Traditional Chinese Medicine: Back to the years when educated youths went to the countryside

Chapter 89 Raw pumpkin seeds

Five Zhuang were given moxibustion in succession.

Wang Chengzhou stood up again and grabbed a handful of pumpkin seeds from the window sill.

He turned back and coaxed the little guy to peel it off with him.

Rural people don't like to see wasteland, and vegetables are often planted in front of and behind their houses.

Pumpkins and winter melons are the most common crops on the roadside and are not as delicate as other vegetables.

Just find a piece of land and scatter the seeds. After a season, they will spread extremely lushly and produce round fruits.

One by one, they are hidden under the vines. They are very pleasing to the eye, and the big ones can weigh more than ten kilograms.

Rural people have a habit. When eating winter melon and pumpkin, they will take out some melon seeds and put them on the windowsill to dry.

The leather of that thing is very thick, and it won’t break even after being used for half a year.

Under normal circumstances, I am too lazy to treat it.

When the season comes, grab a handful and sprinkle it on.

Therefore, every household has no shortage of raw pumpkin seeds.

The uncle and nephew squatted together, with their heads touching each other. In a short time, they peeled out a large handful of raw pumpkin seeds.

"San'er, bring a bowl and eat."

"Xiao Shengnan, grandma baked white flour pancakes for you, come and try them."

Li Yuzhu's face was blackened, and she shouted while washing her hands.

For this granddaughter, she is really pampered to the extreme.

I guess all the butter was used.

From far away, you can smell the aroma of burning bread.

The little guy seemed to have never eaten anything so fragrant before. Without saying a word, he put the pumpkin seeds into his uncle's hand and ran to the kitchen on his legs.

Wang Chengzhou quickly grabbed her.

It made her laugh and beg, "Uncle, steamed buns."

"Don't worry, eat the melon seeds first."

Wang Chengzhou smiled and held her in his arms, seducing her: "Wait a minute, uncle will feed you some meat."

The little girl suddenly flashed her big eyes, pondered for a while, and opened her mouth happily.

Only after peeling the pumpkin seeds and eating them raw can they have the effect of killing insects.

It can not only target roundworms, but also has good effects on tapeworms, pinworms, and even blood-sucking worms.

In modern medical terms, pumpkin seeds contain a component called pumpkin seeds, which can effectively expel a variety of human parasites.

In terms of killing insects, its function is actually similar to that of Zhijunzi recorded in various materia medica.

It's just that there are a few more side effects.

The family started to eat.

Holding the oil bun, eating the big meat, even though she was as reserved as the second sister, she still moved her index finger.

Not to mention the second brother-in-law Zhang Quanfa, who had eaten so early that his mouth was full of oil.

While eating, he also flattered Li Yuzhu, praising her as rare in the sky and hard to find on the earth, almost like the Queen Mother descending to earth.

His glib look made people laugh and feel sad at the same time.

The couple's daily life is hard.

Wang Chengzhou took a few bites, stood up quickly, and went to the back mountain.

One is to shamelessly ask the senior sister for a bottle of honey, and the other is to ask her to come over at sunset so that she can have her figure measured and her clothes cut.

After a while of tossing, as soon as I got back, the second sister and her family were about to leave.

Seeing Wang Chengzhou, Wang Aixian hurriedly came forward with tears in her eyes, "San'er, my parents have told me everything about you."

"It's only been a few years, but I didn't expect that you would become the mainstay of the family."

"Hey, take good care of Siya. She is always rough and looks like a boy, which makes people worry."

For a moment, it seemed that there were many things to say, but when they came to his lips, they all turned into a sigh.

Instead, he gently stroked his head.

Holding her wrist, Wang Chengzhou felt very uncomfortable when he saw that a pair of jade hands that should have been fair and slender were full of scratches from life.

He quickly put the honey into her hand and said with a forced smile:

"Second sister, during this period, please take advantage of your free time and come here more often."

"After Xiao Shengnan is dewormed, she needs to use acupuncture to condition her body and supplement her nutrition. She can't be allowed to stay thirsty like this anymore, otherwise it will affect her development."

"In a few days, I will earn some more money and give you more subsidies."

The second sister's tears suddenly flowed out. She said nothing, tilted her head and kept wiping them away.

The second brother-in-law, Zhang Quanfa, stood aside with a look of shame and shame on his face. He scratched his head and squatted down, pretending to tease his daughter.

After holding it in for a while, he raised his head and said:

"Chengzhou, Xiao Shengnan's illness, I'm sorry."

"Forget the rest. How can I, an old man, not even take care of a wife and daughter?" "Let's go. By the way, that thing is called a gentleman, right?"

In front of the whole family, he was still holding on.

After all, men are strange creatures. Many times, they care more about face than Li Zi.

Wang Honghe and Li Yuzhu didn't have much to say except that they were distressed. They just weighed out the gifts intact and stuffed them into Wang Aixian's hands.

The second sister's face suddenly turned red and she said nothing.

The second brother-in-law even jumped over to tear him apart.

According to local customs, it is appropriate to return gifts, but you cannot refuse anything, as that would be a bit disrespectful.

Wang Chengzhou couldn't see this the most, he frowned and said:
"Mom and Dad, that's what my second sister wants. It wouldn't be appropriate to return all of it."

"Just leave a box of snacks."

"The main thing is that Xiao Shengnan's health is really a little bad. Let's take the rest of the things back and let her eat them as snacks."

Hearing this, Wang Aixian and Zhang Quanfa could no longer be humble.

Li Yuzhu picked up a smaller box, took it out, and put the rest into the hands of her second girl.

He did not forget to warn:

"Quanfa, go back and live a good life, don't always think about what you have and what you don't have."

"Work with peace of mind. By the end of the year, everything will be replaced by food, so the whole family will not be hungry."

"By the way, your brother said you don't need that gentleman thing, so don't go running around in the city."

I don’t know if Zhang Quanfa listened.

He just responded, picked up his daughter, and led his wife away.

"Dad, Mom, San'er, Xiaosi, please go back."

After walking a few steps, Wang Aixian turned around and waved her hands, her eyes red.

"Second sister, remember to bring Xiao Shengnan over the day after tomorrow."

Wang Chengzhou shouted and his vision became blurred.

"it is good."

The second sister responded and the family gradually left.

The second brother-in-law, Zhang Quanfa, lived in Xiaozhangzhuang, Linxiang, which was not too far from Wangjiacun, about five miles away.

Taking advantage of the slack farming season, we can walk back and forth in half a day.

However, I don’t know if it’s because of the previous estrangement, but the two families don’t move around very frequently.

Maybe it's because of poverty.

After all, you don’t want to go to your parents’ house empty-handed.

Wang Chengzhou felt agitated.

The family packed up the dishes and went to work.

He found a cloth bag and continued to the back mountain.

The beginning of summer is about to begin.

Wang Chengzhou must take advantage of the opportunity to go into the mountains and dig more Atractylodes. Otherwise, once the season is over, the efficacy of the medicine will be reduced.

In fact, it will become no different from weeds.

The suffering of his family made him very heartbroken.

I want to make money desperately, so that my mentality is a bit unbalanced.

It wasn't until I saw the beautiful figure in the mountains that my chest felt more relaxed.

Two people and a dog started running all over the mountains and plains.

It wasn't until the sun was setting in the west and it was about to end work that Wang Chengzhou took her back to the thatched cottage and stored the herbs, waiting to come back to prepare them tomorrow.

Then, he dragged her towards the village.

We agreed last night to ask two female educated youth comrades to make clothes.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, so I don’t dare to delay.

Luan Hongying followed him and went home with Wang Chengzhou for the second time.

There was neither a spear nor a gift in my hand, and I always felt that I was in trouble, losing the indifference of the past.

Fortunately, when we entered the village, it was getting dark.

Everyone was busy preparing dinner. Except for those who went to fetch water from the well, there were few pedestrians on the road.

As soon as I arrived at the door of my house, I heard the chirping in the yard, which was very lively.

It turned out that Xu Xiaozhi and Yu Hua had arrived long ago.

Wang Aiduo was holding a book sandwiched in the middle, reading with excitement.

The three girls didn't know what they were talking about.

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