Rebirth of Medicine Garden Space

Saying goodbye to his playmates, Liu Sichen ran home, threw the small basket to the well in front of the door, and rushed into the bedroom, "Grandpa, I'm back."

Grandpa Liu was flipping through herbs in the shade behind the house, when he heard a voice from inside the house answer, "Chenchen go drink water first, and finish the honey water on the table in the main room."

The honey water had soaked in the well, and it was cool. Liu Sichen took off his hat and climbed onto the bench, then sat on the bench with his legs kneeling, his upper body lying on the Eight Immortals table, holding an enamel cup in his small hand, "gudong gudong" and drank it water.

After swiping his mouth after drinking, he ran towards the back of the house.

Grandpa Liu is just 60 years old this year. Although he lived a poor life a few years ago, he is a doctor and knows how to take care of him. Now that he is in good health, taking care of Liu Sichen is not difficult at all.The father and son have lived together for so many years, and they have a deep relationship and are very close.

The clothes on Liu Sichen's body were already half dry, and it was still a bit cold when the wind blew, and at the very comfortable time, he slumped to Grandpa's side, and stretched out his little hands to help Grandpa flip through the herbs.

"Grandpa, let me do the work. You go and clean up the snails. Brother Changxing said that half of the cleanup is enough." Liu Sichen looked at his grandfather eagerly, with a little obedient smile in his big eyes, which made people's hearts soften immediately.

Grandpa Liu patted his head, but he didn't answer him immediately, instead he pointed to several kinds of herbs on the bamboo sieve and asked, "Come on, tell Grandpa, can you still recognize it after it's dried?"

"Hmm!" Liu Sichen didn't feel embarrassed, picked up several kinds of herbs one by one, twirled them with tender little hands, and sniffed them under his little nose from time to time, and then said cautiously: "Honeysuckle, Motherwort, Radix Isatidis, and so on." There's this plantain, right?"

The child's big watery eyes flashed, and he looked proud for praise. Grandpa Liu couldn't help but patted the top of his head, and said with a smile, "That's right, my dear grandson is really smart. Grandpa will clean up the snails for you. You can help Grandpa look after him. When the sun goes down, put them in cloth bags one by one."

"Okay, grandpa, don't worry." Liu Sichen has followed his grandpa up the mountain to collect herbs and identify medicinal materials since he was three years old when he was able to speak fluently. With his adult comprehension and deliberate memory, his grandpa used Nine out of ten of the herbal medicines he has seen are recognized by him, but some of their effects are still vague.

Liujia Village is very poor. Before Grandpa Liu came, there was a barefoot doctor in Liujia Village, who could cure all diseases with one prescription. Many people went to the county town for minor ailments, but they often went to the county town and had no money to treat them. It's gone.

After Grandpa Liu came, he was treated for serious and minor illnesses. Minor illnesses can be cured, and serious illnesses will try their best to prolong life and reduce pain.The whole village showed gratitude and respect to Grandpa Liu, and even took great care of Liu Sichen.

After the sun set, the temperature in the mountain dropped. It was no longer as hot as noon, and the wind was less scorching. Liu Sichen carefully packed the herbs into the cloth bags, and carried them back to the main room one by one, waiting for Grandpa When I have time, I will pack them in different categories.

"Chenchen, wash your hands and eat." Grandpa Liu called out from the kitchen door, and Liu Sichen responded crisply, went to the well to scoop up water and washed his hands carefully.

There is no electricity in the village, and there are many mosquitoes at night. Generally, after dark, the villagers like to move out of the bamboo bed and put on a mosquito net to chat and enjoy the shade.

Grandpa Liu and Liu Sichen had dinner. Grandpa Liu cut off the tail of the snails, washed them clean, and cooked them with spices and a little chili and salt. It was delicious and served with a bowl of rice. Very satisfying to eat.

Few people in Liujia Village can afford rice. Most people eat coarse grains and some white rice to make porridge, and rarely eat dry rice.The rice in Liu Sichen's family was bought from the food stamps sent back by his parents. His parents' wages were very low, but they had enough food stamps and cloth tickets, and they sent home what they could not use up.Liu Sichen thought about when he could eat some braised pork. It has been five years since he was born, and the number of times he eats meat every year is still countable with two hands.

After Liu Sichen took a bath, Grandpa Liu had already set up a mosquito net on the small bamboo bed where he slept at noon. He climbed into the mosquito net, lay down comfortably, and yelled at his grandpa, "Grandpa, hurry up and take a bath, and the water will come later." It's not hot anymore."

Grandpa Liu responded, amused in his heart, this child is becoming more and more like a little adult.

Liu Sichen fiddled with an emerald pendant on his chest, and felt a slight pain in his hand. Only then did he realize that there was a small cut on his soft little finger, which may have been injured while playing in the stream. When the edges and corners were pressed, some blood appeared again, which happened to be painted on the pendant.

This pendant was brought to him after he was born. It is said that it is a family heirloom of the Liu family. No matter how difficult the Liu family was, they did not sell it. The pendant is an irregular shape, as if it has not been deliberately carved, but the emerald itself is full of water, emerald green Delicious, crystal clear.Liu Sichen hurriedly put his fingers into his mouth to lick the wound clean, but he didn't notice that the blood stains on the pendant slowly disappeared, as if absorbed by the jadeite, and the whole jadeite pendant became brighter and more tender, as if it was about to drip water Come average.

Liu Sichen was full, and after taking a warm bath, he was feeling refreshed by the wind, and soon he closed his eyes in bewilderment.

Liu Sichen felt that he had had a dream. In the dream, there was a piece of black land, a neat and bright wooden house, a misty spring, connected to the gurgling stream, and in the distance were towering ancient trees and dense forests composed of verdant trees. , the fragrance of grass, trees and flowers, the gentle breeze, a school of reeds leaning against the jade trees, only the bare black land is a bit abrupt.

The spring water was covered with mist, but the spring water was not hot, it was very cool and comfortable, so Liu Sichen squatted on the bank and plucked the spring water.A trace of doubt flashed in Liu Sichen's heart, is this really a dream?

Liu Sichen knew that he was dreaming, but he also felt that he was a little too awake. He stretched out his tender hand and grabbed a grass by the spring, put it under his nose and smelled it, the faint smell of grass could even be felt The tender green juice that flows from the broken blades of grass.

He got up and walked towards the wooden house. The wooden house is divided into two rooms. One room is bigger than the two brick houses in his house. There are cabinets that reach to the roof on three sides of the walls. The cabinets look thick and neat. , a small label was pasted on each grid, and the label was written in official script. Liu Sichen could barely read a few words, and recognized that it was a medicine cabinet.

Liu Sichen was secretly surprised, thinking that he really thought about it every day and dreamed about it at night, and only helped grandpa pack the herbs before dinner, so he dreamed of such a big medicine cabinet.

Liu Sichen entered the next room. Except for the medicine cabinet on one wall, the other two walls turned out to be two tall bookcases, which were filled with new or old books. These books were all ancient thread-bound books without exception. , Liu Sichen carefully took out a few books and found that they were all medical books and medicine books, with official script, cursive script, running script, and regular script.There are handwritten, printed, and some supporting experience notes and prescriptions.

Liu Sichen was puzzled. As an adult, he certainly knew that the things in the dream were actually made up by a person based on his own experience and memory. It is impossible for the unknown facts to appear. Could it be that these medical books and prescriptions are all in his own brain? Made up? !