Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 155

After entertaining the villagers who helped move the stones in the evening, Li Hongbing did not offer 300 yuan a day's wages like the last time he repaired the canal, because the last time the wages were paid caused a lot of noise in the village, and he was lectured by Li Huaizhong.

In the forest area, the wages per day are only between 30 and 60. If you pay too much, it will disturb the market. In the future, when the villagers of Caogou Village go out to work, they will open their mouths and ask the owner for 300. If they say it, they will make people laugh, and they will lose it in the end. The face of Caogou Village, who would dare to hire villagers to work in the future.

Li Hongbing has the advantage of being good at accepting criticism.

Looking back, I guess I would have been taken advantage of in the eyes of the villagers.

This time when building a house, the wages were re-set, higher than the level of wages in the forest area, but not too much higher.

Small workers 80 a day, big workers 150 a day.

Of course, Li Hongbing made an agreement with Dakui and the others alone, that besides the wages, he would pay another 150 yuan for hard work. This not only stabilized the market, but also won the hearts of the people.

Night shrouded Caogou Village, a full moon flashed through the gaps in the clouds, and the hazy moonlight filled the meadow, like a light silver mist rising.

The chirping of insects and birds is louder than during the day, lingering in my ears like a symphony of nature.

Li Hongbing was lying in a rocking chair under the old oak tree, with the lazy princess lying in his arms, hanging his tail and flicking it left and right, causing the puppies to chase after their tails.

Sorrow!

Okay, promise to be a teacher.

What are you doing in class?
Do radio gymnastics, jump rope, run a race or some other physical activity?
The blind man and the idiot walked into the yard with tools on their shoulders. They just went to the meadow to build a barn for the sheep and piglets. Anyway, they can’t just leave it on the meadow as the grandfather said. Take good care of it.

My grandfather is lazy, so I can't be lazy!

Li Hongbing narrowed his eyes and looked at the blind man, "Is the barn built?"

"It's built, it's on the edge of the grassy slope, I'll fix it tomorrow and build a fence." The blind man put down his shovel with a straight face.

"Where is Black Horn? Didn't come back?"

"No, it looks like I plan to spend the night in the hut."

Pooh!
Scum sheep!

My daughter-in-law is pregnant, and she has to go out to hook up with a new sheep.

Li Hongbing secretly despised it.

But can Black Horn really be blamed for this matter? Hundreds of ewes appear at a time, and whoever sees them will not be confused.

Don't say it's a sheep.

It's the same with people. In front of you, there are more than 100 beauties of various colors, and they are the kind who can ask for anything. That man will not be confused or moved when he sees it.

What's more, Black Horn, a scum of the opposite sex but not sheep.

"Blind man, let me ask you something, what did you usually do in physical education class when you were in elementary school?"

The blind man froze.

The expression was as indifferent as ever, "Neither I nor the silly boy went to school."

Li Hongbing paused, and secretly blamed himself for being sloppy, why bring this up when he has nothing to do, and poke someone's heart.

It happened that Shan Xing came out of the kitchen with a dustpan in his hand. The dustpan was filled with coarse grains such as corn, soybeans, and broad beans. This was the feed for Heifeng and Xiaohong. Horses can’t just eat grass, but also feed them with concentrate, otherwise Will lose energy.

Li Hongbing threw the question to Shan Xing.

Shan Xing tilted her head, with an expression of fussing over a molehill, "What do you think about so much, you can teach whatever you have. When we were young, we took physical education classes just for fun, as long as nothing happened."

Yup!

I am really digging into a dead end.

Li Hongbing clapped his hands, thinking that Shan Xing had solved the troublesome problem.

Grabbing the princess by the neck, throwing it aside, she walked to Shan Xing, "Keep the door open at night and check her body."

Shan Xingqiao blushed, silently bowed her head and nodded.

Unexpectedly, Anna ran out from there, opened her clear eyes, and shouted curiously.

"Come on, check your body, I want to check your body too."

Boo!
Shan Xing, who was already shallow-skinned, blushed so much that she could drip water, gave someone a ecstatic look, and turned to the barn with the dustpan in her hand.

Looking at Shan Xing's enchanting figure, an idea popped up in Li Hongbing's mind.

The fruit is almost ripe.

"Fuck, I want to check my body too." Seeing that her father didn't answer, Anna hugged her legs angrily and shook.

Li Hongbing looked down at his daughter with a tigerish face.

"Okay, let's check the body later, let's check the homework first, and recite the pinyin of aoeywu."

When she heard that she had to recite pinyin, Anna immediately let go of Li Hongbing, made a grimace, and ran out of the yard, "No, I'll go find Erhei, bad boy!"

Little girl, dare to play games with dad.

I don't know if these are all leftovers from my play.

Li Hongbing wandered around the yard with his hands behind his back, looking at the lush and juicy vegetables in the vegetable garden, the fruit trees in the orchard, and the vigorous fish in the pond.

This is called enjoying life.

In the early morning, the sound of rooster crowing breaks the silence of the small mountain village.

A little smoke rises.

After breakfast, Li Hongbing changed into Shan Xing's new dark blue cotton and linen double-breasted jacket, and stroked his hair back with water. If he matched it with a pair of glasses, he would really look like a teacher.

Shawa saddled Heifeng early, Li Hongbing got on the horse and took over the reluctant Anna.

"At noon, we had a meal at Sister Cui's. The blind man and the silly boy helped move the stones, prepare lunch, and cook more meat dishes. If you are tired from work, you will be hungry soon."

Shan Xing nodded with a smile, and watched the father and daughter leave on horseback.

Heifeng rushed down the grassy slope as soon as he went out.

baa!
On the meadow, Heijiao, who was grazing leisurely with his wife and concubines, heard the sound of horseshoes, raised his head and gave a cry to the sky, and ran towards Heifeng excitedly. Move with Blackhorn.

Suddenly, the cry of the sheep pierced the sky and echoed on the meadow. Even the birds looking for food in the distance were frightened, afraid of flapping their wings and flying to the clouds.

Erhei and Sanhui noticed the movements of the flock, stood up and looked around, saw Li Hongbing and Anna, then wagged their tails and followed.

Only the black piggy looked up, then continued to look down for delicious mushrooms and wild vegetables in the grass.

He was about to be late for class, so Li Hongbing waved hello to Heijiao and the wolf dog, and rode Heifeng towards the village.

The appearance of Sister Cui solved the problem of left-behind children in the village.

No money, free classes, where can I find such a good thing.

Being able to learn knowledge is at least better than running around all over the mountain, chasing chickens and beating dogs.

Early in the morning, there was a sound of metal knocking, and the adults from all households beat and scolded, pulled their ears, pulled their necks, and sent them to Sister Cui's temporary school.

When Li Hongbing arrived, Sister Cui was leading the left-behind children to do morning exercises when a black wind appeared, making the children's eyes shine and their mouths drool.

"You still know what time it is." Sister Cui angrily took Anna who was full of reluctance.

Li Hongbing sneered, "Next time, it must be earlier, by the way, cook more lunch, and I'll come over to eat too."

After speaking, he turned his horse's head and ran towards the village infirmary.

To be honest, since I took over the infirmary, I haven't opened the door a few times.

First of all, there are not many people in the village, and there are not many patients. The chronic diseases are basically seen, and it is enough to return to the doctor on time.

Secondly, there are too many chores to take care of.

However, there are quite a few people standing at the door of the infirmary today, old and young, men and women, almost all of them unfamiliar faces.

After dismounting and tying Hei Feng to the fenced yard, an old man approached with a cane, squinting his eyes, "You are Doctor Li, right? I am Fu Wang from the Erdaogou brigade, and I am on my way before dawn, looking for you to see a doctor. "

Before Li Hongbing could open his mouth, those strangers surrounded him in a clatter, chattering wildly.

"I am Xinghua Village, and my cousin is married in Caogou Village."

"I am Dashi Village"

"I am Shantou Village"

"I am Taohuagou"

It was acceptable for one person to speak, but Li Hongbing, who was talking loudly with a group of people, felt a pain in his brain.

Good guy.

The Erdaogou Brigade was tens of miles away from Caogou Village. The old man didn't go out before dawn, but before dark.

Others, even villagers from Shiliba Township in the forest area, are 4 to 50 miles away, and 30 miles away from Shilipu.

Hastily raised his hands.

"Everyone be quiet, listen to me, if you want to see a doctor, just line up, come one by one, I will try my best to see a doctor for everyone, okay?"

As soon as the words fell, a long queue quickly formed at the door of the noisy infirmary.

The villagers in the village saw so many people looking for Uncle Hongbing to see a doctor, so they came over curiously and chatted with the patients.

Anyway, the villages in the forest area are one family, and there are marriages between each village, and they become the husband's family and the mother's family after chatting.

Li Hongbing walked into the infirmary. After a few days of absence, the room was still clean and tidy. There was no dust on the table. Needless to say, the village must have arranged for regular cleaning.

"First, come in."

The old man on crutches wobbled into the room and sat on the chair.

Li Hongbing glanced at the old man's face.

Nausea and fatigue, pale complexion, red pustules on the face, and on the neck.

This is the epidermis of eczema!
"Master, that's uncomfortable." Li Hongbing asked softly.

The old man stood up slowly, took off his coat, and a stench came to his face. Accompanied by the stench, the old man's arms were covered with large and small abscesses and scratches. district.

"Doctor Li, the pustules didn't grow much in the past few years, but now they are all over the body, itchy and painful, and they rot when scratched, and they can't be cured by going to the township health center, so I prescribed ointment for daily rubbing, and it's still a little bit helpful just rubbing , I won’t ask for it later.”

"Then why don't you go to the city hospital for treatment? The early stage of the disease is easy to treat." Li Hongbing asked.

"It costs money to go to a big hospital, can you see it?"

The old man looked at Li Hongbing expectantly, and seemed to place all his hopes on Li Hongbing.

Ugh!
Li Hongbing sighed helplessly.

There is a saying in the strange forest area, minor illnesses are delayed, serious illnesses are suffered, and people are carried to the hospital only when they are dying.

This is also an attitude of farmers towards diseases.

When you are sick, you can basically procrastinate as long as you can. Generally, a small cold will gradually heal after a few days.As for some major diseases, because there is no money, they have to endure as much as they can. When they can't bear it anymore and become incurable, they will think of going to the hospital.

Some people may not understand, saying that peasants are "life is cheap", they don't know how to cherish their bodies, and they don't know how to cherish their lives.

However, they don't know that farmers also have helplessness.

First of all, many people in rural areas are not well-educated, and they don't have a high awareness of disease prevention and control. Anyway, they just live well today and don't care about tomorrow.

In addition, farmers do a lot of physical work all year round, and their bodies are relatively strong and strong, so they seldom get sick. Even if there are some minor ailments, as long as they endure it, they will generally recover in a few days, and there will be no problems. The habit of seeking medical attention promptly when sick.

Secondly, it is troublesome to go to the hospital to see a doctor, and I don't know how to go to the doctor.

Finally, seeing a doctor in a hospital is expensive and looks down on a doctor.

In fact, in the final analysis, the reason why many farmers are unwilling to go to the hospital is lack of money. There are many elderly people in rural areas who have never been to the hospital in their entire lives. Taller.

Not to mention anything else, just doing a general check-up, before starting the treatment, the money has already been spent.

Although there is medical insurance now, for farmers, it can ease the economic pressure, but if it is a serious illness, it will still cost a lot, and it is likely to drag down a family, and even become heavily in debt.

Even so, it may not necessarily save lives.

Therefore, in order not to become a burden on the family, some people do not want to cause the whole family to live a hard life because of themselves, so they would rather procrastinate and then go to the hospital when they can't hold on anymore, but the condition has deteriorated!

The old man in front of me is like this. It was a pustule at the beginning, and it could be solved by going to the city hospital for a hundred and ten yuan, but he just cared about the money and didn't want to cause trouble for his children, which turned into a sore that spread all over his body.

But fortunately, I still know to come to find myself, if it becomes toxemia later, even the medical saint will not be able to save it.

The sore is called "gangrene". Simply put, it is because the moisture causes a red mass with poisonous gas to grow on the human skin. There are many pustules of different sizes in this mass, and these pustules accumulate together to form A red envelope resembling a millet pile, and later this disease was gradually called "sore".

In history, Fan Zeng died of a malignant sore, Meng Haoran also died of a malignant sore, and Xu Da of the Ming Dynasty also died of a malignant sore.

Li Hongbing picked up the pen and looked at the sores on the old man's body.

"I'll write you a prescription, and you follow the prescription to get the medicine."

The old man asked cautiously, "Doctor Li, the medicine is not expensive!"

Li Hongbing shook his head.

"It's not expensive. It's rhubarb, coptis, and baicalin. You can go to the mountain to dig it, wash it, soak it in rice vinegar overnight, and cook it with lard. Boil it three times to filter out the residue. , 3 times a day, rubbing continuously until the sores dissipate."

Hearing that there is no need to spend money, the old man grinned happily. Anyone in the forest area has nothing to go to the mountains to dig some medicinal materials, and rhubarb, coptis, and skullcap are all ready-made at home.

"That's fine, that's fine."

"By the way, there are mugwort leaves from last year's Dragon Boat Festival at home!" Li Hongbing added.

"Yes, I've been in the sun a lot."

"That's okay, use wormwood leaves to boil water in the bucket at home, soak the wormwood water every night, and then apply the medicine."

"Okay, thank you, thank you, Dr. Li, you are really a good man." The old man put on his clothes and bowed again and again to thank him, and took out a plastic bag from his pocket with a stack of dime money in it.

"You don't need to pay, I'll give you a prescription." Li Hongbing directly refused the old man's consultation fee.

"This... How can I not pay for medical treatment." The old man looked in disbelief.

"It's really unnecessary. I didn't prescribe the medicine. What kind of money do you charge? Go back quickly. During the period of applying the medicine, don't drink alcohol, eat spicy peppers, stay up late, and do heavy work."

Li Hongbing was sincerely unwilling to accept money. Back then, when his grandfather saw a doctor, he would not accept money from patients who encountered difficulties.

Besides, I will be short of this money.

Just selling a la carte and rubbing a few Yanyang pills is no faster than seeing a doctor to make money.

"Old man, go slowly! The next one will come in."

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(End of this chapter)