Chapter 201 Pan Ye goes to the branch for internship
The ginseng that Lin Sanqi obtained during this period alone was worth at least hundreds of millions of yuan by 2013.
Unlike other health products, high-aged wild ginseng produced in Northeast China is in great demand in the market and is priced but not sold.
Lin Tianhua, the general manager of Lingnan Tang Company, was extremely delighted and was already planning to hold a "precious Chinese medicinal materials tasting meeting", inviting local wealthy people in Huadu to participate in order to expand the influence of Lingnan Tang.
Lin Sanqi was very satisfied with the company's operations in 2013. If he were to take charge, he would not do as well as Lin Tianhua.
After all, his connections, experience, and marketing skills over the years are there, which are not comparable to a rookie like Lin Sanqi. His advantage is cross-border procurement, so everyone should do their own job and leave professional matters to the professional team.
With the supply and finances in his own hands and the clan leader's support behind him, Lin Sanqi is not worried at all about being sidelined.
The back garden and waterside pavilion of the Gege Mansion.
The courtyard gate was closed and no one could get in. The door was also tightly closed. The northwest wind was blowing gently outside, but the temperature inside the house was over 20 degrees and very comfortable.
Pan Ren squatted in front of the fireplace, looking at the flames inside with some surprise.
This is the stove fireplace that Lin Sanqi bought online from Taobao. It is a square and black one with a piece of glass on the door so that you can clearly see the degree of burning of the firewood. It cost less than 3,000 yuan.
"Brother Lin, I've seen fireplaces before. Those were built into the walls by foreigners, and they didn't have any glass. Why is your fireplace different from others?"
Lin Sanqi was cutting the mutton while smiling and replied:
"This fireplace is custom-made. You can't buy it anywhere else these days. Just put a few logs in it, and the smoke will go out through the flue. The house will be clean, odor-free, and warm. Isn't it nice?"
Pan Ren nodded repeatedly:
"It's more than good. We use a coal stove for heating at home. The house is full of smoke. We have to open the window from time to time, otherwise the whole family might lie on the bed the next morning."
"Xiao Sanzi, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Pan Ye was cleaning the dishes nearby. When he heard his brother's words, he was so angry that he quickly stopped him. Northerners hate unlucky words the most during the New Year.
After being scolded by his elder sister, Pan Ren stuck out his tongue repeatedly and went to play with Lin Jiageng and Lin Zhenzhen next to him.
Pan Cen was picking vegetables obediently and very carefully, as if what he was picking were not vegetables but precious jade:
"Brother Lin, you are amazing. You can still eat such fresh spinach in the middle of winter. It's so juicy and tender. It must be delicious."
Lin Sanqi probably already knew what people in the north eat in winter. There were always radishes, green onions, and cabbages in the cellar. In addition, he would prepare some vermicelli and sauerkraut, which would last him the entire winter.
Green vegetables were still available in 1959, but ordinary people could not eat these greenhouse vegetables, and many ordinary people had never heard of them.
Lin Sanqi continued to operate the mutton slicer, cutting slices of frozen mutton and placing them on a plate, while boasting:
"That's right, who are you, Brother Lin? There's nothing in the world I can't get. Look, what is this?"
Lin Sanqi stopped what he was doing and took out two big grapefruits from the cabinet.
"Wow, such a big orange?" Pan Ren exclaimed beside him.
Lin Sanqi didn't bother to correct him: "Yes, yes, it's a big orange. You can eat it the same way. Peel it and taste it first. We'll have dinner soon."
"Okay, okay,"
In fact, the children in the house couldn't wait to eat the meat.
In the cold winter, nothing is more tempting than a hot pot meal, especially shabu-shabu, which is the favorite of the people in the capital in winter.
Unfortunately, few families can afford this hobby this winter. Of course, at Lin Sanqi's place, they have as much as you want. Not to mention the mutton we got from Qinghai before, we even got quite a few fat lambs during our trip to Inner Mongolia.
But Pan Ye didn't know. He felt a little sorry for Lin Sanqi when he saw him cutting the frozen mutton into plate after plate.
"Lin Sanqi, that's enough, stop cutting. There are only a few of us, and most of us are children. How can we eat so much?"
Lin Sanqi looked at the mountain of mutton in front of him and said, "Is that enough? Not enough? I think Pan Ren can eat a whole sheep by himself."
Hehehe, everyone in the room laughed lightly, and Pan Ren also laughed at himself:
"Only Brother Lin's family can eat meat. We have pickled cabbage and pickles every day. Sometimes I feel like I'm a rabbit."
Lin Sanqi pointed to a few small pottery jars and said:
"Come here, Comrade Rabbit, please go get the dipping sauce. There's a jar of sesame paste and a jar of shacha sauce. Just add whatever you want."
People in the capital love sesame paste, a dipping sauce made by mixing sesame paste and peanut butter in a ratio of 2:8. However, the Lin family, who are from the south, have never been able to get used to it. This is another major difference in taste between the north and the south.
The copper hot pot is placed in the middle of the table. The old hot pot in Sijiu City likes to use clear soup, which is actually white flower water. The reason is that the clear soup is not smelly, oily or greasy, and it is comfortable to eat.
This is similar to the taste of Guangdong hotpot. People in Huadu like to use purified water as a pot when eating hotpot, believing that the food cooked in this way can ensure the original flavor.
As for the seasoning of hot pot, it depends entirely on the dipping sauce, usually seafood sauce and shacha sauce, just keep it simple.
For old Beijingers, pickled garlic is the soul of hot pot and sesame paste is the perfect match.
In addition to mutton, Lin Sanqi also prepared fresh spinach, bok choy, enoki mushrooms, and of course the frozen tofu that northerners like to eat.
"Eat slowly, don't rush, be careful of the heat, there's plenty of mutton~~~"
While helping to pick up the dishes, Lin Sanqi advised Pan Ren to eat slowly. Although Pan Ye and Pan Cen ate politely, they were not slow at all.
Instead, Lin Jiageng and Lin Zhenzhen started eating slowly. This detail also shows the difference in economic conditions of their families.
While Lin Sanqi was boiling mutton for Pan Ye, he casually asked:
"You will be doing an internship after the winter break. I've already talked to Dean Shen about arranging for you to intern at our Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine."
When Pan Ye heard this, he smiled so much that his eyes curved like crescent moons: "Thank you, Lin Sanqi."
Without Lin Sanqi's help, only the top students in the class would be able to go to the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine for internship, and the majority of the rest would be assigned to affiliated hospitals for internship.
"Why thank me? After your six-month internship is over, it shouldn't be a problem for you to stay and work at our Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. I'll take care of it."
Pan Ye suddenly thought of something, blushed, and replied softly: "Okay, I'll do as you say..."
While drinking soda, Lin Jiageng said to his cousin next to him:
"Zhenzhen, it looks like our family will have one more employee in the future. Besides grandpa and grandma, my parents, and your parents, when my uncle and aunt get married, we'll be the only two who aren't employees of the Chinese medicine hospital?"
Lin Zhenzhen blinked her innocent eyes and said indifferently:
"It's okay. I'll let my mother retire, and then I can take her place in the unit. Then our family will all be part of the Chinese medicine hospital."
Lin Sanqi thought, well, such a young child treats the unit as his own home, no wonder there are articles praising a family of three generations of tobacco workers.
When Pan Ye heard this, his face turned even redder, but he didn't refute it.
Lin Sanqi cured her father's disease, took care of her with food, and now arranged internships and jobs for her. Isn't he a perfect future son-in-law? How could an ordinary friend be so enthusiastic?
Pan Ren also put down his chopsticks and patted his chest:
"Sister, if you go to work at Kuanjie Chinese Medicine Hospital in the future, I'll be very proud when I tell others about it at school. Brother-in-law, can you arrange for me to work at Kuanjie Chinese Medicine Hospital in the future?"
Lin Sanqi chuckled, "You always fail the exams. Forget about the Wide Street Chinese Medicine Hospital. You can't even get into the Narrow Street Chinese Medicine Hospital."
Everyone chuckled again.
Lin Sanqi looked at Pan Ye seriously and said:
"As for internship at the Chinese Medicine Hospital, I have two options. One is to stay at the Kuanjie Main Hospital, which is close to home and more convenient for care. The other option is to go to the Changping Branch Hospital, but the conditions at the branch hospital are very poor. To put it bluntly, it's just a big rural village.
I'll be temporarily transferred to the branch hospital after the Chinese New Year. There's one advantage to doing an internship at the branch: our hospital has 12 national treasure-level veteran Chinese medicine practitioners who have been assigned to the Changping branch. If you could become a disciple of one of them, it would definitely be beneficial to improving your medical skills."
These words were told to him by Dean Shen, but it did not prevent Lin Sanqi from learning and applying them immediately.
Pan Ye asked in confusion, "Why is it better to study medicine at the Changping branch? Doesn't the main hospital have more experienced experts?"
"That's different. The old experts who stayed in the main hospital are all clean and honest, and they are very proud.
Like my dad, he didn't even teach me, his youngest son, his core medical skills, but only taught my eldest brother. So if you stay in the main hospital, those old Chinese doctors may not be willing to teach you real medical skills. At most, they will teach you the basics.
It’s different if you go to the branch. Those 12 old national treasures are now in a difficult situation and it is the darkest time of their lives. It is definitely better to send charcoal in the snow than to add icing on the cake.
"In their most difficult time, we serve them well, sincerely in exchange for sincerity. Plus, they have no one around them, so if they want to keep their medical skills alive, they'll definitely be willing to teach us. Then what we learn will be real skills."
Pan Ye listened thoughtfully.
As a native of Beijing, she certainly wanted to stay in the city for internship and work. After all, city life is far better than rural life.
But she also felt that Lin Sanqi was right. If she didn't take such a good opportunity to learn medicine from a master, she might not have such an opportunity again in the future, and it would be a pity to miss it.
Pan Renze was a little confused: "Brother-in-law, aren't you taking advantage of the situation? You're deceiving the old people and stealing their medical skills."
Lin Sanqi picked up a handful of mutton and stuffed it into Pan Ren's mouth:
"Eat, eat. Don't meddle in other people's business. We are trying to prevent traditional Chinese medicine from being lost, understand?"
After dinner, Pan Ye and his two siblings prepared to go home. Lin Sanqi gave them three more bags of supplies:
"There's flour, canned fruit, pork, lamb legs, and some nuts in here. Each of you can take one bag back home, and you can have a good New Year."
Pan Ye was no longer afraid of embarrassment at this time. He thought that since he was ready to marry her, it was only natural for a son-in-law to give gifts to his mother-in-law's family.
"Lin Sanqi, I've made up my mind. If you go to Changping, I'll go to Changping too."
(End of this chapter)
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