"Ahh I sat up from the bed as if I had been electrocuted, sweating profusely, gasping for breath, and turning my head to see that the curtains had been pulled open, and the morning sun had spilled into the room and shone on my frightened face.

Shanzi's bed is empty, where did Shanzi go?

"Shanzi, Shanzi?!" I shouted, and I tumbled out of bed without even bothering to put my shoes on.

"What are you doing, you were shocked early in the morning!" Shanzi's voice came from the bathroom, "Oops!."

I quickly ran over and glanced at him, "You, are you okay?" ”

"I should ask you that! As soon as Lao Tzu smeared soap, you were screaming there, and I was so scared that I accidentally got my eyes, and it hurt me to death! Shanzi scolded me while rushing into the eyes with water.

I was relieved to see that he was okay.

I suddenly remembered Chuniel next door, and I don't know how she happened that night!

My nerves, which had just been relaxed, tensed again, and I ran out and banged on Chuniel's door, "Boom! Boom! ”。

"Chuniel, open the door! Are you alright? Open the door, Chunnier! I pounded harder, and my heart became more and more nervous.

The door opened suddenly, "I haven't seen you all night, so you miss me like that?" Chuniel came out with her wet hair wrapped in a towel, "I was just taking a shower." ”

"Oh, no, no, you're fine." I felt like I was a little abrupt.

"What can I do, I fell asleep last night and slept until dawn." After saying that, she also stretched.

"Ah, Ding Jia, what's wrong with your eyes?" Chuniel looked at me in surprise, "The circles under my eyes are dark, I didn't sleep last night, right?" ”

I rubbed my eyes, nodded at her, and yawned.

"You've been too nervous lately, relax, Shanzi and I will be fine." After saying that, Chunnier raised her hand and touched my face lovingly, I wanted to hide, but my body didn't move.

At this time, Shanzi came out of the room when he heard the sound and brushed his teeth, and when he turned his face, he saw Chuniel's hand on my face, he trembled, took the toothbrush out of his mouth and pointed at the two of us and said, "Flesh! Then he turned back into the room.

I still took my face away unnaturally, and told Chun Nier to clean up quickly, we were going to Laijia Village after breakfast.

It took nearly two hours to drive from the county seat to Laijia Village, and the road was so bumpy that my internal organs seemed to be about to shift.

The driver of the long-distance bus stepped on the brakes, turned around and shouted: "Laijia Village has arrived!" ”

The three of us got out of the car with our bags, and found out from the head of Laijia Village that at the end of the village, no one knew any Lai Shatuo!

"Did Dr. Hua misremember the address?" Shanzi was a little disappointed, "There is still no such person at all." ”

"No, I guess there's something wrong, wait for me to ask."

I took out my mobile phone and dialed Dr. Hua's number, and he said that it was indeed that address, and that the barefoot doctor was indeed called Lai Shatuo, and let us inquire carefully.

"Well, okay, then let's look carefully, thank you, Dr. Hua."

I was just about to hang up the phone, but Dr. Hua shouted again: "Don't hang up, don't hang up!" ”

"Oh, you said Dr. Hua." I put my ear back to the earpiece.

"Ding Jia, that Raisha has an obvious feature, that is, he only has eight fingers!"

"What?! Eight fingers! ”

"Yes, the little thumbs of his left and right hands are gone." Dr. Hua looked excited on the other end of the phone.

As I listened to him, I suddenly became depressed, could this be the same person I saw last night? That man doesn't look like a good person.

I thanked Dr. Hua, hung up the phone, bit my lip and shook my head.

"What's the matter, Ding Jia, doesn't Dr. Hua remember?" Chuniel was worried.

"No, I can find him." I regained my strength and took them around the village again.

Later, we found an older man and asked if there was a man surnamed Lai who had only eight fingers left on his hand.

"Oh, you're talking about Lai Ba, yes, yes, yes, this man, he lives in that small cabin at the end of the village." The old man raised his finger and pointed, "He, in fact, is not from our village, he came a few years ago, and he was robbed by someone who said that he was in the herbal medicine business, and when he came, he was covered in blood, and he couldn't crawl anymore, so we left him behind." ”

"Oh, he's our barefoot doctor, right?" I asked the old man again.

"Sort of. He likes to lock himself in a small room on weekdays, and when he has nothing to do, he thinks of some strange prescriptions to earn some money by treating people in nearby villages. Our village is surnamed Lai, so he also followed the surname Lai, and everyone called him Laiba. The old man said to me slowly.

"You're looking for him, aren't you?" The old man looked at us and stopped at Shanzi, "Many outsiders have come to look for him, and it is said that he can cure many strange diseases." ”

"Oh, thank you then." I thanked the old man, and then I walked with Shanzi Chunnier to the log cabin at the end of the village.

"Na Lai Ba is very weird, not everyone who comes he treats him. The year before last, there was a man who was crippled by the medicine he used, "We walked a long way, but we could vaguely hear the old man behind us talking with unfinished care.

The small wooden house at the end of the village was not large, and there were still a few rotten holes in the door panel, which had been simply wrapped with duct tape a few times, and the glass on the windows had become blurred, and the oil stains on it had begun to accumulate from unknown years, and the thick ones had turned yellow.

I stood in front of the cabin, still a little hesitant, this person inside couldn't be the eight fingers of last night, if that's the case, then we're really in big trouble.

I raised my hand and knocked on the door gently, only to hear some small noises coming from the house, Shanzi was more anxious, and was about to step forward and knock on the door again, I grabbed his hand, "Wait a little." ”

After about a minute, the door slowly opened, and through the crack in the door came a man's head, his face haggard, his eyes glazed, and his beard standing as persistently as a steel nail.

When I saw that it wasn't last night's eight fingers, I finally put my mind at ease.

"What are you guys doing?" The man's voice was hoarse and weak.

"You're Dr. Lai, aren't you?" I asked him tentatively.

"What are you guys doing?" He asked again.

"Oh, we were introduced by a doctor surnamed Hua, my friend has an injury, I hope you can help take a look." I saw that he didn't want to be disturbed, so I explained his intentions to him directly.

"The surname Hua? I don't know. With that, he was going to close the door.

I pushed the door shut, "Dr. Lai, a few years ago, someone was poisoned by the horn vine in this vicinity, and you helped him cure it, do you remember?" ”

He paused for a moment, "Oh, I remember. But I don't see anyone now, so you'd better find someone else. With that, he was going to close the door again.

"Doctor Lai, help, the price is easy to say." I still pushed the door with my hand and didn't let him close it.

"It's not about money, many people who come to me say it's an incurable disease, but what's the matter, it's not the same as being cured by me. It's not that I'm a good doctor, it's that these diseases are not diseases at all. He shook his head and began to strain again, ready to close the door.

I understood what he meant, not that he didn't want to see a doctor, but that he felt that many of the illnesses were not challenging for him at all, and the height was unbearable.

I hurriedly said to him, "That was bitten by an ancient corpse 2,000 years ago, can you cure it?" ”

"Oh?" He opened the door again, stretched out his head to look at Shanzi, "Let me see the wound." ”

"I'll show you if you want to!" Shanzi was impatient by Lai Shatuo's actions just now, not only did he not cooperate, but he also glanced at him with a stalk on his neck, "Isn't it just a wild man, what is it!" ”

"Oh, there's character!" Lai Shatuo's face pulled, "Then you should be smart!" With that, he was going to close the door again.

I hurriedly pushed his door again, "Don't, Dr. Lai, don't be like him." ”

I was furious with Shanzi, turned around and kicked him, "Hurry up and show the wound to Dr. Lai!" ”

Reluctantly, Shanzi pulled the gauze down from his neck, revealing the wound for Raisa to see, and it was the first time I had seen his wound up close. The wound wasn't big, like the shape of a moon, but the flesh on either side of the wound still didn't grow together.

After Lai Shatuo saw Shanzi's wound, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Well, it's kind of interesting!" ”