Kangbangui: sour, slightly cold. It has the effects of diuresis, detumescence, heat-clearing, blood circulation, heat-clearing and detoxification, and cough relief. If the body is itchy, you can also use it to boil water for bathing.
Snakes have many uses, but country people think they are weeds and hate them the most because any planted trees, sorghum or corn that are entangled by them will wither and die soon.
If you encounter it accidentally, you may hurt your hands. If it is found in the fields, it will be immediately removed with a hoe.
Yang Chunyan took Chen Ping back home, went to the warehouse to find a handful of snakehead, cut it into short sections, brushed the stone mill clean with a brush, and ground the snakehead into powder. She ground it several times in a row before taking out the flour basket and sifting out the finest powder.
She remembered hearing the old man say before that finer medicinal powders are less likely to irritate wounds, and the finer the powder, the more effective the herbal remedies can be.
Chen Ping said gratefully: "Chunyan, you are so careful in your work. If it were me, I would not have such good patience and would grind and sift over and over again."
Yang Chunyan smiled and grabbed a handful of the coarse powder she had sifted out. "If I rub this on your body, I won't feel comfortable lying next to you in bed."
After she said that, she went to the kitchen and took down the honey jar on the cupboard. She then took a bowl, poured the medicine powder into the bowl, scooped a few spoonfuls of honey and mixed it. She went to the main room to find a glass medicine bottle and used a spoon to pour the mixed ointment into the bottle.
Yang Chunyan handed her the ointment, picked up the bowl and said, "Let's go inside. I'll use the rest to rub the snake around your waist."
Yes! Chen Ping nodded gratefully, "Thank you very much!"
"You're being polite to me!" Yang Chunyan glared at her in reproach. "My family ate so much tofu and bean curd from your family, and I never thanked you once!"
Chen Ping laughed and said, "I was just saying that. You paid for a little soy milk and thanked me for some tofu pudding. You are no different from an outsider."
"It's not okay to not pay every day!" Yang Chunyan said with a smile, "Last time, Third Aunt sent some soy milk over. Jiuer liked it after drinking it once, so we started drinking it too. It's too troublesome to grind it ourselves. How convenient is your family!"
Chen Ping: "My mother always said that you are just like Second Mother, very polite!"
"It's better to be polite." Yang Chunyan took a cotton swab, wrapped the ointment in the bowl, and gently applied it to the place where the herpes had appeared. "Another one has appeared. I think you should not delay any longer. When we go back, let Brother Huaizhong take you to the town to see a doctor."
Chen Ping looked at the alarm clock on the cabinet and said, "It's past four o'clock. By the time we get to town, the doctor will be off work. We should take Huai'an's tractor to Ning'an to see Doctor Wang tomorrow morning."
She turned her head and looked in the mirror. "The ointment feels cool after applying it, which is quite comfortable."
Yang Chunyan took out some cotton swabs and gave them to her. "Don't be too tired. My husband said that most people who have snakes around their waists are too tired and their bodies have no resistance."
Chen Ping took it with a smile, "Okay, then I'll go back first. I'll bring you the soy milk tomorrow morning."
"Yes!" Yang Chunyan sent her to the gate of the courtyard, "Huaian leaves at 5:30, you should come earlier."
After she cleaned the millstone, Zhou's mother came back pushing her bicycle with Xiao Jiuer on her back. "Boss Huang wanted two big geese, so I bought both from Jiang Yu's family. Many people in the village don't want to raise geese anymore because they think they eat too much and don't grow fast."
Yang Chunyan stepped forward to help put down the backpack on the back seat of the car, "Do you want to raise it yourself?"
Mother Zhou smiled and shook her head. "How can we do that? Didn't your uncle rent a pond after the New Year? I asked him to raise more ducks and geese. If Boss Huang wants any, we can go catch them from him."
As soon as she untied Xiao Jiuer from the sling, the little guy reached out to Yang Chunyan, "Mommy, hug me, mommy, hug me!"
"You little rascal!" Yang Chunyan took the rape flowers from his hand and patted him on the butt. "You're pulling rape flowers again. If you pull them all, you'll have no oil to eat."
"He's just like his old man. He likes to pick pea flowers and rape flowers when he goes out. He pulls them everywhere when he sees them." Zhou's mother pinched his nose, picked up the backpack and walked towards the chicken coop.
Yang Chunyan helped him pee and led him to the backyard. "Do you want to stay at home with grandma and cook, or go up the mountain with mom and plant trees?"
"Flowers, flowers!" Xiao Jiuer twisted her body and pulled her towards the flower bed. It seemed that she was attracted by the bunch of primroses that had just bloomed in the morning.
"You have plucked all the flowers in the yard. There is only one flower left. If you pluck more, your mother will beat you." Yang Chunyan picked him up and carried him to the backyard.
Mother Zhou locked the goose in the chicken pen and walked out. "Leave him at home and plant some more crops. Then it's time to go down the mountain for dinner."
"Go, help grandma cook." Yang Chunyan handed the child to her, put on a straw hat, and walked towards the back mountain.
The Zhou family worked in full swing, and the power construction team, together with the villagers sent by various brigades, also worked in full swing.
In the county town, Wang Zhen's family clinic has moved to a new house next to the hotel. The clinic and department store below began to be rebuilt in mid-January.
After studying at Zhou Yumei's house for more than half a month, Li Qiuxia borrowed 150 yuan from Li Qiuyue. Together with Gao Dalin's medical expenses, she owed her a total of 460 yuan.
Li Qiuyue rented a newly renovated house in the county town to them. The house was a suite with a total area of about 30 square meters, and a separate bathroom for men and women on each floor.
I asked a carpenter to make them a small cart and a foldable dining table, and I also gave them the coal stove, pots and pans that they had used to avoid having more children than allowed in the county town.
Li Qiuxia learned a lot from Zhou Yumei. After personally participating, she realized that making snacks is not as simple as cooking at home. The food sold to customers must be hygienic, taste good, be in sufficient quantity, and have a good appearance in order to retain customers.
She told Li Qiuyue that she admired Zhou Yumei and Luo Haili very much, and hoped that she and Gao Dalin could be like them, live a prosperous life, earn money to support their two children to study and learn skills, instead of being blind like them.
Gao Dalin has gained a lot of experience during the time he helped clean the hotel. After meeting more people, his mental outlook seems to be much better than before. He is no longer like when he first came to Ning'an, when he was timid and didn't even have the courage to look up and talk to people.
The couple built two beds, one large and one small, with wooden boards in the inner room and placed the coal stove in the corridor outside the house. The family of four then began to make a living independently.
Finally, they chose to locate the snack stand on the section of North Street close to the Xinhua Bookstore. Li Qiuyue felt a little worried, so she shamelessly asked Wang Zhen and Yang Dongmei to help look after the stall. The two readily agreed.
On the first day that Li Qiuxia and her husband opened their stall, Yang Dongmei went to the stall twice. The first time, she saw the couple greeting customers awkwardly but enthusiastically. The second time, she saw that they were much more natural and did not see any thugs looking for trouble, so she returned to the clinic with peace of mind.
During the first few days of their opening, every time Zhou Huaishan delivered goods to the city, Li Qiuyue would remind him to go and see Li Qiuxia. Seeing that everything was peaceful for several days and that they could handle it even if they encountered someone looking for trouble, she felt relieved.
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In late February, the two purchasing points guarded by Zhou Huairong and Secretary Xu also stopped operating. After Zhou Huaian delivered the last batch of goods to Ning'an, the truffle trading for this season came to an end.
After the clinic moved upstairs, the tractor can be parked directly in front of the warehouse to unload goods, which is much more convenient than before.
After Wang Zhen paid Zhou Huaian the money, he said to him, "Brother-in-law, next time you come to the village, please get a certificate of going out. I will use it to buy a ticket."
"There are still ten days left, and we need to buy tickets now?"
"Say hello first."
"Okay! I'll go back and ask Uncle Datian to issue a certificate." Zhou Huaian put the money away. "The honeysuckle trees and magnolia chestnuts in the forest are almost planted. When will your shop be completed?"
"It will be finished in mid-April, and we'll open on May 1st Labor Day after the renovation." Wang Zhen apologized, "Please tell Yiding that the TV you want may have to wait until we return from the provincial capital to get it."
Zhou Huaian waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's okay! Chunyan and my mother both said that if we buy a TV right after the electricity is connected, the red-eye disease in the village will cause more nonsense."
Wang Zhen smiled and said, "It's a good thing that someone is jealous, it proves that you are successful."
"There are many people who want to laugh at me." Zhou Huaian turned his head to look at the bright sun outside the house. "It hasn't rained a drop since the New Year. Those pink-eye patients are just waiting to see the herbs in my medicinal fields and the saplings I planted dry up!"
"It will be convenient once electricity is connected. During the dry season, you can get a water pump and directly draw water from the pond behind your house to irrigate the land."
Zhou Huaian's eyes lit up, "Okay! When the electricity is turned on, help me get one back."
"Okay!" Wang Zhen agreed and thought for a moment, "There's a shortage of electricity in the countryside, so we can't use something too powerful, or we won't be able to carry it when the time comes."
"Chunyan also said that the village only needs to buy a TV. Buying a refrigerator will burn out the circuits."
"You also need to buy a voltage stabilizer for the TV. I will equip you with these. You can use them as long as there is a power outage."
"What about the hydroelectric power station? If the hydroelectric power station in the village is repaired, we don't have to worry about the power problem and there will be no power outages."
"The surveying engineers haven't decided on which section of the river to build the power station. We'll decide after they finish the survey."
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian picked up the canvas bag on the table, "I'm back. When you have time, bring Dongmei to visit us. The scenery in the mountains is very beautiful during this period."
"Wait!" Wang Zhen walked to the desk, opened the drawer and took out a box. "The point-and-shoot camera has arrived. It's perfect for you to take it home and take pictures."
Zhou Huaian took it with surprise, "How do I use it?"
Wang Zhen took out the camera, loaded a roll of film, installed the batteries, and explained to him the function of the switch button on it.
"Try to hold it steady when you take the photo. Aim at the scene you want to shoot, and press the shutter. Take a good look at the instruction manual inside."
Seeing that he had also given him two rolls of film and a box of batteries, Zhou Huaian put the things into his bag and said with a smile, "I won't say any more nonsense. Come and play when you have time."
"Well!" Wang Zhen waved his hand, "I won't see you off." (End of this chapter)
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