Seeing the neat and clean herbs and fresh sweetgrass, Xu Dong was very happy: "Sister-in-law Jiang, these medicines came at just the right time. They really helped me a lot."
Jiang Zhi smiled: "Doctor Xu still lacks some medicine? I wonder if I can find it on the mountain? As you know, there are not many medicines on the mountain here."
There are a lot of herbal medicines on the mountain, but what Xu Dong needs are Chinese medicines that have been included in the pharmacopoeia. These are difficult to find on ordinary mountains.
Xu Dong said: "I am short of a lot of medicine, I want all I can find.
Why don't I write a list for you, and next time you can find it according to the above and send it to you. "
The doctor never dislikes the fact that he has a wide variety of medicines, especially now. He rushes for them every day, but the medicines from the military logistics are still in short supply and cannot be replenished.
The medicine is incomplete and the prescription is incomplete, but the wounded don't care about it. They scold others when they are in pain. Not only the medical soldiers who serve people have to be scolded, but even Xu Dong has been scolded by these thugs.
"A list?" Jiang Zhi was stunned for a moment, but his eyes lit up.
She was originally a peasant woman who was illiterate. In the past six months, she had never seen pen and ink, let alone writing.
It would be great if I could take the opportunity to learn to read!
"Medical Officer Xu, I am illiterate, could you write a separate sheet for each medicine and put it together with each medicine?
In this way, I can recognize the medicine and remember the words, which will be convenient for me to write lists in the future! "Jiang Zhi vividly demonstrated the wisdom of a smart village woman.
Xu Dong just said that he regretted writing the list. How could the woman in front of him, who relied on family members to pass down the medicine, could be literate? She couldn't even learn it.
But as long as you write down the names of the medicines one by one and compare them with the same herbal notes, it will be easy!
It would be more convenient in the future if he didn't have to teach himself, so why wouldn't Xu Dong not want to?
He went ahead and found the old cloth bags, first put a medicine in each bag to mark it, and then put a piece of straw paper with the name of the medicine on it.
Jiang Zhi looked at the words written by Xu Dong and felt overwhelmed with emotion, "Okay!" They are all in traditional Chinese and I know them all.
It's normal to think about it. The book I was reading was a Chinese book, so it's normal to have Chinese characters in it.
Xu Dong wrote a dozen or so in one breath: "There should be these medicines on the mountain. You can find them and dry them. If you need them in the medical shed, we will send someone to get them."
If you can recognize this word, then recognize it. If you can't, just look for it according to the medicinal materials in the bag. "
Thinking that these mountains are ordinary, Xu Dong only wrote down the commonly used ones, such as perilla, mugwort, Ophiopogon japonicus, dog's spine...
"That's all for now, as many as you can find!" Xu Dong failed to trust all the medicinal materials to a mountain man.
Jiang Zhi was overjoyed. She had already collected these things, and she would just need to deliver them slowly in the future.
However, she still felt embarrassed in front of Xu Dong: "Okay, Doctor Xu, just don't worry, everyone in the family will look for it, and they will always be able to find it."
This time the medicinal materials were still replaced with grain, salt and oil, and Jiang Zhi also asked for some quicklime and spirits.
Just walking in the village with a big basket on his back soon attracted countless eyes. This time, Li Laoshi, who had been lying awake for several days, was among them.
Li Laoshi squatted on the side of the road, staring enviously at the basket behind Jiang Zhi and said, "Sister-in-law, do you want someone to help collect herbs?"
He is now unemployed and doesn't want to leave. He doesn't want to imitate other people's methods of growing vegetables and doing small jobs. He just wants to be able to pull a handful of grass in exchange for food.
Jiang Zhi glanced coldly: "The medical shed is asking someone to wash the orders. You can do it."
Li Laoshi touched his head and showed a flattering smile: "Sister-in-law, this life is easy!"
Jiang Zhi ignored him and walked alone, keeping an eye on what was going on around him.
Fortunately, the refugees here already know the fate of Li Laoshi and others, and no one will come to cause trouble again. The injury on the beard's head has not completely healed yet!
As soon as they arrived at the edge of the forest, Xu Errui rushed over, reached out to take the heavy backpack, and said worriedly: "Mom, I have to go with you next time."
He waited outside, feeling extremely anxious, always afraid that the refugees would cause trouble.
Jiang Zhi no longer forced herself. She took off her strap and stretched her waist: "Well, next time you go with me, bring everything you need to bring."
Although I haven't gone down the mountain recently, I will do it again in the future. I have to be tough when I need to be tough. I need to make the refugees feel scared and let them taste some suffering.
What should be brought is the weapon. Xiaoman likes to use a green stick with a stone embedded in the arm. When he swings it, it will blow the wind and knock someone over with one stick.
No skills are needed, just one effort can defeat ten skills, showing the beauty of violence.
Xu Errui didn't have such a habit. He only used the concoction Jiang Zhi gave him to apply two broken sickles and cut the bloody opening with one knife. He didn't feel bad if he lost it.
The mother and son chatted while walking over the mountains and ridges to return home.
Refugees cannot affect life in the mountains. When he returned home, Jiang Zhi announced one thing: literacy!
Except for Xiao Manye and Xiao Mannai, everyone must learn to read.
This is a rare thing.
At night, the two families gathered together again at Xiaoman's house at the foot of the cliff. This time, they no longer worried about being seen and lit a bonfire directly in the middle of the yard.
The firewood crackled and the flames illuminated the entire yard as bright as day.
Little Man sat next to him and tied a broom with a sorghum stick. Little Man was shaking the spinning wheel. The two of them looked happily at the group of children next to them.
Jiang Zhi took out the note he brought back from the mountain during the day and told everyone: "This is the medicine Dr. Xu ordered for us. He wrote the name of the medicine. From now on, we must learn these words so that we can understand the order in the future."
On a dozen pieces of papyrus were the names of medicines, which only had about twenty characters.
Looking at this strange thing, people who are usually fearless fell into silence.
For them, reading is something they have never dreamed of.
Xiaoman looked confused: "Aunt Jiang, we only need the medicine from the medical shed. There is no need to read!"
Jiang Zhi said solemnly: "You remember the three or four kinds of medicines, but what about the thirty or forty kinds? And if the exchanged items are borrowed in advance, do you need to issue an IOU? So what if the account is only settled once every ten and a half months? Your head remembers Do you live this much?”
Xiao Man was dumbfounded by the question and could only scratch his head and laugh.
Literacy and knowledge are scarce resources at all times.
Especially in Dayan, which is basically illiterate, not many people realize the importance of reading and literacy and make efforts for it. Folks are used to passing on everything by word of mouth.
Boys like Xiaoman, Xu Dazhu, and Xu Errui rarely go to school, and girls like Qiaoyun Chunfeng have even less opportunities to study, including the original girl.
It is a rare opportunity to learn now. As long as you can read a hundred characters, you will not be deceived.
Qiao Yun was a little nervous: "Mom, I have to take care of my child, can I stop studying?"
She felt dizzy when she saw those ink pimples.
"Learn! I have to learn at my age, and you have to study more seriously. You will have to teach Caixia how to read in the future!" Jiang Zhi said sternly.
It's not that I am treating my daughter-in-law harshly. Although it is said that "it is the fault of a father who fails to raise a child", in real life, mothers always pay more for their children's education.
If the mother herself does not want to learn and does not have the mentality of the importance of learning, how can she guide her children.
Qiaoyun lowered his head and stopped talking. He just hugged the sleeping Xiao Caixia and nodded.
Next to her, Chunfeng pursed her lips. She was also afraid of learning.
But Aunt Jiang just said that only a mother who can read can teach her children, and she will teach Nini in the future.
Xu Dazhu was lying on a wooden board: "Auntie is right.
I used to go to town to sell charcoal, but I couldn't make enough money. People told me how much it was, and I didn't recognize it when they showed me the bill. If I could read, I wouldn't suffer these losses.
Xiaoman, Errui, we must study hard. "
Chunfeng hugged Nini and turned around with a smile: "Brother Dazhu, how about we compete?"
