In September, the autumn frost has arrived, and the courtyard door is pushed open in the morning, the autumn frost dyes the yellow leaves that fall on the ground, and the places with maple forests in the distant mountains are like clusters of fire, like the red flowers on the heads of women dotting the mountains. Although it has just passed five or six days, the temperature has dropped a lot, and it is another day of rest, Xiao Zheng is afraid that his husband will be cold, so he went out to Li Zhuang alone with the medicine prescribed for Xiao Hai's father, and went to Li Zhuang with the medicine prescribed for Xiao Hai's father, and called Lou Shide into the village and walked towards Xiao Hai's house together, just arrived at his door and scared Xiao Zheng a lot, only to see that the yard was full of sun-dried adobe, not to mention a kang, the circle wall of the yard can be left, and a few men who were striking iron saw Xiao Zheng coming and put down the tools at hand and surrounded them.

Xiao Zheng asked Xiao Hai and asked, "Brother Xiao, why did you get so much adobe?" Xiao Hai replied embarrassedly: "The big guy heard that the two of you and the apprentice said that the kang you are going to make is very warm in winter, don't you just think about it, anyway, you can do it, it is better to make one for each family, so that this winter can be survived." When Xiao Zheng heard this, he gave Xiao Hai a thumbs up and praised: "Brother Xiao, smart!" Xiao Hai smiled hesitantly and didn't speak again.

A few men saw Xiao Zheng alone, and everyone was familiar with each other, so they didn't have so many politeness, Xiao Zheng was also direct, and after a few words of greeting, he opened an envoy to teach these men how to pan the kang. It was originally some simple and rough work, but under the guidance of Xiao Zheng, Xiao Hai and several men began to move the mud to build the kang, and everyone was busy for an hour before the kang was built. Xiao Zheng asked Xiao Hai and others to build a stove in the outhouse, made a hole in the wall and connected it to the ondol, and chiseled a flue against the wall to lead to the outside, which was considered a great success.

The house has firewood, the blazing flame jumped up in the stove, the mud skin outside the hot kang emitted a trace of white smoke, see that everyone is curious and looking forward to this fire kang, around the fire kang chattering excitedly, almost noon when the fire kang has been dried, spread the mat to let Xiao Hai's father to the pit, the old man sat up with a smile on his face, patted the mat with his hand and said: "This fire kang is really good, sitting on the top is the same as sitting on the small stove, but it is not hot, it is much more comfortable than on the wooden couch." Seeing that the old man was happy, the big guys also sat on the kang and tried it, and it felt really good, so they all shouted that they were ready to put one on their home, so that it would be better than a warm winter.

After the excitement of the people, Xiao Zheng decocted the medicine brought over to the old man, and then let the old man slowly lie down on the kang, picked up his clothes, took out the silver needle and began to give him acupuncture. The old man walked for a while and rubbed his waist and said to Xiao Zheng: "Thank you, Mr. Xiao, you don't feel much in your waist after using the needle, when the weather gets cold these few nights, this back pain is so old that you can't sleep all night, and now you can't relax after acupuncture." ”

Seeing the old man's happy appearance, Xiao Zheng's heart moved and said to the old man: "Old man, I still have a method I want to try for you, and it will also be good for your waist, can you still lie on the kang now?" The old man said happily, "No problem, as long as you can cure my disease, you can do whatever you want." ”

Xiao Zheng asked people to find a cushion to put under the old man, let him lie on the kang and began to press down from the top of his head to his shoulders and then to the spine, and after the old man got used to the strength of Xiao Zheng's hands, Xiao Zheng let the old man's knees straighten, so that the waist muscles were as relaxed as possible, and began to use his fingers to the old man's tap to jump, Chengfu, Yinmen, Weizhong, and several acupoints, and after the muscles and bones near the old man's acupoints were kneaded and loosened, then from the waist to the upper back, and then focused on rolling and rubbing the lumbosacral part, and repeated the operation until the old man said that the affected area had a warm feeling. The focus was on the old man's waist and slowly repeated the massage a few times. At first, the old man was still a little painful and sighed twice, as Xiao Zheng's technique unfolded, the old man slowly relaxed his expression, and after pressing the back, he let the old man turn over and put his back on the hot kang with his face up, Xiao Zheng massaged the old man's head, and after pressing it for a while, the old man began to snore. Xiao Hai knew that his father had not slept well at night due to pain for several days, and now he had made great progress under Xiao Zheng's treatment in less than half a day, and he was full of admiration and gratitude when he looked at Xiao Zheng.

Seeing that the old man had fallen asleep, Xiao Zheng motioned to a few people in the house to come out quietly, and after going out, he found that the food had been placed on the table, Xiao Zheng was not polite and sat with a few men, Xiao Hai took out three more jars, and said to Xiao Zheng a little embarrassed: "Brother Xiao, last time I saw you so much, our brothers admired it very much, but this time we didn't have much wine left, and we couldn't buy such good wine outside, and now there are only three jars left, so I can only ask you to take it first." Xiao Zheng said to Xiao Hai: "Brother Xiao has seen the outside, we only drink one of the three jars of wine today, and the other two jars are not drunk, but don't get me wrong, I have other uses." After hearing this, everyone didn't ask any more questions.

During the meal, Xiao Zheng saw the baby saved at the table looking at him timidly, so he turned his head and asked Xiao Hai: "Brother Xiao, what is the name of this baby?" After hearing this, Xiao Hai patted his forehead and said to Xiao Zheng: "Look at my memory, I have been so busy that I forgot to introduce you to you, this child's nickname is Yazi" After speaking, he turned his head to Yazi and said, "Come and give Mr. Xiao a salute." After hearing this, Yazi came over to kowtow to Xiao Zheng, and after seeing the ceremony, Xiao Hai said to Xiao Zheng: "This baby's name has not been taken yet, Brother Xiao, you are also literate and hyphenated, and you are the life-saving benefactor of this baby, or just give the baby a big name." Xiao Zheng thought for a while and said, "Why don't you call it Changning, can you take the meaning of longevity and tranquility?" After hearing this, Xiao Hai stroked his knees and laughed and said, "Okay, according to Brother Xiao's meaning, it will be called Xiao Changning." ”

After eating, Xiao Zheng asked people to open a jar of wine, took out a paper bag from his arms, poured the ground medicine powder into it and said to Xiao Hai: "This medicine powder is mainly ground with the tiger bone you sent last time, I added a few flavors of rheumatism medicine, this medicine powder soaked in the wine for half a month, take a small cup for the old man every day, no more, and when this jar of wine is almost drunk, the old man's illness will be cured." Xiao Hai hurriedly thanked him after hearing this.

Xiao Zheng said to Xiao Hai again: "I see that this baby has beautiful eyebrows, you might as well go to find a teacher, and by the way, you should also go to study with us, Mr. never pays for teaching and educating people, there must be no problem for you to send the baby, and you should see the teacher if you have the only good wine left." Xiao Hai was overjoyed after hearing this, and was about to kowtow to Xiao Zheng on the ground again, but was pulled up by Xiao Zheng, who was quick-eyed.

In the afternoon, a few men chatted about homely things and another hour passed, Xiao Hai's father woke up from a deep sleep, the old man was not light these days by the pain and wear, today after Xiao Zheng's treatment, the body relaxed, this sleep is quite comfortable, people wake up after the spirit is different from before, although the waist is still a little painful when walking, but the situation is much better than before, Xiao Zheng is also happy to see the old man recover smoothly.

When parting, he told Xiao Hai to prepare a thin small cloth bag, fry it with a liter of beans when the old man sleeps at night, put it in a bag, and put it under his waist before the old man sleeps, and use the heat of the beans to expel the cold in the waist of the old man. He also told Xiao Hai to go to his husband's house every five days, and let Shengsheng give acupuncture to massage himself, and strive to make the old man recover as soon as possible, and before leaving, he entrusted the master to let Xiao Hai and others help take care of Lou Shide's family's wishes, Xiao Hai and others patted their chests and promised that there was no problem, and Xiao Hai returned to Shenhe Bay after saying a few more words.