Peacock Love (short story) Zhang Baotong 2016.9.5

3. Elaine was admiring the surrounding scenery while inquiring about Xu Sang's home. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 When she walked to the entrance of the village, an old man took her to a bungalow and said to Elaine that this was Xu Sang's house. She thanked the old man and stood in front of Xu Sang's house for a while. This bungalow is not very large, there are about three rooms, the walls are on the floor, the house is short and simple, mainly made of bamboo, hemp chestnut wood, red hair tree, water melon tree, white tree, thatch and other materials. Although the room is not so spacious and foreign, it gives people a kind and warm feeling.

Elaine gently pushed open the small wooden door, which was only one person high. The room was a little dark, but she still saw Xu Sang at a glance. He was sitting on the edge of the bed and applying herbs to his legs. Xu Sang also saw Elaine, but he couldn't believe his eyes, he rubbed his eyes, but at this time, Elaine had already walked in front of him. He knew it was true, not a dream, so he was pleasantly surprised and said, "I'm not dreaming, am I?"

Elaine chuckled and said, "Didn't expect that?"

The indoor furnishings of the Wa people are mainly simple and necessary living and production utensils such as kang fences, rice tubes, bamboo tubes, water jugs, vegetable baskets, wooden retorts, iron pots, gong pots, kettles, handkerchiefs, waist machines, etc. The furnishings in the room are also very simple, there are no tables and chairs, bamboo mats and planks as beds, no bedding, only cotton blankets or linen sheets for quilt covers, sleepers, and clothes to sleep on. There is no extravagant decoration in the Wa people's room, and the most cultural decorations are the sun, moon, and stars carved on the wind boards placed at both ends of the roof, and the small towers set on the roof at the forked wind boards. There was not a single appliance in the house, such as a TV, fan, computer, refrigerator and air conditioner. It makes people feel that it is really a primitive farming life.

Elaine put her backpack on the bamboo mat, sat on the edge of the bed, and asked Xu Sang, "Why don't you even have a TV and a refrigerator at home?"

Xu Sang said, "We Wa people eat as much as we eat at each meal, and generally don't have leftovers, and we rarely eat meat." Even if you eat meat, you can eat as much as you want, and you don't need a refrigerator basically. We all went to the village committee when we watched TV. There's a big color TV there, it's closed-circuit, and it can receive a lot of programs. And our own TV signal is not good, so no one in the village buys TV. ”

Elaine asked, "Do you have an internet cable here?" because she brought the computer with her, worried that she wouldn't be able to access the Internet.

Xu Sang said, "The village committee has an internet cable there, and if you need it, I will have someone connect it to our house tomorrow." This way, you can surf the Internet every day. Of course, Xu Sang knows that the Internet is inseparable for Elaine, who is a doctor, every day.

Elaine listened, nodded happily, and said, "I want to pay for it." ”

Xu Sang smiled and said, "It's only 800 yuan a year." Our family can still afford this money. ”

At this time, Xu Sang's mother came in from outside, and Xu Sang introduced guests to his mother. Her mother brought Elaine water and wine. The Wa people are bold and hospitable, welcoming guests with wine first, believing that no wine is not polite. The Wa people have a variety of customs of hospitality and toasting. When toasting, the host first takes a sip of his own drink to dispel the guests' various wars, and then hands them to the guests in turn. The wine given to the guest must be drunk by the guest, and should be drunk as dry as possible to show honesty in his heart, otherwise it will be considered disrespectful to the host.

This kind of water wine is made of small red rice or wheat into a bamboo tube about 80 cm high, fermented by fungus, the degree is not high, it has the effect of cooling and quenching thirst, digesting and aiding food, replenishing calories, promoting blood circulation, and making people excited. To drink, simply insert a straw. Water wine has similarities with beer, it has a low degree but is slightly sweeter than beer, and is enjoyed by men, women and children. Every festive season, every household brews water wine. If you go to the Wa cottage to take a look, you can smell the smell of wine wafting everywhere in the villages.

After drinking the water and wine, Elaine told Xu Sang about her idea of coming here, and said that she planned to live here for a while and observe the local ethnic customs. Xu Sang was very happy to hear this, but the first thing he thought of was that she was terminally ill, and he could use this time to use their Wa Chinese herbs to treat her, maybe there would be some effect.

The Wa people in Yunnan produce many valuable traditional Chinese medicines such as Tianqi, Angelica, Gastrodia, Coptis and Dendrobium, and the Wa have the medical skills to treat many diseases. There are "homeopathic therapy" that regulates the relationship between heaven and earth and the human body for the purpose of recovery, "loose body therapy" which is basically the same as the "dispelling wind" treatment method of traditional Chinese medicine, and "moist therapy" that uses drugs with a lot of water.

According to the scene when Elaine suddenly fainted to the ground when she was learning to shake her hair that day, Xu Sang guessed that Elaine's terminal illness must be related to anemia, and because women have to excrete waste blood every month, it is easy to cause anemia, and if you don't pay attention to replenishing energy, it is easy to faint due to anemia. Anemia has causes such as malnutrition, iron deficiency, blood loss, hemolysis and physiology. And their Wa cottage has Chinese herbal medicines and prescriptions for treating anemia.

Xu Sang said to his mother, "Elaine has a serious anemia disease, and you have to decoct her every day with a pair of Chinese medicine that nourishes qi and blood." "This medicine strengthens the body and is not harmful.

Mother immediately went out and grabbed Chinese herbs that replenished qi and blood and fried them for Elaine. When the old man brought the steaming, fragrant decoction to Elaine, the girl from a foreign country finally burst into tears. She knew that this medicine was to nourish qi and blood, and she also knew that Chinese herbal medicine had the effect of replenishing qi and invigorating blood, dispelling blood stasis and channeling, restoring vitality, and treating both the symptoms and the root causes. Her anemia has been treated several times in the United States, but none of them have been cured. So, she was eager to try Chinese herbal medicine. So, she picked up the decoction that Xu's mother had cooked for her and drank it all.

After drinking the medicine, Elaine took out 5,000 yuan in cash from her bag, forced it to Xu's mother, and said, "Xu's mother, I want to stay in your house for a while longer, this is the various expenses of temporarily renting here." Please accept it. ”

Mother Xu hurriedly blocked it with her hand and said, "You can live as long as you want." But we won't take the money. "Elaine was very touched by the simplicity and kindness of the Wa people.

Mother Xu knew that Elaine had traveled all the way from Shenzhen to come here, and before she had lunch, she hurriedly cooked for her. Elaine was very curious, so she went into the kitchen, and while helping Xu's mother burn firewood and grass, she watched how Xu's mother cooked. She saw that Xu's mother put rice, green vegetables, chili peppers, and pork into the pot and boiled them together, and then put some salt, and when the rice in the pot was cooked, the fragrance in the pot would waft out.

When the meal was ready, everyone began to eat with a bowl. Elaine felt that the taste of this rice was extremely delicious, and she said to Mother Xu, "Mother Xu, the food you cook is very fragrant, and it is the most delicious meal I have ever tasted." ”

Mother Xu said happily, "If you like to eat, you can eat another bowl." ”

Elaine was indeed hungry, so she ate another bowl.

Xu Sang told her, "This is the most elaborate meal of the Wa people. It is also the favorite meal of our Wa people. ”