During the meal, there was a table for women in the house and a table for men in the yard, which was very lively.
The dishes on the table include stewed grass carp, chicken stewed with mountain mushrooms, a large bowl of haggis, fried chicken fillet, small meatballs, stir-fried meat with garlic sprouts, stir-fried meat with celery, fried peanuts, pickles, ribs and potatoes stewed with beans.
The staple food is rice.
Lao Tan drank Ganoderma lucidum and Ginsengqi wine, while the others drank Sanbai.
Several people at the dinner table talked about the relocation of parts of the three northern towns (the three towns on the border with Inner Mongolia). The fifth brother-in-law worked in the shale mine in the town and knew more about it.
He said: "Last year, there was a noise about relocation, but there was no movement. This year, some places started to register houses and land. It seems to be true."
The eldest brother-in-law said: "I heard that a military base will be built from the north of Loujiadian to Qingshanwa."
The fifth brother-in-law said: "There are talk of construction and so on, but they are all related to the military. Our Shale Group has also been notified that we need to carry out dust control and purification after this maintenance. If not, we will not allow production. The pollution is too serious.
Two villages had to be relocated."
"You didn't say how much it would cost to relocate?" asked the second brother-in-law.
The fifth brother-in-law said: "I haven't decided yet. The dust control and purification system will cost at least one million, and it's only the first phase. If we continue to mine, the second and third phases will have to keep up. The cost is too high and it's not economical. It's not certain whether it can be opened or not."
"The shale is a provincial project and cannot be exploited," said the eldest brother-in-law, and then said: "If the northern part is moved, the Lama Valley will also have to be moved. The ground is completely empty and it is a subsidence area."
Lamagou is the village where Lao Tan's family lives. It used to be a coal mine. All the coal underground was dug out, forming a subsidence area. There have been talks of relocation, but there has been no movement until now.
There are four old houses and a courtyard belonging to Lao Tan, which have not been inhabited for ten years.
The third brother-in-law said: "I heard something is going to happen, but I don't know when. It should be soon."
The eldest brother-in-law said: "If we move, all the compensation will be given to Lao Wu. None of us can take it. I have to support the old lady."
Lao Tan said: "That is."
The second brother-in-law and the third brother-in-law also said, "That's right."
"I don't want it, I should support the old lady." said the fifth brother-in-law.
"Don't give it to you too. Whoever asked you to support the old man will be given to him. Even if the old brother is a son, it's not okay. Stand aside." The eldest brother-in-law said: "The old lady enjoys happiness in your house, and in any of our families.
No, besides, the old lady won’t go either.
We are all the same, and we are not unfilial, but when it comes to serving the elderly, no one can be as good as the fifth child.
The old lady is eighty-six years old this year, and there is nothing wrong with her. If this cannot be done in my house, she will not be able to serve her at this level."
The second brother-in-law said: "The old lady is a blessing."
The eldest brother-in-law said: "That's true, it's a blessing from cultivation. We have two children in our family who are screaming like crazy. The old lady raising six children by herself is not like us."
What kind of life did the old lady live at that time? Even if she begged for food, she had to suffer a lot. I know that I am older than you. My family was also poor at that time and I couldn't do much to help. She was old
My wife is the only one who has brought this group of children together.
What is the blessing that comes from cultivation? It comes from suffering.
The old lady has never admitted defeat in her life, she has never tricked or harmed anyone, her life is indeed poor, but she has not stolen or robbed, she is kind-hearted and warm-hearted, everyone in Sanli and Wutun knows that she has a good reputation."
The second brother-in-law said: "Yes, my mother has suffered a lot in her life."
The third brother-in-law said: "Well, it's OK now, I'll enjoy it when I grow old."
The eldest brother-in-law said: "That's the case in Lao Wu, but it may not be like this in our family. Look, this old lady has a clean heart. She is eighty-six years old and has no illness or disaster. Her legs and feet are still nimble. We can't reach this level."
The second brother-in-law said: "We may not live to be eighty-six."
The eldest brother-in-law said: "It's quite embarrassing for you to be like this. You talk so arrogantly all the time, but you drink three times a day, and you can't do it without drinking even one meal. If you ask me to tell you, listen to my brother, and hurry up and go to the provincial capital next autumn.
, someone can take care of you when you come to the girl, otherwise you won't be able to stop drinking."
"I will still drink this wine when I go to the provincial capital. I have been drinking for a lifetime. How can I still let my children control me when I get old?" said the second brother-in-law.
The fifth brother-in-law said to the second brother-in-law: "What the hell, who doesn't let his children take care of him when he gets old? You're going to make a world of difference."
Everyone laughed.
After laughing and drinking and eating food, the old lady came out of the house and walked to the table. She first looked at the food on the table, then looked at everyone, and said: "Drink less wine and eat more food."
"It's extremely hot and desolate. I need some beer to cool down."
Then he saw there was no beer on the table and asked, "Didn't you buy beer?"
Lan Jun, the eldest sister's son, said: "I bought it and am pulling it out in the well, grandma."
"oh--"
The old lady walked up to her second son-in-law, picked up the wine glass, put it to her nose, smelled it, and said, "This wine is not good, it's too spicy, it's not pure grain." As she spoke, she poured the wine in the glass, and then
Said: "Don't drink wine if it's not good. Drink beer. Beer will cool you down."
"Okay, I'll take it right away." Lan Jun agreed with a smile, got up and went to the well to get the beer.
When the old lady saw that her grandson had gone to get a beer, she stopped talking, turned around and walked slowly towards the house. It was not until they entered the house that the people at the table breathed a sigh of relief.
"Come on, mom has spoken and she is not allowed to drink liquor. Let's drain the wine in the glass and replace it with beer." said the eldest brother-in-law.
"Okay, it's mainly because there's no wine in my glass." The second brother-in-law said aggrievedly as he obviously didn't drink enough.
"If you want to drink, you can go outside the gate and drink. We have to change the beer." said the fifth brother-in-law.
After everyone had finished drinking, Lan Jun brought over a bottle of beer and gave each person a bottle. Lao Tan didn't take any and poured a cup of Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng wine.
The eldest brother-in-law said: "Brother, you can also change your beer."
Lao Tan handed the wine glass in front of him to his eldest brother-in-law and asked him to try it. The eldest brother-in-law took a small sip and said in surprise: "It's not as strong as beer."
Lao Tan said: "Yes, it is mainly to nourish the stomach. I have a bad stomach."
The fifth brother-in-law said: "I drank it yesterday, but it was not strong at all. It was still sweet."
The nephew and son-in-law who had been silent until now were the barefoot doctors in the village and asked Lao Tan: "Uncle, what do you put in the wine?"
Lao Tan told me about the medicinal materials. After hearing this, his nephew and son-in-law said: "I have also studied Chinese medicine in the past few years, and the common people recognize Chinese medicine."
Lao Tan said: "Study and practice. Traditional Chinese medicine is our national skill. It has been used for thousands of years. It is very effective. Especially in our rural areas, people recognize it. I have met a few old traditional Chinese medicine doctors. They are really good. Not to mention that the medicine can cure the disease."
almost."
Lao Tan almost revealed his illness.
The eldest brother-in-law said: "I believe in Chinese medicine. Western medicine only treats the surface. It comes quickly but does not remove the root cause. Chinese medicine treats the disease slowly but removes the root cause."
The second brother-in-law said: "To treat serious illnesses, Western medicine is needed. They can perform surgeries."
The eldest brother-in-law said: "Traditional Chinese medicine can also perform surgery. Who said that Chinese medicine can't perform surgery anymore?"
Lao Tan said: "It is better to talk about surgery than traditional Chinese medicine. The anesthetic was first invented in China, Ma Fei San, and studied by Bian Que. When Cao Cao had a headache, he asked Bian Que for diagnosis and treatment, and Bian Que had to perform a craniotomy on him. Cao Cao
He was petty, thinking that Bian Que wanted his life, but he didn't listen, so he killed Bian Que instead. Otherwise, it would have been the first craniotomy."
My nephew and son-in-law said: "Traditional Chinese medicine is not easy to learn unless you have the understanding."
Lao Tan said: "Yes, it is impossible without understanding, but it is also the accumulation of many years of experience. Traditional Chinese medicine first talks about looking, smelling, asking, and understanding, and then the compatibility of drugs. The so-called prescribing the right medicine is to know the inside and outside, and the same disease needs to be treated according to different physical conditions.
This is the difficulty with different medicines.
Unlike Western medicine, when there is inflammation, you take anti-inflammatory drugs or anti-inflammatory injections. If it doesn't work, you need to cut and prick. The inflammation is gone but the root cause of the disease is still there. You don't know when it will relapse, and the recurrence will be serious.
Nowadays, traditional Chinese medicine is not good. In addition to the quackery that deceives people and harms people, medicinal materials are also one aspect. In the past, all medicinal materials were wild and dug up the mountain with a pickaxe. I remember when I was a child, I would go up the mountain to dig up medicinal materials, polygala, skullcap, and bupleurum during summer vacation.
, Anemarrhena, mountain horse meat, grind whatever you see, dry it and sell it in the store, you can sell it for textbook money.
What kind of medicinal materials are there now? Most of them are cultivated, and their medicinal properties are definitely not as good as in the past. It would be even worse if some fake medicine is mixed in. It will not cure the disease quickly, and sometimes it will delay things."