One day in October 1978, an ordinary family in a small mountain village in central Hunan Province

"It's a big fat boy," said Dr. Xiao, the village's barefoot doctor, when a man walked in from outside.

Dr. Xiao: "Congratulations, Mr. Zhu, you are a big fat boy." Teacher Zhu smiled, and after learning from each other, he came to hold the baby, walked into the back room, and said to the woman on the bed with a smile, "Wife, you see that our son has finally been born, haha, thank God!" The woman on the bed suddenly showed a smile that was tired from giving birth to a child, "Hug me and show me, see if it looks like you or me"

"Si Qi, be careful, don't run around"

"Got it, Mommy," replied a child of about three years old.

It was 1981. Our protagonist is also three years old.,But it's not been very smooth in the past three years.,Less than three months after birth.,The whole body is covered with red packets.,The whole family is in a hurry.。 His mother carried him everywhere to seek medical treatment, and he also saw a lot of nearby hospitals, barefoot doctors, and You Fanglangzhong, and he had to rub herbs every day. At that time, I almost thought that I couldn't raise it anymore, but the little life was very tenacious and finally survived.

Now I'm three years old.,It's not sick anymore.,It's just very naughty.,It's a big troublemaker.,Running around every day.,Follow other people's butts as a small soldier.,As long as there's something to play...Generally, when it's time to eat, I don't find a figure.。

Speaking of which, let's get to know this family! The male owner of the family is Zhu Kun, a private teacher in a nearby middle school, who has been teaching for more than ten years, and the village calls him Teacher Zhu. The hostess is an authentic peasant woman, in addition to busy in the fields and farm work throughout the year, she is in a hurry to add some daily necessities, and she basically does not visit the door at ordinary times, and is recognized as a good wife and mother in the village.

They have three children, the eldest daughter is 10 years old this year, called Zhu Qi, the second daughter is 7 years old this year, called Zhu Mei, and the third is the protagonist, called Zhu Siqi, three years old this year. In 1978, the country began to implement family planning, because he gave birth to three children, and if he had another child, Mr. Zhu, a private teacher, would not want to do it, so Zhu Siqi could only be the eldest at home.

The family's living standard can only be regarded as average in the village, with a few acres of land, because Zhu Kun can still get a salary, so it is quite passable.

The days went on like this, if it weren't for an accident!

"Si Qi, play" spoke to a five or six-year-old boy, Zhu Siqi's cousin

"Okay, let's go, brother," Zhu Siqi ran out as soon as he heard someone calling.

"Come back early for dinner," the mother cried out in the back. "Got it"

At that time, there was no kindergarten in the mountain village, only a preschool, and it was generally not allowed to go until the age of six, and the children in the village did not have any entertainment places, so they walked around every day. Children are naturally curious about everything, and even a stone can be played with with relish.

"Where to play?"

"Let's go to the back mountain" They said that they leaned on a small hill in this small mountain village, and they usually did not have many places to play - there was a railway at the edge of the village, and there was a small station five or six miles away from the village; there was a hill behind the village, only a few dozen meters, but it was considered a high altitude here. Usually I don't play with stones by the railway, or I play tree climbing, hide and seek, and learn from the People's Liberation Army to fight in the back hill

Today a few children came to the mountain together. "How are you going to play today?" Xiao Siqi shouted as soon as he saw that there were many people

"Hide and seek, how's that?" said someone said it didn't matter what you played, as long as you could play. "Good" is not objected. Next, you have to designate a person to find someone, usually one person is looking for it, the other person is hiding, and all of them are found to win.

The old rules, rock-paper-scissors!

"Okay" everyone has no opinion. Start scissors''''''''Haha! Zhu Daibiao is looking for you again today! Come, I'll blindfold.

Start! After the command sounded, everyone began to scramble to find a secret place.

In fact, there are not many places to hide, usually in trees, small holes, behind stones, in pits, in bushes, etc. Hearing the start, Zhu Siqi also ran away at once, he is small, he can't climb a tree (and can't climb it), this time the target is a big bush, and he got into it all of a sudden, holding his breath and not making a sound.

At this time, Zhu Daibiao tore off the handkerchief and began to look for "prey". Because he played more times, he found two of them at once, and after a while, he walked towards the bushes where Zhu Siqi was hiding. Xiao Siqi saw him approaching him step by step, his heart collapsed more and more tightly, and he couldn't breathe, alas, come here! Because the bushes are not small, Zhu Daibiao felt that no one was there and ran away again, Xiao Siqi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, see how you found me, squatted inside and didn't move.

Oh my God, a centipede crawled along his feet, usually cyan or black, but this one was red, and little Siqi's feet were just blocking its hole. This red centipede crawled over from Xiao Siqi's instep, and when he saw that it was blocked, he turned around and crawled over from the right, and also blocked, this time the centipede may be "angry", under normal circumstances, the centipede does not take the initiative to bite, and there is no way to go home at this time, so he bites down on the instep of Xiao Siqi. Xiao Siqi felt a pain in his foot, and it bit me so much.

Hold back and not be found. The child's hope of victory was great, and he picked up a branch and picked the damned centipede away. It doesn't hurt much, ignorance is fearlessness, and it's nothing at first glance, it's like being bitten by a mosquito, just taking some grass and wiping it and forgetting it.

After another period of time, Zhu Daibiao also found a few people to come out, and there were two or three that he really couldn't find, so he had to shout in the open space, "Okay, okay, I can't find it, you guys come out, admit defeat" As soon as Xiao Siqi heard this, he immediately drilled out of the bushes, happy, he hadn't won for a long time, if he hadn't drilled a big bush today, he might have been found out a long time ago. At this time all the little ones came out.

"That's all for today, let's go home"

The children dispersed in a hurry, and they went down the mountain to the village in a hurry.

At night

"Mom, my feet hurt!" Xiao Siqi felt that something was wrong with his feet at this time, so he said to his mother.

"I'll see, ah, my feet are swollen, what's going on? Little three!" because he is the third in the family, his parents usually call him that.

"When I was playing in the afternoon, it seemed that a centipede bit my foot, and I thought it was okay when it didn't hurt much, but now it hurts!" Xiao Siqi said with a crying voice.

Mom immediately put down what she was doing and carried Xiao Siqi on her back to Dr. Murakami Xiao.

"Doctor Xiao, is Xiao San's foot okay?"

"It's not a big deal, rub some anti-inflammatory drugs, get another injection, and you'll be fine tomorrow" Dr. Xiao thought he had just been bitten by an ordinary centipede.

"That's good, that's good," said Si Qi's mother

"Be careful in the future, don't go to the mountains to play, you know?" said Mom.

"Got it" Xiao San replied casually, thinking to himself: It's impossible not to go to the mountain, if your feet are good, go the same.

Dr. Xiao disinfected Xiao Siqi's instep, wiped the medicine, prepared the medicine, and prepared for the injection.

"Mom, it hurts to get an injection, can't you do it?"

"If you don't fight, you can't do it, your feet won't be better, Xiaosan, you are smart, I heard that you can do arithmetic at such a young age, right?" Doctor Xiao answered on the side, and at the same time changed the topic of Si Qi.

"Yes, I can now memorize the ninety-nine multiplication table, and I can count, from one to a hundred, and I can plan the plate. One on one, two on two, three on five to two, four to six into one, five on five, six on one to five into one, seven on seven, eight to two into one, nine to one into ten" Speaking of this, Xiao Siqi gushed endlessly, because his father Zhu Kun is teaching mathematics, it seems to be a little genetic, Xiao Siqi is very interested in mathematics, and he also learns very well, you must know that it is generally good for such a big child to count from one to ten, not to mention other multiplication and abacus.

"That's good, don't cry when you get an injection, Xiao San is so brave!" Dr. Xiao is very good at grasping the psychology of children, after all, he has been a barefoot doctor for more than 20 years.

"I won't cry," Xiao Siqi was not afraid of pain when he heard the praise

After the injection, my mother carried Xiao Siqi home. But the next morning, Xiao Siqi's feet not only did not go away, but became bigger, and Xiao Siqi's pain was so uncomfortable. As soon as my mother saw it, she immediately carried it to Dr. Xiao, and Dr. Xiao saw that it was not right, it should be swollen in one night!

"Little San, is it really a centipede that bites your foot" Doctor Xiao asked Xiao Siqi, afraid that he would be wrong.

"Yes, Dr. Xiao, but this centipede is red," replied Siqi

"Red? I've never heard of a red centipede."

"Little third mother, what about Teacher Zhu, I think it's better to go to the town center hospital or the county people's hospital to check"

The mother of the third child was anxious when she heard this, "Lao Zhu stayed at school during this time, because he was about to take the graduation exam, and he didn't have time to go home, so he was dedicated to helping students with their homework, so I went to school and called him back." ”

In the afternoon, Zhu Kun took his son to the county people's hospital, and the doctor had never heard of red centipedes, but he came back after taking a general anti-centipede injection.

As soon as he arrived at home, the neighbors on the left and right came to ask about the situation, and they all helped to come up with ideas, and if there were any home remedies or where they heard that there were people who specialize in centipedes, they all came to tell Zhu Kun. But because I had read some books myself, I knew that I had to go to a big hospital to do this, but I was still grateful.

At this time, there was a voice at the door, "Do you have anything to eat?"