Chapter 94: Red Horse Goes to Bed, Family Ruined and People Died

"Meng De, you are finally back."

Sha Zhu hung his head, like a defeated rooster, and said with a sad face.

Seeing him like this, Wang Mengde stopped his bike and asked curiously, "Shazhu, what's wrong with you?"

This guy was so cheerful yesterday, how come he became like this after not seeing him for just one day?

Could it be that he was rejected by the girl, Wang Mengde wondered in his heart.

"Let's go home and talk." After looking around and seeing someone looking at him curiously, Sha Zhu said.

After parking his bicycle at the doorstep and entering the He family's home, Sha Zhu took out a bottle of white wine, a plate of peanuts, a bowl of pickles and a bowl of chili sauce from the kitchen cabinet.

"What's going on?"

After drinking a glass of wine, Wang Mengde picked up a piece of peanuts with chopsticks and asked.

"Hey, this afternoon, an aunt told me that the girl didn't agree." After drinking a glass of wine, Sha Zhu didn't eat any food and poured himself another glass of wine.

Just as he guessed, it was because of this incident.

"If you don't agree, forget it. Just let Aunt Yi find you another one." Wang Mengde said nonchalantly.

In fact, when he saw the girl yesterday, after analyzing her face, he knew that there was a high probability that the two of them would not be together. Even if they forced them together, there would be accidents in the middle.

It will eventually disperse.

"I've fallen in love with that girl, Meng De. Please help me think of a way to win her back." Sha Zhu stared at him closely and said.

Wang Mengde didn't say anything. He didn't want to get involved in such matters.

Not only is it a thankless job, but you might also end up getting into trouble.

He picked up some chili sauce with chopsticks and was thinking about how to refuse it, but when the chili sauce entered his mouth, his eyes lit up.

The taste is very similar to a well-known brand in my previous life, of course, there are some differences.

"Shazhu, your chili sauce is pretty good." Wang Mengde praised.

After saying that, he couldn't help but pick up another piece with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, savoring it slowly.

Seeing that Wang Mengde didn't say anything and just praised his chili sauce for being delicious, Sha Zhu's face changed for a moment, then he gritted his teeth and said with a painful look on his face:

"Meng De, the method of making this chili sauce is the secret recipe I got from my master when I was learning Sichuan cuisine. I took advantage of the fact that he was drunk. So, if you help me think of a way, I will tell you all the methods.

Of course, we have to make it clear in advance that you cannot pass this secret recipe on to outsiders."

Hearing that he wanted to exchange the secret recipe of chili sauce, Wang Mengde was delighted. This deal was worth it, so he asked, "Did the girl tell me the specific reason?"

Generally, if someone disagrees with a blind date, they always have to give a reason.

"I didn't want to tell you at first, but then an auntie asked me anxiously, so I told her the reason. They said I like to brag and I'm unreliable." Sha Zhu said depressedly, "But I'm not bragging. I'm really proficient in four cuisines now."

"Didn't Aunt Yi explain it to you?"

"I explained it, but they said they didn't believe anything. They also said that the girl had a cousin who was one year older than me and was still chopping vegetables and cooking big pot dishes."

So this is where the problem lies. Now it is easy to solve.

After thinking for a while, Wang Mengde said, "Well, aren't you going to report to the steel mill tomorrow? After work, go directly to the girl's house and cook a meal for them yourself. When they taste the food you cook, they will believe it."

After a pause, thinking of the secret recipe of the chili sauce, he advised again: "Shazhu, if two people live together, it must be a matter of mutual consent. A forced melon is not sweet. Don't get too involved."

"Hey, this is a good idea, Meng De, I'll tell you the secret recipe right now."

Sha Zhu said this excitedly, and then took the initiative to tell him the secret recipe for making chili sauce.

As for the advice, he turned a deaf ear to it.

morning.

In the clinic of Guang'anmen Hospital.

A patient with severe gout came in. Pu Lao carefully examined him, but did not immediately tell him the treatment plan. Instead, he said to Wang Mengde:

"Meng De, you also come and take a look at the patient, and then tell me how to treat him with medicine."

He wanted to see how the student had learned in the past few months.

"Yes, sir." said Wang Mengde who was standing aside.

Then he began to ask questions calmly, touched the patient's painful area with his hand, thought for a moment and said:

"Sir, the patient's illness is caused by damp heat, so we need to clear away heat and dampness. The prescription uses Radix Dichroae, Radix Smilax, Radix Clematis, Semen Coix, and Herba Lysimachiae..."

"Hmm." Pu Lao hummed without comment, and then asked: "Anything else?"

Wang Mengde's judgment and prescription just now coincided with his, but he felt that this student had not finished saying something.

"Also, this patient is in severe pain now. Acupuncture and massage can be used simultaneously to treat the pain. This can quickly relieve the pain and also help the drug to work properly in the later stages." Before Pu Lao could speak, a patient with sweat on his forehead said, "Doctor, can acupuncture and massage relieve pain? Give me a few needles."

"Meng De, please give him acupuncture." Pu Lao nodded and gave the order.

Helping the patient lie down on the bed next to him, Wang Mengde carefully cleaned the silver needle and then quickly inserted it.

When he gives acupuncture now, he doesn't insert the needles one by one as before. Instead, he holds two needles in both hands at the same time and can insert four needles at a time.

After the acupuncture, he gently massaged the painful area of ​​the patient a few times.

"Hey, it doesn't hurt anymore. It's amazing." Within two minutes, the patient felt no pain. He gave a thumbs up and said with admiration.

After the acupuncture and massage, Wang Mengde wrote a prescription and said, "You need to quit smoking and drinking, and avoid eating seafood and animal offal. Take this medicine and take it for two courses. Then come back for a checkup after you finish it."

"Okay, thank you, doctor." The patient said gratefully.

After the patient left, Pu pinched his beard and said with a smile: "Meng De, it seems that you have studied leukoderma thoroughly. There is not much I can teach you about this disease. You need to study it more on your own in the future."

"Thank you for your training, sir." Wang Mengde did not show any joy on his face. He said calmly, "Sir, human power is limited. The power of one person is ultimately limited."

After hearing his words, Pu Lao was stunned and fell into deep thought.

The clinic suddenly fell into silence.

In the afternoon, after get off work, Wang Mengde returned to the yard, had dinner, and played with his two sons for a while while they were awake. After they fell asleep, he just started to read a medical book when he was interrupted by Sha Zhu who came excitedly.

"Meng De, let's go to my house for a while."

Sha Zhu said in a low voice, but he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

Seeing his excited expression, Wang Mengde knew that he could not continue reading the book, so he followed him to He's house.

After entering the house, Sha Zhu couldn't wait to say: "Meng De, your method really works. When I went to their house just now, they were very cold to me, but after tasting the two dishes I made, they became enthusiastic.

Hehe, I will have a wife in the future. When I have a few sons, I will make that bastard Xu Damao die of rage. "

As I spoke, I fell into fantasy.

Wang Mengde shook his head and interrupted his sweet dream: "It's still too early for you to get married. You still need to complete several steps."

"Ah? There are still several steps? I remember that there were not so many steps when you got married." Sha Zhu asked in surprise.

Glancing at him, Wang Mengde thought to himself that his father Wang Hao was a member of the organization, so when he got married, he would definitely keep things simple. But Sha Zhu and the Song family were ordinary people, so naturally a lot of etiquette was needed.

"My situation is special. You should have just completed the two steps of marriage matching and family fortune-telling."

"Yes, a few days ago, an old lady asked for my horoscope, saying that she would use it for marriage matching."

The so-called marriage compatibility is to ask someone to look at the horoscopes and zodiac signs of both parties to see if there are any conflicts. The most common sayings are "the chicken and the monkey don't get along", "the white horse offends the green ox", etc.

As for whether these feudal and superstitious behaviors are banned now, in fact, the country’s attitude has been different in different periods.

Just after liberation, a large-scale mass movement to break feudal superstition was launched across the country, which was mainly based on propaganda.

In 56, the state established superstitious facilities such as Tudigong temples in rural areas, although they were soon demolished or converted for other uses.

It was not until 58 that the old man made a speech at the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China and issued the great call to "break superstition and emancipate the mind", and practical action was taken to break feudalism.

Then a few years later, during that windy period, the movement to break free of feudal superstitions reached its peak.

"Well, the next step is engagement. Engagement is divided into three steps, namely minor engagement, major engagement, and choosing a date." Wang Mengde continued.

"A small engagement means that both your two families have approved of the marriage. You need to prepare gifts and entrust a matchmaker to deliver them to the girl's home. This is called 'a small engagement gift.'

The gift should include a gold or silver ring, preferably a pair. If not, one ring is also fine, which means "Luofu has a husband". At the same time, it is also a wish that she will have delicate fingers and hands and be able to do needlework in the future.

Da Ding has nothing to say, it just means to pay the betrothal gift."

Wang Mengde remembered that there seemed to be a gold ring in the old Jia family in the original drama. It was probably given to Qin Huairu as a small betrothal gift by Jia Dongxu when he got married, and then she brought it over when she got married.

"Oh, there are so many things involved." Sha Zhu said thoughtfully, "By the way, what about choosing a date? What are the rules?"

"There are many considerations when choosing a date, including 'don't get married in the first month of the year or the twelfth month of the year', which excludes the first and twelfth months, and also avoids unlucky months such as Ghost Festival and Qingming Festival.

In the remaining months, choose one month and select a good day in the first half and the second half of the month. This is called "Qingqi".

Wang Mengde went on to explain.

"What does 'asking for a date' mean?" Sha Zhu was a little confused. He didn't expect that getting married would involve so many details.

"The purpose of asking for a date is to avoid holding the wedding when the woman is menstruating. Getting married during a woman's menstrual period is considered unlucky, as "a red horse goes to bed, the family will be ruined and the people will die." Therefore, a date should be chosen in the first half of the month or the second half of the month."

"This is too troublesome." Sha Zhu said, holding his forehead with his hand.

"Haha, that's just the beginning. There are still some rules to follow after marriage. For example, the woman can't get pregnant right after entering the house."

(End of this chapter)