warm and deep

Chapter 14
On Sunday, Shitou and Chunhua went out early in the morning with a load of mountain goods.Min Rou came back from cutting a large bundle of grass, and looked for Liang Shi everywhere.

Guo Zisu said, "Uncle Liang may have gone to Uncle Bone's house, you can play something else."

Minrou looked disappointed and said: "My dad is not at home, I want to paint with a brush for a while." After speaking, he looked at Guo Zisu eagerly.

Guo Zisu was shaken by his eyes, and said, "Then I'll take you to find him."

Min Rou jumped up and down happily and led the way, heading straight to Uncle Bone's house.

From a distance, Guo Zisu heard the voices of people in Uncle Gu's house, and immediately ran over at a faster pace.

I saw a middle-aged sister-in-law sitting on a chair in Uncle Gu's house with her arms slumped, her face darkened, and she kept moaning in pain, "Ouch! Ouch!"An unshaven man next to her, apparently her husband, was anxiously begging Master Bone to heal his wife's hand quickly.

Uncle Gu spread his hands helplessly, and said, "It's not that I won't treat you, but that I can't. You should go to the hospital immediately."

When the sister-in-law heard that she was asked to go to the hospital, she burst into tears, saying that the hospital fees are very high now, and she has no money, so how dare she go.

She stood up, stretched out her uninjured hand to hold her husband, and said while crying, "Let's go home. It hurts a little from the fall, and it won't get better in a few days. Even if the hand is broken I'm still alive, let's go."

The man lowered his head, refusing to move, his face full of sadness and helplessness.

Seeing this scene, Liang Shi had a sore nose, and said to Uncle Gu, "Master, I'll help you up, and you can show her what's going on first, okay?"

Uncle Bone nodded quickly and said, "Okay, stand up my pillow so that I can sit upright." Then he said to the bearded man, "Take off your wife's coat, and push up the sleeves of the inner coat."

After Mr. Gu sat down, he ordered Liang Shi to move the sister-in-law's injured arm slightly, up and down, to check whether it was strong.He frowned again, and ordered his sister-in-law to sit upright, looking at her shoulders and back.After pondering for a while, he said, "Gong Liang, do you still remember how you put the shoulder bones in for me last time?"

Liang Shi said with shame on his face: "Of course I remember. I tossed and tossed and tossed for more than 20 times before I finally got it right. It hurt you to death."

Uncle Bone waved his hands, and said in a firm tone: "Her situation is basically the same as last time, except that her wrist is also injured. When you fix her shoulder bone, don't touch her wrist."

When Liang Shi heard this, his face turned pale with anxiety, his eyeballs almost popped out, and he said repeatedly: "Master, I can't do it. She is a woman, and she has been injured, so how can she be tossed around by me?" He turned his head in a panic , Said to the bearded man: "Brother, take your sister-in-law to the hospital quickly, don't delay here."

The bearded man looked at Uncle Gu and then at Liang Shi, not knowing what to do.

But the woman immediately wiped away her tears, and said to Liang Shi in a begging tone: "Little master, I don't want to go to the hospital. Just do it for me, even 30 times, I'm not afraid of pain."

Liang Shi was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and kept wiping the sweat on his forehead with his hands. He half hung his head, not daring to look at his sister-in-law. No, I can't hurt you."

But the sister-in-law couldn't listen. She choked up and said, "Little master, we came all the way here just to save money and fix my hand. I don't blame you if it's good or bad, just help me."

Hearing what his woman said, the bearded man also begged Liang Shi: "Brother, just help my wife. If Mr. Bone says you can do it, you will do it. Help us. We really don't have much money on us. We can't go to the hospital." Get up."

The crowd watching around also echoed, asking Liang Shi to try, maybe it can really be cured.

Liang Shi's face was tense, no matter how everyone encouraged him, he resolutely refused to agree.

Seeing the stalemate in the situation, Guo Zisu said to the bearded brother: "How about this, I have some money here, brother, you can use it to treat your sister-in-law first." She took out the money from her pocket as she spoke.

The bearded brother shook his hand violently, pushed away Guo Zisu's hand holding the money, walked over to help his wife up, and said distressedly: "Come on, wife, let's go home and find a way."

The sister-in-law scanned all the people in the room with mournful eyes, sighed, and followed her husband out.

"Uncle Liang, help her, help her." Min Rou took Liang Shi's hand and shook it vigorously, his clear and innocent eyes showed infinite sympathy.

"It's not that I don't help her. If I don't do it well, it will only hurt her." After Liang Shi finished speaking, he squatted down, swallowed hard, and put his hands on his knees, feeling extremely sad.

Uncle Bone coughed, raised his voice and said, "Boy, if you can fix my shoulder bones, why can't you fix hers? What are you afraid of?"

Hearing Uncle Gu's words, the bearded brother helped his wife back and said, "Brother, just give it a try, okay? Let's admit it, okay?" Liang Shi was about to kneel down at one point, and Liang Shi was so frightened that he quickly reached out to support him.

Guo Zisu touched Liang Shi's hand, "Gong Liang, just give it a try. Don't be afraid, Mr. Gu is here."

Liang Shi raised his head and looked at Guo Zisu with eyes full of helplessness and anxiety. She was looking at him with encouraging eyes and nodded to him.

Liang Shi looked at Uncle Gu again, and saw that Uncle Gu was smiling with a positive expression on his face.

He took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I'll try."

Liang Shi straightened his sister-in-law's body, held her arm with one hand, and touched her shoulder bone with the other. With a strong effort, the sister-in-law screamed in pain and almost fell to the ground, her injured hand was still drooping.

Liang Shi was sweating profusely all over his body, and even his breathing became short of breath.Uncle Bone rolled his eyes a few times, and said, "Don't treat it as a human hand, but as a chicken wing. You can do whatever you want."

The shirt on Liang Shi's body was soaked, he took a deep breath, puffed up his cheeks, tried his best to control his trembling hands, once again supported the sister-in-law's arm, touched the shoulder bone, and pushed hard with both hands, the sister-in-law again There was a longer scream, this time slipping limply from the chair and falling to the floor.

The bearded brother was so frightened that he half-kneeled on the ground, helped his wife up, and asked inarticulately: "Wife, are you all right? Are you all right?"

Liang Shi's face was pale, his eyes were dim, his hands were hanging down weakly, and he murmured, "What can I do? What can I do?"

When Guo Zisu saw it, she felt an inexplicable pain in her heart. She couldn't help standing close to him, and gently touched the back of his hand with the back of her hand.

Uncle Bone coughed again, and loudly reprimanded Liang Shi: "Boy, you have to be strong! Don't be so mother-in-law, treat this hand as a chicken wing, cut it as you like, and fold it as you like. Did you hear me, treat it as a chicken wing!" "

The sister-in-law has already sat on the chair again, she said: "Little master, try again, 30 times or 3 times still nothing."

Hearing this, Liang Shi was shocked, and approached, gently lifted the injured arm, concentrated for a while, and exerted a lot of force, only to hear a "chi" sound, and the sister-in-law's shoulder bone returned to its original position.

The bearded brother touched his wife's arm, and said with some disbelief, "Okay? Is it okay, wife?"

The sister-in-law broke into a smile and nodded again and again: "Okay, okay, I feel that my bones have reset."

Everyone in the room cheered and gathered around to see the sister-in-law's hand returning to its original position.Everyone praised Uncle Gu's famous teacher for being an excellent apprentice, and some praised Liang for his cleverness and cleverness. He learned the difficult art of bone setting so quickly, which seemed to be helped by God.

Uncle Bone laughed loudly and said, "I'll just say you can do it. Do you think the 20 times last time were for nothing? Chicken wings are more effective?"

Liang Shi's tense face has been completely stretched, and his eyes are clear. He smiled embarrassedly, "I didn't think of it myself."

Hu Zi and his wife both stood up and bowed deeply to Liang Shi respectfully.Turning around again, he also bowed deeply to Uncle Bone.

Uncle Gu was cheerful, and asked Liang Shi to carefully examine the injury on sister-in-law's wrist, and told him the situation.

Then he pointed to the medicine cabinet in the room and said softly, "Boy, do you still have the plasters I asked you to prepare a few days ago?"

Liang Shi couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart, he nodded with a relaxed expression.Uncle Gu said: "Then you go and get 6 taels of plaster for the broken wrist tendons, and 10 sheets of oil paper, and give them to them."

Liang Shi went in and fetched the medicine and paper according to the instructions, took one and spread it out, then carefully took some plaster, spread it evenly, gently wrapped up the wounded sister-in-law's wrist, and wrapped it with thin thread.He handed the remaining medicine and paper to the bearded brother.

Uncle Gu told the bearded brother and his wife: "Use the plaster nine times after you go back. Spread the ointment evenly on the oiled paper each time, wrap it around the wounded wrist, and change it every 9 days. Let me take a look after the medicine is used up."

Brother Beard took the medicine and took out the money to give to Uncle Bone.Uncle Gu waved his hand: "Next time you come for a review, just remember to buy 10 sheets of oiled paper from the pharmacy and give them to me."

The bearded brother wanted to hand money to Liang Shi again, but Liang Shi's face was about to turn blue, and he backed away again and again.

The folks next to him said, "Uncle Gu doesn't charge money, and his disciples certainly won't accept it either. Next time you come for a review, bring some corn and potatoes from home to Uncle Gu."

The bearded brother stopped insisting, and the couple were very grateful, and took the medicine and hurried home to apply it.

Seeing that they had gone far away, Minrou hurriedly said to Liang Shi, "Uncle Liang, please go home and give me the paintbrush."

Uncle Bone said happily: "Little baby, do you draw? Draw me a picture someday, and let me see how you draw."

The minced meat jumped up and said, "I'm just looking for someone to paint, Mr. Bone. From now on, when my father is not at home, I will paint you."

Uncle Bone immediately sat up straight, straightened his head, without blinking his eyes, and said loudly, "Okay, do you think I look like a spirit sign?"

Guo Zisu immediately thought of the old man's portrait on the shrine in the main house in the village, and she felt hairy in her heart, and said in a trembling voice, "Master Bone, please smile quickly and move."

But minrou ran over without fear at all, put his arms around Uncle Bone's face, wiped his mouth with his little hand, and said, "This mouth will look more like it if it's a little bit flatter!"

Liang Shi stretched out his hand to grab the minced meat, scratched his nose, and said to Uncle Bone, "Master, rest, we're leaving first."

Uncle Gu tilted his chin forward and said, "Go back early, you have worked hard today."

Min Rou immediately took Guo Zisu with one hand and Liang Shi with the other, and said loudly, "Goodbye, Mr. Gu!"

Uncle Gu was overjoyed when he heard it, and waved his hand, asking Liang Shi to take a pack of biscuits that Guo Zisu bought a few days ago for the child.

Liang Shi wanted to be polite, but when he saw Minced Meat staring longingly at the biscuits on Uncle Bone's table, he smiled, took a pack and handed it to him.

The three went to the door, Liang Shi stretched out his hand to close the door for Uncle Gu, and Uncle Gu said loudly: "Boy, remember to make the wheelchair you mentioned."

Liang Shi bent down and made a bow, and said in an extremely upright ancient costume joke: "Master, please rest assured, I promise to make it ready for you before Panwang Festival."

Guo Zisu asked strangely: "Why do you make wheelchairs for the Panwang Festival?"

Liang Shi was still immersed in the joy of healing the broken bone just now, and deliberately said, "You will know when the time comes."

Upon hearing this, Guo Zisu rolled her eyes at him on purpose, and snorted forcefully through her nose.

(End of this chapter)