Uncle Niu drove the oxcart to the house he had built for Wu Yuezhu and the others in the village, unloaded the packages and boxes, and drove the oxcart away. Niu Dali wanted to drive the oxen to the tofu shop to rest for a while and feed them something before going to the commune to deliver tofu.
Xuemei helped Wu Yuezhu and the others carry the packages into the house and said, "Grandpa Wu, Sister Wu, take a rest and come to my house for dinner tonight!"
"Okay, then I'll trouble you! Xuemei, I'm just worried about what to eat tonight!" Wu Yuezhu said without hesitation. Yesterday in the county town, Gu Fang (Luo Yao's mother) specifically told her that if she had any problems in Liujia Village, she could trouble Liu Guangda's family. Liu Xuemei and Luo Yao got along well, and Liu Guangda himself was an upright person.
It was already past three o'clock when Xuemei returned home. She put away the ferns she had harvested this morning and started cooking and preparing the food.
After preparing the dishes, Xuemei came out and saw that it was almost half past five.
"Ruirui, Feifei, while you're doing your homework at home, please help watch the fire in the kitchen and cook porridge and pig food. I'll go call Dr. Wu and the others over first and then start cooking." Xuemei said as she looked at Ruirui and Feifei who were doing their homework seriously.
As Xuemei, Wu Yuezhu and the other two walked out of their house, they saw Li Quanmin carrying a backpack and dragging a burlap bag in his hand, which was half full.
"Quanmin, you just came down from the mountain now?" Xuemei greeted.
"Sister Xuemei, I was picking bracken this afternoon, so I'm a little later than usual.
"Sister Xuemei, is that the new doctor in our village?" Li Quanmin asked in surprise when he saw the two people coming behind Xuemei. Before Liu Xuemei could answer, he lowered his head and turned to Xuemei and said, "Sister Xuemei, I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going home to cook!"
Xuemei looked at Liu Quanmin's hurried back and felt a little confused. It wasn't too late to go back and make dinner, so why was Li Quanmin in such a hurry?
"Xuemei, doesn't that person just now have to go to work? Didn't they say that your village has a lot of work to do recently?" Wu Yuezhu walked up to Xuemei and asked.
"Sister Wu, Quanmindi's leg is injured, so he can't work in the fields. Although Quanmindi doesn't earn as many work points as the other young men in the village, he's still pretty hardworking!
He now takes on the task of collecting grass for the village pigs every day, and he also raises two pigs himself. He also cooks the meals for his family, and sometimes he washes his parents' clothes by the river himself! "Xuemei explained, fearing that Wu Yuezhu and the others would misunderstand Li Quanmin as a lazy man.
Wu Yuezhu looked at Li Quanmin's limping figure and said, "So his leg is injured. I was wondering why he looked so uncoordinated when walking!"
Wu Jianye patted Wu Yuezhu's arm, and Wu Yuezhu withdrew his gaze and continued to follow Xuemei.
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Xuemei brought Wu Yuezhu and the other two to the main room, asked them to sit down first, and then called Ruirui and Feifei out.
"Rui Rui, Fei Fei, this is Grandpa Wu and Sister Wu, they are both doctors. Hurry and call for help!"
As soon as Xuemei finished speaking, she saw Wu Xingqiao in Wu Yuezhu's arms babbling, as if saying that she had not been introduced yet.
Xuemei then smiled and pointed at Wu Xingqiao and said, "By the way, Ruirui, Feifei, this is Sister Wu's daughter, Wu Xingqiao."
Ruirui and Feifei quickly called someone, and without asking Xuemei to say anything, each of them brought a bowl of sugar water and handed it to Wu Yuezhu and his father.
Seeing that Ruirui and Feifei were so sensible, Xuemei felt relieved and went back to the kitchen to cook.
As soon as Xuemei finished cooking, Liu's father and mother came back. Liu's father didn't have time to say anything more to Wu Jianye before he started eating.
Xuemei cooked corn porridge, fried eggs with Chinese toon, stir-fried pork with sour peppers, and bacon with garlic leaves. She also specially steamed an egg custard for Wu Xingqiao.
After the meal, Wu Yuezhu handed the food they brought to Liu's mother, "Aunt Li, Uncle Liu, thank you for your hospitality today! I'll be in trouble for your care in the future. Here are our Jingshi specialties, crispy candies and braised pork in clear sauce. You should try them too!"
Mother Liu looked at Father Liu, and Father Liu nodded. Mother Liu accepted the gift and said, "Thank you very much, we are so lucky to have such a delicious meal. Welcome to come to our Liujia Village and participate in the construction!"
Father Liu also continued, "Uncle Wu, Doctor Wu, I won't say any more polite words. You are both soldiers and have medical skills. It is our honor to have you come to our Liujia Village.
You, grandparents, are both worthy of our admiration. I, Liu Guangda, am giving you a definite word now: as long as you don't make any principled mistakes, I will do my best to protect you in Liujia Village!"
Wu Jianye felt more relieved when he heard this. He felt that his decision to go to the countryside was not wrong. He patted Liu Guangda's hand with satisfaction.
The next day, Wu Jianye and Wu Yuezhu reported to the commune and officially became two doctors in the Liujia Village Health Center. Their monthly salary of 16 yuan was paid by the commune, and each person was given eight work points per day, which was calculated as 360 days a year. The work points were the responsibility of Liujia Village.
After Wu Jianye and his companions checked in, they went to the commune hospital to collect the medical supplies allocated to Liujia Village and returned to the village. That afternoon, Liu's father and several village officials delivered three months' worth of food to Wu Jianye and his companions, according to the village's standard.
While the Liujia villagers were busy with spring plowing, Wu Jianye and his grandson didn't rest either, going up the mountain every day to collect and roast herbs. The commune distributed only a limited variety of medicines in small quantities. Fortunately, Wu Jianye, a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine, and Wu Yuezhu, along with Wu Yuezhu, used the collected herbs to create prescriptions and pills.
After the spring plowing was over, Wu Jianye specifically told Liu's father that he planned to give some common medicinal herbs to the villagers, asking them to pick them and hand them over to the clinic when they were free. Otherwise, the herbs he and his granddaughter picked would be too few and not enough.
Now that the villagers have more free time, there are people coming to see a doctor every day, mainly aunts and young wives in the village who come to Wu Yuezhu for treatment. The village has finally opened a clinic with a female doctor, and the medical treatment is cheaper than in the hospital, and can be offset with work points, eggs and grain.
Wu Yuezhu specializes in gynecology. She found that many women in the village had some gynecological diseases or postpartum diseases to varying degrees because they did not take good care of their bodies after giving birth or were accidentally infected during their menstrual period.
But the commune's distribution of medicine was limited, and most were unsuitable. Wu Jianye had to prescribe herbal remedies based on the patient's condition and boil them down to make herbal medicines. As a result, the clinic was in dire need of herbal medicine.
After learning about the situation, Liu's father discussed it with several village officials. They unanimously decided that villagers would receive work points for the herbs they collected and brought to the clinic. The specific points would be determined by Wu Jianye and his team based on the type and weight of the herbs. In recognition of Wu Jianye and his grandson's selfless dedication to teaching villagers about herbs, the village also decided to reward them with 50 work points each.
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