Life in the ancient countryside was very simple, in the afternoon, Zhao Yuan took Meng Ying and Xiao Zhao Luo to burn paper for Zhao Dazhu, and today is his first seven. The custom of Shu is that people should worship once every seven days after they pass away, until the Seventh Seven Great Sacrifice.

Zhao Dazhu's grave is at the foot of Gray Plains Mountain, next to the grave of Zhao Luo's mother-in-law Xu. Because of the suddenness of the matter, the tomb was only covered with earth, and when it was buried, it was a thin-skinned coffin.

When the three of them came to Zhao Dazhu's grave, the tung oil lamp that was supposed to be lit had been extinguished long ago because no one was taking care of it. Filling the lamp with tung oil and lighting the tung oil lamp, the three of them knelt down in front of the grave, tore the fire paper and burned a pile.

Fire paper is straw paper, made of straw and the like, with five rows and seven semicircles printed on it with iron sheets, and it is said that it can be burned to the dead so that they can have money to spend in the underworld.

Zhao Yuan knelt in front of the grave and muttered: "Big brother, don't worry, I will take care of Luoluo and raise her as an adult, you can rest assured over there and be with your sister-in-law." You have been raising this family for so many years, and you are tired, so don't be so tired over there, if you lack something, give me a dream, and we will burn it to you. Come, Luoluo, kowtow to Daddy's mother. ”

"Daddy, Luoluo misses you, woo woo......" Luoluo understood that his father was buried in the grave, crying.

"Okay, Luoluo, let's go back, Daddy will bless you to grow up healthy." After kowtowing, looking at Luoluo who was crying sadly, Meng Ying also said with red eyes.

"Lady, I'll build the eldest brother's grave again, you can take Luoluo back first." Zhao Yuan said.

"But your body is not yet well, and you can't exert your strength, let me help you." Meng Ying said.

"No, it's good to simply build it, and then find some stones to build it when the New Year comes."

"Alright then, let's go back first." Meng Ying heard Zhao Yuan's insistence, so she took Luoluo home first.

In the afternoon, when the sun was thick, Zhao Yuan took a hoe to clean up the area around the grave, dug a drainage ditch, and piled up the soil on the grave, and the front of the grave was built higher to form a triangular shape of the grave here.

"Whew...... Brother Dazhu, maybe you know that I am no longer your brother Zhao Yuan, and Zhao Yuan may also come to your side, don't worry, I will take care of this family and take care of Luoluo. Zhao Yuan let out a sigh, his weak body only moved a few times, and he sweated a lot on his head, and after building the grave, he sat on the stone in front of the grave and said, give an explanation to the family, and also give an explanation to himself.

After resting for a while, Zhao Yuan also went home with a hoe, and when he returned home, he found that the fourth uncle of Langzhong Zhao in the village was at his house. Zhao Si is the only Langzhong in the three nearby villages, and at the age of ten he began to work as an apprentice in a pharmacy in Gray Plains Town, and learned a lot of knowledge about seeing a doctor and prescribing medicine from the doctor in the pharmacy, and became a Langzhong after he returned. People in other villages are calling him Mr. Zhao Si, but Xiao Zhaozhuang is surnamed Zhao, and he has branched out from an old ancestor. Zhao Yuan's grandfather's grandfather and Zhao Si's grandfather's father are the same person, so Zhao Yuan calls him the fourth uncle.

"Fourth uncle, you're here." Zhao Yuan put the hoe in the corner of the house and beckoned.

"Come and see, you kid is really fateful, this time I just let you carry it, come over and I'll take a look." Zhao Si sat on a stool, drank the sugar water poured by Meng Ying, and waved at Zhao Yuan.

"Okay, I'll wash my hands first." Zhao Yuan's hands were covered with mud, and he washed his hands in the wooden basin used to wash pigweed on the side, and after drying them, he sat down in front of Zhao Si.

"Yes, my body is a little weak, but my illness has been cured, you are really dangerous this time, so many people have died in the village, you have to thank your daughter-in-law for taking good care of you." Zhao Si helped Zhao Yuan cut the pulse and said with a smile.

"I also want to thank the fourth uncle for the medicine you prescribed, but unfortunately the uncle also went this time." Zhao Yuan said, the uncle is Zhao Si's room, Zhao Si's uncle.

"This is also a matter of no choice, the old man is already weak, alas, but the two medicines you told your daughter-in-law are very symptomatic, especially the Shu herb, now the people in the village use it to boil water to drink, and no one is sick anymore, the merit is immeasurable!"

When Zhao Yuan was sick, Zhao Si knew that the medicine he prescribed had been changed by Zhao Yuan, and his first reaction at that time was that Zhao Yuan was messing around, but as Zhao Yuan slowly got better, Zhao Si also felt that it might be the medicine that Zhao Yuan added that worked, and then discussed with Li Zheng and asked the village to do the same thing as Zhao Yuan's family, clean up, and dig purslane to soak in water to drink.

In fact, dysentery is not a plague, as long as you pay attention to hygiene, do not drink raw water, and reduce the spread of mosquitoes, it can be easily controlled.

"It's all up to the fourth uncle, but now it's okay, no one is sick anymore."

"How did you kid know that Shu Materia Medica was useful?"

Zhao Si knows Zhao Yuan very well, in such a small mountain village, the eldest Zhao Dazhu is honest and honest, and the second Zhao Yuan is more clever, but he has never studied medicine or studied medicine, where did he know the prescription?

"This, I also heard a You Fang Langzhong talk about it, the fourth uncle remembers that a few years ago there was a You Fang Langzhong in our village, he said it." Zhao Yuan said.

In Zhao Yuan's memory, three years ago, there was indeed a Langzhong in the village, and Zhao Dazhu also invited him to his home to see Zhao Luo, who had a cough at the time, but he did not say any prescription.

"Really?" Fourth Uncle Zhao said with some suspicion, he had some impressions of the You Fang Lang who robbed him of his job, but like this You Fang Lang, most of them have no medical skills, and they usually have a few home remedies, selling some plasters and strong pills and the like.

"Yes, I also happened to think of it and tried it, but I didn't expect it to be useful." Zhao Yuan said affirmatively.

"Okay, but the medicine can't be used indiscriminately, if you use it wrong, there will be a big problem, this time you hit it, I'll go first, you're recovering from a serious illness, take a good rest." Zhao Si didn't look like Zhao Yuan knew how to heal, so he sat for a while and left.

"Okay, Fourth Uncle go slowly." Zhao Yuan stood up and sent Zhao Si out of the house with Meng Ying.

Zhao Yuan knew that Zhao Si came over not only to see if he was better, but also to know how he knew that those medicines were useful, for a Lang Zhong, every new prescription was an improvement in medical skills. Zhao Yuan fell ill this time, and he also owed Zhao Si a lot of money, and the cost of building a new house plus marrying a relative, the family couldn't get any of it, and Zhao Si also knew about his family's situation, and he didn't mention the medical expenses when he came.

Returning to the house, Meng Ying said to Zhao Yuan, and began to chop the pigweed that had been cleaned, the bride was always idle at home, and she always had to find some work to do. The little girl Zhao Luo has not come out of the room all the time.

"Luoluo, why can't you hide when the fourth grandfather comes." Zhao Yuan walked into the room, looked at Zhao Luo and asked.

"Uncle, the medicine prescribed by the fourth grandfather is very bitter, and he will also prick people with needles." The little girl walked up to Zhao Yuan and whispered next to Zhao Yuan's ear.

Zhao Luo has been weak since he was a child, and every time he gets sick, he will come to Zhao Si to see a doctor, eat a lot of traditional Chinese medicine, and sometimes have to prick silver needles, so the little girl has a fear of Zhao Si, thinking that he will drink very bitter medicine when he comes.

"Luoluo is healthy now, and he won't take medicine and needles." Zhao Yuan hugged Zhao Luo and said.

"After that, when the fourth grandfather comes, I won't hide."

"Okay, Luoluo!"