Druid's Country Retirement

Among the surgical tools passed down from my grandfather, there are several surgical instruments such as sore knives, three-edged needles, flat-edged knives, moon-blade knives, tweezers, and hook knives. Judging from the quality, they must be hundreds of years old, but they are still shining brightly today.

Surgery is not a patent of Western medicine. There are records of surgical treatment very early in the history of traditional Chinese medicine.

For example, Hua Tuo was one of the most famous surgeons in ancient times. He pioneered general anesthesia with Ma Fei San. In addition, Li Hongbing also witnessed the superb surgical skills of great doctors during his inheritance.

And long before Hua Tuo, there were many records about surgical equipment in traditional Chinese medicine. At that time, people used meteorites to make various scalpels to remove tumors and carrion.

After the Qin and Han Dynasties, surgical instruments continued to develop.

Common surgical instruments such as forceps and scissors have been found among the cultural relics of the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, a relatively complete set of commonly used surgical instruments had appeared.

Such as needles, scissors, knives, pliers, and chisels, which are recorded in books such as "The Effective Prescriptions of Shiyi" and "Yonglei Qianfang".

The several traditional Chinese medicine surgical knives inherited by Li Hongbing have different functions.

The knife that opens a sore is the thinnest and sharpest, whichever is faster.

The three-edged acupuncture is used to release blood stasis and poison, and the puncture hole should be wide to allow the blood stasis to flow through.

A flat-edged knife can be used easily to cut off dead rot.

The moon-blade knife cuts away the stasis and decay in the deep depression.

The tweezers pinch the stubborn skin and make it easier to cut with the knife.

After scraping off the hair near the mother bear's wound with a flat-edged knife, Li Hongbing took out a three-edged needle and inserted it into the abscessed wound to drain the pus. Suddenly, the house was filled with a choking putrid smell.

Pick up the gauze with tweezers and gently press the wound to drain the subcutaneous pus as much as possible, otherwise it will cause large-scale infection.

After draining the pus from a wound, Li Hongbing used alcohol to disinfect it. The irritation of the alcohol made the comatose mother bear's nerve reflexes tremble.

After disinfection, the flat-edged knife cuts open the rotten wound and removes the rotten skin on the surface. The moon-blade knife gouges out the rotten flesh in the wound. When the bright red blood seeps out, the original power quickly takes effect to enhance the coagulation effect and make it Bleeding stagnation.

The animals on the rice field stared nervously at the door. Shan Xing hugged the snarling bear cub, looking worried.

next moment.

The door opened slowly.

Li Hongbing came out sweating profusely and looked at the animals and mountain apricots.

"It's okay, the wounds have been taken care of."

The next moment, the joyful cries of various animals were heard in the rice field. After all, the mother bear had lived under the same roof and had long been regarded as family in the eyes of the animals.

"Everyone go back, Mama Bear needs some peace and quiet."

Li Hongbing waved his hand. The animals were very sensible. Even though they were worried, they reluctantly turned around and left the rice field.

Settling down Mama Bear.

A busy day began, and the couple started making rice wine.

I soaked the glutinous rice overnight last night. The glutinous rice absorbed enough water and became plump.

A fire was lit in the kitchen stove, the large iron pot was filled with water, and a steamer was placed on top. The drained glutinous rice was put into the steamer. In order to ensure a tight seal, a wet towel was used to plug the gap.

As the iron pot churns and churns, white steam rises from the steamer, mixed with the unique aroma of glutinous rice.

After the first pot of glutinous rice is steamed.

Pour the steamed glutinous rice on the dustpan to cool it down. Li Hongbing, who has not had breakfast after working all morning, smells the fragrant glutinous rice and is driven by greed in his stomach. He fills up a large bowl, sprinkles a thick layer of brown sugar, and quickly eats it with chopsticks. Stir.

In the past, in rural areas, people would not be willing to use brown sugar to mix glutinous rice like this. Back then, brown sugar was reserved for the elderly and women, and they were only used during the confinement period when they were sick. Children, let alone brown sugar, could only eat some white sugar to celebrate the New Year.

If you couldn't eat it before, you will have to eat it again when you grow up.

My childhood thoughts were fulfilled at this moment.

The brown sugar is melted by the residual heat of the glutinous rice, turning into syrup and melting together with the glutinous rice. The dark red syrup exudes a caramel aroma, and also has a faint Chinese medicinal flavor.

Li Hongbing smiled and picked up a pile of brown sugar glutinous rice, walked to Shan Xing like a show off, brought it to his mouth, and shared, "Xing'er, try it."

"Putting so much brown sugar will spoil everything." Facing his childish man, Shan Xing was speechless and opened his mouth to eat the brown sugar glutinous rice.

"Is it delicious?" Li Hongbing asked.

Feeling the sweetness and bitterness of the brown syrup in his mouth, Shan Xing couldn't bear to attack Li Hongbing and said against his will, "It's delicious!"

"It's delicious, eat more." Li Hongbing fed again, and Shan Xing was frightened and ran away in a hurry, citing the low fire in the furnace.

“I don’t know how to appreciate food!”

Li Hongbing lowered his head and looked at the little bear cub who was pulling down his pants with an eager look on his face, "You want to eat too, come and try it!"

One person and one bear cub squatted under the eaves, finishing a bowl of sweet and greasy brown sugar glutinous rice.

When the glutinous rice on the dustpan was almost cold, Shan Xing took out the most important ingredient for making rice wine.

For wine making, water is the blood of wine, grain is the flesh of wine, and koji is the bone of wine. This is the essence of traditional rice wine brewing.

Distillery koji is generally divided into small koji, big koji and bran koji.

The biggest difference between Xiaoqu wine and Daqu wine lies in the raw materials used. Xiaoqu wine uses Xiaoqu as the main raw material for fermentation, while Daqu wine uses Daqu as the main raw material, while Fuqu uses pure strains of mold and uses bran as the raw material through artificial control. Cultivated by temperature and humidity.

Those who like a strong drink will use Daqudou Liquor, and those who like a sweet taste will use Xiaoqudou Liquor. It depends on the taste of each household, making each family's rice wine taste different.

Li Hongbing became a laborer again and followed Shan Xing.

Mountain apricot brewing koji also has its own small formula. Four minutes of small koji increases the taste, and six minutes of large koji increases the strength of the wine.

The two types of distiller's yeast were mixed together in proportion and crushed with a rolling pin, and evenly sprinkled on the glutinous rice. Li Hongbing used his grasping dragon claw hand to stir continuously.

After the koji and glutinous rice are mixed evenly, the rice is brought into the kitchen to ferment, and the rice is covered with a quilt.

Because there is heating in the kitchen, make sure the indoor temperature is high during fermentation, so that the koji and glutinous rice can be fully integrated and fermented. After 2-3 days of fermentation, the taste and quality of the rice wine will reach its best state.

"Xing'er, just the two of us, why are we making such rice wine?" Li Hongbing looked at the pots piled up in the kitchen.

"Let's give it away to my parents' house, my eldest sister, my second sister, my godfather, my godmother, and my eldest brother's house. I'll give some to each house when I've finished it. You can't drink rice wine made in the countryside in the city. Nowadays, many tourists come to the village. People make a jar!"

Shan Xing wiped the sweat from his forehead with a sense of accomplishment on his face.

Ok!

No wonder the old saying goes, a good wife brings less trouble to her husband, and a good wife is better than good medicine.

A jar of rice wine takes care of both the inside and outside of the home.

Li Hongbing felt warm in his heart and stepped forward to pull Shan Xing into his arms.

"It's daytime! There's someone outside." Shan Xing blushed, pushed Li Hongbing away, and lowered his head to clean up the messy kitchen.

someone.

There is no one there, they are all old couples, why are they so shy!
  Li Hongbing curled his lips and turned around to see the bear cub squatting at the door, covering his eyes with his two little paws, as if he didn't see anything.

Little guy, you know a lot.

When he saw that he was all right, Li Hongbing grabbed the back of the bear cub's neck and walked towards the guest room.

I guess the mother bear also woke up and asked what happened.

open the door.

Mother Bear, who was lying on the quilt, opened her weak eyes, looked at Li Hongbing who came in, and let out a low growl.     Ouch!

The bear cub broke free from Li Hongbing's hand, fell to the ground and fell flat on his butt. He stumbled and ran into his mother's arms, his little head arching under the bear's paw.

"Are you feeling better?" Li Hongbing walked to Mother Bear and squatted down, "Who hurt you?"

Ouch!

Mother Bear growled softly.

"Is that the money tiger?" Li Hongbing was stunned for a moment, thinking of the mother bear he found on the cliff for the first time. The golden fur with black patterns flashed past. It is said that the mother bear suffered a loss last time. He won't cause trouble for Qian Huzi, "Why are you fighting again?"

Ouch!

The mother bear shook her head and said she didn't know. She took the cubs to drink water from the river and was suddenly attacked. Because the cubs were with her, she couldn't leave them and run away alone, so she could only protect the cubs at the same time. Walking towards the meadow.

The big tabby cat attacked me from time to time. With the two cubs, there was no way to escape, so they could only hide the eldest cub in a tree hole and run to the meadow alone with the second cub in its mouth.

Is Xiong Da still alive?

Li Hongbing raised his eyebrows. Anna named the three bear cubs: Xiong Da, Xiong Er, and Xiong San. The one with the broken claw was Xiong San.

Ow! !
  The mother bear growled anxiously, trying hard to get up and find her lost child. However, her body was too weak and she struggled several times without success. Even with the help of the original power, it would take time to recover.

"Don't move, you stay at home and recuperate while I go find Xiong Da." Li Hongbing comforted Mother Xiong softly, got up and walked out of the guest room, and went to Shan Xing to talk about the matter. Shan Xing supported his decision, and so did Xiong Da anyway. Be part of the family.

Li Hongbing changed into camouflage clothes, yellow rubber shoes, and stuck a hatchet in his waist. He walked under the old oak tree and looked up at the group of budgies squatting on the branches of the tree.

"Go to the village and find the gold, as well as Dahua and the others. By the way, tell One Ear and gather the dogs at the gate."

Flappy!
  The group of budgies rose into the air, flapped their wings and flew into the sky, spreading out and flying in different directions.

It didn't take long.

Dahua and her younger brothers and sisters were the first to rush to the door of the old house, followed by more than a dozen fighting dogs in one ear. Finally, Jinzi ran up to him panting with his tongue sticking out, his belly bulging, and Li Hongbing shook his head speechlessly. scolded.

"You are worthy of being called the King of the Mountain and Forest. You are so fat, how about some shame?"

The eyes as big as gold and copper bells showed disdain.

What is the use of a face, can it fill the stomach?

Seeing that all the people entering the mountain had arrived, Li Hongbing took out the hair he had just shaved off the mother bear.

"Let's all smell it. The bear is missing in the mountain. Let's go into the mountain to find it."

The wolves and dogs came forward to smell the bear fur and looked up at Li Hongbing.

"set off!"

The team left the old house in a mighty manner and entered the meadow.

Go to the location where the mother bear was found first, and then follow the scent.

Dahua took the lead and rushed to the front, followed closely by the pack of dogs, while Jinzi followed Li Hongbing slowly. Taking one more step would have cost him his life.

"The food in the infirmary is pretty good!" Li Hongbing squinted at Jin Jin's silly face.

Ouch!

Gold's face glowed.

I’m worried that tourists are too enthusiastic these days and bring food every day, so I just have to lie down on the ground and take pictures.

"You are so shameless." Li Hongbing responded with contempt for the lazy behavior of getting gold for nothing.

soon.

From ahead came the whining of wolves and dogs, and the rapid barking of dogs.

found it?
  Li Hongbing quickened his pace and came to the place where the wolves and dogs were barking, and found them circling a piece of grass.

Observe the grass carefully. The grass should have been stepped on by animals not long ago, especially the footprints shaped like human beings. No other animal can make such footprints except bears.

"Is it Mama Bear?" Li Hongbing squatted down and gestured to the size of the footprints.

Woohoo!

Dahua nodded, raised his head and sobbed a few times.

These footprints remain for several days, and the grass blades grow again. The traces are very vague, and it is difficult to follow the footprints. Only animals can track them through their sense of smell.

"Let's go, follow the footprints and look for it." Li Hongbing patted the big flower on the head.

The big flower raised its head, let its nose smell the scent left by the mother bear in the air, found the direction, and ran towards the depths of the meadow, with the dogs following behind.

After running for who knows how long, Dahua and the dogs stopped at a ten-meter-high cliff and yelled at the bottom of the cliff.

Li Hongbing stepped forward and found blood stains and black hair on the gravel at the bottom of the cliff.

This is?

Looking up at the cliff.

I imagined the scene on my own. The mother bear held the cub in her mouth, and while being chased by Qian Huzi, she rolled down a cliff more than ten meters high in a panic, holding on to her injured body, and reached the meadow.

"Keep looking." Li Hongbing frowned, looking for a climbing position along the edge of the cliff, and walked a few hundred meters to find a gentle slope.

Climb up the gentle slope and walk through the complex mountain forest. Sometimes you climb up the mountain, and sometimes you get into the dark dense forest.

Every once in a while, wolfhounds and dogs can find the traces left by the mother bear.

There is no end to this pursuit.

Unknowingly, Li Hongbing found that he had lost his way and had no idea which direction to go.

The surrounding trees are towering into the clouds and growing densely. The sunlight shines through the gaps in the leaves, forming patches of light.

Jin Zi was miserable. He had not exercised for a long time, and his body was bloated from running wildly in the mountains and forests. He was already tired and gasping for air. Every time he stopped, he would lie on the ground to rest.

Bringing it here would have been a bad decision.

Pure burden, drag oil bottle.

Li Hongbing took out his mobile phone and didn't know that the chase lasted more than two hours.

The power of maternal love is so great. In order to protect her children, the mother bear can run so far despite being injured.

Just when I was feeling emotional.

Oh oh oh!
  Wang Wang Wang!
  There was a distant, high-pitched howl from the front, followed closely by the howls one after another, echoing in the woods, and finally the barking of dogs.

found it!
  Li Hongbing heard the sounds of the animals, his face lit up, and he quickly ran in the direction of the sounds.

Breaking out of the woods, the sight suddenly opened up.

A winding river appeared in front of him, with a rocky beach beside it. Wolfhounds and a group of dogs surrounded a large stone more than two meters high, grinning with fangs exposed and letting out low roars.

Looking up, Li Hongbing suddenly saw a Qianhuzi lying on the boulder. Its body was covered with beautiful patterns, and its golden fur shone dazzlingly in the sun.

However, Qian Huzi didn't seem to be in good condition. Facing the roaring wolfhounds and dogs under the stone, Qian Huzi raised his upper body and let out low roars.

It also hurts!
  (End of this chapter)