The village chief's family was very grateful to Xiao Ming. The village chief's wife was a cheerful person. Knowing that her family's situation was not good, she asked her daughter-in-law to bring twenty eggs and a bucket of rice as the medical fee, and she forced Xiao Ming to accept it.
After returning home and putting things away, the two siblings warned Xiao Yu, telling him to stay away from Liu Baogen in the future. Liu Baogen was tall and strong, with a savage personality and he didn't care at all when he hit people.
After everything was put away, it was lunch time. Every household in Liujia Village had two meals during the weekdays, and the same was true for the Xiao family. But after Xiao Ming came, he insisted on three meals.
After half a month of repairs, the wasteland in front of and in the backyard was basically ready. All the vegetables that should be planted were planted. Xiao Ming also dug up a lot of medicinal materials and planted them. After being watered by space water, the growth was gratifying, especially the Several fruit saplings have grown to the height of Xiao Yu. Little Baozi is so happy that the first thing he does when he gets up every day is to water his fruit trees.
These days, Xiao Ming rarely goes out to work as a doctor, but people often come to see her, which increases her family's income a lot.
Xiao Ming gets up early every day and puts some space water into the water tank. Coupled with the improvement of their diet and life in the past few months, the health of the three of them is gradually getting better. There was color in his face, and his body had grown a lot taller. The three of them were wearing clothes made by their former sister-in-law, which were obviously too short.
At the dinner table, Xiao Ming gave Xiao Yu some green vegetables and said to Xiao Han: "Third brother, I'm going to go up the mountain tomorrow to see if there are any suitable medicinal materials. I'll dig some back. There aren't many medicinal materials at home." These days, patients are getting closer and closer. There are so many, almost all the medicine collected at home has been used.
"Going up the mountain? That's not possible. There are many wild beasts up there." Xiao Han said hesitantly. On weekdays, villagers often encounter ferocious beasts just when they go to pick some mushrooms. There are few people going up the mountain on weekdays. When the eldest brother was alive, he often went up the mountain to hunt. Now on the mountain It was basically inaccessible, and he didn't want his sister to be eaten.
"Don't worry, I'm just looking around. I don't dare to go to the mountains." Xiao Ming promised. She knew that her younger brother looked thin, but he was completely a grown-up. If he didn't agree, she really wouldn't be able to go.
"It's better not to go, the mountains are too dangerous." Xiao Han was still reluctant.
He knew that his sister had become completely addicted to medicine since she became a doctor. She would dig up even a small herb on weekdays. Now she has planted a lot of medicinal materials all over the house.
"There are no medicinal materials at home. Besides, it is easy to get the flu this season, so we need to prepare some medicine." Xiao Ming continued, trying to persuade Xiao Han.
"Okay! But I'll go too, just in time to collect some firewood." Xiao Han had no choice but to agree. He knew that if he didn't agree, his sister would also go secretly.
"Okay, let's set off early tomorrow morning." Xiao Ming said.
"Auntie, I'm going too." Xiao Yu said, he also wanted to finish.
"The mountain road is difficult to travel, so you can't go. You can write in big characters tomorrow and go see Xiao An and bring him medicine. We will have dinner at your Grandma Song's house at noon." Xiao Ming has already made arrangements. Since the living conditions became better, Xiao Han began to teach Xiao Yu how to read and write, writing some simple words on the ground for him to practice. Now Xiao Yu can read "The Thousand Character Essay" by heart.
The arrangements were made early the next morning, and the two siblings set off. However, no one went up the mountain all winter, and the mountain road was difficult to travel. The two siblings stopped and went, but they finally reached the place. After a brief rest, the two took action.
After a winter of repairs, because it is on the edge of a mountain, the surrounding trees are not very tall. Some weeds have grown randomly on the ground. Dead branches are scattered everywhere, and no one comes to pick them up.
"We will be active around here, but don't go too far." Xiao Ming ordered.
One of them collected firewood, the other dug medicine, and both harvested a lot.
Xiao Ming squatted on the ground and had just dug the hole for digging the herbs a little deeper. He took out a century-old ginseng from the space and put it in to hide it. Then I heard Xiao Han shouting.
I walked over and took a look, and found two dogs, one big and one small, lying under the dry branches. The big dog's eyes were closed, as if it was lifeless. There were blood stains on the dog's belly, probably from being bitten to death by wild beasts. .
The puppy was not big, only a few days old. It was crawling on top of the big dog. It was so weak that it couldn't open its eyes. It just let out a weak whine to show that it was still alive.
"Sister, this dog is so pitiful. Her mother is dead." Xiao Han picked up the dog and fed it some water.
The puppy has black fur all over its body without any trace of mottled color. He was so cute and adorable; maybe because he drank the space water, he opened his eyes and stretched out his pink tongue to lick Xiao Han's fingers.
"Well, let's take it home and raise it. This way, Xiao Yu will have company when we are not at home. When he grows up, he can also look after the house and care for the home." Xiao Ming said, thinking that their family is small and weak. Weak, with no fighting ability, it would be better to have a dog to watch the yard.
"Okay! Xiaoyu will definitely like it." Xiao Han nodded in agreement. In fact, he also liked it very much. Carefully put it into the small backpack.
The two siblings dug a hole to bury the mother dog, gathered the firewood, and prepared to go down the mountain.
"Wait a minute, I just found an herb that looks a lot like the ginseng mentioned in the book. Let's go take a look." Xiao Ming said as she ran to the place where she buried the ginseng, almost forgetting about her.
