As the saying goes, two people who can't stand each other can't stand each other's company, and even half a sentence of conversation is too much trouble.
On the contrary, if you feel like you've known each other for a long time, you'll have endless topics to talk about.
Just like the encounter between Zheng Ya and Liu Yan, they were merely passersby in each other's lives, exchanging a few symbolic words before forgetting each other's faces as soon as they left.
Facing the white-browed, white-bearded old man, Zheng Ya felt a great sense of kinship and clasped his hands in greeting, saying, "Grandpa Sun, if you have any medicinal herb seeds for sale, I will present you with a generous gift!"
"Oh, okay, you wait here, I'll get you the seeds from the inner room." Seeing his sincere expression, Old Sun smiled and turned to go into the inner room.
The door to the inner room is located in the center behind the Chinese medicine counter, in the middle of the drawer cabinets where various Chinese medicinal materials are stored.
Inside is a private room for pulse diagnosis and consultation.
The integration of consultation and medication purchase is a unique reflection of the current situation where traditional Chinese medicine has not yet joined forces with Western medicine to form a hospital and achieve integrated management.
It was around 4:30 in the afternoon, and the clinic was deserted with no customers.
It seems that people nowadays prefer to go to regular hospitals, receive Western medical treatment, and recover quickly by getting IV drips.
Unlike traditional Chinese medicine, which requires pulse diagnosis, prescription preparation, decoction, and a period of time to see results, this method is different.
Relatively speaking, patients tend to prefer Western medicine.
Moreover, Western medicine consultations are cheaper than traditional Chinese medicine consultations, leading to a gradual loss of customers for traditional Chinese medicine clinics.
Little do people know that Western medicine only treats the symptoms and not the root cause, while traditional Chinese medicine is the best medicine that treats both the symptoms and the root cause.
Zheng Ya pondered for a moment, then paced outside the counter. He noticed a piece of dried tangerine peel on the counter, so he put the piece into his special ability space and mentally planned how to use the tangerine peel.
When ten points each of the "heartlessness value" and "righteousness value" are consumed, a mature tangerine peel tree will grow, which is about ten years old.
That's interesting, so interesting!
Making money by leveraging this ability to accelerate the growth of Chinese medicinal herbs is secondary; the key is that the value brought by this ability is immeasurable.
If one manages to obtain agarwood, golden silk wood, and fragments of precious Chinese medicinal herbs, and can accelerate their formation, and then find a way to benefit others, the Zhengde value earned will certainly be considerable.
It seems that the gift for Old Master Sun cannot be too small. Zheng Ya made a decision in his mind: giving a gift is the key to getting in touch with him!
After all, families with a long history of practicing traditional Chinese medicine have extensive networks!
Building connections is essential to opening up sales channels and expanding business demand.
This is also the path for a salesman. The more Zheng Ya thought about it, the more excited he became, as if he could see the future of Zhengde's value skyrocketing. He was overjoyed.
"Shasha," Old Sun said, carrying five small paper packets as he walked out of the inner room. "Young man, have you been waiting?"
"Grandpa Sun, you're too kind. It's nothing. What's this?" Zheng Ya was pleasantly surprised when he saw him hand over five small, pale yellow paper packets.
The seeds of Chinese medicinal herbs are right in front of me!
Old Sun smiled and said, "This contains ginseng, lingzhi, snow lotus, saffron, and gastrodia seeds. So, are you confident you can grow them into healthy timber?"
"Of course! Please pull up a chair and sit down. I'll present you with a small gift." Zheng Ya opened the small paper package and, without Sun Lao noticing, took a ginseng seed and placed it in his special ability space to cultivate it.
Consuming ten points each of Negativity and Virtue is enough to turn ginseng into a ten-year-old ginseng. But that's not enough; only a hundred-year-old ginseng is truly flavorful.
Old Sun, unaware of how astonished he was by the generous gift, was happy to play along. He turned around, pulled up a chair, sat up straight, stroked his white beard, and smiled, "Is this alright?"
"Haha, please sit down, don't be surprised, ta-da..." Zheng Ya took out a ginseng from his underwear and showed it in his hand.
A 300-year-old ginseng root lies flat in the palm of your hand.
The ginseng roots, like strands of hair, run smoothly and parallelly, concealing the ginseng body, which resembles a human doll, and emitting a unique fragrance.
Old Sun was completely dumbfounded. His eyes widened in shock, and he opened his mouth, trembling, unable to utter a word!
Overwhelmed with excitement, it took Old Sun a while to regain his composure. He stood up, rushed to the counter, and reached out to hold the ginseng in Zheng Ya's hands. Fearing to damage the ginseng's roots, he hesitated to touch it, saying, "This, my God, this is a ginseng that is several hundred years old!"
Good heavens! I never thought that after a lifetime of practicing traditional Chinese medicine, I would see a century-old ginseng in my old age!
Heaven have mercy, this is so precious!
"Grandpa Sun, is this ginseng to your liking?" Zheng Ya was planning his medical studies, so he needed to give gifts to build relationships and learn medicine.
Although Zheng Ya could directly learn Sun Lao's traditional Chinese medicine skills without going through the trouble of giving gifts, everything has a source, and one shouldn't let everything arouse suspicion.
However, the traditional Chinese medicine techniques applied to Elder Sun's body would damage his soul, spirit, and will. For someone of Elder Sun's age, it might be difficult to withstand. Therefore, Zheng Ya sent a century-old ginseng to nourish and strengthen his body, so that the traditional Chinese medicine techniques could be applied to Elder Sun with peace of mind.
If you're going to learn, learn the most advanced traditional Chinese medicine techniques.
Even when it came to learning to cook, Zheng Ya didn't think much of Sha Zhu's culinary skills and planned to find a state banquet chef to plan a course for him to learn the best techniques.
Of course, all of this was Zheng Ya's plan to benefit outsiders and obtain the Zhengde value.
Otherwise, how can I earn virtue points to upgrade my special abilities?
After all, the virtue value is not like the negative value, where you can generate income simply by stimulating others; it's not that easy.
On the other hand, the Zhengde value is very difficult to obtain.
For this reason, Zheng Ya wanted to kill all the enemy agents in Beijing, but that was unrealistic and required an opportunity.
At this moment, Old Sun was so excited about the three-hundred-year-old ginseng that he almost fainted. Knowing how precious this ginseng was, he shook his head and refused, saying, "Little Zheng, this ginseng is too valuable."
I suggest you send this ginseng to Zhongnanhai..."
"No, Grandpa Sun, this ginseng is a gift I gave you as a formal apprenticeship present. You wouldn't disapprove of a fool like me, would you?" Zheng Ya laid his cards on the table.
Stop pretending and hand over your traditional Chinese medicine skills.
They even took all their connections with them.
Old Sun's eyes lit up, and he said with delight, "You're serious? I'm really taking this seriously!"
For Mr. Sun, a young person who could produce a century-old ginseng must either be extremely fortunate or come from a very wealthy family.
As long as such a person doesn't go astray, he will definitely be able to carry forward the art of traditional Chinese medicine. Why not take him on as an apprentice?
Zheng Ya's smile faded, and he said earnestly, "Master, please accept my gift of apprenticeship and bow to me!"
"No, please don't bow. This isn't customary in the new society. Another day, I'll gather your fellow disciples and some old friends to witness this ceremony. You can offer your master and mistress a cup of tea to complete the formalities!" Old Master Sun trembled with joy. In his old age, he could still take on a disciple. How wonderful!
Zheng Ya nodded in agreement: "It's good that Master has accepted me as his disciple. Please enjoy this ginseng, Master and Mistress."
Don't worry, I still have ginseng like that.
"Whatever social engagements or plans you have, I can accommodate them. You can enjoy your meal without worry!"
"My disciple, is your master serious?" Old Master Sun's smile faded, and he stared intently into his eyes as he asked, for this was the moment to judge his character.
A style that doesn't reveal everything, yet is still thoughtful.
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