Traveling through 1942 with space

Xiaojie Township is just an ordinary township in Luoning County, which is actually the location of Xiaojie Village.

(This article is purely fictional, please do not take it personally. The author is not from Henan. He just randomly picked a county town on the map to make up this history. I hope you understand and do not criticize me.)

Because it is an ordinary township with sparsely populated commercial activities, the city wall of Xiaojie Township is more like a taller village wall than a city wall.

However, as a township, the city wall defense of Xiaojie Township is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary villages. The wall is more than three meters high and people can run on it. There is also a tall city gate tower, which is much more majestic than the Wangjiazhuang that Hou Xiaoge had seen before.

In fact, Hou Xiaoge had already discovered a problem. Every village along the way had a village wall, and some of the landlords' houses were even tall black castles.

When Hou Xiaoge was a child, he often heard the elders in his family say that there used to be a city wall in the village, and he thought it was a good joke.

Now when the city wall was truly presented before him, Hou Xiaoge realized that all this was true and understood the importance of the city wall.

This also indirectly proves that the safety of ordinary people in this era is really difficult to guarantee, and they can only feel safe in the city.

Like the disaster victim Wang Fanzhen, one has to pay to enter the city. The refugee team has no choice but to stay close to the city wall, which gives them a sense of security.

Having not had a good rest last night and having travelled most of the day today, most of the refugees were already very tired after settling down. They ignored the scorching sun and hurriedly began to rest by making a shelter with bed sheets over their heads.

The same was true for Hou Xiaoge's family. They were worried and took care of Erda all night last night. Today, the whole family was not in good shape. When they arrived at the camp, they were all sleepy and hungry.

After putting up the sunshade and settling Erda down, Second Aunt and Sister-in-law started cooking.

When the refugee group distributed horse meat yesterday, they originally distributed the meat according to the accounts of the able-bodied laborers, and Hou Xiaoge was not included in the list.

In the end, it was uncle Hou Yangmin who argued for his point and cited Hou Xiaoge's contribution, so Hou Xiaoge got a share of the two kilograms of horse meat.

In this way, the Hou family was counted as four families, and they shared a total of eight kilograms of horse meat.

Second Aunt and my younger sister-in-law are planning to be extravagant today and eat three pounds of fish to provide nutrition for everyone. As for the remaining five pounds, it's too hot to keep them, so they plan to take them to the small market at the gate of the city wall to exchange for food or medicine.

Hou Xiaoge was a child and slept for a few hours in the second half of the night. He was not very sleepy yet, so he slipped out while his second aunt and sister-in-law were cooking.

There were few people selling things at the market outside the city gate, and even fewer people selling food. Hou Xiaoge looked around, and seeing that there was nothing to buy, he shook his head and returned to the space.

After feeding the livestock, Hou Xiaoge walked around holding a watermelon, eating it leisurely with a wooden spoon he had carved himself.

Even now, the watermelons are not big. Even those grown in the spiritual fields are only five or six pounds in size, and the skin is extremely thick. It really fits the saying that a watermelon as big as a bowl has a skin as thick as a finger.

Also, the mother plant may have been pollinated by cross-pollination. The flesh of the watermelon is all red, white and yellow, and it is not very sweet. It is really incomparable to the watermelons of later generations.

But in this day and age, it’s already great to have a sweet watermelon to eat, so why would you need a bicycle? Hou Xiaoge naturally wouldn’t dislike it.

After eating the watermelon, Hou Xiaoge threw the rind directly into the trough. Looking at the donkeys fighting for the rind, he felt that the heat of the morning had dissipated.

Looking at the sun outside, he realized that it had been out for a long time, so Hou Xiaoge hurriedly took some Panax notoginseng and Astragalus from the warehouse and took them out of the space.

I didn't get the finished medicine, which is hard to explain.

"Heiwa, it's almost time for dinner, why are you still running around? Why didn't I notice before that you are so absent-minded!" When they returned to the camp, the aunt looked at Hou Xiaoge and greeted him quickly.

"Hehe! I had nothing to do, so I went out for a walk. Aunt, is the meal ready?" Hou Xiaoge changed the subject with a smile.

"Okay, I've left a bowl for you, eat it quickly." Hou Cuiping took out the warm horse meat soup from the pot and handed it to Hou Xiaoge unhappily.

People these days just love to eat. Hou Xiaoge, who had just eaten several pounds of watermelon, felt a little hungry when he smelled the delicious food and ate it all in less than a few minutes.

After drinking the soup, he poured some spiritual spring water from the bamboo tube, rinsed it, and gave it directly to his jealous brother who was standing by to drink.

"Uncle, aunt, how is Erda now? Did you have lunch?" After dinner, Hou Xiaoge came to Erda and asked the two people he was greeting.

"He still has a little fever. I went to the village at noon, but I couldn't buy any medicine for rubor. I only bought some antipyretic medicine and boiled it. Erda drank it and then went to sleep." Uncle Hou Yangmin said with a worried look on his face.

"Uncle, these are the Panax notoginseng and Astragalus that I exchanged from a herbalist in the mountains at noon. Ask Second Aunt to grind them into powder and apply them on Erda's wound. You can boil some to drink in the evening." Hou Xiaoge poured out the prepared herbs from a bamboo tube and handed them to the two men.

"Heiwa, are you sure that Panax notoginseng and Astragalus membranaceus can cure your Erda's illness?" Hou Yangmin and Second Aunt grabbed the herbs and said excitedly.

“I’m not sure if these are Panax notoginseng and Astragalus, but the old man probably didn’t lie to me since he didn’t sell any medicinal herbs.

Uncle, why don't you take the herbs to the village doctor and ask him if it's true, and ask him to help make ointment, after all, the doctor is an expert." Hou Xiaoge pretended to be ignorant, scratched his head, and suggested.

"That's right. I'll go ask the doctor right away. If the medicine is okay, I'll pay some money and ask him to help prepare it." Hou Yangmin packed up the herbs and rushed towards the city gate in a hurry.

"Second Aunt, it's alright now, go get some sleep! I'll be watching you here.

You didn't sleep much last night, and you still have to take care of Erda tonight. If you overwork yourself, Heidan and the others will need someone to take care of them!" Hou Xiaoge advised Second Aunt when he saw that she looked tired.

"Then I'll wake Qiuju up and let her help you look after Erda." Second Aunt said to her eldest daughter who was sleeping beside her.

"No need, Second Aunt. I slept for several hours last night. Sister Qiuju and you have been busy all night. You two should have a good sleep! I will sleep well tonight." Hou Xiaoge wanted to taste the allicin secretly, but didn't want anyone to interfere, so he quickly found an excuse to refuse.

"Well, I'll take a nap first. Heiwa, if Erda has anything, just call me immediately." Looking at Erda who was sleeping, Second Aunt went back to the tent on the other side with a tired face to rest.

It was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon. Except for greeting the patients' families, most people in the camp were sleeping.

Hou Xiaoge took the opportunity to secretly take out the allicin from the space, helped Erda up, and carefully fed it to him.

After feeding, Hou Xiaoge began to untie the outer layer of linen cloth that was tied around the wound. Wounds are most likely to rupture in the summer, so it is better to apply allicin on it as soon as possible.

When the last layer of linen was removed, the strip was tightly attached to the wound.

Looking at the cloth strip stained with blood, Hou Xiaoge did not tear it off, but applied allicin directly on it.

They are all antiseptic anyway, and the effect may be less when applied on a cloth strip, but it is still effective.

After carefully bandaging the wound, Hou Xiaoge moistened the somewhat dry towel and placed it on Erda's forehead.

About two hours later, my uncle came back hurriedly from outside.

"Heiwa, you are here alone watching Erda!

Your medicine is correct. The doctor said it is made of the best Panax notoginseng and Astragalus membranaceus. They have been made into an ointment and also come with several other medicines.

Come, let's change your Erda's clothes now, and call your second aunt to boil the medicine." Hou Yangmin put down the backpack and said with a happy face.

Hou Xiaoge had just finished taking allicin, so naturally he didn't want to waste it.

"Uncle, it's not a good idea to take medicine in such a hot weather. Besides, Erda just took antipyretic medicine, and if he takes it again, the medicine might conflict with him.

Let's wait until the sun goes down later, and boil the medicine after the antipyretic effect has worn off. Then we can apply the ointment with the decoction, and the effect will be better. "Hou Xiaoge quickly advised.

"Yes, yes, yes. Look at my memory. How could I have forgotten about this? Well, I was making medicine at night." Hou Yangmin slapped his head and said in sudden realization.

"Okay, uncle, you go to sleep first! You didn't sleep last night, and you ran around today. Even an iron man will be exhausted sooner or later. Our family still depends on you!" Hou Xiaoge said with concern and sarcasm, looking at his uncle who had a stubble on his face and looked tired.

"You kid, you're even making fun of your uncle. OK, I'm a little tired.

I'll just sleep next to you, Erda. Call me if you need anything." Hou Yangmin touched Hou Xiaoge's head and lay down to sleep next to Erda.