Chapter 477 Who has a problem?
Yi Chichi understood immediately, "It's a mission."
Yaozi glanced at her and said, "I've taught you this principle more than once: see the truth but don't speak it out loud. Why can't you remember it?"
“No outsiders either!”
The implication is: She won't talk nonsense when there are outsiders around.
Yaozi's heart suddenly felt as sweet as if he had eaten honey. The dead girl had a lot of shortcomings, and her sweet mouth was one of her few advantages.
"Your aunt loves shrimp, no more!"
"Okay, I'll pack it up and send it over when I get home."
Yaozi was satisfied and stopped talking.
The wind started to blow and it hurt a little on my face.
I have to pull my scarf up to cover my face, otherwise my face will be cracked when I get home.
Among all the state-owned stores, the medicinal materials purchasing station is one of the quietest.
Unlike department stores, supply and marketing cooperatives, barber shops, tailor shops and other places where people come and go, it is rare to have a quiet moment.
The purchase and picking of medicinal herbs are seasonal. Due to the lack of medical care and medicine in rural areas, the members all know a few kinds of medicinal herbs.
However, they are all common medicinal herbs that can be found everywhere, and there is no shortage of them at purchasing stations.
What the purchasing station lacks are medicinal materials such as Polygonatum sibiricum, Dendrobium officinale, Scutellaria baicalensis, Panax notoginseng, and Astragalus membranaceus.
Then there are poisonous medicinal materials such as centipedes, scorpions, snake gall, snake venom, and toads.
These non-herbal people can't find it in large quantities and don't know how to process it.
Therefore, the people who come to the medicinal materials purchasing station to sell medicinal materials are all fixed candidates.
As soon as the medicine arrived, the old man who was organizing the herbs at the counter came over to greet him and asked, "Did you bring what I asked for?"
“It’s all here!”
Yaozi handed over the sack in his hand and said, "We can only give out this much. If we give more, our production teams won't have enough."
"That's not much."
The old man held up the bag to cushion the weight, looking a little embarrassed. "How about you help me think of a way to distribute some of it?"
"It can't be evenly distributed."
Yaozi decisively refused, "Unless you can get me some Western medicine."
The old man: “…”
If he could get Western medicine, why would he be so short of Chinese medicinal materials?
"Go find your wife."
At least his wife works in the hospital and can use her connections with the pharmacy to get some money out of it. He really has no other choice here.
"Forget it, let's just leave it at that. I'll talk to Lao Huang and the others to figure out a solution."
Yaozi's eyes suddenly widened, "Old Huang is out of the mountains?"
"No, but his daughter has learned most of his skills, so she should be able to share some of them."
Yaozi uttered an "oh" and watched him untie the sack to check the quality and grade. He found a chair and sat down, familiar with the place. He also asked Yi Chizhi to sit down, poured himself a cup of tea, and then said slowly, "Give me a few centipedes."
"How big?"
The old man didn't even raise his head, concentrating on the work in his hands.
"The biggest one."
Yi Chichi understood this. Although centipedes look ugly, they are valuable.
The price is determined by size and appearance, with the highest grade reaching 156 yuan per kilogram.
Selling centipedes is a good way to make a fortune.
However, centipedes are very difficult to find, especially old centipedes, which are not easily seen.
Because it was so rare, the old man asked, "What do you want the centipede for?"
"It's used as medicine. What else can it be used for?"
"That's not what I meant. I meant that if the condition isn't serious, you can switch to a smaller centipede."
After a pause, he uttered two words meaningfully, "Save money."
Yaozi sighed, "This money can't be saved at all. The little centipede medicine is not effective enough."
His wife specifically asked for the best centipede.
The old man had no choice but to sort the herbs by grade and type, weigh each variety one by one, record the weight and price, then open the drawer and take out the centipede. "How many?"
"Eight first."
The old man counted out eight pieces, wrapped them up and handed them over. Yaozi took them and stuffed them into Yi Chichi's hand, motioning her to put them in her bag. He then stood up and came over to look at the bill. "Not bad, there's a balance."
Yi Chichi, who had just finished packing the centipede, looked over and saw the old man hum, "13.86 left."
As he spoke, he counted the money and handed it over, along with the receipt, "Sign."
Yaozi took a pen and signed. After signing, he took the money and put it in his chest, then asked Yi Chichi to go home.
"Come back next time if you have one."
It would have been better if he hadn't said that. Once he did, the old man spoke again, "Can't you distribute a little more?"
"No, go find Lao Huang."
This topic was so scary, so scary that Yaozi dragged Yi Chichi towards the door.
It's like being chased by a ghost.
After they were some distance away, he asked the dog to slow down. He said with a lingering fear, "That old bastard, Old Scholar, only thinks about stealing my herbs all day long."
Yi Chichi smiled and said, "Uncle, you prepare the herbs well."
Uncle Yaozi's medical skills are not very good, but he is an expert in preparing medicinal materials.
Talents like him are regarded as gods by people in major Chinese medicine pharmacies in later generations.
The progress of industrialization has made it possible to prepare medicinal materials in batches, but it is a waste to use industrial methods to prepare some high-quality and precious medicinal materials.
Because industrialization cannot guarantee the medicinal properties of medicinal materials to the greatest extent, experienced masters are different. The precious medicinal materials prepared by them can retain at least 80% of their efficacy.
Uncle Yaozi is one of them.
If this happened in her native world, her grandfather would definitely ask her uncle to dig the man up and take charge of his own pharmacy when he saw Uncle Yaozi.
It’s a pity that I was born at the wrong time.
In an instant, she looked at Uncle Yaozi with eyes full of regret.
Yaozi didn't notice her look, but was happy about her words.
Who doesn't like to be praised? He is no exception.
Especially when you are praised in the field you are good at, the sense of accomplishment is simply overwhelming.
"I didn't learn anything from my father at the time, but I learned this."
At this point, he repeated the same old question, "Are you sure you don't want to learn how to prepare medicinal herbs from me?"
Yi Chichi, “…”
Why are we talking about this topic again?
She said helplessly, "Uncle, this is not my main job."
“You can do it as a side job.”
This is like not giving up until you reach the Yellow River.
"I can't do anything. I don't have the time."
She counted on her fingers and told him, "The Friendship Store has two embroidery pieces I need to complete before October next year, and Tangtang introduced another one. If nothing goes wrong, I'll have work every year from now on, and I still have to have a baby."
Yaozi was silent. According to her, she really didn't have time to do a side job.
But, "When are you going to give birth?"
They waited for so long, but she never got pregnant.
Thinking of this, he hesitated and said, "Chi, tell me the truth, is there something wrong between you and Wen?"
Wow, Yi Chichi was stunned by this outrageous guess.
It was just some contraceptive method, but when it came to Uncle Yaozi, it became like there was something wrong between her and Wen Shi.
He has this idea, the people in the village...
Forget it, don’t think about it. You have to be confused when you need to be confused, otherwise you will be the one who suffers.
"I have no problem, and Wen Shi has no problem either. We just agreed to have children later and use some contraceptive methods."
This was not something to be ashamed of, and Yi Chichi was not shy. She explained it directly to prevent him from having wild thoughts again. If he got distracted again, it would be a disaster for him to get some tonic for her to replenish her body.
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