The village chief's eyes were slightly bright, but he was still cautious, but he couldn't help but glance at Master Song. Seeing that he was eating with his head down, he swallowed without expressing any objection, "Is it true?"
Man Bao nodded, "Of course it's true."
She glanced at the other person's face and said, "I see there are a lot of problems with you. After dinner, you go take a bath and I'll check you out?"
The village chief went to take a shower in a daze. When he came out, he was surrounded by the county magistrate and his wife who asked him to take off his clothes. He was shaking a little.
Zhou Man reached out and patted his back, laughing softly: "Don't be nervous, relax, we won't eat you."
Zhou Man felt his pulse, pressed his body again, asked him a few questions and inserted a set of needles into him. She said: "You have a lot of cold in your body, moxibustion is good, but it shouldn't be too hot.
Later, I can soak some stones in medicine and give you some moxibustion. When you feel better, you can try moxibustion."
Man Bao inserted the needle into him, and the village chief slowly relaxed and fell asleep on the bed. Bai Shan stood aside and watched, and suddenly asked softly: "How many people in Xiaowa Village know how to boil salt?"
?”
"There aren't many, so..." The village chief didn't finish his sentence, and his expression changed drastically after he realized what he was saying.
Bai Shan lowered his eyes and looked at him and said: "Why are you nervous? This county does not know whether to boil salt in private. But what I am curious about is who sent you to learn how to boil salt? This skill should not be someone else's.
They all do it, right?”
The village chief was dripping with cold sweat, but there were a lot of needles stuck in his back, so he didn't dare to move.
The needle that could have made him relax instantly turned into a thorn. He swallowed, lowered his head under Bai Shan's gaze and said, "It was Magistrate Lu who sent us there, saying he wanted us to learn how to boil salt.
, we can also work in the salt field in the future."
Bai Shan: "The new salt farm?"
The village chief lowered his head and said "Yes". Bai Shan nodded and asked, "So there are people in the village who know how to cook salt. If a new salt farm opens, will you be able to get started immediately?"
The village chief perked up and immediately said: "Okay, okay. Many young people in our village have worked in the salt field for a long time and have already learned how to boil salt."
As if he was afraid that Bai Shan would let it go, he immediately said: "Sir, we also know where to cut down large timber. There is a mountain about eight miles away from our village. The wind was against the wind at that time, and the trees on that mountain were not affected.
, you can go over there and chop firewood and come back to boil salt."
Seeing that he was so positive, Bai Shan was very satisfied. Sure enough, in order to make money and live a good life, one naturally has to work harder.
Bai Shan said: "I will make a thorough plan. You first give me the list of people who cook the salt. Also, if these words come out of my mouth and enter your ears, you are not allowed to tell any third person, not even your wife and children.
"
The village chief couldn't help but look at Zhou Man who was standing aside. Bai Shan said: "She is not the third person."
village head:……
Bai Shan was particularly satisfied with the results of tonight's conversation, nodded with Zhou Man and left.
Seeing him leave, the village chief breathed a sigh of relief. Man Bao did not leave. After looking at the needles on his body, he changed his acupuncture method. The village chief's nervousness was not relieved much, so Man Bao could only
They pulled out the needles and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, people in Bai County are very nice."
Village Chief: ...He is your husband, so of course you said so.
After Man Bao returned to the house, he complained to Bai Shan, "Why are you scaring my patient?"
Bai Shan quickly squeezed her shoulders and patted her back, "I really didn't have any premeditated plans. I just felt something strange in my heart at that time. He was drowsy and too relaxed at the time, so I couldn't help but ask."
Man Bao tilted his head, "Weird? What's weird?"
"Don't you think their salt is a bit bitter? It's a little different from official salt."
Man Bao stared, "When did you go to their salt shaker to eat salt?"
Bai Shan: "...I didn't go to the salt shaker to eat salt. Aren't all the chicken soups and dishes tonight salted?" He said: "Even when entertaining distinguished guests, ordinary people will be very restrained in adding salt to dishes.
, and their chicken soup tonight is a bit salty."
"Maybe it's because this place is close to the sea and the locals have strong tastes?"
Bai Shan shook his head, "You forgot, I have been walking around the seaside village for several days. There is a salt farm there. The salt is not as generous as theirs, and their salt is slightly different from the official salt.
"
Manbao thought about it for a while, but she didn't notice any difference. It was salty, but it was just like accidentally adding too much salt when cooking. She said confidently: "I think you feel wrong.
That dish is the same as my second sister-in-law accidentally adding too much salt when cooking."
Bai Shan: "You can't compare the second sister-in-law's cooking skills with other people's cooking skills. Even if you add more salt, it won't be so much."
He said confidently: "And doesn't the fact prove that there are people in the village who can boil salt?"
Man Bao was choked and stopped talking immediately.
When he got up the next morning, Bai Shan deliberately dragged Zhou Man around to the village chief and asked him, "Does your village cook the salt at home, or do they cook it collectively?"
Successfully saw the change in the other person's face and stammered. Bai Shancai did not continue to scare him, but said: "Let's go, we will accompany you to go around the village, let the sick people come to see you today, and we will go to other places."
Take a look around the place.”
Bai Shan and Zhou Man walked around the village, and when they came back they were followed by many doubtful women and some children who were joining in the fun.
Zhou Man asked Xibing and Jiuyue to take out her medicine box, and then treated them in the yard. Bai Shan only took one look at her and left with the village chief, Director Wei Song of Dong County and others.
The people in the village who were able to stand in front of Zhou Man to see a doctor were mostly minor illnesses, such as stomachache, headache, cough, and some fever, which seemed to be very common minor illnesses.
Manbao would give them acupuncture if he could, and for some more serious cases, he would give them medicinal herbs.
but……
Man Bao picked up a woman's hand, looked at his own, and asked, "Do you have these corroded marks on your legs?"
"Yes," the woman simply rolled up her trouser legs to show Zhou Man, not caring at all about the people around her.
Many people have this thing, so there is nothing to avoid.
Zhou Man looked at it carefully, pressed it and asked: "Is it itchy?"
She said: "Sometimes it's itchy, sometimes it's not itchy, and sometimes it's not itchy."
Zhou Man nodded, gently scraped off a layer of skin flakes with his nails, wrapped the things in paper, washed his hands after putting them away, and then came back and said to her: "Your stomachache is because of the cold.
I will give you a set of acupuncture, and then give you two pairs of medicines to strengthen the yang and replenish the yang, and you will be fine. However, you should have less contact with cold water in the future, especially before and after menstruation. You must not go into the sea and touch cold water."
The woman smiled nonchalantly and said, "Madam, we have to eat. What will we eat if we don't go to the sea?"