Chapter 2 first quarter

"It's too early to say it's Sichun." Dr. Xing'an said. Heishiro Izutsu was holding a round fan and flapping it, and sat cross-legged on the porch.It was so hot that just looking up at the sun made me dizzy.Originally, Heishiro loved the heat of summer, and he has never suffered from the problem of bitter summer. I am afraid that because of his age, he is depressed this year. Since ten days ago, the poisonous sun has been basking in this way, how can people hold on.Xijun said that it is best to drink clam soup at this time, and Heishiro should drink the soup every day.

"Clams can nourish the body, so there will be no bitter summer, and after drinking clam soup, the sweat will not be dazzling." Ask her what is the basis for this statement, although she does not understand the reason, she still insists that this method has been passed down from generation to generation.So Heishiro honestly drank clam soup every day, and picked out the big bean clam meat to eat, but the heat was still unbearable.That being the case, it would be better to switch to eating eels before being disturbed by clam ancestors and clam shells grow on the tip of the nose. It was obviously too hot——

"Doctor, aren't you hot?" Heishiro asked. Koan, who is a town doctor (folk doctor), is more than twenty years older than Heishiro.I thought that such a hot day would make the old doctor feel weak, but I didn't expect that when I went out to greet him, I saw that he didn't even sweat, and looked refreshed.This doctor didn't have a big bald head like ordinary doctors. Instead, he tied his hair into a bundle, and wore a doctor's special blue-blue single-shirt and ten-de jacket.Now he is sitting on the mat cautiously, sipping the strong liqueur that Xijun asked his little girl to run to buy, with a contented expression.Compared with Heishiro, who was dressed in unlined clothes, with the front open and the hem raised high, and who was still screaming hot, it was as if he lived in two seasons.

"Of course it's hot in summer." The town doctor replied. "That's how you can adjust. When it's hot, you should be afraid of the heat and shout about the heat, and live in the heat. It's good for your body. But now I look at the face of the uncle, it seems that I'm too afraid of the heat." Dr. Koan is proficient in both internal medicine and surgery. When Heishiro flickered, he also healed him skillfully. He is a very good doctor.Usually, I often speak quickly during consultations, but today I am extremely polite, presumably I am visiting for something other than medical treatment.

"I came from Oka Himasa Goro in Motomachi, Honjo," said the doctor.Hearing this, Heishiro thought it was the big boss Moshichi who violated the peace.This Mao Qi, who is known as "the head of Hui Xiang Yuan", is loved and feared by the people. He has been a powerful figure in Fukagawa for a long time. He is already in his eighties. But after listening to it, I realized that this speculation was completely wrong. The head of Moshichi was strong and healthy, and the one who was sick in bed was Masagoro's subordinate with a big forehead, and he couldn't get up. Heishiro was shocked.

It is said that the big forehead stopped eating four or five days ago.It's not that the weather is hot and I don't have an appetite, but that I don't even touch a grain of rice.Masagoro's wife was very worried, and tried to persuade him, but the big forehead just kept apologizing, saying that there was no need to eat, and that he would not touch anything, and only drank water.For the first one or two days, I worked diligently at home as usual, but on the third morning, I couldn't hold on anymore, my eyes blurred, my body collapsed, and I couldn't get up anymore. Big Forehead is a thirteen-year-old boy whose parents named him Santaro.This child is smooth and cute, but his forehead is surprisingly large, so he is called Big Forehead.The big forehead has an excellent memory, and it is his heavy responsibility to follow Masagoro and write down all the details of the past told by the chieftain of the Mao Qi.

Just about a year ago, Heishiro, who inherited his father who hated Okabiki but had never been close to Okabiki, started dating Masagoro for a certain case, and met Dazuo at that time.This child can recite all the people, events, places and things before he was born, as fluently as if reading a book in front of him. Heishiro admired this stunt from the bottom of his heart. Apart from this extraordinary specialty, he was a good, honest boy.Maybe it's like this in nature. For a boy, the big forehead is too cute and weak, and he doesn't say a word of foul language, and he doesn't mention any gossip.Therefore, where are the parents with the big forehead now, and when and why did he live with Masagoro, etc. Heishiro never had a chance to ask.

Maybe it's because of his bleak life experience—Heishiro only thought about it that way. However, Masagoro is not only the leader of Big Forehead, but also like his father, Masagoro's wife also loves Big Forehead as his own son.From what Heishiro saw, it was really hard to imagine the sad and sad things that Big Forehead would have in Motomachi, Honjo, enough to make him unable to eat or get sick. Right now, Masagoro and his wife are also anxious because they don't understand why, so they come to see Dr. Koan. The doctor saw at a glance that it was not a disease.The big forehead was already slender, and he lost weight even if he didn't eat.But other than that, there was nothing wrong with him.There is no water in the stomach, the heart does not jump around like a drunk rabbit, the skin color does not turn yellow, the eyeballs rotate normally, and the urination can be relieved.There was no fever, and the pulse was beating as usual.

"People, you will die if you don't eat. You must understand this truth! So, you don't eat because you want to die?" When Dr. Xingan asked, the big forehead hid the thin, pointed and slender chin under the quilt, looking like he was about to cry. "Since you want to die, I know a lot of easy and sure ways to die, which are much simpler than the slow and troublesome way of hunger strike. It depends on the situation, how about I tell you for free? Do you want to die or not?" It's not like what a doctor would say. As a result, the big forehead asked: "Doctor, what happens when a person dies?"

Doctor Xing'an replied, "I'm not dead yet, how do I know?" To be honest is really to be honest. "But what happens when you die, I do know." "What will happen?" "It will cause trouble." If you died in such an unexplained manner, Masagoro and his wife would definitely be heartbroken, questioning what was wrong with themselves, and regretting whether they had a chance to save them but failed to do so.Dr. Koan said that this is the trouble. Hearing this, Big Forehead began to sob.But if you see a patient crying and crying, you can raise a white flag, but you can't be a town doctor.

"You cry, so you don't know whether you want to die or not, but at least you don't want to cause trouble for Mr. Masagoro, right? In this case, drink rice soup. Drinking only rice soup can make your body weak and want to die. You can die, and you won't starve to death before you make up your mind." There are such whimsical prescriptions. Although whimsical, it may have shaken the big forehead a little. He drank some rice soup cooked by Masagoro's wife, and fell asleep drowsily.So Dr. Koan left Motomachi, the headquarters, and came to Hatchobori to visit Heishiro. However, the interviewed Heishiro couldn't help him with anything, he just changed from staying at home and complaining about the heat, to wondering about the heat while idle at home. "How did you tell Masagoro?" As soon as he asked, Dr. Xing'an put down the sweet wine cup and replied: "Heart disease." "Is the big forehead troubled?" "Yes. In the end, the boss said, 'Could it be unrequited love for a girl', and the boss's mother said, 'Could it be that he misses his mother'. The older the child, the more different the idea of ​​being a father and being a mother. It's a good example." Heishiro scratched his chin.Because of the sweat on my face, it didn't feel rusty when I grabbed it, but sticky. "Then it's too early for the doctor to diagnose Sichun." Dr. Koan nodded. "Although there are no fields in Edo Castle, early rice is not uncommon, but this should not be the case with Santaro." "So, what's the other way of saying it? Is it because his mother wants to get sick?" "I can't get a doctor for this, so I want to ask Mr. Izutsu." "what can I do?" "Isn't it the job of Mr. Izutsu to investigate and make unannounced visits?" "Open and unannounced visits—ask Zheng Goro and they won't be enough?" Koan-sama shook his head quietly. "If you want to ask Zheng Goro how he adopted the child, you should be able to ask, even me." Yes, why don't you ask? "But in this way, the couple can hide anything they want." Dr. Xing'an immediately continued: "What's more, knowing the past alone can't find out the cause of Santaro's illness. That's why we need to investigate. It's Mr. Izutsu's job." Heishiro sloppily pulled off the clothes in front of him. "I have official duties anyway." "Our Fukagawa office will be fine if Mr. Izutsu doesn't visit for a day or two, like now." Heishiro fanned his round fan silently.He was really lazy and didn't go on inspection these days. Anyway, he came back temporarily. As long as there was nothing urgent, it didn't matter if he didn't go on inspection—this was a fallacy made up by Heishiro. "What's more, Uncle Izutsu has a right-hand assistant." "Hey?" Heishiro echoed Dr. Koan's words. "Assistant? Who is it? Xiao Pingci is more afraid of heat than I am, so he won't be of any use right now." The second time Xiaoping was in the middle of following Heishiro, because he had sunburned a few of his brains due to too much sun in the past few days. When he was trying to hide in his own shadow on the ground in the backyard to enjoy the cool air, Heishiro's little gentleman happened to see him, and today he rest at home. "Isn't there a successor, sir?" Dr. Xing'an said simply. "Are you going to adopt him as an adopted son? It's the fifth son of the dye shop in Saga Town..." He was referring to Heishiro's nephew Gongnosuke, who was the same age as Dazuo.However, there is nothing too wide or too narrow on this face, it is an impeccable, handsome and beautiful boy. "You're talking about Yumonosuke. Doctor, where did you hear that?" "I heard Madam mention that it is also a topic in Hatchobori." Xi-kun wants Gong Zhisuke to be his adopted son.Heishiro, who was not interested at all at first, was a little moved by the fact that he took Gongzhisuke around in the case he met Masagoro and others, because Gongzhisuke is an interesting child. However, he believes it is too early to decide.Not for him, Heishiro, but for Yumonosuke, it's too early. "How about asking that young master Gongzhisuke to help? You are also a child, so you may be able to find out something from Santaro. I heard that your nephew is very smart, isn't it?" Kuminosuke is really smart, and he is good friends with Big Forehead.But Heishiro shook his head. "Doctor, it would be self-defeating to ask Gong Zhisuke to help." "How to say?" "Although Kawaiya's family is not peaceful, at least the child's parents are still alive. If the disease on the big forehead is really thought of by the mother, I am afraid that he will not confess to Gong Zhisuke. Although it is a child, it is not a child. Babies, all thirteen years old, always have one or two pimples in their hearts." Dr. Koan smiled heartily, only to see that the tip of his goatee was stained with a little sweet wine residue. "Then, it's best to ask Mr. Izutsu to do it himself."