Happy Farmer's Life

Wang Wu's waking up is good news for everyone.Before the water fetching team set off the next day, Zhang Dazhu came to see me, Wang Wu, and was very happy to learn that Wang Wu had woken up.

"Haha, that's great, Wang Wu is awake, now I can go get water with confidence."

"Whoever is outside, come in."

Zhang Dazhu walked into Wang Wu's room,

"Wang Wu, you just woke up, you should have a good rest."

"Well, I will pay attention, young master and they will take care of me."

Zhang Dazhu talked to Wang Wu again, and was about to say goodbye and leave.

"Dazhu, you must be careful on the road, find a place to rest early at night, and make more fires, so that wild animals will not dare to approach."

"Wang Wu, don't worry, we are all ready this time, it will be fine. Take a good rest and go with us next time."

"Okay, I will definitely go with you when I recover."

Zhang Dazhu bid farewell and went home to prepare to set off. Du Weiming asked Zhou Wen to find a piece of bacon to send to the team, which was considered a kindness of his own.

But the doctor only prescribed three doses of medicine, which will be finished tomorrow.Wang Wu can't move now, let's see if he can go to the town tomorrow to see if he can ask the doctor to come back for a diagnosis and treatment. If the situation is better, let the doctor prescribe some medicine by himself.Wang Wu left a lot of blood, to see if he needed to buy something to make up for it.

The water fetching team set off with the hope of the villagers.Du Weiming waited for Wang Wu to fall asleep in the afternoon, so he went to the village chief's house next door to see if he could dig a well, and asked the village chief to borrow an ox cart.

"Aunt Zhang, is the village chief uncle at home?"

"Er Gouzi is here, come in quickly, he is at home. Old man, it's Er Gouzi who is here." "Auntie, you go ahead, I'll go in and find the village head uncle."

When the village head saw Du Weiming coming in, he asked him to sit down.

"Li Er, I heard from Da Zhu that Wang Wu is awake."

"Yes, I woke up last night, and I'm still resting today. I came here today to trouble you." "What's the matter, tell me, don't be too polite."

"I want to go to town tomorrow to see if I can ask the doctor who saw Wang Wu last time to see him again. The medicine at home can only be taken until tomorrow, and if the situation is better, just grab some medicine and come back." OK, no problem. I will ask Er Zhu to take you there tomorrow."

"No, I can do it myself."

"Nonsense, if you and Zhou Wen go to the town tomorrow, what will Wang Wu do? It's too inconvenient for you to drive to the town by yourself and grab medicine. Wang Wu saved our Dazhu and asked Erzhu to send you Is there any trouble going to the town. Okay, that’s it. After breakfast tomorrow, I will ask Er Zhu to take you to the town.” “Okay, thank you, Uncle Village Chief.”

"There's no need to be so polite with Uncle. There is also Wang Wu's money for the medicine. We will pay for it. Don't worry about it." .”

"Don't argue with me, this is what we should pay. OK, that's it."

Du Weiming thought for a while and didn't say much.He has another thing to ask the village chief.

"Uncle Village Chief, do you know that we have a well here?"

"Well, what is this, I don't think I've heard of it."

"It's a relatively deep pit, about tens of feet long, and there is water in it. If you want to get water, just hang it down with a bucket."

"I seem to have heard that what you said is available in Kyoto. How did you come up with this?"

"Uncle Village Chief, I don't think it's a long-term solution for us to fetch water like this. The journey is long and dangerous, and we don't get much water. If we can have a well, wouldn't it be more convenient?"

"There doesn't seem to be any in this well town. Why don't you ask the shopkeeper tomorrow, he is well-informed, maybe he will know."

"Okay, I see."

"Hey, the harvest in the field today seems hopeless."

"Uncle Village Chief, will the yamen distribute relief food? The nearby villages are all suffering from this drought."

"Hey, you're counting on the yamen, so forget it. Don't worry about this. I'll go to town with you tomorrow and ask the master in the yamen what he has to say."

Du Weiming talked to the village chief about other things, and left in a hurry when he thought of going back to take care of Wang Wu.

Wang Wu's spirit is much better than when he woke up the first day.Du Weiming didn't dare to make him the white rice porridge that he still drinks, but the method is quite different and he added some ingredients.

"I'll ask the doctor tomorrow to see what you can eat, and then I'll make something delicious for you."

"Master, this porridge is very fragrant."

What Du Weiming made was not ordinary white rice porridge, but shredded chicken porridge.Thinking about drinking porridge for two days, Wang Wu's mouth had no taste anymore, so he specially asked Zhou Wen to kill a chicken in the afternoon and make delicious shredded chicken porridge.

"Master, is there anything special about this shredded chicken porridge? Is it difficult to make?" Zhou Wen asked curiously.

"It's not difficult to make. First wash the rice, soak it for about two sticks of incense, and then boil it. Then shred the chicken breast and marinate it with soy sauce white noodles for one stick of incense. Shred the carrots and mince the green onions. Finally, stir-fry shredded chicken and shredded carrots, season with seasonings, and pour into the porridge. Sprinkle with minced green onion when eating. "

"Young master, you are really good, and you are so particular about cooking porridge."

The chicken porridge that all 3 people drink for dinner saves cooking two different meals.Wang Wu had a good appetite and drank two bowls of shredded chicken porridge. Zhou Wen and Du Weiming each drank a bowl of porridge and ate some pancakes.White rice porridge is quite extravagant, and both of them are reluctant to drink more.

Zhou Wen took care of Wang Wu at night, and Du Weiming went back to rest earlier. Du Weiming had already told the two of them that he would go to the town tomorrow to grab medicine and buy some food by the way.

After Du Weiming returned to the room, he went to the place where the money was hidden and dug out a sling of money. These medicines should be enough to buy things.I'll go to the storekeeper tomorrow to see if some of the soaps and body oils from last time have been sold.Recently, I can only go in and out of the house, so I have to save some money.

The place where Du Weiming hid his money was carefully selected by him. The house is so big that people would think that the most likely place is under the bed. Du Weiming also hid it under the bed, but after thinking about it, it was not safe, it was under the wall I dug two holes and hid the money in the two holes respectively. The outside was still covered with mud. It was not obvious from the outside, but it was a bit troublesome to withdraw money.Well, let's put the hanging money in a money jar and hide it under the bed in the future, it's too troublesome to dig it every time.

Early the next morning, Du Weiming went to the town with the village head and Zhang Erzhu, and told Zhou Wen to take good care of Wang Wu.Along the way, the ox carts passed by and found that the crops in the nearby village were dying.Hey, when will the rain come?

When we arrived in Pingfu Town, the village chief went to the yamen, Zhang Erzhu looked after the ox cart, and Du Weiming went to the medical clinic to find a doctor.I told the doctor about Wang Wu's situation, and I wanted to ask the doctor to make another diagnosis.There are also many patients in the hospital, and the doctor can't leave.It should be no big problem, the bleeding has stopped, the high fever has subsided, and I have been eating well for the past two days.The doctor prescribed 7 patches of medicine and asked Du Weiming to grab the medicine, and come to him again if there is any emergency.

Du Weiming also asked in detail about some precautions, the method of decocting the medicine, the foods to avoid, and whether it was necessary to supplement it.

"Bu, I don't need it now. The medicine must be taken on time. Don't eat fish and pickled vegetables. It's easy to get hairy. Drink plenty of water, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and buy two pigeons if you can." Stew soup for tonic or bone soup is fine. Be sure to let him pay attention to rest, and the wound on the body must be changed frequently to keep the wound dry. It will be fine if the wound scars. If the wound is always wet and red Come find me like that."

Du Weiming nodded and wrote down one by one.

"And be careful not to get water on the wound."

"Thank you doctor, I'll make a note of it."

Du Weiming went to grab the medicine, it was terrible, 7 patches cost 140 Wen, plus Jinchuang medicine and the doctor's consultation fee, a total of 200 Wen was spent.Hey, the poor look down on seeing a doctor. The medicines that Du Weiming asked the doctor to prescribe are all good medicines, so of course they are more expensive.

Du Weiming went to the shopkeeper's store for a while.

"Li Er, it's been a long time since I came here, why do you have time to come here today?"

"Wang Wu at home is sick, so come here to grab some medicine. Shopkeeper, how did the things sell last time?"

"Things are selling very well. Let me see, a total of 32 pieces of soap and 5 bottles of body oil have been sold." The shopkeeper frantically calculated, "The total is 1210 Wen, and the total is 1089 Wen after deducting the storage fee. Are you doing the math?" Du Weiming probably did the math himself, and it's true.I bought some seasonings and daily necessities, and finally the housekeeper gave Du Weiming the consistent money.

"Uncle Fang, I want to ask you something."

"What is it?"

"Have you ever seen a well?"

"Is it the one with water below? It's not easy to get this thing. I heard that a big family in Kyoto has it. Why do you think of asking this?"

"Uncle, to tell you the truth, it hasn't rained recently, and the crops in the field can hardly bear it. Isn't this a way?"

"This well is really hard to dig. I've only heard about it, but I haven't seen it. I can't help you."

"Thank you uncle, I heard it from others, so I wanted to find out who can dig a well."

Du Weiming took the money and said goodbye to the housekeeper, and promised to send some soap and body oil if he went to the market next month.Du Weiming hurried to the market to buy two pigeons.There is only one family that sells pigeons. It turns out that the best pigeons in this era are all bred to be carrier pigeons.Pigeons are also rare.After haggling for half a day, I bought all the last three pigeons on the pigeon stand, and spent 3 Wen.Bones are cheaper, and I bought some big bones and two catties of meat for 150 Wen.Thinking of the doctor saying that I need vegetables and fruits many times, I don’t buy vegetables because there are still some vegetables in the field. I bought two watermelons and some pears for 60 renminbi.

Thinking that the white rice at home is almost gone, and the last time white rice was so expensive was when I bought it during the Chinese New Year.Du Weiming put the things on Zhang Erzhu's bullock cart and went to the rice store to buy 5 catties of white rice and 2 catties of white noodles, which cost 200 Wen.

Hey, I don't have much money left, only 370 Wen. Fortunately, the shopkeeper gave me a lot of money.When Du Weiming returned to the bullock cart again, the village chief also came back.

"Uncle Village Chief, what did the yamen say?"

"Hey, don't mention it, let's talk about it on the way back."

"How about we eat something before we go on our way."

The three of them ate a bowl of noodles each, and the village head treated them.I hurried back to the village.

"Uncle Village Chief, what about the well?"

"My lord said, it's only used by the nobles, how can commoners like us use it?"

"As for the food, there is no harvest in the field now, what should we eat?"

"Hey, several nearby villages are suffering from drought, and other villages have no water, but the situation is not serious, so how can they distribute food?"

Du Weiming was also a little speechless, as expected, he could not rely on the Yamen.You still have to rely on yourself.

The village head insisted on giving Du Weiming the money for Wang Wu's medicine, but Du Weiming couldn't refuse and accepted it.We rushed back to the village when the sun was about to go down.

The author has something to say:

Let me explain here that Du Weiming = Li Er = Li Weiming = Er Gouzi Li Er is Du Weiming's original name in ancient times, and later changed to Li Weiming. Er Gouzi is a nickname. Although the name has been changed, people generally still call him Li. Two or two dogs.Generally, those of the same generation are called Li Er, and the elders are called Er Gouzi more often.