Druid's Country Retirement

The autumn wind blows into the old house, making the oak leaves rustle.

Li Hongbing was awakened by the cool breeze. He sat up from the rocking chair and looked at the empty rice field. He realized that all the workers had left at some point and couldn't help complaining.

"Sun Qiang, the dog-like guy, didn't even say a word when he left."

After scolding, I remembered that I couldn't hear anything now.

The wolfdogs were lying next to the rocking chair. When they saw that their father was awake, they howled. Unfortunately, Li Hongbing could only understand the mouth movements, but the wolfdogs could not hear the sounds.

Called for a while.

The wolf dogs noticed that something was wrong with their father, and they quickly came over and pulled at his trouser legs.

Li Hongbing pointed to his ear and said, "I can't hear you now. If something happens at home, please keep an eye on me."

Dad is deaf!

The wolfhounds howled.

Li Hongbing couldn't hear these sounds, but he could see them with his eyes. Knowing that the wolf dogs were worried about him, he stroked the four wolf dogs one by one with joy.

"It's okay. It'll be fine in a few days. Are you hungry? I'll cook."

After that, he walked towards the kitchen.

The wolves and dogs looked at each other, Dahua whined a few times, and asked his younger brothers and sisters to guard the house while he protected his father.

Li Hongbing was busy in the kitchen, and Dahua was always following closely behind him. Whenever his movements were slightly bigger, he would step forward and bite his trouser leg to remind his father to pay attention.

After becoming deaf, Li Hongbing was a little unaccustomed to it at first. The surrounding was too quiet and suffocating. After gradually getting used to it, it was just that. The countryside is not a city. There are cars coming and going, and there are not so many dangers.

There were a lot of big bones left in the refrigerator from the last pig slaughter. Li Hongbing stewed a large pot of sauced bones, boiled a pot of noodles, simmered the remaining stewed soup on the bones, and poured it on the noodles. It tasted good.

Under the eaves of the hall.

Turn on the dim light.

A large pot of sauced bones was placed on the ground. Li Hongbing held the bones in his hands and ate them. The wolves and dogs lying around him also gnawed on the bones.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, are you at home?" Ouyang Hua appeared from the direction of the courtyard door with a basket, followed by Sun Lianqian, Xiao Wuzi, Fang Wanda, Sanpao, Hongqi and others.

When Dahua heard the cry, she stood up and walked forward with small steps.

Dad couldn't hear me.

Now you are in charge of your own business.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"Dahua, is your father at home?"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"You're at home. Have you eaten? I brought Master Su's braised pork knuckles and braised pork trotters."

Amid Ouyang Hua's chatter, the group arrived at the rice field. At this time, Li Hongbing hugged the big bone and saw everyone looking nervous.

"Master, why didn't you tell me something happened to you!" Sun Lianqian cried out and ran quickly to Li Hongbing.

The lights are dim.

Li Hongbing didn't know what the second apprentice was talking about. Anyway, he only saw her crying and running over. While comforting her, she said angrily to Ouyang Hua.

"Why are you crying? It's not okay for me, Lao Ou, you are talking nonsense to them!"

"I won't touch it now!" Ouyang Hua awkwardly carried the basket up the steps. When he saw a large pot of sauced bones on the ground, he lowered his head and said subconsciously, "The old man was worried that you wouldn't eat, so he asked me to bring you some specially. , you are having a good little life!"

Because Ouyang Hua lowered his head to speak, Li Hongbing couldn't hear him at all and just looked at the second apprentice eagerly.

Master is really deaf! !

Sun Lianqian was originally in tears. When she saw her master's blank expression and thought of her master's heroic appearance in the past, she suddenly felt sad and her tears flowed out.

Others saw this.

It's not the same taste.

Originally, the sun had set and everyone returned home.

At the old man's urging, Ouyang Hua went to the cafeteria to order some food for his brother-in-law to send there, not wanting to run into Fang Wanda and Sun Lianqian eating.

Thinking that Li Hongbing was alone at home and couldn't hear, he kindly told Sun Lianqian and asked her to visit the master.

I don't know how to say this.

Sun Lianqian's reaction was not very exciting, and she didn't eat any food. She called Xiao Wuzi directly and asked him to bring medicine to cure deafness to gather in the cafeteria. Fang Wanda was not idle at the side, and immediately ran out of the cafeteria to tell Hongqi and the others.

Li Hongbing is the source of confidence in the village.

I suddenly became deaf, which was not a problem.

The young people came to the old house quickly to check on the situation, and the adults came later.

Then there was this scene.

Li Hongbing picked up the big bone in his hand and saw his second apprentice crying. He couldn't eat the bone in his hand or put it down. He could only stand there stupidly.

The others felt even more sad when they saw Brother Hongbing's devastated look.

Get a good cure.

Why did you cure your deafness? !

God is blind!

With red eyes, Sanpao rushed to the eaves in a few steps and grabbed Li Hongbing's arm.

"Brother, come with me. I'll take you to the hospital. If you can't treat it in the city, let's go to the province to treat it."

Others were reminded by Sanpao's words.

"Yes, yes, if we go to treat the disease, we will be able to do nothing."

"I'm going to drive. Let's leave now. It will be cured."

"It's okay, brother. Even if you are deaf, you are still my brother."

Outside the crowd, Xiao Wuzi was sitting cross-legged on the ground, with medical books on his lap. His face was red, he kept flipping through the books, and muttered like a demon.

"No, this recipe is wrong."

"There should be a cure for deafness."

"Use Huanglian Shangqing Pills for excessive fire, use Zuo Ci Erdeaf Pills for kidney essence deficiency, use Longdan Xiegan Decoction for excessive heat in the liver meridian, and use Siwu Decoction for blood deficiency."

"Both of them are wrong. Master, excessive qi and blood are not the four symptoms. You can use acupuncture, acupuncture at Jianmen, Tinggong, Tinghui, Fengchi, Dazhui, Shenshu, Sanyinjiao, and Taixi."

"That's not right. Why can't I find the prescription?"

"Can't find it!"

At this time, Xiao Wuzi suddenly felt a big hand pressing on his head.

Looking up, through the dim light, I saw a warm face, that was Master's face. He was smiling, and his eyes were full of concern and love.

Li Hongbing sat next to Xiao Wuzi and gently stroked his hair, "Master is fine. He will be fine after a while!"

Looking into Master's eyes and feeling his warm touch, the uneasiness in my heart gradually dissipated and I said aggrievedly.

"Master, am I so useless? I can't even find a recipe!"

A look of satisfaction flashed in Li Hongbing's eyes, and he gently patted Xiao Wuzi's shoulder, "Master, this is not a disease, it is cause and effect, it is punishment, and it cannot be cured by medicine."

Cause and effect, punishment!

These are too far away for Xiao Wuzi, far beyond what he can touch at his current age.

Xiaowuzi understands these four words: "But medicine can't cure it."

I remember that when my master was giving me a lecture, he said something about Bian Que when he met Duke Huan of Cai.

The disease is in the interstitial region, where soup and iron can reach it; in the skin, where needles and stones can reach; in the intestines and stomach, where fire Qi can reach; in the bone marrow, where the command of life belongs, there is nothing to do. Now in the bone marrow, there is no medicine that can cure it, so I don’t ask for it.

There is no cure, which means that the disease is incurable and terminal.

Tears welled up and he threw himself into Li Hongbing's arms.

"Master, I won't let you go."

When people around heard Xiao Wuzi crying, they felt sad.

I just said that I was deaf, so why was it so serious that I had to leave! !

Suddenly, the scene was chaotic.

Sun Lianqian cried and fainted in Fang Wanda's arms, while Sanpao squatted on the ground and kept slapping her head. There is a saying that a husband does not shed tears easily because he has not reached the point of sadness.

Hongqi and the younger students burst into tears, cursing heaven and earth while crying.

Ouyang Hua stood there blankly, with only one voice in his head.

The red soldiers are leaving! ! ! !

It was fine at noon, but after an afternoon, why did it become like this?

Li Hongbing looked at the chaotic scene in front of him and couldn't hear. It was so big that he couldn't explain clearly, or there was something wrong with their understanding.

Everyone is as crazy about gains and losses.

Just when I was about to push Xiao Wuzi away, I explained the reason to these crazy people.

"You guys are panicking"

Just then, a group of villagers came out of the corridor and saw the sound of crying in the rice field. Everyone felt tight and walked faster.

"Hongqi, you're crying, what happened?" Fu Sheng shouted nervously.

Li Hongqi burst into tears and choked with sobs and said, "Dad, Brother Hongbing is leaving!"

The words have not yet fallen.

What! ! ! !

The villagers stood there with their eyes wide open, their faces full of shock and disbelief. Their mouths were slightly opened, but they could not make a sound, as if they were choked by the sudden news.

gone!

"Gone" in the countryside has two meanings, one is an action, and the other is that when someone dies, they will say "gone"!

Fu Sheng was the first to wake up. His face showed surprise at first, and then anger. His chest was heaving violently and his breathing was rapid.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I'll beat you to death."

"Uncle Fusheng, it was Brother Hongbing who said it himself." Jianjun cried heartbrokenly and confirmed the matter again. At the same time, he looked at Lao Gen in the crowd, "Dad, Brother Hongbing is leaving!!"

"I do not believe!!"

Uncle Yandai rushed forward, pushed away the red flag and Jianjun, and saw Li Hongbing sitting on the ground, staggering closer, his mouth trembling, as if he had exhausted all his strength.

"Red soldier, you really have to leave!"

With his back to the light and it being night, Li Hongbing couldn't see clearly the shape of Uncle Yandang's mouth, so he asked helplessly.

"Uncle, what are you saying, I can't hear you!"

Uncle Yandai took a few steps back and stared straight at Li Hongbing sitting on the ground, his face trembling as if he had seen something terrible.

can not hear!

can not hear! !

As a person who specializes in sending off old people in the village, I have seen too many births, old age, illness and death, and I have personally seen off too many old friends.

Before people die, some people will lose sight, hearing, and speech. These are all signs that they are leaving.

Unexpectedly, this would happen to Li Hongbing.

Thinking of what the young people said just now.

Uncle Eyebag shook his body and almost fell down. He was supported by the scholar next to him. Uncle Eyebag pushed the scholar away, looked at the strange eyes of the villagers, and said with difficulty.

"Red soldiers, red soldiers are really leaving!"

boom! ! !

I heard this sentence from Uncle Yandai.

Some people's hands were shaking involuntarily and clenched into fists, as if they were trying to grab something to support themselves; others had pale faces and empty eyes, as if they had lost their souls.

Aunt Jinhua covered her chest with her hands, staggered back a few steps, and sat down on the ground, tears sliding down her wrinkled cheeks.

The rice field fell into a heavy silence, only the shocking news echoed in people's minds, impacting their hearts over and over again.

I don’t know who cried first, and it spread to others instantly. Various cries resounded in the rice field, scaring the budgerigars on the old oak tree to flap their wings and flee into the night sky.

Even though Li Hongbing couldn't hear it, the scene made him feel something was wrong.

Push Xiaowuzi away!

Li Hongbing stood up and came to the crowd. At this time, Li Hongbing didn't know that things seemed to be going off the rails because of his words.

"What are you doing! I'm not good, why are you crying?"

Seeing that Li Hongbing is still pretending to be fine now, he just wants to prevent everyone from worrying.

When a person reaches this point, what else can he say!

Immediately, the crying became even louder!

But Li Hongbing still couldn't hear it.

"Uncle Hong Bing, if there is anything else you want to do, tell me, even if you sell it, I will do it for you." Shuisheng cried with red eyes.

Tie Zhu also said, "Uncle Hong Bing, I will definitely build you a green stone coffin. If we leave, we will have a grand burial."

This time, with their backs to the light, Li Hongbing could clearly see the two people's mouths.

It was like being struck by a thunderbolt, which shocked me from the top of my head to the tips of my toes.

What the hell?

Qinggang stone coffin, beautiful burial! !

Is there an old man gone in the village?

"Who left? I see everyone is here!" Li Hongbing thought someone died in the village, and the villagers came to hug him, but there was no need for so many people to report the funeral together.

"Uncle Hongbing, don't say anything. I will make a shroud for you when you get back. I will use the best materials."

Widow Liu walked out of the crowd and stretched out her hand to measure Li Hongbing's size with tears in her eyes.

Gan! !

Li Hongbing reacted.

The co-author left on his own! !

bah bah bah!

I am alive and well, why should I go? !

You are all going crazy!

"Don't cry, listen to me, no one is allowed to say a word, let me finish!!"

"First of all, let me be clear. I am alive and well. I am not sick or in trouble. I am going to be a father soon. Don't curse me blindly."

Um! !

The villagers were stunned for a moment, staring straight at Li Hongbing, recalling what Uncle Hongbing said, and then turned their attention to Hongqi, Jianjun, and Uncle Yandai.

It was the three of you who said Uncle Red Soldier left.

"Yes, Brother Hongbing said personally that there is no cure, but Xiao Wuzi said he wouldn't let him go!" Hongqi also realized and quickly walked to Li Hongbing to explain.

Li Hongbing is going to be pissed to death by this idiot.

"When I say there is no cure, I mean there is no disease and no need to take medicine!"

"The deafness is due to temporary injury caused by the treatment. It will heal on its own after a while. What medicine should I take!"

Ah. Hahahaha! !

Hongqi's expression was mixed. He turned to look at Jianjun and Uncle Yandai, only to find that the two of them had run away at some point, and his father was walking towards him with his fists clenched while grinning.

There was a cry in my heart.

Why is it always you who is unlucky! !

"Don't slap me in the face, we have a blind date tomorrow."

Misunderstanding resolved.

The unlucky Hongqi also received a heart-breaking lesson in fatherly love.

Ouyang Hua was even more relieved.

Seeing Hongqi howling as he was beaten, if it wasn't for his identity, he would have wanted to go up and give him a kick.

What nonsense are you spreading? !

You deserve to be beaten to death!

But deafness is indeed a fact. The villagers are obsessed with gossip. Doctors treat people and cure deafness in their own ears. This is the only thing that scorpions do.

Li Hongbing said nothing about this, but still told the villagers in a serious tone.

Be a good person and don't do things you regret later, because God is watching what you do.

what is this!

Most of the villagers didn't understand, but some seemed to know something.

He nodded in agreement and told everyone to act according to their conscience.

No one thought of it.

Because of this oolong, the atmosphere in Caogou Village suddenly improved.

(End of this chapter)