Political Commissar Li's suggestion to promote the reputation of the health center before the New Year was not aimless.
"There are several big markets near Maidiping before the New Year. The most recent one was before the retirement ceremony at the regiment headquarters. The veterans said they wanted to go to the market to learn from Lei Feng and do good deeds. They would help the villagers repair pots and pans, farm tools, sharpen knives, and do haircuts. They asked us to set up a stall. My idea is..." Jiang Wenyuan frowned, "I want to take the villagers' blood pressure. Do you know how to use a mercury blood pressure monitor?"
"Yes, yes," Mu Huaixi disagreed with his suggestion and reminded him implicitly, "The New Year is coming soon. It's normal for your blood pressure to be a little higher when your family reunites and eats well. The New Year is coming soon."
No one wants to know that they are unhealthy before the New Year. Nowadays, people in the city have not developed the habit of physical examinations, let alone the people in the mountains. They must be thinking that "if you don't get checked, you won't get sick." Mu Huaixi can imagine that if they go to the market to measure their blood pressure, they will definitely be the most deserted.
"Well, what do you think?" Jiang Wenyuan was also worried. Measuring blood pressure was the relatively peaceful examination he could come up with. He couldn't draw blood for tests on his fellow villagers. He would definitely be kicked out as a psychopath. He also couldn't give medicine to his fellow villagers, right?
"Who says we can't?" Mu Huaixi mentioned what she saw in Jiangcheng. "I remember when I passed by the Military District Children's School, there was a military doctor setting up a stall at the door, distributing pagoda candies to the children."
"Pagoda candy!" Jiang Wenyuan's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "This is a great idea! Pagoda candy is sweet, and children love it. It can also help to kill roundworms, so it will definitely attract a lot of people!"
Pagoda candy is a cherished memory for their generation. Its emergence was made possible by China's successful introduction and cultivation of Artemisia lumbricoides. This success was difficult to achieve, but it benefited the nation. Later, with improved living conditions and the emergence of affordable alternatives, pagoda candy gradually faded from the scene, and Artemisia lumbricoides also became extinct.
When Mu Huaixi was a child, his uncle also fed him pagoda candy. This kind of "candy" was colorful and looked like a squeezed cream pastry. No child could resist its temptation. However, some children would have stomachaches after eating it, and would find white spots or wriggling worms in their stool.
Mu Huaixi still remembers her collapse when she accidentally lowered her head. She was carried out of the bathroom by her mother crying, and she thought she was going to die!
At that time, she was only four and a half years old.
Her mother's gentle face flashed through her mind. Mu Huaixi collected her thoughts and continued to talk to Dr. Jiang, "I heard that Jiangcheng distributes them for free, but I don't know how to apply for this pagoda candy. This matter depends on you, Dr. Jiang."
Jiang Wenyuan was about to leave in a hurry. Before leaving, he gave her a deep look and said, "Don't worry, when I tell the political commissar, I'll say it was your idea."
Mu Huaixi shook his head. "We are all from the health center, why should we be so clearly divided?"
Although she is the local "representative" of the health center, she is neither a professional nor has any connections in the medical system. Even if she has an idea, she has nowhere to realize it. In the end, she has to rely on Dr. Jiang or the regiment headquarters to step forward. Why bother to fight for the credit?
Jiang Wenyuan came and went in a hurry. It was a coincidence that not long after he left, the boat Luo Rui was on came ashore and delivered the first batch of fish.
"So many!" Wang Xiaohua ran around after the female soldiers, constantly shouting that the female company was really amazing, which made the atmosphere extremely heated. It was not until Mu Huaixi called her that she returned to the stove to fill the Five Gods Soup and handed it to the female soldiers bowl by bowl. Because they had to go into the lake to continue fishing soon, most of them held the bowl and gulped it down. By the time they put down the bowl, sweat had already seeped out of their foreheads.
This was sweat, but also wind-cold. The Mu family's "Golden Chamber" was preceded by their forefather Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases," which reportedly contained twelve volumes on the subject of colds, focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of exogenous febrile illnesses. The "Golden Chamber" advocated preventing illness before it occurred, which is why Mu Huaixi prepared the Five Spirits Soup for these soldiers.
Mu Huaixi brought a bowl of sweetened Five Gods Soup and handed it to Luo Rui, who had been staying on the boat. Seeing Luo Rui pinching her nose and drinking it, Mu Huaixi praised her and said, "This is what Doctor Jiang specifically ordered. You have to drink another bowl when you come back later."
The corners of Luo Rui's mouth twitched. Mu Huaixi saw that she seemed not to remember Dr. Jiang's kindness, and couldn't help but feel sorry for her colleague in her heart. But this was indeed Jiang Wenyuan's instruction. She couldn't let Instructor Luo remember her kindness, right?
Mu Huaixi quietly did a "good deed" and squatted back in front of the stove to light the fire and cook soup. The fishing boats of the regiment kept returning and setting off, and she and Wang Xiaohua guarded the two pots of Five Gods Soup to ensure that everyone drank the hot soup before going back.
Finally, they added more medicine and burned all the firewood that Xiao Cang helped to chop. The fishing activity came to an end. Hearing the cheers coming from Luo Rui, Mu Huaixi knew that the female soldiers had won this time.
"Hmph," Cang Kaiyu gulped down the last bowl of Five Gods Soup and glanced jealously in the direction of the Women's Independent Company. "Cheating! Their fishing nets have smaller mesh sizes, so they caught more fish."
"I can't afford to lose," Wang Xiaohua folded her arms, raised her chin, and looked at Cang Kaiyu with disdain, as if she was the one who won the fishing competition. She also imitated Cang Kaiyu's curling lips, "Well, you can do it, you can also reweave the fishing nets. You all received the mission at the same time, so how did Commander Luo and the others have time to reweave the fishing nets? It shows that they don't fight a battle without preparation!"
Cang Kaiyu was very unconvinced at first, but after listening to Wang Xiaohua's rant, he actually felt that there was some truth to it. He was dejected for a while, but then he became happy again, "Our Fourth Battalion came in second, which is not too shameful. The Second and Third Battalions also help the cafeteria pickle salted fish!"
"You..." Wang Xiaohua still had a lot of truths to say, but she didn't expect the enemy to lie down first. Mu Huaixi saw that she was looking at Xiao Cang with vicious eyes, as if she was looking at a lazy salted fish!
The fishing activity was indeed very successful, and the family members were given fresh fish according to their ranks and the number of family members. I heard that they would also be given pickled salted fish later.
Mu Huaixi's new home had been installed with glass, but there was no furniture or kang. She was still living in the guesthouse and had no place to deal with the fish. After thinking about it, she took them to Wang Hongxia's house early the next morning.
This was her first time visiting the battalion commander's home. Before she even reached the door, she heard the children shouting one after another. When she got closer, she saw three or four half-grown children playing in the yard. From the window, she could see Sister Hongxia holding a baby and coaxing the baby.
"Who are you looking for?" A teenage girl who was collecting diapers asked when she saw her stop in front of her house.
"Oh, I'm looking for Sister Hongxia." Mu Huaixi had heard Wang Hongxia say before that her family had many children, but a battalion commander was no more than forty years old. She thought there were two or three, but she didn't expect to see a whole yard.
The girl looked at her for a few seconds, then turned back and called into the house, "Mom! I have money for you!"
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