Mao’er Mountain is located in the northwest of Xin’an County, about half a day’s drive from the county seat. It is named for its resemblance to a human hat. Although the mountain is not high, it has dense forests and leaves. It undulates westward and finally merges into a mountain range. It stretches for hundreds of miles without end, so it is called Baililing. Going west along Baililing, you will find the rarely visited Baili Mountain.
Mao'er Mountain can be regarded as a small foot protruding from the mountain range to the east.
Someone asked for a doctor, and Yu Jinnian naturally had no problem, so he hired a donkey cart early the next morning. As soon as he fed the black donkey that was pulling the cart, Ji Hong came out fully dressed, his sleeves were tied up with a cloth belt, and his black hair was tied high, extraordinarily dashing and neat.
Yu Jinnian glanced at him hastily, then grinned and fed the donkey.
Qing Huan helped to cover the car, took out a bulging bag, and stuffed it to Yu Jinnian, saying: "There are some pancakes in it, Er Niang is afraid that you will get cold on the road, so she asked me to bring two cloaks."
"Two?" Yu Jinnian was taken aback for a moment, then glanced at Ji Hong, "Is he going too?"
Ji Hong remained silent. He touched the donkey, then raised his clothes slightly and jumped into the cart. His movements were smooth, without giving Yu Jinnian the slightest chance to refuse. After straightening the rope, he said, "Get in the cart."
Yu Jinnian dawdled and refused to move, after a while he said: "It's quite far, you don't want to go."
Qing Huan looked at the two people who had been very strange since yesterday, as if they were having an awkward fight, but they didn't look like it, she smiled and said: "It's hard to walk, and I don't know if I can come back tonight, Young Master Ji will follow along." It’s good to have a care.”
Ji Hong suddenly said: "Shall I go down and hug you?"
Yu Jinnian jumped up in fright, and jumped into the car: "I'm coming up, I'm coming up! Let's go."
Qing Huan laughed out loud, Ji Hong looked back to see that he had sat down, and thought that it would have been better if he had done so earlier, so he started walking with a small leather whip.
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No one spoke a word along the way, only the donkey Ang yelled. The donkey cart is no more than a horse-drawn cart. The cart behind it is a two-wheeled cart with no compartments, and they headed west against the wind. Yu Jinnian sat on the cart at the back with his knees in his arms. The cold wind was blown by the man sitting up front. After blocking half of it, I still feel chills all over the place, wondering how that person should be frozen
He is so afraid of the cold and drives the car for me, I shouldn't have any trouble with him anyway.
Yu Jinnian squatted behind and thought for a while, unfolded his bag and took out a cloak, hung it carefully on Ji Hong's shoulders, then went around to tie him up with his hands, and said, "Don't rush so fast, it's better to do it sooner or later." of."
Just as he was talking, he heard a groan, and the donkey, which was trotting all the way, could finally take a breath, and walked forward slowly. Ji Hong held the hand that tied his belt, looked sideways at Yu Jinnian, saw the thick bruises in front of his eyes, and remembered that he was tossing and turning beside him last night, as if a nail had been planted under his body. Xie, even ran out before dawn, saying that he was borrowing a car, but in fact it was more like running for his life.
Can't help frowning: "Did you sleep well?"
"Well, it's okay." Yu Jinnian twitched his paw, Ji Hong's grip was too tight, he struggled twice and had to give up. This posture was distorted, and when he raised his eyes, he could see Ji Hong's thin red lips, and his chest was thumping wildly. He hurriedly lowered his head to avoid it, but happened to see Ji Hong holding his hand, and suddenly felt his wrist burning. , This posture can't be maintained for a moment.
"It's my fault." Ji Hong let go of his hand suddenly, and said softly, "Sleep on me, I won't bother you anymore."
After a while, Ji Hong felt a slight sinking in his back. Yu Jinnian buried his face in his cloak and rubbed it vigorously. After a while, he seemed to find a comfortable position, so he stopped moving. Ji Hong thought he was going to rest, He stopped talking to him and concentrated on driving the car.
However, Yu Jinnian couldn't sleep. Even if he closed his eyes, he could still think of the sound of boiling soup in the kitchen yesterday, of the rough and slightly cold wall behind him, and also of the orange-yellow morning light, with his back to the light facing towards him. He gradually approached Ji Hong's face.
He still doesn't understand how he ended up like that after talking well.
If the pot hadn't been boiled and no one bothered, would they have already...
Yu Jinnian leaned against Ji Hong's back, and suddenly his ears rang, as if a ball of hot air had slipped out of his ears wrapped in three souls and seven souls, and his head was buzzing like a pot had exploded.
Before, it was because he was thinking wildly and couldn't fall asleep peacefully, but now his brain was completely steamed by the heat on his face, and it was blank, and he would be dazed when he closed his eyes, but he took a long nap in a depressed mood.
When Ji Hong asked him to get off the car, he was still dazed and didn't know where he was, so he rubbed his eyes, stretched out his hands, and softly called Ji Hong to help him.
Ji Hong took advantage of his strength to tug on him, looked at his face suspiciously, reached out to touch it, and said, "Why is your face so red, are you sick?"
Yu Jinnian woke up suddenly, slapped his face vigorously, and quickly jumped out of the car: "No, no. Where is this?"
Ji Hong looked at him suspiciously, and said: "At the foot of Mao'er Mountain. You can't drive up the mountain, you can only go up on foot... Are you not sick?"
While the two were talking, there was a rustling of leaves in the distance, and Ji Hong subconsciously moved half a step away to block the young man behind him. But after a while, the branches and leaves were pushed aside, and a person came out.
Standing on tiptoe, Yu Jinnian showed half of his sleepy face from Ji Hong's shoulder, and saw that the person who came was Qian Da.
Qian Da said with a simple smile: "Here we come. I will lead the way for you!"
The mountain road is difficult to walk, there are only potholes and holes, and it is inevitable that the legs and feet will be caught by the grass blades. In fact, it’s okay not to sleep all night. In his previous life, he often worked around the clock during the night shift, but now it’s not the same as in his previous life. Although life is hard, life is also slow. Every day the sun rises and the day goes in and rests. It’s really very regular. up.
Yu Jinnian was in a trance, walked two steps and swayed his foot, Ji Hong turned his head and looked at him, afraid that he would fall down to feed the flowers if he didn't pay attention, so he stretched out his hand for him to hold.
The three of them stumbled and stumbled, and finally they suddenly saw a bright light. They saw a small wooden house surrounded by lush forests. Green smoke billowed from the house, and a few old hens with white hair and black feet were scattered outside. They saw a stranger. , fled in all directions, but one chick was so courageous that he dared to come and peck Yu Jinnian's foot.
He bent down and grabbed the fluffy yellow chick, threatening it: "I'll cook you in soy sauce!"
Chicken Cub was not afraid at all, he chirped and pecked his fingers again.
Seeing that the chicken was pecking fiercely, Ji Hong's finger turned red. He stretched out his index finger to push away the chicken's small beak, and gently rubbed the red pecked spot of Yu Jinnian. Unexpectedly, the chicken cub was not only not afraid of Ji Hong, but lowered his head and rubbed against Ji Hong's index finger, and yelled crisply and nicely: "Hey!"
Yu Jinnian almost laughed and said, "Look, it's rare that there is a little thing who is not afraid of you, so quickly recognize him as a godson!"
After rubbing Ji Hong's fingers softly, the chicken cub bounced twice in Yu Jinnian's palm. With a stalk in his neck, he suddenly spit out an unfinished little white worm. Yu Jinnian was so angry that he was about to clean it up. The door of the wooden house creaked. When it opened, a woman dressed as a peasant woman walked out.
"Da Lang, are you back?" Although the woman's face was disfigured, her voice was pleasant. She wiped off sweat with Qian Da before she turned her head and noticed the two of Yu Jinnian, she couldn't help but pause.
Qian Da shook her hand, the five-year-old man became shy at this moment, touched his head and smiled, "Qiao Qiao, it's windy outside, you are not well, go in and rest." Send the woman back to the house , he came back to greet him again: "Brother Nian, come in quickly too!"
Although this wooden house is small, it has all five internal organs, including tables, chairs, cups, and bed curtains. Although it is not very good, it is all clean and tidy. Maybe it is specially prepared for the daughter's house. They are more or less colorful, very warm. In the middle of the cabin is a square table with candlesticks and tea cups, and a sewing basket with a half-embroidered sachet in it.
The woman named Qiao Qiao sat at the table awkwardly, boiling water and making tea, and sometimes asked Qiao Qiao if she was cold or hungry, as if in his eyes, this girl was not An ugly monster with knife marks all over his face, but a delicate and beautiful girl who looks like a fairy.
Holding the thick tea made by Qian Da, Qiao Qiao said with a smile, "Da Lang, the chickens in the yard are making trouble, you go and feed them."
"Hey!" Qian Dalian responded.
After Qian Da walked out, Yu Jinnian looked at the girl carefully, and tentatively called out, "... Sister Xueqiao?"
Qiao Qiao sighed, and said with a wry smile: "It's really... I can't hide it from Brother Nian's eyes."
"Ah!" Yu Jinnian was surprised for a moment, he just heard that this person's voice was very similar to Xueqiao's, and then remembered what Qing Huan said about Xueqiao's disfigurement, so he thought about it. This was really a mistake. I didn't expect that the drowning woman Yu Jinnian rescued that day was actually Xueqiao. He asked suspiciously, "Xueqiao, why... are you sick?"
"En." Xueqiao talked about what happened that day, and finally connected the first half of what Yu Jinnian heard from Qing Huan.
It turned out that they ran away separately that day. Xueqiao listened to Qinghuan's guidance and ran all the way to the north of the city, but unexpectedly bumped into a slave of Ding's mansion by the river, who was looking for her and Qinghuan, she was worried about Qinghuan After being caught, a group of people came to chase her. During the scuffle, no one knew who swung a stick at her. Her eyes went dark, and she fell into the river.
The servant looked along the river, but he didn't find her, and he was afraid that if he killed someone, he would be involved in Ding's family, so he left quietly.
After being rescued by Yu Jinnian, Qian Da kindly took her home, poured hot soup, and bought gold sore medicine to apply to her face, but although the wound on her face healed, it left an ugly scar. Qian Da is just a farmer who makes a living by fishing. She is very grateful to treat her so wholeheartedly. After recovering from the injury, she will try her best to do housework with him, cook, sew, and take care of her. child.
After going back and forth like this, the two gradually developed some affection for each other. Xueqiao is homeless, Qian Da has been widowed for many years, and the two of them didn't do any more wedding ceremony. They bought new clothes and quilts, and they were considered married. Qian Da floated on the river all day long, using a boat as his home and oars as his car, and his life was passable, but he couldn't let a woman live on a wet and cold boat all the time and suffer with him.
Fortunately, my ancestors used to be hunters, and there is a wooden house in Mao'er Mountain, which is considered a good place to live.
Xueqiao, it's time to call her Lin Qiao. Lin Qiao is her boudoir's real name. She smiled and said to herself that her days are pretty. Asking about Qing Huan again, Yu Jinnian omitted many troubles, and only told her that Qing Huan also escaped, and although she suffered some injuries, she is fine now. Only then did she feel relieved, picked up the brocade bag in the basket again, and embroidered while talking.
Jinnian said: "Did he know that you used to..."
Lin Qiao smiled sweetly and said, "I told him about it, and he said he didn't care. Besides, my face is hurt like this. I guess even if I'm an old man, I won't recognize me anymore."
That's good, Yu Jinnian nodded, Qian Da can be regarded as a genuine man. The two chatted about the old days, and then he asked about the matter: "Brother Qian said you were sick?"
Lin Qiao's face was slightly red, rubbing the thread in her hands, and said in a low voice: "It's not very good..." She looked up at Ji Hong, as if there was something difficult to say.
So Yu Jinnian pushed Ji Hong out: "You go too, go and see your godson!"
"..." Ji Hong was helpless, "Call me if you need something."
Yu Jinnian: "Got it!"
After Ji Hong left reluctantly, Yu Jinnian said: "Sister Xueqiao, you just say it's okay... but it's a woman's disease?"
Lin Qiao nodded, and said timidly: "It's really embarrassing to say, it's really an unspeakable disease, I really can't open my mouth... Actually, this menstruation has been on and off for more than a month... Before Dalang asked A doctor came and told me to apply incense ash and it would be fine, but after applying it, I was still dripping profusely, and these days I feel heavy and tired, dizzy and difficult to do, and I don’t want to do any work.” She looked out the window, and Yu Jinnian looked with her, Ji Hongzheng and Qian Da were beside the chicken coop, talking for some reason.
Qian Da fumbled in the nest, and joyfully took out an egg from under a brooding hen, and asked Ji Hong to hold it.
It was the first time for Ji Hong to see a hen laying an egg. It was very novel, but he was embarrassed when he asked him to pick up the egg. Now he turned around and saw Yu Jinnian looking at him through the window, so he took it reluctantly. The egg was still warm. Seems like he's going to put it in his sleeve when he picks it up, ready to take it in and show it to the boy.
Qian Da stopped him and said, "Hey, it's impossible, the eggs will be broken, and the clothes will stink! Brother, if you like it, I'll take a basket and put a few with you."
Ji Hong: "..."
Yu Jinnian chuckled at him.
Lin Qiao heated up the tea again, and said worryingly: "Da Lang is considerate of me, and doesn't ask me to do anything, but I'm always sick... and I can't add a son and a half to Da Lang..."
Yu Jinnian heard what she said, it should be a woman's menstrual bleeding. At this time, when women suffer from gynecological diseases, most of them are hard to speak out due to prejudice, or they are secretive and dare not speak to others. There are also Lin Qiao who invites doctors like this. Many of these doctors also have folk masters, but most of them are completely ignorant of medicine, and only have a few family secret recipes or local methods in their hands.
Lin Qiao said: "Because the boss is not good, Da Lang said that Brother Nian has some clever tricks, so he invites you to take a look."
Yu Jinnian looked at her carefully, and saw that she was really lazy and lacked strength, felt her pulse again, checked her tongue coating, and thought: "The pulse is slow and weak, the tongue is light and fat with white coating, and the hands are cold, it really is temper." False trap."
"Is the menstrual blood deep or shallow?"
Lin Qiao thought for a while: "It's very thin..."
Yu Jinnian asked: "When did this disease start?"
Speaking of this, Lin Qiao couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It was a month ago when Da Lang heard about the Yicui Pavilion and said that a girl who caused trouble was sent out. I just thought it was Qing Huan. On that day, a menstrual event will come, and it will not be better from then on."
As the so-called seven emotions and six desires can cause disease, Lin Qiao is always worried and thinking, worrying hurts the spleen, and the qi sinks, so the impulse is not strong, the blood is not controlled, so there is a woman's metrorrhagia.
After clarifying the cause, Yu Jinnian knew how to treat it, but it was difficult to buy many medicines at this time, so he first got local materials and made some medicinal food to eat with her. white-haired black-bone chicken.
Black-bone chicken is suitable for mending deficiency and fatigue, and it would be even better if it had some angelica.
Qian Dayi heard that the chickens he raised could make George Lin sick, so he killed Lin Qiaozhi without saying a word. He was not good at raising these chickens, chickens, ducks, and ducks, so he bought them for the sake of making them look good and noisy, so as to relieve Lin Qiao's boredom. At least there was some movement in the yard, which would make her happier.
There is another small hut behind the wooden house, which is used as a kitchen. After killing chickens, Yu Jinnian borrowed the stove and started a pot of hot water. He cleaned the chicken, removed the internal organs, chopped it into pieces, and boiled it directly in the pot. There are not many other things in the mountains, but there are countless wild medicinal materials and wild vegetables.
While chopping green onions, Ji Hong came over with a basket, and Qian Daguo filled him with a basket full of eggs.
Yu Jinnian glanced back, and laughed again—Ji Hong followed the little chicken, stepping on his shadow, Ji Hong suddenly stopped, and it looked up to see what happened.
Seeing the boy's bright face, Ji Hong couldn't help but smile. He went straight into the hut, put the basket on the earthen stove, and shook the boy's hand: "It's windy in the mountains, is it cold?"
The man's hand was cold, Yu Jinnian held it unconsciously and rubbed it with him, saying, "I'm not very cold. If you're very cold, I'll make some ginger tea with you."
Ji Hong narrowed his eyes slightly: "Okay."
Yu Jinnian said that he stuffed ginger slices and two red dates in a small teapot, then sat on the clay stove and simmered slowly. After a while, the pungent smell of ginger came out from the hut. At this time, Yu Jinnian poured a small teapot into the pot A small piece of brown sugar was boiled and served to Ji Hong to drink.
Ji Hong was holding the tea bowl, a cloud of white mist lingered from the tip of his nose, he observed the boy quietly, and after a while he said: "Yesterday..."
Plop, Yu Jinnian's face changed, and instantly poured a handful of scallions, Chinese prickly ash, and a bowl of glutinous rice into the pot where the black-bone chicken was cooked, covering Ji Hong's voice, pretending not to hear.
Cook glutinous rice and black-bone chicken soup, and he beat eggs non-stop, and chopped green onions. He wanted to fry simple green onion eggs, but when he was looking for salt, he asked him to find a can of dried mugwort leaves, so he changed his mind. , made an Aixiang omelet. Aixiang omelette is very simple to say, directly crush the dried mugwort leaves and sprinkle them into the egg liquid, let the scallion mince in the pan, and then spread the eggs into an omelette.
Black-bone chicken soup with glutinous rice can nourish blood and regulate menstruation, and scrambled eggs with mugwort can warm menstruation and stop bleeding.
Finally, I cooked a pot of brown sugar and candied dates drink—brown sugar is sweet and moist, and candied dates nourish the spleen and stomach. It can be boiled to replace tea on weekdays, which is the best.
The pot of glutinous rice and chicken soup had just been boiled, and Qian Da suddenly shouted from afar with a panicked expression: "It's not good, Brother Nian!"
Holding the plate, Yu Jinnian asked in a daze, "What's wrong?"
Qian Da was embarrassed and said: "The donkey you tied at the foot of the mountain is missing... Brother Nian, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave tonight..."