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Days passed by, and Wang Jianxin had been on the grassland for almost two months.

Spring on the grassland comes late, but it comes fiercely.In late April and early May, the grass was growing like crazy.The ground was still yellow a few days ago, but it turned green in the blink of an eye.The green was laid on layer by layer. It was light at first, as if watercolor had been splashed on it. After two days it became thicker, and after another two days it became thick and soft when stepped on.

The sheep also went crazy.I haven't eaten good grass all winter, and now when I see green grass, I feel like I'm seeing my own mother. I lower my head and gnaw hard, until my mouth is full of green juice.The little lamb is more lively and jumps around on the grass. Sometimes it jumps high, turns somersaults, gets up and jumps again.

Wang Jianxin followed the sheep on horseback, holding a piece of grass in his mouth and squinting at the sky.The sky is too blue to be true, and the clouds are too white to be true.The wind blows from the grassland, carrying the smell of green grass and sheep dung and eggs.

He is already used to this smell.

When he first arrived, the smell of mutton in the yurt kept him awake, the salty smell of milk tea made him nauseated, and the smell of meat in his hands made him unable to chew.Now this has become a daily routine.It doesn’t smell bad or taste bad, it’s just a part of life.

"Jianxin——"

Someone called him from a distance.Wang Jianxin turned his head and saw Zhang Aiguo running over on horseback, followed by two educated youths, one named Liu Jianguo and the other Zhao Hongjun.

"Why are you here?" Wang Jianxin asked.

"Uncle Su He asked us to come find you." Zhang Aiguo reined in his horse and said, "I asked you to go back. Someone from the commune is here and they want to see you if there is anything."

"Looking for me?"

"Yeah." Zhang Aiguo said, "I seem to be asking about Li Hongmei's illness last time."

Wang Jianxin frowned.The last time he used tea and garlic to treat Li Hongmei's dysentery, the news spread among the educated youth spots, and later among the herdsmen.He healed Aunt Qiqige's back pain, and he rescued Su He's ewe that was having difficulty giving birth. Together, these things made him somewhat famous among the surrounding production teams for no apparent reason.

"Then you will help me look after the sheep?" Wang Jianxin got on his horse.

"Okay, you go." Zhang Aiguo said.

Wang Jianxin rode back.When I arrived at the production team station, I saw a jeep parked in front of Su He's house. This was a rare thing on the grassland.

He jumped off his horse, opened the felt door and went in.

Su He was sitting inside, and next to him was a middle-aged man in a Chinese tunic suit and a pair of black-rimmed glasses, who looked like a cadre.

"Are you Wang Jianxin?" The middle-aged man stood up.

"Yes." Wang Jianxin said.

"My name is Han Zhiyuan, and I work at the commune health center." The middle-aged man stretched out his hand, "I heard that you can see a doctor?"

Wang Jianxin shook hands with him: "I know a little bit, I learned it from my old man at home."

"Cure dysentery, treat back pain, and deliver sheep?" Han Zhiyuan said with a smile, "There are quite a few people who know how to do it."

Wang Jianxin said nothing.

Han Zhiyuan took out a small notebook from his bag: "It's like this. Our commune health center is short of manpower, especially those who understand traditional Chinese medicine. If you really have the ability, you can come to the health center to help. It's not a formal job, but you get a subsidy of 80 cents a day."

Wang Jianxin looked at Su He.Su He was smoking a cigarette with no expression on his face.

"Comrade Han, thank you." Wang Jianxin said, "But I just came to the grassland and I haven't learned the work yet. Besides, my only skill is to cure a headache and a fever. If I really have to go to the health center, I'm afraid that it will be cured by others."

Han Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, probably not expecting a fifteen-year-old child to refuse.

"Think about it again?" Han Zhiyuan said.

“Don’t think about it.” Wang Jianxin said, “I just want to learn how to herd sheep and learn Mongolian well now. I’ll talk about the rest later.”

​​ Han Zhiyuan looked at Su He.Su He blew out the smoke and said slowly: "This kid is right, do your job well first."

Han Zhiyuan put away the notebook and smiled: "Okay, we'll talk about it later. But if you want, you can be a barefoot doctor in our commune. You don't have to go to the health center, but you can treat people in the production team. This will not delay your work, and you can also earn work points."

Wang Jianxin thought for a while: "This is OK."

Han Zhiyuan made a note in his notebook and said, "There will be a training class for barefoot doctors in the commune in a few days. Do you want to go and listen to it?"

"Okay."

Han Zhiyuan is gone.The Jeep started up, kicked up a cloud of dust, and was soon out of sight.

Su He stood at the door, looked at the direction in which the jeep disappeared, turned to Wang Jianxin and said, "Why don't you go to the health center?"

"It's too far." Wang Jianxin said, "Once you get there, you won't be able to care about herding sheep."

Su He glanced at him and didn't ask any more questions.But Wang Jianxin knew that Su He knew what he knew - the health center was in a commune, fifty or sixty miles away from the production team, and he would have to live there if he went there.Wang Jianxin doesn't want to leave here, or leave the border.

"Let's go and herd the sheep." Su He said.

The two of them got on their horses and walked to the pasture.

Along the way, Wang Jianxin was thinking about what just happened.The status of a barefoot doctor is good. You don't have to miss work, you can earn work points, and the most important thing is that you can have legitimate access to various medicinal materials and medical supplies.These things may come in handy in the future.

“ Moreover, the barefoot doctor walks around every house and can hear all kinds of news.In this day and age, news is opportunity.

"Uncle Su He." Wang Jianxin said, "How many days do you think it is appropriate for me to go to the commune's barefoot doctor training class?"

"Let's go." Su He said, "Three to five days, it won't delay anything."

"That sheep..."

"I'll give it a few days for you."

"Thank you, Uncle Su He."

Su He waved his hands and said nothing.

A few days later, Wang Jianxin rode to the commune.The commune is more than fifty miles away from the production team, and it took most of a day's journey on horseback.

The training class was held in a bungalow in the commune health center.Not many people came, including Wang Jianxin, there were seven in total. They were all educated youths or herdsmen recommended by various production teams.The lecturer was Han Zhiyuan, and the content of the lecture was very simple: how to take a temperature, how to use a stethoscope, how to give an injection, how to deal with trauma, and how to identify several common Chinese herbal medicines.

Wang Jianxin felt a little bored.He has all these things in his mind, and they are much deeper than what Han Zhiyuan talked about.But he still listened carefully and took notes in his notebook from time to time.You can't act too smart, and you can't act too stupid.Just the right amount of nodding, asking questions, taking notes.

During the break, Han Zhiyuan walked up to him and said, "How are you doing? Do you understand?"

"I understand." Wang Jianxin said, "Teacher Han explained it well."

Han Zhiyuan smiled: "I went back and checked the method you used to treat Li Hongmei's dysentery last time. The tannic acid in tea does have an astringent effect, and garlic can kill bacteria. Did your grandpa teach it?"

"Yeah." Wang Jianxin said, "My grandpa said that good medicine is not necessary to cure a disease. If used correctly, things at home can also save lives."

Han Zhiyuan nodded: "Your grandpa is a capable man."

The training course lasts for five days in total.Wang Jianxin attended classes during the day and lived in a small room behind the health center at night.There was only a bed, a table, and a chair in the hut. The walls were covered with newspapers, and the windows were covered with window grilles.

When he had nothing to do at night, he would sit on the bed and practice Qigong.

Still don’t feel it.

He is almost used to it.Sit cross-legged for a while every day and treat it as meditation.If you can't practice it, don't practice it. Anyway, you still have space and medical skills.

On the fifth day, the training class ended.Han Zhiyuan gave everyone a small medicine box, which contained red liquid, purple liquid, iodine, gauze, tape, and a few painkillers.

"Go back and work hard." Han Zhiyuan said, "If you don't understand anything, come to the commune to see me at any time." Page (1/3)