Tongtian Bamboo Repair

Chapter 259 Yancheng
A low wall separated the two courtyards, and a moon gate was opened on the wall to connect the two courtyards.

There is also a 'shared' pool in the center of the yard. The pool is not big, and there are several weeping willows planted next to it.Under the tall weeping willows are clumps of cattails. Cattails grow more or less in clumps, growing left and right beside the pool and in the water.

A few damselflies landed on the tops of the cattails from nowhere, and when there was any movement in the wind, they were startled and flew around.

This is the small courtyard of the two girls. Seeing the weeping willows and cattails by the pond, Zhang Miao also knows why the two girls have such a good relationship, because they are both plants that grow by the water!
Zhang Miao sat on a futon made of willow branches and filled with cattail flowers.There is also burning incense in the corner of the room, and the green smoke rises, filling the room with a faint aroma.Several paintings of weeping willows and cattails were hung on the walls, adding a touch of humanism to the whole room. I don't know if the paintings of weeping willows and cattails were self-portraits of Liu Zhen'er and Pu Liuliu.

I have to say that girls’ rooms are always more elegant and refined, and even the teacups in front of them are exquisite and cute.

Sitting alone without words, having tea with the landscape.After being in a daze for a while, the two girls arrived belatedly.They have obviously been washed, and they have the freshness of grass and trees after the rain.When the two arrived, they both smiled apologetically at Zhang Miao and said, "I kept you waiting for a long time."

Zhang Miao smiled slightly, but he was not impatient.After the three of them sat down, they each drank tea and chatted, and the atmosphere gradually became harmonious.Zhang Miao thought this was just a simple chat over tea, but she didn't expect that after drinking a pot of tea, they chatted for a while.Liu Zhen'er said to him:

"Brother Zhang, after we came back, we also checked about the Water God of Shuilong Bay. Not to mention, we actually found out some information."

Zhang Miao was slightly startled, but asked curiously: "What information is it?"

"There is indeed an inside story!" Pu Liuliu also said in a low and mysterious voice.She leaned slightly closer to Zhang Miao and whispered: "There is also a community member of ours in the Jiuqu Shibawan area. And that community member happened to be related to the fallen Kowloon Bay Water God. After the death of the Kowloon Bay Water God, she We also conducted various investigations and determined that the Poseidon of the East China Sea wanted to seize a treasure belonging to the Water God of Kowloon Bay, and then treacherously killed her."

Liu Zhen'er nodded and said: "According to that society member, after the death of the Kowloon Bay Water Goddess, her treasure was also hidden, and it seems that the half of the imperial seal talisman you got is one of the clues. If you want to investigate and get the treasure left by the Water God of Shuilong Bay, you can go find her and ask her."

Speaking of this, Pu Liuliu also sighed and said: "It is said that the Water God of Shuilong Bay is a very good god. He is very friendly to us Transformation Medicine Spirits and has helped many Transformation Medicine Spirits. She His death is also a loss for us.”

"That's right." Liu Zhen'er also sighed and said, "The gods are not so friendly to us transforming medicine spirits. Some gods capture us to refine elixirs and medicines, and some capture us to practice martial arts and be servants. Even if they don't arrest us, Ours is also extremely indifferent to us and will not lend a helping hand to us. Friendly gods like the Water God of Shuilong Bay are really too rare."

"In the past, when I was young, I had just awakened my spiritual wisdom, and when my body was still unable to move, I saw too many herb collectors uprooting the spiritual herbs without leaving any way for them to reproduce. No chance."

"The same is true for me by the water. Every year, my grass roots will be stained red with blood. The killing of human monks is more serious than the hunting between animals."

As the two women talked, they began to talk about what happened before they transformed.The two women started talking about some intimate topics as if they were discussing gossip.Zhang Miao was also forced to listen, and was asked to express his opinions from time to time.

This is the reason why Zhang Miao is not willing to attend gatherings of female friends, because they like to gossip and talk nonsense, and they especially like to hear other people's approval.

Even the transformed female elves are no exception to this habit!

After chatting for a long time, when it got dark, the two women persuaded Zhang Miao to stay for dinner. After dinner, Zhang Miao said goodbye and left, declining their stay.

After returning to his wooden house, Zhang Miao thought about it and decided to go to the Jiuqu Bawan.If I don't go anywhere, the two girls will invite me to drink tea with them again. I can't drink tea every two days in the past three days. My body is already weak...

After making the decision, Zhang Miao summoned three goblins and said to them: "Master, I want to go out for a while. You guys should take good care of your home. If someone invites me to a tea party, just say I'm wandering around."

The three goblins nodded ignorantly, thinking that the master was really indifferent and solitary, why didn't he go to the tea party?

After making a clear explanation, Zhang Miao packed up his clothes and ran away at night.
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Jiuqu Shibawan on the East China Sea is more than 3000 miles away from Shougu Mountain. Heading south, flying over [-] miles, you can see a large tidal flat and swamp.This tidal flat and swampland has a huge number of creeks and rivers, including nine slightly larger main streams, known as Jiuqu.There are eighteen tributaries connecting Jiuqu, which are the Eighteen Bays.

In addition to these, there are countless streams and rivers. These are too small to form a divine palace and cannot support the gods, so naturally they are not included in them.

There is a group of people living in these nine bends and eighteen bays. This group of people make a living by boiling salt. The harvesters use the grass and shrubs in this large tidal flat to boil salt. Here, there is also a kitchen fire salt god - King Liu Yan. .King Liu Yan is also a minor god, and his care is very complicated. To be precise, he is a saint who became enlightened.

Saint is just another name for a god who understands the "rules of man". It does not mean that the god's actions and deeds are sacred and great.In fact, King Liu Yan was not a good god. He often threatened the kitchen households who cooked fires and boiled salt. He was a god who became a god based on fear.

He often intimidated kitchen households, often burning down their thatched houses, and occasionally knocking over the refined salt they cooked. He used this method to make others fear him, and then he became a god.

When we arrived here, it was early autumn, the annual thatch harvesting period. A large number of people were working in the tidal flats, harvesting thatch that was taller than people.This thatch is an important resource for kitchen households to survive.

The kitchen households rely on thatch as fuel to cook salt. Without thatch, the kitchen households cannot boil salt, cannot exchange salt for daily necessities, and their lives are not guaranteed.

At this time, it is also the busiest time in the Jiuqu Shibawan area.The cut thatch will be bundled into piles and then sent home through waterways extending in all directions. The thatch will be piled in front of and behind the houses to ensure a year's fuel supply for the kitchen households.

Therefore, what the kitchen households fear most is that their thatch stacks catch fire, and King Liu Yan likes to use this to threaten the kitchen households.

Zhang Miao flew down from the sky and arrived at Yancheng, the largest town here.Yancheng is the transfer station in this area. All the salt cooked by the kitchen households will be concentrated here and then transported to all directions. All materials from all directions will also be transported here and then sold to the kitchen households.

The temple of the Zaohuo Salt God is located in the center of Yancheng.Every day, a large number of people burn incense and pray in the temple, praying that King Liu Yan will show mercy and not burn their thatch stacks, their salt cooking stoves, and their thatched houses.There is no solemn feeling in the entire temple, but instead a feeling of depression and fear.People who come here to burn incense and pray are not seeking peace, but rather seeking protection from harm.The entire Yancheng is actually the divine palace of King Liu Yan, where terrifying flowers breed.

The social friend who has a good relationship with the Shuilong Bay Water God also lives in Yancheng.It seems that these shape-shifting medicine spirits like to hide in the city.

Zhang Miao was walking in Yancheng. The white streets were spotless, and the buildings beside the streets were well planned.From time to time, there are temple guards patrolling the streets. These are the monks responsible for security.There are no tall trees in Yancheng, but there are many tall thatches.The land here has extremely high salt content and cannot grow any crops, but it can produce very good refined salt.

People here only need to collect soil, then continuously wash it with water, and then sediment, filter and concentrate the washed mud water to turn it into high-concentration salt water. This salt water is then boiled and dried to become fine salt.

Zao households bring boiled salt here every month, exchange it for money, and then exchange the money for cloth, grain, medicine, tools and other daily necessities.This is a business that relies heavily on commerce, where huge amounts of money are produced every day. King Liu Yan can make a fortune by collecting these money.

Barrenness is just what you think is barren. In fact, every inch of land has its uses.

Zhang Miao asked passers-by in the city for a while, and then arrived at his destination.This is an acupuncture clinic that specializes in treating rheumatism and bone pain. The acupuncture here is not the ordinary golden needle acupuncture, but a variant of moxibustion - Mao moxibustion.As the name suggests, this is a hot moxibustion technique that uses lemongrass as the raw material for acupuncture.

Needless to say, the shape-shifting fairy's true form is lemongrass!
In this land, trees are difficult to grow, and only salt-tolerant thatch has a place.And citronella is a kind of thatch.

This medical center occupies a large area and is called "Citronella Hall". When you are close to this place, you can smell the special aroma of lemongrass and the smoke of burning lemongrass.There were many people standing or squatting at the door.These people have deformed bones and swollen lower limbs. They are all people with rheumatic bone disease.

There is no immediate death from rheumatic bone disease, but it is a chronic pain.The Jiuqu Shibawan area has abundant water vapor and serious salinity.In this salty and high-humidity environment, coupled with the heavy physical labor of the kitchen households, almost all of them suffer from rheumatism.

Most people will endure the pain. If they really can't bear it, they will come here for a moxibustion session, which can relieve the pain and make them comfortable for a few months.It is impossible to cure. This does not mean that this lemongrass girl does not have this ability. She is even better than Zhang Miao in treating rheumatic bone disease.

But if patients never leave this high-salt, high-humidity environment, they will never get well throughout their lives.Living environment is also an important part of medical skills.

Zhang Miao watched quietly outside Lemongrass Hall for a while. After entering, many people with painful faces came out with relieved faces after a while.They did not go in for general health care, but used moxa moxibustion to relieve their pain.

After a while, Zhang Miao walked into Lemongrass Pavilion.As soon as you enter the door, you will see a huge consulting room filled with smoke. Five rows of single beds are densely arranged, which can accommodate at least a hundred patients. Dozens of uniformly dressed doctors shuttle between the patients, constantly providing medical care to the patients. Moxibustion.

In the center of the consulting room, there is a lush citronella plant, and a faint fragrance emanates from it.The fragrance of citronella also has a therapeutic effect. To be precise, it is the volatile aromatic oil of citronella that has this effect.

When citronella is lit, the sesame oil burns and evaporates, and then enters the meridians of the human body with heat to treat rheumatism in the human body.In this environment, even taking a breath of smoke can make rheumatism patients feel much better.

Thinking of the patients sitting or standing outside, they are obviously here to absorb the smoke.Perhaps, they just don't have the money to come in for treatment, so they can only rely on this method to relieve their pain.The medical center is taking great pains not to drive them away.

Thinking of this, Zhang Miao was also silent for a while.This Lemongrass girl can be said to be a kind-hearted doctor!

Just as Zhang Miao was looking around, a doctor walked up to Zhang Miao. She glanced at Zhang Miao suspiciously, and then said, "What are you doing here? You don't look sick."

Her words were very rude, but Zhang Miao understood them very well.If you keep giving people moxibustion all day long and stay in this smoke-filled place all day long, your tone of voice is understandable.They are very tired and no longer have the energy to talk to you slowly.

Zhang Miao immediately said: "I'm here to find Dr. Xiangmao."

The man looked at Zhang Miao again and said, "If you are sick, go get a number and wait for Dr. Xiangmao's diagnosis and treatment. If you are not sick, then don't disturb the doctor. Dr. Xiangmao is very busy."

After saying this, she immediately threw herself into her work, because a very painful patient was already calling her.

When Zhang Miao saw this scene, his heart was slightly touched, and then he said to the woman, "I'm here to apply to be a doctor!"

His voice was loud and immediately attracted everyone's attention.The woman turned to look at him, and then said: "There is thatch and flint on the counter. You can go and do moxibustion for others now."

After saying that, she started to light the thatch without raising her head, and then performed thatch moxibustion on the person.

Zhang Miao didn't say anything else.He came to the counter and took a stick of lemongrass, and then walked towards an unattended patient...

There is no essential difference between the techniques of Mao moxibustion and moxibustion, but the different materials make the techniques slightly different.Lemongrass is resistant to burning, emits little smoke, and is easy to extinguish. This requires a certain degree of proficiency in mastering the heat.

Fortunately, Zhang Miao is not an outsider. He can get started with just a glance. After doing one or two cases, he is very proficient.

(End of this chapter)