With doubts, Shen Anning followed everyone and knocked on the door of the village chief's uncle's house.
The person who opened the door was a grandmother in her sixties. Before they could say anything, she smiled and said, "You must be college students from Beijing and the provincial capital. You look better than the educated youth who have come to the village in recent years."
Before they could say anything, a loud and rough voice came from inside, "What are you talking about? Hurry up and invite these young doctors in to drink some sugar water."
Shen Anning and the others laughed very awkwardly, but Granny Li seemed to be used to it and still laughed enthusiastically.
Granny Li smiled and pulled them in, then brought two plates of snacks and placed them on the table. "Come and sit down! Don't be polite when you're home. Come, these are all homemade dishes. Don't be disgusted."
"Grandma, you are so polite. These fried dough twists and mung bean cakes look delicious. They are much better than what I bought at the Chengdu Supply and Marketing Cooperative." Several male classmates were not polite either. They all reached out and took one or two to taste.
Shen Anning and Fang Yuan also took a piece of mung bean cake. Fang Yuan took a bite and whispered in Shen Anning's ear: "Little Sister, this mung bean cake is well made. It uses more sugar than the ones you buy at the supply and marketing cooperative, and the mung bean skin must have been peeled. Hey, Sister, try it!"
When the water was brought up, Shen Anning also saw the other people in the family, Grandpa Li who had just scolded Grandma Li, his three sons and daughters-in-law, and grandchildren ranging from those in their teens and twenties to those playing in the mud on the ground, a total of more than a dozen. Shen Anning and others were surrounded by the table, being watched by this large family, and felt very uncomfortable.
"Um, Grandpa Li, Grandma Li, we came here to buy some food from your house... Is that okay?"
"Why not? Look how polite you kids are. We have a lot of strong laborers in our family, and we have enough food. Grandson, go and get a bag of cornmeal and a bag of potatoes, and fill them up." Grandpa Li pointed, and a young man standing by the door sighed and trotted out.
"Sun Da, these two bags of grain are heavy, please help them send them back in the wheelbarrow." Shen Anning and the others looked at the young man pushing the wheelbarrow in the yard and stood up quickly.
"Grandpa Li and Grandma Li, how many pounds of grain are these?" Seeing several people preparing to pay, the two old people flexibly held their hands.
"Child, you are not allowed to take money. It's unethical. My family has no shortage of food." Shen An Ning looked at the faces of the daughters-in-law of the Li family. She wanted to say something but didn't dare to. She could only stomp her feet, force a smile, and say polite words.
Shen Anning pulled the people who were arguing twice, "Grandpa and grandma, okay, okay, we'll collect the food, you two old people, please sit down."
A few people looked at each other, followed the eldest grandson of the Li family back to the Zhao family first, and Fang Yuan took a handful of fruit candies and said, "Brother, you have worked so hard. Take these candies back to sweeten your mouth."
Without saying anything, Li's eldest grandson put down the food and pushed the cart to leave. Fang Yuan had no choice but to put the candy in the cart and said a few words of thanks.
Seeing him walk away, Fang Yuan said, "Could this guy be mute? Just now at his house, his grandfather spoke to him but he didn't respond."
"Don't talk nonsense, be careful someone might hear you."
Borrowing the scale from the Zhao family, the food given by the Li family included fifty kilograms of cornmeal, which was finely ground without the core. The potatoes were also large in size, and it was obvious that they were well preserved, also weighing fifty kilograms.
Giving them 100 kilograms of food right away is really generous!
"An Ning, go find your second brother and ask him to calculate how much the grain is worth. Give him half in cash and use coupons to make up the other half. Farming is not easy for farmers, so you don't need to give him too many grain coupons. You can give him some cloth coupons, soap coupons, industrial coupons, etc."
"Okay, I understand, Master."
Fifty jin of fine cornmeal is considered a fine grain, 24 cents per jin, or 12 yuan. Potatoes are both a coarse grain and a staple food, 10 cents per jin, or 5 yuan, for a total of 17 yuan.
After Shen Anning discussed with his second senior brother, they prepared eight yuan, two five-jin food coupons, two industrial coupons, one cloth coupon and two soap coupons. These local coupons were collected by classmates and teachers from the Medical University, and the money was provided by Shen Anning and the others.
"Then Second Brother, take someone to deliver these banknotes to the village chief. If we send them to his uncle's house, I guess the two old people still won't accept them, so we won't have to argue with them."
Xu Wenzhou agreed when he heard it, "Okay, then you guys should get ready to cook."
"Hey, guys, get moving too. If you can't cook, wash the vegetables and light the fire. Don't just let the girls do it, okay?"
The Zhao family was small, and at the strong request of several female teachers, they took the rations of their own family of four and cooked together. They had corn cakes, steamed potatoes, fried wild rice stems, fried celery, and a salad of melon. The chili sauce made by Aunt Zhao was spread on the potatoes, and Shen Anning ate two in one breath.
After dinner, everyone cleaned up the dishes and changed into long-sleeved shirts, long pants and light shoes. Before coming, the two senior sisters made leggings for them with scraps of cloth. There were many mosquitoes on the mountain, and although the leggings were not good-looking, they were very practical.
The teachers and students of the Medical University had an advantage in the terrain and often went up the mountain to investigate. They were experienced in this area. Seeing that Shen Anning and the others didn't prepare many strips of cloth, they lent them some to wrap their sleeves.
Although the distance of four or five kilometers doesn't sound impressive, it still took nearly an hour to walk. Yaocong Mountain is more than 2,600 meters above sea level, and the hillside is covered with Davidia involucrata trees. Because there are villagers picking herbs and wild vegetables on the mountain all year round, there are several ways up the mountain. As long as you don't go too deep, there is generally no danger.
He brought enough equipment, from Magnolia officinalis bark to Sichuan Coptis chinensis. Every time he came across one, Master Cheng would start to test his apprentices and disciples, including teachers and classmates from the Medical University. It didn't matter if they didn't know their names. He would just point to whoever he liked, just like the director of a hospital taking a group of doctors to make rounds, memorize cases, and test knowledge points.
There are many people, and Mr. Cheng’s main point is to criticize instead of praise.
"Xiao Fangyuan, how come you can't even recite such a simple medicinal property? I'll give you one more chance later, or I'll go back and tell your dad."
Ugh! My pupils are shaking! Help!
You are already a master, why are you still complaining?
Shen Anning looked at the corner of his clothes that was about to be pinched into a hole by someone, "Student Fang Yuan, calm down."
Sun Zimu and Guo Haochen were the worst off. They had just started school not long ago and they didn't know what they did in the exams. Not only did they get scolded by their master, but their parents also had a slap on the hand waiting for them.
Looking at their miserable condition, Fang Yuan felt like he was okay again.
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