Everyone fell silent.
It was only half a day, but Bai Shan inquired very carefully, he said: "After the sacrifice, the patients of the two tribes have gradually improved, and the number of dead people is not so many. Everyone thinks that it is the manifestation of the gods, and they are satisfied. So I didn’t dare to get close to Ayina who dared to let go of the sacrifice. She was sent to do the hardest and most tiring work. I didn’t expect that the witch would find her to learn from you, just because she was very smart. "
Man Bao pursed his lips and asked: "How do they explain the people who died of illness after offering sacrifices to the gods?"
"The herdsmen think that they must be particularly pleasing to the gods, and the gods want them to serve him together, or they are dishonest, so they are not blessed."
Yin Ju frowned and said, "No, if they believe in the gods so much, why did the patriarch and the witch treat you so warmly?"
Isn't it just to learn the medical skills of treating smallpox from Zhou Man
If they believed that it was all blessed by the gods, how could they care so much about this medical skill
For this reason, the plan of migration is interrupted and the temporary stay here
Bai Shan sighed, "Yes, you must know that herdsmen live by water and grass, if they go late, other tribes may arrive at the place earlier than them, and then occupy the grassland they have set their sights on before, but they are willing to stay here now. Staying here is obviously a belief that smallpox can be cured with medicine, and it has nothing to do with any god."
Confusion flashed in Zhou Liru's eyes, "Then why sacrifice?"
Everyone didn't speak, and after a while, Bai Shan said: "No matter what the reason is, Ayina is now a sinner in the Tutu department. I originally wanted to remind you to pay attention to the people in the Tutu department when teaching her, but now It doesn't seem necessary."
"No, it's still necessary." Man Bao pursed his lips and said, "Let her light the fire for us at night. Since she is so smart, she shouldn't just learn what the other three learned."
Zhou Liru became excited, "What does sister-in-law want to teach her?"
Man Bao glanced at her and said, "People's favorite disease."
Zhou Liru snapped his fingers and said, "Cold, fever, cough and stomach ache."
Man Bao said: "There are too many problems with stomach pains, and I can't teach you anything in three or four days, but wind and cold, fever and cough can be assigned to prescriptions according to the situation, as long as she remembers the symptoms of each situation, and then gives the prescription." The corresponding prescription will definitely be better than Gu Lu's random treatment of diseases."
That's right, now Gulu treats people in disorder.
When I get a cold, I give a small Bupleurum, and I drink it when I go home; when I have a fever, I also have a small Bupleurum, and when I cough, I still have a small Bupleurum, so I heard that Gu Lu and the others often exchanged the herbs they dug for the Xiao Bupleurum.
And the people in the Tutu tribe are so tenacious, relying on a handful of bupleurum mixed with other medicinal materials, the probability of surviving illness is higher than that of other tribes, so Gulu is a famous witch among several nearby tribes .
Man Bao has heard a lot of praise from his two apprentices today, so it's hard not to know.
Man Bao said: "Let her come and make a fire and make my bed, she can come four nights longer than others."
Zhou Liru immediately said: "I'll go and talk to the Tutu department."
She didn't even need to hint, she came directly to Gu Lu's disciple who she had a question about, and said: "We need someone to light a fire and make a bed in our tent, and my sister-in-law may have to wake up to drink tea at night, can I let Ayina take care of it?"
Gu Lu's disciples didn't even need to ask the patriarch or Wu, they could deal with the matter directly, so when Man Bao finished teaching the afternoon class and was twisting his neck to rest, Ayina got up and went to Man Bao's room first. In the tent, she knelt down to make a bed for her, and carefully lit a brazier to drive away the cold.
Man Bao was stunned for a moment, then twisted his neck and walked in. Ayina saw her and immediately said: "Miss, it's too cold in the tent, you need to smoke, you go out and wait for us first."
"It doesn't matter." There is no bed, the tent is covered with oilcloth on the floor, and then covered with felt and fur, with a layer of straw mat on top, and on the straw mat is the quilt that Aina just laid.
Man Bao just sat on the quilt and watched Ayina bent over and smoked every corner of the room, as if the cold air in the room could be smoked away.
In fact, it can also be fumigated.
Man Bao couldn't help being lost in thought, and asked softly after a while, "Ayina, are you willing to come with me?"
Ayina was stunned for a moment, she was still squatting on the ground at this moment, so she could only see Zhou Man's expression when she raised her head.
Man Bao said: "I think you are very smart. I can teach you medical skills. In the future, you can do what you want to do. However, when you follow me, you may have to do some work to make ends meet. Are you willing? "
Ayina looked at Zhou Man, and gently put her knees that had been propped up on the ground. She knelt in Man Bao's direction and asked softly, "Miss, do you want me to be a servant?"
Man Bao shook his head slightly, "No, you can be regarded as a disciple, if you are willing to come with me."
Ayina fell silent, and after a long, long time, when Man Bao thought she couldn't give an answer today, she asked, "Why does Miss want to take me away?"
Man Bao thought for a while and said: "It's a pity, I think you can live better."
Ayina smiled and said, "Miss, no matter who you take away, you can live a better life."
Although the time was short, she knew that this Miss Zhou was very capable, and the people around her were also very powerful, and Zhou Liang, who was doing business with the patriarch, was her own brother, who looked very rich, whether it was Anyone who follows her will have a better life than staying in Tutu.
But... Ayina shook her head and rejected Man Bao, "I won't go."
After a pause, she asked nervously, "Miss, can you still teach me medical skills?"
"Of course," Man Bao didn't force her, and didn't even try to persuade her. It seemed that it was just a casual suggestion. She said, "In addition to smallpox, I can also teach you about wind-cold, fever and cough. You know how wind-cold is. ?"
Man Bao looked at her knees kneeling on the ground, and said softly: "Although it is almost summer, the ground is still very cold. Cold air can not only enter the human body from the wind and rain, but also from the land. When the grass is shoveled, you are directly kneeling on the ground, and the cold will enter your body from your knees. People with poor health can easily catch the cold, and then they will have a runny nose, headache, sneezing, and possibly fatigue. This is the cold."
Ayina immediately got up from the ground, and patted her knees, as if she was not relieved, she was still squatting by the brazier, trying her best to keep her knees close to the brazier.
Man Bao smiled and asked, "Are there many people here who catch cold every year?"
Ayina nodded, and then said: "The Han people who came to do business said that the wind and cold are contagious, so people in the tribe who catch the wind and cold have to temporarily move to the cowshed."
Man Bao said regretfully, "You can live alone in a tent, why move to the cowshed?"
"Because it's not enough," Ayina said, "Not everyone has a tent, and many people only have one tent for each family."