Chapter 067: Prototype of Animal Feed Concept
Zhao Jinliang's expression was very ugly.
Although he had expected this from the beginning, his mood still sank to the bottom in an instant after hearing the accurate answer given by the clerk.
After politely sending the people from the purchasing station away, Zhao Jinliang turned around and saw Ye Qing looking at him with a smile.
Zhao Jinliang was just about to talk to Ye Qing about taking on an apprentice, so he quickly waved at Ye Qing:
"Ye Zhiqing, have you finished your work at the farm? Come on, I have something to discuss with you. Let's go to my office and have a good chat!"
Coincidentally, Ye Qing was also eyeing the pig farm on this side of the farm that raised tens of thousands of pigs every year. The two sides had the same idea and wanted to talk to each other about cooperation.
Ye Qing quickly waved to Gu Weinan and Meng Jia behind him, telling them to go and play by themselves first.
When they arrived at the director's office, Zhao Jinliang diligently served Ye Qing a seat and poured tea, even taking out the tea leaves that he usually was reluctant to take out.
Ye Qing saw that the manager had something to ask for, and adhering to the principle that the person who speaks first at the negotiation table loses the initiative first, she held the teacup and blew away the tea foam silently, trying not to say a word.
Zhao Jinliang was indeed thinking about the beastly treatment techniques in Ye Qing's hands, so he didn't bother to play tricks on Ye Qing at this moment. After sitting down, he rubbed his hands and spoke impatiently:
"Comrade Ye, this is what happened. I just saw the two female apprentices you brought with you. Are they both educated youth from Kaoshan Village? Is there any special reason why you accepted them as your apprentices?"
When Ye Qing heard this, he immediately understood what the manager was planning.
"Meng Jia was an educated youth sent to work in the village, and Gu Weinan was a native villager."
"There is no special reason why I accepted them. One of them is gifted in acupuncture and the other is quick to learn. I think they are both good candidates for medical studies, so I decided to try to bring them out."
Ye Qing spoke the truth.
Zhao Jinliang immediately chuckled:
"Then I want to ask, are you still accepting apprentices?"
"There are many technicians, volunteers, and PLA soldiers who have joined the Construction Corps in our farm. Among the tens of thousands of people, there must be good talents that meet your requirements!"
Ye Qing didn't care. After all, she had already promised Dean Gu that after the health station was built, she would connect with the county hospital and receive a group of medical personnel for training.
She could herd one sheep or graze a flock of sheep. It didn't matter to her if a few more students from the farm came in.
However, since they were discussing cooperation, the conditions had to be made clear from the beginning. Ye Qing did not beat around the bush with Zhao Jinliang and directly put forward her requirements to his face:
"Captain Zhao, it's fine for me to accept a few more disciples, but I do have some requirements."
"First of all, as you can see, I am a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old, and I haven't even found a partner yet. And the two girls I have adopted now are both unmarried girls, and they almost always go out with me."
"So if I want to take in an apprentice, I definitely won't take in a gay man for now. Otherwise, being so close to a girl every day will definitely have an impact on her, don't you think?"
Zhao Jinliang said he could understand this point.
At present, the whole environment is still quite strict about the conduct of men and women. Whether in rural areas or cities, men and women need to maintain a certain distance. If the behavior is too extreme and is caught, the hat of having promiscuous relationships may be put on.
So it is understandable that Ye Qing made this request.
"That's no problem. When I select people later, I will only choose lesbians. Gay men will stand aside."
Ye Qing continued:
"Secondly, I have certain requirements for my apprentices' educational background. My teaching method is quite special. I will only accept students who have at least attended high school and have a solid foundation in math, physics and chemistry."
"If you can't meet this requirement, you might not be able to keep up with my progress."
"I don't like to repeat what I've already taught. If you don't even understand the course, then don't waste each other's time. What do you think?"
Zhao Jinliang had no objection to this. After all, in any industry, the qualifications of apprentices are considered. Even in their army, there are clear requirements for the height, weight and other physical qualities of soldiers:
"That's no problem. When I select candidates, I will first screen them based on your requirements. Those who don't meet the standards will be eliminated, and the remaining ones will be brought to you for you to choose."
The last sentence is where Ye Qing gets to the point:
"The third one is also the most important one."
"Outside, according to industry rules, if you accept a disciple, you must work for the master for free for a few years before you are allowed to become a disciple. But you are accepting disciples on a targeted basis, so this rule is definitely not appropriate."
"Then I will only make one request to you. I hope you can outsource the pig slaughtering work at the pig farm to our Kaoshantun Health Station."
"I have apprentices here, and I'm just in need of something to teach them and practice with. Your farm raises a large number of pigs every year, and it's the best place for apprentices to practice their skills."
“So I want to take over your farm’s pig castration work and make it a compulsory clinical course for my trainees in the future.”
This last request was what really stunned Zhao Jinliang.
He had seen Ye Qing deliver a cow, but he never imagined that this girl could also castrate pigs!
Zhao Jinliang couldn't help shaking his head:
"It's not that I don't want to, but our farm has to pay thousands of pigs every quarter, and we sell as many as 20,000 to 30,000 pigs a year."
"The pig castration was originally handled by a special agricultural technician team. If you take their job, then the seven or eight people in the agricultural technician team will have nothing to do and will have to leave their posts."
"Moreover, 20,000 to 30,000 live pigs, are you sure you can handle this business in Kaoshan Village?"
This was something Ye Qing had not expected.
She thought the farm only produced one batch of pigs a year, but it turned out that they had to pay a fixed amount every quarter.
She also calculated that they had to slaughter 20,000 to 30,000 pigs a year, so the workload for this agricultural technical team was not easy.
If she took over this big job, even if she brought a dozen trainees with her, she would have no rest all year round to slaughter so many live pigs.
Thinking of this, Ye Qing broke out in a cold sweat, thinking that she had thought the matter was too simple, which was a real mistake!
Ye Qing backed out immediately, but was unwilling to give up such a good teaching opportunity. He felt very embarrassed and conflicted for a moment.
Zhao Jinliang was considerate and immediately offered a compromise:
"Let's put it this way. Regarding recruiting apprentices, we'll stick to what we just agreed upon. As for your desire to bring students to the pig farm for on-site pig slaughtering instruction, that's also easy to do."
"I'll ask the pig slaughtering supervisor at the Agricultural Technology Station to come and discuss with you. If you want to bring students to the farm for classes, you can report to the Agricultural Technology Station in advance."
"Whatever you need, and how many pigs you need to castrate, the Agricultural Technology Station will prepare them for you in advance. You just need to come and take the class anytime."
"This will not delay the work progress of the agricultural technician team, and will also achieve your purpose of teaching the trainees."
"I will ask the Agricultural Technology Station to count the total number of pigs you have castrated, calculate the remuneration based on the results of your work, and give you a certain amount of pig castration subsidies. Do you think this is a good solution?"
This couldn't be better!
There would be no limits on her side. She could castrate as many pigs as she could. Anyway, the remaining pigs would be covered by the agricultural technicians team on the farm. At the same time, they could also get some subsidies, so she and her trainees wouldn't have to work in vain. This perfect plan touched Ye Qing's heart!
Zhao Jinliang's sincere and honest temperament is really what Ye Qing likes!
Since they were so kind, she couldn't just say nothing. Thinking of what the two purchasing station clerks had said to Zhao Jinliang outside the pig farm, Ye Qing couldn't help but ask:
"Master Zhao, I overheard someone at the purchasing station saying that the weight gain of this batch of pigs from our farm did not meet the standard?"
When this was mentioned, Zhao Jinliang's brows tightened again, and he subconsciously took out a crude rolled cigarette from his pocket and prepared to light it.
But when he looked up, he saw the childish little girl sitting in front of him. Fearing that this city girl might not be used to the smell of cigarettes, he put the cigarette back in embarrassment.
"That's right. If we can't pay for this batch of live pigs on time and get the approval slip, we won't be able to go to the supply and marketing station to get the next batch of piglets."
"Originally, our farm was expanded this year, and the scale of the breeding farm was expanded again. The number of pigs that can be raised in a quarter can almost double."
"But the supply and marketing station can only provide a limited number of piglets. At most, they can approve 5,000 piglets at a time. The rest will have to be solved by our farm ourselves."
"But now the situation has come to this. This batch of pigs does not meet the standards, and the supply and marketing station will definitely make excuses. If the next batch of piglets is not approved, the pig farm will be closed after the spring."
If thousands of live pigs cannot be sold, it is likely that several cities will be short of pork for several months. For city dwellers of this era, not being able to eat pork has very serious consequences.
If any workers go on strike or cause trouble because of this, and the higher-ups investigate, people in the entire supply chain, from the supply and marketing stations to the farms, will be held accountable.
Zhao Jinliang was so worried that he couldn't eat or sleep. He originally wanted to ask someone from the acquisition station to help him see if there was any other solution, or to use the back door to get some flexibility.
But it is obvious that a few thousand live pigs is too big a risk and the buying station does not dare to take such a big risk.
Ye Qing asked curiously:
"Will this batch of pigs be released before the New Year? What is the average weight of a pig now? How much more weight does it need to gain to meet the standard?"
Zhao Jinliang has been going to the pig farm every day these days. He knows exactly what is going on in the pig pen:
"There are a total of 5,400 live pigs waiting to be released from the pen, of which 5,000 are mission pigs, and the remaining 400 are piglets born by the sows on the farm. The original plan was to keep them as a snack for our comrades during the New Year."
"The purchasing station requires that the mission pigs must be at least 150 kilograms before they can be qualified, but the current batch of pigs weighs around 80 kilograms, which means they need to continue to gain 70 kilograms in the next three and a half months to meet the standard."
Ye Qing nodded.
Nowadays, most pigs raised in rural areas rely on feeding them foods such as pig straw bran to gain weight. Other coarse and fine grains are not even enough for humans to eat, so they certainly cannot be used to feed pigs.
But with this feeding method, the growth rate is very slow, and the maximum weight gain is about ten kilograms in a month.
At this rate of weight gain, the farm’s pigs will definitely not meet the requirements of the purchasing station in three and a half months. It can even be said that there is still a big gap.
Unfortunately, the staff at the acquisition station were unwilling to give Zhao Jinliang a back door.
A pig can only weigh 20 or 30 kilograms, and 5,000 pigs combined would mean a shortage of more than 100,000 kilograms.
If the farms manage to get away with such a huge pork shortage, what will the purchasing stations use to fill the gap?
Ye Qing analyzed Zhao Jinliang very straightforwardly:
"You probably know that during this period I took over the pig and cattle raising business of the Kaoshantun Production Brigade."
"In fact, since I started this job, I have already discovered the problem of pigs not growing meat."
"Are you saying the pigs weren't fed enough? Of course not!"
"But if we use the old-fashioned feeding method, they may not reach the standard for release after seven or eight months, or even a year."
"This is clearly a waste of manpower and resources, and shows that our old-fashioned feeding method is unscientific."
"So I have been conducting in-depth research on the pig farming methods in Kaoshantun during this period."
"From the nature to the feeding method to the growth pattern, all the data were recorded in detailed tables."
"Finally, I analyzed and summarized four mistakes and disadvantages of the old-fashioned pig farming methods."
Zhao Jinliang took this matter very seriously, so when he heard Ye Qing say this, he immediately sat up straight, and took out a piece of paper and a pen from the table next to him, and began to take notes very seriously:
"You say!"
Ye Qing explained:
“First, there is the issue of pig breed.”
"The domestic pigs raised in our Beidahuang area are all from the Northeast."
"This type of pig can tolerate rough feed, but its absorption rate is low and its skin is too thick, which results in insufficient muscle mass, slow growth, and a slightly lower meat value."
"However, the supply station in Jiaotan County only provides piglets of this breed, so there is no solution to this problem for the time being."
"But if conditions permit in the future, I think our farm could consider introducing some from the south."
"Among Xiaguo's native pigs, there are also domestic pigs that grow fast and have good fattening ability."
"For example, Neihu pigs, Luchuan pigs, and Ningxiang pigs, these southern breeds of pigs mature early and are easy to fatten, and have strong fat accumulation capabilities."
"Although the cold tolerance of southern pigs is a little poor, since we want to do scientific breeding, as long as we introduce this new breed of pigs, we will always find a way to solve the problem."
"We can't stop moving forward and not even try just because of these difficulties, right?"
Zhao Jinliang nodded vigorously and quickly wrote down the breeds of pigs mentioned by Ye Qing with his pen.
He was not someone who did not know how to adapt. Since the Northeast's pigs were lacking in breed, it was definitely necessary to make up for their shortcomings by taking advantage of their strengths. He strongly agreed with Ye Qing's words.
“The second point is the living environment of pigs.”
"In terms of sanitation, both Kaoshantun and our farm have done very poorly."
"Humans will easily get sick if they live in a dirty and messy environment, and pigs are no exception."
"The pigsty must be kept clean and tidy at all times, so that mosquitoes and bacteria are not easy to breed, and the pigs are not easy to get sick. If they eat well and sleep well every day, they will naturally grow meat quickly."
“The third point is actually an environmental issue.”
"People put on more clothes when it's cold and take off clothes when it's hot. The same is true for pigs."
"Especially in our northeast, the temperature difference between day and night is large. In this season, the temperature drops sharply and it will snow heavily soon."
"If the temperature is tens of degrees below zero and it is extremely cold in the pig pen, how do the pigs keep warm? Isn't it just the fat on their bodies?"
"So the colder the weather, the more calories it consumes, and the less likely it is to accumulate fat."
"If you want pigs to continue to grow in winter, then what you can do is to heat the pig sty and ensure that the temperature of the pig sty is stable at a normal temperature of about 20 degrees."
"This way their caloric consumption is minimized and their fattening speed is accelerated."
After Zhao Jinliang had written down the first three points, Ye Qing mentioned the last point:
“The fourth and most critical point is the issue of food for pigs.”
"If you want pigs to gain weight quickly, you must ensure that their nutritional intake is balanced."
"Long-term consumption of pig grass and bran will lead to a single nutritional intake, which will not only lead to malnutrition in pigs, but also slow growth, and most of the weight gain will be muscle, with a relatively low fat rate."
"To improve this, we must feed them scientifically, ensure nutritional balance, and improve feed utilization, which is the key."
"My suggestion is to add appropriate amounts of crude protein and calcium to the feed. For example, you can collect some fish, shrimp, snails, clams and other ingredients from the pond, grind them into powder and feed them to pigs."
"These foods are all pollution-free and contain no added hormones. They are pure natural crude protein and calcium powder, and can effectively achieve the goal of rapid growth of pigs."
"In addition, after the pigs reach a certain standard, Chinese herbal medicine can be used to stimulate the hypothalamus and pituitary gland to secrete cyclic adenosine monophosphate."
“Cyclic adenosine regulates neurotransmitter synthesis, promotes the synthesis of various proteins in the body, and increases the body’s creatine reserves, thereby achieving the goal of promoting rapid stomach growth and fattening of pigs.”
"In short, scientific breeding, scientific management, and the advantages of crossbreeding with good breeds are the best ways to comprehensively increase the speed of pigs leaving the pen."
Zhao Jinliang didn't understand medical terms like "cyclic adenosine monophosphate", "hypothalamus" and "pituitary gland". He only cared about one thing:
"If we really follow your method, adding that crude protein and Chinese herbal medicine, how much weight can this pig gain in three and a half months? Can it reach the standard for release from the purchasing station before the New Year?"
Ye Qing smiled confidently:
"I'll write you a Chinese herbal medicine recipe and add the herbs to the grass, corn cobs, soybean cakes, and the small fish and shrimp, snails and clams I mentioned earlier, which are high in protein and calcium."
“It would be great if these ingredients could be mixed together, ground into powder or even compressed into solid particles.”
"Then for the next three and a half months, feed only this three times a day on time."
"I can assure you that this batch of pigs will be ready for shipment before the end of the year, and it will not delay your application to the supply and marketing cooperative for the next batch of piglets!"
Just kidding, this is a healthy and nutritious pet diet recipe that she researched after looking up a lot of information when the apocalypse just started. Even her golden retriever eats it very enthusiastically. It is absolutely healthy and has no additives, and it gains weight quickly. It is many times better than the ready-made feed sold in many stores that is added with various hormone drugs.
Zhao Jinliang's heart beat faster and his breathing became rapid unconsciously.
Realizing that this might be a good thing, his expression unconsciously turned serious:
"Comrade Ye Qing, this matter is of great importance. It is not just a question of whether our farm and the purchasing station can report to the higher-ups on time!"
"If after three and a half months, these pigs really gain 150 kilograms as you said, it means that this scientific breeding method can be promoted throughout the country. Do you understand how significant it is?"
How could Ye Qing not understand? She had seen the rise and prosperity of great nations in the future, so she knew even more clearly how important domestic development was during this period, not only in the industrial field, but also in agriculture, which absolutely could not be ignored.
So she has been doing research at the pig pen in Kaoshantun for some time, and has been putting a lot of effort into the data in the table. Her purpose is to summarize a set of universal scientific methods so that she can quickly promote the technology in agricultural breeding across the country in the coming year.
However, if the method she summarized was only successfully tested in Kaoshantun, the data from this production brigade alone would definitely not be convincing enough.
Her original idea was to ask Lai Guochang for help, starting from Kaoshantun and radiating to the entire Hongqi Commune.
As long as this method is successfully tried out in the production brigades under the Red Flag Commune, the feedback data will certainly be enough to attract the attention of the higher-ups.
However, she had just taken over the pigpen in Kaoshantun, and had only recently come up with this scientific breeding plan, and had not yet had time to implement it, so she had no time to even talk to Lai Guochang about it.
Unexpectedly, he would meet Zhao Jinliang now, and the trouble Zhao Jinliang encountered was so urgent. Ye Qing had no choice but to use the pigs at the army farm for experiment.
Fortunately, she was absolutely sure that the method she gave would definitely work, so there was nothing to worry about.
Moreover, once the experiment on the military farm is successful, there will be literally thousands of pigs in this batch, and after collecting five or six thousand data points, no one will be able to find fault with it.
The ironclad facts are enough to accelerate the promotion of her scientific breeding plan.
In addition, Ye Qing has another selfish motive.
In fact, the method she proposed to Zhao Jinliang, which is to mix Chinese herbs and other kinds of food ingredients and compress them into small particles, is the prototype of animal feed.
The history of animal feed development in China can be traced back to 1979.
Until 1992, the domestic market for feed was monopolized by foreign groups.
After 1992, domestic feed companies sprang up like mushrooms after rain, breaking the technological monopoly of the feed industry. However, by that time, the domestic pig production industry had already been infiltrated by foreign capital.
Ye Qing has always believed that foreign capital is absolutely not allowed to interfere or participate in basic agricultural products such as rice, wheat, sorghum, pigs and poultry. Once affected by foreign forces, it will become difficult for the country to regulate prices and supply.
People's livelihood is a matter of great importance and must not be taken lightly. That is why she feels that this technology must be promoted and mastered by the Chinese people before foreign feed enters the domestic market.
Now that Ye Qing has put forward this concept, as long as she gives it a little advice, with Zhao Jinliang's intelligence and the scale of the military farm, it will definitely not be a problem to build a feed processing plant.
As long as the first processing plant is established, Ye Qing won't have to worry about the subsequent matters.
After the success of scientific breeding on the army farm, other units interested in pig breeding, such as coming to Qingshan Town for inspection, will inevitably follow suit after seeing the feed processing plant on the army farm.
In this way, within three to five years, domestic feed processing factories will be spread all over the Northeast, and may even flourish throughout the country. Without market vacancies, foreign feed will have no soil for development. It is nothing but a fool's dream to want to monopolize the market with their so-called technology!
Thinking of this, Ye Qing couldn't help but feel a little excited. The two parties discussed the scientific breeding method mentioned by Ye Qing for nearly an hour, and supplemented and improved every aspect bit by bit.
When Ye Qing left the director's office, Zhao Jinliang's face was full of wrinkles with satisfaction, and the previous frown was gone.
"Then I'll leave first, Captain Zhao. I'll wait for your good news!"
Ye Qing said goodbye to Zhao Jinliang with a smile.
Zhao Jinliang now truly admires Ye Qing from the bottom of his heart, and he even wants to worship this little girl as his ancestor. One after another, ever since he met this girl, many of his troubles were solved by this girl. She is simply a rescuer sent by God to save his noble man.
"Comrade Ye, wait a minute!"
Thinking of something, Zhao Jinliang suddenly called Ye Qing again, and then shouted "Zhu Jingang" to the outside.
Xiao Zhu was strolling outside with Meng Jia and Gu Weinan. When he heard Zhao Jinliang shouting, he immediately ran over:
"What's the matter, Director?"
Zhao Jinliang leaned over and whispered a few words into Xiao Zhu's ear. Xiao Zhu immediately stood up straight and saluted:
"Got it, I promise to complete the task!"
Then when Ye Qing and the other two were sent back to Kaoshantun by Zhu Jingang, the compartment in the back of the military truck was filled with all kinds of supplies.
Quilts, cotton coats, cotton shoes, hot water kettles, washbasins, towels, soaps, in short, anything that was in the farm warehouse, Zhao Jinliang asked for a batch of them. He even asked the finance department for approval and took a stack of tickets for Ye Qing as a welfare subsidy.
Ye Qing was not polite either, she accepted everything Zhao Jinliang gave her.
There will be many opportunities to cooperate with the military farm in the future, and she can't just keep working for them for free.
Otherwise, if she develops the habit of not paying her, in the long run, people will think she is honest and easy to bully, and they may even oppress and take advantage of her even more.
After Ye Qing and the other two returned to Kaoshantun, Gu Weidong had already rushed back from the commune after making a phone call.
He did not rush back to the cabin in the mountains, but waited in the yard of Grandma Zou's house. When he saw Ye Qing coming back, Gu Weidong waved at her with a serious expression.
Ye Qing thought that Gu Weidong was going to talk about the Kwantung Army fortress in the mountains, so he hurried over and asked in a low voice:
"How is it? Has your case been reported? What did the higher-ups say?"
Gu Weidong said succinctly: "I called the group and someone will come to handle it tomorrow at the latest."
But this is not what Gu Weidong wants to talk about.
"Do you still remember the comrade from the Mohe garrison I mentioned to you before? He called the commune again yesterday. I happened to be at the commune this morning, and when I heard the news, I quickly called him back."
"After asking, I found out that his relative sent me news. The person you asked about last time seemed to be in a bad condition on the farm. It might be because of the heavy snow in Mohe in the past few days. The temperature dropped sharply and the person fell ill again. It seems that the illness is quite serious."
"But there is a shortage of doctors there, and people inside are not allowed to go out for medical treatment, so we can only drag it on. The relative said you'd better prepare some medicine and send it over as soon as possible, otherwise people might not be able to survive."
Ye Qing's heart suddenly sank and his face turned pale in an instant.
After receiving the news from Gu Weidong last time, she had already started to make preparations. She planned to prepare the things to be sent to the master after the herbs collected from the mountains were processed in the next few days.
But now, hearing that the patient's condition was critical, her heart began to hang in her throat, and she dared not delay any longer.
She didn't know what Han Yabo's specific condition was, so she had no way of prescribing the right medicine. She could only use the herbs on hand to make a few pills, mixing as much wood-type supernatural power as possible into them to see if the patient's symptoms could be improved.
Thinking of the ginseng seeds and red ganoderma lucidum that the fox gave her last time, she quickly nodded to Gu Weidong:
"Just wait, I'll get everything ready tonight. Please find someone to take it over tomorrow!"
Seeing that Ye Qing knew what was going on, Gu Weidong didn't waste any more words. The message had already been delivered, so he packed up his things and went straight back to the mountain.
Ye Qing hurriedly prepared the pills. She recalled the contents of the kinki book again, trying to find keywords related to Han Yabo. Then, based on the few understated descriptions, she guessed that Han Yabo might have died of some disease.
After careful consideration, she was able to narrow down to three possibilities, so she wrote prescriptions based on these three symptoms, boiled all three prescriptions into finished Chinese medicine pills, packed them into different categories, and carefully wrote down the corresponding symptoms and effects of each medicine, as well as the method of taking, to ensure that there would be no mistakes in the use of the medicines.
In addition, she also planned to go to the herb garden at the back at night and secretly use her supernatural powers to catalyze a few ginseng and ganoderma lucidum. Three to five years would be enough.
Because this type of tonic Chinese medicine strengthens the strong and not the weak, the dose you take at one time cannot be too much. If the medicine is too old, its effect will be too strong and it will become poison to patients with weak bodies.
Ye Qing planned to dig out the ginseng and ganoderma and boil them directly into ginseng and ganoderma pills. Each pill would only be the size of a mung bean. Eating three or two pills a day would be enough to benefit weak patients, replenishing qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and even saving lives at critical moments.
Here Ye Qing was busy preparing the things needed for the master, but unexpectedly in the afternoon, Xu Xianzhen came with her cousin Song Hongying.
Both of them looked extremely unhappy. It was obvious that they had followed Ye Qing's advice and went to the county hospital for a blood test, and the results were already out.
"How is it?" Ye Qing was not surprised by the arrival of the two people. After inviting them into the house, he was the first to ask.
Song Hongying took out the test report in her hand and handed it to Ye Qing.
Ye Qing was not surprised by the result. There were only a few substances that could cause chronic poisoning and affect pregnancy. Moreover, Song Hongying's physical symptoms were consistent with only a few of the toxin characteristics she guessed. Musk deer poisoning should be the most suitable.
She raised her head and looked at Song Hongying:
"Have you determined the source of the toxin?"
Song Hongying didn't say anything, but Xu Xianzhen, who was standing next to her, took out a yellow paper package from her bag and opened it to reveal a pile of dried flowers inside.
Seeing Ye Qing's puzzled look, Xu Xianzhen hurriedly explained:
"The hospital said it was musk deer poisoning caused by long-term exposure. After much thought, the only thing my cousin could think of was the pillow her sister-in-law gave her."
"When she got married, her sister-in-law gave her a pair of pillows as a wedding gift."
"She said she picked various flowers in the spring and dried them to make the pillows herself. The elders in the family all said they were good, so they gave a pair to my cousin as well."
"The pillows have a special fragrance, and they are really soft and comfortable to sleep on. I can sleep until dawn, so my cousin likes them very much and sleeps on them every night."
"The sister-in-law saw that my cousin liked it, so she gave her a new pair every year. It was just a dried flower pillow, and we never suspected that there would be any problems with it."
"But now we suspect that there might be something wrong with the dried flowers stuffed in this pillow. Ye Zhiqing, can you help me take a look and see if this smell is that musk?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Qing quickly reached out his hand, picked up a few dried flowers and smelled them.
"How long have you had this pillow?"
Song Hongying replied: "It was sent to me at the turn of spring and summer, about half a year ago."
Ye Qing nodded: "That's right, it should be caused by this thing. There is still some musk smell left in it, but the concentration is not very high, so it will not cause harm to the human body."
"And this incense is indeed used to help people sleep. It can activate liver microsomal drug-converting enzymes, accelerate the metabolism of sodium pentobarbital in the liver, and calm the nerves and relax the mind, thereby improving people's sleep quality."
"The only impact may be that it promotes uterine contraction, interferes with the implantation of the fertilized egg, disrupts endocrine function and affects the normal functioning of hormones in the body. Long-term use may lead to infertility. Even if pregnancy occurs, it may cause habitual miscarriage."
After getting Ye Qing's affirmative answer, Song Hongying's face instantly turned gloomy, and even Xu Xianzhen beside her was furious.
"Your sister-in-law is really scheming. She can do such a vicious thing! She looks so good-tempered and smiling, but I didn't expect that she would do this behind my back without making any noise!"
"I think she had planned this from the beginning. She wanted to make you two unable to have children, so that she could pass her child to you two and let you two raise the child for free. Otherwise, how could she have given you two this thing on your wedding day?"
Xu Xianzhen started swearing and grumbling on the spot.
Song Hongying's eyes became red, her fists clenched unconsciously, and her eyes were filled with intense hatred.
God knows how she has survived the past ten years, enduring the insult of being infertile!
The elder sister-in-law came to visit and comfort her every year, and even found various folk remedies and coaxed her to take them gently. She cared more about the couple having children than anyone else. Song Hongying was confused by these behaviors and thought that the elder sister-in-law treated her sincerely.
They never expected that this woman was a dagger hidden in her honey. She had played dirty tricks behind their backs when she was newly married, silently cutting off the way for them to have children. They were played around by her without even realizing it!
This is simply too much! If it weren't so far away, Song Hongying would have wanted to rush to her husband's house and tear the face of that hypocritical bastard to pieces!
"Ye Zhiqing, can my sister still give birth?"
Rather than seeking to settle accounts with the sister-in-law, Xu Xianzhen felt that the most important issue was whether she could have children.
As long as her cousin can give birth to a child, the stigma of being infertile that she has been carrying for more than ten years will be completely overturned. Then her cousin will be able to hold her head high and return to her husband's family with pride, and see who dares to look down on her again.
If she went to settle accounts with the sister-in-law now, what if she refused to admit it? Song Hongying's in-laws looked down on her because she had no children. If the sister-in-law denied it and pretended to be wronged and cried a few words, the in-laws would probably stand on the sister-in-law's side and accuse Song Hongying of being unreasonable and ignorant.
Therefore, Xu Xianzhen felt that Song Hongying should not act rashly. It would be better for her to pretend that nothing had happened and to act after careful consideration. She should secretly get her body in good shape and get pregnant and have a baby as soon as possible.
As long as the child is born, the sister-in-law's plan will be in vain.
If that woman refuses to give up, she will definitely think of other shady tricks to adopt the child, and then she will kidnap and seize the person and send him to jail!
Song Hongying was not stupid either. Although she was extremely angry, she still knew the important point. After Xu Xianzhen asked this question, she immediately forced herself to calm down and looked towards Ye Qing expectantly.
Ye Qing was still in shock. He never expected that he would encounter such a bloody thing in real life. In order to give them an adopted child, he could secretly murder his brother-in-law and his wife for more than ten years. Isn't this too scary?
Seeing the two sisters looking at her, Ye Qing cleared her throat twice, then reached out her hand to feel Song Hongying's pulse. After a while, she nodded and said,
"She can give birth, but she has to get rid of all the toxins in her body first and restore her uterus to normal before she can give birth. I'll give her a few injections first, and then prescribe a prescription for her to take for three months."
"Remember not to have sex during these three months. Come back to see me for a follow-up checkup after three months of treatment. You must bring your husband along."
If you are treating a woman, why would a man come here?
Seeing the two people's puzzled expressions, Ye Qing had no choice but to answer patiently:
"To prepare for pregnancy, both the man and the woman must be healthy. Otherwise, it is useless to just cultivate fertile land. If there is something wrong with the seeds, no matter how good the land is, it will not produce crops! So I have to treat both of them to confirm whether they can get pregnant soon."
Ye Qing was just giving Song Hongying an injection when he suddenly heard a loud noise outside.
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