Liu Jiaman and I walked out of the hospital carrying the medicine box, and the two smiled at each other.
Liu Jiaman suggested: "An Ning, let's go to the scrap yard and have a look. We can find some useful things." She planned to find some newspapers or something to cover up the peeling parts of the infirmary wall. You know, the farm is very large, and the infirmary has a special two-story building. As the daughter of the deputy director, she has an independent small office.
"Okay, I've been here for more than a month and haven't been to the scrap yard yet." Shen Anning planned to go see if there were any picture books, textbooks, etc. that he could bring back for Shen Anyu and Shen Anxuan to read.
There were several staff members in the scrap yard, all doing their own things. Except for the old man who was guarding the door, the others didn't even look at them.
"Uncle, let's find some waste newspapers." Liu Jiaman and the others were carrying medicine boxes, and they were obviously doctors from the commune. The uncle didn't say anything and just opened the door and let them in.
The scrap yard was quite large, with scrap copper and iron piled up in the yard. Newspapers, books, and broken furniture cans were all placed in the house. Everyone was busy, so they let them go in and look for it themselves.
Shen An Ning thought about the news in her previous life that someone had found a treasure at a scrap yard, and looked around. Well, there was no hope.
Fangshan Commune was not a wealthy commune. Even though there were many warlords in the Northeast in the early years, and most of them were bandits, those treasures could not be transferred to the scrap yard in the town.
She calmed her mind, picked up a table leg and started searching. There were no treasures, no textbooks either, only a pile of waste newspapers and two comic books. She saw that there were a few small jars that were still intact, so she planned to take them back, wash them and use them to store some medicinal herbs. Just as she was about to throw away the table leg, Shen An Ning took a closer look and saw that it was made of huanghuali wood. She recognized it, and the weight seemed a little wrong, but she hadn't noticed it just now.
He calmly put the table legs into the pile of things he had found and moved them to the place where they were weighed. They were two cents per pound. Shen Anning's pile of rags was one and a half cents, and Liu Jiaman had more newspapers, so they were two cents.
There seemed to be a lot of stuff there, and both of us were a little dirty, so we decided not to go shopping today. There would be plenty of opportunities in the future anyway, so we decided to go back first.
"An Ning, remember to come to the farm to find me in a few days when you have packed up." Liu Jiaman tied up her things and put them on the back seat. After talking to Shen An Ning, she rode away.
After Shen Anning watched her turn the corner and lose sight of her, she pushed her bicycle into an empty alley, put her things in the space, and rode back to the village with the empty backpack and the medicine box hanging on it.
When she got home, she took the things out of the space and put them in the north wing. Today she was going to the home of an aunt she knew well to give a return gift. When they learned that she had passed the medical exam that day, everyone came to congratulate her. They had only been together for a month, and she was very happy that those aunts and sisters could come and congratulate her, not to mention that they also brought eggs and vegetables.
Greaseproof paper was prepared, two pieces of egg cake were given to each family, and ten portions were wrapped. Twenty pieces of fruit candy were given to each family, and they were counted and divided into individual portions, which were also wrapped with waste newspaper. Two things for each family was quite impressive, because she was mainly with the people from Team 4 during this period, and she didn't know that many people.
I put the things in the backpack and went out to find Shen Anyu and Shen Anxuan. They were familiar with the village and the children from the two villages got along well with them.
The village chief, the party secretary, Aunt Dashuan’s family, Aunt Chunqin’s family, Aunt Erlan’s family, Aunt Guilan, etc. There were quite a lot of people.
The gifts from the family of Li Xuan, the captain of the fourth production team, and the family of the village chief and party secretary were heavier, including half a pound of egg cake and twenty fruit candies.
After one round, all the things were delivered and the backpack was full. They were all seasonal vegetables from the fields. The aunts were so enthusiastic that Shen An Ning didn't even have the chance to refuse. The things were not valuable, so she could only accept them with a smile.
She went to the city for training these days, and the carpenter had already made the cabinets, tables and chairs she mentioned. The two rooms were connected and there was no obstruction. There was a wooden bed against the wall, four chairs against the south wall, a large medicine cabinet against the north wall of the outer room, and a table in front for her to sit in the hall.
Although it was still a bit empty, it looked somewhat presentable. She took out several Western medicines from the medicine box and put them in the cabinet. She also took out some from the space, not much, just to make up the number.
There is work to do in the fields now, everyone is busy planting sweet potatoes, and no one has come to see the doctor yet. Or perhaps everyone still doesn't trust her and is just waiting and watching.
I opened the door to the yard so that if anyone came in, she would be able to hear me. I prepared lunch.
Shen An Ning usually makes things with flavor in the space, such as egg soup and stewed sweet potato rice in the pot.
She cut a plate of braised pig ears and fried some vegetables and tofu, and the three of them had a simple meal. She planned to take her younger brother and sister to the mountains in the afternoon to check out some herbs.
After waking up from a nap, Shen Anning, carrying a backpack and a small shovel, walked towards the mountain in the north. Along the way, the three of them greeted the aunts they were familiar with.
"Little Shen, the educated youth, why are you going up the mountain?" asked several curious aunts in the village.
Shen An Ning did not hide it. "Aunts, I'll go to the mountain to take a look. The wild vegetables are growing at the right time now." Mainly, some herbs are ripe, but Shen An Ning did not say this.
With his younger brothers and sisters, of course he didn't dare to go to dangerous places. There were several mountains next to the two villages of Wangtu Village and Gengjiatun. Shen Anning went to the place where the villagers often went and didn't dare to go far.
The mountains are really a good place. Looking at the Acanthopanax senticosus, Eriobotrya japonica, Herba Cynanchifolia, Pinellia ternata, Herba Cynanchifolia, Herba Cynanchifolia, and Herba Duckfoot all over the ground, Shen Anning's eyes were shining.
First, dig out one plant of each species and call your younger brothers and sisters, "An Yu, An Xuan, come here."
"Sister, why are you digging so many wild vegetables? When Brother Daniu and Brother Dawang dug them before, An Xuan and I didn't want any." Shen Anyu was a little confused.
"These are wild vegetables, but they are also herbs. You know, they can cure diseases." Shen An Ning placed them in a row on the ground and explained them to them one by one.
"Let's look at the first one first. This one is called Acanthopanax senticosus, which can strengthen the body and resist fatigue. This one is called Psoralea corylifolia, which can replenish qi, calm the mind, and promote blood circulation. This one is Pinellia ternata, which can relieve cough and reduce phlegm. Monkey legs, also known as fern, are good for high blood pressure and arthritis. Niumaoguang, these are all good for our bodies. Do you understand?" Shen An Ning gave each of them a sample and asked them to look for it according to the instructions. When they found it, they should dig it out and put it in the backpack. She would take it back at night and prepare it.
The twins were very motivated for the whole afternoon. If Shen An Ning hadn't stopped them, they would have dug up all the herbs they could see on the mountain.
Rushing back to the courtyard before everyone got off work, Shen An Ning picked out some edible things and asked her younger brothers and sisters to wash them. She planned to sort out the rest and dry them for future use as medicine.
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