Chapter 61: Going to the Countryside as Educated Youth in the 1970s 24
[This is a parallel fictional world. Please do not take any similarities between place names and people as they appear.]
No one in the village or the He family who drank the herbal tea has suffered from heatstroke in the past few days. The children of He Xinyan's generation, especially those who went to high school in the city, seemed to not believe in Zhang Xiaojia's medical skills and did not drink the herbal tea.
When He Wu came to get the herbal tea, he apologized directly to Zhang Xiaojia.
"Uncle He, herbal tea is not money or tickets, and not everyone likes it. If you don't want to drink it, I'll make less. It's not me who is uncomfortable with heatstroke." Zhang Xiaojia didn't care. She did it for fame, not to please them.
He Wu felt relieved when he saw Zhang Xiaojia's indifferent expression. This troublemaker was not only his eldest daughter-in-law, but also someone the He family could not afford to offend.
He Xinyan said angrily, "Uncle, since they don't want to drink it, if you want to drink herbal tea after getting heatstroke, ask them to exchange it for firewood."
"Okay." He Wu said and left.
Zhang Xiaojia touched his apprentice's head and said, "Don't be angry. If they get heatstroke and come to the clinic, Master will avenge you."
He Xinyan: "Master, didn't you tell me that the doctor's declaration cannot..."
Xiao Jia smiled sinisterly. "Haha~ I did say we must treat patients, but that doesn't mean we have to let them receive treatment comfortably! As long as the disease is cured, it doesn't matter what means are used. A good result is the real good."
He Xinyan looked at her master's increasingly sinister smile, and decided to just recite the text seriously.
Zhang Xiaojia was making a rocking chair in the yard. After she finished making the chair, she was sweating profusely. She put the rocking chair next to the ice jar and went to take a shower.
When she came out, she saw a woman lying on her rocking chair. Zhang Xiaojia glared at her. I worked hard to cut bamboo yesterday evening and endured the scorching sun this morning to make this recliner. But before I could enjoy it, someone got there first. She walked over and pulled the woman down.
Zhang Xiaojia asked coldly, "Are you here to see a doctor?"
She looks like a little girl!
The girl asked coquettishly, "Are you Zhang Xiaojia, the doctor here? I am He Jiayi's fiancée."
Zhang Xiaojia lay on the recliner and asked leisurely, "So? Did you send me an invitation?"
The girl emphasized again, "I am Jiayi's fiancée."
"You said it, I already know." Zhang Xiaojia suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and with a twitch of her lips, she added, "I have a partner to marry. He's a soldier and will be back to see me at the end of this month. Jiayi calls me sister."
The girl froze, obviously not expecting this.
The girl suddenly stammered, "But they said Jiayi likes you!"
Zhang Xiaojia rolled her eyes and said unhappily, "What they said is all lies. What I said is true. I have someone to marry."
The girl brought a stool and sat next to Zhang Xiaojia, asking persistently, "Really? You didn't lie to me? Then what evidence do you have?"
Zhang Xiaojia said speechlessly "No"
The girl then said, "You don't like Jiayi, but what if Jiayi likes you?"
"Then tell him to give up. I don't like him," Zhang Xiaojia said bluntly.
"Why don't you like him? Jiayi is such a good guy! He's gentle, kind, enthusiastic, responsible, capable, and talented, and he looks manly..."
Zhang Xiaojia looked at the girl and her face became redder as she spoke. It was pure love.
Zhang Xiaojia teased her and said, "You want me to like him?"
"You can't like him!" the girl screamed.
"Okay, I don't like him." Zhang Xiaojia didn't want to discuss this topic and changed it to "What's your name? You can't call him He Jiayi's fiancée!"
"That's not my name. My name is Gu Zhenzhen, and I'm currently working as a salesperson at the county supply and marketing cooperative."
"Does the supply and marketing cooperative have bicycles for sale now?"
Gu Zhenzhen proudly said, "It's arrived, and we even have tricycles for sale now!"
Tricycle! Zhang Xiaojia opened his eyes wide and asked hurriedly, "How much is the tricycle? Can I exchange it for a military work ticket?"
Gu Zhenzhen thought for a moment and said, "The tricycle is very expensive, it costs 375 yuan. It should be no problem to exchange it for military work tickets. Our leader said that military work tickets can be exchanged for many things."
“How many tricycles are there?”
"How can there be several? There is only one, and none of them can be sold."
This place is 200 kilometers away from He Fei's unit. It is neither far nor near. In the next ten years, he will definitely come back for leave to visit his family every year, or she will go to see him.
With the tricycle and the materials she had installed on a diesel generator, she could reach He Fei in 5 hours, which was much more convenient.
Zhang Xiaojia immediately shouted, "Yan Yan, come out!"
He Xinyan came out quickly and asked hurriedly, "Master, what's the matter?"
"Go find Ping An and ask him to call Xiao Yi back. I have something urgent to do."
Yanyan ran to find Ping'an and the others, and after a while, they all came back.
Zhang Xiaojia took out the money and ticket and handed them to him, saying, "Xiaoyi, go to the supply and marketing cooperative right now and buy the tricycle back."
Xiao Yi tried hard to breathe in and out, not to get angry, but still couldn't control himself and said, "Sister, why do you want a tricycle? The He family has a tractor. It's 1 yuan to borrow once. The more expensive it is, the more expensive it is. The tricycle costs 375 yuan and a ticket. You can borrow a tractor a maximum of 20 times a year. 375 yuan can borrow you for 18 years and more."
Zhang Xiaojia knew that his brother would be furious if he told him about going to see He Fei. He evaded the question by saying, "The pile of scrap metal in my back alley room can be used to transform the tricycle into a diesel truck. In the future, the five of us can go to the market together, and you don't have to walk anymore, Xiaoyi."
Pangpang was particularly happy.
Ping An, Xiao Yi and He Xinyan looked at Zhang Xiaojia suspiciously
"Sister, is that true? You are not planning to go to the army to see your boyfriend after installing the diesel engine," Ping An asked directly.
Zhang Xiaojia looked at Ping'an with shining eyes and said, Ping'an, how come you are so smart.
"Of course that's not the main reason. It's just because Xiaoyi is too pitiful. He has to walk six or seven hours to go to the market every month." Zhang Xiaojia said cunningly.
Xiaoyi chuckled, picked up his bag and left.
"Xiaoyi, your lunch is in the bag." Zhang Xiaojia shouted.
Gu Zhenzhen was stunned and asked someone to buy it.
"Miss, who are you? Are you here to see a doctor?" asked Pangpang
Gu Zhenzhen said, "I, I am He Jiayi's fiancée."
As soon as the words fell.
"Impossible~" the three said in unison.
Zhang Xiaojia raised his eyebrows. What happened?
Before I could gossip, He Jiayi ran in and said hurriedly, "Sister Xiaojia, I heard from Zhao Bin that you can treat pigs. The pigs in the He family pigpen have diarrhea. Can you please go and take a look?"
When Zhang Xiaojia heard this, she immediately said, "Wait a minute, I'll go change my clothes and come right back."
"Okay, I'll go to the pigpen and wait for you." After saying that, He Jiayi hurried back.
Gu Zhenzhen's face was pale, and he didn't even look at her.
Zhang Xiaojia changed his clothes, Yanyan carried the medicine box, and the master and apprentice rushed to the pigpen together.
Arriving at the pigpen, an indescribable stench hit me, forcing me to cover my mouth and nose. The pigpen was thick with dirt, mixed with all sorts of unknown substances. This dirt could be spilled pig feed, uncleaned pig manure, or even just mud and grease from the pigs. It was all intertwined...
In short, the stench here is so strong that it is suffocating. If you don't pinch your nose, you can't breathe normally. Even if you pinch your nose, you can only barely tolerate the pungent smell, but you still feel suffocated.
Zhang Xiaojia suppressed the discomfort in his stomach, put on a mask, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared to start work. He checked eight sick pigs.
Yanyan stood aside, her face full of resistance and reluctance.
Zhang Xiaojia looked at Yanyan, patted her head gently and said, "Chinese medicine, Western medicine, and veterinary medicine are all doctors! You have to learn to face all kinds of situations."
She took a deep breath, walked into the pigpen, and carefully carried the sick pig out.
Zhang Xiaojia instructed, "It's best to leave the sick pigs alone, otherwise they will be contagious."
Zhang Xiaojia took the pig's pulse, then continued to check the pig's mouth and ears, and took out a stethoscope to listen to the pig's stomach.
Everyone around the pigpen is in a mess...
Zhang Xiaojia said to He Jiayi, "Excessive E. coli has caused acute gastroenteritis. I'll give the pigs an injection first. Then you go find ten needles for sewing quilts and give them to me. I'll use them for acupuncture on the pigs."
"Okay, I'll get someone to look for it right away."
Zhang Xiaojia turned to Yanyan and said, "The case I gave you has a list of acute gastroenteritis on page 49. Go get the medicine according to the prescription and ask them to boil it themselves."
"Okay, Master, I'll go right away."
When the needle arrived, He Jiayi handed it to Zhang Xiaojia.
Everyone gathered at the pigpen door in confusion, watching Zhang Xiaojia skillfully give each sick pig two injections, and carefully teach Yanyan how to deal with such a thing in the future. Yanyan still held the notebook and took notes desperately.
He Xinmei followed the Chinese medicine prescribed by He Xinyan, boiled it and let it cool.
Then Zhang Xiaojia was seen gently soothing the sick piglets, caressing their backs. After she fed the Chinese medicine to the sick pigs one by one, a miraculous thing happened - the eight sick pigs that had only one breath left and seemed to be dying at any moment just an hour ago were now all sleeping peacefully!
This scene stunned everyone present. They could never have imagined that these eight sick pigs could recover so quickly in such a short time.
"Okay?" Someone couldn't believe his eyes and couldn't help asking.
"Well, you'll be fine after a good night's sleep." Zhang Xiaojia nodded affirmatively.
Everyone looked at each other with expressions of surprise and confusion.
What is happening before my eyes is really incredible. The facts are right in front of me and cannot be doubted.
Zhang Xiaojia stood up and said to He Jiayi, "Jiayi, if the pigpen is still in this state, then swine fever is not far away. You can go and see the pigpen in the village. It's clean and the air is fresh. Zhao Bin takes good care of the pigpen by himself. Learn from others' experience."
After Zhang Xiaojia and the others left, He Jiayi's smile finally faded. He shouted at the group of people, "How many times have I told you that the pigpen must be clean, just like the ones in the village? How did you do it? Sister Xiaojia is here this time. If she wasn't here, the eight pigs would have died. You all know what the He family is like now, don't you? You all still think you're the daughters of rich families? Your three-month dividends belong to the family. I want to see the pigpen spotless before tonight. Whoever lets me down, I'll kill him. Why are you still standing there? Get to work."
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