After separating from Wang Songbai, Tian Cai walked back carrying the collected firewood and food.
She saw many small animals along the way. The forest had not been destroyed at that time, and she also found several wild vegetables and herbs that she was familiar with, and even a large area of wood ear mushrooms. She picked a few of them and put them in the bamboo basket filled with food.
Her legs have gotten much better and she can walk normally without any problems. I don't know if it's due to the effectiveness of Cai Ping's medicine or the original owner's strong physical fitness, but the recovery speed is much faster than expected.
Tian Cai placed the bundled firewood against the wall in the straw shed, took her knife and carried the wooden barrel. After thinking for a while, she put on the bamboo basket and went to the river. She wanted to eat fish today.
After observing the river for a while, she found that although this small river was full of gravel, there were still quite a few fish. There were also snails by the river. Spicy stir-fried snails should be very good, but she gave up thinking that there was not much chili left at home.
Tian Cai chose a small pond with quite a lot of fish. He moved the stones nearby to block the outlet so that only a small part was left. Then he used the stones to press the bamboo basket against the outlet and stirred the water inside with a bamboo stick, searching all the places where fish might hide.
This method is only suitable for small ponds, and it can't catch any big fish. Tian Cai's legs are not suitable for going into the water, so she can only use this method to satisfy herself.
After a while, when the water in the pond had been stirred up by her, she pulled the bamboo basket out of the water.
"Wow, that's quite a few!"
Tian Cai only picked out a few slightly larger ones and put them in the bucket, and threw the rest back. He said they were big fish, but in fact they were only the size of a palm. There was not much salt left at home, otherwise pickling some salted fish would be a good choice.
After cleaning the bamboo basket and setting it aside to dry, Tian Cai moved to a place with clear water, poured a few fish onto the ground, and with a knife, removed the scales and gills one by one, then cut open the abdomen to remove the internal organs and black film.
It was still not very convenient to use water in the cabin, so Tian Cai cleaned the fish one by one and put them back in the bucket, then packed up his things and carried them back.
So that night, she drank the delicious crucian carp soup she had not tasted for a long time. She learned how to make this fish soup from her colleague's mother. First, fry the fish and then add water to stew it. The resulting fish soup was extremely fresh and fragrant, and the color was beautiful.
I also picked two larger fish and grilled them. I didn’t use much seasoning, just a little salt and chili powder, and they tasted very good.
Tian Cai wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and burped. The pure wild crucian carp was indeed delicious, but it had a lot of bones.
After eating and drinking, Tian Cai took out the wild pears she had picked on the mountain today and washed them. These pears were not growing well, some were bitten by insects and were not very big. She specially picked a few relatively ripe ones and brought them back to taste them.
I took a bite and it was not as sour as I imagined. It tasted pretty good, but it was too small and the skin was thick. I spit out the skin and finished it in just two bites.
After washing up in the evening, Tian Cai stood in front of the medicine cabinet and pondered. If she wanted the people in Kaoshan Village to accept her as an illegal resident, she must show some skills that others did not have. High fighting skills were not appropriate to mention. After thinking about it, she felt that being able to treat illnesses was a good entry point.
Moreover, she specifically asked Wang Songbai today. The old doctor in their village passed away two years ago. Now the villagers in Kaoshan Village have to go to the commune clinic or the county health center to see a doctor, which is very inconvenient.
However, Tian Cai herself is a half-baked one among half-baked ones. Although she has been exposed to a lot of practical experience in clinics since she was a child, she is still far from being able to diagnose and prescribe medicine independently.
In the past, medical students had to study for at least five years as an undergraduate. If they studied for both undergraduate and master's degrees, it would be seven years. After graduation, they would have to intern in the hospital for several years before they could officially see patients. So Tian Cai felt that he was just a half-baked person.
A doctor is what the mountain village needs right now, and she has to find a way to make herself qualified.
The original owner had studied with Cai Ping for five years, and treating minor illnesses was no longer a problem for him. What Tian Cai had to do now was to integrate the original owner's skills bit by bit and make them his own.
The next day, after taking the seasoning bottle and pouring soy sauce and salt from Wang Songbai, Tian Cai went into seclusion to study. She had to hurry and move to the village before winter came.
Although she said she was in seclusion, she actually had to go out occasionally. She would find some medicinal herbs that were found in the mountains, observe their appearance, understand their growth environment and habits, and then bring them back to learn how to prepare and dry them according to the methods in the book.
Without mobile phones or the internet, and with no one to disturb him, Tian Cai calmed down and gradually familiarized himself with the memories left by the original owner.
Ever since he learned that dew mixed with ointment could enhance its medicinal properties, Tian Cai started using the upgraded version of bone injury ointment. His leg healed rapidly, and he had fully recovered in just over ten days.
The scabs on the face also fell off, leaving only a pink scar about half a finger in size. Among the medicines left by Cai Ping was a small bottle of scar removal cream. Tian Cai directly dropped two drops of dew into it, hoping to double the effect.
I just don't know if this small bottle can remove the scars on her face. Tian Cai has thought about doing it himself, but there are several medicines that are not available in the mountains here, and he doesn't know where to buy them in this world.
The major campaign that was about to begin would first target traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and intellectuals, so she could not take any of the ancient books on the mountain out.
But if she can't use traditional Chinese medicine to treat illnesses, how can she be a doctor? She can't just use a needle to treat the whole world, right? A needle without medicine is useless!
After much thought, the best way is to show kindness to others before attacking traditional Chinese medicine, so that the villagers will firmly believe that her medical skills can save lives. In this way, when the situation really gets out of hand, they will find a way to save her.
However, Tian Cai has been used to being independent since he was a child, and is not used to relying on others for his own safety. The most reliable thing is if he has an ability that cannot be shaken by others.
Moreover, Tian Cai had learned from Wang Songbai that Kaoshan Village was located in a remote area, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and far from the county town. It would definitely be a place that even the Red Guards would not want to come to in the future.
In a mountain village like this, as long as the team leader doesn't care and the villagers don't say anything, she will be safe enough even if she doesn't have a household registration.
Tian Cai decided to act immediately and go talk to the leader of Kaoshan Village as soon as possible, but she had to prepare the negotiating capital in advance.
Since it is a village on the side of a mountain, there must be a lot of poisonous creatures. It is estimated that many people are bitten and poisoned by snakes and insects throughout the year. The first thing to do is to prepare the detoxification pills.
Although it is not hot in the mountains, there are many fields near the mountain village. The autumn harvest is coming soon. Most people can't stand the heat of the autumn tiger, so summer heat pills should be prepared.
Daily antidiarrheal, fever-reducing, analgesic, heat-removing, anti-inflammatory and hemostatic medicines should all be prepared.
Looking at the basket full of medicine bottles, Tian Cai couldn't help but complain to himself, "Does this mean that my medical skills are not enough, so I have to make up for it with pills?"
She thought about it and decided not to rush, so she just put a few emergency items in her bamboo backpack and set off.
After about half an hour, Tian Cai arrived at the hill where he had traded with Wang Songbai before. Standing on the top of the hill and looking towards the south, according to him, he could see Kaoshan Village after crossing the hill.
She took out her water bottle, drank some water, and continued on her way.
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