Chapter 053: A life of misfortune for a man who flatters him
After hiring Meng Jia as his assistant, Ye Qing's work in the pigpen and cowshed became easier.
Meng Jia was an honest girl. She knew that Ye Qing planned to go to the military farm to deliver a cow this morning, so she got up early in the morning and went to the beach to cut grass to feed the cows and pigs.
After Ye Qing got up and prepared breakfast, she not only fed the livestock, but also ate a bellyful of melons. She ran to the end of the village excitedly to share with Ye Qing.
Ye Qing still has the southern habit of preparing a meal in many different ways, especially now that there is a new mother, Wang Chunhua, in the family, so the variety of dishes she prepares is even richer.
Meng Jia had already had a meal at Ye Qing's place yesterday at noon. The two big fish that Ye Qing caught yesterday weighed more than ten kilograms each. She stewed them directly in a super-large iron pot. She was willing to add oil and various seasonings, so the stewed fish tasted amazing. Even the corn cakes on the side of the iron pot were so delicious that people couldn't stop eating them.
Meng Jia even felt that the fish stewed in an iron pot yesterday was absolutely the most delicious dish she had ever eaten in her life, no doubt about it!
But these days everyone’s food supply was not enough, and people rarely invited people to their homes for meals. Meng Jia felt embarrassed to go home after having that meal yesterday, so she came here after finishing her sweet potato porridge this morning.
However, she didn't expect that as soon as she entered the yard, she ran into Ye Qing carrying out the meal. The breakfast was beautiful and exquisite, and it looked delicious. Meng Jia stared at it and couldn't help swallowing her saliva.
As soon as Ye Qing saw Meng Jia's greedy look, he knew that this girl must not have had a full breakfast.
This is not surprising. It is already the autumn harvest time, and every household has just used up their stored grain and is eagerly waiting for the distribution of new grain. Most members' families are lucky to have two meals of dry rice a day. For the morning meal, they must have some porridge. It is estimated that they may not even be able to take out two bowls of dough.
So Ye Qing pointed directly to the kitchen and said:
"Go get your own bowl and chopsticks and eat more. You may have to work outside for a long time today and may not even be able to eat lunch!"
Meng Jia was still hesitating, but unexpectedly, at this moment, Gu Weinan had already come over pushing a 28-inch truck.
Seeing her park her bike against the fence, Ye Qing waved quickly:
"Come in quickly. I see Auntie Gu is still busy in the kitchen. I guess the meal isn't ready yet. I have some extra food here. You can eat here. Eat quickly so you can go out to work!"
Gu Weinan was not polite. He walked in, sat down, and started eating a steamed bun. He muttered as he ate:
"Master, your buns taste really good, but they are a little too small. I can eat one in one bite. Even if I eat a whole basket, it's not enough to fill my teeth."
Ye Qing glared at Gu Weinan unhappily: "You're still picking? Do you know how much time I spent making these buns this morning?"
Then Ye Qing pointed at Meng Jia and explained to Gu Weinan:
"This is the educated youth Meng Jiameng. She will study here like you. She is older than you, so you have to call her Senior Sister."
Gu Weinan quickly called out "Senior Sister". Seeing that Meng Jia was still a little restrained, Hu Niu picked up a small bun and stuffed it into Meng Jia's mouth without saying a word.
"Sister, you don't have to be polite to our master. Although she is younger than us, she is very capable. In the future, we should study hard and help our master more. Even if we eat at her place every day, she won't mind, right, master?"
After saying this, Gu Weinan immediately turned around, gave Ye Qing a flattering smile, and came over like a lackey to massage Ye Qing's legs and shoulders, and made a lot of funny movements.
Ye Qing's mouth twitched involuntarily.
She had discovered that Gu Weinan was a typical social bull. Even though they had only known each other for a few days, he had already become so familiar with her that he called her "Master" in a sweet voice. When he came to her place, he treated her like he was in his own yard, and did not consider himself an outsider at all.
In comparison, Meng Jia was much more introverted and socially anxious. Even though he had shared gossip with her many times, he still felt a little uncomfortable when he really came to her yard.
"If you like my cooking skills, you can join me as a team after the sanitary station is built. But I have to say this: I can take care of you in daily life. It doesn't matter if you eat with me or have fun with me, but you must be serious about your studies and not be perfunctory or vague!"
"Whether you are a human doctor or a veterinarian in the future, you will be dealing with matters of life and death. The slightest mistake or error may result in the death of a life. This is no joke!"
"You should all have seen my strength. I am not afraid to brag to you. If you follow me for a few years and learn according to my instructions, I will not make you rich, but at least you can have a good life."
"But if you don't take it seriously and give me three days of fishing and two days of drying the nets in terms of the basics and practical operations, then don't blame me for not giving you face. I'll tell you to roll up your covers and go back to where you came from!"
Ye Qing said this in a very stern tone with a serious expression. Gu Weinan immediately sat up straight and didn't dare to act presumptuously anymore.
Meng Jia, on the other hand, was not as reserved and nervous as before, and even felt relieved. The two of them had completely different reactions when facing Ye Qing, who was as serious and upright as a class teacher.
When Ye Qing was studying at Tongzhou Medical College, she met strict teachers. Later, she was recruited to work as a general practitioner in a hospital. The harsh living environment did not allow her to slack off at all. All the skills she learned in medicine were honed by her own hard work.
Therefore, in Ye Qing's opinion, if you want to study medicine, you must be mentally prepared to endure hardships. If you don't have the ruthlessness to work hard, then you shouldn't enter this field in the first place, otherwise it will be a waste of both parties' time.
Judging from the current situation, Gu Weinan is indeed very talented in flying needles, but this girl is a bit too jumpy, has a bad temper and is a bit belligerent. If she can't concentrate on learning, she may not be suitable for the path of a doctor.
Meng Jia, on the other hand, although she doesn't talk much, has a ruthless look in her eyes. Even if she has no medical background, as long as she is willing to work hard, she will always be able to find a suitable path in the medical industry.
Of course, this is just the beginning, and it is too early to draw any conclusions. Since Ye Qing is willing to give them the opportunity to be her assistants, she has plenty of ways to help them find the way in. Even if it means devilish training, she has to bring them up!
After quickly finishing breakfast, Ye Qing no longer had to work in the pigpen or the cowshed. He called two people and went directly to the Qingshan Farm next door.
Ye Qing is a short guy, Meng Jia is only about 1.6 meters tall, and both of them are very thin. Gu Weinan is a big guy of 1.75 meters tall, and he can ride a 28-inch bicycle with them easily. So Ye Qing sat on the front crossbar and Meng Jia sat on the back seat, and the three of them rode their bicycles all the way to the military farm.
As a result, when they had just ridden their bicycles to the entrance of the village, they happened to run into Wu Cong driving a ox cart with Liu Mei and Jian Ming returning from the town. As soon as they jumped off the ox cart, Liu Mei started holding up a marriage certificate and shouting everywhere, and even approached Ye Qing and a few others to hand over the certificate to show off.
Ye Qing had never seen a marriage certificate of this era, and was just about to take a closer look at it, when unexpectedly at this moment, a dark shadow rushed up, grabbed Liu Mei's hair and threw her to the ground.
Liu Mei was caught off guard and was pushed hard to the ground.
The black shadow was still not willing to give up. It rushed forward and snatched the marriage certificate from Liu Mei's hand, chopping it into pieces in a few moves. Then it sat on top of Liu Mei and started attacking her with its hands left and right.
The slaps came one after another, and soon Liu Mei's face was bruised and swollen.
"Wu Yueying, what are you doing?"
"Oh my god, Wu Yueying is crazy!"
"There's a fight! There's a fight! Wu Yueying and Liu Mei are fighting at the entrance of the village!"
"Oh my god! This is too cruel, isn't it?"
Many members were gathered at the entrance of the village chatting at this time. When they saw the fierce battle, they were shocked and excited. Some rushed up to persuade them to stop fighting, some took pleasure in the misfortune, some enjoyed the excitement, and some ran to call for help. In short, the scene was a mess.
Liu Mei finally came to her senses at this time. How could she accept this loss? She turned sideways and knocked Wu Yueying, who had hit her, to the ground. She stretched out her Nine Yin White Bone Claw and grabbed Wu Yueying's face fiercely with one hand. In an instant, five bright red nail marks appeared on Wu Yueying's face. The other hand squeezed Wu Yueying's chest with such force that the people watching could not help but gasp.
They fought back and forth, each move hitting the opponent's flesh. It was a fierce fight and several people couldn't pull them apart.
Ye Qing and the other two didn't care about hurrying on their way. They all jumped off their bikes and squatted not far from the village entrance, watching the fight in silence. They were dumbfounded.
"Isn't this too much? Just for a man, is it worth it?"
Ye Qing looked towards the crowd. Another person involved, Jian Ming, was huddled in the crowd, watching the two women fighting each other indifferently. His reaction was as if this incident had nothing to do with him at all, as if he didn't know either of the two crazy women fighting.
Ye Qing really couldn't understand what was so good about Jian Ming that both Liu Mei and Wu Yueying were attracted to him, and that he even made himself so miserable and embarrassed for such a bad man?
Anyway, Ye Qing looked down on Jian Ming in every way and could not find any shining points in him at all. She also didn't know why Wu Yueying and Liu Mei were so blind. Didn't they realize that Jian Ming loved no one else except himself?
Ye Qing couldn't help but gasp in amazement, and turned around to teach the two people who were eating melons beside him:
"As the old saying goes, it's hard to find a three-legged frog, but there are two-legged men everywhere. So from now on, both of you should be more careful and don't look for men in garbage dumps. If that doesn't work, we can find someone else. It's really uncool to make such a fuss for a man!"
"A woman can be poor and ugly, but she must never be humble and competitive for a man. If she flatters a man, she will suffer misfortune for the rest of her life. Do you understand?"
Seeing Ye Qing, who is younger than themselves and has a more childish face, imparting love experience and philosophy in a serious manner, Meng Jia and Gu Weinan were confused. They just wanted to ask, my friend, you exaggerate so much and it seems to make sense, but have you ever found a partner?
With such a big commotion, the production team's cadres had to come out to deal with it, so after a while, Wu Yongbing and the old branch secretary came over.
When Ye Qing saw Wu Yongbing's dark face, he felt really bad for this old man.
What sin did he commit to deserve such a brainless and erratic young lady? As soon as one problem is solved, another one arises. She never stops causing trouble every day. The reputation that the Wu family has worked so hard to build up over the years is about to be ruined by Wu Yueying alone.
The three of them were just enjoying the fun and were looking up to Jin'er. Gu Weinan even wanted to ride her bicycle back to the end of the village to call her elder brother and younger brothers to come out and watch the show together. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhu Zhigang drove a military truck to Kaoshantun.
As soon as he saw Ye Qing, the young warrior was sweating with anxiety:
"Ye Zhiqing, hurry up, another cow has moved early, the farm manager wants you to hurry over!"
When Ye Qing heard this, he no longer cared about watching the show. He put on his medicine box and jumped onto the military vehicle, not even allowing Gu Weinan and Meng Jia to be taken along.
"Old Party Secretary, we don't need the bicycle anymore, please push it back yourself!"
Ye Qing pointed at the 28-ton truck, which Ye Qing had asked Gu Weinan to borrow from the old party secretary's house early in the morning.
As soon as the old branch secretary saw the military truck, he knew that Ye Qing was going to the farm next door to do some business, and nodded quickly to show that he understood.
As soon as the three climbed onto the military truck, Zhu Zhigang immediately turned around and ran out of the village. The military truck had already been driven out for a while, and he could still hear Wu Yongbing's angry roar in the wind from afar:
"… I'm done with you!… I don't want a daughter like you who is such a disgrace to me anymore!"
But at this moment, the three of them had no time to wonder how the situation would develop, because Ye Qing began to introduce the scale of the army farm to the two trainees, and what kind of troubles the batch of cows she went to deliver this time had encountered. Then she explained what emergencies cows would encounter during childbirth, and how to deal with emergencies if a difficult birth problem really occurred.
The road to the military farm was not far, and it only took about ten minutes to drive there, so Ye Qing was not able to discuss this topic in depth. He just talked about it briefly and casually, and before he got to the point, he had already arrived.
She didn't say anything else. She jumped out of the car first and asked the two people in the car to follow closely.
Meng Jia and Gu Weinan had just heard a lot of professional terms along the way, as well as some problems encountered in actual cases and handling techniques. Because they were all dry stuff, the two felt overwhelmed after listening to them, and they couldn't digest it all at once, so they could only take out paper and pen to write it down.
Before they finished taking notes, Ye Qing called out from the other side. The two of them didn't bother to pack up, they stuffed the small notebook into their bags, and immediately trotted to catch up with Ye Qing.
When they arrived at the gate of the military farm, they were inevitably searched. Only after the sentry confirmed that there was no problem were the three allowed in.
It might be because Ye Qing had just discovered that the cows in the farm had been tampered with not long ago, so when Ye Qing came in this time, he found that the atmosphere in the farm was much more tense than last time. The distribution of the sentries and patrol soldiers had been readjusted and was much more compact and dense than before.
On the way to the farm, Ye Qing met Qiao Youqing, who was studying the crops in the test fields with a group of researchers under him. Xia Hangyi, the male protagonist of Jinliwen that Ye Qing met last time, was also there. Ye Qing nodded slightly at him and Qiao Youqing as a greeting, and then hurried to the farm.
When we got to the cowshed, we saw the cow that had already started moving.
Ye Qing is now accustomed to this situation and has become familiar with it.
As soon as I finished the inspection, I knew what to do. I asked the farm manager next door to make preparations. After feeding the calf with salt and sugar water to replenish its energy, I started to give it an injection, then did a side incision, pulled the calf out of the birth canal, and finally sutured the incision.
The entire delivery process took less than an hour. The movements were so smooth and crisp, like flowing water, that Meng Jia and Gu Weinan were dazzled.
The key point is that Ye Qing never stopped talking during the delivery process. He was demonstrating and explaining to Meng Jia and Gu Weinan. He told them why they did it, what medical principles were used, what issues they needed to pay attention to, etc.
The two of them were so busy just taking notes, but Ye Qing could clearly handle a cow with difficult labor and a newborn calf, and he even found time to give lectures and teach apprentices. The disparity between them deeply stimulated Gu Weinan and Meng Jia, and they dared not take any of Professor Ye Qing's classes lightly.
After the first cow gave birth, Ye Qing asked the person in charge of the farm to bring over the cows that were about to give birth that she had registered in the form last time. According to what she had suggested to Director Zhao before, she used intrauterine injections to induce labor and delivered all the babies in these cows at once.
Then Meng Jia and Gu Weinan saw Ye Qing fluttering back and forth among the cows like a butterfly. The distance and speed of the flying needle stunned the two of them.
In just one morning, Ye Qing managed to successfully give birth to calves in six cows. When sewing the incisions, she initially demonstrated to two trainees, but later she simply let the two of them do it directly. They had to try the entire sewing process from inserting the needle to collecting the thread before it was complete.
Normally, these two female comrades had done jobs like sewing clothes and quilts for themselves, and they were actually quite good at it. But now, they must have been scared to sew the skin and flesh of a cow directly.
But under Ye Qing's stern urging, the two of them gritted their teeth and went ahead. After overcoming their fear of blood, they followed Ye Qing's instructions and did one move at a time. Although their hands were still shaking during the process, they managed to sew the wound quite well.
"Very good! Remember this feeling today. There are hundreds of pregnant cows on the farm. There are dozens of cows that are about to give birth and have huge fetuses. In the next month, we will be responsible for delivering these cows. From now on, any work that requires suturing the side incisions will be left to you!"
When the two heard this, their faces turned pale and they stared at Ye Qing in disbelief with their eyes wide open: "Ah?"
"What?"
Ye Qing was very serious at this time.
"This is the best opportunity for you to accumulate experience. If it weren't for this special situation, where else would you be able to encounter so many clinical surgeries that you can practice? You must seize this free opportunity for practical training!"
"Not only can you sew up the wound, if possible, I even hope that you can take a knife and try to cut the cow's birth canal several times. It would be best if you can master the skill of delivering cows within this month. If you encounter such a situation in the future, you will know how to deal with it!"
At that time, they were still students and had never experienced any clinical operations. Yet, they were called up to the hospital and transferred from one department to another. Even when encountering emergencies, they had to go into the operating room to perform operations. They were constantly squeezed and their potential was tapped, and they continued to grow under repeated pressure.
Maybe Meng Jia and Gu Weinan might not be used to her teaching method for the time being, but Ye Qing didn't think there was any problem. They got used to it after trying a few more times. Ye Qing always believed in one thing: human potential is huge. It all depends on whether you are willing to be ruthless enough to yourself. If you want to make a breakthrough, you have to push yourself.
Anyway, the results of the six cows that were induced to give birth today were pretty good. The calves born were very healthy and the cows were in good condition after delivery. By around three o'clock, the afterbirths of the cows had all been expelled, and the rest was postpartum care.
Ye Qing had previously given detailed instructions to the farm's person in charge on how to take care of a cow that had undergone surgery. When she came, she also went to see the cow that had a difficult birth that she had previously delivered, and found that the incision had healed well, proving that the farm staff had indeed listened to her words and carried them out one by one.
So after delivering the six cows this time, Ye Qing did not stay any longer. After explaining the precautions to the person in charge again, she left the farm with the two trainees.
When they got back to Kaoshantun, the three of them couldn't wait to find out what happened to the fight between Wu Yueying and Liu Mei this morning. However, at this moment, Grandma Zou suddenly called Ye Qing:
"Qing girl, a postman came this morning and brought you a registered letter. Check to see if it's from your family!"
Ye Qing was stunned: "For me?"
Did someone from her family send it? That's absolutely impossible. The Ye family had all gone to the northwest, and they had no idea which village she had joined the production team in Jiaotan County. Without a specific address, their letters couldn't be sent to her.
She immediately thought of the three letters she had sent to Shencheng before, and wondered if the post office was so efficient nowadays that she received replies to the letters she sent to Teacher Song, Old Man Chen, and the guy from the purchasing department within just a few days?
However, when she received the letter from Grandma Zou, she felt something was wrong.
Tianheng Juvenile Detention Center? What is this place?
The big, clear words "TO SEND" on the envelope confused Ye Qing.
She hesitated for a moment before tearing open the envelope and taking out the letter inside.
Seeing this, Ye Qing couldn't help but laugh.
There were three full sheets of paper with crooked handwriting and many typos. All of them were filled with curse words and endless accusations against Ye Qing for betraying her. Who else could it be but that little thief Song Huilian?
It turned out that after the female thief was knocked unconscious by Ye Qing and handed over to the old comrade for handling, the old comrade, in accordance with Ye Qing's request, took the little thief out of the car and handed her over to the Public Security Bureau of Bingcheng for investigation and handling.
In order to redeem herself from her crime, the little thief spilled everything she knew about the beggar gang that helped pickpockets at the Pingxian railway station.
Afterwards, Mr. Yang sent the little thief to the Tianheng Juvenile Detention Center, where she received closed-door special training.
The so-called special management training means learning cultural knowledge while working. Not only do they have to reclaim wasteland and paddy fields, they also have to accept the cultural indoctrination of teachers, and they even have to take cultural assessments every week. If they fail the assessments, they have to accept additional labor training. In short, life is miserable and unbearable.
So the girl was very resentful of Ye Qing's deception that day, and wrote a letter to express her dissatisfaction with Ye Qing. At the same time, she missed the leisurely and free days when she was a free sniper on the train.
However, at the end of the letter, the little thief still added a paragraph, saying that she had good food and accommodation in the Tianheng Juvenile Detention Center, and that Mr. Yang had promised her that as long as she could pass the special training assessment of the juvenile detention center within three years, she would be released, and he would also send her to join the special forces corps to allow her to give full play to her advantages as a thief. So although the little thief was a little dissatisfied with her current life, she decided to accept it.
This little girl was a hypocrite with a hypocritical mouth. In the end, she awkwardly said "thank you" to Ye Qing. In the envelope was also a photo of the little girl wearing a juvenile detention center uniform and holding a shovel in the wilderness, looking silly. Ye Qing almost laughed out loud.
Ye Qing was very satisfied knowing that Mr. Yang really did as she requested and sent Song Huilian to a juvenile detention center. After three years of reformation in such a place, she didn't believe that this female thief's willful nature could not be changed.
That's good. Ye Qing looked at the address on the envelope. It didn't say that she couldn't reply, so she went into the house and wrote a reply to Song Huilian, telling her in detail what had happened to her after she came to Kaoshantun to join the team.
Finally, she asked Song Huilian if she needed anything in the juvenile detention center. If there was anything she needed her help to prepare, she could just mention it in the letter and she could help send it over.
After writing the letter, Ye Qing didn't plan to just wait around. In this era, the frequency of postmen going to the village was not very high. Sometimes they might not come to the village once a month. So it was unrealistic to wait for the postman to take the letter away for her. It was more convenient and quicker to go directly to the town post office to mail the letter.
Moreover, Ye Qing also remembered that he had promised the lady at the post office in the town to give her a few kilograms of peanuts. It had been several days since then, and Ye Qing thought it was time to give her a reply.
So Ye Qing asked Gu Weinan to go to the old party secretary's house to borrow a bicycle and take her to the town.
Gu Weinan’s riding skills are pretty good, and he happened to be on vacation at home, so he was basically available at any time and almost became Ye Qing’s exclusive driver.
Ye Qing took out a large bag of peanuts that she had planted while growing wheat from the cellar, poured five or six pounds of peanuts into a small cloth bag, and then went out carrying the bag of peanuts.
Gu Weinan is usually straightforward, but he still knows his limits. When he saw the cloth bag that Ye Qing brought out, he didn't ask what was inside. He just rode his bike to take Ye Qing to the town post office.
It was almost 4:30 when we got to town. Xu Xianzhen was chatting with another lady while the post office was about to close. Seeing this, Ye Qing quickly shouted:
"Sister Xu! Wait a moment before you get off work. I'll send the letter!"
Xu Xianzhen raised her head when she heard the voice. When she saw that it was indeed Ye Qing, she immediately smiled warmly, quickly took off the lock on the post office door, and then came over:
"Oh, I finally got you here. I almost thought you weren't going to come."
As she spoke, the elder sister's eyes fell on the cloth bag in Ye Qing's hand.
Ye Qing did not hide anything, he shook the cloth bag and said in a low voice:
"It's about six pounds. I haven't weighed it yet. You can go back and weigh it yourself. Send my letter first, and we can talk about other things later!"
Xu Xianzhen nodded quickly and took the person to the post office.
The older sister who was chatting with Xu Xianzhen in front looked between Ye Qing and Xu Xianzhen with curious eyes.
While Xu Xianzhen was helping Ye Qing process the mail, he explained to the elder sister:
"Sister Qin, this is Ye Zhiqing from Kaoshantun, the one who appeared in the Jicheng Daily a few days ago."
As soon as these words were spoken, Sister Qin's eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at Ye Qing with astonishment. She probably couldn't believe that the skinny little dwarf in front of her was actually the heroine who caught both human traffickers and female thieves as mentioned in the newspaper.
"Is this true? Girl, are you really the educated youth from Shanghai who is so good at needlework as mentioned in the newspaper?"
Ye Qing smiled, and took out an aluminum box from her shoulder bag. She opened the box, revealing a whole box of silver needles, which made Sister Qin's heart beat fast and she was extremely shocked.
"Oh, it's true! Girl, you are amazing. You don't look very old. Are you an adult?"
While Ye Qing was chatting with the elder sister, she gestured to Xu Xianzhen to help her put a few stamps into the letter she was sending.
The main reason was that she was afraid that Song Huilian had no money and would not even have the money to buy a stamp to send the letter, so she simply sent the stamp directly to her. If the girl wrote back to her, she wouldn't have to worry about it because she had the stamp ready.
After the envelope was stamped and dropped into the mailbox, Ye Qing handed the bag of peanuts to Xu Xianzhen.
Xu Xianzhen did not avoid Sister Qin either. She took out a handkerchief from her pocket, peeled it off layer by layer, and took out a stack of tickets from it and laid them out in front of Ye Qing:
"All the tickets I collected are here. Take a look and pick the ones you need."
Ye Qing looked into the pile of tickets and didn't see any common important tickets such as grain, oil, sugar and meat. They were basically some more niche tickets. She guessed that these must have been prepared by Xu Xianzhen for her to choose.
Seeing this, Ye Qing didn't hesitate to pick out one or two tickets from the kerosene tickets, haircut tickets, bath tickets, cigarette tickets, soap tickets and other tickets that she usually had no way to obtain.
These tickets were not worth much, and Xu Xianzhen had no need for most of them, otherwise she would not have saved so many. Seeing that Ye Qing needed them, she was not stingy and stuffed all the tickets that Ye Qing had picked out into Ye Qing's arms. Fearing that Ye Qing felt at a disadvantage, she took out a purchase voucher from the supply and marketing cooperative from her trouser pocket and gave it to Ye Qing.
Ye Qing couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, thinking that this Sister Xu was quite generous and magnanimous. Although her peanuts were of good quality, in fact, if calculated according to the market price, they were only a little over two yuan at most.
But the coupon that the lady gave was worth two yuan. It was just like the vouchers in later generations, and could be used directly to buy things at the supply and marketing cooperative.
The vouchers plus the stack of tickets were worth more than Ye Qing's bag of peanuts. However, this lady didn't feel like she was at a disadvantage at all. Instead, she quickly snatched the bag of peanuts as if she was afraid that Ye Qing would go back on his word.
"What did you change? Why are you being so secretive? Let me see it."
Sister Qin had been watching the two people's movements from the side. When she saw Xu Xianzhen's actions, she immediately became curious. She quickly came up and stretched her neck to see what was in Xu Xianzhen's cloth bag.
Nowadays, bartering and exchanging coupons for daily necessities is basically not considered illegal as long as it is not a large-scale resale, so Xu Xianzhen had no intention of avoiding people.
She opened the cloth bag, revealing the peanuts inside, each with its own evenly shaped and full kernels.
After seeing the thing, Sister Qin curled her lips and said, "I thought it was something else. It's not worth hiding it. It's just a few peanuts. What's so special about it?"
Xu Xianzhen chuckled:
"I don't like them, but my eldest daughter-in-law likes them. When Ye Zhiqing came to town to post a letter, he gave me a handful. After I took them back, my eldest daughter-in-law had morning sickness and couldn't eat anything. But after eating these peanuts, guess what? She got better! Now she enjoys eating everything. She is much better than before when she would vomit at the sight of everything!"
"My youngest son is getting married soon, so I have to spend more time to ask this educated youth Ye to exchange some peanuts for me. What if my daughter-in-law gets pregnant after eating these peanuts?"
Sister Qin was very disapproving of what she heard.
It was just some peanuts, how could it be so mysterious? She grabbed a few from Xu Xianzhen's bag, peeled off the shells and stuffed the peanuts into her mouth.
Unexpectedly, as she chewed, her eyes widened immediately, and she couldn't wait to ask Ye Qing:
"Ye Zhiqing, do you still have this peanut? Can you give me a few pounds?"
Ye Qing subconsciously looked towards Xu Xianzhen.
Xu Xianzhen quickly introduced: "This is Sister Qin from the grain station. Her husband is the head of the grain station's purchasing department."
Ye Qing was immediately shocked when he heard this.
Oh, the grain station purchasing department is responsible for the collection of public grain in the entire Qingshan Town.
Don't underestimate such an inconspicuous unit. These days all land is state-owned, and the person in charge of the purchasing department of a small grain station has considerable power. If he wants to see a production team he doesn't like, he can just say "unqualified" and not let the public grain of your production team pass.
If the production team could not pay the public grain, they had no choice but to take the grain back to be screened and dried. If they did not want to go through so much trouble, they could only find other backdoors.
In short, there are many tricks involved, and basically every production team has experienced being extorted.
So when she heard that this Sister Qin was the lover of the grain station manager, Ye Qing quickly took out a handful of maltose that she had prepared yesterday from her bag and stuffed it into the woman's pocket, and also gave a few to Sister Xu who was standing nearby.
"Sister, this is the maltose I made myself. Try it and see how it tastes."
There is absolutely no harm in building a good relationship with this Sister Qin. At this time, Ye Qing is more capable than anyone else. Although she is not as powerful as Gu Weinan, when she really tries to please others, she can definitely make people feel like spring breeze, and they will not realize that she is blatantly flattering others.
Sure enough, after just a few words, Sister Qin quickly became familiar with Ye Qing and was particularly interested in the maltose made by Ye Qing.
Ye Qing was not at all stingy with her method of making maltose, and generously shared her experience and skills with the two older sisters. She also said that if there were beets at home, handmade brown sugar could be made using this method. If some medicinal herbs were added to it, it could also be made into traditional brown sugar, which was very helpful in treating some women's diseases.
There is no woman in this world who is not interested in women's diseases. It's just that they don't have the opportunity to talk about this topic. When Ye Qing mentioned it, the two elder sisters immediately came over and asked Ye Qing curiously:
"Xiaoye, do you also know about women's diseases?"
Ye Qing immediately smiled and pointed to the silver needles in her bag:
"I was a doctor, how could I not understand this? Not only do I understand it, I can also treat it. I can basically handle most gynecological diseases."
These words surprised the two elder sisters. They immediately stopped chatting and said to Ye Qing:
"Oh, that's great. Xiaoye, if you're not in a hurry to go back, can you take a look at us too? We both have the same problem now. Our periods don't come and go. We can't sleep at night and we can't get energetic during the day. We're also irritable from time to time and want to lose our temper for no reason. We also have all kinds of spots on our faces. Can you tell me what's going on?"
Ye Qingguang roughly guessed what was going on after hearing these symptoms. Once he took the patient's pulse, he was even more certain of his guess:
"This is a typical symptom of menopause and perimenopause. Simply put, as you age, your uterus ages and your estrogen secretion decreases, which leads to menopause and causes a series of physiological and psychological changes."
The two elder sisters suddenly became anxious:
"Can it be cured?"
Ye Qing smiled and nodded: "It's not a big problem. I'll give you two injections and write you a prescription. You can go to the pharmacy to get the medicine. Boil three bowls of medicine in one bowl of water. Drink one dose every night before going to bed. The symptoms will be alleviated in about half a month, and you will be back to normal in a month."
The two older sisters were skeptical, but thinking that the female educated youth in front of them had been in the newspaper, they looked at each other and decided to let Ye Qing give it a try.
It’s true that although Ye Qing’s silver needles looked scary, they didn’t hurt much when inserted. The key was that there were only two needles, and it took at most ten minutes. When the acupuncture was over, the two of them instantly felt that the stuffy and anxious feeling in their chests was relieved a lot, as if a huge stone pressing on their hearts had been removed, and even their breathing became much easier.
"This is amazing!"
Both of their eyes lit up, and Sister Qin was so excited and admiring that she pulled Ye Qing, her joyful expression beyond words.
Xu Xianzhen's gaze also fell on Ye Qing, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Ye Qing wrote down the recipe and handed it to the two of them. She then chatted with Sister Qin for a few words, successfully established relations with her, and got Sister Qin's home address. She did not stay any longer. After leaving the post office, she went to the agricultural technology station to find Sister Xu's lover to buy a bag of beet seeds, and then called Gu Weinan to return to Kaoshantun.
Unexpectedly, when I got back to the end of the village, I saw a lot of people gathered at the gate of her yard, and there were sounds of quarreling and cursing coming from the yard.
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