Chapter 31 I understand the ways of the world
The air became quiet.
A faint sadness spread.
"well!"
A faint sigh came from the captain. He subconsciously wanted to touch the pipe, but found nothing. He realized it too late and was in a hurry to pick up the pipe.
So he could only endure the pain in his heart and ask about Chen Erhua's situation; "How is Genzi's wife?"
"You've hurt your body. If you want to have another child, you'll need to take care of it for a few years."
As soon as these words were spoken, the captain and his men immediately began to worry.
Li Genshu doesn't even have an elder in his family, so there is no one to help him.
After thinking it over, he looked at Aunt Ma and the others and asked, "Can you spare some time to help me?"
Aunt Ma and the others exchanged glances and nodded in agreement.
It is impossible to expect them to serve their daughter-in-law like they would their own, but it is okay to lend a hand.
With Aunt Ma and the others' words, the captain and his men felt relieved.
Looking inside the house, Liu Xiangqian asked softly, "Did Genzi cry?"
“…crying.”
Can you stop crying?
His child was gone and his wife was injured, but Genzi didn't completely collapse emotionally because he had endured hardships since childhood and had tempered his mind.
"You don't need to worry about Genzi. He knows his limits."
Liu Xiangqian and his friends believed this. As the backbone of the family, without any elders to help them, they had no choice but to be strong.
After all, his wife is counting on him. If he fails, the family will fall apart.
"Okay, let's all go."
With a wave of his hand, he shooed people away like flies.
Yi Chichi wanted to wait for Uncle Yaozi to leave together. She had worked in the team doctor's office for several hours and had not bought any medicine yet.
However, Uncle Yaozi has no time to take care of her now. He has to stay and observe the follow-up situation of Genzi's wife.
Once a problem occurs, the person must be taken to the commune or county hospital immediately; he cannot leave.
So, when he saw Yi Chichi looking at him eagerly, he walked over and said, "You know where the medicine is, go get it yourself, and I'll pay you later."
A tone that brooks no argument.
Yi Chichi swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth and nodded, "Okay."
"Send someone to call me if you need me."
"Go back quickly."
So, Yi Chichi and Wang Nan followed the main group and left.
On the way back, the villagers were talking about taking something to nourish Erhua's wife, but Yi Chichi and the others didn't say anything.
After everyone left and only the educated youth were left, Wang Nan said, "Everyone is going to see Erhua, shouldn't we also show some respect?"
"What do you mean?"
Ge Sujuan was worried. "We don't raise chickens. If we want to eat eggs, we have to exchange them with people in the team. What can we take to see the chickens?"
"How about brown sugar?"
Qi Yang suggested, "Let's each collect some brown sugar and make two taels of it to give as a gift in the name of all the educated youth in the Youth Academy. What do you think?"
Wu Yongfei thought it was okay and said seriously, "Go ahead. Two taels is too much for one person. Nine of us can pool our money together."
This was a bit unexpected to everyone.
After all, with Wu Yongfei's personality, he doesn't seem like such a generous person.
He has always been the only one who takes advantage of others, no one else can take advantage of him, but now he is willing to collect red sugar as a gift. Is the sun rising from the west? Yi Chichi and the others looked up at the sky with puzzled expressions, their expressions and movements were perfectly synchronized.
Wu Yongfei thought there was something in the sky, so he subconsciously looked up and wanted to follow. In a flash, his eyes widened, "Grass (a kind of plant), I said sending candy is so strange? So strange that you have to doubt whether the sun rises from the west?"
"yes!"
They said in unison, the look in their eyes saying clearly that this was the case.
Wu Yongfei was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and his fur stood up. He said angrily, "I'm not such a petty person. I know the ways of the world."
"Besides, Genzi has helped me with the work."
Yi Chichi and the others, "..."
I always feel that the reason why he is willing to give candy is that Genzi has helped him with work.
"How about he help you with the work?"
Yi Chi couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart and asked out of curiosity.
Wu Yongfei was silent for two seconds. Under everyone's gaze, he said coolly, "Two taels is too much. I think one tael is about right."
This answer is very Wu Yongfei.
Anyway, Yi Chichi and their silence was deafening.
Just then the team doctor arrived at the office. Yi Chichi stopped and said, "I'm going to get some medicine. Do you want to go back first or wait for me?"
"Together."
"OK."
I left in such a hurry that I didn't have time to collect the herbs at the door. The weather nowadays will frost at night. If the processed herbs are hit by fog and frost, they will easily become damp, which will also affect the quality and efficacy of the herbs.
Therefore, Yi Chi did not rush to get the medicine, but bent down to pick up the herbs at the door.
Wang Nan and the others volunteered to help when they saw this. Yi Chichi didn't pay much attention at first, thinking it was not a difficult task. As a result, when she just took the Anemarrhena asphodeloides in and came out, she saw them piling up the herbs that had not yet been prepared.
Instantly, veins on her forehead popped out as she shouted, "Stop."
It’s over, this is not food, how can it be mixed with other things?
"What?"
Wu Yongfei was just about to pour the Astragalus and Adenophora australis together when he heard Yi Chichi's voice and turned around to look over.
"They can't fall together."
Yi Chichi came over and looked at the several kinds of medicinal materials mixed together. He said helplessly, "The efficacy and quality of each medicine are different. They have to be stored separately."
Before she finished her words, she bent down and sorted out the mixed herbs.
Wang Nan and the others gathered around to watch, and as they watched they began to transform into a living Hundred Thousand Whys.
"What do you have in your hand?"
"Fritillaria balsamina."
I haven't heard of it. "What's it for?"
"Antitussive, expectorant, anti-platelet aggregation and antioxidant."
It's a bit profound and I don't understand.
"What about this?"
Bai Chen took a dried root with rhizome and showed it to her.
Yi Chichi glanced at it and said, "Guan Longdan, weak qi, bitter taste; stomachic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic."
It would have been better if he didn't answer. Once he answered, Bai Chen and the others became very interested in Chinese medicinal materials.
Then, questions came one after another.
Yi Chi Chi always answers questions.
Soon, after the herbs were packed up and the necessary medicines were obtained, she borrowed a medicine grinder, left a note for the medicine man, and closed the door of the team doctor's office.
Then I went back to the Youth League Home with Wang Nan and others to prepare dinner.
The stove went out and needed to be re-lit.
As usual, she ran to the big kitchen to borrow fire and cooked herself a bowl of egg noodles.
After eating and drinking, she cleaned up the dishes and sat under the eaves in the moonlight, grinding medicine with great effort. Wang Nan and the others squatted beside her with their bowls in their hands and ate while watching her work.
As he was watching, Wu Yongfei said:
"Why do you grind the herbs into powder?"
"Prepare some medicine for the captain and his men to take to the mountains and bring back more meat."
There's no hope of buying it.
First, there were not enough meat coupons. Second, before the vegetable basket plan was launched, the domestic supply of agricultural and sideline products could not meet market demand.
They all kept their eyes on the meat allocated by the state-owned meat processing plant.
Therefore, we can only hope that the team leader and his men can harvest more when they go into the mountains, so that when the time comes to divide the meat, they can find villagers to exchange with.
"I want to go hunting with the captain and the others."
Qi Yang looked longingly towards the northwest, where he could see the green mountains.
(End of this chapter)
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