Chapter 29 Deliberately Finding Trouble
Han Jianwu looked worried. Huo Qingqing gave him a look and said to the two babies, "Go to Dad and Uncle." After she finished speaking, she said to Baojuan, "Let them check!"
Seeing Huo Qingqing so calm, Baojuan was no longer so scared and put the backpack down for them to check.
Four people came, two of whom were the commune's officers in charge of market security, one of whom was Yang Linke from Hanjiagou, and the other two were the quality inspectors of the commune's medicinal materials purchasing station and an old Chinese medicine doctor from the commune's health center. Because Han Jianwu was reported for reselling medicinal materials, the commune's medicinal materials purchasing station and health center were alarmed.
The person in charge of the market didn't understand anything, so he just watched from the side, and left the inspection of the medicinal materials to the professionals.
Huo Qingqing asked Han Jianwu and his second brother, "Who reported it?"
The two shook their heads. Those who did this kind of thing were all anonymous, and even if the people in the commune knew who reported it, they would not tell anyone.
It's the same trick again. The person who reported Huo Qingqing was also anonymous. She was almost arrested and taken to the commune for criticism and parade.
People from the health center and the medicinal materials purchasing station took an iron stick with a hook and poked it down again and again. When they pulled it up, they got a bunch of grass, and then they tested them one by one.
The sedge has grown into grass in this season and is a good feed for pigs. There are also some yellow chrysanthemums and various wild grasses, mixed with herbs such as Artemisia capillaris, Bupleurum, Plantain and Dandelion.
However, except for barefoot doctors and some elderly people who know folk remedies, most of the villagers do not know these herbs and treat them as weeds.
The medicinal materials purchasing station mainly collects medicinal materials grown in the medicinal materials plantations of each brigade. The Hanjiagou Brigade mainly grows Coptis chinensis and Pinellia ternata, and there are special people in charge. A large part of the planting staff are educated youth. The commune's medicinal material purchasing station does not accept other herbs, but as a technician in medicinal material inspection, he knows a lot of herbs.
The technician put Chaihu in front of Baojuan and asked, "What is this?"
"Yellow sore grass."
"What about this?" the technician asked Baojuan while holding a Artemisia capillaris.
Baojuan said, "White grass."
The technician took a few dandelions and asked Huo Qingqing, "Huo Zhiqing, what is this?"
Huo Qingqing: "Dandelion."
"What are you going to do with this?"
“Feed the pigs.”
Yang Linke raised his eyebrows, "Do you raise pigs at home?"
Huo Qingqing wanted to vomit in her heart, and said, "No, but my third and second sister-in-law's families keep me to help them pick grass for pigs. Isn't that illegal?"
Yang Linke: "Of course it's not against the law, but I heard that you are good at medicine?"
Huo Qingqing, "You're too kind, I only know a little bit."
Yang Linke, "So, you know the herbs?"
Huo Qingqing, "I am a Western doctor. Of course, I also know a little about Chinese herbal medicine."
Yang Linke, "So, you were able to get away with it by doing some private work?"
Huo Qingqing looked at the inspector and asked, "Excuse me, can the stems, leaves and flowers of Bupleurum be used as medicinal materials? As a medicinal material inspector, you should know that the rhizome of Bupleurum is the medicinal material, right?"
The technician nodded, "Yes."
Yang Linke walked over to Huo Qingqing with a splayed step and laughed sickeningly. Han Jianwu pushed him a few steps away. Yang Linke sneered and said, "What about other herbs? For example, Artemisia capillaris. How do you explain that you pulled so many Artemisia capillaris and dandelions when you were pulling pig grass?"
Huo Qingqing, "There are these things everywhere in the fields. Our pigs are not picky eaters, so they pick whatever they see. It's inconvenient for us to go to places with deep grass with our children, so we can only pick them on the ridges by the roadside. Where can we pick them? Besides, Artemisia capillaris and dandelion can be used as medicinal herbs, but they must be carefully picked and dried, and then selected and blended by Chinese medicine practitioners before they can be used as medicine. Otherwise, they are just weeds. And these in our backpacks are weeds. It's a bit far-fetched if you want to use this as evidence, right?"
The technician glanced at the expression of another specialist, Wu Chunsheng, and said, "Of course not."
Yang Linke added: "But who can guarantee that you won't pick these things out of the pig grass?"
Huo Qingqing, "If I'm not mistaken, you should have searched several of our houses. Have you found any dried herbs?"
The technician said, "We really didn't find it."
Wu Chunsheng was a foreigner, but he knew the two Han brothers, both of whom were well-known figures in Guanshan Commune. He was also following orders, and considering the current situation, there was no need to be so serious about it. He could just go through the motions and report his work to his superiors. However, Yang Linke insisted on being serious about it.
Huo Qingqing looked at the two supervisors and said, "I want to know who reported my family member?"
Yang Linke looked gloomy and official, looking at Huo Qingqing in a businesslike manner, and said, "How can we know who made the anonymous report?"
Huo Qingqing, "Okay, since you didn't get any stolen goods, does that prove that my family members were wrongly accused?"
Yang Linke sneered and said, "Whether he was wronged or not is not up to me or you to decide."
Huo Qingqing, "Then who has the final say?"
Yang Linke pointed at Huo Qingqing and Han Jianwu and said, "Come with us, and you will know who has the final say."
Han Jianwu frowned, "Secretary Yang, what do you want to do? Arrest someone by force?"
Han Lao Er couldn't bear it any longer. "Yang Linke, even if we, Lao Si, were to resell the herbs, it's not your turn to take them away. Law enforcement is done by law enforcement officials. Why do you want to take them away? Who gave you the right?"
Yang Linke, "I am following orders. Han Laoer, as a brigade cadre, you are hindering our work. You will be sued."
Han Lao Er sneered, "Am I scared? Yang, are you crazy trying to find trouble with our family?"
Yang Linke, "Second Han, today's incident is only about Han Jianwu and his wife. It has nothing to do with you. Stop meddling in other people's business and ruin your future."
Huo Qingqing said to Baojuan, "Baojuan, take Niuniu and Zhuangzhuang home." Then, she looked at Yang Linke, "Secretary Yang, my husband and I can go with you, but have you thought about the consequences of taking us back illegally?"
Yang Linke stared at Huo Qingqing with his malicious eyes and said, "I am the market specialist of Guanshan Commune. I am doing this legally and reasonably. How can it be illegal?"
Han Jianwu had already clenched his fists and was pushed behind by Huo Qingqing. He whispered, "Don't be impulsive."
Huo Qingqing recited the regulations on speculation and the names of materials that farmers were prohibited from trading, and then looked at Wu Chunsheng, "Comrade, which one did we violate?"
Wu Chunsheng: "Not a single violation."
Huo Qingqing said, "Okay. Then why did you take my wife and I away? Where's the arrest warrant? Where's the evidence of Han Jianwu's speculation? I tell you, I'm really not afraid. Times are different now. Not to mention that you didn't find any evidence in our house, even if we really went to sell these herbs, it wouldn't be against the law. Right, Technician Wang?"
Technician Wang did not directly answer Huo Qingqing's question, but only said, "These herbs are indeed not included in the ban." After all, their herbal medicine purchasing station also secretly collects herbs from villagers.
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