Chapter 91 Pharmaceutical Pills

The double grab is a period of time, from the beginning of late July to the beginning of August, usually about half a month. When the Zhou family and the Lejia double grab on August 2 It ended, and Umemura's double grab was basically over at that time.

After snatching the two together, the whole village most likely knew that Zhou Qiufeng and Yueqing were living together, and some talked about good things, and some talked about bad things. The right ear comes out, and the kind care is given with a silly smile.

After the early rice was harvested, Zhou Qiufeng was busy drying the rice, taking care of the housework and poultry, and plowing the sweet potato vines; Classmate Le was relatively free, and the new mother did not let her do any work, and asked her to take care of her medicinal materials and drying fungi. .

Enjoying the care of a new mother, Le classmate is a good baby at home, drying the millet and feeding the chicks. When the chicks are hatched, she secretly changes the space water to feed them and uses the space well water to feed the babies. There were nineteen new-born chicks in total, all of them were healthy and did not die due to the hot weather.

At the same time, Le also secretly took out the sweet potato vines in the space to feed the piglets, and also replaced the beans, eggplants, and cabbages grown in the space with those grown at home, because pumpkins and peppers are There is no species in the class space, and there is no need to change.

The result of stealing from one another is that Le Dad and Zhou Qiufeng have a huge appetite every day, eat very deliciously, and are in very good spirits. Especially Zhou Qiufeng, who also engages in double robbery, not to mention women and even men. She has lost several kilograms and looks very dark. She is in high spirits every day and is a little bit whiter. The villagers don't know the reason, but they just think that she is married and newlyweds, so she is in good spirits.

Le Yun knew the reason and continued to change food for the family every day without saying a word. Of course, she did not dare to give the space well water to the new mother and father to drink. At present, the well water could not be given to her old man. Dad drank it. Well water has the function of accelerating wound healing. Her father's leg injury was a malformation. Drinking well water will help the wound heal better, which will make future surgeries more difficult.

The days are passing by, and in the middle of the month, autumn begins on August 7. A few days after autumn, the corn harvest is about to begin.

The ginseng and angelica in the space are irrigated with well water three or four times a day, and their growth rate accelerates. One day and one night is a dry and prosperous period, and ten days is equivalent to ten years of growth.

Considering that the time to go to college is getting closer and closer, classmate Le once again went deep into the mountains to dig for medicine. Although Le’s father and Zhou Qiufeng were worried, they still let her do whatever she wanted. The only thing What made them feel more at ease was that the girl did not go to Shennong Mountain this time, but only went to the mountains near the village to look for medicine.

To reassure people, classmate Le accepted that the new mother would be dropped off at the foot of the mountain in the morning and call her family to pick her up when she came down the mountain in the evening.

The first time, she went into the mountains early and came back late. Someone in the village saw the girl from the Le family carrying a full basket, with some vaguely visible fungi.

The next day, she went out late and came back late again, and some villagers saw her carrying a basket, as if there were fungi again; the third time, the villagers thought the fungi were in season, and they also ran up the mountain in twos and threes.

When Dad Le and Zhou Qiufeng heard that people in the village went to pick up mushrooms, they kept silent. They would never tell anyone that their girl was actually digging for medicinal materials. Although there were mushrooms when they came back every day, then Portions are also very small.

The fourth time I went to the mountains, classmate Le stayed in the mountains for three days. When he called to pick him up, Zhou Qiufeng picked him up at the foot of the back mountain in Shangzhuang Township, and the child got a basket. herbs and turkey tail mushrooms.

Zhou Qiufeng's expression at that time was: "..." Other families have run all over the mountain without finding a bunch of fungi. Their girl never comes up empty-handed every time she goes into the mountain. This needs to be known. Okay, okay, next time we go into the mountains, there must be a long line of people behind Lele.

It was the 17th when she returned from the mountains. Le Yun rested for one night and started making medicine the next day. Le Dad and Zhou Qiufeng were completely unable to help. One went to work and the other went to the field. She was alone at home with no one. Peeping, she washed the pot and put it on the fire pit, and poured the medicinal materials that had been processed in the space into the pot to boil.

Every time she goes into the mountains, she digs up some commonly used medicines, then goes into the space to find the medicinal materials used in medicine, chops them, peels the tendons, and does the preliminary processing. She also takes them from the space every time she returns home. Take out some common medicinal materials and go home to dry them in the shade and sun.

If you make enough preparations in advance, you won’t be in a hurry when you start making medicine.

Throwing the medicinal materials on the fire to stew, Le Yun went to the backyard to find a medicine pound. The medicine pound was actually called a medicine mortar. It was made of stone and had a recessed place in the middle for putting things. Rice, etc., medicine mortar is a tool specially used for grinding medicine.

The Le family’s stone mortar was bought by Mr. Le Tai from someone else. It is made of blue-white stone. The concave part in the middle is an oblong shape. It is equipped with a grinding wheel. It is also made of stone for grinding. There is a round hole, put a wooden stick in it and put it in a stone mortar. You can step on it with your feet or push it by hand.

When Grandpa Zile passed away, the stone mortar was placed under the eaves of the pig pen behind the house.

Le Yun found the medicine mortar and scanned it with X-rays of her eyes. Except for the joint parts of its structure that emitted various colors of light, there was also a layer of very light and weak white light.

The white light is spiritual energy, but...

Silently, Le Yun sighed, knowing that the medicine mortar was a spiritual thing, and she couldn’t lose space, it was so big. Something was missing for no apparent reason. No matter how careless her father was, he would have discovered it, and she would not be able to tell the lie when asked.

The stone mortar is not small, it is more than two feet long, the edge is about ten centimeters thick, and it weighs about eighty pounds. It takes two people to lift it every day.

Classmate Le easily picked up the stone mortar, moved it to the pool in front of the house, and helped it washTake a bath, wash it over and over again from the inside out, wash it clean, and put it in the sun.

Then go into the kitchen to add firewood, turn on the induction cooker, put in a pot, fry the glutinous rice, cook two large plates, and fry the rice until it turns slightly yellow.

After frying the rice, the stone mortar was dried and moved to the hall. Le Yun poured the rice into the concave mortar, put in the grinding wheel, moved a chair to sit on it, wiped his feet clean, and stepped on the grinding wheel stick. , grinding the rice vigorously.

The grinding wheel rolls and grinds the rice grains, making a dense and fine cracking sound. The fried rice is broken and then ground into powder, first coarse and then fine.

Classmate Le kept rolling the grinding wheel back and forth. After a while, he went to the kitchen to light a fire, then went back to grind the powder again. Grind two large plates of rice into fine powder, take out the mortar, seal it, and dry some Pour the dry medicine into the trough and grind the medicine into powder again.

Zhou Qiufeng went to the fields to plow sweet potato vines and pull out weeds. The Zhou family returned the field to the Le family, and naturally they didn’t plant the land because it was just the middle of the year and the crops in the field were not mature yet. Anyway, it would be after autumn. When it is taken back, it has to be divided. Brother Zhou will allocate several pieces of land to his sister to manage, and he will manage a few pieces. After the autumn harvest, he will give the land to the Lejia, and next year it will all be managed by the Lejia.

Zhou Qiufeng is the daughter-in-law of the Le family and is the housewife. She is in charge of the fields. The millet at home has been dried. She goes to see the field water in the morning and then goes to work in the fields. Remembering that there are girls at home who are making medicine, She finished work early and went home at eleven o'clock.

Before she entered the house, she smelled a strong smell of medicine. She was afraid that the dust on her body would contaminate the medicine when she returned home, so she threw the sweet potato vine she brought back at the backyard door. There, I patted myself several times from head to toe before going home. As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw little Lele pounding medicine. She couldn't help but be happy when she saw it: "Lele, has your medicine been made?"

"Aunt Feng, you're back." Le Yun turned around and saw the new mother, her eyes widened: "Not yet, we just started today, it's still early, it will take about two or three days to complete. ."

"Hey, it takes so many days?" Zhou Qiufeng was very surprised and entered the house quietly.

"Three or two days is a little. If the medicinal materials are not chopped and ground into powder, it will take seven or eight days to stew and melt."

"Oh!" Zhou Qiufeng only said I sigh, this doctor really needs talent. If she and Yueqing are asked to sort out those things, they definitely don't have the care and patience. They will probably forget everything, and they won't even be able to remember the names of the medicines.

I washed my face and went into the kitchen. The rice cooker tripped. Then I looked at the fire burning in the fire pit. The big pot for steaming things squatted on the pot shelf. There was a stone on top of the lid, and the lid was pressed. It was so tight that even steam could not come out, and there was a sound of boiling water coming from the pot.

Probably because from the end of June to the beginning of July, God shed all his tears. Since late July, there has been little rain in most parts of the country. From late June to early August, there has been no heavy rain in Fang County, with only three rains. It's been a little thin for two daysRain is still the kind of shower that rains while the sun shines.

Because it hasn’t rained, the rice straw placed on the rice field ridges or in the open air dries quickly. Most villagers have moved the straw home, and the corn seedlings also wither quickly. By mid-August, they will be dry. For harvesting, now everyone dries corn on the cob, dries it and threshes it in a machine instead of manually breaking it.

Because the weather was sunny and the sun was strong at noon, Zhou Qiufeng was not in a hurry to go to work, and she had no share in the child's work. She used an induction cooker to boil water, caught a duck, slaughtered it, ironed and washed it. , save half to eat at night, and cook half in the pot.

When noon passes, there are still living villagers in the fields to go to work.

The day passed quickly. When Le’s dad came home from get off work, he saw the caring little cotton-padded jacket pounding medicine. He and his wife took care of the housework, so the children didn’t need to worry about anything. They had to cook medicine at night. Of course, someone was required to take care of the fire. Le Dad and Zhou Qiufeng fought to keep vigil. As a result, they were defeated two to one and were driven to bed by their children.

Classmate Le will never let her father and new mother stay overnight. She has to add medicine to the medicine pot. Some of the medicine is placed in space. The water used for medicine is also space well water. Of course, it cannot be seen by others. .

Dad Le and Zhou Qiufeng were lying on the bed, listening to the sounds in the kitchen, and fell asleep unconsciously.

After confirming that everyone in the family was asleep, Leyun jumped into the space and went to take care of her one-third-acre land. After finishing her work, she went out to light a fire, returned to the space to meditate, and returned to the space after a while. Go out to make a fire, or add medicinal materials, add water, and then return to the space, and so on.

At dawn, Le Yun woke up from meditating and looked at the medicinal field first. She was so happy that she immediately kicked three feet high. Small matsutake mushrooms grew where they used to grow!

The matsutake mushrooms are very small, with only small heads sprouting out. There are many of them, and they occupy an extremely wide area. They are several meters wider than when they were planted before. This proves that when the old matsutake blooms, the spores fly far away. .

At first, after harvesting the first batch of matsutake mushrooms, the place had been empty. There had been no response for more than ten days. Le Yun was not in a hurry and watered it every three to five days.

Under natural conditions, it takes five or six years for matsutake spores to grow into a solid form after the spores penetrate into the ground. The soil in space has magical power. New matsutake mushrooms will grow in only twenty days, which is equivalent to shortening the time by dozens of times. time.

“The life of cheating is so happy!”

Standing outside the medicine field, Le Yun touched the back of her head and giggled. Matsutake can multiply freely in the medicine field. The descendants will have endless descendants in the future. There will be no shortage of matsutake mushrooms in this life. If you can’t eat them all, you can sell them...

Matsutake mushrooms represent a lot of money!

Classmate Le was so happy that he couldn’t even see his eyebrows. He smiled so wide that the corners of his mouth almost reached the base of his ears. He was laughing happily, thinking that it was already dawn.The new mother was about to get up, no longer caring about the medicine field, and hurriedly stepped out of the room.

As soon as she returned to the kitchen, she heard a slight knock on the door. Leyun knew it was Aunt Feng who had gotten up, and she couldn't help but sweat. Fortunately, she reacted quickly. If she had indulged herself, she would have played big.

In fact, Zhou Qiufeng woke up at dawn and heard that there was no movement at home. She was afraid that if Lele happened to be sleeping and woke up too early and disturbed the child, she lay down for a while and waited. Get up at dawn.

She first opened the door gently, took a towel and toothbrush and went to the sink to wash herself. Then she tiptoed back to the house. When she saw her child going to the living room to get medicinal materials, she put away her caution and asked if there was anything last night. Without squinting, I went to the kitchen to make something to eat.

Immediately afterwards, Dad Le also got up, washed his face and brushed his teeth. He ran into the kitchen and volunteered to help the girl light the fire. The fire was burning in the kitchen from morning to night, and the temperature was slightly high. He was afraid that the child would be hot, so he let her go Breathable.

A family of three happily had breakfast. Le’s father drove a tricycle and easily went to work. As soon as he reached the village, he was stopped by the village chief.

The village chief is also a Zhou surname, the same generation as Grandma Zhou. He will turn sixty next year. He is very energetic and looks to be about the same age as Le’s dad. Village Chief Zhou stopped Le’s dad with a tigerish face. Question: "Yueqing, let me ask you, when are you going to serve the champion wine? It's almost the end of the month, and your girl is going to the capital soon. You haven't responded yet, I'm so anxious."

"Uh, um, um, Uncle Zhou Man, I, I... are not going to set the table for the guests." Dad Le was very embarrassed. He had been asked by many people these days when the table would be set for the guests, and he was almost embarrassed.

"What, no table set up?" Village Chief Zhou almost slapped Hule's father on the head: "You bastard, our village has never produced a top scholar since ancient times. It's not easy for your girl to go to high school. Why don't you set up a banquet to celebrate? No matter how much you save money, this is not the way to save money. Lele has given such a big face to us mud-legged people. How many banquets can you set up? Let's go to the village to support you, and the family will contribute a hundred yuan. It's enough for Lele to chew on for a year."

"Uncle Zhou Man, don't scold me, it's me...my girl won't let me set the table. You know Lele's temper. Feng couldn't resist Lele, and she followed the girl's temper. She said she wouldn't set up a table."

Village chief Zhou waved his hand over, and Lele's father shrank his neck. He was not a villager. The elder was joking. Back then, his leg was broken and he was sluggish every day. The village chief's uncle slapped him and scolded him. Now the village chief has a tigerish face, and he looks a little frightened.

“It was Lele’s decision?”

“It was Lele’s intention.”

“What is Lele doing these days? "

"Lele is beating the drums at home to make some tonic pills. She started making the medicine yesterday and it may take two days to finish."

"Hey, Lele is dispensing medicine? Hahaha, Yueqing, your girl is more promising than you. Our village may have a miracle doctor in the future. Forget it, get out of here. I want to call you out when I see you acting like this. Come on, I'll go see the young champion in my village in a few days."

"Hey!" Le's dad drove away in his car as if he was pardoned.

Le’s father only breathed a sigh of relief when he arrived at the workshop. Unexpectedly, he breathed a sigh of relief too early. When he got off work in the evening, Boss Wu stopped him again and asked right away: "Brother Le, when did you get off work?" Let’s set up the banquet. I’m waiting here and there, and my hair is turning gray.”

“Boss Wu, my little cotton-padded jacket is not allowed to set up the banquet, so I won’t treat you. Please bear with me.”

"Ah, there are no seats? What date will Xiao Lele go to school?"

"Qingdao University will start welcoming new students on the 28th. Lele did not grab the tickets after the 28th, but only grabbed the tickets after the 28th. Those who arrive on the 27th are expected to leave home on the 26th."

"What car to take? What time does it leave and what time does it arrive? Try not to take the bus to Beijing in the middle of the night. No one will pick you up in the middle of the night. The girl's home It’s not safe.”

“I grabbed a second-class high-speed rail ticket. The train will depart at around 8 a.m. and arrive at the station around 2:30 p.m.”

“That’s good. I am going back to the provincial capital to visit my old mother at the end of the month, so I will take your girl with me. I remember that the 27th and 28th are weekends, so you should also go and give your girl a ride."

"...Okay, I'll go back and tell the little cotton-padded jacket that I'll be lucky to take your ride, and I hope you have a smooth journey." Dad Le's heart was filled with heat, and he nodded heavily. He knew that Boss Wu specifically wanted to send his girl to the provincial capital to help him save money on the car. Fei, because he was afraid of hurting his self-esteem, thoughtfully said that he was going home to see his old mother and gave them a ride.

Boss Wu smiled and patted Le’s father on the shoulder, asking him to go home quickly.

Le’s father was deeply impressed by the experience. When he returned home, he saw his wife slaughtering a chicken and scalding it. He felt heartbroken again. He had a caring little cotton-padded jacket, met a good boss, and became a middle-aged man. I still have a good wife, and even though I have endured more than ten years of suffering, my life is still complete.

Zhou Qiufeng felt sorry for her child who had to stay up late to make medicine. She slaughtered chickens and ducks to replenish the child's health. Le's father parked the car and went to help. The couple cleaned the chickens and went home to cook.

When it was time to eat, Le’s father told a mother and daughter that he met the village chief and Boss Wu in the morning and told them to take their children to the provincial capital. Le Yun readily agreed: “Okay, let’s take Wu. The boss gave me a ride. There are many seats in the car. Dad and Aunt Feng will go together. We will go to the provincial capital to visit the night market."

"Okay, I will go too and let my mother help us feed the pigs for two days. "Zhou Qiufeng was filled with joy.

Le’s father nodded happily. They just had a girl like this. Instead of sending her to the capital, they could send her child to the provincial capital, and she would have less regrets when thinking about it in the future.

That night, it was still Le who stayed up late to watch the fire. It had been more than two days, but Le’s father and Zhou Qiufeng had not seen what the medicine in the pot looked like. Every time they came home, they would see rocks pressing on the pot. , I can only smell a little bit of medicinal smell oozing out, and the aroma is very good.

On the evening of the third day, the couple found that only one of the ginseng and angelica trees that their children had planted in the back garden was left, and the rest were missing. They thought they had been quietly stolen by someone, but they found out in the evening. It was Lele who threw it into the pot for medicinal purposes.

That night, it was another all-nighter.

Le’s father and Zhou Qiufeng got up early in the morning and saw that the pot was still simmering on the fire. They couldn’t help but sweat. This medicine is so durable! The two didn't dare to ask any more questions, for fear of affecting the child's mood.

That day was the 21st, and classmate Le’s aunt was preparing for the morning. She had no choice but to endure the discomfort and stay up until eight o’clock in the morning. A large pot that can only hold a bucket of water contains a layer of concoction, which is like jelly and is lighter than black and dark green in color.

Without saying a word, Classmate Le took out a large plate of filtered green concoction from space and poured it in, then added a few bowls of space well water, covered it with stones, and then boiled it.

After boiling for an hour, open the lid again. There is a layer of thick juice in the pot. Place four large soup bowls and a small porcelain bowl. Use a spoon to put the concoction into the bowls and cover the bowls. Lid it, poured a few more concoctions into the pot, and boiled it again.

After boiling for half an hour, the medicine in the pot is as thick as kneaded dough, thick but not solidified.

Putting the pot on the stove, Le Yun took out a ceramic basin, poured some finely ground rice powder, poured the concoction in the pot into the ceramic basin, and poured a few bowls into the pot. When the concoction is in the space, pour the concoction that you scooped out earlier into two bowls, cover it and simmer again. While watching, add rice flour into the ceramic basin, stir constantly, until it becomes like dough. Then knead the dough into balls about the size of pigeon eggs, put them in a sieve to cool, and after kneading, fill two sieves and put them on a shelf in the living room to cool.

Looking back, the concoction boiled over the fire is almost done. Boil the medicinal soup until it becomes thick and put it on the fire. Pour it out. Then put the pot on the fire and add the concoction. Take out the last two bowls. Pour the concoction in and let it continue to simmer. She then mixes in rice flour, kneads the dough, and shapes the balls.

The second batch of pills is relatively small and can be filled with only one dustpan. After kneading the second batch of pills and then the third batch, there is still only one dustpan.

All the medicine in the four large soup bowls was used up, and only the medicine in the small porcelain bowl was still there. When I was boiling the third pot of medicine, I took out another spoonful and put it in again. Then put it into space for storage.

Make the balls, clean the pots and pans, pour water into a basin and put it in the house, then take the pots and bowls outside to clean. After cleaning the tools, Le classmate lies on the table in the living room and watches. The pills are cold.

It was the weekend, and Le’s dad also went to the groundWeeding, Zhou Qiufeng was afraid that the girl would be hungry, so she finished work at 11 o'clock and went home to cook. She smelled a very fragrant fragrance from afar. She quickly washed her face and hands before running home. When she arrived at the door, she saw several long sheets in the house. On the bench, there is a stick, with a sieve and a dustpan on it, containing round meatballs, some gray and some ebony.

Little Lele was lying on the table, looking eagerly at the door. When she saw herself, she showed a big smile and ran quickly: "Lele, you succeeded."

"Well, it's done." Le Yun lay lazily on the table, smiling so brightly that she showed her good teeth. When the new mother came closer, she stood up and dragged her to see the results.

　“Lele, what is this for?”

　“Aunt Feng, I mainly do it for you. You have gynecological inflammation, I will help you with it. As for the side medicine, you can start taking it after your menstruation is clear. First take the medicine in the sieve, and then take the medicine in the dustpan. Take it with warm water before going to bed at night. I will take other medicines to school."
< br /> "For me?" Zhou Qiufeng's heart tightened and her nose felt a little sore.

"Yes, I checked your pulse and observed your complexion, eyes and tongue coating for several days. You have severe gynecological inflammation and some stomach problems. After taking this medicine , I’ll see the effect when I come back during the winter vacation.”

Ever since her eyes had X-ray scanning capabilities, Le Yun had observed Aunt Feng. Aunt Feng’s ovaries were weak, her eggs were small and weak, and her uterus was inflamed. The situation made it difficult to have children. Of course she didn't tell the truth, otherwise Aunt Feng would be sad.

"..." There were hot drops of water rolling in Zhou Qiufeng's eyes. Xiao Lele stayed up for three days and three nights to help her prepare the medicine. This kindness is more precious than gold. She can do it The most important thing is to take good care of the children and Yueqing so that the father and daughter have no worries.