The next day Hong Tu kept crying again. When Ma Daoying took a look, he found that the lump on her neck was getting bigger and bigger, so he called Craftsman Liu who was weaving bamboo baskets and said: "Her father, you should take Hong Tu to China." Let the doctor take a look. I applied a hot towel to the lump on her neck yesterday, but it had no effect at all. Craftsman Liu was a little reluctant: "Look, I'm busy at work. Wouldn't it be different if you took her to Hualangzhong for medical treatment?"
But medical treatment costs money. Ma Daoying explained the reason. You control the finances of this family. How can you treat your children if you don't use the money?
Craftsman Liu glanced at the lump on Hong Tu's neck, then went over to weave bamboo strips. He frowned and said that he would sell the bamboo strips in two days to save some money, and then go find Hua Langzhong.
This child's illness cannot wait! You see the lump on her neck is bigger than yesterday. When Ma Daoying said this, he saw Hong Tu tickling his neck again.
Mom, I need to go see a doctor. Hong Tu stretched out her mother's sleeve and pushed her while shouting.
Seeing this, Craftsman Liu stopped what he was doing, stood up, and took a look at the newly weaved basket that still smelled of bamboo sticks. This was the bamboo basket he was preparing to sell on the market but had not yet sold. He wanted to make more bamboo baskets. They picked them together and hawked them on the street, but there were not many now. He had an idea, so he picked up the newly woven basket and said to Ma Daoying: Leave the child to me.
Go with dad. Ma Doying said and waved.
Hong Tu felt that her father had never cared for her very much and often scolded her with harsh words. The scolding was obviously mixed with the flavor of patriarchal preference. She even complained about why she was not a boy? Born together with his elder brother, they were twins of a dragon and a phoenix. Why was he still alive when his elder brother died? Why wasn't he the one who died young? She didn't know about her brother's death when she was young, but her gossiping sister Cuiying told her about it. After she found out, she had some negative thoughts when things went wrong.
Hong Tu walked to Craftsman Liu. Craftsman Liu had already picked up the basket, walked out of the door, and walked out of the mountain along the dirt road that entangled the village like a rope. There is an opening outside the mountain, facing another village. The adobe houses are surrounded by the thick shade of green bamboo, looking eerie and somewhat quiet and mysterious. The dirt road passes diagonally through the bamboo garden, and only a courtyard house can be seen. The overlapping brackets are proud and the eaves are high and the style is strange.
Hong Tu followed her father and quietly paused when she saw the architectural scenery. Suddenly, a black dog sprang out from the backyard and barked at the father and daughter. Hong Tu took a step forward in horror and tightened the corners of Craftsman Liu's clothes, saying, "Dad, I'm afraid." Dad yelled at the dog and scolded Hong Tu for what he was afraid of. The dog ran far away, but barked louder. This caused many dogs to bark at the father and daughter, making Hong Tu even more frightened. Craftsman Liu put down the basket on his shoulder, took out the pole, and swept away the black, yellow, white, etc. dogs that were approaching them. They yelled and ran away in despair.
Entering the gate of Hualangzhong, Craftsman Liu rested the baskets and looked at Hualangzhong who was running a clinic in the main room to treat patients. He said: Doctor, my child is sick again. I want to see you and give you a load of newly woven baskets. The right to offset medical expenses. Mr. Hua was treating an old man's dental disease. He turned his head and asked, "What's the use of this basket?" Forget it this time and don't want it next time. I'm not in the business of buying and selling.
After a while, the old man got down, took a bite of dental medicine and left. Hua Langzhong walked up to Hong Tu and opened the collar of her neck to see that there were red and purple lumps all over. He said it was crazy. What caused it? Hong Tu said that it was caused by a caterpillar in the bamboo garden falling into his neck. Craftsman Liu stepped forward to help. It has been a few days and it is getting worse. Please ask Mr. Hua to prescribe some good medicine to treat it. Mr. Hua said the poisonous gas was too strong and it would take several courses of treatment to heal.
Now Doctor Hua wrote a prescription and handed it to Liu Ying, who was dispensing the medicine on the side. Liu Ying looked at the prescription and said that one of the ointments was gone. Mr. Hua asked her to prepare other Chinese medicines for decoction, and told Craftsman Liu that there is no ointment of this kind. You can mash garlic powder into a paste and apply it on the lump to sterilize and disinfect it.
At this time, Liu Ying packed the prepared Chinese medicine into four small packets and gave them to Craftsman Liu. She said that she should fry one packet of medicine in a clay pot every day, wash it three times in the morning, noon and evening, and insist on washing it for four days. Applying garlic foam will definitely have an effect.
After returning home, Craftsman Liu handed four packets of medicine to Ma Daoying, and repeated the decoction and washing method explained by Hua Zhong and Liu Ying. Ma Daoying followed the instructions and got up early every morning to use an earthen pot to decoct red tea and wash it with water. After following the instructions for four days, the swelling on Hong Tu's neck subsided and she no longer complained of itching.
But a week later, when she went outside to play, maybe she had a skin allergy, and she got crazy bumps on her neck again. Hong Tu felt a terrible itch, and her fingernails took turns to dig out bloody marks on it without stopping. Ma Daoying saw this, pulled Hong Tu to his side and said: What should I do? Then ask dad to take you to Hualangzhong to have a look.
Mom, I'm afraid. Hong Tu took back the itching hand, clenched two small fists together, looked at Ma Daoying and said.
Ma Daoying knew that Craftsman Liu was somewhat patriarchal and often scolded them because of his displeasure, so every girl in their family was afraid of him. Hong Tu was young and would often cry when she was yelled at. This is not so much Hong Tu crying out for fear, but rather Hong Tu "generating" an army to her mother. Ma Daoying had no choice but to wait for Craftsman Liu to come home and tell him the matter in person.
That night, Craftsman Liu came back and brought an old man with two gold teeth. He was about fifty years old. His face was wrinkled and he always had a smile on his face. He spoke with a Central Plains accent and looked honest. appearance.
As soon as the man entered the door, Craftsman Liu very politely invited him to sit on a bamboo and rattan chair in the middle hall, and then asked Ma Daoying to sift a cup of hot tea in front of him.
Thanks! The man looked at Ma Daoying politely and said.
He kept looking at Hong Tu, who was standing aside with his hands behind his back and scratching his neck. Hong Tu didn't even look at him, but heard his father introduce: This man's name is Bao Laizi, an acquaintance of one of his friends. His hometown is Baozhuang, thirty miles away. Now he and his wife Liu Liuying open a donkey meat restaurant in the market. The business is good and the family is well off. He has also been a veterinarian, knows pharmacology, and knows hundreds of herbal medicines... At this time, Ma Daoying looked at Bao Laizi and said: Alas! Can you cure the itching on my child's neck?
There should be no problem. Bao Laizi took a sip of tea and said calmly. Then, his eyes "scanned" Hong Tu again. Hong Tu noticed and simply turned away. She also found that her father pulled her mother into the inner room and muttered for a while. She didn't know what he was muttering, but she didn't care.
I saw my mother's eyes were red when she came out, and she said to Hong Tu with tears, "My child, the itching on your neck is very serious. You need to go to his house with this uncle for some treatment. This uncle understands pharmacology and is better than Hua Hua." The doctor is even stronger. Bao Laizi smiled and looked at Hong Tu's reaction. Hong Tu was shocked and said I won't go. Craftsman Liu shouted: "Go - otherwise, you will be itchy to death and your neck will become festered, and I can't do anything about it." Seeing this, Hong Tu was shaken and no longer stubborn, but she covered her face and cried and said, "I want to go, and my mother will go with me."
OK! Mom will go with you. But Ma Doying also burst into tears.
