Chapter 20020 The first battle was a victory!
It was very strange. She had read on her phone that doctors decades later would not be so proactive and enthusiastic. Everything they did must have a license, reason and evidence, because if they did not do it right they would be reported and sued. At the very least they would have to apologize and pay money, at the worst they would lose their careers and end up in jail. Whether it is social news or medical dramas, or even the advice from professors in medical classes, people always feel that the doctor-patient relationship is very tense and they are on guard against each other.
But it is obvious that people at this time are inexplicably enthusiastic and not afraid of taking responsibility.
In the decades after her death, every aspect of society has been changing. As a spectator, she seems to know everything, yet she doesn't seem to understand much.
However, the most urgent matter is Sun Tieniu's illness. After taking the medicine, Shu Jinyue helped measure the body temperature and blood pressure, told him to drink the warm medicine every four hours, and then went home.
The next morning, the first thing Jin Yue did when he arrived at the office was to ask Sun Tieniu if he felt unwell. He knew that he had diarrhea twice, but fell asleep immediately after that. He did not feel nausea or abdominal pain, so he felt relieved.
There is another thing to be happy about today - I got my salary!
After working for almost two months, Shu Jinyue finally received his first salary in his life, a full 37 yuan!
That afternoon she went to the department store and bought a bottle of vanishing cream. In the evening she went to the ghost market and bought two pounds of eggs and the best pork belly.
Of course, the meat had to be ordered in advance from the dealer. Zhao Wanqiu could just go under the bridge to get it tomorrow morning. Such popular items would be impossible to buy unless the dealer wanted to make friends with them.
Zhu Daqiang, on the other hand, was particularly concerned about Sun Tieniu's condition. Whenever he had nothing to do, he would go to the small cubicle to check on him, measure his blood pressure and temperature, and chat with the two of them for half an hour.
Shu Jinyue didn't seem to care as much as he did, but he was not idle either. He went to the scrap collection station and found a copy of "Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases" to read. She has a good memory and can basically memorize something after reading it twice, but there are still some parts she doesn't understand, so she plans to go to the library to borrow some relevant annotation books.
As soon as I walked out of the office door, I met an acquaintance.
"Jin Yue, it's really you. You looked alike from a distance, but I couldn't recognize you." It turned out to be Huang Mei.
Shu Jinyue's original hair was almost waist-length, but it was too yellow and linty, and she was also suffering from severe hair loss, so she simply cut her hair into short hair that reached her ears, and pulled some of her bangs down, which looked a bit like the air bangs of later generations, making her face look small and delicate, fair and tender, with a kind of slender beauty.
This hairstyle would hide Shu Wenyun's facial features, but on Jin Yue it perfectly highlights her strengths and avoids her weaknesses.
"I see you're heading in this direction, where are you planning to go?"
"Let's go to the library. Sister Huang Mei just got off work?"
Huang Mei patted the back seat of the bicycle and said, "Get on. I just happen to be going over there to do some business as well. I'll give you a ride."
After this period of recuperation, Aunt Huang's health has improved a lot. The leucorrhea that used to flow like water has decreased and has returned to normal. Her overall spirit has also improved a lot.
"When my father heard that I was looking for a son-in-law, he was so mad that he went around scolding me for being unfilial." He even wanted to fight after drinking.
Unfortunately, Huang Mei is no pushover now. If he wants to beat her, he has to have the ability to do it.
After Huang Mei and her mother talked all night, they reached a consensus and began to make plans for the future.
Aunt Huang plans to sell her job, even if it means a little less money, rather than letting her nephew's family take it cheaply. She has recently negotiated with a buyer, and Huang Mei is now going to go through the handover procedures with that person.
"We've already sold it anyway. What can he do? Get the whole family to blame me? Whatever." As long as the money is in her pocket, it's fine.
After chatting for a while, the two agreed to go on a spring outing together in a few days. They arrived at the city library. Jin Yue took out his work ID and went to the front desk to register first. As a result, he searched around but couldn't find a copy of the annotated Treatise on Febrile Diseases.
She didn't believe it and looked around again, but still couldn't find it.
Seeing her searching around like a clueless fly, the staff asked her what book she wanted. "This, medical books, we don't have many here, why don't you go to the medical school and ask."
The current College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shilan Province has suspended enrollment and has been merged into the Medical College, called the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Its books and materials have also been merged into the school library.
Fortunately, this place is not far from the medical school. Jin Yue took a bus and arrived in four stops. The guard thought she was just an ordinary student and let her in without asking any questions.
Shilan Medical College was her dream school in her previous life. Although it could not be compared with Peking University and Tsinghua University, it was already an unattainable height for an older educated youth with a poor foundation, average IQ, and who had been away from school for many years.
Now, I walk around the campus openly, as if my college dream is half fulfilled.
She was so busy looking at the campus scenery that no one noticed her when she turned out of the intersection. "Oh."
"I'm sorry comrade."
"I was careless."
They both apologized to each other in unison.
The other person was a young man in his early twenties, tall, white, and wearing a pair of metal-rimmed glasses. He looked at Jin Yue politely and said, "I should be the one to say sorry. I was in a hurry and didn't pay attention. Comrade, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Actually, I sprained my ankle.
The young man picked up the papers scattered on the ground and apologized again.
Shu Jin found it more and more funny. It seemed like this man had endless apologies. "Okay, I'm really fine."
The young man noticed that her walking posture was not right, "Did you sprain your ankle? I'll take you to the school hospital."
Jin Yue really thought it was nothing. Anyone could sprain their ankle on the street. It was just a small matter and there was no need to go to the hospital. Seeing that he was still insisting, he simply changed the subject and asked, "Which class are you in?"
"Oh, I'm a third-year student in the Department of Clinical Medicine. Are you a first-year student?"
Jin Yue did not explain that he was not a student, mainly because he felt that they would not meet again in the future, so there was no need to say so much.
"Really? Don't we need to send you to the hospital?"
Jin Yue was amused and teased him deliberately: "Since you are studying medicine, why don't you help me take a look?"
The young man blushed, "I... I'm studying obstetrics and gynecology."
Jin Yue was stunned for a moment, holding back his laughter, thinking that there aren't many boys studying obstetrics and gynecology these days.
Hearing that she was going to the library, the male classmate took her there and kindly told her that the books of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine were on the third floor, on the left shelf.
"Thank you. How about I treat you to dinner some other day?" In fact, this is Jin Yue's perfunctory way of making requests. An invitation without specifying the time or leaving contact information is just empty talk.
But the boy really took it seriously and said with a red face: "I can't let a lesbian pay for dinner. I should pay for you. By the way, what's your name?"
"Shu Jinyue." The girl smiled, revealing her snow-white teeth. Although she was not tall and her facial features were not bright, she looked as cunning as a kitten.
The boy's face turned even redder, and he left the library in a daze. It was not until he returned to the dormitory that he realized that he had not told her his name or left any contact information.
Well, but it shouldn’t be difficult to find her, Shu Jinyue, a first-year student in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
***
Jin Yue didn't take this matter to heart at all. After borrowing the book, she was busy going back to work. She took the opportunity to read it and take notes when she had nothing to do.
With the help of other people's annotations, those obscure classic articles seem to have become vernacular, and the more I read them, the more interesting they become.
After drinking Xiao Chaihu Decoction for three consecutive days, Sun Tieniu felt much better. He could eat and sleep again. Even his legs had strength back and he could walk a few steps with the help of the wall.
After three days of continuous exercise, Jin Yue asked them to go home first. After all, eating and drinking in the city cost money, and the food coupons they brought were not enough. From now on, they only need to come for follow-up visits once a week.
The liver and spleen do not become swelled overnight, and it will take more than a few doses of medicine to reduce their size.
Liu Jinbu was amazed. "I can't believe it, Xiaoshu. Sun Tieniu was sentenced to death in the district hospital, but after being treated by you for a few days, not only did he not... he actually looks better."
Zhu Daqiang didn't say anything, but his eyes were always fixed on Jin Yue.
"Just wait, the effect will be more obvious after a while."
"Oh, you're not even modest?"
Jin Yue straightened her chest. She was really confident in her medical skills. After all, she had been in the countryside for so many years and had seen many difficult and complicated cases. They were all caused by patients who could not afford to go to big hospitals or whose diseases could not be cured in big hospitals.
***
Shu Wenming acted quickly. After several contacts with the trader named Zhang Liangwei, he felt that he was a good guy. Although he was active in the ghost market, he had good character and was relatively principled. He was not the kind of person who was only interested in profit. So he revealed the news of the food coupons to Ms. Li in his unit.
Sister Li immediately took twenty acrylic pillowcases from her husband. Of course, to be on the safe side, they did not discuss the price. They just said that they were welfare benefits given by the men in the family and they could not be used up. Since they saw that Shu Wenming would need them after he got married, they "gave" them to him.
As for Shu Wenming, in order to express his gratitude to the elder sister, he had no way to repay her, so he could only "give" her a few food coupons to help her family out of their urgent need.
No money was spent in the process, it was all barter, and Shu Wenming just made the difference between two pillowcases and four kilograms of food coupons. It was just a few things, and they were real objects, so it couldn't be considered speculation at all.
"Second brother, you are so cunning." Jin Yue was still afraid that he would leave some secrets.
"Am I that stupid? Zhang Liangwei and Sister Li are both tight-lipped people. If it were someone else, I really wouldn't dare to do that."
Even among the neighbors in the compound, not all of them are suitable to help. Last time, Aunt Li failed to buy leather shoes, but the aunts who usually competed with her each had a pair of shoes. She was very angry. If she could catch the Shu siblings in the act, wouldn't she make a big fuss?
If Teacher Shu and Zhao Wanqiu knew what they had done, they would probably be so scared that they wouldn't even let them leave the house.
"By the way, your colleague Xu Wenli is so amazing, why don't you invite her to the spring outing the day after tomorrow?"
"Call that greedy girl, have you prepared enough food?"
"This is called maintaining personal connections, do you understand?" Although Shu Jinyue speaks in a very eloquent manner, in fact, her life experience is pitifully little. It can even be said that it is all learned from novels and TV, and is just theory.
However, she was a little worried that the last-minute invitation seemed to be intended to gather people, and she didn't know whether Xu Wenli would go.
Because it was Sunday, in addition to the three siblings of the Shu family, Jin Yue also made an appointment with Huang Mei and Yao Qingqing. He originally wanted to invite Xu Siqi, but Shu Wenyun took the initiative to say that she wanted to go too, so Jin Yue did not invite him.
With a salary in hand, Jin Yue was not so stingy when buying things. He asked Liu Jinbu for some braising sauce and bought two kilograms of quail eggs at the ghost market. He asked Zhao Wanqiu to braising them in advance. He didn't waste the remaining braising sauce and also braised some potatoes, lotus roots, and edamame. After all, they were vegetables and it wasn't expensive with his second brother working in a vegetable store.
She couldn't help but think of the various braised ducks she had seen before, such as duck necks, duck wings, duck intestines, duck gizzards, and duck clavicles. They had been described as delicious by food bloggers and in texts, but she had never eaten them... She really wanted to try it!
The ghost who can’t smell or eat is so pitiful!
The five members of the Shu family could not afford a bicycle, but Yao Qingqing and Huang Mei both had one. One of them carried Shu Jinyue and the other carried Shu Wenyun, and they could take turns riding on the road so they wouldn't be too tired.
And Shu Wenming was left alone...
Jin Yue laughed, "Second brother, remember to take the bus. Take bus number 3 at the entrance of our alley, then transfer to bus number 6. Go faster. If you don't get delayed on the way, you can still catch some of our leftovers."
Shu Wenming was itching to buy a bicycle and secretly vowed to himself that he must buy one within two years. He didn't think it was a big deal before, but now he realized that it is too embarrassing for a man to not have a car!
You have to make money, you must make money, making money is a man’s face and dignity!
"Here, ride your bikes slowly." He took all the food and drinks, carried them by himself and walked to the entrance of the alley.
There are not many buses these days, and the interval between departures is more than half an hour. But just as he arrived at the stop, the No. 3 bus drove away, and the driver acted as if he didn't see him... Oh no, he saw him and even stepped on the accelerator on purpose.
Shu Jinyue laughed loudly behind him, and Shu Wenyun couldn't help laughing as well.
"Jin Yue, your second brother is so funny. Is he always so unlucky?"
"What bad luck, so bad luck." Others could become Young Pioneers in the first grade, but her second brother could only wear a red scarf when he was about to graduate from the fifth grade; when the junior high school graduates were recruited, the first batch was formal employees, but he had diarrhea on the day of the exam; when the factory recruited the second batch of apprentices, he forgot to bring his household registration booklet, and by the time he brought it, the job was done.
Teacher Shu scolded him many times, but he still couldn't change his forgetful habits.
Of course, "family disgrace" should not be made public. Shu Jinyue did not say this. He was just thinking of asking Yao Qingqing to help keep an eye out for a suitable girl and introduce her to his second brother.
"Hey Jinyue, look, your second brother..."
It turned out that Shu Wenming, who had been waiting for a bus at the entrance of the alley, actually met a colleague who happened to be there to play.
Jin Yue asked Yao Qingqing to ride over quickly, and she wanted to lie down and listen... However, when she heard the name "greedy girl", she concluded that the plump girl in the flowery skirt and riding the latest model of Forever was the legendary Xu Wenli.
I don’t know what Shu Wenming said to others. He came back last night and said angrily that Xu Wenli was not going on the spring outing. Jin Yue felt a little regretful. I didn’t expect to meet her at the doorstep now. It’s such a coincidence!
Sure enough, Shu Wenming and Xu Wenli argued for a few words, and no one knew what they said in the end. Jin Yue saw Xu Wenli swallowing her saliva, and then she got off the bike obediently and let Shu Wenming ride on. She sat sideways on the back seat and ran towards them happily.
"Sister Wenli, it's great that you can come!"
Xu Wenli's fair face suddenly turned red, like a plump, juicy, crisp and sweet autumn apple. The more Jin Wenli looked at it, the more she wanted to take a bite.
The girl had round eyes, a round mouth, and even a round face. Her black hair was tied into two pigtails. She looked very cute. This was definitely not the greedy girl that Shu Wenming had mentioned.
"I...I had something to do at home and couldn't go. I came to your alley just to visit...yes, to visit a relative of mine. But Shu Wenming asked me to go, so I'll go. Otherwise, it would be inconvenient for him to ride without a car, right?"
Jin Yue smiled happily. You wore a flowery dress and shivered in the cold, changed into colorful nylon socks and black leather shoes, tied your hair with a beautiful silk scarf, and came all the way to Liuye Hutong to visit your relatives, and happened to meet your colleague by accident.
But I was as curious as a cat scratching its head. Is there something going on between my second brother and Sister Wenli? She should have thought of it last time. After all, no matter how stupid a landlord's son is, he would not do such a thing as to exchange two pieces of chocolate for a pair of leather shoes.
Xu Wenli should be interested in the second brother. It is not clear for now whether the second brother has that intention or not, because he seems to dislike everyone.
Three bicycles, six people, riding and chatting, soon arrived at the foot of West Mountain.
This past winter was cold, but spring came early. Although there was still a hint of chill in the air, pink and white peach blossoms had already bloomed on the mountains and the grass on the roadside had turned green.
This season is perfect for spring outings, and there are many young people like them, all flocking to Xishan Park.
But the few people did not enter the park. Instead, they climbed to the halfway point of the West Mountain, walked down a path, and after half an hour of twists and turns, they arrived at an open flat area.
"See, I was right, wasn't I? This is my brother and his friends' secret base. He and his friends used to love coming here. One time, I followed them, hehe..." Yao Qingqing stopped crying when she talked about her deceased brother.
Huang Mei also said: "If you hadn't led us, ordinary people wouldn't be able to find such a Feng Shui treasure land."
This flat land is neither too big nor too small, and is covered with tender green grass buds, as well as some purple and yellow unknown wild flowers. Next to it is a small ditch washed out by a mountain spring, with clear spring water flowing in it. The view directly in front of you can see the lush trees at the foot of the mountain. The key is that there is magically no mountain wind here.
The most famous things about spring in Book City are wind and dryness, which are perfectly avoided here.
"Such a nice place, shall we come here often in the future?" Xu Wenli fanned herself with her hands. She was plump and therefore afraid of heat.
"Tsk, you want to come here so often? If I wasn't pushing the cart from behind, would you be able to get here?" Shu Wenming shook his sore arms and said, "Can you eat less and lose some weight?"
Xu Wenli's face turned red and she didn't know where to put her hands and feet.
Shu Jinyue was so angry that he slapped him on the back and said, "Get lost. Do you think everyone is as skinny as you? Our sister Wenli has a blessed appearance."
"Sister Wenli, don't pay attention to him. His mouth stinks worse than a public toilet." Shu Wenyun, who is always elegant, couldn't help but curse.
Xu Wenli burst out laughing again, "I also think he has a foul mouth, huh."
In order to punish him for his bad mouth, the five girls ordered him around, asking him to collect firewood, or to take out the fruits and wash them, while the girls went around picking wild flowers to show off their admiration.
The girls all grew up in the city. Except for Shu Jinyue, they rarely had the opportunity to see such pristine wild flowers. Jinyue made a wreath for each of them, which was colorful and looked beautiful when they put it on their heads.
When the sun rose to the sky, Shu Wenming suddenly remembered something, "It's half past ten. I have to go down the mountain to pick someone up."
"Is anyone else coming? Who is it? Do I know him?" Xu Wenli happily walked towards him wearing a wreath.
Shu Jinyue secretly thought that something was wrong.
Originally, if Shu Wenming had told Xu Wenli earlier that she was interested in him, Jin Yue would not have made an appointment with Li's cousin. But the appointment had already been made, and he couldn't tell her not to come. And now, the person was about to arrive, and today was a blind date.
But Shu Wenming had a broken mouth - "My blind date."
Shu Jinyue: “…” Ahhh, second brother, you deserve to be single!
Shu Wenyun, who always smooths things over, said: "..."
Yao Qingqing and Huang Mei also subconsciously looked at Xu Wenli. If they still couldn't understand what was going on along the way, then they would have grown a pair of eyes in vain.
Unexpectedly, Xu Wenli's eyes moved. Not only was she not angry, but she became even more excited. "Wow? Really? Come on, I'll go with you to pick it up. I have to help you check it carefully."
Everyone: “…”
The girls looked at each other and felt that the two of them were heartless. Well, this was not something they should worry about.
Shu Wenyun took out the mat that she had prepared in advance, which she had washed yesterday. Now she could sit directly on it by spreading it on the grass. Huang Mei brought over some clean and flat stones, which could both hold down the mat and serve as a small table.
Yao Qingqing took matches and prepared to make a fire. Jin Yue took out the snacks he had prepared. Huang Mei also prepared some, which were melon seeds and peanuts fried by Aunt Huang.
Jin Yue grabbed a handful and said, "Mm, it smells really good, and it has five spices."
"My mother used to be best at making snacks when she worked in a state-owned restaurant, such as fried dough sticks, fried fruits, and fried dough twists. Every year around the Spring Festival, many people would line up just to buy her fried fruits." They would set up a stove and a big iron pot, and fry and sell them on the spot.
"As for the fried melon seeds, she figured it out on her own. When I was a kid, I could only eat them on my birthday. Today, I'm eating them thanks to Jin Yue." These days, everything is in short supply. The melon seeds sold at the entrance of the cinema are sold by handfuls or cups, 5 cents a cup, and you can't finish them for long.
Ever since Aunt Huang heard that they were going on a spring outing, she said she would make some food for her daughter to bring to Jin Yue. The last time she bought a job, it ended in a bad way, and she felt very guilty afterwards, not to mention that Jin Yue still helped her see a doctor despite the past grudge.
"Well, it's no big deal. I won't be formal with you. If you want to eat it next time, just go find Auntie." She had made up her mind that she would buy a few pounds of raw melon seeds when she got her salary next month and ask Auntie Huang to help fry them. She would then let Teacher Shu and Zhao Wanqiu have a taste.
Yao Qingqing tried it and said it was delicious. "Your mother is amazing. She can cook so many delicious dishes. My mother can't do anything. She spends most of the year exploring outside. When my brother and I were young, it was difficult for us to see her. In the whole alley, there were only my brother and I and...Second Brother Xu, the most pitiful one."
Seeing that she could treat the mention of her deceased parents calmly, Jin Yue did not try to change the subject. He just listened quietly, occasionally commenting on her, and did not even think of asking who "Second Brother Xu" was.
Although Yao Qingqing had no worries about food and clothing, and had a big house and a good job, she had no relatives. Jin Yue thought back to the night she rescued her and how her attitude seemed a bit bad. She suddenly felt a little guilty.
However, this guilt did not last long, because Shu Wenming came up with his men.
Xiao Li had something to do and couldn't come up, so he sent his cousin to the foot of the mountain, handed her over to Shu Wenming, and then hurried back to duty. Xiao Li's cousin is a young girl with a wheat-colored complexion. She is tall, wears a flowery cotton jacket, and a green headscarf, and walks with a powerful gait.
Xu Wenli was so exhausted from trying to catch up with her that she was out of breath.
She didn't know if it was an illusion, but Jin Yue discovered that Shu Wenming would occasionally look back and wait for her, and would use a stick to pull her up when she encountered difficult slopes.
Xiao Li's cousin is a talkative girl. She came up and greeted Jin Yue and the others. Girls become lively once they start talking about hairstyles, clothes, food and fun things.
"These melon seeds are really delicious. They are different from the ones we eat in the village. Are they fried with spices?"
"Auntie, you are really skillful. Please teach me when you have the chance. We have a row of sunflowers planted along the ridge of our private plot. Every year we can harvest about 20 kilograms of sunflower seeds. This year, the rain is good, so we should be able to harvest about 30 kilograms."
"We grow a lot of fruits and vegetables, while other families grow a lot of grains. My mom said that we have a lot of children and they are greedy, so we grow some snacks."
The more I listened to her conversation and looked at her healthy figure and abundant physical energy, I deduced that her family must have a lot of strong laborers. The food distributed by the production team every year was enough for them to eat, so they were not interested in growing food on their own land.
This is similar to the home of Wang Xiaohong where we met in People's Park last time.
But the girl's personality is much better than Wang Xiaohong's. She doesn't put on a bad face, knows how to respect others, and is neither humble nor arrogant to anyone. Even with her blind date Shu Wenming, she can take the initiative to start a conversation openly.
Even if a girl like this doesn't become his second sister-in-law, it would be nice to be her friend... Of course, now because of Xu Wenli, Jin Yue doesn't plan to care about his second brother anymore.
What she was curious about now was whether there was a girl named Xu Wenli who liked her second brother in his previous life, but why didn't he be with her, but went far away and never married?
Everyone ate and chatted. After playing for two hours, Shu Jinyue felt itchy and decided to go take a look at the surrounding mountains.
She had complicated feelings towards rural life. On the one hand, she hated the clan power that was as complicated as an iron barrel there. On the other hand, she loved the mountains and forests that were like treasures. It was simply a paradise for Chinese herbal medicine.
Look, she only took a few steps and saw some herbal medicines commonly used in rural areas, some for stopping bleeding, resolving phlegm, ventilating, and helping digestion... They were really rare to look at.
"Why is Jin Yue picking these things?" Yao Qingqing chased after him, with some small white wild flowers in her hands.
"Take it home and make medicine pills." Shu's parents are very frugal people. They are reluctant to take medicine when they have a cold, let alone go to the hospital. Zhao Wanqiu is an old nurse, but she still takes expired medicine.
Afraid that her children would tell, she ate secretly. If Jin Yue hadn’t sorted out their medicine box a few days ago, they wouldn’t have discovered it.
"What is this?"
"Bupleurum has the effect of soothing the liver and relieving depression." I can make it into Xiaoyao Pills when I get home, which are just right for Zhao Wanqiu, who has a bad temper and is easily angered.
"What about digging this out of the dirt?"
"Bletilla striata, a hemostatic herb, is used for coughing up blood and vomiting blood."
Every time she found a fruit, Yao Qingqing would ask one, helping to dig while asking. In less than an hour, her small basket for snacks was filled to the brim.
When the sun was about to set, several people packed up and prepared to go home. Jin Yue had already dug several full baskets of medicinal herbs and declined the invitation from Li's cousin. Everyone should go back the same way they came.
Li Yulan was very happy. In fact, she had been tired of seeing these sceneries since she was a child. But when she played with them, they not only did not despise her for being illiterate, but also taught her how to play poker and talked to her about the fashionable clothes, creams and movies in the city. It seemed that even the scenery had changed.
"We met too late and missed our family's annual pig slaughter. This winter, when we slaughter pigs again, you must come... We raised three pigs this year, and we have two left after completing the task. We can slaughter a lot of meat. When the time comes, let my mother make sauerkraut and stew pig blood. It's so delicious!"
Everyone agreed and said, "When you have time, come to town to visit us and we'll go to the movies together."
"Let's go boating in the park." Xu Wenli also liked her very much and had long forgotten that she was Shu Wenming's blind date.
After returning home, the old couple was most concerned about the meeting with Li Yulan. They asked what the girl was like. After hearing Jin Yue and Wen Yun praising her, they quickly asked about Shu Wenming.
"It's good." This time, Shu Wenming was not discouraged.
The old couple's eyes lit up. This was the first time he said that the blind date was "pretty good". Could there be hope?
"Then you should seize the opportunity. As long as you two can get along well, we have no problem with the girl's family. Try to get it done as soon as possible and put my mind at ease."
Shu Wenming was annoyed. "What's the point of this? Do you think I can get what I want from others? I know my own conditions."
"You can't underestimate yourself."
Shu Wenming shook his hair irritably and slipped away.
The old couple interrogated Jin Yue and Wen Yun again, asking if Shu Wenming and Li Yulan had a quarrel today. The two sisters shook their heads and decided not to expose their second brother until they were sure of his attitude towards Xu Wenli.
As an old man, it would be bad if he did something bad in his haste.
This made the old couple so anxious that they sighed and couldn't eat for two days.
After returning from collecting herbs, Jin Yue was extremely busy. After washing and drying the herbs naturally, she began to prepare them. After preparation and drying, some herbs that were not included in the formula had to be obtained from hospitals and herbal medicine companies. She then continued to grind, boil and refine them, followed by adding auxiliary materials, kneading them into pills... By the time the finished pills were made, it was already the fourth month of the lunar calendar.
Due to limited space at home, we had to bring the stove and iron pot to the yard to process them.
"Jin Yue, what are you cooking? Why does it smell so bad?"
"Boiling medicine, Chinese medicine." I have to work during the day and go to the purchasing station to pick up bargains on weekends, so I can only work overtime at night.
"Hey, who's sick in your family?"
Jin Yue had to explain that he made the pills. After all, there were no secrets in the slum.
When everyone heard that they were going to make Xiaoyao Pills, they immediately became excited. This medicine name was very familiar to everyone. While working, Jin Yue explained to them the composition, efficacy and main diseases treated by Xiaoyao Pills.
Originally, everyone felt that her cure of Old Lady Yang was a bit of luck. Although she was later asked to treat some minor ailments, everyone could treat minor ailments and her level was not reflected in this. But now, she actually explained these things so clearly that people who had previously doubted her medical experience suddenly believed it.
This kind of thing requires some knowledge to make it look realistic.
"You said this is suitable for people who are in a bad mood? Then give me a bottle." Aunt Zhao suddenly said.
"Aunt Zhao, what's wrong with you?"
"Well, it's all because of my third brother who is angry. He has been introduced to several potential partners, but none of them worked out. I'm so anxious because he will be 23 soon." He then went home and brought five eggs to thank Jin Yue.
Teacher Shu thought quietly: I should have eaten Xiaoyao Pills as meals eight hundred years ago.
When the others heard this, they immediately became interested, as everyone knows that every family has some troubles. They would definitely be reluctant to take the money to the hospital to buy medicine, but if they could exchange something they had at home like Aunt Zhao did, the feeling of cutting flesh would immediately disappear.
So, Aunt Yang used half a piece of bacon that she had pickled for two fingers, and Sister Liu used dried mushrooms sent by her parents. Uncle Feng was anxious. He also wanted to exchange some for his wife. After a long pause, he stamped his feet and said, "Jin Yue, I have some dry tobacco grown by my nephew in my hometown. Do you want some?"
Jin Yue was about to say that he didn't smoke, but when he remembered that Mr. Shu would take out the two cigarettes that Secretary Liu passed to him before the New Year and smell them every day, he immediately changed the subject: "Sure, uncle, the ones grown at home have more flavor."
It is said that one should not eat food given out of pity, but he loved the smell of cigarettes given out of pity by Secretary Liu. When he got the cigarettes given by Uncle Feng, he rolled one for Teacher Shu and let him take a couple of puffs to show his dignity.
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The first batch of finished medicine, which was enough for the family to eat, was all exchanged. This is a real net profit. After all, most of the raw materials are picked from the mountains, and only two of the herbs are purchased with money, and both are very cheap herbs, so the cost is negligible.
Even Shu Wenming began to look at Jin Yue with an unfathomable look in his eyes. He even had a bold idea in his mind...
Of course, you can't take medicine randomly, and Jin Yue doesn't agree to anyone's change. She has to take the pulse and ask about the symptoms. Different conditions require different dosages and time of taking medicine.
While they were busy here, a few children suddenly ran in from the door over there, "Sister Jinyue, someone is looking for you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of firecrackers was heard at the gate.
"It's not a festival, who would set off firecrackers?"
"There are quite a few people looking for Sister Jin Yue!"
"This firecracker has at least 200 blasts, is there any dud? I want to pick up the duds!"
"Doctor Shu, thank you for curing my son Tie Niu. Our whole family is grateful that you came." Seven or eight people wearing sheepskin coats, white turbans, and green turbans were obviously honest country members.
Everyone was very surprised, as they only knew that Shu Jinyue worked at the epidemic prevention station, catching rats and killing mosquitoes, but they had never heard that she also saw outpatient clinics.
"Old Zhao, is this really your Jin Yue?"
"Teacher Shu, has your Jin Yue cured another difficult disease this time?"
Teacher Shu and Zhao Wanqiu were both confused, they didn’t know either! When the child comes home from get off work, she fiddles with the pills and occasionally talks about work. They always teach her to be humble and to take the initiative to wipe the table and sweep the floor.
Jin Yue didn't have time to care about these things. She was looking at the crowd and saw that the young man who had been pulled in on a flatbed cart more than a month ago, with a pair of chopstick legs, a belly like a frog, and lifeless eyes, was now walking here by himself!
His eyes are bright, his face is rosy, and his stomach is flat. If you tell anyone that he was sent home to prepare for his funeral more than a month ago, no one would believe it...
"He was supposed to come for a follow-up visit with Doctor Xiao Shu last week, but Tie Niu said he would take some more time to recuperate and come here on his own to thank you. We didn't believe him, but look at him now... He really walked all the way here. We asked him to take a ride, but he refused."
Old Man Sun's face was flushed as he continued, "Since taking Doctor Xiao Shu's medicine, Tie Niu has not had any stomachaches or fevers. He could eat half a steamed bun at first, but now he can eat three. If there was enough food at home, he could eat five!"
"She started working in the fields the day before yesterday. People in our team couldn't believe it." Sun's mother added, pulling a blushing girl over, "This is my daughter-in-law. She and Tie Niu are getting married next month."
"If Tieniu hadn't gotten this strange disease, they would have been married long ago and the baby would have run away." It was her loyalty that gave Sun Tieniu the courage and confidence to overcome the disease.
The two young people looked at each other lovingly, and the girl's face turned even redder.
"We went into the city early this morning and went to the hospital for a checkup. Look at what's written on the list. It says that the enlarged liver and spleen have shrunk. The doctor thought he had made a mistake and checked twice!"
Jin Yue took the list and looked at it, and it was true. When I felt the pulse again, the stringy feeling was gone, and it became calm and gentle, soft and strong, indicating that the stomach, spirit and root were all intact.
This is completely the pulse of a healthy person - victory in the first battle!
The others asked the Sun family about Sun Tieniu's previous illness, which was so shocking that even Aunt Li, who had always disliked Shu Jinyue, couldn't say a bad thing about him.
After all, there was no need for the Sun family to lie. Who would risk the life and health of their only son to give to an outsider? That's what she firmly believed.
Even the neighbors who heard the noise came over, marveled at it, and gave Jin Yue a thumbs up.
"I said Jin Yue was a smart kid before. Now I see I was right, right?"
"Yes, it's a blessing in disguise for Jin Yue to go to the countryside. Learning a skill is better than anything else, and doctors are popular everywhere."
To be honest, the Shu family's conditions are considered to be at the bottom of the social ladder and have no future, even among the slums. But now there is Shu Jinyue, who might become a golden phoenix in the future. So they have to build a good relationship with him, right?
When thinking about the big boss who had invited her to see a doctor before the New Year, it further confirmed the rumor that the big boss had arranged a job for her. Everyone was envious and jealous.
On this side, not only did the entire Sun family come out, they also sent Jin Yue ten kilograms of corn, two large baskets of potatoes, and seven or eight large white radishes. Although the item was not worth much, it was the best thing the impoverished Sun family could afford.
Zhao Wanqiu saw that she couldn't refuse, so she just accepted a few potatoes and radishes, saying, "You can't buy these things so fresh in the city, so we'll accept them. You can take the cornmeal back with you to help Tieniu recover quickly and earn work points to get married soon."
Everyone else thought that Zhao Wanqiu was right and that one should not "take advantage of the situation", but Aunt Li was shocked. Corn is a coarse grain, and it weighs ten kilograms! Zhao Wanqiu, this old spendthrift woman, actually pushed it away. If it were her, she would have to take another ten pounds...
After a long period of refusal from both sides, the Sun family finally accepted it, but they also agreed that the couple would get married next month and that Jin Yue's family should go. They raised a pig, which weighed only a little over 100 pounds, and they were reluctant to kill it at first, but in order to celebrate their son's health, and since marriage was also a happy event, they slaughtered it ruthlessly and asked them to go.
If the whole family goes there to eat, they would be taking advantage. The Shu family is not such a group of people, but there are too many of them and it would be awkward to push the issue back and forth, so they could only agree temporarily, thinking that they could find a reason not to go when the time comes.
After chatting for more than two hours, it was already dark and the Sun family left. Jin Yue was really tired.
He has to go to work, make medicine, and deal with interpersonal relationships. Even the donkeys in the production team don't have such a hard life!
Unexpectedly, just when she was about to go into the house to rest, Uncle Feng suddenly called her and grunted and couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.
Jin Yue was a little confused. Did he want to take back the tobacco he had just given him? Teacher Ke Shu is already happily drawing!
It's no wonder that Jin Yue thought about it more. The main reason was that Uncle Feng had a nickname called "Old Uncle Feng" in the compound. It was said that there were only wrong names, but no wrong nicknames. If he was given a peanut, he could drink enough wine for three months...if he was willing to drink.
"Uncle Feng, if you..."
"Jin Yue, can you go and help your sister Chunxia? She has recently developed a strange disease, and many doctors have been to see her but none of them can cure her. That's why your Aunt Feng is so anxious that I exchanged the Xiaoyao Pills with you."
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