Chapter 73 Sending Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs
It was not too hot in Sijiu City in the morning. Lin Sanqi took his two well-fed nephews and nieces and walked east along Zhang Zizhong Road to Haiyun Warehouse.
As soon as the three of them walked into Beimentang Hutong, they saw Pan Ye walking towards them from the opposite side holding an enamel spittoon.
This seems to be the most common thing for ordinary people in the alleys of the old city in the morning. Since they don’t have flush toilets at home, they have to carry spittoons, toilets and urinals to the public toilets to empty them early every morning.
Don't be disgusted by the smell of feces, urine and farts, they are good things. This is in the suburbs, right? Farmers in the suburbs need "tickets" to go into the city to collect feces.
Yes, you read that right. A "manure collection ticket" costs a few cents and must be handed over to the neighborhood committee. Only then will the neighborhood committee allow farmers to transport the manure back to the village as fertilizer. Otherwise, they will not give it to you.
Even many farmers from different villages would come in to fight for manure.
Others treat it as a treasure, but Lin Sanqi, who came from modern society, is very uncomfortable with it.
Can you imagine Mao Xiaotong holding a urinal? This is destroying the image of a goddess in people's minds. Do you want to get rid of your idol burden?
The photo of Queen Wang holding a shit pot at the entrance of the alley can still be found on the Internet decades later, which shows how great her influence was.
Just when Lin Sanqi was thinking about whether to avoid him, Pan Ye noticed him first, and there was a hint of joy in his voice:
"Lin Sanqi? You're here so early?"
Just as he was about to take a few quick steps, Pan Ye realized what he was holding in his hand, so he quickly put it on the side of the road, his face flushing so much that he wished he could find a crack to crawl into.
The young girl is not an old woman after all, and she is still quite thin-skinned.
Lin Sanqi thought: This old woman just pulled down her panties in front of you and peed in the street without any hesitation.
Don't ask how Lin Sanqi knew this, because he had seen many such cases on the black market...
"Yezi, you're getting up so early even during summer vacation, haha."
Pan Ye calmed down and noticed that there were two children beside Lin Sanqi, a boy and a girl. They looked interesting.
"Hey, Lin Sanqi, these two children are not yours, right?"
Having two children at the age of 23 is very common in this era, and Pan Ye is just trying to test the waters half-seriously.
"Hey, where did my children come from? I don't even have a partner. These are my eldest and second brothers' children, Gengzi and Zhenzhen. Call me auntie!"
Lin Sanqi's answer was perfect. He told Pan Ye that he had no children, and emphasized that he didn't even have a girlfriend, perfectly explaining his marital status.
Sure enough, this answer made Pan Ye very satisfied. He squatted down and pinched the two children's faces with a smile.
Lin Zhenzhen looked at Pan Ye and complimented her intelligently, "Wow, sister, you are so pretty."
Lin Jiageng also nodded quickly: "It looks good!"
The two children's words made Pan Ye giggle, as if his whole body was shining like the sun, which made Lin Sanqi drool.
"Lin Sanqi...Lin Sanqi?"
"Oh, that's right. I got some anti-tuberculosis medicine, and I'm sending it to Uncle Pan."
Pan Ye was surprised and delighted when he heard this: "Ah, you got the medicine in one night? It must be so precious and expensive. I, I can't afford so much money..."
Lin Sanqi originally wanted to joke: If you can't get it out, just try the meat, but when he thought about the fact that this was 1959, he decided not to commit suicide.
"Why do you want money? We are good friends who have been through hardships together. It is only natural for friends to help each other. Let's go to your house. I will tell Uncle Pan how to take the medicine."
Pan Ye's home.
There were bottles of medicine on the table.
In order to keep it secret, Lin Sanqi removed the packaging of all tuberculosis drugs, put them into glass bottles, and labeled them.
Lin Sanqi explained the usage to Pan Zhengquan, who was wearing reading glasses:
"Uncle Pan, these medicines are all imported from the United States. To avoid unnecessary trouble, I won't tell you the names of the medicines. You just need to remember these four medicines, A, B, C, and D, and take them according to the rules I wrote.
Anti-tuberculosis treatment requires a four-drug combination and usually lasts six months, including a two-month intensive phase and a four-month consolidation phase. If nothing goes wrong, your tuberculosis should be cured within six months."
Pan Zhengquan's hands were shaking. Who would want to die when there is still hope of survival?
"Thank you so much, Comrade Lin. I don't know how I can ever repay you..."
Lin Sanqi glanced at Pan Ye and thought: At this time, you shouldn't take the initiative to say that my lord's kindness is beyond my ability to repay, and I am willing to give myself to you.
But please don't say that you will work like a slave in your next life to repay your kindness.
No one in the room knew that Lin Sanqi was madly adding drama to his own story, but they also didn't know what Pan Ye, who was sitting aside, was thinking.
In fact, Pan Ye had also made up her mind at this time that if Lin Sanqi really cured her father's tuberculosis, she would willingly marry the little man in front of her to repay him.
I have to say that even though she is a female college student, her thoughts are still a bit traditional at heart.
Repaying a favor and joining the army in place of one's father has been a fine tradition of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. Of course, this traditional belief was destroyed in just a few decades.
At this time, Pan's mother came out of the room excitedly:
"Comrade Lin, please stay for lunch. You've helped my family so much. I don't know how to thank you enough."
Lin Sanqi quickly stood up:
"Auntie Pan, you're welcome. I have something else to do at home at noon, so I won't have dinner. Well, Uncle Pan, Yezi, I'm going home first. If you have anything, call me. Oh no, if you have anything, just come to me at No. 38 Daqudeng Hutong."
Lin Sanqi didn't dare to agree. He and his two children were three mouths to feed. If they really stayed to eat, the food that the Pan family already had for relief would be even less.
So these days, when we visit relatives and friends, we usually do it after dinner, otherwise it would be embarrassing to stay.
The Pan family members quickly stood up to see them off. Mother Pan nudged her daughter and said,
"Hurry up and take them to the main road at the entrance of the alley, you hear me?"
Pan Ye's face turned red again. How could she not understand that her mother seemed to be eager to give her daughter away?
If they weren't close relatives or partners, why would anyone send them off to the alley entrance? Generally, sending them off to the courtyard gate was considered polite.
The two adults and two children walked in the alley shyly and in an ambiguous atmosphere.
Lin Sanqi suddenly asked, "By the way, do you have anything to do tomorrow?"
"I have nothing to do tomorrow. It's summer vacation, but I have to go to the countryside in a few days to do propaganda work for the farmers."
"How about we go to Fengze Garden for lunch tomorrow?"
Pan Ye wondered if this was a first date. He lowered his head and whispered, "Yeah!"
Lin Sanqi was very excited when he saw that the girl agreed. The feeling was just like asking a female celebrity out for dinner.
"Then I'll wait for you at the entrance of this alley at 10 o'clock tomorrow."
"OK!"
(End of this chapter)
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