Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 252 Li Village

On the third day, the exploration team came to a Li village in the middle reaches of the Changhua River. This is the village where the guide's uncle lived.The exploration team decided to rest here, inquire about the journey below, and then find a guide.Mr. Wang is not very familiar with the road after Lizhai.

This Li village is completely different from the Li village in Lingao that Mu Min has seen.If it weren't for the tattooed Li women at the entrance and their ethnic costumes, it would be really difficult to distinguish them from the general Han villages in the area.

The village here is very large, with nearly a hundred families, and the houses are neatly arranged.All the flat land beside the river outside the village has been turned into paddy fields to grow rice, unlike the “mountain fences” that the Li people in other places grow. It can be seen that both the living standard and agricultural production are higher than other Li people.

If you look carefully, the houses in Mei Foo Li are Han-style, but they are simpler than the houses of the Han people.Men here wear their hair in a bun and earrings, while women wear black and white cloth scarves around their heads, and both men and women wear black button-down tops.

"The origin of Meifu Li is very interesting," Fang Jinghan said. "According to some information I read, it is speculated that they are probably descendants of the first group of Han immigrants who came to Hainan Island during the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties."

The name of Meifu Li also reveals that they are latecomers on the island. "Mei Fu" is their self-proclaimed name, which means "guests who live on the lower road". Obviously, they arrived later than other Li people.Meifuli occupies relatively good fields on both sides of the Changhua River, and can grow rice instead of "mountain fences".Weaving technology is also superior to other Li people.Past ethnological surveys also found that their looms were very similar to those of the Central Plains in the Han Dynasty.The original commune in Meifu Li had very few constituents, and the social differences were obvious. There were ancestral halls, genealogy compilation, generation scheduling, and conflicts among clans.

Ye Yuming said: "Then they must be able to speak Chinese?"

"Chinese in the Han Dynasty? Enough!" Xiong Buyou said.

"This is just a speculation. It may also be the descendants of other ethnic groups on the mainland that have been sinicized. Besides, people are really descendants of Han people, and they may not be able to speak Chinese."

"I didn't expect you to be quite familiar with the Li people." Mu Min felt a little ashamed. She was a standard Li people, but when it came to understanding her own people, she didn't know as much as this university graduate.

"This is also a course." Fang Jinghan was a little embarrassed, "It's something to use in my major. I major in sociology."

"This major sounds... very powerful." Mu Min thought for a long time before coming up with such an adjective, "It can be used for ethnological research or something."

"We have four classes in one major, with forty students in each class. One world is 160. There are at least twenty or thirty undergraduate colleges in the country that offer this major. Where can I go to study?" Fang Jinghan smiled wryly, "So At once--"

As Fang Jinghan said that, there was another dull pain in his heart.A fresh start is not necessarily a good thing.After enduring several months of hard work, he once again realized that he was not the main character. There were a lot of talents in the crossing team. Masters could organize companies, doctors could form a row, and there were countless sea turtles. , is still a basic mass.In the end, it was thrown into the exploration team as "waste material".

"Or you can do it with me in the future!" Mu Min waved his hand carelessly, "My Li Miao Affairs Office is short of people."

"Hey, Boss, can you dig someone behind your back?" Cui Yunhong smiled, "Take it as if I don't exist."

"What I said is the truth. Let's do it like this, and go through the formalities when we go back."

Talking and laughing, I turned around the river bend, and there was a house on the hillside in front of me. The guide said: "The front is the opposite of the moat, and it is my uncle's house." The words were quite affectionate.

Wang Po ran to death.Although Lizhai is close in front of us, we still have to walk for more than half an hour to arrive. The river here is full of water and the water is very shallow, but it is clear to the bottom, and the banks are full of tall trees.When I got closer, I saw a lot of soybean pods hanging under the branches.Mu Min was very curious and asked everyone to watch it.

Cui Yunhong smiled: "This is a saponin tree, what's so rare. There are many in the lower village of our hometown."

"It's the one with natural soap locust shampoo?" Mu Min's only impression of soap locust is this.

"Yes, saponins used to be a natural soap. It's good for washing clothes and bathing." Cui Yunhong stopped to look at the saponins forest that grew from the shore to the slopes of the hills, at least [-] to [-] mu.What a fantastic resource.

Ye Yuming said: "This resource is of no use to us. As soon as we get coconut oil, we can make soap."

"Saponica has many uses in industry," Cui Yunhong said, "I forget the specifics. The advantage is that it is not corrosive and milder than soap. It also seems to be used as medicine."

When a group of people came to the gate of the village, Ding Zhuang, who was guarding the village, came to question him.Because of Mr. Wang's guide and the goods he brought, he entered the stockade easily.

When the villagers in Zhongshan village saw foreign traders, they all gathered around to see the goods.The Li area is remote, but all the daily necessities such as salt and needles and threads rely on hawkers.As soon as they arrived, all the women in the village came to watch and formed a big circle around the big house.

The exploration team was also busy spreading out the goods. There were bags of white sugar, which were so white and dazzling that many Li people didn't know them. Guide Wang promoted them for them, and at the same time sprinkled some on the banana leaves for everyone to taste.Immediately, sales were booming.

As for salt, needles and threads, hooks and knives, agricultural tools, etc., needless to say, they are daily necessities.The exploration team also brought some products specially developed by the trading company for the trade in Li District, mainly perforated glass beads of various colors, all of which were made from the waste left over from making glassware, and they were dazzling, attracting many young women , surrounded Mu Min one after another, chatting and laughing as they selected goods, with a youthful air.It is a pity that Meifu Li also has the custom of facial tattooing, which has shattered the dreams of many boys who had longed for Li girls.

Li people do not have gold, silver and copper coins, they are all barters, and the things they exchange are all kinds of things. The original intention of the exploration team is to collect resource information, not to make money, no matter leather, herbs, betel nuts, saponins, Gebu, Kapok cloth and the like are all accepted.The calculated value is also favorable, and both parties are happy.A group of people were busy trading, and did not stop until the crowd gradually dispersed.

Guide Wang was also enthusiastic and invited them to rest at his uncle's house

The guide's uncle's surname was Li, and his name was Li Benqing.The family has no land other than a dilapidated house, and they make a living by collecting herbs and hunting on weekdays. 27 Eight can only be mixed in boudoir.Originally, he had no status in the village.Later, because he often went to the county town to sell skins and wild animals, and could speak Chinese, he was in charge of all dealings with government merchants.At present, he is considered a bit of a face in the stockade.

Everyone followed the guide to the thatched cottage, and saw that the bamboo door was half open, and the room was dark, only the fire from the firepit was shining slightly.

There was a faint humming sound from the cabin.

As soon as the guide opened the door and walked in, Cui Yunhong asked everyone to wait outside, and she and Xiong Buyou walked in first.I saw a middle-aged man half lying on the bamboo frame bed, without bedding.There was a lot of straw thrown under the bed.There was a bamboo torch burning in the room, emitting red light creakingly. Looking at the man under the firelight, his hair was disheveled, his face was full of beard, and his face was flushed. When he saw someone coming in, he screamed a few times.

Mr. Wang hurried out, took half a scoop of water from the mountain spring brought in by the bamboo pipe outside, and fed him to drink.That's better.When the nephew and uncle met, they naturally had another conversation, but the people couldn't understand it, and they thought the room was cramped, so they all sat on the ground in the porch, drinking some mountain spring water, and drinking water purification tablets to quench their thirst.

After a while, the guide came out, and he said very sorry: "I'm really sorry for the shopkeepers. I thought this is my uncle's house. It's not a problem to entertain you delicious food and stay for a few days. I'm going to pick it up. He is also good at taking medicine. It’s just that he recently suffered from cold and fever, and the attack was severe. Wait a little longer.”

Everyone immediately turned their attention to He Ping, who was sent by the Ministry of Health.This person has been doing odd jobs in the Ministry of Health since Day D, and Shi Yanren taught him some basic simple medical skills based on the principle of multiple contributions.After killing several rabbits and frogs, and trying his skills on a few native patients who unfortunately fell into his hands, He Ping became an honorable "hygiene worker".Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he knew that he was going to show his talents and use modern medicine to conquer the hearts of the ancients.

Sending doctors and medicines is an old method, but it is the most effective.

Nine out of ten of the so-called cold and fever diseases in Li District of Hainan belong to malaria.This is a common disease in Le District, and the infection rate is very high.People across the crowd have been infected since D-Day. Fortunately, the malaria parasites here have not yet developed resistance to drugs, and once the drug is used, it will have a very good effect.So He Ping is very sure about playing this miracle doctor.

Immediately ask Mr. Wang to move his uncle out of the house and put him on the porch.It was only then that everyone realized that this "uncle" was actually young, only in his early thirties. He Ping saw his symptoms: flushed face.Shortness of breath; hyperemia of the conjunctiva; hot and dry skin... These are typical symptoms of the febrile period of the day-to-day abuse. If you don’t measure your body temperature and judge by touching your forehead with your hands, your body temperature should be at least 39°C.

"How often?" He Ping asked.

"Once every two days." Li Benqing was hot and in great pain, "Once, for a good day. And then again. Every ten days—" He took a breath.

"This should be day-to-day abuse. It's a kind of benign abuse." He Ping's diagnosis made everyone feel uneasy. Cui Yunhong whispered: "How sure are you? If you put someone to death, you will be passive." .”

He Ping was very dissatisfied: "I didn't say to cure it, it was you who proposed it yourself. Now stop it. Anyway, after 5 to 10 episodes of daily abuse, it will be cured naturally—"

Seeing the patient groaning in pain, Mu Min felt pity: "Cure it, human life is life. Isn't it just malaria, you can't do big things if you are timid."

Seeing that no one objected, He Ping took four tablets of chloroquine from the medicine box and gave him to take it.This is the most effective anti-masochism drug in the hands of time travelers. It takes effect quickly, the course of treatment is short, and its toxicity is much less than that of quinine.

"Swallow it with water, go back to sleep, and take it again tomorrow." He Ping took care.According to the lessons Shi Yanren taught him, this disease will be cured after taking medicine for three days.

The nephew and uncle were dubious.There are also doctors of the Han Chinese in Changhua City, and I have never heard that they are capable of treating this cold and fever disease.How could this group of peddlers just take out a few pieces of white stuff and say that they can cure diseases?However, the onset of the disease was really painful, so he simply treated it like a living horse doctor and took it.

Seeing the patient falling asleep, everyone felt uneasy for a while—this was no different than in Lingao, the Transmigration Group was a true Emperor of the Earth, even if a person was put to death, it was nothing.In Lizhai, Changhua, where people are not familiar with the place, it would not be a good end if people were killed.

Buddy Wang didn't have so many ideas, he was busy cooking for everyone.Xiong Buyou repeatedly said that there was no need, they brought their own dry food.Just ask him to help boil some water.The crowd ate some dry grass food indiscriminately with boiling water. Seeing that they were so polite, Mr. Wang was very sorry, but the people in Lizhai had a hard life and couldn't offer anything to entertain them, so he decided to buy some wild game to entertain them tomorrow.

The exploration team built a temporary shed with bamboo poles in the yard of Li Benqing's house, and brought a lot of fresh straw to pave it.He Ping went to the river beach outside the stockade to gather a lot of Artemisia annua, and set it alight beside the shed. As soon as the damp vegetation caught fire, the choking smoke made everyone cough unceasingly.

"This is a malaria-infested area, and mosquito repellent is an effective way to prevent infection." He Ping said, "Artemisia annua smoke is very effective in repelling mosquitoes. If you smoke like this, you can guarantee it overnight." Although it was two weeks before departure from the Zhenhai Antimalarial drugs were distributed to all expedition members as a preventive measure. Mosquito control is still the most effective means of prevention in malaria areas.

Ye Yuming thought about it: "Can't Artemisia annua cure malaria? Artemisia annua is found everywhere, and it is very convenient for Li people to treat diseases. When it is promoted, it will be easier to do Limiao work."

"This is Artemisia annua, not Artemisia stinky." He Ping said, "Artemisia annua is useless."

"Hainan does not produce stinky wormwood?"

"Of course, but Artemisia annua decoction alone cannot prevent and treat malaria." He Ping used to work in a pharmaceutical factory. The active ingredients of the drug cannot be extracted at all. According to our industrial level, it is probably impossible to use this drug, so we should grow quinine honestly."

Afraid of accidents, Mu Min agreed that members of the team would take turns on duty to add fuel to the fire, so that the Artemisia annua would burn all night.Also guard against someone's unruly behavior.

Early the next morning, Li Benqing no longer had a fever, and He Ping was relieved—this meant that the diagnosis and treatment were correct.Then let him take two more.In this way, it can be cured after three days of treatment.

The exploration team detected the water depth of the Changhua River outside Lizhai, and found that the deepest depth was 1.2 meters, which is generally suitable for sailing.There are carpenters in the village, as well as simple canoes, but the boats are very small, and each can only seat two or three people.Cui Yunhong decided to make bamboo rafts here and prepare to go up the river.The next target is Sanchahe.

(End of this chapter)