Chapter 99: If you are so professional, why don’t you become a doctor?
Zhao Lihai drove the two of them to the state-owned drugstore in the county.
Lin Qingqing took out a small bag of herbs, opened it and handed it to the salesperson.
"I heard that state-owned pharmacies sell herbal medicine, right?"
The salesperson looked at the bag in Lin Qingqing's hand, then glanced at Zhao Lihai, who was wearing a military uniform behind her, and said, "Wait a moment."
He turned and entered the small door behind the counter. After a while, an old man with white hair came out, followed by the salesperson.
The old man looked at the herbs in Lin Qingqing's hand and exclaimed: "Is this the leaves of the Wodong?"
Seeing Lin Qingqing nod, he continued, "Generally, people who use this herb use the whole plant as medicine. You gave me the leaves. In fact, the leaves of the herb are the key to its efficacy."
He picked up a few handfuls of leaves and looked at them, nodding to himself. Seeing that the leaves had been trimmed of the heads and tails, he hurriedly picked up a few more handfuls and looked at them. Finally, he put all the leaves into the bag, and the smile on his face deepened.
"Xiao Zhizhi, is there anyone in your family who knows medicine? This processing method is very professional. After cutting off the head and tail, the leaves can maximize their medicinal effects when boiled."
Lin Qingqing smiled slightly, this was a promising idea.
"You are right, old man. Few people know that this herb is made from its leaves. I processed this herb myself."
"Oh~" The old man couldn't hide his surprise. He looked at Lin Qingqing and said with a smile, "Can you treat me?"
Lin Qingqing nodded.
The old man introduced himself: "I'm in charge of herbal medicine at the state-owned pharmacy. My last name is Lin. Your herbs are well-processed. Our original purchase price is 22 cents, but these are processed leaves. We can use them directly as medicine. I'll buy them for 1.3 yuan per pound. How about that?"
When Xiaomei heard the purchase price, she smiled so hard that her mouth was grinning from ear to ear. This huge wealth was finally hers.
At this moment, she looked at the old man as if he were the God of Wealth. She smiled and said to Lin Qingqing, "Sister, it's true, this uncle has the same surname as you!"
Lin Qingqing smiled at the old man: "Yes, my last name is Lin too."
The old man saw Zhao Lihai, who was waiting at the door, looking over here. He pointed in the direction of the 957th Army and asked, "Are you from that unit?"
Lin Qingqing nodded: "Yes."
The old man's face was instantly filled with smiles. "The government has recently liberalized its policies, and we're encouraging the communes below to collect herbs. Hospitals are in urgent need of them, and H City happens to be mountainous, but not many people know about herbs. We're thinking of applying to the army for a doctor to go to the communes and teach them about herbs. We'll then collect herbs and sell them to state-owned pharmacies. We only need to teach one person per commune. Xiaolin Shizhi, you're such a professional, and you were a doctor in the army, right? Would you be willing to do this? The county has subsidies."
The old man talked a lot, and Lin Qingqing understood. Traditional Chinese medicine was severely cracked down in the past, but now it has been relaxed and herbal medicine is needed to treat diseases. Later, all those who knew traditional Chinese medicine were cracked down on, and now they have to start learning again.
Lin Qingqing smiled helplessly: "I'm just a military family member, not a doctor."
The old man opened his mouth in surprise.
"Xiaolin Shizhi, you're so professional, why don't you become a doctor? Or is it that the army doesn't want you?"
Looking at the old man with a gossipy face, Lin Qingqing smiled again.
"I've only been in the army for a few days."
The old man looked bewildered. He added, "It's okay if he's not a doctor. Maybe that doctor isn't as professional as you. If you're willing to teach the villagers how to identify herbs, I can talk to the army about it. I know your army's political commissar, Wang Dekai."
This time it was Lin Qingqing's turn to be surprised. Is this the case?
She laughed and said, "That's true. Political Commissar Wang lives next door to me."
Seeing Lin Qingqing smiling all the time, the old man had a good impression of her. "If you're willing, I'll call the army to tell them about this. The county was originally going to ask the army for a doctor to help. I'm glad to see you one day, right?"
This could be considered a good deed, so Lin Qingqing had no reason to be unwilling. She nodded, "Okay, then, Elder Lin, you can talk to the troops. I'll wait for notification."
The old man smiled again when he heard this: "Okay, okay."
Lin Qingqing got the good news from the state-owned drugstore the next day and wanted to go back and tell Xiuhong and Honghua.
As soon as she left, the salesperson asked the old man, "Mr. Lin, do you really want a little girl like this to go to the commune to promote herbal medicine?"
The old man glared at the salesperson and said, "Look at those dirty leaves. Can you imagine dealing with them like this? Others know how to do it, and they have far more than you do. Don't judge people by their appearance." He scolded the salesperson in a bad mood, turned around and went into the small room behind the cabinet.
It only took Lin Qingqing an hour and a half to drive back from the county. She was delayed at the pharmacy for a while, and it was already six o'clock when she arrived at the army.
Now that the soldiers have all gotten off work, every family in the family compound is filled with laughter and joy.
When the car drove into the family compound, not many people looked at it. Zhao Lihai parked the car at the door, and the three of them put the things in the car on the bluestone slabs in the yard.
After Lin Qingqing ran for a day, Zhao Lihai had to return to the army to report.
Lin Qingqing took out a handful of candies from her bag and stuffed them into Zhao Lihai's hand. She would have to say that she was reluctant to give them away.
"Sweeten the mouths of the children at home."
Zhao Lihai looked at the candy in his hand with a red face, thanked him and drove away.
Xiaomei immediately locked the door. If others saw the things in this yard, they would definitely think she was a spendthrift.
The two of them worked together to move the large bags of grain to the empty room, as the kitchen was too humid to store them.
The other things were taken to the living room. Both of them were tired that day, so they steamed a few steamed buns and had dinner with the pickled radish made by Xiaomei.
It was already seven o'clock after dinner. The two of them washed up and went back to their rooms to sleep.
Lin Qingqing entered the space and lay in the gene cabin for three hours to relieve her fatigue. She continued to analyze and genetically cultivate the eighty sets of data of the soldiers.
After comparing the genetic data with that of ordinary people, she found that the soldiers had stronger physical fitness. Due to long-term training, their bodies could be developed to a much greater extent than ordinary people.
This is a very useful discovery, but we still need to collect thousands more data sets and compare them with thousands of data sets of ordinary people before the conclusion can be more reliable.
I was thinking about the old man I met at the state-owned pharmacy the other day. Going to the community to teach members about herbal medicine is a good opportunity to collect data from ordinary people. I can talk to the political commissar about this tomorrow. I'm okay to go.
Lin Qingqing was busy in the space for a whole day before leaving and continuing to sleep.
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