Chapter 54: Going to the Countryside as Educated Youth in the 1970s 17
[This is a parallel fictional world. Please do not take any similarities between place names and people as they appear.]
In the letter, He Fei used invisible ink and interstellar language to express his longing and explained all the relationships in the He family in detail.
After Zhang Xiaojia wrote the letter to He Fei, the next day he borrowed a tractor and went to the county to mail the letter to He Fei.
On the way back to the village, I met He Jiayi.
He Jiayi said with a smile, "Sister Xiaojia, you are so lucky to take us for a ride."
Zhang Xiaojia looked at the five young men in front of him and estimated that they were members of the He family. Except for He Jiayi, he didn't recognize the others.
He Xinqi asked He Jiayi curiously, "Brother Yi, is this He Xinyan's master? He's so young, can he really teach her?"
He Jiayi's expression changed, no longer smiling, and he said with a stern face, "Xiao Qi, you are not allowed to be unruly. Sister Xiao Jia is not only a doctor of the He family, but also a distinguished guest of the He family."
He Jiayi said in a serious tone, "Sister Xiaojia, these kids are unruly. Please forgive me."
He Jiayi was relieved to see that Zhang Xiaojia was not angry. This woman was someone the He family couldn't afford to offend. He turned to He Xinqi and said, "Call me Sister Xiaojia from now on."
He Xinqi nodded to indicate that she understood, with a look of disapproval in her eyes.
Zhang Xiaojia didn't take it to heart. He was still young and frivolous, and was a child who loved everything under the sun.
Zhang Xiaojia went directly to the He family, gave the car rental money to He Liu, and left.
He Xinqi said to He Liu coquettishly, "Uncle Liu, is that educated youth from a prominent family? Brother Yi was mean to me because of that educated youth. Does that mean Brother Yi likes that educated youth?"
"Qiqi, if you plan to ask your brother-in-law to parade with you, feel free to say whatever you want. Maybe the whole He family will parade with you. It will be so spectacular." He Liu said with a smile.
"Sixth Uncle, why do you ask us to stop studying and return to our clan?" He Jiacheng asked, changing the subject.
He Wu walked in and said, "You have no sense of propriety, righteousness, or shame. What's the point of studying? If I hadn't asked you to come back, would you have followed my example and punished your own teacher? You all must kneel in the ancestral hall for three days. You won't get any dividends for three years. Any dividends you have will go to the clan."
"Fifth Uncle"
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He Wu said coldly, "Either you kneel in the ancestral hall for three years without receiving any dividends, or I will open the ancestral hall and expel the four of you from the clan. Jiayi, send them to the ancestral hall, and you will personally watch over them."
He Liu watched the four little bastards leave and said, "Fifth Brother, are we going to give up all our jobs at the county winery?"
He Wu frowned and said, "We cleared the land for farming, raised pigs and chickens, and made tofu. We wouldn't starve. Brewing wine is now criticized as a waste of food and a luxury. The He family survived in the 1950s, so there's no need to give up here. How much money and grain does our family have left?"
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Less than three minutes after Zhang Xiaojia sat down, a patient came to see him.
He Xinyu hugged his younger brother He Jiatian and said, "Sister Xiaojia, my brother has a stomachache."
Zhang Xiaojia took the pulse first, then looked at the kid. His hands were dirty and black, with black mud under his nails. He checked his eyes and mouth, and finally pressed his stomach, and knew the reason.
The kid's stomachache was caused by roundworms in his stomach. Fortunately, it was not too serious, otherwise it would have caused complete intestinal obstruction and would have required surgery. Zhang Xiaojia took out a pill and threw it into the child's mouth. Not long after, Xiaotian's stomachache was gone.
Zhang Xiaojia said, "It's nothing serious. You have roundworms in your stomach. I'll prescribe pills for you for three days. Side effects include dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, and occasional vomiting of roundworms. These are all normal. If you feel uncomfortable, Xiaoyu, bring your brother here."
He Xinyu quickly said, "Thank you, Sister Xiaojia"
He Xinyu was about to take his brother home when Zhang Xiaojia stopped him. "Xiaoyu, the way to prevent roundworms is very simple. Keep it clean and hygienic. Don't drink raw water, wash fruits and vegetables thoroughly before eating them, and cook food thoroughly. Then roundworms won't grow in your stomach. When you get home, give your brother a bath, wash his hair, and wash his hands. Got it?"
"Sister Xiaojia, I understand."
When He Xinyu heard that his brother's stomachache was caused by uncleanness and unhygienic conditions, his face turned red and he twisted his brother's ear in anger and dragged him home.
He Jiatian screamed in pain.
Zhang Xiaojia ordered, "Yan Yan, go to the school and tell the teacher to bring all the students here for a physical examination this afternoon."
Grandpa Feng is really awesome. In his last letter, he asked her to make worm medicine and do good deeds. Fortunately, she obeyed and did it.
This medicine is cheap, costing less than 2 cents per pill, and only 5 cents after taking it for three days. She doesn't charge for doing good deeds, but she wants to leave her name to publicize her good deeds.
Zhang Xiaojia was concentrating on painting a few propaganda posters about the harm of roundworms. Wang Xiaoyi took a look and couldn't help but frown: "Sis, are you planning to scare those brats to death? This is too realistic!"
Zhang Xiaojia raised his head, raised an eyebrow and said, "What? You have an objection? If you can do it, come on!"
Without saying a word, Wang Xiaoyi snatched the paintbrush from her hand and said confidently, "I'll do it." He began to make changes to Zhang Xiaojia's painting. After a few strokes, the originally slightly scary style of painting instantly became much cuter.
As Wang Xiaoyi was revising the text, he explained proudly, "This will attract more children's attention and won't scare them." He also deliberately made the text more humorous and interesting to make it easier for people to understand and accept.
Looking at Wang Xiaoyi's changes, Zhang Xiaojia curled his lips helplessly. After Wang Xiaoyi's processing, these posters have indeed become more vivid and interesting, and more suitable for children to watch.
Zhang Xiaojia then said, "You go do the publicity, and I'll go scare the kids."
It turns out that Zhang Xiaojia grew up in an orphanage. Every year, there are always little kids who don’t like to keep clean who will have stomachaches due to roundworms in their stomachs. They have to buy roundworm medicine every year, which is extra money to spend.
In the afternoon, Pangpang and Ping'an brought a group of children to the clinic.
Zhang Xiaojia spoke first. "He Jiatian has a stomachache today. Do you know the reason?"
I heard the children shout, “I don’t know.”
Zhang Xiaojia wore an icy smile. She lowered her voice, pointed at a painting, and spoke with a chilling threat: "I tell you, all this is because he's not clean! He actually ate those disgusting roundworm eggs and let them enter his stomach. These roundworm eggs hatched into larvae in his body, then entered the lungs through the blood and grew and developed in the alveoli. Next, they would go down the trachea into the small intestine. If these roundworms accidentally run to other places, they may cause serious complications such as intestinal obstruction, bile duct obstruction, and even bile duct bleeding. At that time, the doctor would have to pick up the scalpel, cut open his stomach, separate the small intestine, and take those nasty roundworms out of his stomach. Finally, the intestines would have to be sewed up with needle and thread, and then the stomach would have to be sewn back together again."
After he finished speaking, more than thirty children turned pale and were about to cry with fear.
Wang Xiaoyi immediately came to the rescue, saying gently, "But if everyone doesn't drink raw water, washes their hands frequently, doesn't suck their fingers, doesn't put dirty things in their mouths, washes their hands thoroughly before eating, washes raw fruits and vegetables, and cooks food thoroughly, then they won't get roundworms."
He Jiamiao looked at Zhang Xiaojia, then at Wang Xiaoyi, and finally asked, "Brother Xiaoyi, is there really a bug in Xiaotian's stomach? What should we do then?"
Wang Xiaoyi patiently said, "Yes, he took medicine. This medicine will kill the roundworms and pass them out with the stool."
Another child asked, "Do we all have worms in our stomachs?"
Zhang Xiaojia was about to speak when Xiaoyi interrupted her, saying, "Look at your fingers and see if they are clean. If they are clean, you will have fewer worms. If there is black inside your fingernails, you must have worms in your stomach."
Now, the children looked at their "little fingers" one by one, some felt relieved, while others burst into tears.
A few others, with pale faces, stubbornly shouted, "We don't believe it. This is just to scare the children. How could there be worms in the stomach? Didn't she say that Xiaotian had worms in his stomach and they came out in his poop? Let's go check on Xiaotian this afternoon."
"Yeah, the medicine is bitter, I won't take it!"
Zhang Xiaojia said loudly, "Okay, you can go and have a look, but you are absolutely not allowed to laugh at Xiaotian, because most of you have it. If you laugh at Xiaotian today, Xiaotian will probably laugh at you tomorrow."
More than thirty children were making a lot of noise, so Zhang Xiaojia waved his hand and drove them away.
Zhang Xiaojia did not give them any anti-worm medicine. He believed that they would take the medicine on their own after they had examined the wound themselves.
After school in the afternoon, Pangpang ran home, put away his schoolbag and said to Zhang Xiaojia, "Sister, Ping'an and I are going to see the roundworms in Xiaotian's stomach." Then he ran away.
He Xinyan just left the room and asked, "Master, what is Pangpang going to see?"
"Ascaris" Zhang Xiaojia briefly recounted the incident and explained in detail the examination and treatment of ascariasis.
He Xinyan quickly memorized it and asked, "Master, will adults get ascariasis?"
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"Then children are free, and adults have to pay."
"Okay! By the way, put up a piece of paper tomorrow and mark it as every Tuesday afternoon. Women are invited to come for acupuncture and cupping, and checkups. No men are allowed that day, unless they are seriously ill."
He Xinyan said happily, "Master, thank you. I'll go tell my aunt."
Zhang Xiaojia looked at the busy figures in the kitchen and couldn't help but say, "Xiaoyi, don't think that just because I called you here, you should give in and please me."
Xiao Yi kept moving his hands and said calmly without raising his head: "Sister, I like cooking, but my father doesn't agree with me being a chef."
Zhang Xiaojia rolled his eyes, but he knew in his heart that his younger brother was very smart and could learn anything quickly. "Although there is no distinction between high and low professions, if you don't have a talent for physics, I won't dissuade you from doing anything you want, but I don't agree with you wasting your physics talent to become a chef!!!"
Xiao Yi frowned slightly, seemingly unwilling to continue the topic, but still replied: "Yeah, I know. I treat cooking as a hobby now, okay!"
Like her uncle, her younger brother has a great talent for physics and will definitely become a physicist in the future and make contributions to the country.
Although she knew that this idea was not quite right and that everyone had the right to choose their own path in life, she couldn't help but agree with her uncle's opinion. It would be a waste for such a smart person like her brother to just be a cook. She watched her brother skillfully wrapping buns, and she couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in her heart.
Is she being too selfish?
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