After reading for a while, Lin Shan felt a little tired and sleepy. She closed the book and pounded her aching legs with her hands, saying with a bitter face, "I've never done such heavy farm work before. It's only been a day, and my legs are so sore and numb. What am I going to do in the future?"
Jiang Yuan often works during the week and often goes to the coal briquette factory where her parents work to help move heavy objects on weekends. Apart from a little soreness in her waist and legs, everything else is fine. Someone comforted her: "You won't be so tired after a week of adaptation."
Yun Huaying also felt a little sore all over, so she stood up by holding on to the table and took out a small glass bottle from the cabinet. The bottle was filled with grass-green liquid medicine.
"Yun Huaying, what is this?" Jiang Yuan asked, tilting her head.
"Pain relief medicine."
Yun Huaying pointed at the bed and said, "You two lift up your pants and lie on the bed. I'll apply the medicine to your acupuncture points. Then you can massage them vigorously to absorb it."
"Yun Huaying, give it to Lin Shan. I don't need it. I'll be fine after a good night's sleep."
Jiang Yuan thought that the medicine must be very expensive and was probably prescribed by the hospital, so she didn't want to take advantage of it.
Although she didn't say it, Yun Huaying saw through her inner thoughts and curled her lips slightly, "I didn't buy this medicine, I made it myself. Our Yun family is a family of medicine. I followed my grandfather and mother to learn medicine and make medicine since I was a child. Although I learned only the basics, I can make common medicines. This medicine doesn't cost a lot of money. Most of the herbs I used to find in the mountains around my hometown county."
"You're amazing." Jiang Yuan's eyes changed as she looked at her, with a little more admiration. "You're young, but you can dispense medicine. Many doctors in the hospital can't do that."
Lin Shan knew that Yun Huaying had been secretly reading the medical books left by her elders, and her medical skills were quite good. When she was in school, if she had a cold, she never had to spend money to buy medicine. Yun Huaying would always take her to the mountain behind the school to pick some herbs, take them home to make a pot of soup, and then she would just lie down and take a nap after drinking it.
"Huaying's medical skills are quite good. The doctors in our school's infirmary were far inferior to hers. I know this very well."
Jiang Yuan believed her and immediately suggested, "Yun Huaying, you have medical skills. You can apply to be a doctor at the brigade or commune clinic. If you succeed, you won't have to work in the fields with us."
"Yes, Huaying, please consider this." Lin Shan had never thought of this before.
Yun Huaying shook her head, "I won't consider it for now."
"Why?" they both asked in unison.
Yun Huaying had other ideas, but couldn't say them out loud, so she found a suitable excuse. "The Yun family inherited Traditional Chinese Medicine. While our hometowns of Jing County and Yang County didn't destroy or suppress Traditional Chinese Medicine, many veteran practitioners in other places were criticized and demoted. My uncle wrote to me before the incident, informing me that Grandpa's colleagues, friends, and students had all suffered, and repeatedly urging my mother and me not to practice medicine privately."
Jiang Yuan now recalled the current affairs news she had heard on the radio. Indeed, many Chinese medicine doctors and medical school professors had been labeled as Y-ists and sent to farms for forced labor. Then, remembering what Lin Shan had said before, she asked, "Yun Huaying, didn't you apply for a job at the state-owned factory's clinic back home? Why did you choose to go?"
"I know a little bit about Western medicine, I taught myself. The state-owned factory's infirmary doesn't have as high a standard for medical staff as a hospital. They only treat simple headaches, fevers, heatstrokes, and minor injuries. I'm not the doctor in charge, I just help with medication and IV drips. Actually, there's not much difference between me and a nurse."
"So that's how it is." Jiang Yuan understood and said, "Since you can dispense medicine, draw blood, and give infusions, you can apply to be a nurse at the health center."
Yun Huaying knew she was well-intentioned and didn't reject her good intentions: "If there is a chance in the future, I will consider it again."
The topic had gone off track, so let's get back to business: "You two lie down, I'll apply the medicine to you. I've already agreed with Han Zheng that he'll take us to the nearby mountains when he has time. You can help me pick some herbs for later."
"Okay." Jiang Yuan agreed without hesitation. "Yun Huaying, I don't know any herbs. Please teach me later. I'll try to find more for you."
Lin Shan didn't say anything. Every time she followed Yun Huaying to the mountains, she would consciously help her dig herbs. However, there were not many herbs in the mountains behind the school, and every time she went there, she could only find the most common herbs.
After the two women pulled up their pants and lay down, Jiang Yuan also said to them, "There are many coal mines in my hometown. There is little vegetation on the mountains. Everything is bare and pitch black. In winter, it is covered with ice and snow. There is often no green. This time I had to go to the countryside. In my heart, I have some resentment towards my parents and second sister. I just want to get away from them. I often heard on the radio that the south has beautiful mountains and rivers and abundant resources, so I asked my classmates to help me change the location of my trip to here."
Lin Shan smiled and asked her, "Now that you've come to the South, do you regret it?"
“No regrets.”
Jiang Yuan lay down beside her, her face full of smiles. "This place is truly as picturesque as described in books and on the radio. We have endless mountains over there, but they're all coal. The wind leaves your face covered in black dust, and even though you wash your hands and face every day, it's still filthy. But the mountains here are completely different. They're covered in lush green trees, and the wind carries the fragrance of their flowers. There's also a river running through the front of the village, so there's abundant water resources, and the soil is fertile and soft. The natural environment is beautiful, much better than where I'm from."
"I don't regret coming here at all. On the contrary, I'm very glad to be here. Although it's difficult to return to the city after going to the countryside, here I can support myself by working with my own hands. I don't have to share my hard-earned money with others, and I don't have to be scolded or scolded anymore. I can finally have peace and quiet. I think life here is so beautiful."
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