Jian Ning was a little speechless. Before last night, she had never noticed anything special about Sanniu. Could it be that Sanniu's new clothes caught his eye? That didn't make sense. Sanniu and Erniu were twins, and they were wearing the same new clothes yesterday, but he was clearly only interested in Sanniu.
Ever since he met Sanniu, this guy has been calling her "Yaoyao" all the time. Now he is even more blatantly flirting with her, and even Tian finds it unbearable to watch.
"You are strong, so you can help me carry the firewood," she said.
Ma Xiaodou glanced at Tian and said, "I'm still a child, I can only help those younger than me." He then turned to Sanniu with a smile on his face, "Yaoyao, I can help you, I have the strength."
Tian's face fell, you little bastard, you will definitely forget your mother when you get married!
Sanniu said, "You don't need to help me. I can do it myself. Second sister and I are in a group."
Erniu made a face at Ma Xiaodou proudly.
When they returned home, Chang and Ding Youtian had already soaked the beans, more than a dozen pots full. There were also two large wooden barrels placed in the west corner of the yard. Jian Ning went over to take a look and saw a wooden board inside the barrel and a bamboo tube inserted under the barrel.
"This is a wooden steamer. Master said that the water that finally flows out of the bamboo tube is wine." Ding Youtian told her.
Oh, it turns out this is a distillation barrel. The wisdom of the ancients is quite amazing. Jane Ning has begun to look forward to the moment when the wine flows out of the bamboo tube.
"Have you asked the master how much these things cost in total?" Jian Ning saw that in addition to the wooden basin and wooden steamer, there were also more than a dozen large winnowing baskets.
"Master said it didn't cost much. He ordered it while passing by the furniture store the day we saw him at the teahouse. I quietly asked the delivery guy about it, but he didn't know the exact price. We'll figure it out later when we settle the bill."
"Oh, there's one more thing." Ding Youtian said, "We still need to build three stoves in the yard. Let's do it this afternoon after dinner."
"We'll make lunch. You go and talk to Master. From now on, our family will cover lunch."
"Okay, everything is up to you, my lady."
Tian and Chang were both quick and nimble, and with a division of labor, they quickly cooked a large pot of mutton and radishes, which Chang had Ding Sheng bring back home. After Jian Ning finished preparing the mutton horns and gave them to her, she told her to grind them into a paste and have her husband drink a spoonful of it daily with warm water, saying it would calm asthma and regulate qi. Upon hearing this, she insisted Ding Sheng return home and dig up a basket of radishes for her.
After dinner, Jian Ning took the medicine box and went to Chang's house. Before Ding Sheng came to inform Chang, Jian Ning had already taken Ding Pingshun's pulse. He actually had lung nodules, not tuberculosis. Maybe the air quality was good in ancient times, and he had been ill for many years, and Chang did not let him do heavy physical work, so his condition was not serious and he would be basically cured in three months.
Jian Ning first gave him an injection of antibiotics because he had some inflammation and had been coughing more severely recently. Then she gave Chang the medicine, ethambutol wrapped in gauze, which she had taken out from the Baicaojian medical warehouse in advance, and told her to take it once a day, three tablets at a time.
Chang was very surprised to see her giving Ding Pingshun an injection. It was the first time she saw someone treating a disease in this way. But maybe this is what makes Jian Ning different from other doctors, otherwise she could cure this disease while others could not.
When Tian got excited, she would grab Jian Ning and cry or shake her. When Chang got excited, she would kneel down. Just as her knees were about to buckle, Jian Ning quickly caught her and said, "Sister Chang, please don't shorten my life. You've taken good care of my eldest brother over the years. His condition isn't particularly serious. He'll be well in three months at most, not six months."
When Ding Pingshun heard this, tears welled up in his eyes. All the land in his family had been sold over the years to buy medicine for his treatment. In order to avoid being a burden to his family, he tried to commit suicide several times, but failed because Chang kept a close eye on him.
But poverty brings many sorrows to a couple. Over the past two years, Chang's temper had become increasingly volatile. The couple would occasionally argue, and in their anger, they would say the most heartbreaking things. Afterward, when they calmed down, they would hold each other and cry, and the children would hide and cry quietly.
Ding Pingshun never thought he would recover, and he repeatedly called Jian Ning a living Buddha. Chang wiped her tears and cried too.
In the afternoon, when Jian Ning and Ding Youtian were mixing mud in the yard to build a stove, Ding Sanye's eldest son Ding Yang came in with a bamboo tube filled with muntjac blood, also known as deer blood, and also brought a piece of muntjac meat.
"Fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law." As he entered the yard, he called out to them, "Fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law," and said happily, "My brother and I went to release the erbium at dawn. We were so worried about it that we couldn't concentrate on working in the fields this morning. We almost got whipped by my father again. It was almost time for dinner, and we couldn't help it. We talked to my father and ran to the mountain to see that we had caught a muntjac. My father said muntjac blood is a good thing, so he sent me to bring a bamboo tube and this piece of muntjac meat to fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law for Dabao and the others to taste. When you drink water, don't forget the well diggers. This is all thanks to fourth sister-in-law. My father asked me to thank fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law very much!"
After he finished speaking, he took out another two coins and said with a chuckle, "And buy two more cups of secret water."
Jian Ning didn't bother to exchange pleasantries. She readily accepted the two coins and the gift, smiling brightly as she said, "Go back and thank Third Uncle for us. I'll give you a few more cups of secret water and fill this bamboo tube for you. I won't charge you any extra money."
"Thank you, Fourth Sister-in-law!" It was a bamboo tube of secret water. The autumn harvest was about to be over. He had plenty of time to go up the mountain to set traps. He could set more traps. He wouldn't have to worry about being hungry this winter. Ding Yang rubbed his hands with excitement.
After Jian Ning filled the bamboo tube with spiritual spring water and handed it to him, he took it and said, "Before I came here, my father told me that there would not be much work in the fields this afternoon, and he could do it all by himself. If there is any work we can do, please let me and my brother help. My brother and I are good at building stoves, and we will be here soon."
Jian Ning wanted to say no, but before he could say anything, he ran away excitedly. After a while, he really came with his brother Ding Jian and the tools.
"Can your father do the farm work alone?" Jian Ning asked.
Ding Jian said, "No problem. The grain harvest is almost done, and my family can exchange it for a hundred kilograms of beans. My father said we can exchange it after you have your first wine."
Uncle Ding San was happily working alone in the fields, humming a little tune, which made Old Ding and his son so angry that they almost vomited blood! Ding Yang and Ding Jian had previously brought the muntjac to the fields to announce the good news to his father.
The muntjac was fat and big. If it weren't for Boss Ding holding Lao Wu back, Lao Wu would have rushed over and snatched it away because of how proud he and his two brothers were at that time.
The father and his sons cursed Master Ding San in their hearts. Old Ding was so frustrated by his little tune that he was almost going to go to the edge of the field to smoke a cigarette and calm down. Turning around, he saw Old Five glaring at Master Ding San. He frowned and cursed loudly, "You short-sighted thing, why are you staring at other people's fields? What does it have to do with you if other people's fields grow gold and silver? If you dare to put your hands on me, I'll break your claws! You bastard!"
His words were full of gunpowder. Everyone around knew that Old Ding was openly scolding Old Five, but secretly scolding Ding Yang and Ding Jian. Everyone looked at Uncle Ding San at the same time.
Now there is going to be a good show to watch. Many people think that if these two old guys with bad tempers start fighting, they will probably beat people's brains into pig brains.
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