The Fifteenth Section: Life is cheaper than grass

  Yun Ye looked at the cunning old Cheng, could he tell him the bitterness in his heart?

  If I told you that the old man had only taken 200 hours of training at the emergency center, this was his first time giving someone a blood transfusion and suturing, wouldn't you want my life?

  The doctor said it's good, actually, people are just that simple. The less you treat them as human beings, the more likely they can be saved. People are resilient. The origin of Western medicine is from barbers, if one can give a haircut, then he can also practice medicine. I'm afraid the ancestors of modern Western doctors still think bloodletting is an effective way to cure all diseases.

  My foot hurts, I cut off my foot; my hand hurts, I chop off my hand. As for a headache, there's no solution. If chopping off one's head could cure it and one could still live, those great ancestors would not have spared their own heads either. I already know about using alcohol to disinfect - this is simply a heaven-sent invention; by later generations, shouldn't it be worshipped as an ancestor?

  All car enthusiasts say: What's so special about cars? They're just an engine, four wheels, and a metal shell.

  What wisdom is this, anyway, I've heard that his car business is quite popular, and I haven't heard of any major problems. Similarly, what's the big deal about people? It's just a head, two arms, two legs, a head, plus a body made of carbohydrates. If you know the cause of the disease, it's easy to treat, you've seen Zhuang San come back to life, haven't you? This proves that my theory is correct, and we should promote it and make it even more glorious." "Zhuang San was stabbed nine times, lost too much blood, and needed someone with the same blood type to give him a transfusion. With blood, he came back to life, what's there to ask?" Yun Heng felt like he was playing the zither for cows, discussing blood types with ancient people was just a waste of time.

  "Kid, was this set taught by your master? What else can you do?" Old Cheng continued to probe Yun Yan's old bottom.

  "The family teacher learned that the heavens and humans are like this, these things are trivial, there are many questions that the benevolent teacher does not teach. He said that life's troubles begin with recognizing characters, being able to recognize characters is enough to avoid being deceived by others. The more one learns, the more trouble they will have. He hopes I can live a simple life. The operation of heaven and earth has its own rules, forcibly intervening will only add new troubles. It's better to follow nature. Little nephew understands these things, mostly because little nephew saw Master Shifu demonstrate them before, and imitated him."

  No choice, Yun Ye had to let Master Gao Da rise again. Old Cheng glared at Yun Ye, speechless, in his opinion, Yun Ye followed the heavenly Master but learned only half a bottle of water, these skills were all earth-shattering and extraordinary. He pointed for half a day, not knowing who to blame, and finally put down his hand dejectedly.

  "My brother is so capable, from now on, if I have any trouble, I'll come to you. Never mind where your skills came from, as long as my brother has learned them, they're mine too." Cheng Chu Mo was overjoyed for his brother, and seeing him use his extraordinary skills to save one of their own today made his mood even better. He laughed heartily with Yun Ye, hugging him tightly, and had already forgotten about the blood transfusion technique, thinking that he would just ask Yun Ye if he needed it in the future.

  Lao Cheng gloomily kicked the two out of the tent and studied Yun Ye's strange blood transfusion equipment, which was actually just a piece of rubber tubing with two needles. Lao Cheng tugged at the tube and glanced at the needles before giving up. Listening to the sound of Yun Ye and Cheng Chumu laughing and joking outside the tent, he couldn't help but smile too.

  As people get younger, their hearts seem to get younger too. The psychological age of 34- or 35-year-old Yun Ye and 17-year-old Cheng Chumo being together surprisingly didn't have any generation gap. Cheng Chumo's innocent and carefree nature made Yun Ye extremely enjoy the time spent with him. Both his mind and body were extremely relaxed, Yun Ye couldn't remember when was the last time he laughed so freely without holding back with someone.

  I've finally figured out what happened.

  Because during this time Lanzhou Dabao's carts of salt were constantly being transported to various places in Longyou, this situation caught the attention of the Qiang people wandering around the outskirts of Dabao.

  They also lacked salt, and the price of salt in Longyou was stubbornly stuck at a high price of one yuan per catty, with no market to speak of. In order not to provoke public discontent, Old Cheng also opened up supplies of vinegar and cloth, although they were not good to eat, at least there was some salty flavor, anyway ordinary people could not afford to eat much salt in their daily lives.

  The Turks retreated, and the Salt Road was about to open. After a few more days of endurance, it would be over. But the Qiang people were not so lucky. Because they had followed Young Liang, the Crown Prince of Chang Le, in his rebellion, as rebels, Old Cheng naturally wouldn't care about their lives or deaths. The vinegar cloth was for supplying the Tang people, not for rebels, and so they didn't even have that. Without salt, people couldn't last a few days under intense activity. Having no choice, to survive they took a risk, taking advantage of Cheng's quiet escorting of troops to deliver salt, gathering over 400 cavalrymen to launch a surprise attack on the salt delivery team. Cheng quickly lit the wolf smoke signal, and his over 100 guards hastily responded to battle. Unexpectedly, these Qiang people fought desperately for the salt, surrounding Cheng and his men in the middle, refusing to yield until death.

  Zhuang San Ting, as Cheng Chu Mo's guard, exhausted his efforts to protect him from harm, but was himself stabbed nine times and on the verge of death. Seeing the wolf smoke, Cheng Yao Jin personally led a rescue team, and after dispersing the Qiang people, more than 100 of Cheng Chu Mo's men were left with only 37 people. Old Cheng flew into a rage, issuing a death order to slaughter all the Qiang people, and soon, out of over 400 Qiang cavalrymen, only 11 survived, while the rest were beheaded. Then, there was the scene where Cheng Chu Mo came to the camp to find Yun He.

  Yun Ye lived in a peaceful world, when did he experience such a disaster? In the morning, more than 100 people were happily transporting salt on the road. By noon, 81 people had lost their lives. Several carts carried back bodies with missing arms and legs to the big camp.

  This was unthinkable to Yun Ye, two thousand catties of salt were worth only three thousand yuan in later generations. Four hundred bandits died for it, and Yun Ye didn't think the other ten people who fell into Cheng Bo's hands would survive. A life was worth only five catties of salt, not including the eighty-one guards who died protecting these two thousand catties of salt. It wasn't worth it, human lives were like grass.

  The scarcity of materials, widespread poverty, and the porous national defense line make people take their lives lightly, as if they had a big scar on their head after being beheaded. Why do rich families cherish their lives more? The saying that the richer you are, the more afraid of death is an unbreakable truth. Poor families live in suffering, if they can't even suffer anymore and have no chance to continue suffering, then they might as well hang their heads on their belt and rebel.

  On the high haystack, Yun He and Cheng Chu Mo gazed at the starry sky in a daze. The Milky Way was like a jade belt hanging across the sky. The Cowherd and Weaving Maiden stars on both banks of the Milky Way were shining brightly.

  The vast night sky of the Tang Dynasty was like a pure black velvet, exuding an air of mystery. Unlike the night sky of later generations, which presented a strange grayish-black color, with only a few stars twinkling, looking weak and lifeless. The June weather in Longyou was like being on fire, everyone was sweltering in this cauldron-like world, all the men were wearing loincloths. Yun felt as if he had entered an enemy military camp, he found some fine linen fabric, and after explaining and gesturing to the camp tailor, finally managed to get him to understand that he wanted to make a few pairs of underwear. Bulletproof underwear was out of the question, but four-cornered pants were still possible. Without elastic bands, they had to use ties instead, but fortunately, there was no danger of them falling down. Six large ones and four small ones were completed overnight.

  Yun Yan was very surprised at the tailor's efficiency, until the tailor respectfully handed him a pair of underwear with both hands, and he understood why he received such treatment. This is related to a rumor in the military camp that the new nobleman has the ability to communicate with heaven and earth, can distinguish yin and yang, and communicate with ghosts and gods, and uses his magical skills to add the remaining years of life of the Qiang people to the old Zhuang who was originally going to die. Now the old Zhuang can turn over, and on a hot day, the wound is not red or swollen at all, it seems that he still has 180 good years to live.

  If I were to get into trouble in the future, wouldn't it be easy to just grab a Qiang person and ask Master to show off his skills? Wouldn't that guarantee me a hundred years of good life? So the soldiers in the Manchu camp look at Yun Heng like they're looking at a god. Now this god wants to make a few pairs of shorts, which is something our tailors can handle. The four tailors worked through the night and managed to finish them by dawn. Yun Heng smiled and thanked them, but the head tailor didn't even want the reward money, and they left after kowtowing happily. Master is not arrogant and even smiled and thanked them, so who among these military rascals would dare give me attitude? Yun Heng had no idea that he had inadvertently become the tiger in "using a fox's wit to intimidate", holding three large pairs of shorts as he headed towards the commander's tent.

  In the tent, Old Cheng was drinking grape wine with a white cloth wrapped around his head, and his body covered in black fur made Yun Yan extremely suspicious that this guy had not fully evolved yet.

  "Uncle, seeing that you can't bear the scorching heat, I made a few pairs of underwear to wear and feel somewhat cool. I also made three pairs for you, try them on, don't be disdainful." Old Cheng is good at wearing high hats, but you need to lower your posture, only then can you make requests and possibly achieve your goal.

  "You're a good kid, but this ugly boy is just a rough draft. Except for stealing wine from me, he doesn't have such delicate thoughts. Come and let me try." As he spoke, he untied his pants and stood there stark naked except for his underwear.

  "Never mind, this thing is cool, you've put your heart into it. Speak up, what do you want me to reward you with?" Old Cheng shifted his buttocks and felt very comfortable, so he decided to give Yun Yan a reward.

  "This is the younger generation's heart of filial piety, how can we accept your reward. If you insist on rewarding me, I dare not decline, just give that jade pendant from last time to my nephew." Yun Yan had been eyeing the jade pendant from the previous bet for a long time, and although he had clearly won, Old Cheng had made no move, and his subtle attempts to get it several times had been unsuccessful.

  "I was going to give this token to the girl's family when I arranged your marriage, but now I'll just keep it myself." As soon as he finished speaking, Yun Ye flew out of the tent. Oh no, not only did he fail to get the jade pendant, but he also got kicked, and what's even more terrifying is that Old Master Cheng wants to find a wife for him, and with his taste, Yun Ye thinks his future wife will be nothing but a robust woman who can bear many children. According to Cheng Zhi Mo, the old master showed him several girls, all of whom were tall and sturdy, good at bearing children, so Yun Ye feels like he's being beckoned by death itself.