One night in mid-March 2020, a loud cry was heard in the delivery room of the First People's Hospital of City A. A little girl with soft fur fell to the ground under the watchful eyes of her family.
In the same timeline, in the year 3202 of the Interstellar Era, the latest medical system, also known as the Chinese medicine system that is everyone’s exclusive pharmacy, was freshly released.
On the day of the launch, the organizers of the Chinese Medicine Hall system, in celebration of its success, released ten systems for a raffle. However, one of the systems, when drawn, mysteriously disappeared into the wormhole...
The little girl, soundly sleeping in her cradle in the hospital, suddenly heard a ding sound in her mind: Ding Dong, host binding in progress...
Binding successful. Hello host, I am your exclusive medical system, Chinese medicine system 008, and I will provide you with personal protection for your health.
The little girl, whose head was disturbed by the noise, frowned her brows which had not yet relaxed, closed her eyes and started crying loudly.
System 008, which had never experienced such a situation, was stunned on the spot and subconsciously performed a medical scan on the host. After this scan, System 008's entire system was in poor condition.
System 008 looked at the host on the scanning panel, which showed that he had been born less than an hour ago, and the entire system was a little stuck...
Song Jiaqi, who was sleeping on the hospital bed, struggled to open her eyes and look at the crib when she heard her daughter crying.
At this glance, a figure wearing a mask couldn't wait to pick up the child and said, "Don't cry, don't cry, daddy will hold you."
Seeing this, Song Jiaqi immediately relaxed: "Why are you here? Didn't you say there was an event today?"
"I came here right after the event." Lu Chuanbei said, holding the soft little girl in his arms and looking at Song Jiaqi: "Look, our daughter is so beautiful."
Song Jiaqi looked at the wrinkled little girl and couldn't find any nice words to say.
However, this didn't stop Lu Chuanbei from boasting about his daughter's looks: "Look, our Tiantian's eyes are so big, she looks so much like you, and her nose is exactly the same as mine, and these eyebrows..."
Song Jiaqi looked at her daughter, whose eyes hadn't even opened yet, then glanced at her sparse eyebrows and the hair that couldn't even cover her forehead. She couldn't help but hum a few times against her will and quickly changed the subject: "Um, where are my parents?"
"I asked them to go back first, and I'll stay with them all night."
"But don't you have an event tomorrow morning?" Song Jiaqi looked at him worriedly.
"It doesn't matter. It's not an important event anyway. Besides, I've already made arrangements with my agent. I can just rush over tomorrow morning."
"Won't it be too hard?"
"As long as I can be with you and the child, this little hardship is nothing." Lu Beichuan said, carefully placing the sleeping little girl back into the crib. "Jiaqi, thank you."
"What are you thanking me for?" Song Jiaqi turned her gaze away from the little girl who was sleeping soundly in the crib with tenderness in her eyes.
"Thank you for giving me a home and giving birth to such a beautiful daughter." Lu Beichuan said seriously while holding Song Jiaqi's hand.
Song Jiaqi leaned towards Lu Beichuan, and for a moment the whole ward was filled with warmth.
While the two people were being affectionate in the ward, System 008, which had been stuck for a long time, finally recovered.
It looked at the little host still in the crib, then glanced at the host's parents, and finally, in accordance with the interstellar protection principle that the system cannot be activated for children under the age of three, it silently activated the hibernation mode.
Little friend Song Tiantian, who didn't know this, was still sleeping soundly...
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the little girl Song Tiantian, who was originally a little girl, is about to reach the age to go to kindergarten.
Lu Beichuan, who had just gained some fame three years ago and was quickly exposed to be married and had children, also gave up after being out of fashion for a while and struggling in vain.
Not only did he evolve from idol mode to stay-at-home dad mode, he also learned some family skills from his father-in-law - Chinese medicine.
Over the past few years, although I have not yet mastered them all, I have learned to recognize all the Chinese medicines in the pharmacy. By the way, I also took the examinations to obtain a Chinese medicine pharmacist qualification certificate and a job certificate.
When the pharmacy is busy, you can still see him holding prescriptions and going around the pharmacy to get medicine and boil it for people.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. The business of the Song family pharmacy gradually declined, and the busy times became less and less.
After all, in this era when Western medicine is prevalent and Western pharmacies are everywhere, traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese herbal medicine, which have been passed down in China for thousands of years, have long since withered and become a thing of the past. They can only rely on conservative treatments and the older generation's expectations of Chinese herbal medicine to survive.
But even so, Chinese medicine hospitals and Chinese medicine clinics can no longer hold on.
Especially after the West developed cancer vaccines, traditional Chinese medicine has been brought out and belittled again and again.
In addition, there are fewer and fewer young people studying Chinese medicine, and the doctors who used to work in Chinese medicine clinics are gradually getting older and changing careers, making Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine even more lacking in successors.
The same thing happened to the Song Family Pharmacy, an old pharmacy that had been passed down for generations, and it gradually became obscured.
In addition, the ancient street in front of the pharmacy was recently included in the government's renovation plan and will be completely demolished soon.
Under this circumstance, the Song Family Pharmacy, which was originally a place for getting medicine and seeing a doctor, has become a meeting place for neighbors to visit and discuss demolition compensation.
Look, on this day, the Song family pharmacy just opened.
The neighbors who had been waiting outside for a long time came in one after another and sat down skillfully on the square chairs in the pharmacy. They began to talk about the notices issued by the government and explained the various policies on demolition in great detail.
Grandpa Song was no stranger to this scene. He watched the old neighbor boasting and skillfully greeted his customers, saying, "Old Zhang, I see the corners of your mouth are a little dry and inflamed. I'd like to take your pulse and prescribe some Chinese medicine to moisten your lungs and clear your internal heat."
When it comes to maintenance, Old Zhang, who was originally giving orders, instantly perked up. "Give me one, and prescribe me a larger amount. Anyway, we have medical insurance now, so it's free to prescribe more."
From the familiarity of his words, I knew that Lao Zhang was a health-conscious old man who used medical insurance to get a lot of medicine.
When the old man and old woman sitting in the Chinese medicine store heard this, they immediately agreed.
"Yes, I've had some back pain lately. Old Song, can you give me some medicine to help me recover?"
"I haven't been sleeping well recently. Please prescribe some for me."
Grandpa Song agreed to all these requests without hesitation. After all, no matter how small the meat is, it is still meat.
While taking the pulse and examining the old neighbors, Grandpa Song did not forget to call Lu Beichuan, who was taking care of the baby, over and asked him to take the pulse and examine the people as well.
The old neighbor watched Grandpa Song teaching Lu Beichuan and couldn't help but say with a smile: "Old Song, you are not going to give up yet."
"That's right, there's no future in studying Chinese medicine now. Besides, Chinese medicine shops are about to be demolished. Even if you teach your son-in-law to be a master, it won't be of any use."
"That's right. Besides, nowadays, everyone goes to big hospitals to see Western doctors. Who would come to a Chinese medicine clinic to see a Chinese doctor and get Chinese medicine? Only old men and women like us can come here to get some medicine. If it comes to those young people, I'm afraid they won't even take Chinese medicine."
"Traditional Chinese medicine is really getting worse and worse these days."
"Yeah, who would have thought that a Chinese medicine store that was once so prosperous would eventually go out of business."
"But there's nothing we can do about it. Chinese medicine isn't as effective as Western medicine, and Western medicine is more convenient, unlike Chinese medicine, which takes a year or two to see results."
Seeing Grandpa Song's somewhat dejected expression, Lu Beichuan quickly changed the subject, "By the way, Uncle Zhang, I heard that your youngest son is getting married soon, right?"
When he said this, Lao Zhang immediately became excited. "That's right, my boy is finally settled. You all should come to my house for the wedding banquet when the time comes."
"Don't worry, we will definitely go there when the time comes."
"Yes, yes, your youngest son is getting married, and we old neighbors must go for a drink."
As they were talking, several old men and women winked at each other.
As soon as Lao Zhang took the medicine to the medicine house, people started talking about it.
"Good boy, Lao Zhang's youngest son is finally getting married."
"It's because our place is going to be demolished, otherwise how could that girl fall in love with his youngest son?"
"That's not the case. Lao Zhang's youngest son is quite good-looking, but..." As they spoke, everyone remembered Lao Zhang's youngest son who had been working in the IT industry for several years and was becoming increasingly bald.
When they thought of this, everyone couldn't help but sigh.
"Sure enough, being a programmer is not something a human can do."
"Luckily, our house is going to be demolished, otherwise it would be really hard for his son to find a partner."
"That's right."
As they were talking, someone suddenly remembered something and looked towards Grandpa Song who was taking someone's pulse. "Hey, Old Song, do you have any Chinese medicine that can treat hair loss?"
"Yes." Grandpa Song retracted his pulse-feeding hand and said, "Black Hair Pills and Seven Treasures Beard Beauty Pills are both effective in treating hair loss."
"Really? Then why doesn't Mr. Zhang let his son come over and take a look?" He had just finished speaking when the person next to him immediately gestured to him and whispered, "Stop talking. His son doesn't believe in Chinese medicine at all."
"That's right," another insider chimed in, "I happened to overhear Old Zhang talking to his son on the phone last time. He was talking about hair loss treatments, and his son swore he didn't believe in Chinese medicine. He even said he'd bought some hair growth spray and was using it."
"Hair growth spray? There's such a medicine?"
"That's right."
"Does that work?"
"If it had worked, I wouldn't have waited until now to find a partner."
"That's true."
As they were talking, a black figure flashed past the door of the pharmacy. Song Tiantian, who was sitting on the threshold, tilted her head in confusion and looked at Grandpa Zhang carrying the medicine and turning to leave.
Old Zhang, who was just about to tell everyone about his son's wedding and invite them to the wedding banquet, turned around and left the pharmacy immediately with his Chinese medicine after hearing the noise coming from the pharmacy.
Not only that, along the way, Lao Zhang cursed and took out his phone to call Xiao Zhang, who was still working 996 at the IT company...
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