The old Chinese doctor in the courtyard

Chapter 16
After eating the sixth pancake and covering it with the remaining wine in the bowl, Li Shengli wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a long sigh of relief.

He ate [-]% of this meal, and for the sake of his appetite, he didn't care if he ate [-]% full or drunk [-]% drunk.

The fish offal is delicious, the pancakes are burnt and sweet, and the sweet potatoes are sweet and spicy.

With a stomach that has been hungry for half a month, it would not be exchanged for a god if I came here for such a meal. It is better to stay in the cloud nine if you have a healthy diet.

After drinking three bowls of sweet potatoes, he found a feeling of being slightly drunk. By sobering up, Li Shengli also said his farewell words.

"Master Hai, it's fate that we met, and the family is still waiting for me.

Stay another day, and I'll be home the day after tomorrow. "

Li Shengli drank three bowls of fish offal, and Master Hai also drank two bowls.

Knowing that there is another Hai Ye, he didn't say much, took the opportunity to drink another bowl, and sighed as a response.

Zhao Mankui was somewhat disappointed about this. The matter of raising pigs in the village had to be carefully considered. Without a think tank, he was afraid of encountering problems.

After the banquet was over, Li Shengli returned to the wing room. He was somewhat tired after going up and down the water and mountains this day.

The slight drunkenness brought by the three bowls of sweet potato roast was wonderful, and he fell asleep soundly before the alcohol dissipated.

On the side of the main room, Zhao Sihai and his father drank the potion made from clematis and talked privately between father and son.

"Man Kui, prepare quickly tomorrow, and bring the twenty catties of millet at home to Shengli.

Search in the village and exchange for some thick firewood. The coal in the city is also obtained according to the certificate, and the thick firewood is carried on fire.

Take the dried melons at home to exchange at Widow Zhang's house. Her dried melons are soft and sweet, and are the best in the village.

This is a thank you gift from our family. As for how to pay for the successful diagnosis, you can discuss it with the village.

Today, three strong laborers have been prepared in one day, and the village has to be generous. "

To Zhao Sihai, three bowls of wine were just to moisten his throat.

Speaking of Li Shengli, he was somewhat solemn, and the thank you gift from his family was also very heavy.

"Father, Shengli has rules, we give too much, I'm afraid he won't want it.

The village department agreed today that the medical expenses for those few people will be paid by the village.

I plan to give one hundred catties of dried melons, twenty pumpkins, and a pot of sweet potatoes to burn.

These add up to more than ten yuan. "

As for Li Shengli's consultation fee, Zhao Mankui will naturally not ignore it, and he has already agreed with the village.

More than ten yuan is not a lot.

"They don't know it, and you don't know it either?
Usually hire a doctor, if there is no one who pays three or five yuan, who will come to our poor village?

Including the medicine fee, only ten or eight yuan will be seen by one person.

Although Shengli did not use medicine, it is a skill to cure the disease.

In the early years, when I went to the city to invite a doctor, there was no such thing as a three-five yuan gift, so could you invite me?

Not to mention such things as banquets, noodles, wine and food? "

Expensive medical treatment is not unique to later generations. Serious in-office doctors are high-income groups.

Up to now, although the wages are the same, doctors with good skills earn much more than their wages by making a few outpatient consultations a month.

What Zhao Sihai said was right on point, even if he had a cold and a fever, thirty cents or fifty cents would be indispensable.

Healing a bone injury or a back injury that others cannot heal is not equivalent to a cold. The money depends on how much the doctor wants.

Zhao Mankui also agreed with this point, and after thinking about it, he also had an answer.

"Father, I just told Shengli about raising pigs.

The idea he gave was good, I agreed to give him half a piece of pork when he was ready for slaughter.

Let's stay here for a long time, and giving too much at once is not good. "

Hearing what his son Zhao Mankui said, Zhao Sihai nodded. It was understandable to say so, so he acquiesced.

Early the next morning, Zhao Mankui took his boss, Zhao Youfang, out of the house with his belongings on his back.

Li Shengli got up a little late here, and when he went out, only the second and third children were left in the yard looking at the fire in the smokehouse.

The three of them drank the sweet potato and pumpkin porridge together with the fish offal from last night. Although the sweet porridge with fish was somewhat fishy, ​​the three of them did not eat less.

After eating and drinking enough, Li Shengli took his own sack and Zhao's rope, and led the two brothers up the mountain.

Zhao Youfang, the eldest of the Zhao family, is a strong labor force and needs to work, and the second child also needs to work on weekdays.

But his work is mainly in summer and autumn, and half-grown children can only undertake some work of herding cattle, pigs or weeding grass.

Heavy physical work in the field is not a special situation, and no village will arrange it for children.

Half-year-old children who participate in heavy physical labor prematurely will not only affect their development, but will also be held accountable by their superiors.

As for the third child, Zhao Yougang, he is a child and does not need to work.

Along the way, the second son of the Zhao family was not idle, and kept asking Li Shengli how he saw the fish.

On the boat yesterday, his elder brother didn't understand what he said, but his second son was clever, and started stealing lessons on the way up the mountain.

As for the second child's question, Li Shengli also has an answer. There is no need to hide these experiences.

Catch more fish a few times, be a little smarter, and you will learn.

There are no qualified fishermen in Wali Village, mainly because no one makes a living from it.

"Uncle, our condoms are gone!"

All the way to impart experience to Zhao Lao Er, Li Shengli missed the first trap, but Zhao Lao San had a good memory.

Through the traces, I found the location where the trap was set yesterday. Because it was fixed with bush branches, it was not very strong, and the prey ran away with the trap.

"Good thing, this shows that my trick is right, let's go to the next one."

Although it is a dirt slope behind the village, the area is not small, and there are many messy shrubs on it.

Before reaching the next trap, the small and sharp-eyed Zhao Laosan found a rabbit hanging on a bush.

"Uncle, here you are, don't run away!"

Saying that, Zhao Laosan got into the bushes, and got out after a while with a rabbit in his hand.

At night, the mountain wind was strong, and the rabbit was frozen hard. Looking at the gray-brown rabbit, Li Shengli felt somewhat satisfied.

After all, this was his first prey caught in a trap, so it was a great sense of accomplishment.

"Second and third, if you didn't catch the rabbit, please remember, when I leave, you can come and see me every day.

Those who cannot be caught will be kept, and those who are caught will be withdrawn. "

On the dirt slope near the village, there were quite a few rabbits, and the second trap also caught one.

Thinking about the dozens of condoms I ordered yesterday, if all of them are in stock, I will send them out.

But the sky did not follow people's wishes, and the next few sets were not harvested.

The second son of the Zhao family was clever, and along the way began to ask how to play tricks.

This is somewhat difficult, Li Shengli said while taking the two brothers to check the traces on the ground.

If you want to learn how to play tricks, you won't succeed if you don't put in some effort.

Because of the lack of experience in the first set, many sets fixed by shrub branches were taken away.

These lost cases, too, were not caught in the bushes like the first one.

Walking down several hills along the way, dozens of traps caught sixteen rabbits and two pheasants.

Compared with rabbits with a fixed foraging path, it is more difficult to catch pheasants with a cover.

This thing has only one foraging range, so it's difficult to set it accurately.

Furthermore, the attractiveness of shriveled grass seeds may not be high for pheasants.

If you use some corn kernels, maybe the effect will be better.

"Uncle, if we can catch these rabbits every day, we'll pay a fart job. Selling rabbits is enough to eat and drink."

Too many rabbits are caught, and it is also a heavy burden for three and a half children.

The smaller rabbit weighed four or five catties, the larger one weighed seven or eight catties, and the rabbit was half a sack, none of the three of them could lift it.

It can only be carried by Li Shengli and Zhao's second child with sticks on their shoulders.

Zhao Laosan also had four rabbits hanging on his chest and back.

"I heard people say that rabbits can only be eaten in winter. After spring, there are many bugs on the rabbits. If you eat them, you will die."

For Zhao's second son, Li Shengli obviously couldn't come up with the parasite theory, so he could only make up a legend and give him an answer.

Thinking of parasites, Li Shengli also wanted to get a few tarts to eat to beat the worms in his stomach.

My body is thin, maybe I have roundworms in my stomach, ascariasis is also very common these days.

"Uncle, let's go home quickly, I didn't eat lunch yesterday, my father said we were.

It's a pity that my mother is not at home, otherwise I will be beaten again. "

It took almost two hours to slip away. Looking at the sky, it was almost lunch time.

Zhao's second son also hurriedly reminded that if the old lady hadn't gone to grandpa's house and played like crazy yesterday, she would probably be beaten up when she returned home.

After hearing what Zhao Laoer said, Li Shengli smiled and agreed.

The members of the Zhao family are treated similarly to me at home, and they are often beaten, which is also the norm that the children now face.

If I go back this time, maybe I will be rewarded with a few big neck tricks by the Korean ladies.

The three of them returned to the village with a lot of harvest, and sure enough, as Zhao Laoer expected, Lord Hai was already sitting at the gate with a sullen face.

"Grandpa, my uncle is really amazing. He caught a total of sixteen rabbits and two pheasants in the trap up and down the back hillside."

The shrewd Zhao Lao Er understands the truth. Seeing that his grandfather looked ugly, he reported the harvest immediately.

He also praised his younger uncle Li Shengli's ability. After the call was over, Hai Ye, who had a gloomy face, immediately burst into a smile.

"Second brother, didn't you learn from your uncle?"

Being able to set bones, be good at fishing, and know how to play tricks, Li Shengli's ability has also refreshed Zhao Sihai's understanding of half-grown children.

When he was this age, he knew how to chase rabbits all over the mountains and plains to death, and he didn't catch up with his own grandsons who knew how to whip them with sticks.

Thinking of the hard times back then, Zhao Sihai couldn't help sighing, for the sake of the good life now, his eldest son was left on the battlefield.

The second son almost couldn't come back. These middle-aged and middle-aged children should live a good life together. This is poured out with the blood of their ancestors.

"What are you looking at at the door?

Hurry up and clean up, let your grandma cook later, and eat stewed rabbit offal with sauce at noon.

Victory, what are we talking about? "

Several people went into the yard to put down the rabbits and pheasants. Zhao Sihai didn't let Li Shengli clean it up, but pulled him into the wing.

On the ground of the wing room, put two bags and two jars, pointing to the things on the ground, Hai Ye said.

"Victory, there is nothing good at home.

This bag is twenty catties of millet, and that bag is filled with dried melons, the kind of soft dried melons that can be eaten directly.

This is sweet potato stew, this is the fish oil that your aunt relies on, and the pickled vegetable lumps will be fished tonight, otherwise it will be dry.

Your kid saved Master Hai's life, and we don't ask for a consultation fee. These are the wishes of the family.

We have a lot of miscellaneous grains here, but we don't have any fine grains, so just make do with it, kid. "

Looking at the pile of things in front of him, Li Shengli was flattered.

Food is undoubtedly the lifeblood, among other things, twenty catties of millet is a great gift nowadays.

Although millet is a miscellaneous grain, it cannot be bought at the grain station. The only things you can buy with your grain instinct are stick noodles and big ballast. Occasionally, if you are lucky, you will get some sorghum rice.

Li Shengli heard from Han Niang that if he wanted millet, he had to go to Pigeon Market to buy it.

"Master Hai, there are too many things, and you won't get paid for nothing. I just bring some dried melons back."

Li Shengli didn't know the amount of the consultation fee, but he felt that it was far more than the consultation fee because there were things all over the floor.

Master Hai's gift was too heavy, he was afraid to accept it.

(End of this chapter)