Traditional Chinese Medicine: Back to the years when educated youths went to the countryside

Chapter 236 Huzhuang Temple Sings a Drama
When Guo Mingyue left, it was just dark.

Wang Chengzhou saw her off, hurrying slowly, and finally let her get on the boat before Uncle Mancang went home to rest.

On the way back, he was still struggling, but there was no more embarrassment in his heart.

Guo Mingyue had a pitiful background, and she sincerely followed her to learn medical skills. If she was worried about her reputation and treated her because of some trivial matters between men and women, it would be very sorry.

A teacher for a day, a father for a lifetime.

Although Wang Chengzhou, the master, is one year younger than her, after all, he has been born in two generations, and his mind should be more mature than hers.

An old man behaves more coquettishly than a girl, what's going on?

After pondering all the way back home, it was already dark.As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard chatter in the yard.

It turned out that Xu Xiaozhi was here.

"Sister Xiaozhi, we have agreed that we will go together tomorrow night!"

Wang Aiduo held Xu Xiaozhi's arm and jumped up and down like springs on her feet, looking extremely excited.

"Well, I came here just to find some company."

After working in Uncle Changsheng's tofu shop for several months, Xu Xiaozhi seemed to have lost a lot of weight and grown slightly taller.However, the oval face is still sweet and pleasant, the big eyes suddenly flashed, narrowed, and said with a smile:
"Yu Hua and your brother are both busy with the Qiu Guarding Team. I wonder if they have any free time."

"I really wanted to go see the fun, but I was afraid it wouldn't be safe to go alone, so I thought of you."

"Then after work tomorrow, the two of us will just be company."

When Wang Aiduo heard this, he immediately took on the attitude of a local, patted his chest and promised:
"Okay, okay!"

"Sister Xiaozhi, don't worry!"

"We have grown up in this world. I am not familiar with any of the eight villages in the ten miles. As long as I, Wang Aiduo, are here, let's see who dares to bully you after eating the bear-hearted leopard!"

Li Yuzhu is clearing away the dishes in the kitchen.Hearing this, his teeth became furious, and he wished he could turn his lips to the waist of his trousers, laughing so hard, "Who did you learn from, you damn girl? You don't blush at all when you talk big! To use a vulgar saying, you don't even look good. That damn Gao Le, how can I protect you, Sister Xiaozhi?"

Siya was just getting carried away with herself. When she heard her words, she was so angry that she immediately pouted, "Mom, I'm not your daughter anymore, why are you so rude!"

With a squeak, Xu Xiaozhi covered her mouth and almost stopped laughing.

The mother and daughter were bickering when Wang Chengzhou came in from outside and said with a smile: "What's going on? Do you still need protection?"

As soon as Li Yuzhu heard that her son was back, she immediately made a condition, "Siya, whether you can go to the theater tomorrow depends on whether your brother is free."

"If he gets off work early, you two go with him; if he doesn't have time, you two just don't join in the fun."

"Singing a big opera is no different than anything else. People from dozens of miles away will come to watch. By then everyone will be there, but I'm not worried about you two little girls."

Wang Aiduo's little face immediately collapsed and she looked at her brother pitifully.

Xu Xiaozhi rolled her eyes and said with a smile:

"Wang Xiucai, that's it."

"When I came back from Doufu Fang just now, I met some young wives who came back from Huzhuang Temple. They said that there will be a troupe coming to the temple tomorrow afternoon to sing a big opera. It is estimated that they will sing for several days."

"Siya and I just thought we would go see it together tomorrow after work. Are you free?"

When Wang Chengzhou heard this, his eyes immediately widened.Not to mention the two little girls Wang Aiduo and Xu Xiaozhi, even he couldn't help but feel his heart pounding.

In these days, there was no electricity in the village, and there were not even any recreational activities.When I came back from work, after dinner, the house was dark, except for reading and lying on the bed waiting to fall asleep.

Newly married couples can still fight.But young people like them, seventeen or eighteen years old, have nowhere to vent their energy. They stay at home all day long and are bored to death.

Therefore, if someone shows a movie or sings a big opera, the whole village will be excited.

No wonder when we entered the village just now, there were people crying and howling everywhere. It turned out that when everyone heard the opera singers coming, they went crazy with joy!

Seeing Xu Xiaozhi winking at him secretly, how could Wang Chengzhou not understand?

Immediately, he coughed lightly:
"Mom, after these two days of hunting, it is estimated that those wild boars will be quiet for a while and will not dare to show up."

"Our Autumn Protecting Team will naturally have some free time. We have finished work early, so we can go with Si Ya and Xiao Zhi."

"As long as I'm here, don't worry, nothing will happen."

Li Yuzhu was stunned for a moment, then said with a hint of regret: "That's right. San'er, is that wild boar really not coming?"

"Sure!"

Wang Chengzhou was also very sorry and sighed, "We have hunted more than ten wild boars in the past two days, and we have already surprised the wild boar herd."

"Those things only dared to be so arrogant because no one had controlled them before. Now they are frightened and they will definitely not come out to produce crops again in a short time."

"Originally, I thought I could eat meat every day, but now, I'm probably going to give up." Li Yuzhu sighed, said nothing more, and continued to wash the dishes with the clanging bell.

It was considered that he agreed to Wang Chengzhou's proposal.

The three guys immediately waved their fists and cheered silently.

It turns out that the Mid-Autumn Festival is almost here in the blink of an eye.According to local tradition, operas are sung in the temple on March [-]rd and August [-]th every year.

There is a temple on the hillock next to Huzhuang that has been handed down from ancient times. It was very popular in the early years.When there was a flood before liberation, many people ran to the temple to take shelter. It was a rare refuge in the area and was very popular.

Over time, Huzhuang and the temple on the hillock outside Huzhuang merged into one, becoming Huzhuang Temple.During festivals and festivals, people from dozens of miles around would go there to burn incense.

After liberation, the situation in the temple took a turn for the worse. Basically, there were no monks left, leaving only an old monk named Yuandu.Last time Pepper had an epileptic fit and almost scared him to death.

However, it seems that the old monk's opportunity has not yet come, and he has not yet reached bliss, and there has been no news of his death.

However, the superstitious activities of burning incense and worshiping Buddha have disappeared, but the tradition of visiting temple fairs and singing operas has continued.

Especially on March [-]rd every year, the most lively time of the year is when opera is performed in the temple.The old man ran to the theater, and the children followed him, hoping to eat some snacks they had never seen before.

In addition to the regular fairs held every month, temple fairs are one of the few places where stalls are allowed to do business.Of course, all they sell are snacks and so on.

At that time, rural markets were called socialist markets and canteens were called sales outlets.Anyway, commercial activities can only be carried out in the name of the public.

As time goes by, many people have forgotten what kind of holiday March [-]rd is. They just follow the convention and just follow it.

In fact, according to records in ancient books, March [-] is the traditional Shangsi Festival of the Han nation.The main activity is the "unplug bathing", which originated from the "orchid soup bathing" in the sacrifice.

In short, it is a festival related to water.

August [-]th is very simple, it is now known as the Mid-Autumn Festival.

This period of time is just before the autumn harvest and after the busy farming, it is a short leisure time in the countryside.After August [-]th, the crops in the fields begin to be harvested.This is a rare opportunity, and young people from all over the country will definitely not miss it.Even the elderly, as long as they can walk, will walk and rest on a small bench before rushing all the way to watch the show.

In order to take care of the folks far away, the troupe usually sets the start time of the opera to noon and then sings until ten o'clock in the evening.

Naturally, there is no electricity on the mound, but at night it is still as bright as day.

What benefited was a kind of carbide lamp which was not very common in the countryside at that time.It is a lamp that reacts with calcium carbide and water to produce acetylene, and then burns the acetylene to illuminate.

In some places, it is also called Gashi Deng.

The production of calcium carbide is not complicated, but it smells particularly unpleasant during the production process.The last time I smelled it, it lingered on my nose for several days and I couldn't get rid of it.

However, that thing is somewhat dangerous. If too much water is added and the reaction is too violent, it may explode.

However, since electricity is not yet widely available, if there is any large-scale event in the countryside at night, it must be used.This kind of lamp, which emits light by burning stones, is a rare thing in the hearts of ordinary people.

The discussion was finalized, and several people were excited for a long time before falling asleep.

Unexpectedly, early the next morning, just as Wang Chengzhou was going to report to the Autumn Protection Team, an uninvited guest rushed over.He was so frightened that he was afraid that he had committed something.

There was no way, the person who came was none other than Comrade Wu Guoshan, a police officer in uniform.

Sure enough, just two days later, news spread to the commune that the Wang family's production team had killed more than a dozen wild boars in succession.

"Boy, be honest."

Wu Guoshan lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, suppressed a smile, and the wrinkles on his face bloomed into chrysanthemums, "Don't tell me that you are Li Guang, and you can kill hundreds of kilograms with just a wooden arrow." Shoot the heavy wild boars to death.”

"Since last night, your deeds have been spread in the countryside. Everyone says that there is a capable man in Wangjia Village, who leads the entire brigade to enjoy the hot food."

"In fact, not only our commune, but also the people in neighboring communes know about this. You kid, you have made a big splash again!"

This guy is probably almost 50 years old, but he is still full of energy. He rode his bicycle early in the morning to accuse himself.

However, it may not be appropriate to use the word "inciting troops to prosecute".

Wang Chengzhou smiled brightly and had no intention of hiding it, "Old Wu, how big of a deal is it? Is it worth your while to come and see it in person?"

"That arrow is indeed not an ordinary arrow. I used medicine on it."

"But don't worry, I didn't spread that medicine."

Wu Guoshan flicked the ashes of his cigarette, stared at him, and snorted, "Don't worry? A wild boar weighing hundreds of kilograms can be shot to death with one arrow. The poison is so strong, how can you make me feel relieved?"

"To tell you the truth, I didn't come here just for you, but your poison played a big part in it!"

"If you don't understand such a powerful thing thoroughly, how can you, the public security commissioner of Pushan Township, rest assured?"

(End of this chapter)