eurekapd Chapter 202 Vomiting Bugs
Chapter 202 Vomiting Bugs
after eating.
After Xu Wenyan cleaned out a pottery jar, he prepared to burn a lid according to its outline. Making sauerkraut must be done in a closed environment.
Also, there must be no oil or raw water in the jar, as these are the main reasons for the failure of fermentation.
Then put the mother water into the tank. At the beginning, you can soak a little less, and then wait until there is more water in it, and then slowly add vegetables into it.
The sauerkraut made with mother water is the most authentic and convenient, but in ancient times, not many people were willing to use mother water.
With nothing to do at home, Xu Wenyan took a few men with him to plow the two plots of land in front of the door. It would be a waste to leave them alone.
Now is the season when rapeseed blooms, but the rapeseed in Jixiang Village is not growing well. Xu Wenyan knows the specific reason, which is nothing more than a problem of soil and fertilizer.
After the rapeseed and sweet potatoes are harvested, the land will be returned to them. At that time, Xu Wenyan plans to plant peppers and peas in the land, and then plant rice.
The land in front of the door has not been planted for a year, and the soil is compacted very tightly, not to mention the land in front of the newly built house next to it.
Fortunately, everyone in the family is young and strong, so the work can be done quickly. Xu Wenyan plans to leave some space to plant peppercorns, and also transplant more mints.
Xu Wenyan was also planning to ask Wang Zeren for the piece of land behind the house, but actually, it wasn’t really land to be precise.
There is a mountain about four or five meters behind Chen Sanlin's house. It is not a very large area, and Xu Wenyan wants to turn that place into a pond, where he can raise river clams and field snails.
I will need it when I open a small shop in the future.
We are busy here.
Guan hurried into the yard, and you could see that her eyes were red with anxiety.
"Captain Xu... Captain Xu, my boss vomited a huge worm."
When the other people who were still working heard the news, they were all surprised, only Xu Wenyan remained calm.
The fact that a person vomited out a large insect was unheard of in this village. Some superstitious people even thought it was some kind of evil spirit.
"Okay, I understand. Take me to see it."
Guan was trotting hurriedly in front, Xu Wenyan was following behind, and Xiaohu was also curious and insisted on following.
When Xu Wenyan arrived, many villagers had already gathered at the entrance of the shack.
"Doctor Xu is here!"
The crowd gathered and someone shouted this. Everyone looked at Xu Wenyan with expectation. Xu Wenyan now held a very good position in their hearts, as he had saved everyone's lives yesterday.
Everyone made way, and after Xu Wenyan walked in, he could still see the roundworm still wriggling on the ground.
Xu Wenyan frowned. Although he was mentally prepared, he was still disgusted by seeing such a long strip.
"Captain Xu, I..." Zeng Guoqin was also panicked. When Xu Wenyan told him not to hold back his vomiting, he deliberately opened his mouth wide, and in just a moment, the big bug came out of his mouth.
Zeng Guoqin looked extremely ugly at this time, as if he had some terminal illness.
"You're fine, just spit out the bug." Xu Wenyan turned around and prepared to go to the military tent: "Get rid of this bug quickly."
"Doctor Xu, please don't go. Save us."
"Yeah, do we have bugs in our bodies too?"
The villagers' faces were filled with fear, and some women even vomited at the thought of having such long worms in their stomachs.
"Let's line up outside the military tent."
It was at this time that there was unrest in the Zheng family. Xu Wenyan knew what was happening inside without even thinking about it, and he brought hundreds or even thousands of people with him to the military tent.
Luo Sanyuan thought that he was here to cause trouble again, so he picked up the club and walked out of the military tent. He did not put down the club until he saw Xu Wenyan.
"What's going on? Xu Wenyan brought so many people here."
Xu Wenyan pulled him aside and asked, "Are there still many peppercorns in the military tent?"
"Peppercorns?" Luo Sanyuan asked in confusion, "The peppercorns are almost gone. There's only half a bag left."
The cloth bag used to hold seasonings on the stove was very small. Half a bag was probably only enough for Xu Wenyan to grab two or three handfuls, which was definitely not enough facing so many refugees.
Helplessly, Xu Wenyan could only consult Wang Zeren. When he learned that Hua Jiao was needed to save people, Wang Zeren didn't want things to become too troublesome afterwards.
He rode on Mo Xuan and rushed to the county.
While Wang Zeren was away, Xu Wenyan distributed the peppercorns: "Choose one person from each family. There isn't enough medicine right now. I suggest you give it to the children first, and then distribute the rest."
Xu Wenyan first looked at how intense these people’s reactions were, after all, the last fight was because of this.
Some families with children are almost going crazy. Now they are afraid that these people will not give their children a chance first.
Fortunately, no one objected this time. Perhaps it was because it was Xu Wenyan who proposed it, so no one dared to say anything unpleasant.
After distributing a round of peppercorns, the villagers squatted quietly at the door of the ancestral hall waiting for the medicine to take effect. The so-called medicine taking effect actually uses the smell of the peppercorns to stimulate the worms out of their stomachs.
This method is not 100% effective, and not everyone’s worms are necessarily in the stomach. Taking peppercorns is the most effective and quickest way.
After a day of screening, as expected, most of the villagers had vomited out the worms, and a small number of people had no abnormalities at all, and even the pain did not ease.
Xu Wenyan had no choice but to discuss with Zhao Shanhe again: "Doctor Zhao, now that we know the cause of the disease, do you know any other herbs that can repel parasites?"
Zhao Shanhe touched his chin and thought carefully about medical skills: "The easier ones are peach leaves, pumpkin seeds and mulberry leaves. The harder ones are Arisaema and Polygonum multiflorum. I think we can find Tripterygium wilfordii and Platycladus orientalis leaves in this mountain."
After all, Zhao Shanhe was not familiar with the mountains in this village, and other people did not recognize the medicinal herbs, so it was most sensible to ask Xu Wenyan.
Hearing the names of these medicinal herbs, Xu Wenyan really felt that there was a difference between a half-baked person like him and a professional. Only when he saw a certain plant would he gradually recall the effects of these plants.
People like Zhao Shanhe who can do things with ease are real doctors.
Peach leaves and mulberry leaves are easy to find and can be found in the village.
The two mulberry trees in the village produce mulberries that are not even as big as red beans every year, so naturally no one is interested in them. If Xu Wenyan didn't mention it now, he would have forgotten that there were these two mulberry trees in the village.
Platycladus orientalis leaves are very common. It is a tree species native to China and is widely distributed throughout the country.
The leaves of Platycladus orientalis are branched and flat, with small scaly leaves in dark green or yellow-green.
Xu Wenyan, Luo Sanyuan and a few others came back with baskets on their backs, plucking a bunch of leaves. These things are quite common and not expensive to buy at the hospital.
Of course, you have to pay to see a doctor here at Zhao Shanhe. A dose of medicine costs two cents, and you have to take it at least two or three times. Moreover, this medicine can kill insect eggs. Xu Wenyan recommends that everyone drink some for prevention.
Those who don't see any improvement have to continue drinking it, so it costs a lot of money. Although the price is not expensive, there are many people drinking it.
Similarly, this time Zhao Shanhe was responsible for decocting the medicine. After all, it needed to be prepared. Xu Wenyan was secretly learning how to prepare the medicinal materials. Zhao Shanhe was also generous. Maybe he thought that Xu Wenyan was a real doctor, so it didn't matter if he saw him.
Luo Sanyuan and Ermazi are responsible for collecting money and keeping accounts. The villagers are extremely poor now, and Zhao Shanhe doesn't think that these villagers can give now.
As long as it is recorded in the account, it will not escape. The money will naturally be divided equally with Xu Wenyan.
The war hasn't even ended yet, but Xu Wenyan has already earned more than three taels of silver, but he hasn't collected the silver yet.