Rattail is a climbing plant. Mu Huaixi found a suspected one by the river. Walking upstream along the river, he found a long string of them.
Even though the weather has cooled down, these vines are still growing wildly. There are no tall trees by the river, so they are entangled with the lush grass and shrubs by the river, like a thick blanket.
In Shengjing dialect, this is a grass nest.
Mu Huaixi stood by and did not rush forward. Instead, he used a wooden stick to probe forward. Seeing several small snakes jumping out in panic, he sprinkled some medicinal powder into the opening of the "blanket" that was lifted by the stick.
The medicinal powder created a layer of yellow mist in the wind and fell into the grass nest. She waited until the rustling sound died down before she used a wooden stick to clear a path and walked in.
Two or three bunches of rat tail vines were cut, but the fruit clusters had to be picked one by one. Mu Huaixi pulled over a vine and plucked off the fruit clusters that were not yet fully ripe. It was both a flower cluster and a fruit cluster, and it looked more like a small corn cob than a rat tail.
She was satisfied only after picking most of the basket. With the addition of the hemostatic and cooling herbs that Xiao Ai and Xiao Qin picked, she could make a new batch of medicine.
"Why did you mow so much grass?"
Among the three, Qin Wenlong's blanket had the largest frame. On the way back, Ai Taoyu could tell at a glance that he had cut a lot of grass leaves to cover it, and she became suspicious all of a sudden.
"Are you being lazy?"
Qin Wenlong sneered, but he also knew that he had offended someone before, so he could only weigh the heavy bamboo basket behind him and said, "Comrade Xiao Ai, the grass I picked is very useful."
"What's the use of this?" Ai Taoyu curled her lips, but did not say too much. She used to think that her life had been smooth sailing for most of her life, and she had not put much effort into studying or working. However, with Mu Huaixi, she experienced what it means that there is always someone better than you.
Therefore, even if she disliked Qin Wenlong, she did not dare to underestimate him.
Mu Huaixi was also a little curious. The grass leaves cut by Qin Wenlong were very beautiful. They were all shaped like broad leek leaves and were generally used to make straw mats in the countryside.
"I can make straw mats, but I'll make you a fan first," Qin Wenlong started working after dinner. He fiddled with the straw leaves as he spoke, and soon he really made the prototype of a cattail fan.
Ai Taoyu had never seen such a scene before. She stood by the campfire with her eyes wide open, "You really can do it?"
"Of course I can do that." Qin Wenlong was from the countryside and was a straightforward person. He always said what he thought. "I was wrong the day you first came. This fan is my apology."
In fact, he had wanted to do something to apologize to Dr. Mu and the others for a long time, but he didn't expect them to be busy as soon as they arrived, and he only had time now.
"It's getting cooler," Ai Taoyu said, clearly interested in his straw fan. However, she didn't want to forgive him easily, so she said harshly, "What's the point of making a fan now?"
Li Ying, on the other hand, was very interested in the straw fan. She moved a small stool and sat aside, helping Qin Wenlong straighten the grass leaves. After a while, she also weaved a small grasshopper for Ai Taoyu.
Ai Taoyu's eyes lit up at this moment. She looked at the straw grasshopper over and over again, and then pushed it in front of Qin Wenlong, "Comrade Qin, look at this, this is a real craft!"
"Comrade Li Ying is very skillful with her hands. You can see that from the last time she bandaged me." Lu Yong came over after taking a shower, still damp with moisture, and sat next to Mu Huaixi to help with the herbs.
He is similar to Mu Huaixi, and is considered to be a self-taught person. He has learned some Chinese and Western medicine, and specializes in the treatment of knife and gun wounds. But he is a man after all, so he is not so particular about bandaging and suturing.
Mu Huaixi smiled at him and took the initiative to give him half of the herbs. Dr. Luo, who arrived later, also came over to help. It was true that he was a Western medicine practitioner, but the military hospital where he worked had a Chinese medicine department, and he had learned some basic knowledge.
Fortunately, Mu Huaixi did not need to do any complicated processing to make medicated oils and ointments. However, there was not much vegetable oil in stock here. She discussed with Dr. Luo and decided to go to the nearby market to buy it herself.
"Before you came, I didn't think that rapeseed oil could be used to make medicine," Dr. Luo said with some regret. Among the supplies he had applied for before, rapeseed oil and soybean oil were only used for cooking. These rapeseed oils that were originally only used in the kitchen would become useful medicinal oils and ointments in Mu Huaixi's hands.
The market Dr. Luo mentioned was a day's walk from here, and it didn't happen every month, only on the occasion of a full moon. Counting the days, it was five days from now.
"This is the largest market nearby. The last time we went there, there were people selling herbs. You can take a good look around." Dr. Luo arrived earlier than them. He went there with the logistics officer and exchanged white salt and tobacco for a lot of good things.
Mu Huaixi was also very interested in this market. She finished processing the last few herbs in her hand and said, "How about I go pick some more herbs and exchange them at the market?"
"No, no, I've already contacted the logistics department. I have a few rolls of indigo cloth and a basket of salt. You can just take them and trade them."
The indigo cloth was distributed to them to make clothes and masks, but the weather was too hot and this thick cloth was impossible to wear, so it was left behind. The basket of salt was left over from the kitchen.
Salt is hard currency.
Mu Huaixi asked Dr. Luo a few more questions. After all the herbs were collected, those on night shift went to the shed, and those off duty went out to wash up.
She caught up with Dr. Luo, who was alone, and asked, "Dr. Luo, is this place going to break up?"
"......" Doctor Luo glanced at her for a few seconds and asked in confusion, "Did your family give you any news?"
Before Mu Huaixi could answer, Dr. Luo rejected the idea himself, "You have no way to contact them, so how did you guess it?"
"The salt is all for sale," Mu Huaixi smiled, "We still have so many wounded here, and the next supply will be a month away. If you dare to sell the salt now, doesn't that mean we're going to withdraw?"
"Indeed," Doctor Luo's frown relaxed. "The situation here is almost stable. The injured will be sent directly to Kuncheng. We will be divided into different locations according to needs. I don't know where we will go specifically. It depends on the organization's arrangements."
Mu Huaixi nodded, and suddenly laughed out loud, "I didn't expect such a good result from the first place. I hope victory can spread from here to everywhere."
"Yes," Dr. Luo also laughed, "and it's all thanks to the new weapons. I heard that the new weapons came from your military region. It really made a great contribution!"
Mu Huaixi smiled even more happily. For some reason, Director Le's pale face and her determined and intelligent eyes flashed through her mind.
If before going to the battlefield, Mu Huaixi was only worried about Ying Mingcheng, now she hopes to treat more people and save as many lives as possible.
There is war raging in the front, and the rear is also a battlefield for these medical staff!
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