Chapter 7 Thanksgiving
Dr. Wang not only has a mysterious background, but also has a strange temperament, except for visiting the doctor, he never likes to interact with the people in the village, so his residence is also set in the remote west of the village.
The Bai family is located in the east of the village where the farmers live, so Bai Mingxuan has to pass through the entire Taohua Village to reach Dr. Wang's house.
Bai Mingxuan came out of the Bai family and walked all the way to the west. Peach Blossom Village is all dirt roads, fortunately there are many people walking, for a long time, stepping on both thick and smooth, and recently it is mostly sunny, so the road is still easy to walk.
At this time, it is the time for everyone to go out to work, and in Peach Blossom Village, men and women, old and young, all go out, and it is very lively.
"Mingxuan, where are you going?" Not long after I went out, I met an old man.
He was wearing a coarse cloth shirt for work, his skin was dark black from the sun all year round, and he was carrying a hoe on his shoulder at this time, looking at Bai Mingxuan, showing a smile, and the wrinkles on his face deepened, like the bark of an old tree, looking very kind.
Bai Mingxuan heard the voice and looked up, and it turned out to be Tao Erye, a neighbor who lived behind the Bai family. Immediately replied with a smile:
"Not long ago, I accidentally fell downhill, thanks to Dr. Wang's diagnosis and treatment, and my family consultation fee was confiscated. Now that I am in good health, my grandmother asked me to bring a basket of eggs to Dr. Wang, and thank Dr. Wang for it. ”
"Now I'm going to Dr. Wang's house!"
Dr. Wang is well-known for his kindness in treating the villagers, and when he is in a good mood, he may be exempted from the consultation fee, which is not uncommon, so Bai Mingxuan is not afraid to let others know.
Second Master Tao nodded with a smile and waved his hand: "Well, Dr. Wang is kind-hearted, so I should thank him well!" Go ahead, be careful on the road. ”
Bai Mingxuan smiled back, waved his hand, and continued to walk forward.
Walking through many houses and bypassing many vegetable gardens, Bai Mingxuan came to the vicinity of the well in the center of the village.
The well, which is shared in the village, is open and has been built into three pools, one from top to bottom, one for bathing, and one for washing clothes and vegetables, and the large well is connected to a small river, with which the used dirty water flows downstream, forming a self-purification process.
At this time, several women were beating their clothes with mallets by the well, gossiping and chatting while washing their clothes, and several wooden basins were placed aside.
When Bai Mingxuan saw it, he remembered that there was also such a big well in the village in his previous life, and he immediately felt very cordial, and couldn't help but take a few more looks.
At this glance, I saw Chunhua, who was short in a group of people, and at this time she was struggling to wring out her clothes, because she was using too much force, frowning, and her face was flushed.
Bai Mingxuan hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Chunhua, why are you washing clothes here alone?" ”
Seeing Bai Mingxuan coming, Chunhua wrung out a piece of clothing and put it in the wooden basin, exhaled, wiped her forehead with her sleeve and said:
"My mother said that I was old and should learn to do laundry, so she asked me to bring a basin of clothes from home. Mingxuan, where are you going? ”
Although the big well in the village does not look deep, the water in the middle is turbulent, and if you are not careful when washing clothes, your clothes will be washed away, and even if a child falls down, she will lose half his life.
Eight-year-old Chunhua is not too young to help the family with a lot of work, but no one will let an eight-year-old child come to the well alone to wash clothes, unless there is no one at home.
Bai Mingxuan's heart was filled with pity, and then she was a little angry: "What about your mother?" What is she doing? ”
"My aunt is at home with my brother, and I can't leave." Chunhua didn't feel anything, she was used to it.
Looking at the basin full of wet clothes, Bai Mingxuan asked worriedly: "How can you take this big basin of wet clothes back alone?" Why don't I help you? ”
"No, no, Tao Erniang said to help me get it back." Chunhua hurriedly waved her hand and looked at Tao Erniang gratefully.
"Yes, Mingxuan, you also have something, I'll help Chunhua get it back. Although you Tao Erniang is old, you still have this bit of strength, but it just takes two more trips and it doesn't take much effort. ”
Tao Erniang turned her head and said with a smile while twisting her clothes.
"Then thank you Tao Erniang." Bai Mingxuan changed one hand to carry the basket and said to Tao Erniang.
"Yes, yes, thanks to Tao Erniang, otherwise I would be in trouble. Mingxuan, you should get busy first. ”
Chunhua was afraid that she would delay Bai Mingxuan's business, so she hurriedly told her to leave.
Bai Mingxuan didn't say anything more and left, but she kept thinking about the spring flowers in her heart.
There had been a lot of delay along the way, and Bai Mingxuan immediately rushed to the west of the village.
About a quarter of an hour later, Bai Mingxuan finally saw Dr. Wang's house from a distance, and seeing this, she quickly quickened her pace.
Dr. Wang's house is located at the foot of a low mountain, surrounded by flowers and trees, and it is full of green and shade in summer, but it looks a little bleak in autumn.
The mountain is rich in vegetation and rarely visited by people. Come to think of it, Dr. Wang lives here to facilitate the picking of medicinal herbs.
Thinking so, I arrived in front of Dr. Wang's house in a blink of an eye.
Although Dr. Wang lives in a remote area, the residence is very good, the house is a rare brick house in Taohua Village, not spacious, but it is more than enough to live in Dr. Wang alone.
The courtyard door was hidden, Bai Mingxuan looked over, but didn't see anyone, so he stretched out a hand, knocked on the door, and asked in a low voice:
"Doctor Wang, Doctor Wang? Are you at home? ”
"Here we are." A slightly vicissitudes of voice replied.
After a while, a man in his fifties came out of the house, he was dressed plainly and neatly, his clothes were faded without a patch, his black and white hair was tied to the top of his head with a plain hairband, and a few strands of hair were exposed.
This man is none other than Dr. Wang.
Doctor Wang came out and saw Bai Mingxuan, recognized that this was the patient he had treated yesterday, and looked at Bai Mingxuan's eyes with doubts, "...... are you?" ”
"Doctor Wang, I'm Bai Mingxuan, thanks to Dr. Wang's diagnosis and treatment, I got better so quickly. This is a thank you gift from our family, so you can accept it! ”
Bai Mingxuan hurriedly took out the basket of eggs to explain his intention.
Doctor Wang suddenly got out of the way, "Come in and talk." ”
Dr. Wang is worthy of being a doctor, the courtyard is full of all kinds of medicinal materials in the sun, large and small dustpan baskets are placed on the medicinal materials, put in the sun to dry, leaving only a not wide road for people to enter and exit.
When Dr. Wang walked into the house, he found that not only the courtyard, but also the room was filled with all kinds of medicinal materials and medical supplies, and there was only a small area where you could move around at will, with a table and two chairs, and a teapot and teacup on the table, which was obviously for entertaining guests.
"Sit," Dr. Wang motioned for Bai Mingxuan to sit down casually, picked up the teapot again, and poured two cups of tea into the cup, "Let's have a cup of tea." ”
In the coarse porcelain cup, the tea is clear, slightly golden, look down and smell, there is a pleasant fragrance, take a sip, the fragrance has a special sweetness. Bai Mingxuan looked up and said in surprise: "Honeysuckle monk fruit tea!" ”
"Oh? You actually tasted it? Dr. Wang was a little surprised, this honeysuckle is not uncommon, and people who are a little richer use honeysuckle to make tea, but this monk fruit is a rare thing, and it is generally used as medicine, and few people have tasted it when it is used to make tea.
Bai Mingxuan nodded a little embarrassedly, I had drunk this monk fruit tea, but it was in my previous life, "I smelled the taste of monk fruit before, so I tasted it." ”
Dr. Wang was about to ask questions, but he heard that it was raining outside.