Soon, the treatment here got on track.
Apart from the personal guidance at the beginning, Tian Cai was hardly needed later on.
So as the Chinese New Year approached, she asked for leave from the hospital.
The College of Traditional Chinese Medicine is on winter vacation, and she wants to go back to Kaoshan Village. She will start a new project after the New Year, and she doesn’t know how long she will be busy.
Dean Qi readily agreed to Tian Cai's leave.
He admired this girl very much.
Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes inheritance, and she is the first person he has ever met who is willing to share all her skills with others.
Others say they are willing to teach, but in reality they always keep things to themselves.
Therefore, he was willing to give Tian Cai more convenience within his maximum authority.
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Tian Cai packed all the books on the bookshelf into boxes and locked them, then locked the door of the pharmacy, and then the door of the house and the main door.
Carrying my backpack, I went to the roadside to wait for the bus.
The winter vacation at that time was only more than two weeks, not as long as the summer vacation. Tian Cai couldn't stay back for too long, so he didn't bring too many things.
After a long journey, it was already afternoon when we arrived at Kaoshan Village.
Fortunately, the place is much more developed now than before. There are more than one bus to Qianjin Commune every day. Tian Cai asked about the time and went there to have a meal first.
I'll probably have to clean the house when I get home, so I'm afraid I won't have much time to eat.
Thinking that there was no food at home, Tian Cai went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some.
It was cold at that time, and the villagers stayed at home and rarely went out, but occasionally three or two people would visit other people's homes.
Because the sanatorium was built here, strangers often came and went in the village. When Sun Yanhong first saw Tian Cai, who was covered tightly, she thought he was here to see a doctor.
She took a look and turned away, then thought something was wrong, turned back immediately, took a closer look and her eyes widened.
"Doctor Tian?"
Tian Cai's eyebrows curved, "Sister-in-law Xue Lin."
"Oh, it's really you! I haven't seen you for a year, and I didn't see you come back this summer. You must be very busy with work lately. Come on, come to my house and sit for a while, and have a hot meal."
As soon as Sun Yanhong confirmed that the person coming was Tian Cai, she immediately greeted him warmly and walked forward to take him to her home.
Tian Cai raised his eyebrows, a little surprised by Sun Yanhong's behavior.
Why have I never seen this person so generous before?
Strange as it was, she still refused. "I won't go today. I still have to go back and pack up. I'll definitely go another day, sister-in-law."
Sun Yanhong tried to persuade Tian Cai to stay a few more times, but seeing that he was unmoved, she had to give up. However, before leaving, she repeatedly reminded him, "Be sure to come to my sister-in-law's house and visit her later. Your Uncle Yu and the others miss you very much!"
"good."
Afterwards, Tian Cai met the loudmouth Liu Guihua again.
This led to the whole village soon knowing that Tian Cai had returned.
When she was cleaning, several aunts and sisters-in-law came to help with rags.
Some people came with food and drinks, and I couldn't refuse them.
Seeing that Tian Cai was about to refuse, Gao Huijuan hurried forward and held her arm.
"Everyone is just expressing their feelings, just keep it!"
Tian Cai had no choice but to accept it, but he was thinking about what to give in return.
She came back light this time and didn't bring any pills. It seems she still needs to use the medicinal materials in the sanatorium and make some commonly used ones to send to everyone.
There is strength in numbers. Tian Cai's house was soon cleaned up and looked brand new. Both the cabinets and the kang were wiped clean. An aunt even called her husband to help Tian Cai chop a lot of firewood and fill the water tanks.
Hot water was also boiled in the pot, and my sister-in-law even helped to take apart and wash the cat's mats and hang them by the fire wall.
Everyone talked while they worked, asking about Tian Cai's recent situation and the changes in the village over the past year. They wentssiping about everyone's neighborhood, which was much more interesting than staying at home.
It was just after five o'clock when we finished the work, and it was already completely dark. We didn't stay long and quickly said goodbye and left.
Gao Huijuan was the last to leave. Before leaving, she held Tian Cai's hand and said earnestly:
"You told Defa to organize people to open up a valley in the mountains to grow medicinal herbs. Many people in our village have joined in, and they've earned some money over the past year or so. And it's all women who do the work. Before, they could only earn a few work points. Without the commune, everyone's worried. The path you pointed out is giving everyone another way to make a living."
"Everyone wants to thank you, but you're not at home. Now that you're finally back, we're taking this opportunity to express our gratitude. Just bear with it!"
Tian Cai didn't think she had helped much, as these herbs eventually ended up in the pharmaceutical factory. She also felt fortunate to have the villagers to back her up, as this prevented the pharmaceutical factory from being too short of herbs!
"That's perfect. I was also thinking about asking how the medicinal herbs are growing!"
Speaking of this, no one knows it better than Gao Huijuan. Except for the men who went over to help when they first cleaned up the land in the valley, no men went there after that. The women had to serve themselves.
"It's great! These medicinal herbs are much easier to take care of than crops. Just water them when necessary and fertilize them when necessary.
We learned from Dr. Yang that we would bring rotten leaves from the woods back in sacks, compost them and spread them on the ground. The seedlings are growing fast, and we're planning to plant a few more in the spring, so we don't have to worry too much, because these are too few to plant."
Tian Cai nodded. With Yang Zhengping watching over the place, she had nothing to worry about. Everyone had gained experience after planting a few crops.
Several women who had already walked out of the yard were also talking about Tian Cai.
"Doctor Oda doesn't look much different. She must be thirty now, right? She looks as pretty as a girl in her early twenties. I wonder if she's married?"
"I think she hasn't found a partner yet. Look, she came back by herself."
"She looks young even though she's not married. Xiuyan is about the same age as her. Look at her, then look at Xiuyan. People would believe you're a generation apart in age."
The person who was speaking saw that Xiu Yanniang was not there, so he spoke quietly.
"Really? I noticed it too, but I didn't have the nerve to say it. I saw it when Xiuyan came back a few days ago. She had several children around her and didn't have time to dress herself up."
"Don't say that. Doctor Tian was good-looking before. Besides, the doctor knows how to take care of himself. Can he still age well?"
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After Gao Huijuan left, Tian Cai brought a basin from the kitchen, poured half a basin of warm water into it, and only put his hand directly above the basin after making sure that there was no one around.
The light green dew flowed into the basin.
Thinking it was about time, Tian Cai stopped what he was doing, put on a military coat, and went to the backyard with a whistle.
She walked across the small bridge leading to the North Mountain, reached the nearest hilltop, and blew a bamboo whistle towards the dark mountain.
He blew it three times in a row.
Tian Cai held the whistle in his hand and waited quietly.
Soon, a smile appeared in her eyes.
“Ouch—”
“Ahhh——”
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