Days of farming with bamboo horses

Along the way, I met many people who were going to do farm work, and greeted them warmly. When they passed by the river, a few laundry men suddenly stopped them.

"Doctor Zhou! Come and take a look, there is a man lying here, who seems to be injured." A man with a rounder figure said, holding a bucket of clothes in his hand.There are also a few brothers standing beside them.

"Where?"

Dr. Zhou and Zhou Chengyu went over to look. It was true that there was still a person lying on the shore, with tattered clothes and many cuts on his body. It is unknown when he was here.

Zhou Chengyu frowned slightly, the wood spirit was not by his side, otherwise he could have asked what happened.But - as for that stupid elf, he probably doesn't know it either, he only knows aura all day long, but he doesn't understand anything.

Dr. Zhou stepped forward, felt his pulse, and shook his head: "It's useless, he's out of breath, he should have died last night."

"Dead?"

"Dead?"

All of a sudden, everyone knew about the discovery of a dead person by the small river in Zhoujia Village. All the adults ran out to see, while the children were held in their father's arms and covered their eyes.

The folk customs here are simple and simple, and such dead things rarely happen. The villagers are usually good at water, and they have never seen anyone drowned, so there is an unknown person for no reason, and everyone feels strange.

After a while, the village chief came over and frowned when he saw such a person. He looked at the onlookers and said, "Move him back to the village and find a place to put him. I'll go to the town to find out about the situation later."

Several young and strong young people volunteered to help, lifted the man and walked back to the village.The onlookers also gradually dispersed.

"Fourth Uncle, come with me to see my patients first." Zhou Chengyu dragged him away, he was worried after being out for so long, the family was unconscious and idiot.

When Zhou Chengyu dragged the doctor back home, Su Zipei still didn't wake up, but his complexion was much better than last night, his chest rose and fell slightly, his brows were still furrowed, and his little face was still uncomfortable.

"Master, you're back." Mu Ling's happy voice came to Zhou Chengyu's mind, but he ignored it.

"This is it? Chengyu, tell me the truth, where did you find this person? You are a man, and you live with a brother, but people gossip about it. This is not from some dishonest family, right?" Doctor Zhou frowned slightly.

Zhou Chengyu was a little speechless. Not only would he live with Su Zipei in the future, but he also saw all the people last night. If the older generation found out, they would probably kill him.

"...No, I guarantee that he belongs to a decent family, and I also picked it up by the river. Fourth uncle, don't talk so much, show him first, he still has injuries on his legs and forehead."

"I picked it up by the river?" Doctor Zhou was a little puzzled, "Why are there so many people picking it up by the river recently?"

But he stretched out his hand to look at the wound on Su Zipei's forehead.

"It's not a problem. It's just that the stone was hit and the skin was broken. Just apply some ointment. I'll check his pulse." Doctor Zhou took his pulse seriously, "I was frightened and the cold air entered my body. You take a few doses of traditional Chinese medicine, you boil it and give it to him to drink."

"Fourth Uncle, his leg is still injured." Zhou Chengyu hurriedly lifted the quilt, revealing Su Zipei's rolled-up trousers, a big gash at his ankle, even after cleaning, it still looks scary.

Uncle Zhou glared at him and knocked off his hand: "Can you stop being so frizzy? This brother's reputation is gone? You changed his clothes?"

Zhou Chengyu withdrew his hand resentfully, curled his lips: "No one here knows, last night his whole body was soaked, dirty and cold, if I don't change it for him, do I have to wait for him to die of cold like that person just now?" Besides, Su Zipei definitely doesn't mind.

Mu Ling: "..." Master, do you know that he doesn't mind?

"Go, bring a bowl of warm water over here, mix some wine in it, the wound must be disinfected, otherwise the river water will be easily infected after soaking for so long, don't mix it too thick, or it will hurt him to death in a while." Uncle Zhou drove the man to do it angrily. Live, young people are like this, frizzy.

"Oh." Zhou Chengyu responded, and went to get the wine and mix it with water as instructed.

When Zhou Chengyu came back with a bowl of water, Dr. Zhou was pestering herbs. Seeing him coming, he ordered, "Pour some and wash the wound. I'm going to apply herbs to him."

"Will it hurt?" Zhou Chengyu looked at the sleeping man, hesitating, as if Su Zipei was afraid of pain, and didn't know if it would be more uncomfortable.

"So let me hurry up, long-term pain is worse than short-term pain, otherwise he will suffer if the wound is infected." Doctor Zhou said.

Zhou Chengyu helped the man up, let him lean in his arms, put his injured foot on his lap, stretched out from the side of the bed, and slowly poured water mixed with a little wine on it.

"Woo...it hurts...senior..." Su Zipei struggled a few times, and was hugged by Zhou Chengyu's other hand, still murmuring unconsciously, tears slowly oozing from the corners of his eyes and slipping down.

Seeing that the disinfection was almost done, Zhou Chengyu put the bowl aside, put his arms around the person and coaxed softly: "It's okay, it's okay, good boy, it doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt."

The person in his arms gradually calmed down, but the tear stains at the corners of his eyes were damn blinding, Zhou Chengyu gently wiped them dry with his thumb.

"What did he just say? Xuezhang? Could it be information from his family members? When you have time, you still have to help him find his family members, otherwise he will not be able to live with you alone." Dr. Zhou skillfully Apply the herbal medicine to his ankle and tie a bandage, "Change the medicine every two days. I'll leave the herbal medicine to you. You can crush it and apply it yourself."

"Thank you fourth uncle. Let's talk about looking for relatives after he recovers from his injuries. I can't just leave him alone. Besides, I live alone, so there is no inconvenience." Zhou Chengyu opened his eyes and said nonsense, it was obvious that Su Zipei was the only one Modern memory doesn't know anything about this place, so how could he let people go with confidence?

"Okay, I can't say no to you, but you remember, our Zhou family is not allowed to force you, you are not allowed to bully a brother who has no relatives or no reason, otherwise, we elders will not be able to forgive you "Doctor Zhou told him to leave the medicine for him.

"...I know, I won't." Zhou Chengyu looked at the sleeping man in his arms helplessly, what's the point of seeing the color, people are hurt like this, it's too inhuman for him to dare to do that kind of thing .

Mu Ling: "..." Master, that's not what you said at the beginning. Didn't you take care of Su Zipei to repay your kindness?How did it change in one day?I've been thinking about that...

"Here is the medicine to drink and apply. If he has a fever, you can boil medicine for him, pour it into a big bowl, and then wrap yourself in a thick quilt to sweat, and everything will be fine. I'll go back if there's nothing wrong." .” Doctor Zhou said.

"Fourth Uncle, go slowly, I will thank you next time." Zhou Chengyu breathed a sigh of relief, and gently moved the person in his arms back to the bed, fearing that his wound would cause him more pain.

"Water...water..." Su Zipei had just been put back under the blanket, and opened his lips lightly to speak, the voice was as big as a mosquito, but Zhou Chengyu who was sitting next to him heard it.

"Hey, come right away." Zhou Chengyu saw that he finally reacted a little bit, hurriedly ran to the table and poured a glass of warm water back, gently supported his back with his hand, passed the water to his mouth, and coaxed softly, "Drink slowly."

A trace of water reached the lips, moisturizing the chapped lips, Su Zipei opened his mouth impatiently, and drank the whole bowl of water.

Zhou Chengyu wiped the water that flowed to the corners of his mouth and neck, laid him flat again, covered him with the quilt, and went to the kitchen to decoct medicine by himself.

Zhou Chengyu was sitting on the bench. After half a month of practice, he was already proficient in lighting a fire, so he was sitting here watching the fire in a relatively leisurely manner.

"Mu Ling, a dead man was found by the river just now, what happened? Is it related to Zipei being washed up by the river last night?"

"...Shouldn't it be irrelevant?" The wood spirit asked uncertainly, "It's been raining for more than ten days. I only vaguely feel that there seems to be a flood not far from us. They should be washed here by the flood. Su Zipei He... just happened to catch up with..."

"Isn't it because you don't have enough spiritual power?!" Zhou Chengyu said angrily, "It's useless."

Mu Ling silently said: "..." The master's daily dislike mode has begun...he will be useful in the future...

"However, this is also good. Zipei is not an exception. It will be much easier to keep him in this way." Zhou Chengyu said.

The wood spirit exerted its spirit of seeking knowledge: "Master, why is this?"

"Are you stupid? Since it is a flood, many people must be displaced. It is normal for relatives to be separated, and it is even more normal to have no identity. Who knows where he came from, pretending to be a victim of the flood, so that he can stay open and aboveboard." In Zhoujia Village." Zhou Chengyu has already made up his mind, and when Su Zipei wakes up, he will take him to apply for an identity with the village chief.

"Oh!" The wood spirit suddenly realized.

Zhou Chengyu was decocting medicine here, so naturally he didn't know what happened in the village.

Two more people were found by the river, a brother and a man. Fortunately, both of them were still breathing, and Doctor Zhou was busy saving them.

"Why are so many people found by the river today?" A villager said while looking at Dr. Zhou who was saving lives inside.

"I don't know, the village chief went to the town early in the morning, and he will be back soon after calculating the time."

Suddenly someone shouted from behind.

"The village chief is here!"

"The village chief is here!"

The surrounding villagers automatically gave way. The village head is a middle-aged man with a tall figure and a dignified face. He cleared his throat:

"Everyone, in the past ten days of heavy rain, floods have occurred in some places, and the upstream river has burst its embankment, and the surrounding towns and villages have been affected. These injured people were accidentally washed by the flood. I went to the government to find out. , They are also sending additional personnel to find and rescue these refugees, and they will find a place to resettle them properly in the future. Of course, if some villagers save people, there will be incentives.”

"Village chief, what reward?" A brother asked.

"The government has subsidies and arrangements for refugees, and there is also a reward of five taels of silver for those who save lives. Because many refugees have flocked to our village and surrounding villages recently, the government means that they can help if they can. So, if you see There are injured people, or people who come to our village to settle down, please help." The village chief said loudly.

"These people are so pitiful. Not only do they have no home, but their relatives don't know where they are anymore. Who cares about those rewards? Help if you can," said an elderly father.The surrounding villagers also nodded, no one wanted to send those refugees money.