"Sister, let me make it clear first, this item is not returnable or exchangeable." After all, it was a defective product. Sister Qin was afraid that Du Jiang's family would blame her, so she said a few words before entering the house.
"I know, Sister Qin, thank you for reminding me. I can't buy it. Although it's a defective product, it's from the supply and marketing cooperative, so I think it's not bad."
"That's true. They were just bumped during transportation. If it weren't for the price, I would have bought them too." Sister Qin opened the door and waited for Du Jiang to walk in. Then she pointed at the things piled against the wall and said, "These are porcelain basins. There are scratches on the basins or the edges. The basins are bumped and uneven. They're two yuan each, no ticket required. On the other side is a pot, but it's not an iron pot, it's an aluminum pot. It was purchased from Lu City, but it can only cook for one or two people. It costs one industrial ticket plus three yuan."
Well, considering the price of this aluminum pot, no wonder no one looked at it. After all, there are a lot of people nowadays, and people usually buy bigger things at the same price. But Du Jiang got used to the aluminum pot after looking at it. After all, she is a small person, and if she buys a casserole with this pot, she will have everything.
"Sister Qin, I want a basin and a pot," Du Jiang said as he dug out the industrial voucher from his pocket and handed it to Sister Qin along with the money. Seeing Du Jiang so straightforward, Sister Qin was also very happy. She immediately pulled Du Jiang to the other side and pointed to the box on the shelf and said, "New noodles, no ticket needed."
This fine grain is hard to buy, and no tickets are required. Du Jiang was overjoyed and nodded quickly, "Yes, Sister Qin, thank you so much for troubling you."
"What's the trouble? You're lucky. If it were usual, you wouldn't have been able to catch up." Sister Qin was very satisfied as she held the two cents Du Jiang stuffed into her hand. She talked more and said, "You are an educated youth, so you should have more tickets than the locals. Although the price of defective items is the same, this ticket costs less than usual. Sister, if you need anything in the future, come to me again. If you catch it in time, it will be like picking it up from the ground."
Sister Qin's words were funny, and Du Jiang couldn't help laughing. "Then I'll trouble Sister Qin."
"Why are you being so polite to me?"
When Du Jiang smiled and waved goodbye to Sister Qin, she had a pot and a basin, five or six handfuls of noodles and a pound of brown sugar in her hands.
Standing at the intersection, watching Sister Qin with a happy face return to the counter, and watching her talking to the girl named Damei sideways, Du Jiang also turned and left. After walking around a few times, the things in his hands had been put back on his own shelf, and only the processed medicinal materials were left in the backpack.
Nurse Sun, who was on duty at the medicine counter, was overjoyed at Du Jiang's arrival. "I thought you weren't coming today."
Now Nurse Sun has figured out Du Jiang's pattern. She comes basically once a month, and every time she is on duty. It has been almost two months this time, and Nurse Sun thought Du Jiang no longer does this.
"How is that possible? The weather is cold and there aren't many to find, so I saved some. Otherwise, it wouldn't be worth the trip." Du Jiang casually explained, then handed over the herbs wrapped in newspaper in the backpack, "two months' supply."
It was a big bag full of things. Fortunately, the window was big, otherwise it would not be possible to pass it through. Nurse Sun took it and handed it to a middle-aged man in a white coat behind her, "You weigh it," and then stuck her head out to chat with Du Jiang.
Du Jiang glanced at the people in the hall, coughed twice, cleared his throat, and said, "Well, that's not good. I'll wait for you at the door."
"Okay, wait for me, I'll go weigh you first," Nurse Sun said and turned back to go to Cui's place. Du Jiang also gave up the window seat and went to wait at the door nearby.
In fact, it didn't take long to wait. After all, there were not many people selling medicinal herbs. In less than half an hour, Nurse Sun came out with a list. After Du Jiang went to greet her, she grabbed his wrist and walked towards the door.
Nurse Sun only let go of her hand when they reached the pavilion in the courtyard.
Du Jiang looked at her wrist, which was slightly red from being held, and asked curiously, "Sister, what's wrong with you? What happened?"
Unexpectedly, Nurse Sun looked at Du Jiang with such enthusiasm that Du Jiang felt a little uneasy. The next second, Nurse Sun held his shoulders firmly. "Du Jiang, do you know that a while ago, someone came to your village to sell ginseng. Ginseng, ginseng. The head was as big as a baby's arm. Even our dean was shocked at the time. So you know what I mean."
"Ah, ginseng, Dujia Village." Du Jiang suspected she was hallucinating, but the expression on Nurse Sun's face didn't seem fake, forcing her to face the problem squarely. "There really is ginseng on the mountain."
"Yes, it's genuine. That person probably didn't know how to pick it. Many of the whiskers are broken, but even so, the main trunk is intact. That's the price. It's real Du Jiang. Why don't you go deep into the mountains and take a look? You will definitely find it."
"No, no, Sister Sun, you seem to care a lot about ginseng."
"Ahem, well, sister, I won't hide it from you, I get a commission from purchasing these medicinal materials. You process the medicinal materials well, but the commission for ginseng is higher, not to mention the wild ginseng that is decades old. It grows naturally and gathers the essence of the sun and the moon. Ordinary people can't afford it, but some people can, and the price is not low." If she didn't know how to and couldn't recognize it, Nurse Sun would have wanted to do it herself, especially under the premise that there was indeed ginseng in the mountains behind Dujia Village, her heart was even more excited.
Du Jiang could understand Nurse Sun's excitement, but thinking back to the recent events in the village, Du Jiang was a little uncertain. "Sister Sun, are you sure it's from Dujia Village? I've never heard of it."
"You haven't heard of it. Maybe that person didn't say it, but he did say that he was from Dujia Village." Nurse Sun recalled the man's appearance. Listening to Nurse Sun's description, the figure overlapped with someone in the crowd that Du Jiang knew.
"He's tall, sturdy, with sharp, heroic eyes and eyebrows, broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs. He has an imposing presence. If he wasn't wearing coarse cloth covered with patches, I would have suspected that he was some young master from a wealthy family who came to experience the people's life."
Well, with this height and appearance, there's only one person in Dujia Village other than Huo Yang. But isn't Huo Yang just a hunter? Could he also know Chinese medicine?
As if she thought of something, Du Jiang slapped her forehead. How could she forget about Old Mrs. Huo? As a village doctor who was about to take office, and a Chinese medicine doctor at that, how could she forget about this?
Nurse Sun looked at Du Jiang's red forehead and hissed, "You are too cruel. Does it hurt?"
"It's okay, Sister Sun, I think I know who you are talking about."
"You know"
"Yes, I know him," Du Jiang nodded, but he didn't want to say more about who the other person was.
Seeing this, Nurse Sun didn't ask any more questions. "It's fine as long as you know someone. Then, please ask for me. If there's any more ginseng, we can buy it privately. Price is not an issue."
This was the second time Nurse Sun mentioned ginseng, which made Du Jiang take it seriously.
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