Defeat natural disasters with farming

This time it was a private matter, so Father Ye only brought Ye Hai and Ye Yu with him when he went out. In order to reach the destination as soon as possible, they even pulled out the donkey cart from the shed, which was really faster. The three of them arrived in Heihe Village in less than two hours.

The Heihe Village that came into Ye Yu's eyes was much more smokey than before. The stone houses were all built with heated kangs. When they came, it was lunch time, and every household was filled with smoke.

In addition, the villagers of Heihe Village opened up wasteland and farmed under the leadership of Shen Fu. After several years of farming, they harvested at least a few hundred catties of grain every year.

Ye Yu once asked them why they didn’t go back to live in Heihe County. After all, repairing is easier than rebuilding. However, Shen Fu’s answer surprised him for a long time. It turned out that the county had collapsed more than once. If he looked at it now, he would know that half of it had sunk to the ground.

After Shen Fu learned of their intentions, he sent someone to invite Dr. Chen over to let them discuss among themselves.

Dr. Chen asked, "Is the pain caused by the congestion in the waist?"

Father Ye nodded and said, "The doctor in our village diagnosed it like this."

He pondered for a while before opening his mouth: "There are few opportunities for acupuncture and moxibustion in these years, and I'm afraid it's a lot of unfamiliarity."

"We all believe in your technology." Father Ye said.

"Okay, I'll get the medicine box when I go back." Doctor Chen replied.

There are needles for acupuncture and cupping jars for cupping in the medicine box. They are all food guys, so they are naturally indispensable.

On the way back to the village, Dr. Chen took Ye Yu's pulse while he was free. At first, Ye Yu thought that he was in good health and there should be no serious problems, but the result of Dr. Chen's diagnosis and treatment made him stunned.

"I said before that you are in poor health and can't do tiring work. Although you are much better now, you are still not as good as normal people. In addition, everyone's body has become much stronger in the past few years. Only you are still the same as before. Same."

He frowned and said, "I'm afraid you've been exhausted during this period of time. The human body is like a bow. If it is stretched to the extreme, it will easily break. If you add the season change, you may be seriously ill."

Hearing this, before Ye Yu had time to speak, Father Ye became nervous, and he asked repeatedly: "Do you need to take medicine? Is there any good way?"

Doctor Chen withdrew his hand, thought for a while and replied: "I don't recommend taking medicine. Since the lesion has already existed, it should be let out. Otherwise, the minor illness will easily become a serious illness later, as long as you pay more attention to it." One point, once there is discomfort in the body, you have to stop and recuperate."

That being the case, Ye Yu didn't think about it for the time being. Anyway, getting sick was just a "possibility", maybe he was fine all along.

Afterwards, Dr. Chen gave Father Ye and Ye Hai a diagnosis and treatment. Both of them were as strong as cows. They had no disease at all and were very healthy. There are a lot of mouth sores in the mouth, but the treatment is also very simple, just drink coptis water for a few days.

"Eat Coptis chinensis, I'll be fine if I don't eat it." Ye Hai shuddered when he thought of the bitter taste of Coptis chinensis, he really didn't want to suffer that.

This is true, Dr. Chen said: "If you don't want to eat coptis, you can drink more water, and eat more pears and wax gourd."

While they were chatting, the donkey cart gradually approached Yejia Village, and when Doctor Chen looked up again, he saw a wide lake standing in front of him.

The lake water is rippling under the breeze, and the lake beach is full of newly sprouted pastures, mixed with red, yellow and small flowers. You can imagine the beautiful appearance of the lake beach when these pastures really grow up, as small and lush as they are. Compared with the grass, the various trees on the lake beach are tall and sparse, including cypress, pine, willow and so on.

"This lake appeared after the earthquake?"

Ye Yu said: "Yes, it was just a deep pit at first, but at some point, water suddenly flowed in and gradually formed a lake. We planted a lot of grass on the lake beach, hoping to grow it soon."

Upon hearing this, Dr. Chen sighed, "Life in your village is really good."

Ye Yu replied with a smile: "Our village has always been self-sufficient. Even if there is no court life, it is the same. It is just three meals a day, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea. What we want is to fill our stomachs."

"Well said." Dr. Chen praised, isn't that what people want in life?

As soon as the donkey cart reached the entrance of the village, the villagers who guarded the gate today pushed the gate open from the inside.

Father Ye was the first to ask after getting out of the car: "Nothing happened this morning?" Actually, it was just a routine question, and he didn't think anything would happen in just one morning.

Unexpectedly, Ye Shuan nodded and said: "There is something. A caravan came just now. It said it came from the south. The leader of the caravan said that they would set up a stall on a sandy field. If you need something, you can go and have a look.”

"They also gave a piece of paper that said something that could be traded."

Father Ye frowned and asked, "Where is the paper?"

"It's here." Ye Zhong pushed forward and said, "Look, I think there are quite a few things we need."

Father Ye took the paper and held it in his hand, turned his head and explained to Ye Hai: "You take Dr. Chen home first to give you acupuncture."

"Okay." Ye Hai responded.

Although Ye Yu was curious about what was written on the paper, he thought that his father would take that paper home, and it would not be too late to read it, and his grandma was the most important thing now.

Dr. Chen followed the two brothers to Ye's house with a medicine box in hand. When he saw the old lady Ye who was lying on the kang and couldn't get up, he sat on the stool and stroked his beard. Hold out your hand."

The result of his diagnosis was similar to that of Dr. Hao in the village, only a little more detailed.

"It would be great if there was moxa." Dr. Chen inserted the needles burned on the candle into the [Ashi, Dachangshu and Weizhong points]1 on the old lady Ye, feeling regretful while doing acupuncture. Said: "The effect of moxibustion is better."

Ye Yu asked: "What is moxa?"

"It's moxa sticks or moxa sticks made from moxa leaves." Dr. Chen explained: "The moxa heat produced can stimulate the acupuncture points of the human body."

Wormwood leaves generally grow in spring and March.

Ye Yu nodded thoughtfully.

Afterwards, Dr. Chen stopped talking, and only concentrated on acupuncture for Mrs. Ye. After about three quarters of an hour, he put away the needles one by one.

"Originally it only took two quarters of an hour, but it was her first acupuncture and the congestion on her waist was serious, so it took longer."

"Besides, I'm afraid that one acupuncture session won't be enough. At least monthly acupuncture will do."

Ye Yu listened carefully to Dr. Chen's instructions, and then said, "Then I'll leave it to you."

This was agreed a long time ago. They are responsible for picking up Dr. Chen. The reward for one acupuncture session is five catties of food, which is enough for Dr. Chen’s family to eat for seven days, and because the distance is relatively long, Dr. Chen needs to stay at Ye’s house for one night. God will send him back.

"Sit up slowly and try." Dr. Chen said to Mrs. Ye.

Mrs. Ye carefully supported the kang with her hands and sat up. She said pleasantly, "It doesn't hurt at all. Your acupuncture skills are really good."

Dr. Chen put the needle back and said with a smile, "It's an old skill, but it's really rusty after not using it for so many years."

"Don't be modest." Mrs. Ye couldn't wait to put on her shoes and move her body. "If you're not afraid to laugh, I've never been lying down for so long. My body is so stiff."

"Slow down, don't worry, rest when you're tired." Dr. Chen told her again.

This time, before Mrs. Ye could answer, someone entered the room and opened the curtain. It was Pandi. She said, "Dinner is ready, why don't you eat first."

Because Father Ye never came back, Old Man Ye decided: "Don't wait for him, let's eat directly."

The dumplings for dinner are made of leek egg filling and cabbage pork filling. They are delicious when served with vinegar. After eating the dumplings, there is a plate of hawthorn snowballs for dessert, which is even better for digestion and stomach.

Dr. Chen was very pleasantly surprised when he saw this, and asked them halfway through eating, "Did this hawthorn be picked from the mountain?"

"Yes, if you like it, you can dress it up and give it to your child tomorrow." Mrs. Ye said happily.

"Then thank you very much." Dr. Chen was reluctant to refuse when he thought that his little grandson hadn't eaten sweet snacks for a long time. He thought that he would get less for acupuncture tomorrow.

Father Ye didn't come back until they finished eating, so Ye Yu became more curious, and didn't know what was written on that piece of paper.

This kind of curiosity caused Ye Yu to stay up a little bit at night.

After his father came back, he quickly asked, "Father, is the caravan in the south real or fake?"

Father Ye wiped his face and said, "It should be true. They not only notified our village, but also the nearby surviving villages."

He handed the paper to Ye Yu, "Look, I think some of them are what our village needs."

After Ye Yu took the paper, he looked it over carefully. He said it was paper, but it was actually harder, more like an invitation card. The surface of the paper was uneven, and there was a pattern on the lower right corner.

There are many names listed in it, such as rice, cloth, salt, animal skins, various livestock and so on.

Other things are fine, among which Ye Yu is most excited about the cloth, for some reason their production of cotton and linen is not high here, let alone silk, it would be a good thing if they can really exchange for cloth.

And more importantly, this caravan can provide them with information about the outside world, especially what the south is like now.

Ye Yu asked, "Father, are you going?"

Father Ye replied: "Well, go and have a look. It says that the assembly will be held on the sand in three days. We discussed that the sand should be the place where the village assembly used to be."

"They said that if we had spare hides, we could bring them to the fair, and they could trade them for something."

"Then you can go and have a look." Ye Yu thought for a while and said, "Take me with you then."

However, Father Ye did not agree, "You are tired enough recently, you should rest at home well, it will be bad if you really develop into a serious illness as Doctor Chen said."

Ye Yu had put the illness behind him a long time ago, and only remembered it when Ye's father mentioned it, but he didn't want to give up, so he argued with reason: "We have to go and find out the news, although I don't want to say it, but the fact is , this matter is more suitable for me and Brother Xu."

"Besides, Dr. Chen didn't say that I will definitely get sick, but it's possible. It's not cold yet, and the weather is still hot. I don't feel any discomfort." At most, I get tired easily.

Father Ye still disagreed, "Then let Brother Xu come with me, and you stay at home."

Even Ye Yu's words did not change his father's mind, so he could only give up for the time being and wait until tomorrow to fight again.

He was lying on the kang angrily, his head was covered with sweat due to the rare heat, he kicked the quilt to the side, and collapsed into a big font, now it is stuffy and hot, and the wooden windows are not ventilated, the room is dreary. out of breath.

After being irritable for a while, someone knocked on the door suddenly, and he turned over and shouted please come in.

It was Mother Ye who pushed the door open, holding a bowl of herbal tea in her hand, and put the bowl in the hand of Ye Yu who was sitting up.

"What? Are you still worried?"

Ye Yu touched the wall of the bowl and said, "It's okay, but it's too hot to sleep."

The wall of the bowl is cool, and the herbal tea is chrysanthemum tea, which is very clearing away heat and fire. He took a sip and took a long breath, only feeling his whole body cool down.

Mother Ye waited for him to finish drinking before speaking: "Is that why you want to go to the rally?"

Ye Yu nodded and said, "That's right, our news is too closed now. It's better to see something with your own eyes than to know it from other people's dictation. After all, as the saying goes, seeing is believing, and hearing is believing."

"Then go, I'll talk to your father." Ye Mu took the tea bowl and said.

"Really?" Ye Yu jumped up in surprise.

"When did your mother lie to you?" Mother Ye rubbed his head and said dotingly: "Hurry up and go to sleep."

As a result, just as she finished speaking, Ye Yu suddenly jumped down the kang, holding a bowl in her hand, she asked in surprise, "Is there anything else?"

Ye Yu said with a bitter face: "I forgot to brush my teeth just now, and I have to brush my teeth again after drinking tea."

Only then did Mother Ye feel relieved, glanced at him, and said puzzledly: "I just drank tea, so I don't need to brush my teeth anymore, it's not like I had snacks."

"The tea is not white water, so I still have to brush it again." If he didn't brush it, he might toss and turn all night and wouldn't be able to sleep.

"Okay, then you can go." Mother Ye didn't stop him, it was just a small habit, nothing serious.

As soon as he got up the next day, Ye Hai was going to drive the donkey cart to take Dr. Chen home. On the donkey cart were five catties of sweet potatoes, a small bag of hawthorn snowballs, and a small jar of hawthorn jam.

Mrs. Ye said: "This is made at home."

Doctor Chen didn't refuse, so he had no choice but to accept it, but waited for Ye Hai to send him to the place, and when he was about to come back, he stuffed a can of sunscreen ointment into Ye Hai's hand and asked Ye Hai to help bring it to Ye Yu.

When Ye Hai left, he untied the toilet paper and looked at it.

"Grandpa, what is this?" Dr. Chen's four-year-old grandson stuffed his fingers in his mouth, drooling as he stared at the brightly colored fruits on the paper.

"It's a hawthorn snowball." Dr. Chen took out three, "Hurry up and share with your brothers and sisters."

"Okay!" The eyes of the children were bright as they ate the hawthorn snowball.

Seeing this, Dr. Chen sighed deeply. In this world, children can't even eat candy, which can be called snacks, only wild fruits that can be picked occasionally.