The next day, Hongdi kept crying again, and Ma Daoying looked at it and found that the lump on her neck was getting bigger and bigger, so he called Craftsman Liu, who was weaving a basket, and said: "Child, her father, you still take Hongdi to Hualangzhong to have a look." I applied a hot towel to the lump on her neck yesterday and it didn't work at all. Craftsman Liu was a little reluctant: You see that I am busy with work, is it different for you to take her to Hua Langzhong to see a doctor?

But it costs money to see a doctor. Ma Daoying said the reason, the economy of this family is controlled by you, how can you treat your child if you don't take the money out?

Craftsman Liu glanced at the lump on Hongdi's neck, went over to weave the goods, frowned, and said that he would save some money by selling the goods in two days, and then go to Hua Langzhong.

This child's illness can't wait! You can see the lump on her neck is bigger than it was yesterday. When Ma Daoying said this, he saw that Hongdi was tickling his neck again.

Mom, I'm going to see a doctor. Hongdi reached out and pulled her mother's sleeve and shouted while pushing and shoving.

Seeing this situation, Craftsman Liu stopped the work in his hand, stood up, and took a look at the basket that he had just wove and still exuded incense, which was the basket he was ready to sell on the market but did not sell, he wanted to make more baskets and pick them up on the street to sell, but now there are not many, he has an idea, so he picked up the newly woven basket and said to Ma Daoying: Give the child to me.

Go with Daddy. Ma Daoying said as he waved his hand.

Hongdi felt that her father had never cared much for her, and often scolded her viciously, and the scolding was obviously mixed with the taste of patriarchy. She even complained about why she wasn't a boy? Born with my brother, it is a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, why did my brother die and he is still alive? Why didn't you die young? She didn't know about her brother's death when she was young, but her sister Cuiying, who loved her mouth, told her; After she found out, she had some negative thoughts when things were not going well.

Hongdi walked up to Craftsman Liu, who had already picked up the basket, walked out of the door, and walked along the dirt road that wrapped around the mountain village like a rope towards the mountain. There was a hole outside the mountain, facing another village. The adobe houses are embraced by the thick shade of green bamboo, which is gloomy and mysterious. The dirt road is obliquely inserted through the bamboo garden, only to see a courtyard house, the bucket arch overlaps and is proud, and the eaves are high and pecked at the demeanor.

Hongdi followed behind her father, and when she saw the architectural scenery, she quietly paused. Suddenly, a black dog burst out of the backyard and barked at the father and daughter. In horror, Hongdi took a step forward and grabbed the corner of Craftsman Liu's clothes, and said Dad, I'm afraid. Dad yelled at the dog and scolded her for what she was afraid of. The dog ran farther away, but barked harder. This led to many dogs, all barking at the father and daughter, and Hongdi became even more frightened. Craftsman Liu put down the basket on his shoulder, took out the flat pole, and swept away the black, yellow, and white dogs that were approaching them, and they all ran away in a gray manner.

Entering the courtyard gate of Hualang Zhong, Craftsman Liu rested the basket and looked at Hualang Zhongdao, who opened a clinic in the hall to treat people: Doctor, my child is sick again, I will look for you, and send a load of newly woven basket to you as a medical expense. Hua Langzhong was treating an old man with a dental disease, turned his head to look at it, and said, What is the use of this basket for me? Forget it this time, don't want it next time, I'm not a basket trader.

After a while, the old man got out of his seat and took a bite of his tooth medicine and left. Hua Langzhong walked up to Hongdi, opened the neckline on her neck, and saw that there were red and purple lumps. He said it was madness, how did it start? Hongtu said that it was caused by a caterpillar in the bamboo garden falling on the neck. Craftsman Liu came up to help, it has been a few days, and it is getting more and more powerful, please ask Hua Langzhong to prescribe some good medicine for her treatment. Hua Langzhong said that the poison gas was too heavy, and it would take several courses of treatment to get better.

At that moment, Hua Langzhong gave a prescription and handed it to Liu Ying, who was dispensing medicine on the side; Liu Ying read the prescription and said that there was no ointment. Hua Langzhong asked her to prepare other decoction Chinese medicines, and said to Craftsman Liu, this kind of ointment is not available, you can mash the garlic into a puree, and apply it to the lump to sterilize and disinfect.

At this time, Liu Ying made the prepared Chinese medicine into four small packets and handed them to Craftsman Liu, saying that he would fry a pack of medicine in a clay pot every day, wash it three times in the morning, noon and evening, insist on washing for four days, and apply it with mashed garlic foam when not washing, it will definitely have an effect.

When he got home, Craftsman Liu handed over the four packets of medicine to Ma Daoying, and repeated the decoction method explained by Hua Langzhong and Liu Ying, Ma Daoying did so, and got up in the early morning every morning to wash the decoction potion with a clay pot, and insisted on it for four days as said, the lump on Hongdi's neck faded, and she no longer shouted itching.

But after a week, she went outside to play, maybe because of skin allergies, and she had a crazy lump on her neck. Hongtu felt the itch of her heart, and her fingernails took turns to cut blood marks on it, and she didn't stop. Ma Daoying saw it in his eyes, pulled Hongdi to his side and said: What should I do? Then ask Dad to take you to Hualang to see where you are.

Mom, I'm afraid. Hongdi withdrew her itchy hand, squeezed it into two small fists and put them together, looked at Ma Daoying and said.

Ma Daoying knew that Craftsman Liu had some patriarchal thoughts, and because he was unhappy, he often scolded them, so every girl in their family was afraid of him. Hongdi is young, and she often cries in horror when she is yelled. This is not so much that Hong Tu is afraid, but that Hong Tu "generalized" an army to his mother. Ma Daoying had to wait for Craftsman Liu to go home and tell him something in person.

That night, Craftsman Liu came back and brought an old man with two gold teeth, about fifty years old, with a wrinkled face, a smile on his face, and a Central Plains accent in his voice, looking honest.

As soon as the man entered the door, Craftsman Liu very politely invited him to sit on a bamboo rattan chair in the middle hall, and then asked Ma Daoying to sift a cup of hot tea in front of him.

Thank you! The man looked at Ma Daoying politely and said.

I saw that his eyes kept staring at Hongdi, who was standing on the side with his hands scratching on his neck, Hongdi didn't look at him, but heard his father introduce: This person's name is Bao Laizi, an acquaintance of a friend of his, his hometown is in Baozhuang, thirty miles away, and now he and his wife Liu Liuying open a donkey meat restaurant in the market, with a good business and a solid family. He also worked as a veterinarian and knew pharmacology, knowing hundreds of herbs...... At this time, Ma Daoying looked at Bao Laizi and said: Alas! Can you cure my child's itchy neck?

There should be no problem. Bao Laizi took a sip of tea and said calmly. Then, his gaze "scanned" Hongdi's body again. Hongdi found out that she simply turned away, and she also found that her father pulled her mother into the inner room and muttered for a while, and she didn't know what to mutter, she didn't care.

I saw that my mother's eyes were red when she came out, and she said to Hongdi with tears, "Child, your neck itching is very serious, and you need to go to his house with this uncle to treat some of it, this uncle understands pharmacology and is stronger than Hua Langzhong." Bao Laizi smiled and watched Hongdi's reaction, Hongdi was shocked and said I won't go. Craftsman Liu roared: Go - otherwise, you itch to death, and your neck is suppurated and ulcerated, and I can't help it. Seeing this, Hongdi was shaken, and she no longer became strong, but she hid her face and cried and said, I want to go, my mother will go with me.

Good! Mom goes with you. But Ma Daoying's tears also came out.