Chapter 271: The Old Man of the Mountain Village
The two hugged each other before, it was all in the dark night, and the eldest princess was shivering with cold to keep her warm, but now it was broad daylight, although it was in a sparsely populated ravine, Du Wenhao was still a little flustered and at a loss.
Hearing her crying sadly, he carefully tried to pat her on the shoulder, pretending to be relaxed: "What's wrong with you?" Why are you crying again? ”
"You scare me! And scold me! Woowoo woo ......"
"Why did I scare you?"
"You are so good at archery, but you pretend to scare me like that, and you scold me with dirty words, woo woo woo ......"
Du Wenhao smiled: "I didn't lie to you, I was really nervous, didn't you notice that my legs were trembling." ”
"You're a liar! Gather a hundred steps away, you can shoot that wolf with one arrow, you have the ability to penetrate Yang in a hundred steps, but you deliberately pretend to scare me! And scolded me fiercely, you did it on purpose! Woohoo......"
The eldest princess didn't have a weapon in her hand, so she went into the snow cave to get an arrow, so she didn't see the wolf approaching ten steps away before being shot by Du Wenhao with a sudden attack, and thought that Du Wenhao was a hundred steps away and killed the wolf with an arrow.
Du Wenhao listened to the words of the eldest princess, he felt a little proud, but he was also a little weak, he laughed dryly, seeing her cold and cold, his whole body kept trembling, and he could hear the sound of his teeth chattering when he listened carefully, and hurriedly diverted the topic: "Okay, okay?" Look at you so cold, hurry up and wrap the quilt! With that, he let her go and ran over, picked up the quilt, helped her drape it over her body, swept away the snow from a large rock, and made her sit down with a quilt.
Du Wenhao said: "The medicinal materials have been collected, and I have also found a rotten iron pot, I will make a fire to boil the medicine for you, you can hold on for a while." ”
"Good!" The eldest princess touched a handful of tears and looked at him with a faint gaze.
Du Wenhao swept a clearing with a quiver next to the big stone where the eldest princess was sitting, dug a simple stove on the ground with a sword, put the pot on, held two handfuls of snow and put it in, and piled up the dry branches. In the days when he came to the Song Dynasty, he had learned how to use a fire sickle and flint to start a fire, and he quickly lit the fire.
The eldest princess looked at him, and suddenly said: "You go and get the package on my jujube red horse, there are men's clothes in it, use this fire to dry and put it on, and the extra clothes are warmer, and besides, it is neater than your official robe, and the mountain road is difficult to walk." ”
Du Wenhao was stunned for a moment, looked up at her, and pretended to be stupid: "Package? ”
The eldest princess's words were a little dim: "Don't pretend, your fire sickle is mine, and the sword is tied to the saddle, the rope is not broken, you took it off, and the saddle beam is also like my jujube red horse's, my jujube red horse must have died on it." ”
Du Wenhao saw that the eldest princess's eyes were red, and he must have a deep relationship with the jujube red horse, so he said: "The horse can't be resurrected after death, you ......, and the festival will change!" ”
He went up to the hillside and took the package. The eldest princess had already wiped away her tears, took the package, took out the wet clothes inside, and unfolded it to roast on the fire.
Du Wenhao used a sword to prune and cut the medicinal herbs, and put them into the pot to cook according to the approximate proportion. It stands to reason that decoction is not suitable for iron pots, but at the moment, there is no way to save the emergency.
The eldest princess spread her clothes with her hands and roasted them, and turned her face to look at him: "Thank you, if it weren't for you this time, I would ......, I'm afraid I'd be dead." ”
"What are you talking about? If you hadn't come up with the idea of digging a snow cave and helping me dig it together when you were so sick, I would have frozen to death. ”
The eldest princess smiled, and then frowned slightly, as if she was enduring severe pain. Seeing this, Du Wenhao asked in a low voice, "What?" Does it hurt terribly? ”
"Well, I have a headache, my joints hurt, I ...... cough, I still feel cold. Mainly headache, so painful ......"
Du Wenhao said: "When you fell into the water, you hit the ice, causing concussion, headache and nausea, the main reason is this, you also feel the wind chill at the same time, double torture, it is very uncomfortable, the medicine I collected for you is the treatment of the wind chill." As for your concussion, the herbs on the mountain are not very effective, you need mineral medicine, I didn't find the medicine you need just now, fortunately, your concussion is not very serious, you can wait, wait a little longer, and when we find the village and town, find the medicine store, and prescribe medicine for you, we can cure the disease. ”
"Well, I'll listen to you."
The two talked for a while, and the medicine was decocted, and it was put on the ice and snow, and it warmed up after a while. At this time, the eldest princess picked up the rotten pot and drank the medicine in one go.
The medicine was a little bitter, and the eldest princess frowned when she drank it. put down the rotten pot and said with a bitter face: "Is there anything sweet?" It's so bitter! ”
Du Wenhao grinned, took out a bunch of purple-red wild fruits from his arms as if he was juggling, and handed it over: "Oh, here you go!" I picked it when I was collecting medicine on the hillside. ”
The eldest princess's eyes lit up, and she took it happily, and after a glance, there were several strings, and the particles were full and round, exuding an attractive fragrance, and she asked happily, "What is this?" ”
"Mulberry! Also called mulberry, sweet and sour, very delicious. Moreover, it can also benefit the joints of the five organs and pass blood qi. ”
"Really?" The eldest princess picked one and stuffed it into her mouth, "Well...... it's delicious!" I picked a few more, stuffed them in my mouth, chewed and chewed, and suddenly my eyes were red again.
Du Wenhaoqi said: "What's wrong? Not tasty? ”
"No......" The eldest princess sniffed, "I know you're good to me, and you're a good person, but it's a pity ......"
"What a pity?"
"It's a pity I can't marry you!"
Du Wenhao was startled, the eldest princess's head turned too fast, how could she talk and run to the wedding, laughing dryly, it was not easy to answer.
The eldest princess sighed faintly: "We share the same bed, skin to skin, when I was not married, I would beg the queen mother to marry you as a wife, but now ......, I am the eldest princess, I must observe the festival for my deceased husband, and I can no longer talk about marriage in this life, and I am a widowed woman and a forgiver of sins, and I am not suitable to be your wife." So, I'm sorry ......"
Du Wenhao smiled bitterly, wanting to explain that he was not the purpose, but he felt that this kind of thing would become darker and darker, and it was best to pretend to be stupid and not understand, so as not to be embarrassed.
The eldest princess sighed again: "You should be good to your wife and concubines." "Put the remaining bunches of mulberry fruit into your mouth.
The two were speechless for a while, until the eldest princess finished eating the mulberry fruit.
Seeing her unfinished look, Du Wenhao smiled deliberately: "Look at your gluttony, I think you're hungry, right?" You drank the decoction, the decoction is sweating, and you will sweat after a while, and you will have to sweat wrapped in the quilt, or you will lie in the ice cave and sweat, and I will go and pick wild fruits for you? ”
The eldest princess drank the decoction, maybe it was a psychological factor, or maybe it was because she ate those bunches of wild fruits, she felt that her body had spirit, and her head and body didn't hurt much, and she didn't want to hide in the ice cave alone, she was cold and scared, and she was worried that the evil wolf who escaped would bring the wolves back to seek revenge, so she hurriedly shook her head and said, "I don't!" You see, the sun is getting high, I don't want to stay here anymore, let's go, don't wait for those wolf friends to come. I'm fine, I'm sweating while walking under the quilt, didn't you say that you still have to find medicine, and only when you find a village or town can you find medicine? On the way, we came across this mulberry fruit, and then picked it and ate it. ”
Du Wenhao is right to think about it, now judging from the sky, it doesn't look like it's going to snow, and there is still half a day, and he should be able to find villages and towns. He nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go." I'll help you wrap the quilt first! ”
"This quilt is big, let's tear it in half, half for one person!"
"No, I'm not cold!" Du Wenhao sniffed and puffed up his chest, but he was a little heroic.
The eldest princess burst out laughing: "Look at you frozen like that, you are still a hero, hurry up!" ”
The eldest princess was about to untie the quilt as she spoke, but Du Wenhao hurriedly stopped: "My eldest princess aunt, don't mess around!" You're sweating right now! If you can't sweat, you will drink this medicine in vain! Sickness can't be cured! Obedient! ”
As he spoke, he helped the eldest princess arrange the brocade quilt and re-tie it with a ribbon to facilitate her walking, and she could wrap most of her head, body and feet. Then he found a stick, cut off the knots with his sword, and used it as a crutch for the princess.
Then he put the men's suit that the eldest princess had dried over the official robe, and tied the leggings as well. This short suit is a winter coat, which is very tight, and after putting it on, the official robe is wrapped in it, which is much warmer than before.
He tied the rotten pot to his belt, carried his bow and sword on his back, looked at the sun, and after discerning the direction, he decided to go east, because according to the situation this area is high in the west and low in the east, and gradually enters the hills and even plains when he goes east, and his vision is broad, and it is easy to find people. And the plains are easier to walk than the mountain roads, and they are also safe.
The eldest princess is not a big problem when she walks or sits, but it is troublesome to stand up, she feels that the world is spinning, she is nauseous and wants to vomit, Du Wenhao knows that this is a symptom of a concussion, so she can only help her to walk slowly. Fortunately, the mountains in this area are not too steep, and when it comes to a relatively steep and difficult place, Du Wenhao can only carry her on his back. I was afraid that she would be dizzy and fall into the ravine.
In this way, he crossed the mountains and mountains, walked for two hours, and encountered a lot of wild fruits along the way, Du Wenhao picked them and ate them to satisfy their hunger.
The sun is setting in the west. Just as they were about to find a place to dig a snow cave for the night, they finally saw a small village at the foot of the mountain in the distance, and the smoke was slowly wafting up.
Du Wenhao and the eldest princess both shouted excitedly. Seeing hope, the two of them were in high spirits and quickened their pace.
Just as they were halfway down the mountain, they saw a little boy tending sheep, sitting on a stone and crying, holding a little lamb in his arms, bleating, and the sound seemed painful.
The two walked over and saw that the child was wearing a cotton jacket with black cuffs and several patches sewn on his elbows, knees, and buttocks, but there were still two rotten holes in his elbows and knees, revealing the cotton inside.
Du Wenhao said: "This little brother, what's wrong with you?" ”
The child turned his head to look at him, his eyes were already red from crying, he hugged the little lamb in his arms, and sobbed: "Little lamb ......, the little lamb broke his leg!" Woowoo"
The eldest princess asked softly, "Is this sheep from your family?" ”
The child shook his head: "It's from Ding Dahu's family." ”
Du Wenhao glanced at the eldest princess and said in a low voice: "I praised you for your good eyesight before, but I haven't seen people dressed like this, how can you afford to raise sheep." It must be the sheep herding baby of the landlord's old rich family. The leg of mutton was broken, and when I went back, I was beaten and scolded, and I had to pay compensation. After that, he muttered in a low voice, "What a wicked old society!" ”
The eldest princess didn't hear what he said clearly, and bent down to the child: "Little brother, don't be afraid, you can show the lamb to this uncle, he is a langzhong, and he can heal your lamb's injury." When I go back, I won't be scolded. ”
Du Wenhao was stunned, how could the eldest princess let herself treat the sheep, but it was the duty of a doctor to save the dead and help the wounded, whether it was a human or an animal, she could help if she could.
The child looked at the two of them again: "Really? ”
The eldest princess saw that the child's eyes were very special when she looked at her, and when she looked down, she realized that she was wearing a brocade quilt. There are more poor people in the village, and no matter how tattered the clothes are, this child will not find it strange, but a big girl comes out wearing a bed of brocade quilts, so it cannot but be strange.
The eldest princess couldn't help but flush her pretty face, and took off the brocade quilt, revealing the white dress covered with mud standing inside.
Du Wenhao hurriedly said: "Don't be like this! Beware of getting sicker! ”
The eldest princess glanced at him: "It's okay, I took your medicine, I was sweating all the way, and now I feel much better, not shivering with cold like before." Besides, I don't want to be taken for a crazy person when I dress like this into the village. The eldest princess straightened her hands with her hands, brushed the messy hair on her head, and whispered to Du Wenhao: "Can I see people like this?" ”
"No problem, you are naturally beautiful, even if you fall into the muddy water, it will be difficult to hide the fragrance of the country."
"Virtue!" The eldest princess glanced at him happily, bent down and said to the child: "What I just said is true, this uncle is really Langzhong, you give him the little lamb." He'll help you heal. ”
"But, but I don't have the money to watch Lang Zhong."
"You don't have to give money, my uncle is very good-hearted!"
The child's eyes flashed with tears, hesitated for a moment, and still handed the little lamb to Du Wenhao.
Du Wenhao checked it and found that the hind legs of the little lamb were broken, and he touched it lightly, feeling that it was a simple fracture, which was easier to do, aligning the bones and applying the splint on the medicine, but there was no splint or medicine in his hand, and asked, "What's your name?" ”
"Winter birth."
"Oh, Dongsheng, is there a pharmacy in your village?"
Dongsheng shook his head.
Du Wenhao was a little disappointed, but thinking about it, how could there be a pharmacy in such a small village.
Dong Sheng said again: "There are a lot of herbs in Xue Langzhong's family in the village. ”
Du Wenhao was overjoyed, there should be common medicines in Langzhong's family in the village, and he should be able to find the medicine he needed to treat the eldest princess. Du Wenhao said happily: "That's good, your little lamb's leg is broken, you have to apply medicine and clamp it with a splint." I don't have any medicine in my hand now, you take us to Xue Langzhong's house in the village, I'll help you buy medicine and splints, and help you cure the leg of mutton, okay? ”
Dongsheng wiped a handful of tears and grinned: "Well, thank you, uncle!" ”
With a sheep whip to drive the sheep to the village down the mountain, Du Wenhao talked to the children while walking, and after a while, he entered the village.
The snow on the road in the village melted and was very muddy, and this group of sheep was not afraid of mud, and they crackled in the mud when they stepped on the puddles. Du Wenhao didn't care much about such a muddy road, but the eldest princess he was holding couldn't, holding Du Wenhao with one hand, holding a long skirt in the other, tiptoeing, dizzy from a concussion, in order to avoid the waterhole on the ground, he jumped up and down like a tango dance. The villagers all stopped and watched.
Such a beautiful woman, wearing such a long dress, and appearing in such a small village in a poor ravine, is indeed very eye-catching.
Dongsheng drove the sheep into the village with the two of them, and came to the door of a courtyard: "Oh, this is Xue Langzhong's house." ”
As soon as they reached the gate of the courtyard, they heard a cry of pain coming from the courtyard: "It hurts me...... Ouch ......"
The courtyard door was open, Du Wenhao took a look, and saw that there was firewood piled up on the edge of the courtyard, and there were a lot of herbs picked back, and a little medicine boy was using a guillotine to make medicine.
There was a door panel on the ground in the middle of the courtyard, and a middle-aged man was lying on it, wailing. There were seven or eight people standing next to him, all talking anxiously.
An old man with a white beard, crouching on the ground, was holding the wrist of the man on the door panel, as if checking the pulse.
Du Wenhao arched his hand and said, "Excuse me, is this Xue Langzhong's family?" ”
The white-bearded old man didn't lift his eyelids, he still squinted and concentrated on his pulse, and said casually: "Yes, are you going to see a doctor?" ”
"yes, ah no, I want to buy some medicine! There are also splints for broken bones. ”
"Wait, I'm seeing a doctor."
When Du Wenhao saw his posture, he was afraid that he would not be able to finish it for a while and a half, the sun had already reached the side of the mountain, and the residence had not yet landed. Then he arched his hand and said: "Xue Langzhong, it is also Langzhong below, where is the medicine, I will take it myself, and I will pay you when it is over." ”
Only then did the white-bearded man raise his head, rolled a pair of strange eyes, glanced at Du Wenhao, and then turned his gaze to the eldest princess, and was slightly stunned for a moment, then he said: "The medicine is in the house, take it yourself." ”
"Thank you! Can I borrow a clay pot for decoction? ”
"There is one in the wing room on the west side, use it!"
"Okay, thank you!" Du Wenhao thought to himself, the people in the mountain village are simple and simple, and there is no heart to guard against people, so he asked the eldest princess and Dongsheng to wait in the courtyard, and he stepped into the house, the main hall is very wide, and there is a layered wooden shelf on one wall in the middle, on which are stacked all kinds of herbs, most of them are unconcocted herbal raw materials, some have been dried for a long time, and some have just dug up, they are wet, there are more than a dozen porcelain basins on the ground next to the shelf, and when the lid is lifted, they are all concocted decoction pieces, as well as powders and pills, It is estimated that it should be a commonly used medicinal material that is not produced locally, and it was bought from the market town.
Du Wenhao glanced at it, he still had the common medicines he needed, and he was immediately relieved, there were wings on both sides of the main hall, he opened the curtain of the left wing, and saw that there was a kitchen inside, there were two stoves, one was set up with an iron pot to cook and stir-fry, and the other was placed with four or five casserole jars, it seemed that there were many people who borrowed his decoction here.
He scooped thirty dollars of ochre from the disk, put it in a casserole, added two large bowls of water, lit a fire and began to decoction the medicine. Then he picked the four flavors of ephedra soup and fried them in another casserole.
The two doses of medicine were decocted, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Begin to configure the bone reeling medicine.
After preparing the medicine, he took the bone splint from the shelf, went out to the courtyard, and said to Dong Sheng: "Put the little lamb on the ground and hold it, and I will help it to pick the bone!" He turned to the eldest princess and said, "You help hold down the little lamb." ”
Dongsheng and the eldest princess squatted down and held the little lamb down, Du Wenhao used his hands to find out the broken bones, stretched the bone, and the little lamb bleated and struggled hard, but was held down by Dongsheng and the eldest princess and couldn't move.
Du Wenhao's technique was very fast, and before the little lamb cried a few times, he had already aligned the bones and connected them, applied the bone medicine, clamped them with wooden boards, and tied them with strips of cloth.
Du Wenhao stood up, clapped his hands, and said to Dong Sheng: "Okay, it's been picked up, you can take the splint in two months, go back quickly." ”
Dong Shengle smiled, bowed to Du Wenhao, turned around and ran out of the door with the little lamb in his arms, and drove the sheep away.
At this time, Du Wenhao heard someone behind him cough lightly, and when he looked back, it was the white-bearded Xue Langzhong, who was standing behind him, brushing his beard and looking at himself.
Du Wenhao was happy at him: "Xue Langzhong! ”
Xue Langzhong arched his hand and said: "This little brother, are you good at bone grafting, your surname?" ”
Du Wenhao arched his hand: "Under Du Wenhao." ”
Xue Langzhong turned his head to look at the eldest princess next to him, and said to Du Wenhao: "Brother Du, who is this ......?" ”
"It's, um, this, it'......"
"I'm her sister." The eldest princess said.
"Sister?" Xue Langzhong glanced at the two of them again, "Where did you come from and where are you going?" ”
Du Wenhao frowned slightly, thinking that this old man has a lot of trouble, where do you care where I came from? However, there is a request for people, or arch his hand: "Yesterday when we passed by your place with our friends, we were separated by a snowstorm, my sister fell, her head was concussed, and she felt a cold wind, and on the way I met this little brother's sheep and broke his leg. ”
"Oh......, Brother Du is skilled in bone grafting, presumably family medicine, right?"
"Hehe, it's okay." Du Wenhao was noncommittal, he was a little unhappy with this old man's questioning, took out the money bag from his arms, took out a Jiaozi from it, and handed it to Xue Langzhong without looking at the denomination: "Shicai used a little medicinal herb decoction under Mr., this is medicine." ”
Lao Langzhong took the Jiaozi and took a look, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his hands trembled a little: "Twenty runs? Ouch, all the medicine in the whole house of the old decay is not worth half of it. There are too many, and the old man doesn't have so much money to find. ”
Du Wenhao smiled: "I see that my husband's accommodation is relatively spacious, my sister and I want to spend the night at my husband's place, and when we leave tomorrow morning, we may need to bring some medicine." The money is counted in it. ”
"Hehe, little brother, don't say that you only stay for one night, even if you live here for ten days and half a month in a row, you won't be able to use up all this money." Lao Langzhong held the Jiaozi tightly, wanting to put it in his arms, but he was a little embarrassed.
"Don't mind, old gentleman, just take it. My sister has a habit of cleanliness, please prepare a clean bedroom for my sister. ”
"No problem! After the little girl got married, the boudoir has been idle, and the sheets and bedding have been washed, but they are also clean for Sister Ling to sleep. The old man told people to prepare the meal. It's just that the mountain village is simple, and there are only some homely meals, so it's no wonder that it's lazy. ”
"It doesn't matter! Home cooked food couldn't be better. ”
"That's good!" The old man turned around and called an old woman and asked her to prepare the meal. Then he led Du Wenhao and the eldest princess to see the residence. The family conditions of this old man are not bad, and the accommodation is very clean. Lao Langzhong arranged Du Wenhao's room next to the eldest princess.
Lao Langzhong was busy instructing someone to fetch hot water for them to wash their faces, when suddenly a thin woman ran over: "Xue Langzhong, go and take a look, my man doesn't seem to be good." ”
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