Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 490 Mad Dog Bite
Seeing Gao Mingcheng come back with most of the car's antiques, Zhang Jinling looked a little disappointed.

A few days ago, she went back to her parents' home, brought the few ancient coins she kept at home to the county, and found an opportunity to show them to Gao Mingcheng.

Unfortunately, after Gao Mingcheng saw it, he told her that it was indeed an ancient coin from the Song Dynasty, but it was not valuable, so she could just keep it for herself.

Zhang Jinling has not read much, but she knows more or less about some previous dynasties from the mouths of many beautiful people. The Song Dynasty was quite a long time ago.

It is said that antiques become more valuable the longer they exist, so why are the coins of the Song Dynasty not valuable?
Gao Mingcheng explained to her, saying that the amount of coins minted in the Song Dynasty was huge, so the amount of ancient coins in existence was also huge. In fact, the market has been the same throughout the ages. Things are more valuable when they are scarce, and if there are too many of them, they are worthless.

For example, color TVs and refrigerators are extremely expensive now, but in another ten years, basically every household will be able to afford color TVs and refrigerators.

Being unable to make money from the few ancient coins at home was not only disappointing for Zhang Jinling, but also for the Zhang family.

Seeing the disappointed expressions on his siblings' faces, Gao Mingcheng couldn't do anything.

If he insists on accepting it, that's fine, but it's really worthless.

If the Zhang family has no money to eat, then selling it is okay, but the current situation of the family is obviously not that far, so it is better to keep it and pass it on to future generations, which can also increase their knowledge.

Gao Mingcheng parked the tractor in the alley in the backyard, and moved the things in the car to his room on the second floor with brisk steps.

This time I received a lot of things in Heshan Village, but the two best ones were the pastel gourd snuff bottles and Bada Shanren paintings!
According to convention, he would keep these two things for himself and keep them until the time was right, or he would keep them forever and pass them on to future generations.

While Gao Mingcheng was sorting things into the cabinets, Duomei came upstairs with little Xuxu in his arms.

Duo Mei said: "Maozi came to see you again this morning, and he brought a bag of things. He looked a little anxious, but when he saw that you were not there, he left in a hurry."

Mao Zi had come to see Gao Mingcheng before, but Gao Mingcheng had been busy these days without touching the ground.

Gao Mingcheng raised his wrist and looked at his watch. He only made one trip to Heshan Village this morning. It was only eleven o'clock when he got home, and it was still a while before lunch.

So he said: "I will go to his house now!"

Mao Zi could be considered his partner. Mao Zi came to see him twice in a row. Either he had received something good, or he had no cash on him and was eager to sell him the goods.

Anyway, let's go check out the situation first.

Gao Mingcheng grabbed a handful of money from the money box, about a few hundred yuan, put it in his pocket, and prepared to go out.

He didn't drive the tractor and strode forward, taking a look at the business conditions of businesses on both sides of the street.

In this street, Gao Mingcheng is the only shop that sells high-end clothing, but there is also a shop that sells women's clothing. It is not big. The seller is a young and beautiful woman. The woman is wearing makeup and wearing a slightly... The revealing skirt attracted many people's attention.

Looking at the walls of her shop, there are many posters and pictures torn from fashion magazines. The clothes of the people in the pictures are all cool.

This kind of dressing is indeed very unique in today's small county town, but it also attracts the attention of many people, so the business of the store seems to be pretty good.

Gao Mingcheng walked quickly, and 5 minutes later, he arrived at Mao Zi's house.

It's just that the door of Maozi's house is closed and no one is at home.

Thinking that Maozi had a younger brother with a low IQ, Gao Mingcheng walked towards the monkey's house.

When Maozi was working outside, he would entrust his younger brother to Monkey's mother to watch over him. The two families helped each other and had a good relationship.

But when he asked about Maozi, the monkey's mother sighed and said: "This morning, a mad dog ran out of nowhere and went crazy, biting several people in a row, and the kitten was also bitten. Yes, someone else would run away after being bitten, but he didn’t even know he was running away, and he was bitten off such a big piece of meat on his thigh!”

The monkey's mother indicated the size of the wound with her hand, her face full of distress.

"Later, a few men picked up poles to beat the dog, but the dog was so fierce and powerful that after being beaten with a few sticks, it actually ran away. Later, I heard that the dog was a family member of a certain leader. The dog was raised, so he didn’t dare to fight the dog anymore and could only consider himself unlucky.”

"Not long ago, Mao Zi scraped together to find someone to borrow money and took his younger brother to the hospital for treatment."

After hearing these words, Gao Mingcheng frowned.

After asking which hospital he was going to, he headed towards that hospital.

After arriving at the hospital, he soon saw Maozi and his brother Xiaomao.

He was named Kitten because he is as quiet as a cat.

Their parents died early, and neither brother has a proper name, so they have stumbled along until now.

The kitten looked like he was about to cry. He was limping on one leg and was walking with the help of his brother Maozi. His right thigh was wrapped with several rounds of gauze. The wound under the gauze should not have completely stopped bleeding, so the gauze was all gone. Stained a little red.

"Maozi! Has your brother been vaccinated against rabies?" Gao Mingcheng asked.

The mortality rate of rabies is 100%. In ancient times, it was also called hydrophobia and it was a terminal disease.

But fortunately, a vaccine is now available. Since the 80s, primary hamster kidney cell culture vaccine has been produced in China, and the rabies epidemic has been contained.

But at this time, most people don’t have that much knowledge about the dangers of rabies.

"What rabies vaccine? The doctor didn't give the kitten an injection, but only treated his wound. The wound was too big and he needed more than ten stitches." Maozi said, his eyes a little red.

After his younger brother was bitten by a mad dog, he couldn't take him to the hospital for treatment immediately because he didn't have much money. He wanted to sell the antiques in his hand to Gao Mingcheng, but failed. He had no choice but to borrow money to take care of his younger brother first. Came to see a doctor.

Looking at his expression, Gao Mingcheng roughly guessed something.

But now is not the time to talk about that, he said: "Don't go home yet, take your brother to get the rabies vaccine."

Normally, for minor illnesses and pains, Maozi and the others would go to a small clinic to get some medicine, but this time the wound might be bigger, so Maozi took his brother to the People's Hospital to see a doctor.

Rabies vaccines may not be available elsewhere, but they should be available here.

Gao Mingcheng learned from the monkey mother that many people had been bitten, so he asked: "What about those people who were also bitten by dogs? Didn't they come to the hospital for treatment?"

Although Maozi didn't know what the rabies vaccine was or why it was necessary.But he knew that Gao Mingcheng was well-informed and a powerful person, so it was always right to listen to him.

So he supported his younger brother and walked to the doctor's office, and said: "A total of five people were bitten. The other three people were not seriously injured. They didn't even go to the small clinic. Another one was also bitten a lot, but he didn't." The kitten is so serious, but he also went to the hospital to be bandaged, and he went home a few minutes ago."

Not to mention mad dogs, even well-behaved dogs may carry rabies. The dog that bit the kitten and the others was not raised by someone nearby, and it was very vicious and looked wrong. Therefore, it was nine out of ten that it carried rabies virus.

Once bitten by a mad dog, you must be vaccinated as soon as possible, otherwise once the disease occurs, the mortality rate is 100%.

This matter is very serious. Gao Mingcheng said to Mao Zi: "When you go back later, you go find them and ask them to go to the hospital to get rabies vaccine. Otherwise, if you get rabies, you will die!"

Maozi was horrified when he heard that people would die, and then said: "No way? I have been bitten by dogs before!"

Obviously, he showed his own experience and said he didn't believe it.Gao Mingcheng was helpless. The incubation period of rabies was variable. Sometimes the onset was rapid, sometimes the onset was slow, and not all dogs carry rabies virus.

So there is survivor bias in this matter.

But if there are risks, it’s best to take precautions.

"I heard that it's not normal for a dog to bite a kitten, so it's better to get an injection. Well, don't worry about not having enough money, I'll pay for it!" Gao Mingcheng said generously.

Since he encountered this problem and felt that he should get vaccinated, he would just pay for it.

Mao Zi smiled sheepishly, but finally agreed.

In fact, in recent years, the country has been publicizing rabies, and the publicity is quite exaggerated, just to attract everyone's attention. However, the vaccine is very expensive, and not everyone can afford it.

Therefore, for various reasons, many people do not choose to get vaccinated after being bitten by dogs.

But Gao Mingcheng has seen people infected with rabies virus. After the onset of the disease, they first went crazy, were afraid of water, and were mentally disturbed, and then died soon after.

After getting the injection, the group walked out of the hospital.

Gao Mingcheng said to Mao Zi: "I may not be at home often. If you receive something, you can estimate the price. Leave it to me first and let my wife give you the money. When I come back, we can refund more or make up for the less." .”

"If you are in urgent need of money like today, if you don't leave the goods with me, you can borrow money from my wife for medical treatment, so you don't have to scrape it up here and there. In addition, today's incident also reminds you that savings are It’s necessary. Whether you collect things outside or do other businesses in the future, don’t invest all your wealth in it, otherwise it will be difficult to turn around once you lose money.”

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket, do you understand?"

Faced with Gao Mingcheng's heartfelt lesson, Mao Zi took it all in.

Mainly because when his brother needed money urgently, he only had a pile of goods but no cash, which really hit him hard.

Antiques are no better than food, which can be sold at any time.

Ordinary people these days would never spend a lot of money to buy antiques, and as for the rich, Maozi didn't know them.

The only reliable rich person he knows is Gao Mingcheng.

All the way back home, Maozi first put his younger brother Xiaomao to lie down on the bed to rest, and then took out the goods he received and let Gao Mingcheng look at them.

Gao Mingcheng picked through it and found that whether the goods were good or bad, they were all goods that could make a small profit. There was also a very old engraving among them. Gao Mingcheng identified it and found that the content of the engraving was the "Three Character Classic".

Gao Mingcheng explained the rough origin of each item and the market conditions, and then gave a price.

The price offered by Gao Mingcheng was neither high nor low. It could make Maozi a little bit, but it couldn't make a huge profit either.

Gao Mingcheng said: "Keep working hard and try to collect as many high-quality products as possible!"

Counting the money in his hand, Mao Zi finally felt relieved.

He knew that the goods he received must be valuable, but before the goods turned into money, he felt very panicked.

"You can tell those who have been bitten by dogs later and ask them to go to the hospital to get vaccinated as soon as possible." Gao Mingcheng warned before leaving.

He didn't know those people, so naturally he wouldn't pay for them to get injections.

I just hope that the dog is a normal dog, so even if it is bitten, it will be okay.

Due to the delay in going to the hospital, when I got home all the way, lunch had been cooked and placed on the table, steaming.

"Second brother, why have you been out for so long? Everyone is still waiting for you to come back for dinner! Second sister-in-law, fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law, sister Luo Li, my second brother is back, everyone hurry up and eat!" Gao Shufang, who is the most active in eating! He said hurriedly, and was the first to serve rice.

Many beauties also asked him what took him so long.

Gao Mingcheng casually put the things in the corner, said a few words briefly, and then went to wash his hands and serve food.

After working for a long time, he was also hungry.

The lunch menu was very good, including a large bowl of braised pork stewed with good pork belly, a plate of fried pork liver with chili pepper, and a plate of fried large intestine with chili pepper.

Yesterday, Gao Mingcheng brought back a wild boar. The refrigerator at home has limited capacity. Naturally, he has to eat meat every now and then. He has to eat it as soon as possible, otherwise the temperature in September will cause the meat to spoil quickly.

When Gao Mingcheng gave everyone meat before, he didn't give a lot. It wasn't that he was stingy, but that if he gave too much, the meat would go bad in two days.

At the dinner table, everyone ate happily and enjoyed themselves.

After finishing the meal, Duo Mei said: "These days, I always look at the things you receive, and I feel I can understand them a little bit. It's hard to talk about other people's things, but I will accept the things Maozi sent me first. That should be fine, if there is any problem, you can find him when you come back."

Many Americans say this in the hope of avoiding what happened today.

Gao Mingcheng nodded and said: "I told him the same thing. He is very attentive and has some skills. It would be nice to have him help me collect things together."

Many people have limited aesthetic knowledge and may not know the origin and value of each antique, but she already has a certain sense of identifying the authenticity of antiques.

If you see a lot of real things, then once you see fake things, you will be able to tell at a glance, and if you ask, it will feel different.

The word "feeling" is very mysterious.

"Duomei, I'll go to the police station to find Uncle Guobing and come back later."

Gao Mingcheng washed his face and changed into clean clothes. After greeting Duomei and the others, he walked towards the police station.

He was going to ask the dog that bit someone whether it belonged to the leader's family and if he could touch it.

If you can touch it, then you have to ask for some medical expenses for those bitten by dogs!
In addition, it is already September 89, and it will soon enter 90. In 91, there was a huge dog-fighting campaign!

It is said that 18 dogs were killed in the three provinces of Henan, Shandong, and Anhui!And the dog fighting movement is sweeping the country!

Some people say that the reason why dogs are beaten is to curb rabies, but others say that it is to exchange dog skin for fighter jets!

By then, their ordinary small county will also be affected, and he has never dared to bring black tigers and elves to the county because it is not safe.

By 91, he would have to take three dogs—no, maybe five, six, seven or eight—to the mountains, depending on the situation.

The pregnancy period of dogs is relatively short, so maybe Rhubarb will give birth to puppies soon.

(End of this chapter)