Chapter 173 Free Labor
I racked my brains trying to recall, and it seemed to be an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drug, so I guess I guessed right.
Fearing that Brother Liu might completely mistake Coptis chinensis for an antipyretic, I quickly explained, "Coptis chinensis is an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory medicine that can reduce inflammation and infection."
I thought for a moment, then added, "Brother Liu, don't take Coptis chinensis when you have a cold, or you'll really suffer in silence."
Everyone was already relaxed because the man had woken up, and when I joked, they all laughed.
"Thank you so much, doctor. You were so modest, saying you didn't know much about medicine. You're amazing! You woke my man up in just one hour."
The woman thanked me gratefully.
I thought to myself, "Sigh, it wasn't me who saved their lives, it was amoxicillin and ibuprofen."
"It's definitely a good thing that he woke up. Let's see how he is after he's stabilized for another two days."
When I said he needed two more days to stabilize, the woman suddenly started to hesitate: "Um... Doctor, could I stay here for a few more days? We can go back after his condition stabilizes?"
I was initially reluctant to have a stranger stay in my house, but after thinking about it, I realized that if the back-and-forth kept happening, it might actually worsen the man's condition.
"Okay, stay for two days, and we'll talk about it again once your condition stabilizes."
I nodded and agreed.
"Thank you, thank you, doctor. I'll make sure I get my things when I get back this time, and thank you properly."
The woman was so happy that she was almost incoherent, and all I could hear was the word "thank you."
"This donkey cart is slow. Why don't we just stop running back and forth and go back together?"
Brother Liu, shameless as ever, chuckled and asked for my opinion.
Well, it doesn't matter how many people stay. With Brother Liu and Taozi here, they can help the injured with things like going to the toilet. I'm afraid his wife can't carry it all by herself. I smiled helplessly and nodded.
"Sis, just tell us what kind of work you need, and we'll help you with it."
Taozi rolled up his sleeves, ready to help me with the work.
Seeing his posture, I felt no longer helpless.
That's great! Who wouldn't want to use free labor?
"The patient just needs to rest. There's water in the thermos; pour him a glass of water to drink. I'll give him his medicine tonight."
After giving the woman instructions, I pulled Taozi and Brother Liu into the yard.
"Quick, help me pull all these ears of rice down from the vines. I'm exhausted these past two days."
Pointing to the piles of ears of grain on the ground, I excitedly explained their work to the two people.
"Hey, what's so little stuff?"
Brother Liu squatted down and gathered the ears of grain into a pile.
Suddenly he looked up again and asked, "Do you have a guillotine?"
"What?"
What is a guillotine?
Seeing my reaction, Brother Liu knew I didn't have one, and then asked, "Do you have a machete?"
"ah?"
Isn't a machete for fighting?
Seeing my reaction, Brother Liu knew I didn't have any, so he asked, "Then what do you have?"
That stumped me. What exactly do you want?
"Sis, do you have an axe?"
Taozi, that's a good question. I have an axe.
He took two axes from the west wing and placed them in front of Brother Liu and Taozi.
Taozi then took the wooden plank that was standing at the base of the wall and neatly arranged the millet seedlings on it.
The two men chopped down the ears of grain at the same time with axes, and in just over an hour they had cut down all the ears of grain.
I haven't been idle during this time either. I neatly stacked the cut straw together and piled it in the west wing.
Looking at all the processed ears of grain, I was overjoyed: "You guys processed them all for me, so I can learn how, otherwise I really don't know how."
"Sister, everyone has their own expertise. It's already amazing that you know medicine. How can we expect you to be able to do farm work too?"
When Taozi saw that I said I didn't know how, he quickly comforted me.
Upon hearing this, Brother Liu immediately chimed in, "That's right, that's right! Don't let your clumsiness in farm work fool you, you're quite skilled in medicine!"
It was meant to be comforting, but something just didn't feel right.
While chatting, Brother Liu used a shovel to spread out all the ears of grain: "Just leave them to dry like this, they'll be dry by midday, then we'll thresh them in the afternoon."
Looking at the time, it's time to make lunch.
Since Brother Liu and Taozi will be my free labor for the next two days, I can provide them with a few meals.
With the autumn harvest just finished, we have plenty of vegetables at home, just enough to entertain a few people for a meal.
We'll be staying a few more days, so we'll keep the cooking simple. We only plan to make two dishes, but if there are more people, we can make larger portions. That should be enough.
The injured man fell asleep again, and the woman insisted on helping me start a fire, which I did not refuse.
Stew tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, green beans, and pork together, and then cook minced pork and eggplant.
A big iron pot of stew is simmering, a steamer of buns is steaming on top, and a small stove next to it is cooking minced meat and eggplant.
When the food was cooked together, Taozi helped me carry the bowls, chopsticks, and food to the low table in the east room.
Each person was given a small portion and placed on the kang table for the patient to eat.
Brother Liu gently helped the injured person up and leaned him against the wall, then placed food on the kang table.
He probably didn't eat well for the past few days because of his injury, but now that he's feeling a little better, he's regained his appetite.
The man ate his steamed buns and stew with gusto, and everyone felt relieved. Being able to eat well would make it easier to recover.
Everyone felt at ease and sat down around the table to eat.
"Oh my, this stew smells so good."
Brother Liu praised it and then ate his steamed buns and stew with gusto.
The woman was a little embarrassed and ate the steamed bun in small bites.
"Eat more, you still have to take care of the patient."
He moved the plate of food slightly closer to the woman, indicating that she should eat more.
"Okay, okay, thank you."
The woman was very reserved, and only after I said that did she pick up a little bit of food.
I understand her thoughts. She felt a little guilty that she had to stay here for treatment and meals.
After the meal, the woman offered to help clear the dishes.
"Doctor, you rest, I'll take care of it."
She deftly cleared the table of dishes and then began washing them in the kitchen.
"You don't need to call me doctor, just call me sister like Brother Liu and the others."
The woman who was washing dishes looked up, smiled, and said, "Okay! Sister."
What should I call you?
I don't know what to call the patient or this woman.
"My husband's surname is Gao."
The woman thought for a long time before saying this.
"Then I'll call you Sister-in-law Gao from now on."
They don't force you to ask the woman's name; just a title is enough.
After greeting Sister-in-law Gao, I followed Brother Liu to the yard to learn how to thresh rice.
The ears of grain were piled together, a few were set aside as seeds, and the rest were pounded with a thick wooden stick, causing the grains on the ears of grain to fall down with a clatter.
Brother Liu gave instructions on various details while he was playing.
After the first threshing was almost complete, some firm grains remained on the wheat ears. The ears were then moved aside, and the second threshing began.
“You don’t have much millet, so this is the best way to thresh it. If you planted a lot, you wouldn’t need to remove the ears of wheat; you could just drive the truck over them and thresh them.”
So you can actually use a car to compact the grain? When I grow millet on a large scale in the future, I'll definitely free up my hands and use a car to compact it.
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