Porridge and side dishes [farming]

Chapter 104 Meeting in the City

Spreading pancakes on the bed, and turning them back and forth, I don't know how long it took before I fell asleep unconsciously.

When he woke up, it was broad daylight, Li Ji touched the edge with his hand, it was empty, opened his eyes and looked at the familiar ceiling, his consciousness gradually recovered, Li Ji remembered that Er Gouzi was no longer by his side.

Sitting up, Li Ji changed into his usual work clothes, went to the kitchen to wash his face, and then fed all the animals first, and then went to the stream to fetch water with a bucket.

Living outside the village, close to the mountains, the biggest advantage is standing upstream.Firstly, I am not afraid of the water getting dirty, and secondly, I am not afraid of talking to someone when fetching water.

First fill up the large water tank in the yard, and then fill up the second and large tanks in the kitchen.Since the drought last year, Li Ji has no shortage of money. Later, he bought two or three big tanks one after another. If he added the big tank in the newly built livestock pen, now he has enough money just for the big tank. Five mouthfuls.It's just that outsiders only know that there are two more Li Ji, and the remaining three are hidden in the hut at the back which is used as a small warehouse.

This water tank is a common thing that everyone has, but when there is a drought, an extra sip of water is life, and if you hide this one, you will never lack water at any time in the future, and you will feel more peaceful in your heart.

Without Er Gouzi, it would be really difficult for Li Ji to do these tasks by himself.I was so busy until noon that the water tank was not filled, my stomach was empty, and I forgot to eat breakfast.

Li Ji randomly picked some vegetables from the ground, and when scooping up rice, he habitually poured rice into the rice washing basin. After three or four bowls, he realized that Er Gouzi was not at home, so he couldn't eat these by himself.

After pouring the extra rice back, Li Ji only felt sore in his heart.

When a pot of rice is steamed, the aroma of the rice will soon come out.Li Ji took out some kimchi from the jar, filled some sauce and put it on the table.

After two cups of tea, the rice was steamed, and Li Ji ate kimchi and pickled vegetables, devouring them deliciously.

The two bowls of rice are for the stomach of the quick rebellion, and there is still less than half of the rice in the rice bowl.Li Ji didn't like to eat leftovers, he just cooked as much as he could for a meal.When Ergouzi was around, Ergouzi could eat up all the food, so Li Ji hadn't been embarrassed to cook much for two years.

Weighed out the leftovers to Xiaowei, Xiaowei looked at the rice, looked up and tilted his head to look at him, Li Ji remembered that the two dogs in the family didn't know that the two dogs would not like meat, and Xiaowei couldn't do without meat.

Li Ji himself was so foolish, he just ate some kimchi and passed by, but what about the little tail?

Li Ji patted the head of the little tail in embarrassment: "Let's make do with it, I'll make chicken stewed potatoes for you tonight."

The kimchi left at home is low, and I can't eat a few meals.The seasonal vegetables ran away for two jars, just waiting for other vegetables to grow one by one, and then soaked two more jars one after another.

But Li Ji is obviously not a good pickle picker, so he always asks the capable women in the village for help.

After eating, I sat under the tree at the door to rest for a while, and continued to fetch water with buckets.

There is still a large tank left, and after filling it up, I will go to the field to see how the crops are doing.

At this time, seeing someone approaching, but there were branches blocking the view, Li Ji stood there and waited for a while, and only looked after he walked in.

"Ergua's daughter-in-law? What's the matter?" Li Ji saw that Ergua's daughter-in-law was sweating, and it seemed that something was urgent.

If it was someone else, Li Ji would definitely hide back, but Ergua's daughter-in-law was holding a child in her arms at this moment. The child didn't look very big, but her little face was flushed red, it was very pitiful.

Ergua's daughter-in-law's eyes were red, and she could see that she had just cried.She was still holding the child in her hand, so it was inconvenient to pull Li Ji, so she could only look at Li Ji and beg: "Fourth Uncle, you are the most capable person in the village, please find a way to save my Sanya, she I burned all night yesterday. I went to Xue Langzhong to prescribe medicine and drink it, but it didn’t help. People are confused. Your family has a bullock cart, please lend me, let Sanya and I go to the city to see the doctor. This The child has a severe fever, if it takes my life, I don’t want it.”

Ergua is still locked up in the family temple, and Ergua's daughter-in-law is alone with two children.The older second son is already able to help the family with some chores, and the third girl is just over one year old, when she is most vulnerable.

No matter how selfish Li Ji was, he couldn't hide from such a life-threatening matter.

"It's not difficult to send you to the city. How many coins do you have in your pocket? Is it enough to see a doctor?"

Ergua's daughter-in-law had a look of embarrassment on her face.Where did she get the money?Ergua tricked away all the wealth in the family.That is to say, there is still some food left over from last year at home, otherwise it would be a problem to even eat.

But Ergua's daughter-in-law really didn't have the face to ask for a loan. She was really forced to do nothing by the money, and Ergua's daughter-in-law was also embarrassed about how to ask.

Seeing the expression on Ergua's daughter-in-law's face, Li Ji understood.It doesn't take a few words to look at the disease. As long as it is not a disease that requires long-term medication, it is just a drop in the bucket for Li Ji to go and see.

"Show me." Li Ji stretched out his hand.

Ergua handed the child over.It's more than one year old, and it will be gone. It's very thin, wrapped in a quilt, and its lips are still trembling.

Ergua's daughter-in-law wiped her tears: "The son was fine before, but suddenly caught a fever last night. He can still talk a few words on weekdays, and he can scream twice in the morning. Now he doesn't know anything."

This fever is a fatal disease, but it is also the most helpless disease.With such a long distance in the city, most people have a car at home and can only walk on two legs.There are many causes of fever, and there are too many examples of people who can only watch people go away after exhausting their efforts.In the end, the family was destitute because of seeing a doctor, and the people were gone, and the money was gone.

This is not love of money like life, but in poor families, money is earned with their lives, and how to spend it must be carefully considered.

So most people in the villages have a fever, so they go to the village doctor to prescribe side effects. If you can't afford it, you can only watch the patient die.Most of them died.

This was the case when Li Jifeng had a fever before. Li Ji's first thought when he had the conditions was not to go to the city to see, but to drink the local medicine from the local doctor in the village, which shows how lacking the idea of ​​seeing diseases.

The child is so pitiful, everyone has a heart of compassion, how can you see it?

"It's so hot, you should go to the city and take a good look at it." Li Ji's head flashed with an idea, and he turned his eyes, "Well, you give the child to me, I'll go Find a doctor in the city to give you a value, and I will bring it back to you tomorrow, if you don't come back, I will ask someone to come and report to you."

Ergua's daughter-in-law didn't know, so: "Fourth Uncle, don't you want me to go with you?"

Li Ji said: "Don't think about it too much. You are worried about your daughter, lost her mind, and don't make trouble if she is in a hurry. This child has a bad fever. It is better to go to the city quickly. I only have one cow here, and I will pull two people. You can’t walk fast. When you enter the city, you don’t know the southeast, north, south, and north. The effort to inquire about the place will delay the child. It happens that I can’t do without people at home, so you stay and help me. I’ve done all the housework. , at least don’t let the group of open-mouthed beasts I raise go hungry.”

What Li Ji said was well-founded, Ergua's daughter-in-law could only nod when she heard it.

Li Ji first returned the child to Ergua's wife.Take the key and lock the back room, and then lock the warehouse in the yard.Simply explain the situation at home, put on the bullock cart and drive to the city with the silver.

Ergua's daughter-in-law came here not only to give Sanya a way out, but also to give Li Ji a reason to see Ergouzi.

Li Ji missed Er Gouzi crazily, even if they were only separated for a day.

After leaving her mother, Sanya seemed to feel something, and she moved to cry.Naihe was exhausted from burning, and the sound came out, but it was only a weak humming sound.

While driving the cattle, Li Ji coaxed the children.Such a big child is the happiest time, and also the easiest time to make people soft-hearted.

Li Ji was destined not to have children in the future, so facing such a milk baby, he would inevitably feel more pity in his heart.

"Hey, it's all right, I'll find you the best doctor when we enter the city."

The best doctor in this county is the government doctor in the county grandfather's mansion.But this time Li Ji can't go back directly, if someone finds out, all the previous preparations will be in vain.

The ox cart drove faster, and arrived in the city in less than half an hour.

Li Ji was not in a hurry to go to the doctor's office, first he found a good inn, called two clerks and gave him ten copper coins as a reward.Ask one of them to quickly find a doctor nearby to see a doctor for the child, while the other asks him to go to the county grandfather's mansion.

Li Ji gave the man the purse he got from the county magistrate, and asked him to show it to the gatekeeper at the gate of the county magistrate's mansion.Things come out of the mansion, and the patterns are stipulated, and the servants must recognize them.

Li Ji asked the guy to tell his servant that a relative asked the county magistrate to see a doctor, and he asked the government doctor to see his nephew and grandson.

Li Ji was still wearing clothes for working at home, but this was Li Ji's second visit.When I came here for the first time, I asked someone to call the shopkeeper of the leather goods shop overnight, and the shopkeeper came to talk to Li Ji politely.So now that Li Ji said that he was a relative of the county magistrate, it was not that he was unwilling to do so.

Go upstairs, still the same room as last time.

Li Ji put the child on the bed, seeing the child's weak coughing, he felt more anxious.Why hasn't this doctor come over yet?In other words, the child should be sent to the hospital first.

At any rate, the guy who called Lang Zhong came quickly and dragged Lang Zhong over quickly.The doctor was carrying a medicine box on his back, and he walked very hard all the way, and his forehead was covered with sweat.

The doctor wiped his sweat, gasped for breath every time, and said: "Why is it so urgent, but what's wrong with you, young master?"

"It's my grandniece who has a fever. It's so hot, otherwise I wouldn't be in such a hurry. Just show it to me, it's not a big deal."

The doctor walked in, lifted the quilt first, and stretched out his hand to signal the child's pulse.Li Ji asked next to him: "How is it?"

The doctor closed his eyes for a while, then opened his eyes and said, "It's a good thing you sent me to look for it, otherwise..."

Li Ji's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly asked, "Otherwise, what's the matter?"

The doctor shook his head and didn't continue, the meaning was self-evident.

"Then trouble you to treat it quickly." Li Ji said.

The doctor bearded every time, and he deliberately slowed down his speech, saying: "Cure can be cured, but after all, it is a child, many medicines are not easy to touch, and the medicine will be enough, and the price will go up. So..."

Li Ji said bluntly: "You just need to pay as much money as you want. I don't lack money, as long as the child is healthy."

The doctor nodded, first told to open the quilt not to be bored, then took out a pen and paper to write a prescription, and asked the assistant to go back to the pharmacy to get it.

Only then did Li Ji heave a sigh of relief. He watched the clerk go out and forget the medicine shop from upstairs, and turned around and asked, "How long will this medicine take?"

The doctor thought about it for a while before sitting down and deciding: "Illness disappears like a thread, let alone such a young girl. Drink this medicine for three to five days and it will return to normal. However, the illness may recur. If you want to cure completely without leaving the root of the disease, it is best to eat for half a month."

Li Ji didn't know anything about seeing a doctor, and it was his first time seeing a doctor, so he naturally listened to what was going on.Nodding repeatedly, after all, as long as the child is fine, don't leave anything bad, and you can talk about everything else.

Li Ji asked a few more things to pay attention to, and saw another guy come back with two people.

Among the three, Li Ji saw Er Gouzi standing at the back with half of his head covered by a hat at a glance.

Er Gouzi was wearing relatively ordinary clothes, and looked inconspicuous except for his height.But Li Ji is too familiar with Er Gouzi, just by taking a look, Li Ji can confirm that it is him.

Suppressed the excitement in my heart.Turn your head and sit firmly on the chair.The left and right kids are fine, and the rest are fine.

Soon, the man took the two of them upstairs.As soon as they entered the house, Er Gouzi walked quickly to Li Ji's bone refining.He took off his hat, and the two looked at each other.

No one made any excessive moves.They just looked at each other like this, and then they both laughed.

The smile is so bright, with a red light all over the face.

After a difficult night apart, we finally meet again.

On the other side, the doctor who saw Sanya's doctor was taken aback when he saw the doctor in the county magistrate's house, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

Li Ji didn't go to the doctor either.This government doctor is not an ordinary family servant. Although the status of a doctor is not high, it is not as good as a scholar, a farmer, a businessman, but it is still of a higher level compared to the lower class.So in the mansion, it can only be said that it is a mansion doctor invited to support him, not a servant, let alone a slave.When I meet someone who is grateful, I am polite and considerate to the government doctors.

After all, doctors treat diseases and heal injuries. If a person has a headache, whether he can get better or not depends on others.

"I'm sorry. I was too impatient to wait here, so I called someone from the nearest place. Fortunately, the condition is not serious and has been cured."

Isn't the government doctor stupid? Of course he knows that asking him to see a doctor is just an excuse, Li Ji just wants to see the uncle (Er Gouzi).

The government doctor looked at the burning child on the bed, went over to feel his pulse, nodded and said: "It's really not serious, it's just heat, take the medicine and don't catch it anymore, it will be cured in two days."

There is some discrepancy between these words and what the doctor said, if he can't find anything, then Li Ji is also a fool.

Li Ji looked at the doctor.The doctor trembled, stood up without the composure just now, and his voice trembled a little more: "Dare to ask... Dare to ask the young master..."

Before Li Ji could speak, the clerk over there had already spoken a lesson: "Bold, this is a relative of the county magistrate's family. I didn't see that the family member was sick. The county magistrate immediately called the doctor to come over and have a look?"

The doctor fell to his knees with a plop, he thought he had met Bi Hao, but he didn't want to cause trouble.This bullied the relatives of the county magistrate, how could it be good?

Li Ji also understood that he was being taken for a ride.

It just so happened that the guy who grabbed the medicine came back with the medicine.The doctor looked at the doctor who was kneeling on the ground shaking the sieve, took the medicine directly, opened the prescription to have a look, and then opened the packaged soup to have a look.

Li Ji asked: "How is it?"

The government doctor said bluntly: "It is indeed a medicine for curing diseases, but half of it is expensive tonic. If it is not good to eat, it will not be bad, but the price is high."

The doctor practiced begging for mercy: "Grandpa, please forgive me, but the little one has no eyes. I don't know it's you. I beg you to hold your hand high and spare the little one for a while. The little one will definitely not dare to do it again."

Li Ji was not in a hurry to ask him to get up, and he had resolved similar matters twice in the village.Even now Li Ji himself can't help but think, is he just so taken advantage of?

"Why did you think of lying to me?" The doctor said that the medicine is indeed a medicine that can cure diseases, so it can be seen that this doctor still has some conscience.

The doctor replied: "The old man atones for the crime. The young one is also deluded by ghosts. On weekdays, he treats the sick and troublesome poor people, and he can't earn a few words through hard work. That's why the young one has a crooked mind and thinks about earning more. The money supplements the family. The younger one is guilty, but the younger one has no intention of harming the girl. Although these medicines are expensive, they will definitely get better after taking them. I beg the uncle to give the younger one a chance, there will be no next time for the younger one."

The doctor said that there are two pieces of news that he gave, one is that he has never cheated the money of the poor, and the other is that he has no intention of harming others, and the medicine is useful.

The doctor is indeed a poor man.If it was someone else, he must be asked to get up immediately, and even make up some money.

Li Ji is not so kind.He opened his mouth and said: "It's really pitiful that you can't earn money. But if you compare your heart with your heart, other people's money is easy to earn? It is the richest man in our county. The silver in their pockets is worth a little. It is a copper plate and a copper plate. It was not caused by the strong wind. You said that the poor can’t make money in their hands, so they deserve to earn more money from the rich?”

Li Ji thought clearly, and the doctor knew that this road would not work, so he didn't dare to have any wrong thoughts: "Master, you are right, the little one should be damned, I promise that there will be no more small ones in the future. Let's do it once."

Li Ji just nodded and said: "I'm not an unenlightened person either. I'll pay the consultation fee, and you can take this medicine back. Don't have this kind of thing anymore. You know that I have such a relationship with the magistrate Relationship, if you want to catch you, it's just a matter of one sentence."

Doctor Lianlian nodded, feeling like crying: "Don't dare, I won't dare, I will never dare again."

"Let's go." Li Ji said.

After the doctor had gone far away, Li Ji said to the doctor, "Please prescribe another prescription."

The government doctor opened a pharmacy again and asked the staff to catch it again.The government doctor stretched out his hands and pressed several places on Sanya's body.Maybe it was some acupuncture point, the pain on Sanya's face was much less after pressing it.

Li Ji had never seen this before, and only thought it was miraculous.Looking at Langzhong's eyes are shining.It's no wonder that Li Ji has never seen the market, it's really amazing.

"Is this all right?" Li Ji asked.

The government doctor smiled and said: "How can it be so fast, it is just to relieve the symptoms, not the root cause. The medicine prescribed does not need to be taken too much. She is a child, and it is not good to take too much. Take the medicine for two or three days, and try to take it as much as possible after that." It’s okay, it’s fine.”

Hearing this, Li Ji can completely relax.It's a pity that such a small child is gone, it's best to be able to do well.

The child is fine, so Li Ji went to see Er Gouzi: "Did you sleep well last night?"

Er Gouzi would not lie, he shook his head and said, "I can't sleep without you."

"Me too." Li Ji stretched out his hand to straighten Er Gouzi's hair that was messed up by the big hat, "But I fell asleep in the middle of the night and woke up late in the morning. I will go home tomorrow. Be good, sleep well tonight, I will wait for you at home tomorrow."

"Are you leaving today?" Er Gouzi frowned slightly.

Li Jidao: "I'd better go back as much as possible, even if I live here again, I won't be able to accompany you. You have to go back. There are people coming and going in the house, so don't let outsiders suspect it."

The whole feeling in Ergouzi Town was much weaker, and he said, "I'll listen to you."

Li Ji looked at this and there was still a government doctor standing beside him, so he was embarrassed to make any intimate gestures, so he reached out to Er Gouzi Shun Shunmao: "Hey, I'll cook a big table of food for you tomorrow."

Er Gouzi was barely satisfied, and the two sat together, ate the snacks in the inn, and chatted for a while.

After a while Li Ji went to touch Sanya's forehead, the fever was not as severe as before, but it was still a little hot, it seemed that it was all right.

"I'm crying for this girl too, since last night." Li Ji sighed.

The government doctor turned his eyes around the two of them, but did not speak.

The medicine was boiled in the store and brought up, Li Ji fed the medicine to Sanya little by little, and Sanya fell asleep, Li Ji covered her with a thin quilt.

After another half an hour, Sanya's fever completely subsided, and she slept soundly.

Li Ji put Sanya into the bed and poured water beside the bed at night.Not an outsider, and Sanya is a baby again, so there is no taboo at all.

Er Gouzi kept staring at Li Ji and didn't follow, just staring at him intently.

When Li Ji turned his head and met his eyes, his heart almost melted.

"It's not over, right? I told you that we'll go home tomorrow." Li Ji walked over and said, "Don't be so pitiful, don't we see it?"

Er Gouzi smiled softly: "I can't see enough."

The two have been together for such a long time, Er Gouzi doesn't talk much, but he is not stingy with sweet words.

"That's enough, don't make trouble." Li Ji couldn't let go, considering that the government doctor was still there.I ordered some Er Gouzi's favorite dishes with my buddy.Call the government doctor to eat together.

After eating, Li Ji asked Er Gouzi to lie on the bed and sleep for a while.Er Gouzi will not lie, let alone exaggerate.He said he didn't sleep last night, so he must have really not slept.

Li Ji felt sorry for his daughter-in-law, so of course he had to make up for it.