Leaving aside the arduous journey of completing eight years of undergraduate, master's, and doctoral studies, this is a mandatory training program for every medical professional before they start their job.
When she was younger, she couldn't exert much strength, but as she gets older, she will definitely lend a helping hand if such an accident were to occur.
"Our school teacher taught us this because a student once landed on the back of his head while going down the stairs and was immediately knocked unconscious."
Fortunately, the school doctor saved the patient, so the principal organized a first-aid training session for us.
After saying that, she pulled her brother into the post office, and instead of going to the health center to check on the patient's condition, she went straight back to the village.
Zhou Xing and Zhou Yue each sent a package back; the two brothers must have planned it together.
Zhou Xing, who lives in Chongqing, sent me Fuling pickled mustard tuber, a local specialty. He even specially found a plastic bottle to put it in and wrapped it very tightly.
She guessed that the package of crispy fried dough twists wrapped in oil paper must be a specialty of Ciqikou.
One pound bag of cloud and mist tea and one pound bag of high mountain black tea are both local specialties of the mountain city.
At the bottom were about ten pairs of Tujia embroidered insoles, a small red embroidered bag carried by a Tujia girl, and a silver lock-like ornament.
Xiao Jiu was overjoyed at the sight of it. "Wow, is this for me? It's so beautiful! Brother Zhou Xing is so thoughtful."
What surprised Xiao Jiu the most was Zhou Yue's package.
"Goji berries, red dates, and eight-treasure tea? This looks more and more like a specialty of Yinchuan. Did Brother Zhou Yue go to Ningxia?"
"What kind of pickled vegetables are these? They look like chives, but I don't think there are chives this thin."
The young man held a transparent plastic jar, looking it over from left to right, and became curious about the lush green vegetables inside.
Xiao Jiu recognized it at a glance: "Brother, this is sand onion, a special kind of sand onion from Ningxia. It's delicious. This one is pickled, so it can be preserved for a long time. It seems that Brother Zhou Yue really went to Ningxia."
In addition to these, there was a bag of melon seeds, a box of honey, a bag of daylilies, black moss, a small bag of sunflower seeds, and a bag of oats.
"Huh? What's this?" The last item in the package was a letter, and two strange pieces of fabric, red and blue, that felt gauze to the touch.
Xiao Jiu recognized it at a glance. "Brother, this is a Hui women's scarf. It's very windy and dusty there, so you only need to show your face, and it can cover your head and neck."
"How do you know everything?" Tao An felt ashamed of himself for his sister's extensive knowledge.
Xiao Jiu can only say that he learned about it from books; he can't possibly say that he loved traveling and went all over the country in his past life, can he?
My second brother sent back a large bag of oil tea from the capital, along with a bag of walnut shortbread, a bag of slab sugar, spiral pastries, horseshoe-shaped sesame cakes, steamed buns, and a bag of chestnut kernels. In the letter, he said he originally wanted to buy pastries.
After all, the pastries in the capital are very famous, but they were too expensive and there weren't enough tickets, so I could only buy some relatively cheap ones to make up the difference.
After lunch, the siblings were cleaning the house when an uncle from the same village came over.
"Xiao An, Xiao An, go to the post office this afternoon. There's a package for you in the village. They said it was sent from the Northeast."
Zhou Yue's gift has arrived, so this one from the Northeast, could it be from my eldest brother?
Xiao Jiu originally wanted Xiao Ge to go by himself, but he insisted on taking her with him.
"Come on, what are you doing at home? Come for a walk with me!"
Xiao Jiu rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky. As it turned out, the trip was definitely worthwhile.
As soon as the brother and sister appeared, post office staff recognized them and even reported it to the leaders of their township post office.
As luck would have it, the leader's wife is the female doctor they rescued yesterday.
Yesterday, the female doctor came to see the leader, but he went to the county post office with her. Unexpectedly, she was in such a hurry when she left that she fell and died.
If it weren't for these two siblings, he might have been separated from his loved one by death yesterday. So when the leader heard that they had arrived, he was extremely excited.
He quickly climbed out, offering gratitude, handshakes, and praise.
Upon learning that the patient was out of danger and had been transferred to a hospital in the county, the brother and sister breathed a sigh of relief.
After the brother and sister left with the package, Director Sun, who had been refused a monetary thank-you gift, walked to the counter with mixed feelings and asked...
"Which village are they from? Which team do they live in? Once your sister-in-law recovers, I'll have to take her to visit them."
In this way, Director Sun obtained the siblings' home address.
Compared to her other brothers, her eldest brother is really helpful; he sent back ten kilograms of rice directly, using the military as a conduit.
During such a difficult time, the rice that was sent back was not robbed; I was truly amazed by its unique green color and the distinctive red five-pointed star.
Just by looking at the quality of this rice, you can tell that Northeast rice is good. Even if it's not from Wuchang or Panjin, it's not much different!
Because of the excellent quality of the black soil in Heilongjiang Province, their rice is much better than that of Henan Province.
Grind tofu on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month.
Early in the morning, Tang Cuihua brought Tang Cuihong over. They had selected and soaked a large basin of soybeans the day before.
Today, Grandpa is going to teach them how to make tofu. The first step is grinding the tofu, and for that, their family's strongwoman, Sister Cuihong, is indispensable.
The soybean pulp from the first grinding is not very fine, so it needs to be ground a second time with a stone mill to make it finer. Then it is filtered with gauze, repeatedly kneaded, and the foam on top is skimmed off.
Don't be fooled by how easy this step sounds; just pushing the millstone alone left several people exhausted.
Next comes making soy milk. Add soy milk to a large, clean iron pot, bring it to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly to prevent it from burning. Skim off any foam that rises to the surface. After turning off the heat, the most important step is adding the coagulant.
Grandpa Lu obtained the brine by trading soybeans with a tofu shop in the next village. They soaked a total of thirty catties of soybeans, which could yield about a hundred catties of tofu.
Grandpa and Grandma used to make tofu every year, so Grandpa was quite adept at making the brine.
After the soy milk was mixed with brine to turn into tofu pudding, Grandpa would put a piece of gauze into a mold, scoop the tofu pudding into the mold, then fold the gauze, cover it with a wooden board, and then press a large stone on the board. The tofu was then ready, and it would be pressed around lunchtime.
The tofu pudding left at the bottom of the pot was their lunch. They made a savory broth with chopped celery, soybeans, and minced meat, sprinkled it with chopped cilantro and chili oil, and scooped it up with a spoon. The broth was savory, sour, and spicy, and the tofu was smooth and tender. They squinted their eyes in delight at the charm of soy products.
After the tofu was made and cut into pieces, it was weighed and found to weigh a whopping 92 jin (46 kg). It seems the soybeans were of good quality, yielding such a large quantity of tofu.
The older women took 32 jin (16 kg) and wanted her to take more, but she said...
"There are many of you, and only a few of us. That's enough."
So the remaining sixty catties were put into the Tao family. Grandpa planned to fry twenty catties, freeze ten catties, and use the remaining thirty catties of white tofu to stir-fry or steam buns.
I must say, the tofu I made myself was much more fragrant and flavorful than the tofu I bought in later generations, and the aftertaste was also unforgettable.
The weather was nice in the afternoon. The young man pulled a cart, taking his grandparents and their sisters along behind, to the town's public bathhouse.
I was worried that it would get too crowded in a few days, so I decided to go together this afternoon while it was still warm.
It costs five cents per person, and the elderly must be looked after by young people.
The elderly have a lot of dead skin cells on their bodies, so they need to soak in the pool for a while to rub off the dead skin.
None of the women in their family went into the pool; they all stood under the shower to rinse and scrub.
The town's bathhouse was rather rudimentary, lacking even a sauna, with only ten showerheads, but thankfully it wasn't cold inside.
There were many sisters, two of them, who took turns standing below to rush forward.
When the old lady had soaked for a while, we let her sit by the pool, and the children took turns rubbing her.
After rubbing and soaking for a while, an hour or two passed, and when they came out, everyone's faces were flushed.
Their hair was frozen stiff, the old lady wore a scarf, and her sisters all wore various kinds of hats.
Grandpa and his younger brother were the only two people there. They had come out a long time ago and were sitting in the lobby waiting. When they finally came out, they couldn't help but complain.
"You girls are just more troublesome than us. Washing for so long, aren't you afraid of ruining it?"
"Hey buddy, you know what, it's clean now. Your neck used to be as black as tire tracks, look how white it is now!"
The young man glared at her, annoyed. "I don't know if I was washing Grandpa or he was washing me. He scrubbed me so hard, my skin is practically peeling off!"
Grandpa, who has sharp ears, said, "You brat, don't be ungrateful. I've worked myself to the bone. If you weren't dirtier than me, would I have bothered to scrub you like that?"
Xiao Jiu covered her mouth and laughed beside her. Thinking about it, it seemed that she was the only one who had an easy time taking a bath today. Although she bathed in the space every few days, she still rubbed off a lot of dirt. Compared to those long, worm-like people in the public bathhouse, hers was obviously much better.
Today, there was another person who fainted in the bathhouse. She fell to the ground naked and was carried to the changing room next door. She gradually woke up. She was also uncomfortable standing in there for too long and had to squat down to breathe in the cool air because the steam at the top was too thick and could make her dizzy.
After all that fuss, it was almost four or five o'clock when I got home. Tomorrow is the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, which is the day for deep-frying. All sorts of ingredients that can be deep-fried need to be prepared and lined up for frying.
Xiao Jiu went to the warehouse last night and sorted out about ten pounds of pork fat, planning to render some lard tomorrow.
My older sister and the others will be coming tomorrow, so we discussed it today.
Fried sweet and savory snacks, sesame candy, radish balls, vermicelli meatballs, lotus root sandwiches, tofu, and other essential ingredients for the Lunar New Year.
My older brothers all sent packages back one after another. Aren't they afraid of being talked about? It's the Lunar New Year, can't we eat something good?
Unexpectedly, before dawn, my fourth sister brought over four large fish weighing about ten kilograms each.
The eldest sister was carrying a basin of large shrimp, each as big as a palm, while the seventh sister was not to be outdone, with about ten silver ribbonfish that looked very fresh.
“Fry all of these today. We won’t need to prepare any meat for Chinese New Year this year. These seafood dishes will satisfy our cravings.”
"Your fourth sister said she has other seafood too, but we locals probably wouldn't be used to it, so she didn't bring it out."
"Would you like some squid, cuttlefish, octopus, or something?" Xiao Hong pulled out a whole bunch, and just looking at it gave me the creeps.
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