Just when the sun was about to set. We are also ready to end the next day's search. There are many natural villages in the vicinity, and we can only walk three or four villages a day. Sometimes, the road is not familiar, and there is no such small road sign in the navigation, so we also waste a lot of time.

Many of the villages we visited knew that we were looking for a thirteen-year-old boy, and just a few days ago, an old man had come to look for him.

Now it is possible that Lao Bei is looking for the child in the nearby village, just like us, or it is possible that he has found the child and returned to the city. We only hope that we can find this child sooner.

Just as we were about to get in the car and leave, a man ran out of the village, dressed as a peasant. Wearing a cheap camouflage uniform, his trousers were rolled up, up to his thighs, and a straw hat with a broken brim on his head, he shouted as he ran: "Hey, over there, over there, take the man over there, you wait a minute." ”

Zong Sheng stood by the car door and turned to look at the man who ran over. The man approached, gasped and said, "Are you here to find a thirteen-year-old boy, born on August 15?"

"Yes, big brother, you know?"

"I don't know, even the day before yesterday, a lame old man came to look for it."

"That's my grandfather, he has a leg injury. Do you know where my grandpa went? ”

He couldn't find anyone, so he hurried away. He helped me see the symptoms of my dad's numbness in his hands at our house, and it was really good, your grandfather, he was amazing. ”

Zong Sheng didn't have any expression, nodded, and prepared to get in the car. The man grabbed him: "Brother, since that's your grandfather, you can also order it, help me see my daughter-in-law." My daughter-in-law was fine yesterday, but today she said she was going to work, but she couldn't get up in bed. I kept saying that it hurt in my calf. I thought it was pressed when I was sleeping, and my blood was not going well, so I would be able to move around and rest for a day. But when I came back from the field tonight, her leg didn't get better, but it felt a little swollen. ”

Zong Sheng still had a cold face: "Send it to the hospital." I see that many people in the village have private cars. Our car had to go to another village. ”

The man saw that Zong Sheng was about to get into the car, and he was also anxious, turned around and blocked the car door, and said, "No, you didn't understand what I meant." I mean, please come to my house and see my daughter-in-law. She, she didn't look like she was hurt, she was still sick. She said she had a dream last night that those top tubes that were placed in the southwest of our house rolled down and pressed down on her legs. But I went to see that the top tubes were all well put up, and they didn't roll down. She, she's a hit. Since you are the grandson of the old master, you should also order it. I'm sorry for you. I really don't know who to go to. It's going to be dark this day, and if you want to find a car to take you to the hospital, people may not be willing to help, and you will have to wait until tomorrow morning. My daughter-in-law, this is going to hurt until tomorrow. ”

Zong Sheng looked at me, but I didn't say anything. We were going back to Jinming City, and if we helped, it wouldn't delay us anything.

Zong Sheng hesitated for a moment before he said, "Let's go see first, if I can help, I'm not sure yet." Let's talk about it. ”

"That's, that's, you guys, come with me, go to my house, I, I'll let my brother, cook for you right away, and I'll eat at my house tonight."

Walking along the village path, when I walked to their house, it was almost dark. Along the way, I was still thinking about what a top tube was, and I followed the man and asked Zong Sheng in a low voice. Zong Sheng also replied to me in a low voice: "When building a house, it is the big wood used to hold up the formwork." ”

Before going to the man's house, on the left side of their house, I really saw a mountain of wood, arranged in a triangle, and on that wood, there were three or four-year-old children, sitting on it, holding a big bowl and biting chicken legs. It feels very stable, and it doesn't roll off.

We walked into the house, and there was an old lady in the house, with a calm face, sitting in the doorway, sighing. The man said it was his grandmother, ninety-six.

When the old man saw me and Zong Sheng walking in, his eyes fell on Zong Sheng's body, the eyes whose eyelids had drooped, he tried very hard to see Zong Sheng clearly, and then he was so shocked that he quickly turned his eyes away, and his expression was also very panicked.

Zong Sheng leaned into my ear and said, "This old lady should be gone within a hundred days." ”

I was surprised, but since I had already walked into someone's house, I didn't want to ask much. The man took us into the back room and told the older children to go and hand over the uncle to their house to cook and stir-fry, saying that a gentleman had come to the house to watch things.

When I walked into the house, I felt the poverty of this family, I felt that our family was poor enough, and this family was even poorer than ours. The only TV in the house is still a small color TV, but the picture displayed is close to black and white. At home, there are only these four rooms, one of which is still a utility room. We walked into the room where the man had taken us, with two beds and a couple of sacks of cereal.

It can be seen that the hostess of this family is still very diligent, although the family is very poor, but the clothes and quilts on the bed are neatly stacked. The ground is also very clean. The woman sat on one of the large beds, with a blanket on her legs, frowning.

When she saw us coming in, the woman said, "I said that I don't need to go to the hospital, bear with me, I guess it won't hurt tomorrow." ”

The man explained to the woman, and Zong Sheng stood in front of the window, looking at the top tubes facing the window. After the man had finished explaining, he said, "Tell me about that dream of yours." ”

The woman recounted the dream again. Zong Sheng still stood in front of the window and asked some details. For example, when the wood rolls down, the woman stands somewhere. The order in which the wood rolls off. The people who were present at the time, whether there was any out-of-phase nearby, etc. After asking these questions, Zong Sheng stood on the edge of the bed and asked the man to pull up the woman's pants and look at the woman's legs.

The woman's legs were obviously swollen, and Zong Sheng asked, "Do you feel it to the touch?" ”

"Numb, swollen, swollen to the point of pain."

I don't know what Zong Sheng thinks, but he actually said to the woman: "Have you peed since you woke up until now?" ”

The woman's face was a little embarrassed, after all, she was only a young woman in her thirties, Zong Sheng was at this age, and she was not a doctor, so she asked this, can people not be embarrassed?

Her man said anxiously on the side: "You said yes, what's not to say if you have peed or not." ”

"No, it's just me and my grandmother at home, my legs hurt so much that I can't stand up, and I don't know how to pee if I want to." The woman was so aggrieved that she began to cry.

Zong Shengcai said: "Let your man take care of your pee, use a small bucket to follow, and then find a urine scoop, go from this window to the top tube, take a step, splash one scoop, and three scoops will finish the urine." If you don't have enough urine, you can flush some water, but not too much. The three scoops must be poured out. The last scoop was poured directly on top of the top tubes. Rub this leg well tonight, use some tincture to reduce swelling and relieve pain, and promote blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis. Tomorrow will be fine. ”

When the man heard this, he hurried to find the bucket and the scoop. When he left the house, he yelled at the children who were sitting on the wood to eat: "Eat at the same time, eat at the same time, go away." ”

The man's younger brother also came over and used the pork bought in the village to cook for us. The grandmother kept avoiding us, and when Zong Sheng went to check the top tubes, I stood next to my grandmother, and the old lady pulled my pants and told me to squat down and talk to her.

What she said in dialect, toothless mouth, trembling all the time, I couldn't understand it, I could only laugh stupidly: "Grandma, I don't understand." ”

The uncle in the kitchen still stuck out his head with a kitchen knife in his hand and shouted to his grandmother. I understand that sentence, what he said was, "Grandma, don't talk nonsense!" ”

I don't know what the old lady said, so I can only laugh along with it.

A few minutes later, the man came out with a keg, and he could be seen to be nervous. Leaning against the window of the room, it took a few seconds before he started to take the first step, then he poured pee, and then he took the second step, he splashed pee, and the third step happened to walk in front of the top tubes, and he turned the bucket upside down, poured all the urine inside into the scoop, and then splashed it on the top tubes.

This scoop splashed over, and Zong Sheng shouted: "Stand back immediately!" ”

"Huh?" The man was stunned for a moment, but he still took a few quick steps. At the same time, looking at the pile of wood, which was very stable, a piece of wood rolled down. Fortunately, he retreated quickly and no one was injured.

The man threw the bucket and urine scoop in his hand on the top tubes, gasped and asked Zong Sheng, "Brother, these things, can I find someone to pull them away?" Look panicked. ”

"Tomorrow at noon, when the sun is shining, find someone to load the car. Who do these top tubes belong to? ”

"My brother's. He is now working as a farmer building a house. ”

"Tell him not to use these tubes, and to throw them into the wilderness, and not even look at them. Don't feel sorry for this money, if you use it again, something will happen. ”

Half an hour later, it was finally time to eat. The woman was already able to stand up and walked to the living room to say thank you to Zong Sheng. She said that her feet were not so swollen and that she felt better.

When eating, even if the woman's legs are inconvenient, she insists on letting her grandmother eat on the table and take care of her eating.

It's just that grandma kept turning sideways and didn't look at Zong Sheng squarely. After dinner, we left the house, and when the man put us in the car, he stuffed a red envelope for Zong Sheng and said to him: "Brother, don't take what my grandmother said. She's old and confused. ”

Zong Sheng didn't refuse, put away the red envelope and got into the car, lowered the window and said, "The old man is almost there, you look at her and let her choose the coffin by herself, let's prepare." ”

Perhaps in everyone's opinion, it is simply impossible to let the elderly choose their own coffins. But in the countryside, it is good for the elderly to be able to choose their own coffins. The elderly can put forward any request and let the younger generations do their best. Some families have high-collared elderly people, even if the old man is still in good health, the grandchildren will prepare a coffin for the old man and put it at home, so that the old man can look at it, where it is not suitable, just mention it.