As soon as Uncle Xu Liu saw him, his face turned sour. "I asked you to go collect herbs, and you brought back a rabbit. What use are you to?"

So Xu Xiangyang also works for Uncle Xu Liu? The "they" Uncle Xu Liu mentioned earlier were him and Xu Guoqing.

She also understood what Xu Guoqiang said before coming here. She had to get along with Xu Xiangyang every day, and Xu Guoqiang was a little worried about her.

"This brat is just here to make a living. He is not a barefoot doctor. Don't bother with him." Uncle Xu explained when he saw Li Xiyue's puzzled face.

Li Xiyue understood. Xu Xiangyang was just hanging around here. Did he not need to work? Did he not need to earn work points?

Xu Guoqing went to see the rabbit and laughed, "They even gave it medicine. Why are you so nice to a rabbit? It would be better to give it a snack at noon."

Li Xiyue also thought that it would be better to boil a pot of water to scald the fur and eat the meat.

The rabbit is cute, but tastes great.

She also thinks it would be better for humans not to interfere with the food chain in nature. The law of the jungle and survival of the fittest is the law of nature.

It may be saved at one moment, but it will still be food in other animals' stomachs the next moment.

But she didn't say too much and didn't meddle in other people's business. What Xu Xiangyang did had nothing to do with her.

Xu Xiangyang gave Xu Guoqing a glare.

Xu Guoqing curled his lips in dismay, "Fine, I won't eat it. It's your little baby."

Li Xiyue was hungry, so she went into the house to have breakfast. Xu Laoliu walked over to Xu Xiangyang and nudged him. "How's it going? Have you changed?"

Xu Xiangyang returned to his usual indifferent expression and walked out.

Xu Laoliu shouted, "It's time for breakfast, where are you going?"

Xu Xiangyang replied as he walked: "Go back, my uncle is still at home."

Xu Laoliu sighed and turned to go into the house.

Li Xiyue thought Xu Xiangyang would have breakfast with them, but when he saw him leave, she asked curiously, "Why did Comrade Xiangyang leave?"

"Oh, he wants to go home to take care of his uncle." Xu Guoqing took a mouthful of porridge and said vaguely.

Xu Laoliu came in, took off his shoes and threw them at him, "Can you please be more careful with your words?"

Xu Guoqing was hit on the back and screamed in pain, "I was wrong. From now on, I will be a gourd with a sawed mouth. No, I am dumb. I won't say anything. Come on!"

Xu Laoliu kicked him away and said, "Get out of here and go back to work after you finish eating."

Xu Guoqing shoveled the last of the porridge into his mouth, dropped the bowl with a bang, and left.

Li Xiyue was stunned by the way the grandfather and grandson got along with each other.

Xu Laoliu realized that he had lost his composure, so he quickly picked up his shoes and put them on, using a smile to hide his embarrassment. "Don't mind, girl. We are from the countryside, and people are a bit rude."

Li Xiyue didn't have this idea, but she felt that the saying "An old man in the family is like a treasure" was so true.

Glancing outside the yard, she wondered what happened to Xu Xiangyang's uncle?

After breakfast, Uncle Xu Liu and Li Xiyue talked about the rules and regulations for barefoot doctors to see patients and the medication regulations. They also said that barefoot doctors need to be assessed every year and can only continue to serve if they pass the assessment.

Li Xiyue also needs to be assessed, but since the assessment day has not yet arrived, she is asked to familiarize herself with the village regulations first.

As the only barefoot doctor in the Red Sun Production Team, Uncle Xu Liu was very knowledgeable, not only in Chinese medicine but also in Western medicine.

I can do things like give injections, measure blood pressure, do simple stitches, and dispense Western medicine.

He uses Traditional Chinese Medicine to treat chronic diseases, which takes a long time but can eradicate the root cause. However, he often combines Chinese and Western medicine.

He not only treats people, but also animals.

Sometimes he would take care of the pigs and cows of the brigade when they were sick, and he would also take care of the chickens, ducks, geese and dogs raised by the villagers when they had problems.

Although Li Xiyue studied traditional Chinese medicine, she also dabbled in Western medicine. During the last years of the world, she not only treated humans but also animals, so the job of a barefoot doctor was not difficult for her.

"Although I know a little bit about everything, it's not complete. I'm hesitant to treat many serious illnesses and injuries. Besides, my conditions are limited. I only have some basic Western medicine for headaches and fevers. But since you mentioned the medicine and equipment to the county party committee cadres and the commune cadres, I think the higher-ups will soon send a batch of medicine and equipment."

At this point, he said gratefully: "Girl, this old man thanks you on behalf of the entire brigade."

"You're welcome, Grandpa Xu. I just mentioned it casually."

Uncle Xu shook his head and said, "You have truly brought benefits to everyone. Everyone will be grateful to you."

The whole morning passed by chatting like this, and at lunch time, Li Xiyue returned to the educated youth site.

Wang Jiaxing and Huang Xinrui had not returned yet, so Li Xiyue went to the kitchen to cook.

She had been eating for free these past two days, and she felt a little guilty about it. No matter how good Wang Jiaxing and Huang Xinrui were, she couldn't take them for granted.

They took out the day's food in the morning and put it in the kitchen, and kept the rest.

After taking enough food for a meal, Li Xiyue washed the rice and put it in the pot.

There are not many fine grains, and they are usually mixed with coarse grains.

She took a sweet potato from each of their food bags, washed it, peeled off both ends, and put them into the pot to stew together.

She covered the pot and squatted in front of the stove to light a fire. Just as the fire was lit, the two revolutionary comrades came back.

"Yueyue, are you cooking?" Huang Xinrui walked in, stroking Xiaobai's head while smiling happily, "You didn't come back to eat this morning, and I haven't congratulated you on becoming a barefoot doctor yet."

Wang Jiaxing also looked happy. "You are a timekeeper and a barefoot doctor. I will really benefit from you in the future."

He envied them, but was not jealous. Firstly, he had no medical skills and secondly, he had no relatives here. Now that the villagers accepted him and didn't give him the cold shoulder, he was very satisfied.

Besides, the Youth League is full of talented people, and he can take advantage of the favorable conditions. His future days will definitely get better and better.

Thinking of something, he said, "It's just that Sixth Uncle has a strange temper, and Comrade Xiangyang is also there..."

Xu Xiangyang was the person in the village who hated the educated youth the most. He would usually take a detour when he saw Xu Xiangyang. It was easy to imagine how difficult Li Xiyue's life was working with such a person.

Li Xiyue added some firewood to the stove and asked, "What happened to Comrade Xiangyang's uncle?"

Wang Jiaxing looked outside and saw that no one was around. He whispered, "His uncle's leg is broken, and he's been bedridden for nearly three years."

"Is your leg broken? How did it break?" Huang Xinrui, who had already gone to wash vegetables, stretched her neck and asked.

Wang Jiaxing's face was very bad, and he was unwilling to say anything more. "It's better if you don't know. Just ask me, don't ask anyone else. The team leader forbids anyone from discussing Comrade Xiangyang's family affairs."

Seeing that he was also very secretive, Li Xiyue and Huang Xinrui realized the seriousness of the matter and stopped asking questions.

Li Xiyue used tongs to pick up the firewood in the stove. It seemed that Xu Xiangyang's uncle was Xu Xiangyang's weak spot and could not be touched.

Sweet potatoes with rice, boiled cabbage, pork and potato cubes. The meat was provided by Li Xiyue, and Huang Xinrui contributed two eggs and made an egg and tomato soup.

While they were eating, Zhao Guohua came back, looking very smelly. He sat down and was about to eat, but was stopped by Huang Xinrui.

"You can eat if you want, but hand over the food first."