Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 91 October, getting along

When Chunqiu and Zhou Huaiyan came in, Dabao was weighing medicine with a medicine scale at the medicine dispensing table.

"Sister Qiu'er is here?" Dabao first saw Chunqiu and quickly greeted him with a smile, then he noticed Zhou Huaiyan beside him in a blink of an eye, "Little Master" Dabao greeted respectfully.

Just as Chunqiu was about to reply, he heard Brother Dabao talking about the young master, looked at Dabao's somewhat reserved movements, and looked back at Zhou Huaiyan suspiciously.

"Ahem...Brother Dabao, now that I am studying medicine with Grandpa Zhou, I am naturally commensurate with Brother Dabao's peers. Brother Dabao, you are older than me, just call me brother." Although there were doubts in his eyes, his tone was neither humble nor overbearing. After finishing speaking, he blinked at Chunqiu, and did not try to explain the meaning of the young master. In Zhou Huaiyan's selfish heart, he didn't like this rare partner very much because of his different status. care about him.

"Oh oh oh... I forgot it when I was in a hurry." Dabao patted his head and quickly explained, "Brother Yan, you came with sister Qiu'er? It just so happens that Dr. Zhou is sorting out medicinal materials in the backyard. Come quickly, I'm here I'm holding on to the medicine for Mr. Li, and it will be delivered soon, so I won't go in with you." After greeting the two of them, Dabao went out with the packed medicine.

"Brother Huaiyan, are you also studying medicine here?" Chunqiu looked at Zhou Huaiyan beside him and asked.

"That's right, my father has already returned to Linfang because of my mother's affairs. Before going back, I will be entrusted to Grandpa Zhou to take care of me for a while. Besides, Grandpa Zhou is very knowledgeable. Now that I have this opportunity, I can't wait for it," Zhou Huaiyan said generously. Talking with Chunqiu, his expression was also very satisfied, after Chunqiu heard it, he was also very happy, with her companions around, she didn't have to be so restrained.

"Really? That's great, then we can learn medical skills together." Chunqiu said happily, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, his eyebrows and eyes were curved, and he looked even cuter.

"At that time, I will ask sister Qiuer to give me some advice." Facing the kindness exuded by his peers, Zhou Huaiyan could clearly feel it, and his tone was very relaxed.

"Okay." Chunqiu nodded confidently.

After Chunqiu finished laughing, he remembered the business of coming here today, and quickly said to Zhou Huaiyan with a straight face, "Brother Huaiyan, let's go in now, Grandpa Zhou should be in a hurry."

"It's just right, the newly collected medicinal materials in my back basket will also be handed over to Grandpa Zhou." Zhou Huaiyan patted the back basket, the two looked at each other and smiled, and then they walked towards the backyard one by one.

The backyard of this herbal hall is very large, and there are many herbal medicine shelves supported by wooden sticks in the yard. On the shelves, there are small round winnows, which contain dried and drying Chinese herbal medicines.

When Chunqiu and Zhou Huaiyan came in, they saw Doctor Zhou who was wearing white clothes not far away, with his back to them, who was carefully inspecting the herbs.

Chunqiu and the two looked at each other tacitly, and then put the baskets behind them aside, Chunqiu straightened his clothes, and then followed Zhou Huaiyan to Grandpa Zhou.

"Grandpa Zhou, Qiu'er (Yan'er) is here"＊2
"Huh? Why did you hear someone calling me old?" Zhou Wei turned around with a smile when he heard the voice behind him. After seeing the two people clearly, his smile deepened. "So it's Qiu'er and Yan'er." Ah, came back so soon? Yan'er, did you get anything good this time? Bring it here and let Grandpa Zhou take a look."

Before Zhou Wei finished speaking, Zhou Huaiyan anxiously brought back the basket by the door, then looked at Dr. Zhou excitedly and said, "Grandpa Zhou, Yan'er received some mature madder from the herb dealer this time. The roots, stems and leaves have been dried, and as long as they are cleaned, they can be directly used as medicine, as well as the newly harvested turmeric from the herbal medicine dealer, and some dried petals of autumn chrysanthemums..." Zhou Huaiyan continued to talk to Zhou Wei as if he had opened up a chatterbox. He talked endlessly about the collected Chinese herbal medicines in the back basket, and didn't stop until he had talked about more than ten kinds of Chinese herbal medicines in the back basket.

"Well, not bad, Yan'er did a good job, so do you have any half-knowledge about the herbs you collected? If there are any, please bring them up." Zhou Wei looked at Zhou Huaiyan in comfort.

"No, Grandpa Zhou." Zhou Huaiyan shook his head. These Chinese herbal medicines are common things. He is naturally aware of their effects. Just like madder, it has the effect of stopping bleeding and removing blood stasis, and autumn chrysanthemum, also has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. Zhou Huaiyan has been exposed to Chinese herbal medicine since he was a child.

"That's good." Zhou Wei nodded, then looked at Chunqiu at the side, and asked with a smile, "Where is Qiu'er girl? Is there anything you don't understand?"

"No..." Chunqiu seriously shook her head, she naturally knew the properties of these herbs.

"In that case, let's talk about Qiu'er, what good things did you bring to grandpa this time?" Doctor Zhou noticed another small basket not far away after seeing that the two of them had no doubts. Guessing it belonged to Qiu'er girl, she lowered her head and continued to ask.

Hearing Dr. Zhou's words, Chunqiu first glanced back at the pannier not far away, "Grandpa Zhou, wait a minute" After Chunqiu finished speaking, he ran back, picked up the pannier and ran back again, Chunqiu He ran fast, and his breath was uneven when he stopped, but Chunqiu didn't care, he smiled and said to Doctor Zhou in front of him, "Grandpa Zhou, look, this is the root of Tianqi from before, and the stem of Astragalus membranaceus. Tianxiong, Chuanma, Baiji, Puhuang..." Chunqiu introduced the herbs he picked from the mountains to the two people in front of him one by one, and at the same time explained the pharmacology and efficacy of these herbs. After speaking, he took a deep breath.

"Girl Qiuer, you did a good job. The effects of these traditional Chinese medicines are well preserved. It can be seen that girl Qiuer put her mind to it..." Zhou Wei was very satisfied with the two people in front of him.

Chunqiu was a little embarrassed by Doctor Zhou's praise, scratched his head and lowered his head again.

Dr. Zhou looked down at the two baskets of herbs beside him, pondered for a while, and then said directly, "Hehe, well, since both of you have brought back good things, Grandpa Zhou will naturally not hide his secrets, so I will share with you today." Tell me about the mutual generation and mutual restraint relationship between the herbs you brought back..." After Zhou Wei finished speaking, he brought Chunqiu and the two of them to the dried herbs behind him, and Dr. Zhou pointed to the herbs beside him. He told them with a smile, "As the saying goes, people have human nature, so medicine has medicinal properties; nature is its original nature and habit, and the properties of medicines are born together, and they must be mutually restrained. The five elements that you know before are mutually restrained... "

Time passed quickly, as Dr. Zhou was talking, the sky slowly darkened. Dabao came back a long time ago, standing behind Chunqiu Zhou Huaiyan and listening fascinatedly. When Dr. Zhou remained silent, The three of them suddenly woke up.

"Hehe, well, that's all for today. You guys have to think more when you go back. We'll continue talking tomorrow." After Dr. Zhou finished speaking, he looked at the people in front of him with a smile.

Chunqiu was the first to come back to his senses, looked up at the sky, and said goodbye to Dr. Zhou first, "Grandpa Zhou, it's getting late, Qiu'er is going back now."

"Well, let Dabao take you back." Doctor Zhou was worried that Chunqiu would go alone, so he asked Dabao to take Chunqiu back.

"No, no, Qiu'er can do it herself." Chunqiu shook his head directly.

"No, you are still too young, Dabao, you and girl Qiu'er go for a visit." Doctor Zhou directly rejected Chunqiu's words with a firm tone.

"But... But, Doctor Zhou, I still have medicine from Mr. Wang's place that hasn't been delivered yet." Dabao's expression was a little tangled and embarrassed.

"Grandpa Zhou, let me go," Zhou Huaiyan interrupted at this moment.

"So, that's fine, then I'll trouble Yan'er, girl Qiu'er, don't talk about it, go home now." Doctor Zhou said to several people, and then said, "I'm going back to rest."

"Goodbye, Dr. Zhou (Grandpa)"＊3
"Well, you guys go quickly." Doctor Zhou turned his head and waved at Chunqiu and the others.

"Sister Qiu'er, Brother Yan, I'm going to deliver the medicine to Mrs. Wang, you go and come back quickly." Dabao stood at the door of the medicine hall, and instructed the two people in front of him worriedly.

"Hey, brother Dabao too," Chunqiu said with a smile.

Chunqiu and Zhou Huaiyan went to the shop in a different direction than Dabao delivered the medicine. The three said goodbye to each other, and then left separately.

Chunqiu and Zhou Huaiyan came back together, talking and laughing all the way, walking not too slowly, Chunqiu turned around the alley, looked up at the shop not far away, then stood still and smiled and said to Zhou Huaiyan beside him, "Brother Huaiyan , the front is my home, no need to send it away.”

"Huh? Really?" Zhou Huaiyan looked up and looked forward. Zhou Huaiyan's height is as good as Chunqiu's second brother Yang Chunming. The difference between the two is almost a head, so when Zhou Huaiyan spoke, he lowered his head and said into Chunqiu's ear Yes, although the voice was not loud, but it was so close that Chunqiu could only feel some trembling in his ears.

After Zhou Huaiyan finished speaking, he watched Chunqiu secretly rubbing his ears, and immediately realized that he had spoken too loudly just now, Zhou Huaiyan coughed in embarrassment, and said a little embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Qiu'er, I didn't control it well."

"It's okay." Chunqiu smiled, thinking that this person really has a good temper.

"I mean, there is still a distance from here to the shop inside. Does Qiu'er really not need me to send it?" Zhou Huaiyan obviously paid attention to what he said this time. Although he also lowered his head, he kept a certain distance this time. The voice rang in Chunqiu's ears, it was not as loud as before, and the clear voice was very nice, Chunqiu thought, it was a little worse than her second brother's voice.

Hearing the words, Chunqiu raised his head and looked at Zhou Huaiyan. Although the young man's face was still immature, his handsome face had already been revealed. One can imagine how amazing and talented he will be in the future. Just like the phrase, Mo Shangren is like jade, A gentleman is unparalleled in the world.

If jade is used to compare Yang Chunming and Zhou Huaiyan, Yang Chunming is that kind of refreshing cold jade, although beautiful, he cannot be approached so easily.Zhou Huaiyan is like that kind of crystal clear warm jade, which warms people's hearts and makes people feel close to each other.

Chunqiu shook his head and smiled, "Brother Huaiyan, there's no need, that's my shop, and my mother is waiting for me there." Chunqiu pointed to the invisible figure in the distance, waved happily, and said, " Brother Huaiyan, go back quickly, Grandpa Zhou has to worry about it later."

"Huh? No way." Zhou Huaiyan shook his head seriously. When Chunqiu was talking before, Zhou Huaiyan had already noticed the figure in the distance. Hearing what Chunqiu said, he naturally didn't continue to ask.

"Brother Huaiyan, then I'm leaving." Chunqiu was worried that her mother would wait.

"Okay, see you tomorrow" Zhou Huaiyan said to Chunqiu.

"Yeah, see you tomorrow." Chunqiu nodded, raised his feet and ran towards the shop, but just halfway through, he turned around and waved to Zhou Huaiyan who was still there with a smile, then turned around and ran back.

When Chunqiu finished greeting Yuan Shi and was about to go back to the shop, when Chunqiu looked back, he suddenly found Zhou Huaiyan's back. It turned out that he had been waiting for him to go home before leaving.

Yuan Shi walked into the shop and just wanted to ask her daughter what she wanted to eat, but found that there was no one around, Yuan Shi was taken aback for a moment, then turned around immediately, and found that her daughter was still standing at the door and did not come in, Yuan Shi directly yelled, "Niu Niu, what are you doing?" gone?"

"Ah? It's okay, it's okay." Chunqiu was interrupted by Yuan Shi's words, and took a deep look at the alley entrance, then raised his legs and ran in.

"By the way, Niuniu, what do you want to eat today?"

"Anything goes..."

"That's a good relationship. Huzi wants to eat fried fungus with meat, so let's make this..."

The meat fried fungus that I ate at night, Chunqiu stood in the backyard of the Herbal Garden for an afternoon, naturally he was so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, and he ate two bowls of rice abruptly. After the meal, the soreness from his legs also Appeared, the fool endured the soreness, walked around the yard twice to digest food after dinner, felt that the food was almost digested, greeted Yuan Shi and went back to the house.

The quilt in the room was from the old aunt’s house before. The cotton was enough and it was soft to the touch. Chunqiu took off his clothes and put them on the table beside him, and then he got into the quilt directly, the cover was extremely soft. Chunqiu felt a burst of happiness, accompanied by Dr. Zhou's explanation in his mind, and fell asleep like this...

Since then, Chunqiu went back to report to Dr. Zhou after breakfast every day. When there was no one else, he would listen to Dr. Zhou’s explanations with Zhou Huaiyan and Dabao. knowledge.

The shop is not very busy these days, and Yuan Shi also understands her daughter's thoughts, so naturally she doesn't stop her from going to Doctor Zhou's place, and every now and then, Yuan Shi will ask Chunqiu to bring mushrooms and fungus to Doctor Zhou , as tuition fees.

For several days in a row, Chunqiu spent this kind of life, and because of the communication with Zhou Huaiyan, the relationship between the two has also improved significantly, um, from the previous stranger As for the (pseudo) brothers and sisters who have a good relationship, when it comes to this, Chunqiu thought that Zhou Huaiyan was the same as himself, but later in the chat with Brother Dabao, he found out that Zhou Huaiyan had been accepted by Dr. Zhou as a real apprentice, so Chunqiu was very surprised , but I remembered what Dabao called Zhou Huaiyan the day I first came, and I understood that the one who can call Dabao the young master must be the owner of the Herbal Garden. It is not surprising that Doctor Zhou accepted him as his disciple.

"Okay, that's all for today, come back tomorrow." Doctor Zhou finished his speech just before the sun was half-set, just like in the past.

"Grandpa Zhou, Qiu'er is going home today." Chunqiu told Dr. Zhou that he was going home today.

"Oh? Then when will girl Qiu'er come to grandpa's place?" Doctor Zhou looked at Chunqiu in amazement and asked.

"Let's wait until the autumn harvest is over, the late rice planted at home is about to be harvested." Chunqiu's tone was a little uncertain, and he was also guessing in his heart.

"Yeah, well then, grandpa is waiting for you to come back," Doctor Zhou said with a smile.

"Well, this time I don't need Brother Huaiyan and Dabao to see me off. My mother said that she will come pick me up today, and then we will go home tonight." After Chunqiu finished speaking, he smiled at Zhou Huaiyan and Dabao Laughed, waved back with a few people, and then left...

(End of this chapter)