Chapter 57

Uncle Liu drove his car close to the courtyard gate and stopped, got out of the car and knocked on the door. As usual, it was A Xu who came out to open the door. He called out "Uncle Liu" and walked in front to lead the way.

"Doctor Xu, are you ready?" Uncle Liu followed behind and asked.

This was not the first time he came to the Xu family's yard, and he was still attracted by the chrysanthemums growing well in the yard.

This time I came here, there were a lot of chrysanthemums in bloom, white and yellow, blooming in staggered patterns together, looking quite delicate and beautiful.

A Xu replied: "Okay, I'm waiting for you in the house. Uncle Liu, please rest here for a while. I'll get the clothes and then we can set off."

"What clothes?" asked Uncle Liu.

A Xu said: "It's Lang Jun who asked us to take the old clothes to Baili Village and give them to Village Chief Zhang's family later."

After saying this, he turned around and shouted to A Jin in the room:

"Sister, okay No?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he ran to the house and called Xu Yi, saying that Uncle Liu was here.

Xu Yi was making final preparations. He wrapped the medicinal materials to be taken to Village Chief Zhang's house in jute paper, put them in the medicine box, slung them over his shoulders and went out.

A Xu and A Jin quickly carried the packages containing several sets of clothes to the car.

When Xu Yi came out, he saw a big change in the wooden cart. When he touched the straw and mats on it, he was a little surprised.

"Why did it change like this?" Xu Yi asked with a chuckle.

Uncle Liu also had a smile on his face and said: "Doctor Xu rented my bullock cart, and I will work under you, Dr. Xu. Working is different from picking up individual customers, so how can I be so casual?"

Such a good tenant , there may not be one in a hundred years, but he still understands this truth after living for such a long time.

"Uncle Liu is interested." Xu Yi looked calm. This time he did not sit in the back, but in the front of the cart.

He is considered to be shoulder to shoulder with Uncle Liu.

Only then did Uncle Liu realize that Xu Yi did not wear a wide-sleeved robe on this trip to Baili Village, but a cloth shirt with narrow sleeves and tight legs.

Without asking any further questions, he took the bullock cart out of South Street and drove toward the street at the city gate.

After two days of fermentation, the case of kidnapper Mrs. Li has spread in the streets of Yanting County.

As soon as the bullock cart that Xu Yi and the others were riding entered the market, they heard the surrounding vendors and passers-by discussing the matter in twos and threes.

In an instant, everyone on the bullock cart became quiet and listened to what the passers-by were saying.

At this time, Uncle Liu suddenly asked: "Doctor Xu, have you heard about this?"

Xu Yi looked ahead and said calmly: "I have heard about it, but I don't know if this case has been decided."

"Judged!"

Liu Bo said that he couldn't help but want to share with Xu Yi and the others the news he heard when they first entered the city. "The notice that the Yamen just posted earlier said that a group of kidnappers were arrested and three children were rescued. Then The gang members were all sentenced by the official to abandon the market after five days. "

Abandoning the market is to be executed in a busy city."

The result was almost as expected by Xu Yi. After he came back, he reread the "Song Code" through the memory of his original body. For this kind of trafficking crime, it ranged from death penalty to exile and criminal service.

With an old kidnapper like Mrs. Li, there are no longer a few children who are kidnapped and trafficked, and the only result is beheading.

Uncle Liu enthusiastically invited: "Doctor Xu, do you want to go see the abandoned market together in five days?"

Xu Yi: "..."

Looking at his intense gaze, Xu Yi had no choice but to refuse with explanation. Said he was not interested in bloody scenes such as beheading.

Uncle Liu was still a little regretful: "There are few big cases like this in Yanting County, and it is rare to see the excitement of abandoning the city in a few years."

If other criminals were sentenced to abandoning the city, the people at the bottom would still be frightened and worried. This kind of encounter. But Mrs. Li and her gang are kidnappers, so the situation is different. They are like rats crossing the street, everyone shouts to beat them, and they are most happy to see the heads of such heinous criminals.

No wonder Uncle Liu is still so interested at such an old age.

Seeing that the two children were also afraid of beheading, Xu Yi did not continue the conversation.

...

After leaving the city gate, the road is not so smooth.

Wait until the city gate is a little far away. Xu Yi started a new conversation and asked Uncle Liu if he could teach him how to drive.

Although he has many skills, Xu Yi has wanted to learn how to drive a long time ago, but has never found the opportunity.

He asked Uncle Liu with a tentative mentality. He would understand if Uncle Liu was unwilling to teach him everything he had.

"Of course you can. Doctor Xu, if you want to learn, I will teach you."

Uncle Liu answered happily.

"There is a skill in driving. If you learn this skill, you will be able to drive donkey carts and horse carts in the future, not to mention ox carts." After Liu Bo said this, his eyes suddenly became sharp and his hands and feet became extremely nimble. For a person of this age, after all, driving is something he has been familiar with for decades.

Liu Bo said that the noose on the cow's nose should not be grasped too tightly. If it is too tight, the cow will feel uncomfortable and will not be obedient.

The oxcart moves slowly, so it is not suitable to be whipped with a noose, which can easily make the cow lose its temper. If it goes astray, let it stop with a loud "oo", and then grab the noose to pull it back in the other direction.

The rest is that practice makes perfect.

After Uncle Liu finished speaking, he asked Xu Yi to try it.

Xu Yi took the noose in his hand, took a deep breath, sat up straight, stepped on the crossbar with one foot, and placed the other foot firmly on the edge of the cart.

He raised the hand holding the rope and waved it gently, and the rope hit the cow's butt.

I saw the oxtail patting its thighs back and forth, and started walking slowly again.

On the next road, Xu Yi was driving an ox cart.

After learning, Xu Yi realized how difficult it is to drive. Occasionally, the cow walking in front would be dishonest and want to stop to eat the fat grass on the roadside, or yearn for the lush green scenery on both sides of the path.

At this time, the techniques mentioned by Uncle Liu come into use.

You can't use strong means to pull it back, but change the driving sound, make a whistle sound of "嘘嘘嘚嘘", and use appropriate force to pull it back to the main road.

This kind of cry is equivalent to an instruction. It requires the driver and the cow to cooperate tacitly, which cannot be achieved overnight.

Xu Yi shouted several times each time, and then the old cow slowly gave up the idea of ​​gnawing grass and started again.

After a period of extreme pulling with the cattle, Xu Yi finally drove his car to the entrance of Baili Village.

Next, it was Uncle Liu who continued driving.

They stopped first at the village chief's house.

When the village chief's grandsons saw them, they shouted excitedly: "Doctor Xu is here! Doctor Xu is here!"

After a while, there were several carrot heads surrounding the oxcart.

Everyone's mouths are as sweet as honey, and each one calls "Doctor Xu" affectionately.

Xu Yi each received a piece of jelly beans. After dividing the pieces, the children happily left holding the jelly beans.

Uncle Liu watched with tears in his eyes and said sincerely: "Doctor Xu is always kind-hearted and doesn't want to see others suffer."

Xu Yi smiled.

He told A Xu and A Jin that the matter of sending old clothes would be left to them.

It would be more suitable for them both to go than for him.

Xu Yi watched A Xu and the others go to Mrs. Zhang, while he went to the main room.

At this moment, Village Chief Zhang heard the noise and came to welcome him in. A few days ago, he knew that Xu Yi would be coming today, so he bought tea cakes in advance and came back. The water on the stove had been boiling, and Xu Yi could make tea as soon as he sat down.

Making tea in the countryside is simple and there are no complicated steps.

Use a stone mortar to mash the tea cake into small pieces, put a few pieces into a pot of boiling water, boil it and drink it.

There were still some broken tea leaves floating in the poured tea soup.

It's not pretty, but it smells like green tea.

After drinking tea and chatting for a while, Xu Yi knew what Village Chief Zhang was nervous about and went straight to the topic.

——Follow-up consultation.

The follow-up consultation required Mrs. Zhang to come over. Village Chief Zhang said, "I'll call her."

After that, he got up and went out. As soon as he walked out of the main room door, he saw the old woman hurried over with a package. After asking, I found out that Xu Yi had asked the two children to pack several sets of old clothes.

Although they are old clothes, each piece is good and new, and there are no heavy marks from washing. After Mrs. Zhang took a look at it, she knew that these were new clothes for this year, so how could she send them here.

She didn't know what to do, so she wanted to ask Village Chief Zhang for advice.

Village Chief Zhang thought for a moment, sighed and said: "Take it. Doctor Xu asked the child to find you just because he wanted us to take it. This is Doctor Xu's wish. Old lady, go and pick up the twelve children from the kitchen." Let's ask Ada to ask the horse butcher in the next village if he has any good meat and cut one."

Mrs. Zhang hugged the clothes and nodded, "I'll go now."

She packed up the clothes and went to the kitchen. I picked up twelve chickens inside, which I was going to save and sell for money. Now, they all willingly gave them to Xu Yi.

After finishing her work, Mrs. Zhang wiped her hands and went to the main room to see Xu Yi.

As a farm woman and a grandmother who manages the whole family, Mrs. Zhang does not show any harshness or shrewdness in her body. She is an honest person known to everyone in Baili Village.

Fortunately, she married someone like Village Chief Zhang. If she had been married to someone else, she would have been eaten to the bone.

Xu Yi saw that the red tumor on her face had become much smaller. He checked her pulse again and found that the pulse was steady and no longer fluctuating and slippery.

"Doctor Xu, what's wrong?" Village Chief Zhang sat up straight and asked Xu Yi eagerly.

Xu Yi let go of his hand: "Take another ten minutes of medicine and you can stop taking it."

After receiving such a reply, both Village Chief Zhang and Mrs. Zhang could see that they were relieved.

"If you stop taking the medicine, will you not get sick again in the future?"

Looking at their eyes, Xu Yi changed his words and said, "No."

"That's good, that's good."

"You can eat more winter melons, yams, and lilies on weekdays, and remember to eat less spicy food."

Xu Yi told some dietary points to pay attention to, and then left.

As for the chickens and meat prepared by Village Chief Zhang's house, Xu Yi only accepted the chickens and left the meat for them to eat.

Xu Yi took A Xu and the others back to the bullock cart and said goodbye to the children who came to see them off. The children kept running and jumping behind them. They stopped when the ox cart bumped into the winding path and gradually moved away.

When Xu Yi arrived at Zhang Tiegou's house, he jumped out of the car and threw a bag of tea cakes at him.

Zhang Tiegou looked at the tea cake in his hand with confusion on his face and asked him, "What are you giving me this for?"

Xu Yi said, "It's a thank you gift."

"Huh?" Zhang Tiegou thought he was a lackey and asked again.

Xu Yi said slowly: "If you eat too much meat, you can drink more hot tea. When the weather turns cold, don't throw away the brewed tea leaves. Boil water and add dried mugwort to soak your feet. It can drive away the cold, activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis. You You go up the mountain all year round, and the mountain is very cold and dewy. Soaking your feet in these is good for your health."

At this point, he paused.

"Why it is a thank you gift, you will know soon."