On the third day, the exploration team came to a Li village in the middle reaches of the Changhua River. [Read the latest chapter] This is the village where the guide’s uncle lives. The exploration team decided to rest here, inquire about the journey below, and then find a guide. Mr. Wang was not very familiar with the road after passing Li Zhai.
This Li Village is completely different from the Li Village in Lingao that Mu Min has seen. If it weren't for the tattooed Li women at the door and their costumes with ethnic characteristics, it would be difficult to distinguish it from the ordinary local Han villages.
The village here is very large, with nearly a hundred households, and the houses are neatly arranged. All the flat land by the river outside the village has been turned into paddy fields for planting rice, unlike the Li people in other places who plant "mountain fences". It can be seen that both the living standard and agricultural production are higher than other Li people.
If you look carefully, you will find that although the houses in Mei Fuli are in Chinese style, they are simpler to build than Han Chinese houses. Here men wear a bun on the back of their heads and wear earrings, women wrap their heads with black and white cloth scarves, and both men and women wear black button-down tops.
"The origin of Meifuli is quite interesting," Fang Jinghan said. "According to some information I read, it is speculated that they are probably the descendants of the first group of Han immigrants to Hainan Island during the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties."
The name of Meifu Li also reveals that they are latecomers to the island. "Meifu" is their self-proclaimed name, which means "guests living on the lower road". Obviously, their arrival was later than other Li people. Meifuli has good land on both sides of the Changhua River and can grow rice instead of "hill fence". Textile technology is also superior to other Li people. It has also been found in past ethnographic surveys. Their looms are very similar to similar models in the Central Plains during the Han Dynasty. The original commune of Mei Fuli had very few components and obvious social differences. There were ancestral halls, genealogy, and generational arrangements. There were also conflicts among clans.
Ye Yuming said: "Then they must be able to speak Chinese?"
"Chinese from the two Han Dynasties? That's terrible!" Xiong Buyou said.
"This is just a speculation. They may be descendants of other ethnic groups on the continent that have been Sinicized. Besides, even if a person is truly a descendant of the Han people, they may not necessarily be able to speak Chinese."
"I didn't expect you to be quite familiar with the Li people." Mu Min felt a little ashamed. He was a standard Li people, but his knowledge of his own people was far less than what this university graduate knew.
"This can be considered a course." Fang Jinghan was a little embarrassed, "It's something you need to use in your major. I'm studying sociology."
"This major sounds very... very powerful." Mu Min thought for a long time before coming up with such an adjective, "You can do ethnographic research and so on."
"We have four classes in one major, with 40 people in each class. One class is 160. There are at least 20 or 30 undergraduate colleges offering this major across the country. Where can I go to study?" Fang Jinghan said with a wry smile. , "So -"
Fang Jinghan said, feeling a dull pain in his heart again. A fresh start is not necessarily a good thing. After enduring several months of hard work, he once again discovered that he was not the protagonist. There were many talents in the time-travel team. Masters could organize companies, Ph.D.s could line up, and there were countless turtles. There were even those in the yamen who were firing cannons and flying airplanes in the United States. He was The No. 1 people are still a basic member of the public. In the end, he was thrown into the exploration team as "waste material".
"How about you come with me from now on!" Mu Min waved his hand carelessly, "My Li and Miao affairs office is short of people."
"Hey, boss, when you recruit people, can you do it behind their backs?" Cui Yunhong said with a smile, "Just pretend I don't exist."
"What I said is the truth. That's it. We'll go through the formalities when we get back."
Talking and laughing, we turned around the bend of the river and saw a group of houses on the hillside in front of us. The guide said: "Ahead of us is Qi Dui Village, which is my uncle's house." His words were quite affectionate.
Wangpo ran to death. Although Li Village was right in front of us, we still walked for more than half an hour to get there. The river here was full and the water was very shallow but crystal clear. The shore was full of tall trees. As I got closer, I saw numerous large pods hanging under the branches. Mu Min was very curious and asked everyone to take a look.
Cui Yunhong smiled: "This is a saponaria tree, what's so rare about it? There are so many of them near the village in our hometown."
"Is it the one with natural soap locust?" Mu Min only had this impression of soap locust.
"Yes, saponin used to be a natural soap. It's good for washing clothes and taking a bath." Cui Yunhong stopped and looked at it. This saponin forest grew from the shore to the hilly slopes, covering at least thirty to fifty acres. What a wonderful resource.
Ye Yuming said: "This resource is of no use to us. Once we get coconut oil, we can make soap."
"Saponaria has many uses in industry," Cui Yunhong said. "I have forgotten the details. The advantage is that it is not corrosive and is milder than soap. In addition, it seems that it can also be used as medicine."
When a group of people arrived at the gate of the village, Ding Zhuang, who was guarding the village, came over to question them. Because Mr. Wang leads the way. With the additional goods brought, it was easy to enter the village.
When the villagers in the village saw outside traders, they all gathered around to see the goods. The Li District is remote, and there are hawkers selling daily necessities such as salt and needlework. As soon as they arrived, all the women in the village came to watch and formed a large circle in front of the big house.
The exploration team also hurriedly spread out the goods, including bags of white sugar, which many Li people were unaware of. Guide Wang encouraged them and sprinkled some on banana leaves for everyone to taste. Sales were booming immediately.
As for salt, needlework, hook knives, farm tools, etc., it goes without saying that they are daily necessities. The exploration team also brought some products specially developed by the trading company for the Li District trade, mainly perforated glass beads of various colors, which were made from the leftover waste materials from the production of glassware. They were also dazzling and attracted many young women. , gathered around Mu Min, chatting and laughing while selecting goods, with a youthful and exciting atmosphere. Unfortunately, Meifu Li also has the custom of tattooing their faces, which has shattered the dreams of many young boys who had longed for Li girls.
The Li people did not have gold, silver or copper coins, so they all traded in barter, and the things they exchanged were all kinds of things. The original intention of the exploration team was to collect resource information, not to make money, whether it was leather, herbs, betel nuts, saponins, Gebu, etc. All kapok cloths and the like are collected. The calculated value is also favorable, and both parties are happy. A group of people were busy trading. He didn't stop until the crowd gradually dispersed.
Guide Wang was very enthusiastic and invited them to stay at his uncle's house to rest.
The guide’s uncle’s surname was Li, and his name was Li Benqing. There is no land in the house except for a broken house, and he makes a living by collecting herbs and hunting. Even if you are twenty-seven or eighty-years-old, you can only hang out with your girlfriends. Originally, he had little status in the village. Later, because he often went to the county town to sell skins and wild animals and could speak Chinese, he was in charge of all dealings with government merchants. At present, he is somewhat prominent in the village.
Everyone followed the guide to the thatched cottage and saw that the bamboo door was half open and the room was dark, with only the light from the fire pit shining faintly.
A faint humming sound came from the small room.
The guide opened the door and walked in. Cui Yunhong asked everyone to wait outside, and she and Xiong Buyou went in first. I saw a middle-aged man lying half on the bamboo bed with no bedding. There was a lot of straw thrown under the bed. There was a bamboo torch burning in the room, which was spitting red fire. Under the firelight, the man looked disheveled, his face was full of beard, and his face was red. When he saw someone coming in, he called out a few times.
Mr. Wang hurriedly came out, took half a ladle of water from the mountain spring led by a bamboo pipe outside, and fed him to drink. This is better. When the nephew and uncle met, they naturally had another conversation that no one could understand. They also found the room too cramped, so they all sat on the floor in the corridor, drinking some mountain spring water and water purification tablets to quench their thirst.
After a while, the guide came out and said extremely apologetically: "I'm really sorry for the shopkeepers. I thought this is my uncle's house. I can entertain you all for a good meal and stay for a few days. I'm going to pick some food." He is also an expert when it comes to medicine. It’s just that he recently suffered from cold and fever, which was severe. Wait a minute."
Everyone immediately focused their attention on He Ping, who was sent by the Ministry of Health. This man worked as a miscellaneous worker in the Ministry of Health after the D-Day. Shi Niaoren taught him some basic simple medical skills based on the principle of multiple people working together. Several rabbits and frogs were killed. After trying his skills on several indigenous patients who unfortunately fell into his hands, He Ping became a glorious "hygienist." Seeing that everyone was looking at him, they knew they wanted him to show off his skills and conquer the hearts of the ancients with modern medicine.
Sending doctors and medicines is an old method, but it is the most effective.
The so-called cold and fever diseases in Hainan Li District are most likely to be malaria. This is a common disease in Li District and the infection rate is very high. Some people have been infected since the D-Day in Time Travel. Fortunately, the malaria parasite here has not yet developed resistance to drugs, and the drug can have very good effects. So He Ping is very confident about playing this miracle doctor.
Immediately, he asked Mr. Wang to move his uncle out of the house and put him on the porch. Only then did everyone realize that this "uncle" was actually not very old, only in his early thirties. He Ping looked at his symptoms: his face was red. Shortness of breath; congestion of the conjunctiva; burning and dry skin...these are typical symptoms of the heat phase of the disease. If you touch your forehead without taking the temperature, you will find that the body temperature is at least 39 degrees Celsius or above.
"How often?" He Ping asked.
"Once every two days," Li Benqing said, his whole body hot and painful, "Once, for a good day. And then again. It lasts for about ten days -" He took a breath.
"This should be day-to-day torture. It is a kind of benign torture." He Ping's diagnosis made everyone uneasy. Cui Yunhong whispered: "How sure are you? If you kill someone, you will be passive. .”
He Ping was very dissatisfied: "I didn't say that I wanted to be cured. It was you who proposed it yourself. Now stop it. Anyway, after doing it 5 to 10 times a day, it will heal naturally -"
Seeing the patient moaning in pain, Mu Min felt pity and said, "Treat it, people have lives too. Isn't it just malaria? Those who are timid can't do great things."
Seeing that no one objected, He Ping took four tablets of chloroquine from the medicine box and gave them to him. This is the most effective anti-abuse drug in the hands of time travellers. It works quickly, has a short course of treatment, and is much less toxic than quinine.
"Swallow it with water, go back and take a nap, and take it again tomorrow." He Ping said with concern. According to the lessons Shi Niaoren taught him, this disease will be cured after taking medicine for three days.
The nephew and uncle were doubtful. There are also Han doctors in Changhua City, but I have never heard that they are capable of treating cold and fever diseases. Why do these hawkers casually take out a few slices of white stuff and say it can cure illnesses? However, the illness was really painful, so he simply treated himself as a living doctor and took it.
Seeing the patient falling asleep, everyone felt uneasy - this was no different than in Lingao, where the Chuanchuan Group was a local emperor. Even if you kill a lot of people, it's nothing. In Changhua Li Village, a place I am unfamiliar with, it will not end well if someone is killed.
Mr. Wang didn't have so many ideas and was busy cooking for everyone. Xiong Buyou said no need, they brought their own dry food. Just ask him to help boil some water. Everyone drank boiled water and ate some dry food from grassland. Mr. Wang felt sorry to see them being so polite. However, people's livelihood in Li Village was difficult and there was nothing to entertain them, so he decided to catch some game to entertain them tomorrow.
The exploration team built a temporary shed with bamboo poles in the yard of Li Benqing's house and brought in a lot of new straw to cover it. He Ping went to the river beach outside the village to pick a lot of artemisia annua, and lit it beside the shed. When the damp vegetation caught fire, the choking smoke made everyone cough.
"This is a malaria-infected area, and repelling mosquitoes is an effective way to prevent infection." He Ping said, "Artemisia annua smoke is very effective in repelling mosquitoes. If you smoke it like this, it can last for one night." Anti-malarial drugs were given to all expedition members as a preventive measure. Anti-mosquito is still the most effective means of prevention in malaria areas.
Ye Yuming thought about it: "Can't Artemisia annua also treat malaria? Artemisia annua is everywhere, and it is very convenient to treat Li people. Once it is promoted, it will be easier to work with Li Miao people."
"This is Artemisia annua, not Artemisia annua." He Ping said, "Artemisia annua is useless."
“Artemisia doesn’t grow in Hainan?”
"Of course, but just using Artemisia annua decoction alone cannot prevent and treat malaria." He Ping used to work in a pharmaceutical factory. Although he majored in mechanical and electrical fields, he was very familiar with the pharmaceutical production process. "Without extraction from the pharmaceutical factory, artemisinin The active ingredients cannot be extracted at all. According to our industrial level, it is probably impossible to use this medicine, so we should just cultivate quinine."
Mu Min was afraid of an accident, so she agreed that the team would take turns on duty to add fuel to the fire and keep the artemisia burning all night. Also be on guard against someone doing something inappropriate.
Early the next morning, Li Benqing was no longer hot, and He Ping was relieved - this meant that the diagnosis and treatment were correct. Then he was asked to take two more pills. In this way, the patient will be cured after three consecutive days of treatment.
The exploration team detected the water depth of the Changhua River outside Li Village. The deepest point is 1.23 meters, which is generally capable of sailing. There are carpenters in the village and there are also simple canoes, but the boats are very small and can only hold two or three people each. Cui Yunhong decided to make a bamboo raft here and prepare to go up the river. The next target is Sancha River. ! ~!
