Gao Lin was with his cousin every day and knew his condition very well. The kid fell ill in the early spring because of the flying willow catkins. The medicine he brought with him had been used up long ago and was nowhere to be found in this remote mountain area. The situation was urgent at the time, so he sent the man to Tian Cai.
He was desperate and tried every possible means, but he didn't expect that the young doctor was so capable. After a few injections, Chongwen's condition improved a lot. Later, she prescribed some medicine for him, and he didn't get sick again after taking it for a few months.
The effect seems to be better than the imported medicine he took before. This is a pleasant surprise for Gao Lin!
He was planning to use the money he had hidden to help Chongwen find a good doctor in the city, but Doctor Tian not only could cure him, but also only charged him two cents.
It was said that there was a certain herb that was not available in the mountains, so she had to buy it from the county, otherwise only one cent would be enough. He thought about the amount of money Chongwen had spent on medical treatment before, and compared it with this pitiful one cent, he almost vomited blood, "Doctor Tian is right, if I can cure you right away, you will suffer less in the future!"
An Chongwen pouted. He was not stupid, so of course he wanted to get cured quickly.
Tian Cai was not at home the day new educated youth arrived in the village. She went to the mountains with a bamboo basket on her back. The wild grapes she had been longing for were ripe, and she was afraid that if she went too late, they would have been picked by others, so she took Mimi with her early that morning.
She had another bamboo basket stacked inside another bamboo basket. She planned to carry them with one in front and one behind after filling them up. Anyway, these things were not heavy, but they took up space because they could not be pressed down.
Tian Cai followed the route she remembered and found that the wild grapes she had been eyeing for a long time were still quietly waiting for her to pick them in the mountains.
She put down the bamboo basket, took out a pair of scissors from it, picked up a bunch of them and cut them off. She was too lazy to wipe them, so she put them to her mouth and picked up one.
“Hiss—”
But it’s so sour!
Tian Cai's mouth instantly filled with saliva, and his whole body trembled from the sourness.
But after getting used to it, she found that the taste was quite good. It was grown naturally without any additives. She hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help but grin and put the rest into her mouth.
Mimi came over, sniffed it, and then backed away, running to the side and looking at her with her head tilted, as if asking her why she liked to eat this kind of thing.
After she finished eating the bunch in her hand, she started to work. First, she found some soft straw to pad the bamboo basket, then looked around the grapes and chose the best place to start.
Click, click, click
Tian Cai quickly cut the bunches of grapes and gently put them into the bamboo baskets. Soon, two bamboo baskets were full.
There were still a lot of grapes, and Tian Cai didn't plan to take them all back. There wasn't much sugar at home, so using up the whole bag would be enough to make a jar for himself.
She fixed the two bamboo baskets on her body, then called Mimi who was playing nearby to go back. On the way, she did not forget to stuff grapes into her mouth while walking. When she reached the foot of the mountain, the tip of her tongue had become numb.
When she got home, she immediately fetched water to wash the grapes, and then placed them in a winnowing basket to dry. She had heard from Tian's mother before that there must not be any moisture on the grapes used to make wine.
Now the sun is strong and the wind is blowing. In less than two hours, there will not be a single drop of water on the grapes on the winnowing basket.
Tian Cai put the washed and drained jar aside, picked the grapes and broke them into individual pieces, then crushed them to reveal the flesh inside. The flesh would burst open with a popping sound when squeezed. She was squeezing the flesh vigorously when Tingting came over.
The little girl saw that this was a simple job and she could do it, so she quickly washed her hands and came over to help. Tian Cai picked up the biggest one and stuffed it into her mouth. It was so sour that Tingting's face wrinkled like a bun.
After she poured the sugar into the jar filled with crushed grapes and stirred it back and forth, the wine was half done. All that was left was to seal it and wait for it to ferment.
Tian Cai was afraid that the sealing was not thorough enough, so in addition to the wooden cork wrapped in coarse cloth on the top, she also covered the outside with a large bowl and smeared it with yellow mud dug from the river to ensure a great sealing effect!
After sealing the jar, Tian Cai and Tingting's hands were covered with mud. They played by the river with their dirty hands for a while, built a small house half a meter high with gravel, and built a garden and a courtyard wall.
"There should be a swing here. My grandfather made one for me a long time ago. It was fun to sit on it and swing!" Tingting pouted and tears welled up in her eyes. "But later those bad guys broke it. I don't have a swing anymore. Woo woo -"
The little girl's eyelashes trembled and tears fell.
Tian Cai felt a pang of pain in her heart when she heard this, and she reached out to wipe the little girl's tears. She forgot that her hands were covered in yellow mud, and when she saw a mud mark, she rubbed it with the back of her hand, but there was also mud on the back of her hand, so she changed hands.
So after some hard work, the little girl Tingting was successfully turned into a calico cat.
“Puff—”
The two of them laughed and played by the river, and when they went back home at night, Tingting's mouth was still raised high.
Tian Cai originally thought that he would have to wait until the autumn harvest to see the newly arrived educated youth, but he didn't expect to meet several of them the next day.
She had previously asked Commander Yu to help find out Hong Siqing's address, and he gave it to her directly when he brought people here last time. Tian Cai was now thinking of buying some things that could be used from him and sending them over.
Because he didn't know if he could receive the package, Tian Cai planned to send some ordinary daily necessities first, and then send other things after making sure he could receive them.
She also specifically asked several educated youth from the south who came to Qingshan Village. The climate there is humid, so they don't need to wear too thick clothes. Hong Siqing definitely doesn't know how to make clothes, so she might as well find someone to make them and send them over.
Because Tian Cai wanted to bring some shampoo and mountain products to Du Chunyan, he didn't have time to catch the village donkey cart. He jogged all the way to the commune and then took a bus to the county.
She bought three meters of black and gray cloth and asked for some leftover small pieces of cloth so that she could go back and ask Huaihua to help her make clothes.
"This towel is good and it's resistant to stains. If you send a white one, it will be too eye-catching." Du Chunyan helped her pick out some practical but unsightly things, packed up the mountain products that they and Tian Cai brought, and put her own letter in it. Then she took the things to the post office.
When the post office clerk saw the address Tian Cai had filled out, he looked up at her and asked, "What's your relationship?"
"I'm his niece."
The staff member stared at her for a few more seconds before saying unhappily, "There's no guarantee it will arrive!"
"That's okay. Thank you for your help. I just want to send one and try it out." Tian Cai didn't mind her attitude. Nowadays, the identities of people living on remote farms are well known without having to guess.
After mailing the package, Tian Cai carried the bamboo basket on his back and got on the bus back to the commune. There were a lot of people on the bus today. Most of the villagers going to the county town carried bamboo baskets on their backs, which showed its disadvantage on the bus as it took up a lot of space.
The gasoline smell in cars these days is particularly strong. It is even stronger with the windows open in the summer, but it is almost suffocating when the windows are closed. Tian Cai, who is not prone to motion sickness, felt like vomiting because of the gasoline smell in this car.
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