No pain no gain

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"Da Zhuang, Da Zhuang, are you at home? Is there anyone..."

Da Zhuang is actually a very lazy person at heart. If he can sit and work, he will never stand. If he can lie down and rest for a while, he will definitely not sit there. There is very little leisure time to lie down and rest. This winter, after finishing the rest of the farm work, there is enough firewood at home. Because the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Zhao Ziyang is coming to visit, so Da Zhuang asked Doctor Niu for leave, which is rare. After a few days of leisure, the result was that he was disturbed by the noise early in the morning. In fact, Da Zhuang woke up early because of his biological clock, but he didn't want to leave the warm kang and quilts, and continued to lie motionless. .

"En, um, Da Zhuang, what's the matter?" Zhao Ziyang shrank his head under the quilt, and said in a daze.

Da Zhuang was worried that Zhao Ziyang would not get used to sleeping last night, but now it seems that his worries are completely in vain, he still sleeps soundly...

"It's okay, someone is calling outside, maybe they are looking for something for me, you sleep a little longer, I'll go and have a look, I'll call you when breakfast is ready!" Da Zhuang put on the big cotton coat next to the pillow, turned over and walked out of bed. Zhao Ziyang climbed down.

"Da Zhuang, Da Zhuang, are you there?" There was another rush of shouts outside.

"Here we come, we come, wait a moment!" Da Zhuang replied while he was buttoning his cotton coat while stepping on his slippers.

"Come here quickly, the fool will die!" The person outside kicked the fence door impatiently and shouted loudly.

"What!" Da Zhuang's last bit of confusion was completely driven away by these words. He ran over in a few steps, took away the stick attached to the fence door, and pulled open the fence door forcefully, even getting a cut on his hand. The long mouth didn't notice either.

"Let's talk about it first, it's none of my business. I found the idiot when I was cutting firewood on the mountain in the morning. At that time, the idiot had already collapsed in the ravine. I was kind enough to carry the idiot back. If not I... even lost the effort to chop wood..." The man who carried the fool back chattered.

The man Da Zhuang also knew that he was from the same village. There was only one useless old lady in the family, and he didn't have any land. On weekdays, he made a living by doing part-time labor during the busy farming season, but he was a grumpy guy. If there is another choice, most people are unwilling to invite him, so life is extremely difficult.

"Er Zhuang, big girl, get up and help!" Da Zhuang turned his head and yelled towards the room, and stepped forward to help the fool: "Come in and sit down first, what's going on..."

As soon as he touched the idiot, Da Zhuang secretly thought it was bad. The idiot's body was so hot that he could feel it even through thick clothes.

Er Zhuang and Da Niu'er came out yawning, Zhao Ziyang also came out from another room in a cotton coat, and everyone hurriedly carried the fool to the kang where Da Zhuang slept.

"Thank you Brother Liu for today's matter, Da Zhuang. Here are a few eggs, you can take them back and give your aunt a boost. This little money will be your hard work..." Da Zhuang took more than a dozen eggs He came out with a dozen or so copper coins, put them in the hand of the person who carried the fool back, and said politely.

"Hey, no thanks, I knew it would be right to send it to you..." The man took the money and eggs, waved his hand, and walked out of the yard quickly while muttering happily.

In the past, when the idiot had difficulty communicating with others, no one in the Wu family took care of the idiot, and the idiot was often lost. Some kind people saw the idiot and helped to bring the idiot back to the Wu family. In the end, no one thanked him, and even got a few supercilious eyes ...

"Er Zhuang, go to Landlord Wu's house and tell them that Ah Da is seriously ill. Also, ask, did Ah Da go back last night?" Da Zhuang quickly walked into the room with a basin of warm water, panting slightly Said to Er Zhuang in a rough voice.

"Well, I know!" Er Zhuang saw the fool's face was flushed from burning, and his lips were ashen. He also knew the seriousness of the matter, and ran out.

"Big girl, go and ask Grandpa Niu to come over!" Da Zhuang quickly said after helping the big girl button up her clothes.

"Okay!" The big girl didn't bother to comb her hair, and trotted out all the way.

"Come here and help me!" Da Zhuang took off the dirty clothes and trousers with several big holes on the fool's body, and said to Zhao Ziyang who was stunned aside.

"Ah, yes." Zhao Ziyang came back to his senses, stepped forward and took off the coat for the fool together.

Da Zhuang wrung out the towel, helped the fool wipe his face and hands clean, and then tucked in the quilt.

The fool groaned a few times in pain, unconsciously calling Da Zhuang's name.

"I'm here, don't be afraid, Ah Da, I won't feel bad after a while..." Da Zhuang half-ly lay down, hugged the idiot and the quilt in his arms, and softly comforted the idiot.

When Dr. Niu came, no one from Landlord Wu's house had come.

"Grandpa Niu, look at Ah Da, he rarely gets sick on weekdays..." Da Zhuang hurriedly stepped aside and said hurriedly.

Doctor Niu stepped forward, put his hands on the hot water bag to warm up a bit, tested the temperature on the idiot's forehead with the back of his hand, opened the idiot's tongue and looked at it, without even knowing the pulse, he said firmly: "The fever must be reduced first, otherwise there is no need to say anything!"

"Grandpa Niu, please prescribe the medicine, I'll make it right away!" Da Zhuang said respectfully standing behind Doctor Niu.

"It's too late. After the medicine is boiled and poured down, it will take at least half a day before it will work. At that time, a fool may become a real fool." Doctor Niu said with a frown.

"Is it easy to say when the fever subsides?" Da Zhuang asked, biting his lip.

"The most dangerous thing now is the high fever..." Doctor Niu nodded in agreement with Da Zhuang's words.

"What's the matter, Ah Da?" Boss Wu followed Er Zhuang into the door in a hurry, the anxious expression on his face did not seem to be fake.

"Why did you come here now? Did Ah Da go back last night? Why did he go to the mountains!" Da Zhuang asked coldly.

"Ada's mother and aunts don't want to come, Uncle Wu rushed back from the field..." Er Zhuang said panting.

"Didn't Ah Da be with you last night?" Boss Wu asked in surprise.

Da Zhuang fell silent. It seems that the fool didn't go home at all last night, but went to the mountains to freeze all night for no reason. No wonder...

"Is there any wine at home? Yue Lie made an appointment?" Da Zhuang asked Boss Wu.

"Yes, yes!" Boss Wu replied honestly.

"Go back and get some, I'm useful!" Da Zhuang said quickly.

"Okay..." Boss Wu hesitated for a moment, then walked out quickly.

"Er Zhuang, go and have a look, try to hurry up!" Da Zhuang lowered his head and wiped the sweat off the fool's cheeks with a towel, and said without raising his head.

Er Zhuang responded, and strode out after him.

"Big girl, take the twins to sleep on your kang, and save them from getting sick!" Da Zhuang closed his eyes and forced himself not to panic.

"Da Zhuang, what do you want wine for?" Dr. Niu finally found a chance to interrupt and asked.

"Reduce Ah Da's fever!" Da Zhuang replied.

Doctor Niu shook his head, thinking that Da Zhuang went to the doctor in a hurry, using some ideas that he didn't know where he heard...

When Boss Wu came again, he brought two bottles of shochu, a piece of lean meat, and a small basket of eggs, and stuffed them all into Da Zhuang's hands.

"These things, and this, Ah Da, Ah Da..." Boss Wu said with some embarrassment.

Da Zhuang took the things and the bunch of copper coins: "Understood, if you have something to do, go back!"

"Ah..." Boss Wu stood for a while, seeing that no one was paying attention to him, and he couldn't interfere, so he really left quietly.

Da Zhuang took an old quilt and put it under the fool's body, and asked Er Zhuang to heat up the kang, and with the help of Zhao Ziyang, he took off the fool's clothes, and dipped a soft towel with shochu on the fool's body. I kept rubbing, and smeared shochu all over my body, especially the palms and creaking nests, and I applied it several times...

I don't know if it's because the kang is too hot or what, but in this cold winter, thin beads of sweat are secreting from Da Zhuang's forehead.

Wipe off the shochu once, and then apply it again after the water evaporates. This has been repeated countless times. When most of the second bottle of shochu has gone, Da Zhuang loosens his tense body and sits on the edge of the kang: " Grandpa Niu, take another look, has the fever subsided now?"

Doctor Niu stepped forward to check it in surprise. In fact, he didn't need to make a detailed diagnosis, just by looking at the fool's face, he could tell that the fever had almost receded.

"Decoct the medicine according to this prescription, take it once in the morning and evening, and also, pay attention to the temperature and temperature, and don't let him have a fever again..." Doctor Niu pondered for a while, and prescribed a prescription for treating wind and cold, explaining a few things to pay attention to matter.

"En, er..." Da Zhuang kept one by one in mind, picked up the prescription and looked at it carefully, but fortunately they were all ordinary medicines.

As usual, he took some eggs and a small amount of money to pay Doctor Niu for the consultation fee. Now Doctor Niu is not very polite to Da Zhuang, so he took it away without hesitation.

"Grandpa Niu, go slowly, please come over to see Ah Da again tomorrow morning..." Da Zhuang said as he sent Doctor Niu out.

"Don't you say that the old man will come too, go in and look at that stupid big man, don't send me off!" Doctor Niu twisted his white beard and said with wide eyes.

Da Zhuang entered the room and told Er Zhuang to look at the idiot and cheer himself up. While decocting the medicine, he kneaded the noodles and prepared to make sliced ​​noodles for breakfast. Thinking of the drowsy idiot, Da Zhuang picked out another handful of rice and planned to give it to the idiot. Cook some porridge.

First fed half a bowl of porridge to the idiot, and then poured down the medicine. Seeing the idiot who was frowning bitterly even though he was sleepy, Da Zhuang cruelly scooped up half a spoonful of bulk white sugar and fed it to the idiot's mouth.

The fool smacked his lips unconsciously.

"I'm really sorry for you today, Zhao Ziyang, you should read the book first, and I'll accompany you out to play when Ah Da is better..." After the fool's condition had almost stabilized, Da Zhuang apologized to the man who had been guarding him all along. Zhao Ziyang who was beside the Kang said.

"It's okay, the patient is important, anyway, it's not in a hurry!" Zhao Ziyang said gently.

"Huh..." Da Zhuang let out a long breath, and said in a daze, "Zhao Ziyang, what are you talking about these little guys..."

"You ask me, I don't even know, but, Da Zhuang, I think you've done a good job!" Zhao Ziyang said slowly.

Da Zhuang laughed silently a few times, and the groans of the fool next to him called Da Zhuang's attention back.

"Well, it hurts..." The idiot slowly opened his eyes, only to feel a white fog in front of his eyes, and after blinking vigorously twice, his eyes became a little clearer.

"Ada, you're awake! Do you feel any discomfort..." Da Zhuang leaned over and asked with concern.

"Da, Da Zhuang..." The idiot smiled when he saw Da Zhuang's face close in front of him.

"What's the matter? How do you feel?" Da Zhuang asked the fool to tuck in the quilt.

"Head, pain..." The fool said with some difficulty: "Drink, water..."

"Wait a minute!" Da Zhuang got up, walked quickly to the kitchen, and poured a cup of warm water over. The water was boiled when making breakfast in the morning, and it's just warmed up now...

After feeding the idiot to drink water, Da Zhuang climbed onto the kang, put the idiot's head on his lap, and rubbed the idiot's head.

"How do you feel now? Are you feeling better?" Da Zhuang asked while continuing to rub near the fool's temple.

"Okay..." the fool said looking at Da Zhuang's face.

Da Zhuang asked the idiot to lie down on the kang, tucked in the quilt, rubbed his sore legs, got off the kang, and after taking a few deep breaths, he still felt panicked in his heart, so he turned around and slapped the idiot loudly... …

The fool looked at Da Zhuang blankly, as if he didn't understand what happened.

Da Zhuang You felt uncomfortable, and slapped the fool a few times chaotically through the quilt.

"You, you..." Da Zhuang turned his head away, choked up and speechless.

The fool turned his head and clearly saw the glistening drops of water on Da Zhuang's cheeks.

"I'm sorry, Da, Da Zhuang..." The fool suddenly became at a loss, and wanted to raise his hand to wipe the sadness on Da Zhuang's face, but because of the high fever just now, he couldn't even get the quilt off...