As the festive atmosphere became stronger, Xiaowangzhuang also became lively, all families put down their work and began to prepare New Year's meals, and the children rushed to set off firecrackers on the street, which was deafening, this scene did not affect Mu Zhen, who was still busy with the scabies "annihilation war" on his body.

Lao Mu, who was at home during the holiday, had already noticed the change in Mu Zhen, but he didn't say anything. In two days it will be the traditional Chinese Chinese New Year's Eve, Lao Mu is holding a smoke ring, swallowing clouds and mist, pondering blankly, when the family is asleep, Lao Mu is not sleepy at all, and more and more energetic.

Mu Zhen asked himself to live in the cottage next to the kitchen, at first he only thought that it was because Mu Zhen had reached adolescence, and he also wanted to have a small world, but now from the smell of sulfur on his body, it is not a simple reason for puberty, but more like what kind of disease, the life experience of Gucheng No. 1 Middle School has increased Mu Zhen's independence a lot, and he also has unique insights into many things, and many things are no longer like when he was in elementary school to communicate with himself in a timely manner, Lao Mu understands in his heart that he only pays attention to Mu Zhen's academic performance, and pays little attention to life, and Mu Zhen's abnormal performance in the past few days has told him that Mu Zhen is indeed riddled with diseases。

Thinking of this, Lao Mu couldn't help but kick Xiuhua in the quilt with his foot, and asked in a low voice, "Hey!

With Xiuhua "snorting": "What do you have to do?"

"I think something is not quite right with Zhen'er these days, the smell on her body, is there something sick?" asked Lao Mu tentatively.

"I can't say for sure about this matter, from Zhen'er's abnormal performance during this time, it must be!" Xiuhua added twelve points of affirmation to her tone.

"Then what kind of disease can he get? If he is sick, he needs to take medicine, do you think he has any medicine?" asked Lao Mu with understanding.

"I really haven't seen him take any medicine, and the smell from his body seems to have the same smell as the sulfur used to make steamed buns in steamed buns. Xiuhua guessed.

"Sulfur, what kind of disease uses sulfur?" said Lao Mu for Xiuhua's opinion.

"I don't know, tomorrow you go and ask Lao Li Tou!" Xiuhua shook over a sentence that actually didn't answer the question positively.

Lao Mu looked at the smoke in front of him, as if he had returned to more than ten years ago, when the child had yellow sores on his head, crying all day long, Lao Li Tou gave some ointment, wiped for a few days, but did not see any curative effect, Lao Mu was so anxious that his heart was on fire, Lao Li Tou looked at his flustered appearance, recommended to go to Duji Village more than ten miles away to see an old Chinese medicine doctor specializing in the treatment of skin diseases, Lao Mu did not say a word, he took his wife, picked up Zhen'er who was still asleep, walked more than ten miles to Duji Village, and found the old Chinese medicine doctor that Lao Li Tou said, according to the old Chinese medicine doctor, this is just a common skin disease, the key is to use the right medicine, after diagnosis, the old Chinese medicine doctor prescribed a few medicines, and then mashed it with a stone nest, prepared it into an ointment, and brought it back to Zhen'er to wipe it a few times, and he was cured, without taking any medicine, which reminded Lao Mu that Mu Zhen did not have a serious disease this time, and it was very likely that it was a skin disease.

"Yes, it must be a skin disease!" Lao Mu couldn't help but muttered to himself.

"Why does it smell of burnt cotton!" Xiuhua, who fell asleep on the other end, took two more breaths and reminded Lao Mu.

"Did your cigarette ash fall on the quilt again?" Xiuhua stretched out her leg and stomped on Lao Mu.

"It's not!" Lao Mu hurriedly snuffed out the cigarette butt with his fingers, and pinched the cotton wool on the quilt with his other hand.

Then there was an exclamation of Lao Mu's "ah", and I saw Lao Mu hurriedly shook his hand, and hurriedly spit out two mouthfuls of saliva and sprayed it on the fingers that pinched the cotton wool.

Xiuhua heard Lao Mu's exclamation, knew that Lao Mu's fingers were burned, and said a little mockingly: "Like a child, I don't know whether it's hot or cold?"

"Hey, you know how to be angry, isn't this because of Zhen'er's matter?" Lao Mu was obviously angered by Xiuhua's sneer.

"Extinguish it, pull the lamp and sleep! you can't solve any problems at night!" Xiuhua advised.

Lao Mu extinguished the burnt cotton, and fell into contemplation again, at this time he was indeed not tired at all.

In the past year, Mu Zhen's performance in Binhu Middle School has made Lao Mu feel gratified, but how should this town's middle school compare with No. 1 Middle School? He has no bottom in his heart, after all, he is not a student at the same starting point. Especially this semester, he let Mu Zhen eat and live in school, in order to save time on the road to and from the road, in the past two months, Mu Zhen has not even gone home to live on weekends, what happened in the school?

Thinking of this, Lao Mu let out a long sigh, Mu Zhen has grown up, especially in the past two months, that voice has begun to become thicker, obviously out of the original childishness, and the beard on the mouth and chin has also begun to turn black, which is enough to prove that Mu Zhen's physiology is undergoing a big change.

Adolescent children are the most difficult to educate, with Lao Mu's many years of educational experience, children in this period have an obvious good impression of the opposite sex, and it is also the most volatile period of psychology, they have a certain ability to distinguish between right and wrong in the outside world, and they also have their own opinions on some decisions. So in the matter in front of you, do you take the initiative to ask what the reason is, or let the child solve it on his own?

In front of Lao Mu's own question, Lao Mu was confused, he really didn't have a good answer. Lao Mu took the cigarette case from the table again, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, this time he didn't light it, took it for a while, took it off again, put it horizontally under his nose and sniffed it again, obviously Lao Mu still has a soft spot for the charming smell of smoke.

Lao Mu suddenly thought of Wang Xianxing in the village, his ancestors were engaged in traditional Chinese medicine, although Wang Xianxing did not continue to hang the pot to help the world, but for the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, he is still very rich, a lot of Chinese herbal medicine, he can name one or two. As for the use of sulfur, why not ask him tomorrow, and I guess he will tell himself the answer. Thinking of this, Lao Mu looked at his watch, the hour hand had pointed to twelve o'clock, he yawned, took off his padded jacket, took off the unlit cigarette in his mouth, put it back in the cigarette case, turned out the electric light, and lay down in the bed.

"Uncle, I see that I have something to ask you!" After eating, Lao Mu rode a bicycle and knocked directly on the door of Wang Xianxian's house, and he should be called uncle according to the generations passed down from his ancestors.

"Look, it's too polite, you ink drinker, if you have anything, just say it, don't go around in circles!" Wang Xianxing still respects Lao Mu, a teaching gentleman.

"Excuse me, what kind of disease does this sulfur cure in traditional Chinese medicine?" said Lao Mu straight to the point.

"When it comes to this flavor of traditional Chinese medicine, I don't eat much, but it is mostly used to treat ointment, apply it to the skin, treat scabies, and kill scabies. Why did you think of asking about this Chinese medicine?" asked Wang Xianxian, a little puzzled.

"It's nothing, it's just that someone asked me yesterday, and I remembered that you asked here!" Lao Mu casually lied.

Lao Mu casually asked some other knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, chatted with some common words, and then got up and said goodbye to Wang Xianxian: "Uncle, I will come to ask you if I have something!"

"Look, look, it's polite again, as long as there is anything that needs to be old, just come directly, how can there be those politeness!" Wang Xianxian stroked his chin and stroked his long beard and smiled.

Leaving Wang Xianxian's house, Lao Mu felt that Mu Zhen must have scabies on his body, is this disease curable? Lao Mu was not embarrassed to ask Wang Xianxing just now, knowing what the disease is, it is estimated that there is a way.

Lao Mu came home and saw Mu Zhen doing his homework on the small table in front of his small bedroom window, Lao Mu's heart tightened, tears were about to fall, he felt that his son had suddenly grown up, as if he didn't have to worry about anything as a father, but after all, he was still a teenager, he wanted to push the door into the house, Mu Zhen saw him come in, raised his head and looked, the moment the father and son looked at each other, Mu Zhen read something from his father's eyes, and was startled, wanting to say that he didn't make a sound.

"You've been using sulfur lately, do you have scabies?" Lao Mu originally wanted to apologize for his son's lack of care these days, but he probably found it difficult to speak, so he asked the substantive question directly.

Mu Zhen lowered her head and did not make a sound, indicating her acquiescence.

"It's been more than two months, and I'm afraid of passing on the infection to my younger brother in the school dormitory, so I'm living in this room!" Mu Zhen expressed her concern.

"Is it serious?" Lao Mu's eyes moistened when he heard his son say that he was afraid that he would not live with his younger brother.

"It's not that serious, listening to my classmates, it's just highly contagious, and it's not easy to treat in winter! I can only rely on smearing, and there is no special medicine!" Mu Zhen talked about this disease like a little expert.

"I'll take you to the hospital today. "Lao Mu really wants to get a definite answer from the doctor.

"Where can I go to the commune hospital, I have already been to the commune hospital, but I have only prescribed some ointment, but it has little effect, and now I use the sulfur given to me by my classmates, but it still works, but it is no more!" Mu Zhen said a little frustratedly.

"I'll take you to Duji Village, where there is an old Chinese medicine doctor who specializes in skin diseases, he should have a good way!" replied very seriously.

Of course, Mu Zhen is willing to go to the doctor, if she doesn't hurry up and treat it, the idea of being cured during this holiday will be in vain, and she will be disturbed by this scabies day and night after the school starts.

When the two of them found the clinic in Duji Village, it was not the old Chinese medicine doctor who treated Mu Zhen when he was a child, but a middle-aged man about forty years old.

"May I ask if this is Mr. Du's clinic?" asked Lao Mu tentatively.

"Yes, it's just that he has passed away, and I am his son, are you here to see a doctor?" the doctor who claimed to be the son of Mr. Du was very polite.

Lao Mu was a little disappointed, but after thinking about it, Mr. Du passed away, and his son must not be very bad, so he beckoned Mu Zhen to come in and sat in front of Dr. Du.

"What's wrong?" Dr. Du smiled, quite kind.

"Look at what your son looks like!" said Old Mu.

"Where is it, please lift your clothes, I'll take a look!" Doctor Du looked out of the door, and he saw that there was no one outside, so he gestured to Mu Zhen again.

Mu Zhen unbuckled her belt and slowly pulled her pants down.

Lao Mu saw that his son's thighs and skin were yellow, and there were blisters the size of several rice grains unevenly distributed. In the groin, there are two red and swollen sides with a slightly thick bulge in the center, which is obviously infected and inflamed.

Dr. Du looked at it carefully and asked, "How long have you been doing this?"

"It's been more than two months, and at first it was itchy between my fingers, and many of my classmates in school had it, all of them said it was scabies, and I smeared several bottles of Youlifu ointment, but it didn't work, and now after a few days of sulfur, it has become like this!" Mu Zhen answered in detail about the onset and treatment process.

"You have scabies, but now you have an infection due to unhygienic treatment, come to me, I promise to be cured, but don't use medicine indiscriminately!" Dr. Du advised.

After speaking, he asked Mu Zhen to put on his pants, prescribed the medicine by himself, picked up the black bead abacus at hand, and divided the price of the medicine by two, totaling two yuan and a dime. Lao Mu handed over the medicine money, and Dr. Du took the medicine list to a young man who was standing in the medicine cabinet and had been silently watching Dr. Du prescribe the medicine, and said to Mu Zhen seriously: " Your disease is highly contagious, because of this, when you go back to take medicine, change the clothes on your body for two days, it is best to boil it with water, not boiled with water, but also scald it with boiling water for a few minutes, kill the scabies, and at the same time dry the quilt and bedding every day, if you have the conditions, you can use boiling water to scald the sheets and coat, otherwise the disease is easy to be infected again, repeatedly, the most important thing about this disease is not to pay attention to hygiene, moisture is caused, so we must do a good job of personal hygiene, avoid moisture, or it is easy to cure!"

As he was talking, the medicine had been taken, and Dr. Du picked up a brown bottle and said, "Take a shower once a night when you go home, and after taking a bath, use the water in this bottle to smear the affected area, and then apply it to the affected area once in the morning." ”

Dr. Du paused, picked up a small box of rectangular eye ointment with erythromycin eye ointment written on it, and said: "Those two places have whiteheads, don't apply them with water in the bottle, but use this ointment." Three times a day. ”

"Under normal circumstances, when these medicines are used up, there will be no problem, if it is still not good, don't seek medical treatment indiscriminately, just come to me!" Dr. Du finally confessed.

Lao Mu looked at Dr. Du's confident appearance, felt relieved, and went out repeatedly with gratitude.