On the Yang family's side, Yang Dashan didn't feel anything when he threw the stone, but when he saw Zhou Laoer fall down with blood all over his face, he felt panicked and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.
His face turned pale as he watched Zhou Laosan rush over to beat him up but was stopped by Fang Tiezhu. He watched him and Fang Tiezhu remove the door panel and carry Zhou Laoer out. After everyone disappeared, he stayed where he was, feeling the pointing and talking coming from all around him, his head was a mess.
When Zhang Defa was called over by Sun Xuelian, he saw Yang Dashan standing stupidly in the yard, looking down at the blood-stained stone in his hand.
"Dashan, what's going on? We've been neighbors for so many years and have such a deep hatred for each other. When you threw that stone, did you ever think about yourself?!" Zhang Defa was so disappointed. The village had finally received commendation from the commune because Tian Cai discovered schistosomiasis. If someone died because of a fight among villagers, not to mention where he would put his face, his position as deputy captain would be over.
Yang Dashan stiffened his neck and said nothing.
"You beat this guy up. If Zhou Laoer is fine, it's fine. The worst that can happen is you have to pay him some money. But if something happens to him, have you ever thought about it?" Zhang Defa got angry when he saw his stubborn look and scolded him with a frown.
"Look at you, you're such a jerk! Take the money from home and come with me to see Doctor Tian." Zhang Defa took two steps forward, and seeing that Yang Dashan still didn't move, he couldn't help but turn around and curse, "What's wrong with you not having ears? Can't you hear me?"
Yang Dashan reluctantly threw the stone away, rubbed his hands on his body, and walked straight out of the yard.
"Didn't you hear me tell you to go back and get the money?" Why didn't I notice that Yang Dashan was so stubborn before?
Yang Dashan held it in for a long time before he said in a muffled voice, "If he has no money, I'll just give him my life as compensation!"
Zhang Defa was so angry that he kicked Yang Dashan, causing him to stagger two steps before he could stand. However, he knew he was in the wrong and didn't dare to say a word.
"No money, huh? Fine, I'll take care of the medicine money. I'll just deduct it from your work points!" Seeing Yang Dashan about to retort, Zhang Defa retorted, "Don't talk nonsense to me. Believe it or not, I'll lose all my dignity and go to the county police to arrest you!"
Zhang Defa usually claims to be a grassroots cadre and never swears, but he was born a soldier and no matter how he pretends to be polite, it is just an act. When he is angry, he will not care about anything else.
As soon as the two walked out of the house, they ran into the aggressive Zhou Laosan. Seeing this, Zhang Defa quickly stood in front of Yang Dashan to stop him, "Laosan, Laosan, calm down! Calm down first!"
"Calm down, I'm not calm at all!" Zhou Laosan pushed Zhang Defa away and punched Yang Dashan in the face.
Although Yang Dashan was very panicked after he had cracked the man's head open, he did not think he had done anything wrong. Any normal man would have taken action after hearing what Zhou Laoer said, so when Zhou Laosan came to his house and beat him, he was immediately furious. After being hit, he rushed up and started fighting with him.
No matter how fiercely the fight between the two men was, and no matter how anxious Zhang Defa was, Zhou Laoer spent the night peacefully.
At dawn, Tian Cai was awakened by Mrs. Zhou's scream. She jumped up and ran outside. She thought something had happened to Zhou Laoer. She was relieved when she lifted the curtain and saw that he had opened his eyes.
She went forward to take his pulse, and he had gotten through this phase. "Don't rush to get up. It's normal to feel dizzy or nauseous. You'll need to rest for a while before you recover. Try to rest as much as possible during this time."
Mrs. Zhou had tears in her eyes but was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. For her, now that Zhou Laoer had woken up, she felt reassured.
"Observe for a while. If there's no problem, he can be carried back home today. I'll prescribe some medicine for him later. Take it on time when you go back, and he'll be well within a month." Tian Cai said as he opened the drawer and took out a pen and paper. He carefully wrote a prescription, then took a small winnowing basket and picked up the herbs one by one and went outside to grind them into powder.
When rolling the medicine pills, she used the water in the small water tank as usual, and then handed the medicine pills in a small bamboo tube to Mrs. Zhou.
It was almost noon when Zhang Defa came with a few villagers with a stern face, carried Zhou Laoer back, and asked Tian Cai to keep a good account and deduct the money from Yang Laoer's work points later.
After everyone had left, Tian Cai lowered her head to look at her left hand, which had been itching unbearably since a while ago. She saw that the little thing that had taken root in the palm of her hand was growing stronger and stronger. After nearly a year of growth, its size had changed a lot.
The two bean sprouts that were there at the beginning slowly shrank and fell off under Tian Cai's gaze. The edges of the remaining four leaves gradually glowed golden. At the same time, the itchy feeling on his hands disappeared. A small tender yellow flower bud stretched out from the middle of the two top leaves, swaying and looking fragile.
Feeling Tian Cai's gaze, the little flower bud moved, but no more dewdrops dripped out.
"Hmm?" Tian Cai didn't give up and poured it again, but still nothing. She was very sure that she hadn't received any dew today. Was it because all the dew needed for growth had been consumed, or would there never be any more in the future?
When she thought that she would never have it again, Tian Cai felt a little panicked. The slight improvement in her work as a doctor during this period was all due to this little thing that increased the efficacy of the medicine. She didn't dare to think about it if it disappeared one day.
She also knew that it was wrong for her to rely too much on this thing, but how could someone who was used to taking shortcuts be willing to work hard on her own?
Tian Cai tried several times, but the bean sprouts didn't produce a single drop of dew. She tried hard to suppress her anxiety and planned to try again tomorrow.
After a quick lunch, Tian Cai moved a stool and sat under the crabapple tree to read a medical book. Occasionally, he would distract himself and look at the bean sprouts in the palm of his hand, but there was no movement all afternoon.
In the afternoon, Qinling came over again pushing a flatbed cart loaded with straw.
When he parked the car in the yard, Tian Cai realized that the straw on the car had been woven into pieces. The shape looked familiar. "...Is this for the roof?"
"Well," Qin Ling put the flatbed cart in the yard, then went to the backyard and brought a ladder to set up under the eaves, "it's time to change yours."
Qin Ling took off his coat and only wore a vest underneath. Tian Cai noticed that his muscles were very strong. They were not the hard muscles that were commonly seen on the Internet in later generations, which were trained in the gym, but rather strong and sturdy.
However, Tian Cai looked at the sky and then at herself. It was still quite cold today, and she was still wearing long sleeves. Qin Ling was wearing so little, wasn’t she cold?
Seeing that he had to come down to get the straw after climbing up, Tian Cai simply helped to pass it to him. After a while, Qin Ling threw down all the straw that needed to be replaced on the roof and laid new straw layer by layer.
Then he put on gloves and took out some powder from the cloth bag and sprinkled it on the roof, then picked up a bucket of water and poured it on the roof.
Tian Cai stood in the yard with his head tilted up, his neck aching from watching. He had no idea what he was sprinkling, so he asked in bewilderment, "What did you sprinkling?"
"quicklime."
I heard from Uncle Luo that Tian Cai sprinkled quicklime to prevent corrosion and insects, and most importantly, it is not easy to catch fire.
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