The casual life of the flat space

When Aunt Wang found the garlic cloves, the woman finally stumbled in. Bai Tieying saw that she was not completely useless, so he asked her to come over and take off the child's pants, and used the knife he took out from the space to peel off the skin of a garlic clove and stuffed it into the child's soul gate.

The woman hesitated again, because she had never heard of such a treatment method. Bai Tieying was impatient with the woman's nagging and said it was up to her to save her or not, but her daughter's life was uncertain.

The village was full of tenants and refugees, and there was no doctor at all. Even if the little girl could stand the bumps of riding a horse, it would take nearly half an hour to get to the county town and find a doctor, but it only took her a cup of tea to get from the tenant's house across the river to the house. If this method could not be used outside, it would actually be best to treat her on the spot.

The woman gritted her teeth, as if to make a last-ditch effort, and completed Bai Tieying's instructions in a few breaths. A few moments later, Baoer began to tremble all over, groaning in her throat, and her eyelids moved rapidly, as if she was trying to wake up.

"Bao'er, Bao'er! Mother is here! Open your eyes and look at me! Please don't scare me! I beg you, as long as you are alive, as long as you are alive, I will believe you whatever you say, and I will never scold you for causing trouble! Bao'er! Bao'er..."

"It hurts...ah...it hurts..." Baoer finally made a clearer sound. The woman pounced on him and threw Bai Tieying onto the bed, almost crushing Bai Tieying to death.

"Get... up!" After Bai Tieying said these two words with the last breath in his lungs, the woman was pulled up by Aunt Wang, who had been waiting nearby to help or collect new "rumors".

"Tieying! Tieying, are you okay?" Mu Qingqiu heard something was wrong and shouted from outside the door.

"Huh...it's okay, you're still guarding outside the door! Don't let anyone in!"

Bao'er's injury was not serious, but her mother's fall really killed her. No wonder the uncle told the relatives who were not in a clear mind to leave in advance when treating the patient. But just now, according to Aunt Wang, there were only the mother and daughter left in the family, and they still used the same treatment method, and she followed them... Thinking of this, Bai Tieying sighed, "If you don't listen to the old people, you will suffer the consequences"!

Bai Tieying asked Aunt Wang to cover Bao'er's mother's mouth and warned her to keep quiet, then lowered her head and gently comforted Bao'er for a while.

When Bao'er came to her senses, she asked her mother to take out the garlic cloves and throw them away. She also called the young wife who had just quarreled with her and said that she could figure out the matter. She also sent Aunt Wang out to gather the refugees in the garden, and then she gave Bao'er another half bowl of water.

In fact, both Aunt Wang and Baoer's mother saw the bowl of water at the foot of the bed. But that bowl was just a coarse porcelain bowl from ordinary people's homes. It's just that Aunt Wang thought it was originally in the mother and daughter's room, and Baoer's mother thought it was brought by Aunt Wang.

The only loophole was the spoon inside, but they both misunderstood and didn't ask. Only Bao'er drank the unusually sweet well water again, and he became more energetic. He sat up by himself, picked up the bowl and drank it all.

"Your name is Bao'er, right? I'm Bai Tieying, and I'm also your new host. You can just call me Sister Tieying." Seeing that Bao'er could sit by herself, Bai Tieying sat opposite Bao'er, patted her shoulder and said gently:

"In the future, if you have any grievances or anger, don't get angry with yourself. Your situation just now was really critical. If I didn't happen to know this folk remedy, not to mention how your mother would be alive, your flower bud hasn't even bloomed yet. Wouldn't it be too easy for the person who wronged you to die?"

"Sister Tieying, do you believe me?" Baoer asked in a crying voice with her big wet eyes and messy hair.

Bai Tieying took the bowl from her hand and put it behind her, then put it directly into the space. When she took it back, a wooden comb appeared in her hand. While she was combing Baoer's hair, she said:

"I didn't know at first. I heard your mother arguing with that aunt for a long time but they didn't get to the point. It just made me more confused. But after seeing your condition, I believe you about 70%.

Because your illness is caused by anger, not being wronged, so why are you angry? But you must not be so angry in the future, and don't make things difficult for yourself. You are eight or nine years old, right? "

"Eight years old." Baoer answered in a low voice.

"You're eight years old now. You can learn to protect yourself and your mother!"

"But... I'm not good at talking. I can't speak when I'm anxious. I cry easily, and when I cry, I can't speak anymore."

"So what sister just said was that you need to study!"

"How can I learn? My mother always says I'm stupid. What should I do if I can't learn?" Baoer said as tears fell again.

"Look, why don't we start by building up the confidence to believe that we can learn it? Whenever you encounter something you need to learn, you shout in your mind or somewhere where no one is around: 'I can definitely learn it! I'm the best, baby!'"

Bai Tieying made funny expressions while talking, which made Baoer burst into laughter again, covering her mouth and giggling.

"Bao'er, if you have twelve taels of silver, but you accidentally lose one tael, would you throw away the remaining eleven taels?"

"No, it won't!"

“Look, these twelve ounces of silver are like the twelve hours of our day. If you are unhappy for the whole day because of one thing, isn’t it the same as throwing away the rest of the silver because you lost one ounce of silver?

Normally, our anger doesn't last for an hour, but only for a moment. The reason why we are angry for a long time is because we keep adding layers of pressure to the initial moment of anger.

Just like what happened today, maybe you were angry at first because your mother didn't believe you. Then you felt ashamed because your mother took you to tell this story in front of so many people. Then you heard that aunt insisted that it was you, and there were many people around who didn't know the truth and talked about it, and even thought it was you...

The gas in your stomach is like that of an angry toad... By the way, where are you from? Have you ever seen an angry toad?"

"No, we are from Lishugou Village, Huaian County, Pinglou Prefecture."

"Hey, little girl, you're great! You remember your hometown so clearly!"

"My father taught me...my father is gone..."