Chapter 47 Guaguagua paid the "life money"
"Fragrant Wife Siqing, please tell me how I can be cured. I'm not old enough to be buried yet, and I don't want to go yet..."
Old Mrs. Xie, who is usually very impetuous, was actually very humble at this moment, fearing that Siqing's wife would be unwilling to treat her.
Siqing's wife shook her head gently: "It's not that I don't want to treat you, it's really, hey..."
She shook her head and sighed, and everyone's heart was gripped with grief.
Old Mrs. Xie gritted her teeth and said, "As long as you are willing to treat me, I will do it even if I have to sell everything I have!"
Siqing's wife seemed particularly troubled. "It can be cured, but it's going to cost a lot of money. Just the prescription and the herbs will cost me a lot."
When Mrs. Xie heard that she had a cure, her eyes lit up instantly: "As long as it can be cured! Just spend whatever it takes, I will definitely pay for it!"
Siqing's wife seemed to think about it for a moment, then said, "Alright then. Send me twenty yuan later, and I'll go get the herbs tomorrow. When the time comes, you can drink my medicine, and it'll cure your illness."
After a pause, she continued, "I will only stay here for three days. If I miss these three days, the future will depend on luck."
When the others heard this, they couldn't help but feel anxious.
This time the distraction will only last for three days. For someone like Old Mrs. Xie, it will be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow before she can get the medicine to cure her illness. If they go to the doctor later, it will waste a lot of time!
Someone else slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, I was planning to go back to my mother's house tomorrow and ask her to come see the doctor! Now I don't know if I'll make it in time!"
Some people immediately urged Mrs. Xie: "Aunt Xie, please go home and get the money. It's our turn to see the doctor! Don't just sit there and take up space!"
When Mrs. Xie heard that it would cost twenty yuan, she felt very sad. Even if she saved money for a whole year, she couldn't save up twenty yuan!
The little money I have is accumulated bit by bit over the years.
But when everyone urged her, she also felt a sense of urgency.
When he looked up at Siqing's wife again, he saw that she looked like a hermit, completely different from her previous appearance, and he believed it a little more.
Without hesitation, he stood up, turned around, walked out of the crowd, and went home to get the money.
Compared to your own life, spending some money is nothing!
Now that there is no war and people are living a good life, she doesn't want to die yet!
Xiang Yao looked at the back of Old Lady Xie as she hurried away with small steps, and thought to himself, this old lady is so agile, it seems like she can live a long life.
Giving this Siqing wife twenty yuan all at once is really a huge expense!
She had rarely seen Siqing's wife before, and even if she had seen her, she had no impression of her because they had no interaction.
At this moment, Siqing's wife was treating people in a mysterious way, still speaking in the country dialect, without any professional diagnosis.
Forget about being a god who can heal illnesses, he doesn’t even have the ability of a barefoot doctor!
But Xiang Yao knew that she had no evidence to support her claim. If she started from zero frame and shouted, "She is a liar, she is practicing feudal superstition!", it would definitely not work.
Just looking at the enthusiasm of the people in front of her, she was afraid that her words would be drowned by their spit before she could finish them.
In the face of superstition, even if you have attended high school, even if you were considered an educated person in their eyes, at this time you are just a troublemaker, here to ruin their plans!
Xiang Yao looked left and right, and saw the little boy He Guoqiang, whom he had met before, sniffing his nose and clinging to a branch of a tree, watching the fun over here. His eyes lit up.
She quietly stepped back and walked towards He Guoqiang.
He Guoqiang had actually noticed Xiang Yao a long time ago. Whenever she stood in a crowd, she was always so conspicuous that he could find her at a glance.
Seeing Xiang Yao actually walking towards him, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
Before the other person came to him, he had already raised his hand to wipe his nose and slid down from the tree trunk using his hands and feet.
Xiang Yao saw the child had come down and waved quickly: "He Guoqiang, come here, can you do me a favor?"
He Guoqiang asked quietly, "What's the matter?"
Xiang Yao walked up to him and whispered, "Go find the team leader and Party Secretary Huang for me and tell them that someone in the threshing ground is practicing feudal superstition! If you run into Uncle Dashan, tell him too!"
There were slogans against feudal superstition painted on the walls of the brigade headquarters, and He Guoqiang certainly knew what they meant.
He didn't ask any questions, just nodded, turned around and ran.
Xiang Yao called him and took out a big red tomato from his pocket: "This is for you!"
Seeing that He Guoqiang had no intention of taking it, she forced it into his trouser pocket: "Go ahead, thank you."
He Guoqiang hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not return the tomato.
When they arrived at the brigade headquarters, the brigade leader and Secretary Huang were both there. He calmly relayed what Xiang Yao had said to them.
Team leader Yang Youliang and branch secretary Huang Guofu were originally discussing something. They were not very happy when they saw a child like He Guoqiang rushing in.
After hearing what the child said, Yang Youliang stood up and asked, "Are you serious? There are so many people around?"
He Guoqiang sniffed and nodded: "There are a lot of people. Xiang Yao asked you to go quickly."
He didn't know what to call Xiang Yao, so he just called her by her name.
The two brigade leaders looked at each other and immediately decided to deal with this matter quickly. Otherwise, if it got out, it would become a major matter that would have to be handed over to the commune for handling!
When the captain passed by He Guoqiang, he patted his messy head and said, "Well done, young man!"
After the two men walked away, He Guoqiang touched his head belatedly and felt a strange warmth still lingering on it.
He was not in a hurry to go back now. He walked all the way to the team's threshing ground. When he reached a remote and deserted place, he quietly touched his bulging trouser pocket and carefully took out the tomato.
He had never eaten tomatoes.
He has never eaten anything that is not grown in Xiangjiawan.
Seeing this big, rosy and round fruit, and smelling it carefully, he could not bear to eat it.
Suddenly, he felt that his hands were dirty after holding the tomato, so he put the fruit back into his trouser pocket, went to the canal to wash his hands again, then took out the tomato and carefully took a small bite.
The sweet taste instantly filled the tip of his tongue. He Guoqiang sat by the canal and was reluctant to take the second bite.
But he couldn't stay. If his family saw him, not only would the fruit be lost, he would also be beaten.
With tears in his eyes, He Guoqiang ate the tomato bite by bite.
After licking the ear juice off his hands, he scooped up some water to wipe his mouth, then stood up and walked towards the threshing ground.
The other side.
The Siqing wife is still "seeing and treating illnesses".
She said some people had minor illnesses, and then she would hold a bowl of water, chant something, and then say it was "talisman water" and that the illness would be cured after drinking it.
Some people say they have a serious illness, but it hasn't shown up yet. Once it shows up, it will be too late.
In this case, she would charge some money for the medicinal materials, saying that she would buy more herbs and boil some medicine, which would cure the disease only after taking it.
The former gives small money, and the latter gives large money.
Xiang Yao calculated that in a short time, Siqing's wife had already amassed hundreds of dollars.
My goodness, pork was only 10 cents per pound at that time, and she made more than 100 pounds of pork in one go!
This has to be eaten from the beginning of the year to the end of the year...
Xiang Yao looked at the old men and women who all believed what Siqing's wife said, saying that they were sick, so he suspiciously told them some minor ailments to prove that Siqing's wife was right.
When they heard that they were seriously ill, they were all terrified and wanted to give all their belongings to Siqing's wife.
For example, Old Man Wang, who was sitting in front of Siqing's wife's table at this moment, was so shocked that he felt that he was sick all over.
"I was just saying, no wonder I always feel like my eyes are stung by something, and they're almost tearing up from time to time. It turns out, it turns out I'm..."
As Old Man Wang spoke, he wiped away his tears, feeling that he didn't have much time left.
Siqing's wife said, "Your illness is caused by evil spirits entering your eyes. If you don't treat it in time, I'm afraid your entire head will soon be filled with evil spirits."
Old man Wang was so frightened that he immediately felt that something was wrong with his whole head.
He quickly unbuttoned his coat, took out a small cloth bag from his inner pocket, and then unbuttoned it layer by layer, pulling out a stack of change.
He counted it carefully and felt a little nervous, wondering if the money would be enough.
Fortunately, Siqing's wife glanced at the stack of change in his hand and said an amount that was exactly within his affordability.
With gratitude, Old Man Wang handed the money to Siqing's wife with trembling hands, begging her to make a good medicine for him.
Siqing's wife stuffed the money into her pocket. The pocket was now bulging, and it was obvious that a lot of money was stuffed into it.
Xiang Yao originally thought that he just had to wait for the team leader and the branch secretary to arrive, and they would definitely expose the Siqing wife's fraudulent tactics immediately.
But I don’t know if it was because the brigade headquarters was too far away for a little kid like He Guoqiang, or because the leaders were not there and it took more time to find them, but after “treating” many people in a row, the person still didn’t come.
Seeing that Siqing's wife was about to get a lot of money and was looking around frequently, it was obvious that she was preparing to retreat. Xiang Yao also became anxious.
If we can't catch them in the act and make the Siqing wife spit out the money in public and return it to those old men and women, I'm afraid it will be a bit troublesome to ask her to spit out the money later.
After all, when other people's money is in your pocket, you will definitely find ways to hide some of it and spend some of it.
After seeing that Old Man Wang had paid the "life money", he stood tremblingly in the crowd, while the others were rustling around, having seen enough and discussing going home.
Xiang Yao gritted his teeth and decided to sit on the stool himself to delay as much as possible.
In fact, she had no idea at all and just planned to respond as the opponent attacked, waiting to see how the Siqing wife would "cure" her.
She walked past the old people, walked up quickly, sat on the stool, and smiled brightly:
"Aunt Siqing, please help me take a look too!"
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