Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Chapter 88: A good five or six half

The coptis root, phellodendron, scutellaria, honeysuckle, forsythia and dandelion mentioned by Yu Qiutang are all anti-inflammatory herbs, which are common in the mountains. Generally, people in mountain villages will also carry some of them. Lao Liu is a doctor, so it is estimated that his family will not be short of these things.

He asked Liu Chunyan to ask her mother to boil some water, and after finding the herbs, put them in the water and boil them for a while. Then he gently wiped Old Liu's body with the medicine and gave him some Coptis chinensis water.

In fact, anti-inflammation is a concept in Western medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine, there is only the concept of removing fire. The principles are similar, but they belong to different systems.

However, the dosage of Western medicine is high-purity and the healing effect is faster, while Chinese medicine needs to be adjusted slowly and the treatment speed is relatively slow.

Therefore, Western medicine is generally used for quick treatment, while Chinese medicine is beneficial for conditioning the body. Each has its own strengths.

Although people like Liu Chunyan are members of the Liu family, they obviously have not learned much from their father. When it comes to handling specific matters, they are not as experienced as Yu Qiutang, an outsider.

After the operation, Old Liu slowly calmed down. Liu Chunyan and Liu Dahu were just about to breathe a sigh of relief when Yu Qiutang asked them to hire a car immediately to send Old Qin to the hospital in the town.

This is a fever, we can't be careless and must be cautious.

however.

When they heard about hiring a car, Liu Chunyan and Liu Dahu, including his mute wife who had just come from the kitchen, all looked embarrassed.

"Are you having any trouble?"

"Brother Qiutang, to be honest, our village is too small and is located halfway up a hill. We don't need cars on a regular basis, so if we want to hire a car, there isn't one in our village. We need to go to other villages to find one. You see..."

Liu Chunyan looked at the mule cart in the yard and Wang Haofeng who was sitting on the cart and smoking a cigarette.

"You mean, you want to continue using our car?"

Liu Chunyan lowered her head in shame, "Brother Qiutang, we have no other choice. How about this? You tell that brother, we will pay for the car and take the person to the town. We will pay for the fare, okay?"

Yu Qiutang looked at Wang Haofeng, shook his head and said, "I need to ask my brother about this. The car is his."

"Then... could you please ask for me?"

"Actually, you can ask it yourself. My brother is very easy to talk to. As long as you ask, he will definitely agree."

Liu Chunyan shrank her head slightly, and subconsciously leaned towards Yu Qiutang, saying awkwardly, "I think that big brother seems to have some opinions about us. I wonder if he thinks that our family didn't entertain us well enough."

Yu Qiutang smiled and said, "Misunderstanding, if there is one, it must be a misunderstanding. You guys help Old Liu get up first, and I will help you talk."

"Thank you so much, cousin Qiu."

Yu Qiutang felt very uncomfortable being called "Cousin Qiu". He looked quite mature, but in reality, he was probably younger than Liu Chunyan.

It's just that his behavior and speaking style seem mature. It might be embarrassing to expose Liu Chunyan now, so he plans to wait until they part.

While the people inside were packing up, Yu Qiutang came to the corner of the yard, ran to sit on the shaft of the cart, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong, Fengzi? It seems that you are not in a good mood."

"No, I'm fine."

"Really?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Wang Haofeng pretended nothing had happened and asked, "Is it over? If it's over, we'll go home."

"Old Liu has an inflammation, Chunyan said it's hard to hire a car..."

"Why, she still wants to use my car, but I told her I would definitely return the car today."

"We can still make it to the town now. It will be close to our home after we get there."

"Then..." Wang Haofeng was still very hesitant and seemed very embarrassed.

Seeing this, Yu Qiutang moved closer to him and whispered in his ear, "Let me tell you, Chunyan is actually single. Don't take her brother's words seriously. It's just the man's wishful thinking, not her intention."

"Really...why are you telling me this?!"

Wang Haofeng was not paying attention and exposed his inner thoughts directly. He was a little overwhelmed and his face turned red with embarrassment.

"I'm just saying it casually. I think that girl is pretty. I'm sure any man would like her. What do you think?"

"Nonsense, who said that..."

"Oh, forget it, let's not talk about this. See if you can help. Chunyan will follow the car to the town."

"Go ahead. People have come to my door asking about it, and it's a matter of saving lives. There's no reason to refuse."

Wang Haofeng jumped down from the shaft of the cart. The depression that had just appeared on his body was swept away. He looked energetic, as if he had just taken a bath. Even his eyebrows began to jump.

"Come on, why don't you go over and help? How can a girl move people?"

have to.

This kid actually drafted a group of men into the army.

Yu Qiutang followed in silence.

He didn't know whether Wang Haofeng and Liu Chunyan could succeed. No one could say for sure.

But you can see that he likes it very much.

Sometimes, relationships between men and women are like this. It’s hard to explain why, they just fall in love with each other.

Considering the boy's tragic marriage in his previous life, Yu Qiutang still hopes to influence him subtly and let him take another path. Good brothers in two lives are better than family members.

It would be unreasonable for him not to help him.

Just ...

I don’t know if he has this fate.

This Liu Chunyan is not only good-looking, but also very likable in his way of doing things. He will definitely have to compete with many people.

The two of them came into the room. Just as Yu Qiutang was about to speak to Liu Chunyan, Wang Haofeng walked directly to the kang and waved at him: "Come on, Tangtang, what are you doing standing at the door?"

Ok.

When you need help, just call him Master.

Now it has been replaced by a stepping stone and has become a grand one.

What could Yu Qiutang say? This was what he owed in his previous life, and he had to pay it back in this life.

"Why don't you let my brother do it?" Liu Chunyan was very grateful to Wang Haofeng for agreeing to drive the car, so she didn't dare to ask him to help carry the person. She quickly called Liu Dahu over and said, "Brother, what are you doing? You are standing here without helping. The two big brothers helped to send the person off, and they also helped to carry the person."

"Oh." Liu Dahu then hurried over, but he was a little stupid and didn't know how to lift the person.

Yu Qiutang saw it and was worried that Wang Haofeng would tear Old Liu's wound again, so he simply asked him to wait on the side and he and Wang Haofeng carried Old Liu into the car together.

After everything was ready, Yu Qiutang said to Liu Chunyan, "Do you want to go with us?"

Wang Haofeng: “?”

Didn’t you just say that Liu Chunyan was going? Why are you asking again? She couldn’t help but give Yu Qiutang a resentful look.

Yu Qiutang pretended not to see it.

Fortunately, after a brief thought, Liu Chunyan took into account that her brother was a little confused and her mother was disabled, and she really couldn't handle it if she didn't go.

"Well, I'll follow you."

Wang Haofeng finally let go of his worries and walked towards the car with lighter steps.

In this way, Liu Chunyan made some simple preparations for hospitalization, took some money and spare clothes for her and Lao Liu, and explained the household affairs to her mother and brother before following the car.

Just as he was about to get on the train, Lao Liu woke up again. This time he was in good spirits and found himself lying in the carriage again. After understanding what happened, he was extremely grateful to Yu Qiutang and Wang Haofeng.

After chatting for a while, he tremblingly took out a small cloth bag from his pocket, opened it layer by layer, and found a key inside.

"Here, Chunyan, open the box in the west room and bring Daddy's little box over here."

"Oh." Liu Chunyan looked surprised, but still agreed and ran into the west room with the key.

"Da Hu, bring me Dad's old thing."

"What old fellow, Dad?"

"What do you think, silly kid?"

Liu Dahu scratched his head, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "I know, the gun is right, your gun!"

"Go quickly!"

"okay."

Yu Qiutang and Wang Haofeng looked at Lao Liu's series of actions and were a little confused about what the old man was trying to do.

We can only wait and see what happens.

Soon, Liu Chunyan came out first, holding an antique box in her hands. It seemed to be made of copper, and the surface was covered with rust. The original carved patterns were mottled and the original appearance could no longer be seen.

"Dad, do you want to open it?"

"Open it. Turn the front rotor three times to the right and once to the left. Then press hard inside..."

It turned out to be a box with a mechanism.

Yu Qiutang was truly eye-opening.

This kind of old thing was owned by many families in the early years, but it seems to have gradually disappeared, and most of them were taken away by people walking the streets.

Many villagers don’t know the value of old items. Sometimes people can exchange a pound of rice or a dollar for a good item.

After completing a series of actions, Liu Chunyan pressed the button and the lid popped open immediately. She opened the lid and was shocked.

"Dad, this is..."

"Give it to me." Old Liu was lying in the car, which was very inconvenient, so Liu Chunyan had to put the box facing him and in front of him, just within his reach.

He fumbled around and took out a stack of money, all of which were in the form of Great Unity. He handed the money to Liu Chunyan.

"That Swallow, come on, count out three hundred dollars."

"Um,"

Although Liu Chunyan was still very surprised, she did not question her father in front of outsiders. Instead, she followed his instructions, counted out thirty Great Unity bills, and returned the remaining money to her father.

Just as Lao Liu was about to put the bills back into the box, he suddenly remembered something and took out two bills. "Here, this is the money for the mule cart. Give it to Haofeng."

Liu Chunyan took the money again and put it into one of the stacks.

"You saved my life. I don't have much savings. You two and the good boy who hasn't come yet will each get 100 yuan, and the other 20 yuan is for the mule fare..."

"Uncle, what are you doing? We didn't save you just to ask you to pay. It's only natural for us to lend a helping hand when we meet someone in the mountains." Yu Qiutang quickly waved his hand to refuse.

"That's right, you can't ask for money, we don't want it!" Wang Haofeng simply turned his head away and didn't look at the money here.

The hand that Liu Chunyan extended was frozen in mid-air.

"If you can take it, why not? You did a good deed, so you should be thanked. If it's not meaningful at all and you still have to go through so much trouble, then who would be willing to do good deeds?

Besides, this is the money I paid for my life. If you don’t accept it, it means my life is not worth three hundred dollars. That would be unlucky for me, right?”

"Uncle, really..."

"Stop talking, this is how it is. Young people should be more straightforward. Why are you more long-winded than an old man like me?

I'm telling you, I don't want to owe you a favor. Now that I've paid you, I feel good. Do you want me to keep owing you money and feel uneasy? "

Liu Chunyan also said, "Cousin Qiu, Brother Haofeng, just keep it. You don't know my father. He is famous for not taking advantage of others and not owing favors to others. If you really don't accept it, he will keep talking about it for the rest of his life."

She looked at Yu Qiutang with pleading eyes, her plump figure swaying with her gentle breathing. Yu Qiutang actually felt a slight heat in his throat, and he quietly took half a step back.

"Take it!"

Liu Chunyan said it again, with an expectant look on her face, almost starting to act coquettishly.

That's it.

Yu Qiutang smiled bitterly, took the money, and stuffed the 120 yuan stack to Wang Haofeng, "Take it. This is Uncle Liu's care for us. Uncle will feel at ease if you accept it."

"It's too much." Wang Haofeng listened to Yu Qiutang very much. After hearing what he said, he basically agreed. He just felt that it was a bit too much. He didn't have much money on a normal day, and suddenly getting 100 yuan felt like a huge sum of money.

"It's not much, Brother Haofeng. This is a gift from my father. Compared with the grace of saving my life, it seems less." Liu Chunyan said to Wang Haofeng with a smile.

Wang Haofeng saw Liu Chunyan's bright eyes, which were so bright that they sparkled, and he could no longer say polite words. He put the money away and said shyly, "Then I'll take it."

"Cousin Qiu, I heard from my father that there are three of you, right?"

"It's three."

"Please help my father pass on the other hundred yuan. And thank him for his kindness again on my father's behalf. When my father recovers, we will come to thank him in person."

"Okay, I'll pass it on. Now that everything is settled, shall we pack up and go out?"

When Old Liu saw that the money had been accepted, he felt much more relaxed and asked Liu Chunyan to take some more money from the money and bring it to the hospital for backup.

Liu Chunyan carried the box back to the west wing.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw Liu Dahu coming out holding a long cloth stick and shouting from afar: "Dad, is this what's wrapped in it?"

"It's not like you haven't seen my bag before, and you're still asking. You can't remember anything in your head, and you're confused."

"Hehe, I just want to confirm it." Liu Dahu looks carefree, but if he were thrown outside, with a cold brow, others might be a little scared when seeing him.

But in front of his father, he became very honest and simple, and turned into a fat boy again.

"Qiu Tang, look at this gun."

Yu Qiutang took the cloth stick, untied the tightly bound cloth strips, and peeled them off layer by layer. Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

I couldn't help but let out a soft cry.

"Huh~"

This is a brand new 56.5 rifle. The lines of the gun body are smooth, the metal parts are shining, and it exudes an attractive cold and hard luster. The barrel is straight and smooth, as if it can shoot through all obstacles.

Holding it in your hand, the grip of the gun fits your hand very well and feels great to hold.

Looking at the whole, the gun body has a solid structure, the details are finely processed, and every part fits tightly together, which shows that the person who made the gun has superb manufacturing skills.

"Is it a good gun?" asked Lao Liu.

“It’s a good gun.”

Yu Qiutang was a little reluctant to let it go. He had been holding guns for a long time and was very sensitive to them. Just by shaking it, he knew that the gun came from a legitimate source and not an ordinary one.

(End of this chapter)