns into winter.

"Nonsense." Jin Jia had recovered his strength at this time, got up and entered the room, just in time to meet Cao Shujun, "Do you have an ice cellar in your house?"

In Daxia, high officials and dignitaries, wealthy businessmen and squires, almost every family has an ice cellar for storing ice cubes in summer.The imperial court also set up a special agency for the management of "ice", "Bingjingwu".There is a poem in praise: "Falling into the ice well, the grains rise and the hairs stand up."

Cao Shujun was holding a bowl of snowflake cheese in his hand, and was eating sweetly. He nodded and replied, "Of course there is an ice cellar, otherwise, where would my snowflake cheese come from?"

Put the light yellow fine ice into a wooden bowl by spoonfuls. When it is more than half of the time, add various seasonings, fried peanut kernels, melon seeds, raisins, small hawthorn pieces, bean paste, Mairen, wait, pour different flavors of juice, then scoop up a large spoonful of fine sand and put it on the cup, put a round "hat" out, so that a bowl of snowflake cheese with full color and flavor can be entrance.

Although every big family must have an ice cellar, not everyone can make snow flakes with a good taste and flavor.It is also Cao Shujuan who loves to eat. He usually likes to ponder the practice of various snacks, and sometimes chats with vendors selling cold drinks. Over time, he has no teacher and has learned many ways to make cold drinks with snacks.

"Is the ice cellar under the pond?" Jin Jia's eyes fell on the snowflake cheese in Cao Shujun's hand, and his throat couldn't help but move a few times, "What are you eating?"

"Why is the ice cellar under the pond? The ice cellar is in the backyard." Cao Shujun hid the flakes behind him and laughed, "I eat iced drinks, but it's not suitable for Mr. It is cold on the outside and hot on the inside. If you eat ice, the balance of yin and yang in your body will be out of balance, and you will suffer from all kinds of diseases. Sir, you are a doctor, how can you not know how to keep healthy?”

"Isn't the ice cellar under the pond? It seems that the cold air at the bottom is not the cause of the ice cellar..." Jin Jia thought for a moment, then suddenly figured out something, "Bring me a map of Beijing."

Cao Shujun responded, put down the snowflake cheese to get the map, Jin Jia picked up the snowflake cheese and ate it without saying a word, and looked at Xia Xiang and Xiao Wu vigilantly, lest they would compete with him.Xia Xiang couldn't help laughing, Jin Jia, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, is as competitive as a child, not to mention, he also has a frank side, which is also interesting.

Cao Shujun brought the map and found that the snowflake cheese had been eaten by Jinjia, and was very annoyed.Jin Jia ignored him, unfolded the map, and drew a line between Cao's house and Wen's house, but he couldn't get to the point. After thinking about it, he simply drew a long line that ran through the entire map.

"The center line? It's actually the center line of Shangjing!" Xia Xiang exclaimed.

Cao Shujun and Xiao Wu looked at each other, wondering what the use of the line drawn by the golden armor was. Even Cao Shuli was at a loss, but Xia Xiang saw it. , just divides Shangjing into two!
Looking further up, the central line just goes straight to the palace, along the middle of the palace, and separates the palace from it.

That's right, when Shangjing was first built, it was built by an expert who observed the sky and discussed the terrain.A central line running from north to south is the starting point of the palace, and all houses in the palace are built sequentially along both sides of the central line.

It has been a long time, and today, hundreds of years have passed, and Shangjing has expanded more than ten times than before. The middle line of that year has long been forgotten.But the strange thing is that Shangjing, which has expanded more than ten times, is still symmetrical along the north-south central line of the year.

Cao Shuli nodded slightly: "I don't remember which book I read, the central line of Shangjing is where the energy of Shangjing is... Why, my family is above the central line?"

"Accurately speaking, the Cao Mansion Pond is above the central line." Xia Xiang smiled at Cao Shuli and continued to talk eloquently, "It is said that the central line is where the Qi channel is located, and the Qi channel is related to the rise and fall of Beijing. Generally speaking, the mansion built on the Qi channel In the courtyard, the people should be prosperous and everything should go well.”

"Not all of them. Dynasties have changed, personnel have experienced vicissitudes, and the center line is not static. Let's take a step back and say, even if the center line is still there, the center line is not necessarily the Qi pulse of Shangjing." Cao Shuli raised her eyebrows slightly, thinking again and again, Expressing his worries, "Perhaps the change in the number of days has affected the Qi meridian in Shangjing, and now the midline is no longer where the Qi meridian is."

"The emperor's dragon is not healthy, how long has it been?" A thought flashed in Xia Xiang's mind, as if a door had been opened, "Mr. Jinjia, is the emperor's disease also a disease of cold?"

As the imperial physician of the imperial hospital, Jin Jia was naturally aware of the emperor's condition.When Xia Xiang asked, he was shocked. The snowflake cheese in his hand was not steady, and he fell to the ground: "Xia Xiang is also the one who knows me. Xia Xiang, this old man will definitely accept you as a disciple in the future."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left. He stood at the door again, turned around and said, "After the medicine bed and medicine chair are ready, if there is any effect, let the old man know immediately. Farewell!"

Jin Jia left as soon as he said, without staying for a moment, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

What a weird person, Xia Xiang shook his head and smiled, and when he looked up, he was meeting Cao Shuli's curious and enthusiastic eyes, and he couldn't help but move in his heart, Cao Xiaoniang is knowledgeable, knowledgeable, and well-mannered, not to mention beautiful and dignified. First class beauty.Recalling that Cao Shujun repeatedly mentioned that he and Cao Xiaoniang were a match made in heaven, he couldn't help but get distracted.

Cao Shuli was stared at by Xia Xiang, her face became hot, she felt hot all over, her heart beat faster, and she was uneasy, she said involuntarily: "Xia, Xia Langjun, Mr. Jin Jia wants to accept your apprentice, but you have to promise him ?"

Xia Xiang woke up suddenly, and saw that Cao Shuli's face was flushed, her pink neck was like snow, her eyebrows were low and pleasing to the eyes, which was extremely pitiful, and she couldn't help but swayed, and laughed: "He said that if he accepted me as his apprentice, it was too cheap. He is. I, Xia Xiang, have lofty aspirations, and if I fly thousands of miles in the future, Mr. Jin Jia can accept me as his apprentice, as long as he can catch up with me. "

Cao Shuli's heart suddenly dimmed a bit, yes, Xia Xiang will have a bright future after entering high school, and there may not be many high-ranking officials who want to recruit him as a son-in-law. There are countless high-ranking officials vying to win over.

"Catch son-in-law under the list" is a marriage culture in Daxia, that is, on the day the list is released, senior officials, dignitaries, wealthy businessmen and gentry all over the country are dispatched to compete to choose the son-in-law of the son-in-law. , everyone rushed forward, and there was no difference between robbing, and it was called "catching the son-in-law" in the community.

Now that Daddy is on the decline, his dismissal may only happen in the middle of the day. In the future, Xia Xiang will be a fish in the dragon's gate once he is in high school.Moreover, Daddy is seriously ill in bed again, and it is still unknown whether he will recover. If Daddy has three strengths and two weaknesses, she and Cao Shujun's sister and brother are dependent on each other, and Xia Xiang will despise them.

After thinking too much for a while, Cao Shuli only felt that her heart was heavy, and she no longer had the slightest interest. After thanking Xia Xiang hastily, she left on the grounds of serving her father.

Xia Xiang didn't realize that he was there, and he and Cao Shujun talked about the production of medicine beds and medicine chairs, as well as the emblem of Hao Jing Chang in the firm - Xia Xiang officially named the gold, silver, copper and wood logo he designed as the emblem ——The specifications, and had lunch at Cao's house again, Fang got up and said goodbye.

(End of this chapter)