After saying that, my mother went into the house and gave her brother the things he needed to use, including mattresses, clothes, rice bowls, bowls and chopsticks.
And I walked to the stove, opened the lid of the steamer, took out the steamed herbs, and found a large porcelain bowl in the kitchen. There were a lot of herbs and they couldn't fit in the bowl, so I poured them into the bowl. After putting half of the herbs in, I took the rolling pin used for making dough at home and pounded the herbs in the bowl with the round end of the rolling pin.
While I was messing around, I was talking to my brother about family matters. My brother also told me to go to the yard after getting the herbs and check if the tires of the flatbed truck were fully inflated. If not, fill them up to avoid delays when I leave tomorrow morning.
In this way, my brother and I pounded the herbs in the bowl while talking. It took half an hour to pound all the herbs in the bowl into mud. The processed mud became more and more full of herbal flavor.
I put the processed medicinal puree into another bowl, and put the remaining herbs in the front bowl and pounded them again. After another half an hour, all the herbs were processed.
At this time, my brother, who was lying on the kang, was also watching me processing the herbs and stopped talking to me. I put all the processed medicinal puree in a bowl.
Then I carefully took out the cinnabar amber given to me by Hu Haishan from my trouser pocket, and then poured out half of it. Sprinkle it on the medicinal mud, and then stir it evenly with chopsticks, so that the external ointment is ready.
Then I said to my brother who was lying on the kang: "Brother has prepared the external medicine. I will help you turn over and lie down on the kang." Then I got on the kang, supported my brother and helped him lie down on the kang. He lifted up his shirt to reveal his injured waist.
Then according to the method Hu Haishan taught me, I rubbed his waist back and forth with both hands until his skin turned red and my palms could feel the heat. Then I stopped rubbing and quickly picked up the mud. He took a bowl, dipped his hands into the mud and applied it evenly on his injured area.
It wasn't until the injured waist was completely covered with medicinal mud that I asked my brother,
"Brother has finished applying the medicinal mud. Does it hurt? How do you feel?" The brother lying on the kang raised his head and said, "It doesn't hurt. I just feel a numb and cool feeling. It's very comfortable." I know that's what it should feel like when the mud just touches the skin.
Then I asked my mother, who was standing aside to help him, to find me a piece of cleaner cloth and wrap it around my brother's waist a few times.
Then I said to my brother: "Brother, I will help you sit up. When the ointment on your waist dries a little, you can continue to lie down." I helped my brother sit up, then got off the kang, and put the remaining ointment on the bed. The innermost part of the cave dwelling is covered with a stone slab.
The cave dwelling we live in is warm in winter and cool in summer. Even though it is summer, it can still keep the efficacy of the medicinal mud from deteriorating well if placed in the cave dwelling. Covering it with stone slabs can also prevent rats, cockroaches and other pests from destroying it. .
After doing all this, I told my mother again. Be careful not to touch the bowl of clay as you work.
From pounding herbs into paste to applying medicine to my brother's waist, I was so exhausted that I was sweating profusely.
The mother standing next to me brought a towel to wipe the sweat on my head and said: "Xiao Liang is exhausted, please take a rest quickly." I quickly said to my mother: "Mom, it doesn't matter if I'm not tired. I need to change my brother's medicine in a few days, but it's my first time, so I'm a little nervous." My mother touched my head and praised,
"Xiao Liang is very capable and can heal my brother's injuries." I blushed and said with embarrassment, "Mom, how can I heal any injuries? They were all done according to the method that Master Wu Xin told me." While I was talking to my mother, my father coughed from the yard.
