Chapter 23: Splashed with black dog blood
By the time the villagers had left, it was already past dinner time, and the stove was still cold.
The yard was full of stuff.
The young lady and Dou'er buried their heads in it, rummaging through them, and from time to time let out a cry of surprise.
In a blink of an eye, the whole village came to deliver supplies to them.
The young lady had the rabbit fur she wanted, and she was given several sackcloths. Dou'er had the chickens she wanted, and she got a few more quacking ducklings.
Tang Yourou stood in the courtyard, looking at the dilapidated house with four walls of the house suddenly having so many things, and a little dizzy.
What kind of good luck is this, only to show a hand of medical skills, so many people have changed their opinion of her, and they are anxious to come to her for treatment, and they have sent so many things!
She was naturally happy in her heart, but she also knew that the value of her medical skills might be far higher than these small objects.
It's a pity that the villagers are too poor, and it is not a long-term solution to exchange medicine for supplies, so they still have to go to the county seat to find another way.
"Let's find out if there's anything to eat first, and let's cook." Tang and Rou hurried to the stove and lit the fire first.
"There's half a pickled vole here, blanched, not fully cooked. Does my sister remember who sent it? Tang Youniang took out half a fat vole from a wooden barrel.
Tang Yourou recalled for a moment and said very uncertainly: "It seems to have been sent by the butcher's family." ”
The Liu family ruined the marriage contract with the original owner, and Liu Aqiang didn't like Tang and Rou either, probably thinking that he would have nothing to do with her for the rest of his life. But now that he is injured, he has a request for others, and he is embarrassed when he sees Tang and Rou, worried that she will not treat him because of past entanglements.
But at that time, she was as busy as a worker on the assembly line, with no distractions, and she didn't care about the memories of the original owner at all, and only treated Liu Aqiang as an ordinary villager and treated her the same.
Anyway, it's been a year since the incident, and it's common sense to forget this emotion, so there's no need to pretend to like him.
Tang Douer got into the pile of gifts, happily took out a basket of eggs, and suddenly covered her nose and pointed at the edge of the fence and shouted: "What a smell!" How did a big dog die on the edge of the fence? It's scary! ”
Tang Yourou held the lit firewood, walked over to take a look, and was surprised to find this hideous-looking dead black dog. This dog seems to have been beaten to death with a stick, his eyes are protruding, and his ** is out, and his appearance is very hideous. There was a pool of foul-smelling black dog blood on the ground, which turned dark in the mud.
No matter how you look at it, this doesn't look like something that the villagers brought to deduct the medical fee.
Tang Youniang leaned over to take a look, and was so frightened that she almost exclaimed, and shrank behind Tang Yourou: "Sister, what is this?" Who sent it?! ”
"I don't remember at all." Tang Yourou frowned and kicked the strange black dog with his foot.
She could remember most of the things sent by the villagers.
For example, the round inkstone was temporarily detained here by Zhang Shusheng's younger brother Zhang Wenshou. Although Zhang Wenshou stayed in the village to farm, his personality and temper were very similar to that of a scholar, and he didn't want to take advantage of her. Because he didn't have any money on hand, he pressed the round inkstone here first, indicating that he would exchange it for silver the day after tomorrow.
She also remembered that the crazy aunt had a messy hair, stuffed a large handful of dried shiitake mushrooms into her hand, and asked her how to cure her gray hair; Mai given by her mother's former friend Aunt Song asked her to treat gynecological diseases; The carved wooden hairpin sent by Mrs. Huang, who told people to kiss, also promised that she would definitely find a good mother-in-law......
If someone had sent such a strange thing, she would have remembered it.
After recalling it, I couldn't think of who sent the black dog.
Tang Youniang said timidly: "I heard my grandmother say that black dog blood can drive away disasters and evil spirits. Did someone send it to exorcise evil spirits because of our bad reputation? ”
Don raised his eyebrows.
Exorcism?
She couldn't help but think of the words that scolded Song Ming yesterday.
Could it be that this black dog has something to do with Mrs. Donald? But if the black dog's blood can ward off evil spirits, just find some black dog blood to splash in the fence, and what is a dead dog thrown over?
Tang Dou'er was afraid to hide behind Tang and Rou Tang Youniang, and suggested, "Sister, let's throw it away, Dou'er is so scared." ”
"Where is the reason to throw away the dog meat delivered to the door?" Tang Yourou grabbed the dead dog, inspected it under the firelight, and sighed a few times, "This dog was killed, not poisoned, and can be eaten!" We're going to have a 'dog meat hot pot' tonight, with three fresh soup bases. She took the dead dog to the stove, took the knife, raised the knife in her hand, and brought down the dog's head.
The younger siblings looked at each other coldly.
What is hot pot?
And what is a pot?
……
The next morning, the wind was a little colder than yesterday. But yesterday they had harvested a great deal, and the three of them lived in a dilapidated house, covered with sackcloth, and did not feel cold.
When she got up in the morning, the young lady was still holding the wooden hairpin tightly in her hand, Dou'er was holding a rattle in her arms, and the two little people were still smiling on their faces, as if they were having a good dream.
In just one day, life has changed like this!
Tang Yourou sighed with emotion and accepted her temporary "medical life" in the countryside.
Today, she still can't go to the county seat.
Early in the morning, the villagers came to the dilapidated house.
These villagers, like Tang and Rou, are busy for the winter. They began to make salted vegetables, bury farmhouse wine for next year, store fresh rice and noodles for the New Year, or repair and strengthen their houses before the heavy snow came, and sew winter clothes in advance......
It was in order to go home and work early that they wanted Tang and Rou to treat them as soon as possible, so they came very early.
Naturally, they have a gift in their hands.
The farmer's surplus ploughing tools, the newly made waist machine, the tiles of the old house, the broken terracotta figurines, and the home-polished bronze mirror......
Because she received the dead black dog yesterday, Tang Youniang was very worried that her sister would encounter the same situation, so she came to the yard after freshening up, and listed the things sent by the villagers in order in the yard, making the yard look like a farmhouse exhibition hall. Which family sent what, how long it took my sister to heal, and the young lady silently remembered them.
The younger brother is in charge of moving these things into the house to make room for the yard.
It was in this way that they found two people who had come to fish in troubled waters without giving anything.
One of them is Li Ziyou, a gangster in the village, who spends his days loitering, gaging everywhere, and following other people's things. There is also a Wang mother-in-law who is nearly forty years old, but has always liked to take advantage of others.
Tang Youniang told Tang Yourou about this with a straight face, and asked her what she was going to do.
Before Tang and Rou could speak, the villagers on the side heard it and shouted loudly.
"Which shameless laid-skinned goods even want to take advantage of the little girl's cheapness?"
"Finally, there is a person in the village who can treat the disease, and the consultation fee is so much cheaper than Dr. Yang, why do you still have the face and not send things?"
The big guy said one by one, and the two of them were red-faced.
Li Ziyou has all the small disasters and pains he encounters on weekdays, and he was just having a good time, but seeing that the villagers didn't want to see him, he left the yard with a scolding.
Mrs. Wang snorted, glared at the surrounding villagers, and did not admit that she was here to prostitute for nothing: "It's not that I don't give things, so I'll record them in the account first, and I will give them later." I'm an old woman, can I still bully a little girl? The younger brother of the Zhang family can get credit, why can't I, just because he has a scholar at home? ”
The villagers didn't care about the sophistry of Mrs. Wang, and helped Tang Yourou speak with righteous indignation.
Mrs. Wang crossed her hands on her hips and rolled her eyelids: "The soft girl didn't speak!" What are you people talking about? Hindering people from seeing a doctor! ”
Tang Yourou just finished acupuncture, and the needle in his hand had not been put down, when he heard the words, he raised his head, walked to Mrs. Wang's side, took a closer look from top to bottom, and nodded: "I know what is wrong with you." ”
The surrounding villagers stopped doing it and shouted one after another.
"Rou girl, why do you want to treat her?"
"Can you take it on credit? Then I'll take back the bronze mirror I sent! ”
Mrs. Wang was overjoyed, thinking that Tang Yourou was going to treat her, so she proudly swept over the villagers who had scolded her just now, and stretched out her hand: "The old woman's hand hurts, you can prick me a few times!" ”
Tang Youniang smiled: "I have already seen you, and this acupuncture will be bothered for you to record it in the account first." She said so, turned back to the low table, and roasted the needle over the fire.
The villagers standing around erupted in laughter.
This mother-in-law didn't give anything, so she wanted to take advantage of the soft girl in vain, and the soft girl also saw the doctor first, and recorded the acupuncture and moxibustion in the account.
That's how it should be! If she is allowed to take advantage of her, what will happen to these villagers who have sent things?
Mrs. Wang's face turned blue and white for a while, glared at Tang Yourou fiercely, and left the courtyard of the dilapidated house with her hand.