Wife is an enemy general
Chapter 26
001.
After such a commotion back and forth, at the end, the sky had already slowly darkened.
After Li Mu tidied up the messy yard in a simple manner, he hurried to Xu Tian's house. When he went, he realized that Yang Tie's daughter-in-law had already gone back in the morning.
Upon hearing the news, Li Mu lost his mind for a moment, Xu Tian quickly comforted him, "Don't mind too much, she can survive." After thinking for a while, Xu Tian added, "If you are really worried , you can go and see her in the future, I asked where her home is for you."
Yang Tie lived in the mountain opposite their town, and in fact, he could still see a little bit from their village. When the weather was good, he might even see some houses.
However, the roads in the mountains twist and turn, and many places seem to be far away, and it will take several days to go there.
Xu Tian told the news he asked, and comforted Li Mu with a few words that the people should not fight with the officials. When the topic ended, night had already fallen.
The yard of Li Mu's house was completely ruined, the fence yard was down, the duck cage was down, the house was fine, but the yard was definitely going to be cleaned up again.
After returning home, Li Mu took a rough look at the yard, thinking about how many bamboo and wooden stakes he needed to bring back to repair it.
Now that the yard has been destroyed, he thought of simply taking this opportunity to make it bigger, since there is enough space anyway.
There is a forest behind his house, a wild and wild forest, which was left unused before, but now he wants to circle a piece for ducks.
Seeing the little duck grow up day by day, the small space in the small yard is no longer enough, and when it grows up after a while, the smell of domestic animals will become stronger, and it cannot live with people all the time.
Li Mu was calculating, but there was a rush of footsteps from the side.
"How's it going?" Uncle Hong hurried over with Yun'er in his arms.
Because of the haste of walking, sweat was all over his forehead.
The clothes on the two of them were a little messy, Yun'er was fine, but Uncle Hong still had withered grass leaves on his head, he was very embarrassed, as if he had been hidden in some haystack.
"Uncle Hong." Li Mu took Yun'er in his arms.
"Uncle." Yun'er pulled the hair by Li Mu's ear, and leaned against Li Mu to act like a spoiled child.
Uncle Hong had already looked around at the moment, and when he saw the miserable state of Li Mu's yard, his face was very ugly. He was angry but he was too embarrassed to scold him, so his face turned livid, and he muttered, "Those bastards know how to mess around. ... Li Mu, are you alright?"
When looking at Li Mu, Uncle Hong looked away a little guilty. He should have helped Li Mu, but he is not here at this time...
Li Mu didn't think it was a big deal, he knew that Uncle Hong had many secrets and it was not easy for him, so he didn't blame him.
"Are you not injured?" Uncle Hong asked.
"I'm fine." Li Mu teased Yun'er.
Hearing that Li Mu was fine, Uncle Hong finally breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the ruined yard rather annoyedly, "It's going to be troublesome now." affected.
Just as he was talking, Uncle Hong caught a glimpse of a figure in the room, "He?!" Uncle Hong looked at Li Mu, "Didn't he leave?"
The person sitting in the room was none other than Zhong Xiuyuan.
The latter noticed the gaze of the two, and he stood up, "Uncle Hong."
The soldiers sealed off the town and the mountains, and it was impossible to get in and out of this area easily, and he missed the best time to leave, so now he can only stay temporarily.This mountain has become the safest place after what happened before.
Uncle Hong didn't speak any more, just looked at him thoughtfully.
The night in the mountains came quickly, and the few of them joined forces, and after a simple dinner, they fell asleep early.
In the early morning of the next day, Li Mu got up early in the morning.
He went into the mountain several times, first he carried a lot of bamboo shoots, and then he dragged five or six bamboos back.
This is a good thing in the mountains. Many things are self-sufficient. As long as you are not too lazy, life will not be rich but it will not be difficult.
After placing the big basket of spring bamboo shoots in front of Zhong Xiuyuan, whose face darkened when he saw the bamboo shoots, Li Mu dragged the bamboo out, and began to break the bamboo in the yard, preparing to cut it into strips for later use.
It's not difficult to weave the fence yard, but Li Mu has only seen the finished product, so he still lacks experience if he wants to do it himself. Fortunately, Uncle Hong also knows the situation, so he packed up the housework early to help.
Li Mu and Uncle Hong were busy with a hatchet in each hand, while Zhong Xiuyuan sat at the foot of the yard with his sleeves rolled up, in front of him was a seemingly endless mountain of bamboo shoots.
In the middle of the morning, the sun fell warmly on the mountain, and the sky in the mountain stream was as clear as blue, and mottled light spots fell from the gaps in the leaves, illuminating the courtyard brightly.
While he was busy, there was movement around Li Mu's legs.
Li Mu looked down, Yun'er didn't know when she stood beside his legs.
"What's the matter?" Li Mu lowered his head and asked, his tone would always soften a little unconsciously when facing Yun'er.
"Uncle, duckling." Yun'er pointed to where the duckling was with her white fingers.
Because the duck cage collapsed, Li Mu locked the ducks in the empty utility room last night, and only released them in the morning to surround them in a corner of the yard.
"Go and play, be careful." Yun'er likes ducks very much, during this time he followed Li Mu to herd ducks every day, Li Mu thought he wanted to play.
"Uncle, the duckling is asleep." Yun'er raised her head, her black and white eyes reflected Li Mu's face, like a clear pond that was so clear that it did not contain any impurities.
Li Mu put down the hatchet, took Yun'er and pulled out a stool, and put him in Zhong Xiuyuan's hand for him to sit and play, "You play with aunt here."
Hearing those two words, Zhong Xiuyuan's body froze imperceptibly. He raised his eyes and glanced at Li Mu. He didn't know whether it was the blush from the sun or the blush from embarrassment.
Li Mu looked down at the many bamboo shoots on the ground, "Hurry up."
Zhong Xiuyuan's face was as black as coal in an instant, he hated peeling bamboo shoots!
This thing is as thick as a thumb, and the shell is so slender, it's not easy to peel it off, and it takes time.
When his leg was injured before, Li Mu threw a lot of it to him, and it took him a few days to peel it off without stopping.I thought this matter was over like this, but when I turned around, Li Mu made such a big pile again.
After teasing Zhong Xiuyuan expressionlessly, Li Mu went back to get his bamboo in a serious manner, but Yun'er was a little anxious.
He looked at Zhong Xiuyuan, then at Li Mu, and then at the little duck. He stood up from the stool, and then ran towards the little duck.
Li Mu didn't pay attention, he just thought he was playing, but after a while, he saw Yun'er walking towards him holding a duck in both hands, and he realized that something was wrong.
The little Yun'er was holding a little duck in both hands, the fluffy little duck was very quiet, with its head drooping, and let him hold it motionless.
"Look, I'm asleep!" Yun'er held the duck high, wanting to show Li Mu.
Li Mu threw away the hatchet in his hand, he frowned, took the duck and looked at it.
The little duck drooped its wings and head. When it was in Yun'er's hands, it was obedient. After it was in Li Mu's hands, it struggled to move, but soon fell down on the ground weakly again.
The little duck's body was a little hot, and its limbs were obviously weak. The duck's mouth was slightly opened, but it didn't cry, only panting in pain.
"Oh, what's the matter?" Seeing Uncle Hong, he hurried over.
He pinched the little duckling's little wings, and the little duckling just struggled weakly, and then became weaker and weaker.
"Shouldn't this be beaten yesterday?" Uncle Hong walked towards the duck nervously. He had heard about what happened yesterday. If such a small duckling was accidentally beaten , can't it become like this? !
Li Mu frowned, and followed that way.
He didn't notice anything abnormal when he fed the ducks before going to bed last night, and he didn't pay much attention when he released the ducks in the morning, and he didn't know when it started.
When they got to the duck cage, a group of little guys immediately stood up and stretched their necks to shout at Li Mu. After this commotion, Li Mu immediately realized that something was wrong.
There were originally more than 30 ducks in a group, but nearly a dozen ducks squatted on the ground without moving.
A few of them are okay, and they still have some strength to squawk and try to stand up, while the rest have no strength to move.
Yun'er also ran over at this moment, he supported the duck cage that Li Mu temporarily made in the morning and said to Li Mu in a childlike voice: "Look, uncle, the little duck is asleep."
"Uncle Hong." Li Mu looked at Uncle Hong beside him.
When Uncle Hong heard this, he immediately nodded in understanding. He walked to the side and opened the duck cage, and drove the ducks that could still walk to the empty room.
After the ducks that were in good condition were driven away, Li Mu immediately went into the duck cage to see the ones that couldn't move.
The duckling was still young, it was already small, but now that it shrank sickly, it looked even smaller.
Li Mu counted, including the one that Yun'er showed him, there were thirteen in total that couldn't move.
The thirteen ducks were all in the same condition. They were all weak, with their mouths open as if they couldn't breathe.The severity of the situation varies, some are only mild, and some are already paralyzed on the ground and cannot move.
Uncle Hong locked up the duck and returned to Li Mu's side. Seeing the duck lying on the ground, his heart ached for a moment, "Isn't this sick?"
If it was said to be beaten, it can't be like this, it doesn't look like being beaten, but more like being sick!
Li Mu spent all his money to get these ducks back at the beginning, and they were several taels when they were connected to the pond, but now one-third of them are lying on the ground at once, isn't this a panic to death? !
Zhong Xiuyuan had already followed after hearing the sound, he didn't know much about this kind of thing, but seeing Li Mu frowning, his brows were also tightly furrowed and couldn't be untied.
Li Mu took the basket, picked up the uncomfortable ducklings one by one, put them in the basket, and then lifted them to the open space.
Li Mu drew a small bench and sat down. After carefully picking up each duck and looking at it, his heart sank gradually. These ducks didn't seem to be sick, but they were indeed sick.
What he feared most had finally come.
002.
Ducks are different from other livestock. Although they have a fast growth cycle, they are also very easy to get sick, and once they get sick, they will be sick one by one.
Ordinary illnesses are fine, but if one suffers from duck plague, hundreds of them may die at one time.
When they raised this thing at home, they had been preventing duck plague since the ducklings broke their shells, and there was no shortage of preventive medicines that should be eaten or fed.
But it is different here. Let alone treating ducks in this mountain, even if the people in the village are very sick, they are not willing to go down the mountain to see a doctor, but stand on their own.
Poverty is on the one hand, and on the other hand, medicine is also scarce after ten years of continuous war.It's okay to be infected with a common cold, but if it's a serious illness, you can't afford the medicine.
The medicine that people take is like this, let alone this kind of livestock.
In the current situation, it is estimated that he just went down the mountain to find someone to help him take a look, and there is no such capable person.
Li Mu had thought about this before, and at that time he had been vaguely uneasy, but he had always had a fluke mentality, thinking that he might be able to escape, thinking of trying his luck, but now it seems that he is still too naive.
After putting the thirteen ducks aside alone, Li Mu invited Uncle Hong to help him enter the house to see if there were any other ducklings that were not quite right.
Li Mu raised a total of 36 ducks before, and all of them were growing well. Now they are bigger than before, and they are twice as fierce as before.
Seeing Li Mu enter the house, all the ducklings who were resting on the ground stood up and ran towards him with a quack.
Li Mu's face turned pale, and he retreated outside the door, leaving only Uncle Hong and Yun'er in the room to help watch the ducks.
"Those who are panting, and those who have gum in their eyes, also catch them out." Li Mu stood outside the door, stretching his neck to look at the situation inside the house.
The farmhouse has a threshold, and those ducks are still young, and they couldn’t jump over the threshold without a ladder. Fortunately, this prevents Li Mu from being chased by them.
Uncle Hong bent down and searched one by one among the group of ducks, and it didn't take long for the duck with two legs that seemed to be inconvenient to come out.
"I seem to have seen a few ducks that were not going well." Uncle Hong frowned while talking to Li Mu while putting the ducks that were found to be wrong in the basket.
The remaining ducks are basically in good condition, but if you choose from among them, it seems that you can still select five or six ducks that are not in the right condition.
Li Mu didn't speak, he took another basket from the side in silence, and separated the ones that were in better condition from the ones that could no longer move, so as to avoid further infection.
Yun'er came out of the house, squatted in front of the ducklings lying motionless in the basket, and gently touched the ducklings' heads with her hands in distress.
After checking all the ducks, Li Mu put eighteen ducks in the basket outside the door.
Eighteen of the 36 ducks were out of order, fully half of the number. Looking at those quacking ducklings, let alone Uncle Hong, even Li Mu felt a little distressed at the moment.
Because of the ducks, Li Mu didn't have the heart to go to the fenced yard anymore.
He has always paid great attention to the duckling's food. He usually eats and drinks clean water. Now that he is sick, he can't find the reason for a while, so he can only wait and see tomorrow. How is it going.
As long as it is not contagious duck plague, if you are lucky, they may survive by themselves tomorrow.
Li Mu is aware of most of the diseases that ducks often suffer from. Since he dares to raise them, he still has a number of possible ways to deal with them.
But if it's duck plague, then things are serious...
Later, he got some water and food alone, and fed the sick ducks alone.
Those ducks that are better can still eat by themselves, and those that have already lay down can still drink some water, but they eat less.
When I looked again in the evening, those who couldn't eat were already dying.
Li Mu found some slender bamboo slivers to get some shredded cabbage leaves, grabbed them one by one and opened his mouth to feed them.
After tossing and turning all night, the fog was thick before dawn the next day. When Li Mu put on his coat and got up to look again, three of the ducks lying down had already died.
The ducklings didn't know when they died. When Li Mu looked at them, their bodies were already cold, and their lips were blackened.
"What?" Zhong Xiuyuan, like Li Mu, followed out wearing a coat.
Both of them are people who are used to light sleep on the battlefield, and Zhong Xiuyuan woke up when Li Mu moved a little.
Li Mu shook his head, his heart sank.
He picked up the three dead ducks and put them under the eaves, and examined the others side by side.
The ducks are now divided into three places and locked up. Those with no problems are placed separately, those with a few problems are placed in a pile, and the ducks that have fallen down are placed on the other side.
After checking this time, Li Mu's face was as black as coal.
As the night passed, half of the ducks that were only a little bit out of order had fallen down again.
"Don't worry too much." Zhong Xiuyuan said.
There is heavy water vapor in the mountains, and the weather in early May is still a bit cool in the morning.
Hearing this, Li Mu raised his eyes and glanced at him, his eyes were dark, unable to see what he was thinking.
Seeing Li Mufu squatting down again to inspect the motionless ducklings in the basket, Zhong Xiu frowned, and his heart sank.
At that moment, he was a little annoyed, annoyed at his uselessness, annoyed that he knew that Li Mu was in trouble but couldn't help him, he was even too stupid to say any nice comforting words.
In the early morning, the mountains are quiet.
Li Mu crouched on the ground and looked at the ducklings who were in serious condition. Those ducklings seemed to have sensed Li Mu's heavy heart. They struggled to stand up, and then squatted down again leaning on Li Mu's hand.
The fluffy and warm touch on the back of his hand made Li Mu feel a little better, but he also became more and more anxious.
After arranging the ducks, Li Mu got up, took a deep breath, and opened the door that closed the other ducklings that were normal yesterday.
At this moment, the ducklings tucked their heads into their little wings one by one, as if they hadn't woken up yet, they didn't make trouble with Li Mu, but squatted on the spot.
A moment later, when Li Mu came out again, he was holding several ducks in his hands that were obviously not in the right condition.
Zhong Xiuyuan stood at the door watching, opened his mouth several times, but didn't know what to say.
When Uncle Hong woke up and came to see the situation, there were already four dead ducks under the eaves of Li Mu's house, and several new ones were added to the basket used to keep the seriously ill ducks.
"What can we do?" Uncle Hong was anxious, if he kept going at this speed, all the ducks would die in two days.
These things in the mountains are not easy to feed. Ordinary people occasionally buy a few to raise, but less than half of them can survive and grow up. This is one of the reasons why many people are unwilling to raise them.
Li Mu originally wanted to rely on these ducks to make money, but now that he died so much, he lost all his money. Can this make people not worry?
"Uncle Hong, please take care of these ducks at noon, I will go down the mountain next time." Li Mu decided to go down the mountain and ask if anyone can cure this thing.
This happened to his family in the previous life. In the worst case, nearly [-] ducklings all died. However, at that time, their family had their own breeding farm, and the loss of [-] ducklings was not considered a loss. big.
It would be fine if it was just an ordinary illness, but this time the situation was obviously different, so Li Mu didn't dare to act rashly.
"Oh, okay, don't worry..." Uncle Hong nodded without thinking.
Just at this moment, Yun'er had already gotten up. After he got up from the bed, he put on the little tiger shoes, rubbed his eyes, and ran towards the yard of Li Mu's house.
"Uncle..." After entering the yard, Yun'er ran to the side of the small basket and squatted down, stretching her neck.
He had been thinking about these ducklings all night last night, and even asked Uncle Hong about them before going to bed, and he was willing to sleep only after Uncle Hong assured him that he would be fine.No, I ran over as soon as I woke up in the morning.
After looking at the ducklings in the basket, Yun'er squinted and looked at the ones placed under the eaves, "What's wrong with the ducklings?"
He trotted and squatted in front of those dead ducks, reached out to touch them, and was stunned for a moment when he felt the cold touch of his hands. The next second, his mouth was flattened, and his eyes immediately turned red, "Wow..."
Seeing this, Uncle Hong hurried up to hug him, "Don't cry, don't cry..."
Yun'er was hugged by Uncle Hong, but her eyes were still looking at the dead ducklings on the ground.
Children from poor families have long been in charge of the family. Although Yun'er is only four or five years old, he already vaguely knows what death is.
This group of ducklings, since Li Mu bought them back, every time Li Mu took the ducks to the pond to look for food, he would take them with him, which made Yun'er, who had almost no playmates of the same age since she was a child, very happy.
Unlike adults with purpose, he really likes the ducklings. He was so worried when he knew the ducklings were sick yesterday that he couldn’t sleep well. Now that the ducklings are dead, his tears immediately flowed down. , Crying so much is called a sad.
"Why are you still crying? Don't you think there are still so many?" Uncle Hong pinched Yun'er's cheek lightly, trying to divert his attention.
But his actions were not successful, the teary-eyed Yun'er looked at the ducklings that were still alive, and then at the ones that were dead, and the tears immediately fell even more fiercely, "...Woo...Little, Little duck... small... wow..."
It is completely different from the adults who fight each other indifferently on the battlefield. In Yun'er's view, the sadness of death cannot be compensated by other reasons for being alive, which is completely different.
Seeing Yun'er crying so sadly, Li Mu's tightly pursed lips relaxed a bit, he stepped forward to take the weeping villain from Uncle Hong's arms, and hugged him in his arms.
"It's okay, don't cry anymore." A soft light flashed in Li Mu's eyes, and his whole demeanor softened, "Uncle is going down the mountain at noon to find someone to help the little duck see a doctor, do you want to go together?"
Yun'er, who was out of breath from crying, immediately looked at Li Mu with teary eyes.
"It's cured, and the duckling won't be in pain anymore." Li Mu whispered softly.
After hearing Li Mu's words, Yun'er sucked her red nose and nodded quickly, "I'm going!" After speaking, he looked at the dead ducks on the ground again, raised his little hand and wiped away the unstoppable tears. tears.
"It's not easy for you to go up and down the mountain. If you have to walk so far, it's better not to take him there, so as not to get tired on the road." Uncle Hong said.
The road up and down the mountain is not easy to walk, even if you don't bring anything, walking back and forth for several hours is not enough.
When Yun'er heard this, she quickly grabbed Li Mu with both hands, and looked at Li Mu nervously with her mouth flattened, for fear that Li Mu would not take him there.
Yun'er is usually a very obedient and sensible child, always quiet and quiet, but at this moment he chooses to be self-willed.
"It's fine, I'm not tired." Li Mu hugged her tightly, freeing one hand to wipe away the unstoppable tears on Yun'er's face.
After getting Li Mu's answer, Yun'er looked at Uncle Hong nervously again.
Seeing his pitiful appearance, Uncle Hong had no choice but to swallow the words that came to his lips, "Go, go, be careful on the road, the mountain is not very smooth recently."
Yun'er nodded very seriously, and said while choking with sobs: "Yun'er will be obedient, listen to uncle."
Listening to Yun'er's choked voice, the three men in the yard didn't speak.
In fact, they hope that Yuner can be more self-willed, he is only four or five years old, not four or 50 years old, even if he is self-willed and mischievous, they will tolerate him.
Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan's silence was due to distress, but Uncle Hong's eyes turned red when he heard the words, guilt flashed in his eyes.
Yun'er has no parents, he lives alone in the mountains with a big man with Yun'er who has bad eyesight, before Li Mu came back, sometimes he had to lock Yun'er at home for an afternoon in order to go to the mountains to do things.
The other children ran all over the mountains and fields, playing with mud all over the place, but Yun'er could only sit on the small stool in the house, listening with wide-eyed eyes through the door.
Although Yun'er was very sensible and never cried or made trouble, but in the end he still owed him.
003.
After simply eating breakfast, Li Mu carried Yuner down the mountain early.
On the road, Yun'er is very obedient, she walks all the time when she can walk by herself, as if she doesn't want Li Mu to be tired.
Li Mu didn't care about him so much, he bent down, picked him up and left.
It took some time to walk down the mountain, through the green bamboo forest, and when we got outside the town, the sun had already risen above our heads.
The foot of the mountain was under martial law, and there were heavy guards inside and outside the town. The two were searched when they entered the town, and they were released after being asked about their purpose.
Because of the arrival of the army, everyone in the town was in danger and a little bleak.
There were a lot fewer hawkers on the bustling streets, and there were only a few here and there.There are few pedestrians walking on the road, most of them are soldiers patrolling back and forth.
Before Li Mu found the only medical clinic in the town, he was interrogated twice along the way.
The medical hall opened half of the door. Because Zhong Xiuyuan had an injury on his leg, the medical hall became an important place for soldiers to search. Since the army moved into the town, they have been searched every two days. No one dared to Come.
The doctor sitting in the hall was a young man, who seemed to be about the same age as Li Mu, not the kind of old doctor who walked tremblingly in other places.
He was dressed in white, dozing off in the room with his chin propped up, a red mark was pressed on the side of his upright face.
At first he was happy to see Li Mu coming in, but when he heard that Li Mu was asking about ducks, his face collapsed.
"I'm treating people, so I don't care about livestock matters." Although the young doctor was a little unhappy, he still didn't lose his temper.
No one dared to come to the medical center these days. Although he was a little unhappy that someone like Li Mu came here, it was considered a visitor.
Li Mu had expected such a result before he came, but he still didn't give up and asked again, "You said that the medicine this person takes, can ducks eat it?"
The medicines that people in the mountains take are herbal medicines, which are not that strong. Li Mu still has some hope.
The doctor laughed, "You said the food that ducks eat, can humans eat it?"
Li Mu didn't speak.
Seeing Li Mu like this, the doctor thought about it, and then said, "However, if you look at the ducks according to the human condition, as you said before, those ducks don't seem to be sick, but rather poisoned."
"Poisoned?" Li Mu's voice was low.
"That's right. Generally speaking, the lips of people who are sick have much whiter lips. Only those who are poisoned can get sick so quickly, and their lips are usually black and blue." The doctor thought it was funny as he studied medicine for so long. This is the first time to see a duck.
After Li Mu's reminder from the doctor, he immediately regained his strength.
Most of the ducks he had seen in the past did not get sick so quickly. Even if it was a severe duck plague, it would take two or three days before they died.
It took those little ducks only half a day and one night from finding out what was wrong to dying, which is really too fast.
At the same time, Li Mu also breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as it is not duck plague and is not contagious, the situation can still be controlled.
Li Mu immediately picked up Yun'er who was obediently sitting next to him, said goodbye to the doctor and hurried out the door, planning to go back to the mountain early to see what was going on.
After walking for half a street, he rushed back again, and when he returned to the young doctor with a blue face, Li Mu handed Yun'er in his arms, and before the doctor could speak, he said, "Still Please help me find out what's going on with him."
The young doctor with livid face was about to get angry, seeing the doll in front of him seemed to be a person, so the boss swallowed his breath again.
It's a person, it's easy to say.
The doctor took Yun'er's pulse, looked at his eyes again, and then said in a strange tone: "He is also poisoned."
Li Mu was not surprised, he more or less guessed something.
Li Mu was not surprised, but the doctor looked at Li Mu in a strange way. He held Yun'er in his arms and thought about it for a while before he said: "His poison seems to be brought out of the womb. I have never seen it before. I will tell you the specific situation." Still have to think about it.”
"Can it be cured?" Li Mu only cared about this.
Yun'er is a very well-behaved child, but it's a pity for these eyes.
He also lives in the mountains. If the people in the mountains have poor eyesight, it will be a problem even to go out to the next place.
It's okay now, with Uncle Hong and him, he will take care of everything.
It can be said that Uncle Hong is gone, he is old, what will he do when only Yun'er is left alone?
The people in the mountains are living in poverty, unless they can earn money to make Yun'er live comfortably for the rest of her life, otherwise Yun'er will find it difficult to marry a daughter-in-law.
After all, life is not easy, who wants to take care of a poor and blind man?
The doctor pondered for a while, shook his head, and said: "The poison is not very deep, it should be his mother who was poisoned when he was already formed and about to be born, but it is always troublesome to deal with such a situation, even if you want to It will cost a lot to cure him."
The people in the town and the people in the mountains are what the doctor knows. There are not many people who can really afford the money, and everyone just muddle along.
"How much?" Li Mu hugged him back into his arms.
The young doctor didn't want to continue to entangle, but seeing Li Mu's serious face, he didn't seem to be asking casually, so he counted with his fingers and reported a number, "Even if everything is simple, there is no such thing as three or forty taels. Method."
These years, the country has fought wars to expropriate medicinal materials, making medicine more expensive than meat. There are many people who can afford meat, but not many people who can afford medicine.
Li Mu secretly wrote down the number, and he took out his wallet, "Thank you doctor, what is the consultation fee?"
"Okay, get out!" The young doctor waved his hands angrily, and propped up his chin again, preparing to doze off.
Li Mu was slightly surprised, forget about the duck, but even if ordinary people come to see a doctor without taking medicine, they still care about the cost of the consultation.
Seeing that Li Mu didn't leave, the doctor said again: "For such a little baby, just treat it as me doing something good and accumulating some virtue."
Li Mu didn't bother anymore, he hugged Yun'er and thanked him, then turned and left.
When Li Mulin walked to the door and was about to go out, the doctor's voice came from behind him, "Don't ask me about the ducks in the future, I'm just looking at people!" Obviously, he was still thinking about Li Mu asking him about the livestock. thing.
After leaving the hospital, Li Mu was holding Yun'er and was about to leave the town and go back to the mountain, but was blocked by a group of soldiers and couldn't get out.
Outside the town, nearly a thousand soldiers formed a square formation, ready to go.
Li Mu learned about the situation from other people. These people are Guangtu's subordinates. They are divided into several brigades, and they are going to turn every inch of the surrounding area upside down. The first search direction is the few mountains near the town. .
Seeing that he couldn't leave the town for a while, Li Mu simply took Yun'er to buy some peanut candy nearby.
A total of less than half a catty was bought, and it was wrapped squarely in oiled paper.
The peanut candy made by the store with the new season's peanuts is sweet and crispy, and the taste is also fragrant.
Yun'er took it and was reluctant to eat it, she bit it into pieces and put it in her mouth, her white and clean cheeks were swollen.Coupled with the red eyes from crying in the morning, the whole looks like a little rabbit.
Originally, Li Mu just wanted to buy it for Yuner to make snacks, but after smelling the smell, he couldn't help but eat a piece.
It was already after noon when Li Mu took Yun'er up the mountain after spending some time in the town.
After Li Mu returned Yun'er to Uncle Hong, he briefly explained the situation under his inquiry, and rushed to see the duckling's situation.
The condition of the uncomfortable little duckling has been bad, and it has slowly become weak at an almost visible speed.And those who were in a better situation, slowly began to show problems.
After getting the doctor's reminder at the foot of the mountain, Li Mu immediately found out all the things that the little duck had used after returning home, and began to check them one by one.
Li Mu has been paying special attention to this group of ducklings since he bought them back. Whether it is eating food or water, he has always been very careful.
Most of the feed is cabbage leaves mixed with grass leaves, and occasionally Li Mu will put some chaff into it, these things are completely non-toxic.
Since it is not a matter of food, is it water?
But the water was drawn from a well, and the few of them have been drinking it all the time, and there is no problem.
Li Mu checked it out, and after finding out the reason, he didn't get entangled. Instead, he went to another well at the head of the village to fetch water and came back to feed the ducks that were still in good condition.
Li Mu also threw away all the feed that was brought back in advance and put aside for preparation, and brought back clean new ones.
After changing all the food and water, Li Mu spent some time cleaning up the duck nest and replaced it with new straw.
He was relieved after almost renovating everything up and down.
Those ducks that are in relatively good condition should not be deeply poisoned. Drinking more water and eating something should neutralize it. The trouble is that these poisoned ones are quite serious.
At the moment the poison/source has not been found, naturally it is impossible to find the antidote, the only way can only be to try to neutralize the poison and make a gamble on it.
Li Mu still has some experience about duck food poisoning, although it is all oral experience from his parents.
Ducks look for things to eat outside all the year round, and sometimes they will eat some poisonous things, which will cause various discomforts. Under normal circumstances, there will be specialized veterinarians in the farm.
In some rural areas, those who raise a few dogs by themselves are too lazy to go to a veterinarian, so they will use their own local methods. The effect may not be very good, but many things passed down from ancestors are quite useful.
Li Mu took the money and went to Xu Tian's house, and then went to his own field. In the middle of the afternoon, he finally found all the things he wanted.
Li Mu took the things and was
After such a commotion back and forth, at the end, the sky had already slowly darkened.
After Li Mu tidied up the messy yard in a simple manner, he hurried to Xu Tian's house. When he went, he realized that Yang Tie's daughter-in-law had already gone back in the morning.
Upon hearing the news, Li Mu lost his mind for a moment, Xu Tian quickly comforted him, "Don't mind too much, she can survive." After thinking for a while, Xu Tian added, "If you are really worried , you can go and see her in the future, I asked where her home is for you."
Yang Tie lived in the mountain opposite their town, and in fact, he could still see a little bit from their village. When the weather was good, he might even see some houses.
However, the roads in the mountains twist and turn, and many places seem to be far away, and it will take several days to go there.
Xu Tian told the news he asked, and comforted Li Mu with a few words that the people should not fight with the officials. When the topic ended, night had already fallen.
The yard of Li Mu's house was completely ruined, the fence yard was down, the duck cage was down, the house was fine, but the yard was definitely going to be cleaned up again.
After returning home, Li Mu took a rough look at the yard, thinking about how many bamboo and wooden stakes he needed to bring back to repair it.
Now that the yard has been destroyed, he thought of simply taking this opportunity to make it bigger, since there is enough space anyway.
There is a forest behind his house, a wild and wild forest, which was left unused before, but now he wants to circle a piece for ducks.
Seeing the little duck grow up day by day, the small space in the small yard is no longer enough, and when it grows up after a while, the smell of domestic animals will become stronger, and it cannot live with people all the time.
Li Mu was calculating, but there was a rush of footsteps from the side.
"How's it going?" Uncle Hong hurried over with Yun'er in his arms.
Because of the haste of walking, sweat was all over his forehead.
The clothes on the two of them were a little messy, Yun'er was fine, but Uncle Hong still had withered grass leaves on his head, he was very embarrassed, as if he had been hidden in some haystack.
"Uncle Hong." Li Mu took Yun'er in his arms.
"Uncle." Yun'er pulled the hair by Li Mu's ear, and leaned against Li Mu to act like a spoiled child.
Uncle Hong had already looked around at the moment, and when he saw the miserable state of Li Mu's yard, his face was very ugly. He was angry but he was too embarrassed to scold him, so his face turned livid, and he muttered, "Those bastards know how to mess around. ... Li Mu, are you alright?"
When looking at Li Mu, Uncle Hong looked away a little guilty. He should have helped Li Mu, but he is not here at this time...
Li Mu didn't think it was a big deal, he knew that Uncle Hong had many secrets and it was not easy for him, so he didn't blame him.
"Are you not injured?" Uncle Hong asked.
"I'm fine." Li Mu teased Yun'er.
Hearing that Li Mu was fine, Uncle Hong finally breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the ruined yard rather annoyedly, "It's going to be troublesome now." affected.
Just as he was talking, Uncle Hong caught a glimpse of a figure in the room, "He?!" Uncle Hong looked at Li Mu, "Didn't he leave?"
The person sitting in the room was none other than Zhong Xiuyuan.
The latter noticed the gaze of the two, and he stood up, "Uncle Hong."
The soldiers sealed off the town and the mountains, and it was impossible to get in and out of this area easily, and he missed the best time to leave, so now he can only stay temporarily.This mountain has become the safest place after what happened before.
Uncle Hong didn't speak any more, just looked at him thoughtfully.
The night in the mountains came quickly, and the few of them joined forces, and after a simple dinner, they fell asleep early.
In the early morning of the next day, Li Mu got up early in the morning.
He went into the mountain several times, first he carried a lot of bamboo shoots, and then he dragged five or six bamboos back.
This is a good thing in the mountains. Many things are self-sufficient. As long as you are not too lazy, life will not be rich but it will not be difficult.
After placing the big basket of spring bamboo shoots in front of Zhong Xiuyuan, whose face darkened when he saw the bamboo shoots, Li Mu dragged the bamboo out, and began to break the bamboo in the yard, preparing to cut it into strips for later use.
It's not difficult to weave the fence yard, but Li Mu has only seen the finished product, so he still lacks experience if he wants to do it himself. Fortunately, Uncle Hong also knows the situation, so he packed up the housework early to help.
Li Mu and Uncle Hong were busy with a hatchet in each hand, while Zhong Xiuyuan sat at the foot of the yard with his sleeves rolled up, in front of him was a seemingly endless mountain of bamboo shoots.
In the middle of the morning, the sun fell warmly on the mountain, and the sky in the mountain stream was as clear as blue, and mottled light spots fell from the gaps in the leaves, illuminating the courtyard brightly.
While he was busy, there was movement around Li Mu's legs.
Li Mu looked down, Yun'er didn't know when she stood beside his legs.
"What's the matter?" Li Mu lowered his head and asked, his tone would always soften a little unconsciously when facing Yun'er.
"Uncle, duckling." Yun'er pointed to where the duckling was with her white fingers.
Because the duck cage collapsed, Li Mu locked the ducks in the empty utility room last night, and only released them in the morning to surround them in a corner of the yard.
"Go and play, be careful." Yun'er likes ducks very much, during this time he followed Li Mu to herd ducks every day, Li Mu thought he wanted to play.
"Uncle, the duckling is asleep." Yun'er raised her head, her black and white eyes reflected Li Mu's face, like a clear pond that was so clear that it did not contain any impurities.
Li Mu put down the hatchet, took Yun'er and pulled out a stool, and put him in Zhong Xiuyuan's hand for him to sit and play, "You play with aunt here."
Hearing those two words, Zhong Xiuyuan's body froze imperceptibly. He raised his eyes and glanced at Li Mu. He didn't know whether it was the blush from the sun or the blush from embarrassment.
Li Mu looked down at the many bamboo shoots on the ground, "Hurry up."
Zhong Xiuyuan's face was as black as coal in an instant, he hated peeling bamboo shoots!
This thing is as thick as a thumb, and the shell is so slender, it's not easy to peel it off, and it takes time.
When his leg was injured before, Li Mu threw a lot of it to him, and it took him a few days to peel it off without stopping.I thought this matter was over like this, but when I turned around, Li Mu made such a big pile again.
After teasing Zhong Xiuyuan expressionlessly, Li Mu went back to get his bamboo in a serious manner, but Yun'er was a little anxious.
He looked at Zhong Xiuyuan, then at Li Mu, and then at the little duck. He stood up from the stool, and then ran towards the little duck.
Li Mu didn't pay attention, he just thought he was playing, but after a while, he saw Yun'er walking towards him holding a duck in both hands, and he realized that something was wrong.
The little Yun'er was holding a little duck in both hands, the fluffy little duck was very quiet, with its head drooping, and let him hold it motionless.
"Look, I'm asleep!" Yun'er held the duck high, wanting to show Li Mu.
Li Mu threw away the hatchet in his hand, he frowned, took the duck and looked at it.
The little duck drooped its wings and head. When it was in Yun'er's hands, it was obedient. After it was in Li Mu's hands, it struggled to move, but soon fell down on the ground weakly again.
The little duck's body was a little hot, and its limbs were obviously weak. The duck's mouth was slightly opened, but it didn't cry, only panting in pain.
"Oh, what's the matter?" Seeing Uncle Hong, he hurried over.
He pinched the little duckling's little wings, and the little duckling just struggled weakly, and then became weaker and weaker.
"Shouldn't this be beaten yesterday?" Uncle Hong walked towards the duck nervously. He had heard about what happened yesterday. If such a small duckling was accidentally beaten , can't it become like this? !
Li Mu frowned, and followed that way.
He didn't notice anything abnormal when he fed the ducks before going to bed last night, and he didn't pay much attention when he released the ducks in the morning, and he didn't know when it started.
When they got to the duck cage, a group of little guys immediately stood up and stretched their necks to shout at Li Mu. After this commotion, Li Mu immediately realized that something was wrong.
There were originally more than 30 ducks in a group, but nearly a dozen ducks squatted on the ground without moving.
A few of them are okay, and they still have some strength to squawk and try to stand up, while the rest have no strength to move.
Yun'er also ran over at this moment, he supported the duck cage that Li Mu temporarily made in the morning and said to Li Mu in a childlike voice: "Look, uncle, the little duck is asleep."
"Uncle Hong." Li Mu looked at Uncle Hong beside him.
When Uncle Hong heard this, he immediately nodded in understanding. He walked to the side and opened the duck cage, and drove the ducks that could still walk to the empty room.
After the ducks that were in good condition were driven away, Li Mu immediately went into the duck cage to see the ones that couldn't move.
The duckling was still young, it was already small, but now that it shrank sickly, it looked even smaller.
Li Mu counted, including the one that Yun'er showed him, there were thirteen in total that couldn't move.
The thirteen ducks were all in the same condition. They were all weak, with their mouths open as if they couldn't breathe.The severity of the situation varies, some are only mild, and some are already paralyzed on the ground and cannot move.
Uncle Hong locked up the duck and returned to Li Mu's side. Seeing the duck lying on the ground, his heart ached for a moment, "Isn't this sick?"
If it was said to be beaten, it can't be like this, it doesn't look like being beaten, but more like being sick!
Li Mu spent all his money to get these ducks back at the beginning, and they were several taels when they were connected to the pond, but now one-third of them are lying on the ground at once, isn't this a panic to death? !
Zhong Xiuyuan had already followed after hearing the sound, he didn't know much about this kind of thing, but seeing Li Mu frowning, his brows were also tightly furrowed and couldn't be untied.
Li Mu took the basket, picked up the uncomfortable ducklings one by one, put them in the basket, and then lifted them to the open space.
Li Mu drew a small bench and sat down. After carefully picking up each duck and looking at it, his heart sank gradually. These ducks didn't seem to be sick, but they were indeed sick.
What he feared most had finally come.
002.
Ducks are different from other livestock. Although they have a fast growth cycle, they are also very easy to get sick, and once they get sick, they will be sick one by one.
Ordinary illnesses are fine, but if one suffers from duck plague, hundreds of them may die at one time.
When they raised this thing at home, they had been preventing duck plague since the ducklings broke their shells, and there was no shortage of preventive medicines that should be eaten or fed.
But it is different here. Let alone treating ducks in this mountain, even if the people in the village are very sick, they are not willing to go down the mountain to see a doctor, but stand on their own.
Poverty is on the one hand, and on the other hand, medicine is also scarce after ten years of continuous war.It's okay to be infected with a common cold, but if it's a serious illness, you can't afford the medicine.
The medicine that people take is like this, let alone this kind of livestock.
In the current situation, it is estimated that he just went down the mountain to find someone to help him take a look, and there is no such capable person.
Li Mu had thought about this before, and at that time he had been vaguely uneasy, but he had always had a fluke mentality, thinking that he might be able to escape, thinking of trying his luck, but now it seems that he is still too naive.
After putting the thirteen ducks aside alone, Li Mu invited Uncle Hong to help him enter the house to see if there were any other ducklings that were not quite right.
Li Mu raised a total of 36 ducks before, and all of them were growing well. Now they are bigger than before, and they are twice as fierce as before.
Seeing Li Mu enter the house, all the ducklings who were resting on the ground stood up and ran towards him with a quack.
Li Mu's face turned pale, and he retreated outside the door, leaving only Uncle Hong and Yun'er in the room to help watch the ducks.
"Those who are panting, and those who have gum in their eyes, also catch them out." Li Mu stood outside the door, stretching his neck to look at the situation inside the house.
The farmhouse has a threshold, and those ducks are still young, and they couldn’t jump over the threshold without a ladder. Fortunately, this prevents Li Mu from being chased by them.
Uncle Hong bent down and searched one by one among the group of ducks, and it didn't take long for the duck with two legs that seemed to be inconvenient to come out.
"I seem to have seen a few ducks that were not going well." Uncle Hong frowned while talking to Li Mu while putting the ducks that were found to be wrong in the basket.
The remaining ducks are basically in good condition, but if you choose from among them, it seems that you can still select five or six ducks that are not in the right condition.
Li Mu didn't speak, he took another basket from the side in silence, and separated the ones that were in better condition from the ones that could no longer move, so as to avoid further infection.
Yun'er came out of the house, squatted in front of the ducklings lying motionless in the basket, and gently touched the ducklings' heads with her hands in distress.
After checking all the ducks, Li Mu put eighteen ducks in the basket outside the door.
Eighteen of the 36 ducks were out of order, fully half of the number. Looking at those quacking ducklings, let alone Uncle Hong, even Li Mu felt a little distressed at the moment.
Because of the ducks, Li Mu didn't have the heart to go to the fenced yard anymore.
He has always paid great attention to the duckling's food. He usually eats and drinks clean water. Now that he is sick, he can't find the reason for a while, so he can only wait and see tomorrow. How is it going.
As long as it is not contagious duck plague, if you are lucky, they may survive by themselves tomorrow.
Li Mu is aware of most of the diseases that ducks often suffer from. Since he dares to raise them, he still has a number of possible ways to deal with them.
But if it's duck plague, then things are serious...
Later, he got some water and food alone, and fed the sick ducks alone.
Those ducks that are better can still eat by themselves, and those that have already lay down can still drink some water, but they eat less.
When I looked again in the evening, those who couldn't eat were already dying.
Li Mu found some slender bamboo slivers to get some shredded cabbage leaves, grabbed them one by one and opened his mouth to feed them.
After tossing and turning all night, the fog was thick before dawn the next day. When Li Mu put on his coat and got up to look again, three of the ducks lying down had already died.
The ducklings didn't know when they died. When Li Mu looked at them, their bodies were already cold, and their lips were blackened.
"What?" Zhong Xiuyuan, like Li Mu, followed out wearing a coat.
Both of them are people who are used to light sleep on the battlefield, and Zhong Xiuyuan woke up when Li Mu moved a little.
Li Mu shook his head, his heart sank.
He picked up the three dead ducks and put them under the eaves, and examined the others side by side.
The ducks are now divided into three places and locked up. Those with no problems are placed separately, those with a few problems are placed in a pile, and the ducks that have fallen down are placed on the other side.
After checking this time, Li Mu's face was as black as coal.
As the night passed, half of the ducks that were only a little bit out of order had fallen down again.
"Don't worry too much." Zhong Xiuyuan said.
There is heavy water vapor in the mountains, and the weather in early May is still a bit cool in the morning.
Hearing this, Li Mu raised his eyes and glanced at him, his eyes were dark, unable to see what he was thinking.
Seeing Li Mufu squatting down again to inspect the motionless ducklings in the basket, Zhong Xiu frowned, and his heart sank.
At that moment, he was a little annoyed, annoyed at his uselessness, annoyed that he knew that Li Mu was in trouble but couldn't help him, he was even too stupid to say any nice comforting words.
In the early morning, the mountains are quiet.
Li Mu crouched on the ground and looked at the ducklings who were in serious condition. Those ducklings seemed to have sensed Li Mu's heavy heart. They struggled to stand up, and then squatted down again leaning on Li Mu's hand.
The fluffy and warm touch on the back of his hand made Li Mu feel a little better, but he also became more and more anxious.
After arranging the ducks, Li Mu got up, took a deep breath, and opened the door that closed the other ducklings that were normal yesterday.
At this moment, the ducklings tucked their heads into their little wings one by one, as if they hadn't woken up yet, they didn't make trouble with Li Mu, but squatted on the spot.
A moment later, when Li Mu came out again, he was holding several ducks in his hands that were obviously not in the right condition.
Zhong Xiuyuan stood at the door watching, opened his mouth several times, but didn't know what to say.
When Uncle Hong woke up and came to see the situation, there were already four dead ducks under the eaves of Li Mu's house, and several new ones were added to the basket used to keep the seriously ill ducks.
"What can we do?" Uncle Hong was anxious, if he kept going at this speed, all the ducks would die in two days.
These things in the mountains are not easy to feed. Ordinary people occasionally buy a few to raise, but less than half of them can survive and grow up. This is one of the reasons why many people are unwilling to raise them.
Li Mu originally wanted to rely on these ducks to make money, but now that he died so much, he lost all his money. Can this make people not worry?
"Uncle Hong, please take care of these ducks at noon, I will go down the mountain next time." Li Mu decided to go down the mountain and ask if anyone can cure this thing.
This happened to his family in the previous life. In the worst case, nearly [-] ducklings all died. However, at that time, their family had their own breeding farm, and the loss of [-] ducklings was not considered a loss. big.
It would be fine if it was just an ordinary illness, but this time the situation was obviously different, so Li Mu didn't dare to act rashly.
"Oh, okay, don't worry..." Uncle Hong nodded without thinking.
Just at this moment, Yun'er had already gotten up. After he got up from the bed, he put on the little tiger shoes, rubbed his eyes, and ran towards the yard of Li Mu's house.
"Uncle..." After entering the yard, Yun'er ran to the side of the small basket and squatted down, stretching her neck.
He had been thinking about these ducklings all night last night, and even asked Uncle Hong about them before going to bed, and he was willing to sleep only after Uncle Hong assured him that he would be fine.No, I ran over as soon as I woke up in the morning.
After looking at the ducklings in the basket, Yun'er squinted and looked at the ones placed under the eaves, "What's wrong with the ducklings?"
He trotted and squatted in front of those dead ducks, reached out to touch them, and was stunned for a moment when he felt the cold touch of his hands. The next second, his mouth was flattened, and his eyes immediately turned red, "Wow..."
Seeing this, Uncle Hong hurried up to hug him, "Don't cry, don't cry..."
Yun'er was hugged by Uncle Hong, but her eyes were still looking at the dead ducklings on the ground.
Children from poor families have long been in charge of the family. Although Yun'er is only four or five years old, he already vaguely knows what death is.
This group of ducklings, since Li Mu bought them back, every time Li Mu took the ducks to the pond to look for food, he would take them with him, which made Yun'er, who had almost no playmates of the same age since she was a child, very happy.
Unlike adults with purpose, he really likes the ducklings. He was so worried when he knew the ducklings were sick yesterday that he couldn’t sleep well. Now that the ducklings are dead, his tears immediately flowed down. , Crying so much is called a sad.
"Why are you still crying? Don't you think there are still so many?" Uncle Hong pinched Yun'er's cheek lightly, trying to divert his attention.
But his actions were not successful, the teary-eyed Yun'er looked at the ducklings that were still alive, and then at the ones that were dead, and the tears immediately fell even more fiercely, "...Woo...Little, Little duck... small... wow..."
It is completely different from the adults who fight each other indifferently on the battlefield. In Yun'er's view, the sadness of death cannot be compensated by other reasons for being alive, which is completely different.
Seeing Yun'er crying so sadly, Li Mu's tightly pursed lips relaxed a bit, he stepped forward to take the weeping villain from Uncle Hong's arms, and hugged him in his arms.
"It's okay, don't cry anymore." A soft light flashed in Li Mu's eyes, and his whole demeanor softened, "Uncle is going down the mountain at noon to find someone to help the little duck see a doctor, do you want to go together?"
Yun'er, who was out of breath from crying, immediately looked at Li Mu with teary eyes.
"It's cured, and the duckling won't be in pain anymore." Li Mu whispered softly.
After hearing Li Mu's words, Yun'er sucked her red nose and nodded quickly, "I'm going!" After speaking, he looked at the dead ducks on the ground again, raised his little hand and wiped away the unstoppable tears. tears.
"It's not easy for you to go up and down the mountain. If you have to walk so far, it's better not to take him there, so as not to get tired on the road." Uncle Hong said.
The road up and down the mountain is not easy to walk, even if you don't bring anything, walking back and forth for several hours is not enough.
When Yun'er heard this, she quickly grabbed Li Mu with both hands, and looked at Li Mu nervously with her mouth flattened, for fear that Li Mu would not take him there.
Yun'er is usually a very obedient and sensible child, always quiet and quiet, but at this moment he chooses to be self-willed.
"It's fine, I'm not tired." Li Mu hugged her tightly, freeing one hand to wipe away the unstoppable tears on Yun'er's face.
After getting Li Mu's answer, Yun'er looked at Uncle Hong nervously again.
Seeing his pitiful appearance, Uncle Hong had no choice but to swallow the words that came to his lips, "Go, go, be careful on the road, the mountain is not very smooth recently."
Yun'er nodded very seriously, and said while choking with sobs: "Yun'er will be obedient, listen to uncle."
Listening to Yun'er's choked voice, the three men in the yard didn't speak.
In fact, they hope that Yuner can be more self-willed, he is only four or five years old, not four or 50 years old, even if he is self-willed and mischievous, they will tolerate him.
Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan's silence was due to distress, but Uncle Hong's eyes turned red when he heard the words, guilt flashed in his eyes.
Yun'er has no parents, he lives alone in the mountains with a big man with Yun'er who has bad eyesight, before Li Mu came back, sometimes he had to lock Yun'er at home for an afternoon in order to go to the mountains to do things.
The other children ran all over the mountains and fields, playing with mud all over the place, but Yun'er could only sit on the small stool in the house, listening with wide-eyed eyes through the door.
Although Yun'er was very sensible and never cried or made trouble, but in the end he still owed him.
003.
After simply eating breakfast, Li Mu carried Yuner down the mountain early.
On the road, Yun'er is very obedient, she walks all the time when she can walk by herself, as if she doesn't want Li Mu to be tired.
Li Mu didn't care about him so much, he bent down, picked him up and left.
It took some time to walk down the mountain, through the green bamboo forest, and when we got outside the town, the sun had already risen above our heads.
The foot of the mountain was under martial law, and there were heavy guards inside and outside the town. The two were searched when they entered the town, and they were released after being asked about their purpose.
Because of the arrival of the army, everyone in the town was in danger and a little bleak.
There were a lot fewer hawkers on the bustling streets, and there were only a few here and there.There are few pedestrians walking on the road, most of them are soldiers patrolling back and forth.
Before Li Mu found the only medical clinic in the town, he was interrogated twice along the way.
The medical hall opened half of the door. Because Zhong Xiuyuan had an injury on his leg, the medical hall became an important place for soldiers to search. Since the army moved into the town, they have been searched every two days. No one dared to Come.
The doctor sitting in the hall was a young man, who seemed to be about the same age as Li Mu, not the kind of old doctor who walked tremblingly in other places.
He was dressed in white, dozing off in the room with his chin propped up, a red mark was pressed on the side of his upright face.
At first he was happy to see Li Mu coming in, but when he heard that Li Mu was asking about ducks, his face collapsed.
"I'm treating people, so I don't care about livestock matters." Although the young doctor was a little unhappy, he still didn't lose his temper.
No one dared to come to the medical center these days. Although he was a little unhappy that someone like Li Mu came here, it was considered a visitor.
Li Mu had expected such a result before he came, but he still didn't give up and asked again, "You said that the medicine this person takes, can ducks eat it?"
The medicines that people in the mountains take are herbal medicines, which are not that strong. Li Mu still has some hope.
The doctor laughed, "You said the food that ducks eat, can humans eat it?"
Li Mu didn't speak.
Seeing Li Mu like this, the doctor thought about it, and then said, "However, if you look at the ducks according to the human condition, as you said before, those ducks don't seem to be sick, but rather poisoned."
"Poisoned?" Li Mu's voice was low.
"That's right. Generally speaking, the lips of people who are sick have much whiter lips. Only those who are poisoned can get sick so quickly, and their lips are usually black and blue." The doctor thought it was funny as he studied medicine for so long. This is the first time to see a duck.
After Li Mu's reminder from the doctor, he immediately regained his strength.
Most of the ducks he had seen in the past did not get sick so quickly. Even if it was a severe duck plague, it would take two or three days before they died.
It took those little ducks only half a day and one night from finding out what was wrong to dying, which is really too fast.
At the same time, Li Mu also breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as it is not duck plague and is not contagious, the situation can still be controlled.
Li Mu immediately picked up Yun'er who was obediently sitting next to him, said goodbye to the doctor and hurried out the door, planning to go back to the mountain early to see what was going on.
After walking for half a street, he rushed back again, and when he returned to the young doctor with a blue face, Li Mu handed Yun'er in his arms, and before the doctor could speak, he said, "Still Please help me find out what's going on with him."
The young doctor with livid face was about to get angry, seeing the doll in front of him seemed to be a person, so the boss swallowed his breath again.
It's a person, it's easy to say.
The doctor took Yun'er's pulse, looked at his eyes again, and then said in a strange tone: "He is also poisoned."
Li Mu was not surprised, he more or less guessed something.
Li Mu was not surprised, but the doctor looked at Li Mu in a strange way. He held Yun'er in his arms and thought about it for a while before he said: "His poison seems to be brought out of the womb. I have never seen it before. I will tell you the specific situation." Still have to think about it.”
"Can it be cured?" Li Mu only cared about this.
Yun'er is a very well-behaved child, but it's a pity for these eyes.
He also lives in the mountains. If the people in the mountains have poor eyesight, it will be a problem even to go out to the next place.
It's okay now, with Uncle Hong and him, he will take care of everything.
It can be said that Uncle Hong is gone, he is old, what will he do when only Yun'er is left alone?
The people in the mountains are living in poverty, unless they can earn money to make Yun'er live comfortably for the rest of her life, otherwise Yun'er will find it difficult to marry a daughter-in-law.
After all, life is not easy, who wants to take care of a poor and blind man?
The doctor pondered for a while, shook his head, and said: "The poison is not very deep, it should be his mother who was poisoned when he was already formed and about to be born, but it is always troublesome to deal with such a situation, even if you want to It will cost a lot to cure him."
The people in the town and the people in the mountains are what the doctor knows. There are not many people who can really afford the money, and everyone just muddle along.
"How much?" Li Mu hugged him back into his arms.
The young doctor didn't want to continue to entangle, but seeing Li Mu's serious face, he didn't seem to be asking casually, so he counted with his fingers and reported a number, "Even if everything is simple, there is no such thing as three or forty taels. Method."
These years, the country has fought wars to expropriate medicinal materials, making medicine more expensive than meat. There are many people who can afford meat, but not many people who can afford medicine.
Li Mu secretly wrote down the number, and he took out his wallet, "Thank you doctor, what is the consultation fee?"
"Okay, get out!" The young doctor waved his hands angrily, and propped up his chin again, preparing to doze off.
Li Mu was slightly surprised, forget about the duck, but even if ordinary people come to see a doctor without taking medicine, they still care about the cost of the consultation.
Seeing that Li Mu didn't leave, the doctor said again: "For such a little baby, just treat it as me doing something good and accumulating some virtue."
Li Mu didn't bother anymore, he hugged Yun'er and thanked him, then turned and left.
When Li Mulin walked to the door and was about to go out, the doctor's voice came from behind him, "Don't ask me about the ducks in the future, I'm just looking at people!" Obviously, he was still thinking about Li Mu asking him about the livestock. thing.
After leaving the hospital, Li Mu was holding Yun'er and was about to leave the town and go back to the mountain, but was blocked by a group of soldiers and couldn't get out.
Outside the town, nearly a thousand soldiers formed a square formation, ready to go.
Li Mu learned about the situation from other people. These people are Guangtu's subordinates. They are divided into several brigades, and they are going to turn every inch of the surrounding area upside down. The first search direction is the few mountains near the town. .
Seeing that he couldn't leave the town for a while, Li Mu simply took Yun'er to buy some peanut candy nearby.
A total of less than half a catty was bought, and it was wrapped squarely in oiled paper.
The peanut candy made by the store with the new season's peanuts is sweet and crispy, and the taste is also fragrant.
Yun'er took it and was reluctant to eat it, she bit it into pieces and put it in her mouth, her white and clean cheeks were swollen.Coupled with the red eyes from crying in the morning, the whole looks like a little rabbit.
Originally, Li Mu just wanted to buy it for Yuner to make snacks, but after smelling the smell, he couldn't help but eat a piece.
It was already after noon when Li Mu took Yun'er up the mountain after spending some time in the town.
After Li Mu returned Yun'er to Uncle Hong, he briefly explained the situation under his inquiry, and rushed to see the duckling's situation.
The condition of the uncomfortable little duckling has been bad, and it has slowly become weak at an almost visible speed.And those who were in a better situation, slowly began to show problems.
After getting the doctor's reminder at the foot of the mountain, Li Mu immediately found out all the things that the little duck had used after returning home, and began to check them one by one.
Li Mu has been paying special attention to this group of ducklings since he bought them back. Whether it is eating food or water, he has always been very careful.
Most of the feed is cabbage leaves mixed with grass leaves, and occasionally Li Mu will put some chaff into it, these things are completely non-toxic.
Since it is not a matter of food, is it water?
But the water was drawn from a well, and the few of them have been drinking it all the time, and there is no problem.
Li Mu checked it out, and after finding out the reason, he didn't get entangled. Instead, he went to another well at the head of the village to fetch water and came back to feed the ducks that were still in good condition.
Li Mu also threw away all the feed that was brought back in advance and put aside for preparation, and brought back clean new ones.
After changing all the food and water, Li Mu spent some time cleaning up the duck nest and replaced it with new straw.
He was relieved after almost renovating everything up and down.
Those ducks that are in relatively good condition should not be deeply poisoned. Drinking more water and eating something should neutralize it. The trouble is that these poisoned ones are quite serious.
At the moment the poison/source has not been found, naturally it is impossible to find the antidote, the only way can only be to try to neutralize the poison and make a gamble on it.
Li Mu still has some experience about duck food poisoning, although it is all oral experience from his parents.
Ducks look for things to eat outside all the year round, and sometimes they will eat some poisonous things, which will cause various discomforts. Under normal circumstances, there will be specialized veterinarians in the farm.
In some rural areas, those who raise a few dogs by themselves are too lazy to go to a veterinarian, so they will use their own local methods. The effect may not be very good, but many things passed down from ancestors are quite useful.
Li Mu took the money and went to Xu Tian's house, and then went to his own field. In the middle of the afternoon, he finally found all the things he wanted.
Li Mu took the things and was
You'll Also Like
-
From Battle Through the Heavens Simulation to Great Lord
Chapter 451 7 hours ago -
Wizard: I can refine everything
Chapter 554 8 hours ago -
I dominate the magic world by farming
Chapter 567 8 hours ago -
Wizard, I have a game board
Chapter 148 8 hours ago -
The Witcher: Start with the Lord Marrying a Wife
Chapter 302 8 hours ago -
Artificer Adventure Guide
Chapter 375 8 hours ago -
Dimensional Bookstore
Chapter 115 11 hours ago -
I traveled through hundreds of worlds at once
Chapter 1132 11 hours ago -
Demon Slayer: You can become stronger by swinging your sword
Chapter 312 11 hours ago -
I feed the worms with my body, I am the evil demon
Chapter 100 11 hours ago