Yao Shu also knew that Pinghe Village had made its own mortar and limestone, and he was thinking of going back to the village to look for limestone. Unexpectedly, the village was even more helpful and found a large batch of building materials in a nearby town.
"Just past our village is the border of S Province. At that time, a large service area was under construction there, but construction was halted due to policy changes, leaving a lot of building materials behind. After the major earthquake, our village went there first to transport these supplies back. However, our village also said that we would pay them for these materials once things returned to normal." At this point, Village Chief Yao felt embarrassed, because he knew that it would be impossible to recover for a long time to come.
Yunqi wanted to ask why the people in the downstream village hadn't gone to transport some building materials back for construction, but he swallowed his words. Indeed, if he were in their shoes, he would also think of building his own home first.
"Village chief, they've arrived." Just as everyone was thinking about how to end the topic, Si Cheng and his large group arrived at the village entrance.
“Let’s go out and tell them that we’ll camp at the village entrance tonight.”
“I’ll go out with you too. Maybe I’ll run into some acquaintances.” Yao Shu knew that many military families had been assigned to their area at that time.
"Brother Cheng, are you alright?" As soon as the door opened and several people from Pinghe Village came out, they rushed over.
"It's alright, it's safe here. Let's set up camp here tonight and continue our journey early tomorrow morning."
"Uncle Yao, what are you doing here?" Yun Xun and Yun Tao recognized Yao Shu and greeted him in surprise.
"My hometown is here. Are you surprised to see me?" Yao Shu was also very happy to see the children of his two comrades-in-arms, especially Yun Tao. You know, he watched Yun Tao grow up little by little.
"If we had known you were here, we wouldn't have been so worried." Wu Yong and the others also knew Yao Shu. Yao Shu was the one who mainly took charge when they gathered to go to the village before.
“Although my home is here, there are so many of us, so I won’t invite you in. Otherwise, my little house won’t be able to accommodate so many people,” Yao Shu joked as he explained his reason for not taking them into the village.
"It's alright, we all have families to support, so it's not very convenient for us to visit in person."
Seeing everyone gathered together in a mess, Si Cheng told them to find a place to set up stoves and cook, as it would be inconvenient once it got dark. Yun Qi also joined his group and started working.
At this point, Village Chief Yao and the others realized that Si Cheng was the leader of the group. Yao Shu took him aside and told him about their village's plans.
"Your village is going to find well salt, right?" Yao Shu asked directly.
"We're looking for well salt. Do you know where it is?"
“If it were before the disaster, I could have taken you there, but now the earth's crust is moving so much that we don’t even know if that place still exists. However, our village would like to go with you to look for it. After all, everyone will still need to use salt in the future,” Yao Shu said, revealing his purpose.
"As you can see, these are all villagers from our area. They all agreed that they would follow my orders. But I don't know your village, so I can't say anything. I have no objection if you want to come along to find salt, but you need to manage your own team; we can't be responsible for that." Si Cheng naturally wouldn't refuse others from going to find salt together, especially since he was such a large group, and they would be passing through their village on the way, and they might have to deal with each other frequently in the future. But it was better to say some things upfront.
"That's only right. We can just follow your team and set off together. I can even mark the route for you."
"Aren't you coming along?" Si Cheng hadn't expected this. Having someone mark the route would undoubtedly make the rest of the journey much smoother.
"It's still quite chaotic here, so I can't leave yet. We'll go back and arrange the numbers later. I just don't know what you brought with you for the exchange?"
"The things we brought this time are quite varied. Our village brought more medicinal herbs, while most other villages brought dried meat and dried fish."
"You actually have medicinal herbs there? What kind of herbs are they?" Even the village chief's eyes lit up when he heard about medicinal herbs.
"There are quite a few kinds of medicinal herbs, including those for expelling insects, treating colds, and treating snake venom, but they are all Chinese medicinal herbs."
"You actually have medicine to treat snake venom? I was bitten by a snake more than a month ago. Is there any way to treat it?" Yao Shu asked quickly, thinking of the child who could no longer walk.
“We need to ask about that,” Si Cheng called out to Yun Yang, who had just passed by. “Yun Yang, go and find Uncle Nan Yao and Feng Ya.”
Seeing Yunyang go to find someone, he turned to introduce them, "Uncle Nanyao is the doctor in our village. He's the one who prepares these Chinese medicines, and they're quite effective. Fengya is a snake catcher from our village, and he has a snake venom antidote recipe passed down from his ancestors."
"Your village is truly a hidden gem. Since you already had a traditional Chinese medicine doctor in the village, why did you need to find another doctor to go to the village?" Yao Shu knew that the Yun brothers had found a gynecologist among the residents to come to the village.
"Now Dr. Xia is in charge of diagnosis and treatment in the village, while Uncle Nanyao is researching prescriptions." In order to open up the medicinal herb trade in the future, Sicheng began to promote the village's doctors.
"Your village is truly farsighted, providing you with both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine." Village Chief Yao was genuinely envious at this moment.
"Ah Cheng, why did you call us over?" When they found the Yunnan medicine, he was studying the herbs on the ground with a medicine book in hand.
"Doctor, a child in our village was bitten by a snake more than a month ago. Now his entire lower body is swollen beyond recognition. I wonder if there is any way to cure him?" The injured child was the village chief's nephew.
"That depends. If the poisoning is severe, the treatment will take longer." Hearing that it had only caused swelling in his foot after more than a month of poisoning, he knew that the snake that bit him was not highly venomous.
"Then please come with us to take a look. The child is still so young! He can't just lie there like this forever." Seeing a glimmer of hope, the village chief quickly invited them into the village.
"I'll go with you to take a look too, and I can help Uncle Yao carry his medicine box." Yunnan medicine is now a key protected item in the village, so Si Cheng naturally wanted to go with you personally to put his mind at ease.
When Liu Fengya heard that the treatment was for snake venom, he realized he hadn't brought the medicine kit.
"Wait for me a moment, I'll go get the medicine kit."
"Hey kid, bring me the medicine box too." Liu Fengya had been learning some basic pharmacology from him recently, so the Yunnan medicine expert didn't hesitate to ask him for help.
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