Chapter 15 Preparation of Medicinal Materials
"Brother Liao is also going to the county?"
Liao Zhixian was originally in a daze with lifeless eyes, and was suddenly greeted by her. He felt a little flattered and surprised.
After all, he was the most inconspicuous bespectacled young man in the brigade, the one who was bullied even by children, the one who could not tell the difference between humans and animals at a distance of five meters and could not lift anything with his hands or shoulders. However, Qin Lai Di was the most beautiful girl in the entire brigade. Not only was she beautiful, but she had also become a celebrity who could bring the dead back to life.
In fact, he was not born silent. When his eyesight was good, he was a backbone of the middle school literature club. He was also full of youth and ambition. But since he suddenly became nearsighted a few years ago, he gradually became inferior to others.
Seeing him stuttering, Qin Lai Di smiled and asked, "Brother Liao, do you have anything to do in the city today?"
"No, no, I'm going to the commune... Oh, yes, I have something to do."
Qin Lai Di was laughing again, and she didn't know whether he was busy or not, so she simply changed the subject and led him to talk about some interesting things in the village and the latest news in Haicheng. After a while, Liao Zhixian also relaxed. Although he still didn't dare to look at her, he spoke much more fluently.
"I heard from someone that you got married, and your partner is also from Haicheng?"
Not only did I hear that, the old ladies in the village were betting privately, when would Little Lajiao regret divorcing the technician.
Oh, to be exact, it was when the technician left her.
Because of his poor eyesight, he did the same work as the women and heard a lot of gossip, but he was not a gossiper and never told anyone about it.
Lai Di believed in his character, so she briefly told him about He Liansheng's situation, picking out the parts that could be told.
As Liao Zhiqing listened, he suddenly muttered to himself, "Last year, a new technician came to my father's factory. He is also a disabled soldier who has retired. I heard that he was a company commander who had made many contributions in the army."
Lai Di pretended to be surprised, "Oh, which factory does Uncle Liao work for? I'm targeting the Haicheng Wireless Factory 2."
Liao Zhixian slapped his thigh and said, "My parents are the same."
With this relationship, the two of them seemed to chat more intimately, with a sense of intimacy like fellow villagers meeting each other.
Under Lai Di's trickery, Liao Zhixian told her everything he knew, not only the basic situation of the factory and the personalities of the leadership team, but even the salary of He Technician. After all, the salary was transparent at that time. On the day of salary payment, everyone went to the finance office to sign. Except for the secretary and the factory director, everyone knew how much the other employees were paid. He Technician was a well-known figure, so there was no secret at all.
Lai Di listened with great interest. Some of the stories were things she knew in her previous life, and some she didn't know, such as how he was actually very popular among the young female workers in the factory, how the announcer from the radio station confessed her love to him, and how the factory secretary wanted to introduce his niece to him... "But Technician He refused them all. Technician He is a very decent person. Don't worry, he is a good person."
Lai Di smiled. She knew how decent Lao He was. During the three years he had taken care of her, he would look away whenever she wore thin clothes or had one button unbuttoned. Although they were old men and women, his respect for women seemed to be engraved in his bones.
In this life, he was able to agree to get the marriage certificate because he had a high sense of morality, so he could be "morally kidnapped." If it were another man, knowing the situation of the Qin family, he would not be able to kidnap them at all.
As for so many romantic opportunities, it doesn’t matter, she will take action anyway.
"Although we are married, we are far away from each other. There is nothing we can do. How about this, Brother Liao, whenever you go home, could you please bring something for him?" She knew that Lao He was far away in a foreign country and the task would take at least half a year to complete, so she would not be able to receive it at all.
But she didn't mean for him to receive it.
Liao Zhixian didn't know, but he agreed very readily, "Okay, I have to go back next week, so today I'm going to the city to buy some local specialties. You can just deliver the things to the educated youth site tomorrow."
Soon, the tractor arrived at the commune. Liao Zhixian got off first, and Qin Laidie took another 20 minutes to get to the county. The appearance of the county town had not changed much, except that there seemed to be more farmers on the road. After the autumn harvest, some production teams had already distributed food. Those who were really short of money took some soybeans and rice to the city to exchange for money and goods.
Lai Di found the family area of the county hospital with familiarity, and only put down the backpack when she saw there were no red armbands.
"Hey, little girl, what are you selling?" Someone came over curiously, and saw that the basket was full of brown and yellow "dry tree branches", and immediately lost interest.
"Auntie, I have some excellent coptis root here. If anyone in your family has sore throat or constipation due to internal heat, you can buy some and make tea with it."
Everyone had heard of Coptis chinensis, but who would buy it if they were not sick? After waiting for a long time, only an old lady bought some for two cents, saying that her husband had been constipated recently and maybe she could buy some and try it.
Qin Lai Di also knew that medicinal herbs were not like white rice. Firstly, very few people needed them, and secondly, she was afraid that people who did not understand medicine would take them randomly. If something went wrong, she would lose more than she gained. So she waited for another hour, and when it was almost time for the hospital to close and no one was interested, she simply picked up the basket and went to the hospital pharmacy.
In pharmacies nowadays, Western and Chinese medicines are placed together, and even the pharmacists are the same. Lai Di looked around and saw an old man with gray hair and beard wearing navy blue sleeves. She hurriedly went up to him and said, "Hello, doctor. Do you need Coptis chinensis?"
The old doctor was not interested. Some brave farmers would come from time to time to sell medicinal herbs, but except for ginseng and Gastrodia elata, he basically didn't need any.
"Doctor, would you like to take a look? I have some top-quality wild cloud lilies and a few 'scorpion tails' as well."
The old doctor was about to leave when he stopped. Nowadays, most of the coptis chinensis sold in medicine companies and acquisition stations is Weilian because of its large production volume and mature artificial cultivation technology. However, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners prefer Yunlian because they think it has better medicinal effects. "Do you know Yunlian?"
"I know a little. To be honest, I learned Chinese medicine from my grandfather for a few years when I was young, and I often went up the mountain with him to identify and collect herbs."
The old doctor nodded. There are indeed many masters among the people. Especially since the Republic of China, Chinese medicine has been severely suppressed. There have been several movements to abolish Chinese medicine. Some masters have retired to the mountains and it is normal to pass on their family knowledge to the younger generation.
"Hey, what's going on..."
Not an ordinary cloud link.
Qin Lai Di quickly introduced: "I have processed this with Fructus Corni, which reduces the bitter and cold nature of Coptis chinensis and is good for the spleen and stomach."
There are many ways to prepare Coptis chinensis. The most common ones are stir-frying with wine, vinegar, salt and ginger. However, there are not many people who prepare it with Cornus officinalis because the process is complicated and the medicinal properties will be easily destroyed if the proportions are not well controlled. Therefore, unless there is an experienced master chef, it is rarely prepared in this way.
The old pharmacist smelled it and gently scraped the rhizome twice. He found that although it was slightly curved, it still had bubbles and nodules. The cross section was also very beautiful. It was indeed a high-quality processed product. "I didn't realize you had some skills in processing."
Qin Lai Di smiled. Mr. He would be the health care expert for the big leader in the future. The preparation of medicinal materials was the basic skill of the older generation of Chinese medicine practitioners.
"It just so happens that the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine also needs it. How about this, you sell them all to me for four dollars?" He said, weighing the backpack.
Qin Lai Di's eyes flickered slightly. If they gave a price so quickly, it meant that the price was too low. "Please add a little more. It's not easy for me to come here. A full basket weighs more than 20 kilograms."
"Then it's RMB 4.5. We can buy Coptis chinensis in the procurement department, but it's a little more troublesome to prepare."
"How about this, just make it an even number. It's not easy for me to collect these dozens of kilograms of Coptis chinensis..." His body was full of patches and his clothes were too short. His exposed arms and legs were like small bamboo poles. His face was covered with black and gray spots. He looked really pitiful.
The old pharmacist was busy going home to eat, and he was too lazy to bother her about the few cents. "Okay, wait, I'll go get the money."
Anyway, I can get it reimbursed in the end. I bought so many for five dollars, enough to last me two months, so it’s not a loss.
Carrying the empty backpack and five yuan in her arms, Qin Lai Di was so happy that she almost flew up! Not counting the money she made from selling rice last time, these five yuan were the first money she had earned with her own hands since her rebirth! It was a zero-cost transaction!
Having been used to being thrifty all her life, she dared not spend money recklessly even if she had the money. She held on to the five yuan carefully and went to the state-owned vegetable market for a spin. She found that she needed a ticket for everything she wanted to eat, whether it was meat or tofu and bean sprouts. After asking around, the salespersons didn't even look at her, so she had no choice but to turn to the black market.
She was lucky enough to finally meet a butcher this time, so she didn't care about anything and didn't have time to bargain, so she bought two pounds of pork belly first. Because this time she bought wild boar meat, the price was cheaper, but it had a strong fishy smell and the meat was very tough, so she estimated that it would take an hour or two to stew it for her grandmother's teeth to eat it.
With the only gain in hand, Qin Lai Di started to calculate again in her mind. Now she only had four dollars left, and everything she was going to do next would cost money... Well, it would be nice to have a stable source of income.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she walked straight to the cigarette stand, bargained for a long time in a low voice, and finally gritted her teeth and spent fifty cents to buy a pack of Da Qianmen.
Lai Di just noticed that the old pharmacist had a small packet of rolled tobacco in his left chest pocket, and he exhaled a strong smell of tobacco when he spoke - he must be an old man who loves smoking.
Feeling hungry, she went back to the county hospital pharmacy and handed the cigarette to the old pharmacist, saying that she had nothing to do at home and if they needed any medicine that was inconvenient to prepare, she could prepare it and bring it to them next time.
Seeing that this young lady was quite good at dealing with things, the old pharmacist immediately exchanged the fifty cents for cigarettes for him. He said, "We have all kinds of medicines in our pharmacy, but some are more difficult to prepare. Do you know Arisaema?"
"I know. It can dry out dampness, resolve phlegm, and relieve swelling." She brought back a lot of it when she went looking for pigweed a few days ago, at least twenty kilograms.
"This medicine is poisonous. I soaked it in clean water at home for a month, changing the water constantly. I just dried it yesterday."
The old pharmacist didn't expect that she actually knew how to deal with the toxins in Arisaema, "Then can you prepare Gallbladder Star?"
The author has something to say:
The heroine changed her name immediately. I accidentally typed her new name in the last chapter. I have already caught it. No need to read it again~~
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