Li Xia said: "I can't remember what book it was. When I wanted to find it later, I found that it had been burned as a 'poisonous weed'."

"In fact, we have a lot of books on traditional Chinese medicine in our country, which contain a lot of useful medical knowledge. They are all very useful and can save lives at critical moments. I think we should be more cautious when disposing of these books and keep those that are useful to us."

Li Xia had thought of these words last night. She was afraid that these words would be inappropriate to say in the interview and would have a bad impact.

So I specifically asked Gu Weicheng if I could say that.

After listening to her, Gu Weicheng supported her statement: "Our organization emphasizes seeking truth from facts. As long as these are true, you can say them."

Since the campaign began, many places have launched activities to destroy "poisonous weeds".

But more people take chicken feathers as a token of authority and destroy or burn books when they see them, without caring what the contents are.

Li Xia also learned that during this period, our country lost many rare books and many collections were destroyed.

Especially books on traditional Chinese medicine, some people classified traditional Chinese medicine as one of the "Four Olds" and burned many of them.

This move has set back the development of traditional Chinese medicine in our country by more than a hundred years!

Li Xia hopes that what she said can play some role and influence, so that everyone will pay attention to this issue.

If these books can be preserved, Chinese medicine will be better able to continue!

The female reporter listened to Li Xia's words and nodded thoughtfully:

"Comrade Li, what you said is really great. Those books are so useful, they really shouldn't be destroyed, they should be kept! I won't make any deletions to this interview after I go back, I will publish what you said verbatim, and I hope everyone will pay attention to this issue."

"It would be great if that were the case." Li Xia said happily.

She was originally afraid that reporters would think that what she said involved political issues, so she chose to remove this sentence to avoid suspicion.

The female reporter did what she said and published the interview verbatim in the newspaper.

It also gave it a serious title: "Please stop damaging the treasures left by our ancestors. This may be knowledge that can save lives!"

The county newspaper was originally just a small newspaper company, and people who bought the newspapers were generally local people in the county.

But because of this interview, the sales of this issue of their newspaper suddenly exploded!

Not only local people buy it, but people from other places also want to buy it.

Seeing how attractive this news was, other newspapers also began to report similar news.

For a while, the topic of what kind of books should be destroyed and what kind of books should be kept became a hot topic of discussion.

All over the country, no matter where you go, the first thing people say when they meet is about this matter.

This matter attracted the attention of senior leaders, who immediately sent out notices layer by layer, requiring that for the books to be destroyed, we must find out whether they are truly poisonous weeds, and that books that are beneficial to our country must be well protected!

In fact, at the beginning, the notice from above only required the destruction of the poisonous weeds, but after the task was assigned to the local government, these people just did it in order to save time and effort.

No matter what kind of book it is, as long as it is a book, it will be labeled as poisonous weeds and destroyed directly!

Li Xia never expected that her words would bring about earth-shaking changes in the country's traditional Chinese medicine.

No, not only Traditional Chinese Medicine, but also many more valuable books were saved from disaster!

It was preserved and passed down to later generations, benefiting the people of our country.

At the same time, it also changed the fate of some inheritors who were persecuted because of these books.

But that’s all in the past.

On Sunday, Gu Weicheng went to the army, and Li Xia and An An started to get busy.

The radishes that Sister Tao sent on the day of warming up the house could not be finished, so Li Xia made them into sour shredded radishes, which tasted very good when stir-fried. She also made scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

She also asked Aunt Zhu from the supply and marketing cooperative to get her a wild turtle!

Last week, Li Xia and Mrs. Tao went to meet Aunt Zhu's daughter. The girl was very pretty and worked in a textile factory in the town.

Mrs. Tao then began to arrange to introduce a partner to the girl, and it seemed that the person she introduced was a driver from the Third Regiment.

Li Xia braised the soft-shelled turtle, put bamboo shoots in it to enhance the flavor, and also added a little wild black fungus. It tasted very good.

When Gu Weicheng returned home, the house was quiet.

He called Li Xia several times, but no one responded, and An An did not greet him in the yard at the appointed time as usual.

But there was a sumptuous meal on the table.

Gu Weicheng asked curiously: "Where did you go?"

Just then, Li Xia and An An came out with a bowl of birthday noodles: "Happy birthday!"

Li Xia wanted to sing "Happy Birthday" but she didn't know if the song had been introduced to China at that time, so she didn't dare to sing it. She didn't dare to make a birthday cake, so she just made a bowl of birthday noodles.

Gu Weicheng was stunned. Birthday?

He glanced at the calendar. August 8th, which was also the seventh day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar, was indeed his birthday.

But ever since his biological mother died, no one has celebrated his birthday anymore. After more than ten years of not celebrating his birthday, he has even forgotten his own birthday.

Unexpectedly, Li Xia remembered his birthday.

Gu Weicheng looked at the smiling mother and son in front of him, with tenderness in his eyes.

"How do you know?" Gu Weicheng asked.

Li Xia said: "It's written on our marriage certificate, you'll know if you take a look."

"Come and make a wish, birthday boy." Li Xia pulled Gu Weicheng to sit at the table, picked up the firewood box that had been placed on the table in advance, and with a crackling sound, she struck a match and said, "Make a wish and blow it out."

Although Gu Weicheng didn't believe it, he still did as he was told.

Li Xia stared at the match, but there was only Li Xia in his eyes. The flame flickered, and Li Xia's eyes were sparkling. Her smile was gentle and beautiful, more dazzling than the brightest star in the sky.

"Dad, what wish did you make?" An An asked expectantly.

Li Xia said: "You don't need to tell me your birthday wish, but Dad will definitely wish for An An to grow up healthy."

"Happy birthday, please eat your noodles." Li Xia stuffed the chopsticks into Gu Weicheng's hand. There were two poached eggs on the noodles, and the words "Happy Birthday" carved by Li Xia with carrots. It was a full sense of ceremony.

Gu Weicheng took the chopsticks and planned to pick up the two poached eggs in the bowl and give them to Li Xia and An An.

When there is something good, he always thinks of them first.

Li Xia stopped him this time: "Today is your birthday, you must eat the two eggs. An An and I have other dishes. I got a wild giant turtle from the supply and marketing cooperative. It's very fresh."

Gu Weicheng started eating. It tasted very good and the eggs were fried just right.

This was truly the best noodles he had ever eaten.

After dinner, An An said, "Dad, today is your birthday. I don't know how to cook noodles, but I can rub your back!"

"Okay, then An An will rub Dad's back later!" said Gu Weicheng.

Although Li Xia said she would wash the dishes today, when she just went to collect the clothes, Gu Weicheng had already put away the dishes and went to the kitchen to wash the dishes silently.

Tsk, what a good man.

Usually, Gu Weicheng would bathe An An first and then take a bath himself. Today, the father and son went to the bathroom together to take a bath.

Li Xia sat in a rattan chair to enjoy the cool air and found that the grape vines planted by Gu Weicheng had begun to sprout.

I think by next year it will slowly grow into a grape trellis, and then I can enjoy the cool breeze while eating grapes. It makes me happy just thinking about it.

In the bathroom, there were sounds of father and son playing.

"Dad, it's so itchy!" An An giggled. Suddenly he looked down at himself and then at his father.

Then he said shockingly: "Dad, how come you are so big and I am so small!"

Gu Weicheng's smile froze on his face: "..."