Dreaming about the world, embarking on the path of spiritual practice

Chapter 12 Dead Horses as Living Horse Doctors

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Yu Liang frowned and looked a little thoughtful.

The fourth uncle hurriedly asked: "What, is there something wrong with my prescription?"

As he spoke, he carefully took out a stack of scattered papers from his arms.

When he lowered his head to look, Yu Liang also looked over.

"Yu Liang, are you still literate?"

Yu Liang looked at the traditional Chinese characters on the paper. He recognized most of them. If he didn't recognize them and put them into a sentence, he could estimate and guess the meaning.

Seeing him nodding, the fourth uncle said doubtfully: "I don't remember that you went to private school?"

Meeting the confused eyes of his fourth uncle, Yu Liang chuckled.

Because he is still pretending to be mute, there is no need to explain anything.

The fourth uncle handed the prescription for Uncle Sun's illness to Yu Liang to read: "Since you can read, you can read it!"

Yu Liang took it and read it carefully.

After learning all the above, he also understood something.

Fourth uncle's experience in treating diseases comes from these prescriptions.

These prescriptions were prescribed by the doctor when some sick people in the village asked him to see a doctor.

The fourth uncle collected them all.

Disease, prescription.Corresponding to the two, it is the fourth uncle's treatment method.

Yu Liang sighed deeply. How could the prescriptions for treating diseases and saving lives be applied mechanically?

Even the prescriptions he learned from the "Barefoot Doctor's Handbook" correspond to the condition.

In the end, you will pay for a few more medicines, and indicate under what circumstances they need to be added.

[For example: cough, yellow phlegm, fever and cold, thin coating and rapid pulse, it is advisable to clear the lung heat.

Use five qian to one liang of honeysuckle, five qian to one liang of forsythia, two liang of fresh reed root, two liang of winter melon seeds, five qian of Yiren, one liang of Houttuynia cordata, and two qian of platycodon, decoct them in water and take them.

If you have chest pain, add peach kernels for a penny and a half! 】

Yu Liang also took over the other prescriptions from his fourth uncle's hand.

After reading it, I pointed at the two words 'Astragalus'.

He also stretched out two fingers to indicate Erliang's meaning to his fourth uncle,

After reading it, the fourth uncle said thoughtfully: "What do you mean, do you want to add two taels of astragalus to the prescription?"

Yu Liang nodded.

The fourth uncle thought for a long time, then looked at the dying old man, and finally said with determination: "Okay, I'll just listen to you and give it a try!"

Hearing his words, Yu Liang curled his lips. If he wasn't here to cure his illness, then why would he be here?
The fourth uncle gave instructions to Old Man Sun's son and asked him to add more astragalus root to the decoction.

But Old Man Sun's son obviously didn't believe Yu Liang, and said with a sad face: "Fourth uncle, is this okay?"

"Oh, people are already like this, otherwise what do you think we should do?"

"Either you try this recipe, or you leave Old Sun to die!"

Hearing what his fourth uncle said, Uncle Sun's son stopped talking.

Now that he had nothing to do, Yu Liang returned the prescription to his fourth uncle and left directly.

At the door, Huzi had been waiting here. When he saw him coming out, he quickly asked how things were going.

Yu Liang smiled and patted Huzi on the shoulder, then took him back to the lake.

He looked up and saw that the fisherman Ma Wu was not there, so he felt relieved.

When the time was almost up, Yu Liang put away the fishing cage that he had put down.

I landed six fishing pots today, but the harvest was meager.

There were only two crucian carp and ten small white stripes, which was not as many as the three fishing pots caught last time.

Could it be that the fish are also starting to imitate it?

Or maybe it wasn’t cow dung used to make the nest, but the earthworms and fish used don’t admit it.

Yu Liang took a crucian carp and three small white strips and went home to cook.Hearing that he would not come to the house for dinner, Uncle Wu came to the door anxiously, thinking that he had not treated him well!
Yu Liang explained with various gestures for a long time, and then Uncle Wu left with peace of mind.

Seeing that he lacked kitchen utensils for cooking, Uncle Wu took a lot of things from home and gave them to him, including salt in exchange for big herring!
Yu Liang only collected a few things he needed, and asked Uncle Wu to take the rest back.

I make my own fish soup, and finally there are no more unpalatable wild vegetables.

Especially after he added homemade salt, the fish soup tasted even more delicious.

I feel much more comfortable when I sleep at night.

The next morning

Yu Liang felt a little uncomfortable when he just got up.

Looking at the smelly body, I felt the need to clean it up.

First, I boiled some hot water, used my fingers as a toothbrush, and plant ash as toothpaste. After cleaning my mouth, I used plant ash to wash my hair.

I even wanted to take a shower and wash my clothes, but after thinking about it, I forgot about it. I didn’t even have a wooden bucket at home. Let’s go to the lake to wash it at noon!
I'm a little hungry after a long day of work.

Yu Liang went out to find something to eat.

On the way to the lake, I met Hu Zi.

Judging from the way he held his hands behind his back and smiled, you knew that he was here specifically to wait for Yu Liang.

"Brother Xiao Yu, I knew you would go here!"

Yu Liang patted his little forehead.

Huzi took out his hands that were held behind his back, and found a large handful of physalis grass in his palm.

"Look!"

Boy, so many!
Yu Liang picked up a rhizome and threw it into his mouth. He stretched out his hand and asked where he found it.

"I found it after searching near the lake for a long time!"

"By the way, I also saw a pheasant, but unfortunately it ran too fast and could fly!"

pheasant!

Yu Liang quickly gestured and asked where he saw him?
Under the leadership of Huzi, Yu Liang came to the place where he saw the pheasant.

This place is not far from the lake. It is a large bush, which is a good place for pheasants to hide.

Yu Liang found some branches with good toughness.
He also peeled off the skin of some twigs, tore them into long strips and twisted them into thin ropes to make several projectile trigger traps.

Use Physalis rhizome as bait. Whether you can catch the pheasant depends on your luck!
"Brother Xiao Yu, it seems we can eat pheasant!"

Seeing the trap he made, Huzi actually fell into reverie. Yu Liang shook his head and led him away from here.

Several more fishing traps were set up in the lake.

When the sun rose, Yu Liang felt that the temperature was good, so he jumped into the lake to take a bath, and rinsed his dirty clothes by the way.

Huzi also followed him into the lake and started playing.

After landing, the breeze was blowing and it was a bit cool.

There was no one around anyway, so Yu Liang got naked and played Bajiquan to warm up.

After Huzi saw it, he shouted excitedly: "Brother Xiao Yu, you actually know martial arts! Can you teach me?"

Yu Liang waved to him
Huzi immediately followed Yu Liang and started to learn.

After playing Bajiquan ten times in a row, Huzi learned this boxing technique.

"Brother Xiao Yu, what is the name of this martial arts?"

Looking at the complicated gestures Yu Liang made, Huzi immediately lost interest in the name of the martial arts.

Yu Liang suddenly caught a glimpse of a fishing boat in the middle of the lake and put on wet clothes.

Lifting the fishing cage and taking a look, only seven small white stripes were caught.

Throw the fishing cage into the water again, take the fish and leave with Huzi quickly.

Arriving near the traps for catching pheasants, Haruka saw that none of them were triggered, so he did not continue to approach.

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(End of this chapter)