In the evening, everyone invited Li Benqing and his uncle to have dinner together. [Full text reading] Wang Oya sent people to bring a lot of food and rice wine, just in time to treat guests. Xiong Buyou inquired about many situations in the village. It turns out that after the death of the previous cave master of the opposing village, because his son was still young, he was assisted by the four Oyas of the village. All major and minor matters were decided collectively by the Oyas. His surname is Wang - the oldest one who came to invite them. Wang Oya is also the uncle of the cave owner and is part of the family. As for the young man who was quite active outside the shed, he was another son of Zhen Oya, named Zhen Huan. He was a good hunter and very prestigious among the young people in the village.
Li Benqing, who was a little drunk from Shanlan Wine, also revealed that the woman designated as the "forbidden mother" was Zhen Huan's best friend in her boudoir, named Junda. During the ceremony, Zheng Huan fell out on the spot and almost killed Dao Gong. It was suppressed by the other Oya alliance.
"Zhen Oya's life was difficult," Li Benqing said. "Everyone said that his son instigated Jianda to ban the cave owner."
"Why?"
"The earliest owner of the cave in Zhen Xinzhai was a member of the Zhen family." Li Benqing drank too much rice wine, "The Zhen family has established the stronghold here for ten generations—"
"So long?" Fang Jinghan was a little skeptical.
"Don't interrupt, just listen to what Li Baya has to say." Mu Min said.
Li Benqing smiled when he heard Mu Min call him "Baya". This is the name Li people use for their close and respected elders.
"About four or five generations ago?" Li Benqing was not sure of the specific year. "The ancestors of Lord Wangdong and their family also moved to this village. Their family was originally Han Chinese. According to the genealogy, they came from a place far north on the mainland. . Or some kind of general of the Han people. At that time, our village was at war with the nearby Shuishizhai. At that time, there were many casualties among the children of the Zhen family. The children of the Wang family knew how to wield swords and guns, and led everyone to destroy Shuishizhai in one go. From then on. The Wang family is now the owner of the cave."
"So the Wang family is actually Han?" Xiong Buyou said, "But how could a general move his family to live in Li Village?"
Fang Jinghan said while making this record: "The so-called generals are probably because they are exaggerating themselves, right? Maybe they are local fugitive military households."
Li Benqing said: Since then, two major forces have formed in the village, one is the Wang family, and the other is the Zhen family. Although the Jin family is no longer the owner of the cave, they are still deeply rooted and very powerful in the village, so at least one of the four Oyas is from their family.
Now that the Wang family's cave master is young, the Zhen family has given birth to a disciple like Zhen Huan who has great appeal among young people. The balance of strength obviously began to tip towards the Zhen family.
"Zhen Huan is not only famous among teenagers, but also very popular among boudoirs." Li Benqing rarely drinks. Now he drank freely, and his nose turned red. "Which boudoir should I stop in the evening?" , the door opens, no need to speak, no need to sing. Tsk tsk. But Wanda is his favorite."
"Sounds like a copycat version of Gongdou?" Mu Min said, "Could Zhen Oya's son want to take advantage of this opportunity to gain power? That's why he's preventing us from treating the cave master? By the way -" she became excited, "Maybe This bamboo thorn is also the troublemaker!"
"You must have read too many novels." Cui Yunhong disagreed, "Even if it is true, you don't care about our affairs."
Min sighed regretfully. In the past few minutes, she had already completed the outline of a palace-fighting novel in her mind that could go to Jinjiang.
For the next two days and nights, the boy's high fever persisted. He Ping took his temperature every two hours, gave him sulfonamide every six hours, and then changed his dressing. On the morning of the third day, the boy's body temperature dropped to normal levels. My mind is much clearer. Starting to feel hungry. When He Ping changed his dressing, he found that the drainage strip had no trace of new pus and blood - the wound could be bandaged.
Now everyone knew that the cave master's illness was cured. While the expedition team was glad that the incident had finally come to an end, all kinds of diseases sprung up in the village. It includes everything from cold and heat, toothache, stomachache to traumatic inflammation. After all, He Ping was just a second-hand hygienist, and he was confused by such abundant internship opportunities on the spot. He didn't have much medicine in his medicine cabinet either.
At present, we have to treat all the diseases that are easy to treat and can be diagnosed one by one. After seven or eight minor surgeries in succession, He Ping was now so graceful when operating the knife that he even dared to treat styes that he thought he couldn't treat in the past. However, he was still very careful and did not dare to give antibiotics indiscriminately for fear of messing up the microbial environment here. As for diseases whose causes are difficult to determine, such as stomachaches, He Ping simply made some powdered pills using rice noodles sent from the village and honey. Many people claimed to have recovered from their illnesses after taking them - the power of placebo is still very high. powerful.
In this way, the Shilu Iron Mine expedition team became a miracle doctor, and items continued to be sent from every household in Li Village every day. When everyone discovered that these "miracle doctors" didn't eat much pork or beef, but seemed to prefer chicken, there was not a single live chicken left in the village. Cui Yunhong looked distressedly at the various gifts piled in the yard in front of Li Benqing's house, ranging from game, live chickens, rice wine, leather, kapok cloth, grass cloth and various rattan utensils... There are all kinds of gifts, and it can be seen that they are all nearby. The best products were brought out. Cui Yunhong suddenly found that people kept bringing cattle and tying them in front of the door.
"What is this for?" Cui Yunhong asked Wang Huoji.
"This is money for your medical treatment." Mr. Wang was very happy to see how powerful these hawkers on the boat were. A rising tide lifts all boats. In the past few days, he had been treated privately by many people, including wine and meat. "Li people Those who have no money only have mountain products and cattle.”
"This-" Cui Yunhong thought to herself that Wu Nanhai liked local cattle very much. The problem is how to drive the cattle back to Changhua Fort? This is a technical job.
While they were hesitating, the Oyas sent someone to invite them to a banquet.
At the banquet, all the four major Aryas came together and took turns toasting to the expedition team. The young cave master was weak after falling ill. Instead of eating or drinking, he only sat on the table with his mother, looking curiously at this group of strange traders. .
After drinking several rounds of rice wine, Wang Oya from the Four Great Oyas clapped his hands. Someone brought out a plate. Cui Yunhong took a look. It was so white that it was filled with small silver and copper coins. It didn’t look good. Less, actually only a dozen taels of silver and more than a thousand copper coins. Li people don't pay much attention to wealth and money. All transactions are barter, and they don't collect yellow and white things. If they can get these, they will turn the village upside down.
"These are some meager things," Wang Oya said, "and fifty cows were given as a thank you gift."
Li people love to raise cattle and have a lot of cattle. Li people often use cattle as a price for transactions.
This number shocked them. Not to mention, how could so many cattle be driven back to Changhua Fort? Besides, Changhua Fort itself cannot raise cattle, so they have to be transported back to Lingao and handed over to the Agricultural Committee. Thinking that they would have to feed cows and collect cow dung in the next few weeks, everyone looked at the leaders of the team and asked him to refuse the job immediately.
Mu Min said to Cui Yunhong: "We can't accept this gift. These many cattle, probably half of the whole village, have been given to us. What will they do with their farming?"
Cui Yunhong didn't think so noblely, but was afraid of becoming a herdsman. Although the reasons were different, the views were the same, so they refused firmly and said: They were just doing good deeds by helping the cave owner and the people to treat illnesses, and it was not appropriate to accept such a big gift.
Seeing that their words were sincere, the Aoya people felt a little more respectful in their hearts.
"You have shown such great kindness to me in Li Village, but you refuse to accept gifts." Wang Oya felt embarrassed, "I don't know how to thank you?"
Mu Min felt that an opportunity had come. The girl who was falsely accused of being a "forbidden mother" was still locked up in the village. The cave owner had to recover and was about to be killed. They asked if they could forgive Junda. If they were afraid that she would do harm to others, they would be willing to take her out of the village and never let her come back.
Li Benqing, who served as the translator, looked confused and reluctantly translated their meaning. This request made the leaders sitting here look embarrassed. From the bottom of my heart, it is a good thing to get rid of dangerous "forbidden mothers" like Juda, but letting the Han people take away a woman of their own race cannot be justified in terms of human feelings. They have done a great favor to the village, so not agreeing seems to be the wrong way to treat guests.
After a long while, Wang Oya said: "Junda is a 'forbidden mother'. If she brings you a 'forbidden mother', how can we afford it? It's better to kill her on the spot."
Mu Min asked three times, but Wang Oya just refused. Suddenly, Zhen Oya said: "This is a scourge. Even if she is killed here, she will still harm others as a ghost. Several Ba and powerful people brought her there I'm afraid I can still control her."
The owner of the cave, who had been silent all this time, also nodded and said: "Let a few Bahe take her away. After all, the Taoist priests in the village can't suppress her."
Wang Oya looked unhappy, but because of the owner's wishes, he didn't do anything. That's how it ended. Wang Oya wanted to give them gifts again and again, and after some courtesy. Cui Yunhong felt that it would be too rude not to accept it anymore. Besides, the Agricultural Committee also needs cattle. Immediately promised to accept ten heads. Wang Oya was overjoyed and immediately asked people to prepare ten healthy oxen.
Cui Yunhong thought of the saponaria forest outside the village again, and proposed to take a few hundred kilograms back with her.
"Okay!" Zheng Oya didn't know why they were interested in those beans, but since they wanted them, he agreed and arranged for people to pick them. The two parties also carved a wooden sign as a contract, and the travelers would come to Li Village for medical treatment at least once a year. As long as the travelers went to Li District to do business, with this wooden sign, they could stay and stay in the village, and all food and firewood would be provided by Li Village. , and can also support porters and oxen to transport items if necessary.
That night everyone had a great time, and early the next morning, the expedition team set off back to Changhua Fort. Everyone had been with Li Benqing day and night for more than ten days, and naturally there was an inseparable bond between them when we parted. But Mr. Wang was very happy. This time he brought this group of people to Li District. Not only did they get rare white sugar as a foot payment, but they also received many gifts from the local Li people. It's a small fortune.
Each of the ten cows was tied with baskets of sapodilla beans, as well as many local products. Because there were so many gifts, Cui Yunhong could only take one or two more useful things from each family's gifts, and return all the others. This act moved the whole village very much, and it was well known for its benevolence and righteousness.
Mr. Wang drove the cattle in front, and the expedition team then left the village gate. The Aoya people and many people walked together at the gate of the village to see each other off, and the atmosphere was warm. Xiong Buyou said: "Now I know what it feels like to be on the Eighth Route Army -"
Mu Min said with emotion: "This is the people's will."
Three or four miles out, by the woods, Zhen Oya and a few Li Ding were waiting for them. A woman was tied to a tree with a rope, her hands tied.
"This is Wanda," Zhen Oya ordered, untying the rope and handing it to Mu Min. "She is yours. Take her as far away as possible. Don't bring her back. Even her name is It’s best to change it too.”
"I know, we will treat her well." Mu Min looked solemn.
There was a hint of gratitude on Zhen Oya's always indifferent face: "Hunda is a poor child, you are good people, take more care of her."
Zhen Oya finished speaking. He turned around and left with the people. Everyone felt lost for a while. Xiong Buyou said:
"Why do I feel that Oya doesn't really believe that she is the 'forbidden mother'?"
"There's probably some secret, we don't care about it. We're just trying to save someone's life." Cui Yunhong said, "Let's go."
Mu Min walked up to the woman. Probably because of being imprisoned, the woman's head was messy. She was wearing a low-collared short shirt on her upper body and a long blue barrel embroidered with white flowers on her lower body. There was a lot of dirt on her clothes and there were also It was torn in several places and looked very embarrassed.
She glanced at the group of people in horror, then bent back and shrank back. Only then did everyone see that her face was not heavily tattooed like other Li women, but only had some thin and light tattoos along the edges of her forehead and cheeks. With curved eyebrows, she looks like she is no more than sixteen or seventeen years old. She has pretty features. After seeing many tattoos, everyone feels that the face of such a young woman shines at first glance.
Mu Min was surprised and asked Mr. Wang: "Her tattoo is very light?"
"This counts as tattoos." Mr. Wang said that indeed some women are not willing to get tattoos, but only have some symbolic tattoos - after all, everyone has a love for beauty.
The group of people took this unexpected gain and embarked on their return journey. Mu Min originally wanted to untie the rope that bound her hands, but Cui Yunhong said that they had promised to take the girl away. If they were untied and she ran back to Li Village, it would harm herself on the one hand, and it would also look bad on us on the other. Believe what you say.
Junda was very obedient, leaving as soon as he was allowed to and resting as soon as he was allowed to. But no matter who asked, they were all speechless. Mu Min thought that at such a young age, she followed a group of strange foreigners to an unknown destination because of an unfounded crime. One can imagine the pain in her heart. It's better not to talk too much and ask more.
After walking more than ten miles, I suddenly heard a "whoosh" in the air, followed by a sharp neighing sound.
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Wuda is a musical instrument of the Li people, so it is probably more suitable to be used as a name for a woman. This musical instrument is actually a product of modern times. I don’t know if it existed in the Ming Dynasty. It looks like a pan flute. ! ~!
