Lao Zhou’s happy past

In the early morning of winter, the small town of Longgang has obviously not yet recovered from the coldest time of the year. The number of winter clothes on the street has already exceeded that of autumn clothes. Even though they are tightly wrapped, the cold wave can still penetrate the clothes and sting the skin. , in such horrible weather, even if there is a fire in the house, people are shivering from the cold. If there is nothing particularly important, almost no one is willing to walk around the streets.

At the east end of the town, there lived a family named Zhou. Before the liberation, the Zhou family was a big landowner. After the liberation, they were overthrown, and many people died and fled. In the end, only one family was left behind. Single family. Lao Zhou had little interaction with other people in the town, and his family lived a very lonely life in such a large town. However, this was from the perspective of outsiders. In Lao Zhou's mind, he still felt that he lived a relatively happy life. The so-called happiness mainly This is reflected in the fact that his father got him a wife before he died, and his mother brought up a daughter and three sons for him before she died. In addition, he had no worries about food and clothing. Sometimes even if his trouser pockets were very tight, he was still alive. Very pleasant.

Recently, there was something that made Lao Zhou very worried. He got up in the middle of the night to urinate, and when he went back to lie on the bed, he found that his teeth hurt, so he kicked his wife next to him and signaled to scream. When she did something, he grinned and said, "Bring me some vinegar. My teeth hurt so much. I want to kill the bugs inside." Lao Zhou soaked his mouth in vinegar but it didn't seem to have any effect. Suddenly I remembered that not long ago the old Chinese medicine doctor in the town said that children's urine can cure toothache. In the middle of the night, I woke up my youngest son and soaked the child's urine in a bowl. He held the bowl of child's urine and thought about what the old Chinese medicine doctor said. There are two ways to treat toothache with child's urine. One is to drink it directly, but the effect is slow. , similar to taking traditional Chinese medicine. One is to dip cotton wool into the child's urine and rub it back and forth on the teeth. This method has quick effects and is similar to taking western medicine. He had an idea. Drink a little and then rub a little. The effect should be much better than drinking it directly and rubbing it directly. In short, the toothache was relieved that night. The next morning, he braved the early winter to go to the town to do some errands. Before leaving, the tooth started to hurt again. He guessed that there was no use in urinating for his son. He was doing errands. On the way, I went to see an old Chinese medicine doctor and asked about the child's urine.

The old Chinese doctor did not mention anything about child urine, but told him about another method - the deworming method. Old Zhou was surprised: "If the bugs are driven away, the tooth will no longer hurt," the old Chinese doctor said He said: "In principle, it is like this, but the process is a bit painful. I will explain it to you clearly before deworming!" Lao Zhou was very surprised: "Is there anything more painful than toothache?" The old Chinese doctor smiled lightly: "It's not that far apart. ," So Lao Zhou was relieved: "Then tell me about the process!" The old Chinese medicine doctor said seriously: "First of all, this deworming method must pay attention to the method. Starting from the spell, you must use bamboo leaves to scrape the eye mask in the morning, and wait until noon. Wash your eyes with pure well water, and then you will feel slight itching in the corners of your eyes in the evening, and the bugs will slowly crawl out of the corners of your eyes around eight or nine in the evening. The process is not painful, but the painful moment is when the bugs crawl out." Lao Zhou was frightened when he heard this. His hands and feet were numb: "How painful was it when you crawled out?" The old Chinese doctor said: "You must know that your wife gave birth to a child. The pain was no less painful than giving birth to a child." Lao Zhou thought about it, and he felt that his wife had given birth to four children. It’s not that painful to watch around you. If you have the attitude of giving it a try, it’s just like having bugs in your eyes! ”

The old Chinese doctor admired his courage. The doctor saved lives and healed the wounded, aiming to alleviate the patient’s pain. He repeatedly emphasized that although his deworming method can solve toothache, it also has disadvantages. In the worst case, the bugs crawl out and the eyes cannot be seen for a few days. Light, or worse, the bugs will crawl out and their eyes will no longer be able to see the light. Whether they can see it or not is a matter of those few days. It is difficult to decide.

After hearing this, Lao Zhou just went through a lot of trouble. The confidence he had built up was suddenly shattered, and he was so frightened that he did not dare to ask again: "I just said, is there a past patient? ”

The old Chinese medicine doctor pointed to the medical book on the table and said: “The book records this, but this treatment method has not been used yet.” "

Lao Zhou began to feel uneasy, and before leaving he said: "Forget it then! ”

On the way home, Lao Zhou thought about whether the old Chinese medicine doctor was a liar. He had been in the town all his life and defrauded many people of their medical money. After being beaten, Lao Zhou never went there again. Not only that, Lao Zhou is also a kind-hearted person. Although he has no relatives or friends in the town, he still told his neighbors that he suspected that the old Chinese medicine doctor was a liar, and warned them to be careful of the old Chinese doctor. The only life-saving straw has not been grasped, and the toothache has not been solved. Lao Zhou is still uneasy. When the pain is severe, he only uses the old Chinese medicine method of urinating. I just heard someone say that children's urine is mixed with a little lard to burn cotton wool in a kerosene lamp, and the burning cotton wool is used to bake the painful teeth until the squeaking sound is heard and the fire goes out. This process is considered a treatment. Every time, his mouth was filled with the smell of urine and meat. During that time, he used this method to treat toothache for a long time, but the pain was not resolved. His entire gums became blistered, making him unable to eat. I can only drink some porridge.

It was said that the scars would forget the pain, but Lao Zhou’s scars were not healed, nor were his toothaches. He occasionally heard someone say that sulfuric acid can treat toothaches, but he didn’t know what it was about. It was sulfuric acid. I asked around and found out that he had this thing at home. Where is it? Isn't it the miner's lamp that accompanies him every night? There was sulfuric acid in the miner's lamp, but the method of using it made him sweat. Sulfuric acid is not edible. What if it is accidentally swallowed when it is put in the mouth? He thought about it carefully. In order to solve the toothache, he would rather take a bold risk. Being careful can always make the ship last forever. Lao Zhou is a stubborn person. While using sulfuric acid, he muttered: "Vinegar can't cure you, child urine can't cure you, deworming... forget it, don't think about this... I'll look at you when the sulfuric acid comes." Where are you going!"

Hey, how could Lao Zhou have thought so much? The sulfuric acid needs to be diluted, so he put some water in it and put it in his mouth. It was so sour and refreshing. Unexpectedly, within a short time, the entire mouth developed ulcers, slowly began to become inflamed, and began to swell, but these did not matter, except that his teeth fell out from then on. In the past, he only drank some porridge when the tooth pain was severe, but now he only drinks porridge every day. Can drink porridge.

Since the tooth fell out, people in the town laughed at him every day. Some people always asked him: "Old Zhou, does your tooth still hurt now?"

Lao Zhou suffered. He said nonchalantly: "My teeth are all gone, so why bother?" Everyone laughed after hearing this.

After a few years, people no longer cared about whether Lao Zhou’s teeth hurt or not, and asked him questions about happiness and unhappiness. Lao Zhou replied: “What does it matter if you are happy or unhappy? Who can choose happiness or unhappiness in this life?"

July 30, 2016? End