Chapter 93: Jin Yue's Ambition & the Cause of the First Attack...
Since the addition of the five generals headed by Fan Qiuyue, Shu Wenming felt that his small workshop finally had a bit of a "factory" feel to it.
The five of them were skilled in their work, cooperated well with each other, and worked efficiently. They didn't say a word and didn't even drink a sip of water, just to avoid going to the toilet and wasting time. Shu Wenming reminded them several times that it was time to go home after get off work, but they didn't want to leave.
"Comrade Shu, we have received so much wages from you, so please let us work two more hours."
"Yeah, we have nothing to do when we get home anyway, and it's still early."
"Children? Don't worry about them. They can cook for themselves. Their dad is here. When we get hungry, we will make food for ourselves and leave some for us. We can eat it when we get home."
"No, no, we are not tired at all. Compared with the past in the countryside, this is nothing. We just sit all day, out of the wind and sun, and do needlework. We don't dare to be so idle during the slack season."
Shu Wenming: “…”
They all acted as if they were afraid that they would not be allowed to work the next day.
The workers are efficient and work quickly. By the time the hottest time of the year comes in Book City, all the duck down has been turned into fluffy inner liners. All that’s left is to prepare the fabrics and sew them, which is also the job that tests the tailor’s skills the most.
As a major shareholder of the company, Jin Yue could hear her second brother "report" on the progress of the small workshop almost every day. When she heard this, she remembered something: "Second brother, please come up with a name for our down jackets. This will be our brand in the future."
Shu Wenming was also planning this. "Well, when we go to the mall to buy clothes, we see labels sewn on the collars. Why don't we call it Feixue? You can tell it's winter clothing from the name."
Shu Jinyue repeated it twice and felt that it was possible, but it didn't seem very eye-catching.
"If that doesn't work, we can just take one character from each of our names. That will be our brand from now on." Shu Wenming thought of that scene, his eyes full of fighting spirit, "Let's call it Mingyue!"
"Of course, you can call me Yue Ming."
Shu Jinyue's eyes lit up, "Okay, let's call it Mingyue Down Jacket!" As for whose name came first and whose came last, she didn't care, just Mingyue was more convenient.
Xu Duan reminded: "Go register the trademark first."
The three of them hit it off immediately and even started designing a trademark right away. However, one of them was a doctor, one was a soldier, and one was a vegetable seller. They knew nothing about painting, and their "designed" things had no aesthetic appeal at all.
After struggling for an hour, Shu Jin felt more and more overwhelmed as he looked at the draft papers scattered all over the floor. "Let's not embarrass ourselves. Professional money should be earned by professionals. Let's find an art student."
"By the way, speaking of aesthetics and sewing, I think we shouldn't do it ourselves. There's a ready-made master craftsman around us. Why go far away?"
"who?"
Jin Yue smiled and said, "Mrs. Zhao."
After so many years, she is still grateful to Jin Yue for "saving Zhao Dayong's life". Every year before winter, she knits a pair of gloves for each member of the Shu family, even the youngest Meng Meng Ya Ya is included. Of course, Jin Yue gets two pairs. The gloves she knitted were not only of the right size, but also very beautiful. Both the patterns and colors had the unique classical beauty of the Chinese people.
Shu Wenming slapped his forehead and said, "Yes, she used to make clothes for others privately, so her tailoring skills must be good."
Shu Wenming did what he said. He saw that it was only less than 8:30 in the evening, so he rode his bicycle straight to Zhao Dayong's house.
In the past two years, Zhao Dayong has accompanied him to other provinces several times. In addition, due to the special nature of his job, he has indeed earned some money. He has bought two bungalows in the past two years. His life has become much more affluent, and his son and daughter-in-law have both given birth to their second child.
When Zhao Dayong's wife heard what Shu Wenming said, she went to help without saying a word. Not only did she treat Zhao Dayong, she also took him around the country to make money. Even many of her businesses and old customers were introduced by Shu Jinyue... But every year they sent New Year gifts, the Shu family refused to accept them.
The next morning, Mrs. Zhao turned down other work, came to the Shu family, and began to discuss things with Shu Wenming.
As for Jin Yue, she is only responsible for investing money and occasionally coming up with some ideas. She doesn't care about anything else, mainly because she doesn't have that much energy. Although it is summer vacation again, her number of patients is increasing. Sometimes she has to see seventy patients a day. Even the experts in the municipal hospital and provincial hospital do not have such a large outpatient volume.
Of course, experts in large hospitals not only work in outpatient clinics, but also inpatient departments. Especially for young doctors in their early thirties like Mo Shuyi, they need to carry two burdens at the same time. Add to that other chores in the hospital and departments, and the workload increases exponentially. Shu Jinyue is able to read and input books every day while attending to such a large number of outpatients, all thanks to the fact that she is not working in a big hospital.
Just as I was thinking about it, Mr. Jiang called me.
"Jin Yue, you haven't come to see me for such a long time. I heard that you invited Wei Jun and Ai Hong to dinner a few days ago. How come you left me behind?"
The old man's voice was very kind. Jin Yue could clearly feel his love and care for her, but he did not completely treat her as a junior in the family. There seemed to be a hint of cultivation in his voice.
Even though the other party couldn't see her, she subconsciously stood up straight, raised her head and chest, "Uncle Jiang, look at what you said, if you don't mind me being annoying, I'll go see you tonight?"
The old man laughed happily, "It's a deal, I'll have my family steam the fragrant rice you like for you."
Jin Yue guessed that the old man couldn't have called her for no reason, he must have something to say. Xu Duan was not at home in the evening. After get off work, she went home and got some pickles made by her mother. They were not particularly salty, just right for eating with white porridge. She then went back to her room and got two bottles of medicine pills she made herself.
I have Grandma Hu's book in my hand, and I can't help but want to try making something myself. I used to make Xiaoyao Pills, and later I made Buzhong Yiqi Pills, Yangwei Pills, and Anshen Pills. The effects are good, the cost is not high, and they are suitable as gifts for others.
Recently, she happened to make some Tongnao Pills, which are specifically used to prevent cerebral thrombosis and obstruction. Mr. Jiang has a history of cerebral infarction, so this is just right for him.
Arriving at the gate of the compound, she just reported her name, and the guard let her in. Shu Jinyue came to the door of Jiang's house familiarly, and was about to knock on the door when a little cannonball rushed over and grabbed her waist, "Auntie!"
Xiaohuzi has started calling her aunt since they got married.
Behind him stood a skinny little girl who was half a head taller than him. She had pigtails and her big eyes were twinkling. "Auntie Jinyue."
Shu Jinyue touched her head and said, "Yinyin has grown so tall."
Seeing that Sister Jin Yue still remembered her, Yin Yin was so happy that she showed a row of snow-white little teeth. Ever since she recovered from her illness, her grandmother often asked her to come and play with Xiaohuzi. They climbed the rockery in the yard, caught goldfish in the pond, and dug earthworms on the grass. They played outdoors all day long. Their skin became darker, but their spirit was completely different.
The gentle and timid little girl seemed to be gone forever. Even Mr. Jiang laughed and talked about her glorious deeds: "Last month, she had a fight with the grandson of Mr. Wang, who was two years older than her, for Xiaohuzi. She pinned the boy to the ground and beat him until he screamed. Haha!"
Old Master Jiang sat on the sofa and said with a smile: "This old man Wang used to cry out when I beat him, and now his grandson is also crying out when my granddaughter beats him, humph!"
Shu Jinyue didn't dare to really believe that he was just an ordinary and unremarkable "old man". Anyone who could live in this yard was not an ordinary person.
She could only smile and give the things she brought, especially the Tongnao Pills, explaining how to take them and the precautions, and by the way, helping the old man to check his pulse.
"I know my own body well. There's nothing wrong with it. But you, someone asked the Health Department for someone a few days ago, and they specifically asked for you."
Jin Yue was stunned.
"The director of the internal medicine department of the city hospital, whose last name seems to be Jin, specifically asked their hospital to ask for people from higher-ups." The old man looked at her with a smile, "What do you think?"
Shu Jinyue pondered for a moment, made up his mind, and talked about his plan: "Uncle Jiang, I still want to concentrate on Chinese medicine in the future, and try my best to promote the advantages of Chinese medicine prescriptions in treating difficult and complicated diseases. At the same time, I also want to collect and organize Chinese medicine classics and cultural relics. I want to... well, how should I put it, I don't want to go to a general hospital."
Seeing that he was still smiling and encouraging, Jin Yue continued boldly: "I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. I think that according to the current trend, the Chinese medicine departments in large hospitals may not even be considered as scraps in the future. In the so-called Chinese medicine hospitals, every department will move closer to Westernization and use Western medicine standards as the standard, and finally become neither Chinese nor Western."
This is what she saw later on her mobile phone. Traditional Chinese medicine will gradually gain attention and support from the upper echelons, but it will unknowingly become "indistinct" under the influence of the market and capital.
"You mean, in the future, Chinese medicine might lose its unique characteristics?"
Not only has it lost its characteristics, its roots are almost being dug away!
Traditional Chinese medicine is cheap, so those highly profitable Western patented drugs will certainly defeat it. Plus, the neighbors next door are eyeing it covetously, shouting "kill him, kill him". If they kill the world's number one, they will be able to move up and get a bigger piece of the pie.
"A few years ago, I noticed a trend that both the private and government sectors in Japan have begun to vigorously study Chinese medicine. To be honest, I made my first fortune by selling Chinese patent medicines to them."
In the next fifty years, the huge amount of investment, rapid speed and outstanding results they made in the research of traditional Chinese medicine will be truly shocking. While people in Longguo were still struggling over whether traditional Chinese medicine was useless and whether Chinese medicine had toxic side effects, hundreds of patents for ancient Chinese medical prescriptions had already been registered by them. Jin Yue remembered that someone had counted that more than 200 prescriptions in the "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" alone had been basically registered by them, not to mention the many prescriptions that could be dug out from the vast amount of Chinese medical literature, which were enough for them to register without stopping at any cost.
Zhang Zhongjing is a Dragon people. His medical books are written in the Dragon people's language. Sun Simiao, Zhu Danxi, Zhang Jingyue, Li Shizhen... so many historical figures are all Dragon people themselves. Their works and academic thoughts are also precious spiritual wealth left to the Dragon people. As a result, all his father's works were registered!
Isn’t this infuriating enough? As a result, Country H will soon follow suit. Among the world's patents related to traditional Chinese medicine, Japan accounts for 70%, followed by Country H. And Country Lung, where traditional Chinese medicine has its roots, accounts for less than 10%. Isn't that funny?
While Longguo is still arguing over the liver and kidney toxicity caused by traditional Chinese medicine, Japan's exports of traditional Chinese medicine have accounted for more than 90% of the world's share. Japan has even turned to Longguo to build a medicinal material base, using Longguo's seeds, technology and land to grow medicinal materials that are sold to every corner of the world at high prices, but they cannot bear the Longguo logo.
Shu Jinyue always remembers the old professor crying in class: Where have the roots of traditional Chinese medicine gone?
Of course, these things have not happened yet, so Jin Yue couldn't say it clearly. She just said a few vague words. She sat opposite Mr. Jiang and drank a sip of warm water to calm her indignation: "I hope that Chinese medicine can maintain its own characteristics and shine in its own advantageous diseases."
She gave several examples. In fact, spleen and stomach diseases and diabetes are the diseases that TCM has advantages in treating. However, under the influence of multiple factors, in the future, many departments of TCM hospitals will first perform gastroscopy, prescribe acid-suppressing and stomach-protecting preparations, and give insulin when treating these diseases.
"Western doctors are better than us at performing gastroscopy and prescribing acid-suppressing and stomach-protecting drugs and insulin. So why are we following behind them? We are obviously studying Chinese medicine, so why did we abandon our own four diagnostic methods of observation, auscultation, inquiry and palpation? Why did we abandon the principles of symptom diagnosis, urgency and slowness, strengthening the body and eliminating evil, tonifying and purging the internal organs, and using different methods and prescriptions? [1] Why did we forget the many treatment principles that were summarized two thousand years ago and have been continuously improved and improved over the years?"
Jin Yueyue is getting sadder and sadder. “What we need most is cultural confidence.”
Cultural confidence, these four words are what Vietnam wants to do in the future!
Treating diseases and saving lives is just a means. What she really wants to do is to enable all Long people to have cultural confidence, to unswervingly like, believe in and use traditional Chinese medicine, and to firmly believe in the charm of traditional Chinese medicine culture, rather than westernizing everything and taking Western standards as the gold standard for everything.
Mr. Jiang clapped his hands, which had been placed on his knees, twice and said, "Yes, that's right. Why should they be right? Why should we do as they say? We also have our own characteristics. We should take a path that suits us, rather than following their rules and regulations."
Jin Yue whispered: "I was thinking, if one day, in this competition game, we can become the rule makers, how great it would be."
The old man looked at her deeply and said, "You have ambition."
"In the past six months, as the external environment has changed, the social landscape has also changed greatly. It's like opening a window and seeing the colorful world outside. This has both advantages and disadvantages. Young people are starting to watch only foreign movies and dress according to foreign fashion trends. This is nothing. Ordinary people live their lives based on these things. But when one day foreign movies and clothes are no longer pure, and they begin to export their values and rules to us through these small things in daily life, and even begin to take bullying and plundering our rules for granted, what should we do?"
"You know, the first ones to be exposed and affected are the young people."
The old man sighed and leaned back on the sofa, "If the spines of young people are bent, they will become their slaves."
"So, I want everyone to know that Longguo's own movies are also good, and its own clothes are also beautiful."
She smiled slyly, and the old man knew that she was definitely not talking about just "movies" and "clothes".
"Well, since you have this ambition, then go for it boldly, young man."
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This conversation lasted for more than two hours, and even until dinner was ready, the nanny did not dare to interrupt them.
But little Tiger couldn't stand being hungry, so he came in again and again. By the fifth time he came in, the old man was so angry that he laughed, "Eat, eat. You've been thinking about your stomach all day long."
After leaving the Jiang family, Jin Yue was suddenly awakened by the wind outside the door. Was he too unstable and too youthful to say these "big words" to the old man? It can be said that he was just "talking nonsense" in front of the old man.
But what the hell, she was just speaking her mind, that's all.
Just because she can’t achieve it now doesn’t mean she can’t achieve it in the future.
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In the following period of time, Shu Jinyue received good news continuously. First, there was news from Sato saying that her rhinitis medicine was in short supply. Although the cherry blossom season was over, for many Japanese people, rhinitis was not limited to spring. They asked his friend who runs a private clinic and said they wanted to buy some rhinitis medicine.
Shu Jinyue simply asked Kang Yongxin and Hu Rongsheng for help and prepared some more money for them. After sending it to them, he deposited another 20,000 yuan into their accounts.
With this money, Jin Yue’s investment in his second brother’s money came back.
At the same time, good news came from Xu Duan. After several rounds of trading, he saved some money and started preparing to run an auto parts factory. And the location of his factory is actually in Shenzhen.
"Why is it so far? You just got married. Wouldn't it be bad if he is gone for a few months?" Li Yulan said worriedly.
Last year, she gave birth to a little girl as she wished. This year, she can stand with the help of a chair. The little girl looks very much like Shang Guangming, with thick eyebrows, big eyes and an oval face. She is more heroic than other little girls. Shang Guangming named her Jenny, but Li Yulan thought it sounded too Western, so she changed her name to Zhenzhen.
Little Zhenzhen spit bubbles at Jin Yue. She loved him so much that she picked him up and kissed him hard.
"Since you like children so much, why not have one?"
Jin Yue shook his head, "Xu Duan and I have been too busy these past two years. Let's at least wait until we have established our careers."
The appearance of the cute Yaya, Niuniu, Zhenzhen, and Poppy Flower made her gradually fall in love with cute human cubs. She might give birth to them, but not now.
"We both agree on this matter and are not in a hurry." Jin Yue was not joking. They were strictly enforcing contraception now. She didn't want to become a mother before graduating from college.
"As for living apart, it's actually nothing. I trust his character."
Well, Li Yulan didn't say anything more. The main reason was that she also felt that life was immediately different after giving birth. It was as if her life had been disrupted and reshuffled. Now that the child was a little easier to take care of, she had a chance to breathe.
"Alas, let's cherish our current freedom."
Li Yulan is now content with having a daughter, and Shang Guangming can't wait to hold his daughter in his hands. He used to be a workaholic who spent more than ten hours at the company, but now he can't wait to fly home after work.
Mai Ke and Jimi are both grown up and can help with things at home within their ability. Li Yulan is actually in a pretty good condition now. Jin Yue recalled that last time he heard Liu Jinbu say that Director Niu was planning to promote her career.
"I heard you're getting promoted?"
Li Yulan smiled confidently. "Well, Director Niu wanted to arrange for me to be the director of women's affairs last year, but I just happened to give birth to a child. After my maternity leave, she asked me to go to night school for a while to improve my academic qualifications. Maybe next month."
"Congratulations, Sister Yulan."
"What are you talking about? I only found out later. Thanks to your Xu Duan, I wouldn't be able to come to the street office. I'm still doing odd jobs in the factory now."
She is a sharp talker, has a quick mind and a cheerful personality, making her very suitable for mass work. Her only disadvantage before was her academic qualifications, but fortunately she is studious and influenced by Jin Yue. She reads for a while every day, and gradually recognizes more and more words, which has no impact on her daily work.
"Although Director Niu likes to put on airs, he is actually quite good at employing people." Jin Yue recalled when she first started working. She didn't have a very good impression of Director Niu because the enthusiastic Sister Qiao kept praising him this and that. But after getting along with him for a few years, she found that Director Niu had a difficult position.
The older people in the street office are all old hands. Led by Sister Qiao, a group of old ladies and brothers like to wander around and chat whenever they have time. They are so talkative that Director Niu can't say anything, and of course he can't beat them. He can't be promoted, and can't be used. His position is actually quite difficult.
At this time, he liked to reuse and promote some capable young people. For example, the accountant and cashier who worked with Sister Qiao in the Finance Office was a young man. This way, he could at least help her cover up and avoid any major mistakes. For example, Li Yulan went to work in women's work. On the surface, it seemed that she was specifically responsible for solving trivial matters, but in fact it was a very challenging and training job.
A few years later, when Li Yulan had become proficient in grassroots work, he promoted her directly to the position of director of the Women's Department.
You know, those who can reach this position are at least as old as Sister Qiao, but Li Yulan is not even 30 years old yet! The key is that she doesn’t have a proper academic degree! Director Niu really deserves his name for his courage to use her and boldly break the rules.
Li Yulan didn't stay long. After chatting for a while, she went home to read. Jin Yue went to Shu Wenming to check on their work progress.
"At present, all the linings are completed, the fabrics have been cut, and only sewing is needed."
After Mrs. Zhao arrived, there were still not enough people, so she picked out a few women with good tailoring skills and good personalities from among those she often interacted with to come and help. The efficiency was immediately improved. Although Fan Qiuyue and the other four had finished their work, Shu Wenming did not let them go home, but continued to do tailoring work with Mrs. Zhao.
“It was slow at first, but they were willing to learn, and now they are doing pretty well.”
Mrs. Zhao is very skillful. Although the people she brought with her are not as good as hers, they are good tailors. She only needs to be responsible for embroidering appropriate patterns on each piece of cut cloth.
"Even if we only make women's styles, the fabrics we choose are all polyester, and the colors are white, red and yellow. Who would have thought that there would be such bright colors now?" Shu Wenming was full of emotion. In the past, Jin Yue wore a white down jacket and was the most handsome guy in Liuye Hutong for a whole year. Wen Li insisted on buying two pieces, and also enjoyed a glorious year.
Who would have thought that in just two or three years, there would be so many brighter colors on the market. Of course, all this started last month when Xu Duan called him from Shenzhen and asked him to go there quickly.
As soon as he got there, he found a manufacturer specializing in polyester fabrics in Hong Kong. The materials they produced came in a variety of colors, including plain and bright ones, and they could even make ones that were both beautiful and waterproof!
"Hong Kong City has been developed for many years more than us. I must go there if I have the chance."
He did not actually go to the port city this time, but just met the man in Shenzhen. The man had some friendship with Xu Duan, and his factory happened to be selling a batch of defective products, so he gave them to him at a price far below the market price. However, even with such quality, it still amazed everyone.
It is so bright and colorful that no woman can resist it!
Moreover, Mrs. Zhao designed three patterns on the fabrics herself. "Magnolia, green bamboo and peony are all the aesthetic tastes of us Dragon people. They are matched with suitable colors. Do you think they are beautiful?"
He picked up a yellow down jacket that was about to be sewn, and saw two beautiful magnolia flowers embroidered on the left side of the heart and on both cuffs. The bright color contained a hint of elegance, the background color was bold, but the pattern was very low-key. Jin Yue believed that no young girl could refuse it!
And such a beautiful-looking dress is not just a fake one. It is filled with enough duck down to greatly enhance its warmth retention performance. In the gray winter when even the sun is rarely seen, whoever wears such a dress will not be the most eye-catching one in the crowd, right?
A piece of clothing like this is light, convenient and durable. If you buy one, you can wear it for at least two or three years. Who can refuse it?
Anyway, the women of the Shu family couldn't refuse. "The eldest sister-in-law and the others have already agreed to leave one of each color for her when the time comes."
Shu Jinyue smiled and said, "I'll get one of each color, too."
Because this is the first year, we are not sure about the sales, and in order to reduce workload and mistakes, this batch of down jackets are all one-size-fits-all, based on the average body shape of ordinary people.
"Brother, I suggest you increase the production capacity and make more."
Shu Wenming's eyes lit up. "Do you also think that our product will be a big hit once it's released?"
It was rare for him to use two idioms in one breath. Jin Yue smiled and encouraged him: "Yes, according to my intuition, it is."
It would be strange if such a beautiful down jacket is not easy to sell. However, down jackets are seasonal consumables. After winter, basically no one buys them. If you want to make a lot of money, it is best to prepare everything before winter.
"The most important thing is, if we want to promote our own brand, we must seize the market before anyone else reacts. The more we seize, the more money we will make in the future."
As I said, a down jacket can be worn for several years. If you grab them this year, other brands will have less market share next year, and even less the year after. If you don’t grab them, you are leaving opportunities for others.
Is Shu Wenming such a kind person?
Shu Wenming gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll go borrow some more money."
The 20,000 yuan raised in the early stage has been spent. Jin Yue thought that there were other things that also required money, so she didn't say anything. Anyway, her second brother would be a big boss in the future, and he could still become a big boss without her help.
Shu Wenming has been so busy lately that his beard is untidy. If Xu Wenli hadn't supervised him, he wouldn't even remember to cut his hair. In the past, everyone said that he wanted to be a street scoundrel, but now he is busier than other workers.
Well, no one talks about him anymore, and everyone is eager to come to his small workshop to make money! Aunt Li, who laughed the loudest at the beginning, is now the most attentive one. She used to curse "The Shu family's kids are so annoying" before she went to sleep, but now she always says "You are the most capable among the Shu brothers and sisters", and she also brings food and drinks to Xu Wenli from time to time.
She could see that Shu Wenming loved his wife, so as long as she could please his wife and persuade her a little, the matter would be done.
However, Xu Wenli didn't dare to accept her things. When she first stepped into the No. 16 compound, Shu Wenming gave her a red warning - stay away from Aunt Li.
Yes, she has been doing this to the end in recent years. No matter whether it is good or bad, don't listen to it, don't believe it, don't ask for it, and don't eat it.
The brother and sister walked home chatting and laughing, and sure enough, Xu Wenli was chewing a piece of melon at home.
"Come on, eat quickly, and have a piece too, it's so sweet!"
"Where did the cantaloupe come from?"
"Sun Tieniu's family sent it, saying it was grown by themselves. I told them it was not easy for them to keep it and sell it for some daily necessities, but he insisted on giving it to me, and just left a full basket and ran away." Zhao Wanqiu said in the kitchen.
She also gave some to Sun Dalong and Qian Chunhua from the Intermediate Court. Whenever the couple went to the lake to fish, they would give some to Jin Yue. Every time they caught an eel, they would say they didn't like to eat it and give it to Jin Yue.
Jin Yue then went to find Qian Chunhua holding a piece of cantaloupe in his mouth, but saw Aunt Qian chasing Xiao Niuniu to put on her clothes. She was holding a thick pink floral cotton jacket in her hand. Jin Yue remembered that she picked it up from the garbage dump.
Clothes are still valuable these days and few people would throw them into the garbage dump. I don't know how she got lucky enough to dig out such a beautiful, almost new piece of clothing.
Because she was so lucky, many people saw the clothes when she washed them and hung them out to dry in the yard, so Jin Yue, who was buried in books, also knew the origin of the clothes.
The clumsy Aunt Qian chased after her, calling her "little ancestor" and "little aunt", begging her to stop and put on her clothes first.
"No no, it's hot!"
It turned out that the child felt too hot and didn't want to wear it, but Aunt Qian insisted on making her wear it.
Jin Yue looked at the weather today and it was still very hot. Adults should wear short sleeves and children should wear cotton jackets? Children have a fast metabolism and are much more afraid of heat than adults.
She couldn't bear to see it, "Aunt Qian, if little girl doesn't want to wear it, just change her to something thinner, don't hurt the child."
Aunt Qian moved her lips dryly, "This...if she doesn't wear it now, she won't be able to wear it anymore."
Yes, although the flowered cotton-padded jacket is new, it is really small. The little girl is already over three years old, and she can only wear it with difficulty now. Even the buttons cannot be buttoned and she has to tie it with a rope. If she really waits until winter and wears two sweaters inside, then she will have no chance of wearing the clothes.
Well, Jin Yue didn’t know what to say. Just to maximize the value of a piece of clothing he picked up, he forced the child to wear a cotton jacket in the middle of summer.
That’s because Qian Chunhua wasn’t here, otherwise he would definitely have a quarrel with her. He’s so unreliable.
Jin Yue didn't intend to meddle in her business and walked towards the backyard. After walking two steps, he suddenly remembered something. When Sun Ailan was ill, she would take off all her clothes and pants. Could it be the same principle here - the clothes made her uncomfortable?
At first, Jin Yue thought that Sun Ailan's behavior during her mental illness attack, such as staring blankly and refusing to sleep, taking off her clothes and running wildly, and banging her head against the wall and hurting herself, were all normal, because these symptoms had appeared in clinical symptom statistics. Her attention was all on the fact that she was taking notes in a notebook. This stereotyped and repetitive behavior made her feel very unusual. However, she and Sun Aihong went to see her several times during this period but gained nothing. Perhaps her focus was wrong from the beginning?
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"What? You said there's something wrong with my sister's clothes?" Sun Aihong found this call a little unbelievable.
"I'm not sure either. I just thought of it suddenly. Or maybe not. Is Sister Aihong free tomorrow? Let's go take a look together?"
Sun Aihong was very moved. She didn't expect that Jin Yue would go to the hospital again and again to treat the disease that her family had given up on. However, due to her sister's resistance, she couldn't even feel her sister's pulse after so many visits.
At noon the next day, thinking it was Sun Ailan's usual time to go out for fresh air, the two came to the mental hospital, still on the rooftop. Sun Ailan was still looking at the sky and taking notes, and a few sheets were still hanging on the railing.
Jin Yue had looked at the notebook last time. There was nothing special about it. It just contained the date, the weather, the clouds, what was eaten for lunch and how it tasted, what news was read in the newspaper, and what interesting thing someone in the ward did.
A running diary.
Sun Ailan seemed to be in a good mood today. She was humming a tune that Jin Yue had never heard before. On her white wrist, a well-worn watch reflected a silvery light under the sun.
Jin Yue suddenly had an idea. She pretended to be interested in the watch and said, "Sister Ailan, this watch is really beautiful. Can I take a look at it?"
She came several times and was always quiet every time. Sun Ailan didn't reject her, so she nodded.
However, she did not take off the watch. Jin Yue walked over, squatted down, put three fingers on her wrist, and seemed to be looking at the watch seriously. "It's really beautiful. Watches of this brand are rare."
"Yes, it was given to me by an old friend. We each had one back then."
Jin Yue knew, of course, that this was bought by the childhood sweethearts when they walked hand in hand into the department store after Sun's father agreed to her marriage to her fiancé. It was a token of their love.
That man saved money and traveled across mountains and rivers to find her, and finally used all his savings to buy two cheapest watches in the store that were not very well made. From then on, they were separated forever, and she could never take off this watch again.
"Well, but I think it might be more convenient for you to wear it on the other hand so that it won't bump into anything when you write, and it will easily get scratched over time."
After listening to Jin Yue's sincere advice, Sun Ailan really took off her watch and put it on her other hand. Jin Yue stretched out three fingers to help...
Soon, Jin Yue left the rooftop under the pretext of going to the bathroom.
When she looked at her watch, she was actually taking her pulse. Sun Ailan's pulse is fine and her tongue coating is light yellow and her tongue is red. Judging from the tongue and pulse alone, it is a typical case of Yin deficiency, not a difficult or complicated disease. Regardless of the hospital nursing records or Ailan's own statement, there is nothing abnormal about her except that she is thirsty, wants to drink water, and occasionally sweats at night.
It seems like a very simple, mild case of Yin deficiency.
But Jin Yue always felt something was wrong. She came to Sun Ailan's ward. Because of Sun's father's arrangement, she had a separate ward. The room was clean and tidy, the bed had no peculiar smell, and the clothes were neatly folded on the bed.
She took out a pair of disposable medical gloves from her schoolbag, put them on, and carefully checked Sun Ailan's clothes.
There was no peculiar smell, and no foreign objects that shouldn't be on clothes, no needles, thorns, sawdust, pollen, etc. Upon questioning, she herself did not have any allergies to any substances.
In fact, every piece of clothing was excessively clean. If it weren't for the washed collars and cuffs without a single hair on them, Jin Yue would have doubted whether these clothes had ever been worn.
Jin Yue checked her pillow, bedding, and separate small desk again, but still found nothing unusual. However, maybe the pillows and bedding haven't been washed for a while, so the color is a little darker.
Jin Yue guessed that Ailan washed the clothes herself, so they were washed and changed every day and were very clean, but the bedding and quilts were changed and washed by the hospital. With so many patients in the hospital, it was impossible to change them every day, so they were used for a longer time. This was understandable. After all, she had seen news on her mobile phone in her previous life about mentally ill patients using bed sheets made of purple sand. She could wash her own clothes, probably because Sun's father had asked for permission, but it was impossible for her to wash bed sheets and quilts. No one wanted to take the responsibility.
"That's strange. There's nothing wrong with her clothes. Could it be that she's depressed because of her fiancé's death, and has mental problems because of it?"
It is not uncommon for mental illness to become insane due to emotional setbacks or the death of a lover. So when the doctor asked about the cause of the illness, everyone in the Sun family said so, and it was recorded so in the medical records. But Jin Yue now doubts, is this really the case?
If the death of her fiancé was truly an unbearable blow to her, she would probably treasure the things he left her, such as the watch on her wrist.
But when she was sick, she lost her watch several times, but she didn't notice it. On the contrary, her notebook was more important than her watch and she never lost it.
If she really missed her fiancé so much, shouldn't she have shown it in her diary? For example, emotions such as longing, remembering, and sadness, but after reading several diaries, Jin Yue did not find any such emotions expressed.
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"What? You suspect that the reason my sister's illness was not due to the death of her fiancé, but some other hidden secret?" Sun Aihong asked in surprise after leaving the mental hospital.
Jin Yue nodded. "For the occurrence of general mental illness, it is very important to find out the time, place, and cause of the first onset. Do you remember the situation at that time?"
"It was one night ten years ago. I was not at the bookstore. Niu called my dad and said that my sister was not right. She was banging her head against the wall and mumbling something. My dad went to their house to check on her. She was unconscious and could not recognize anyone. My dad immediately sent her to the hospital. The doctor used a sedative to calm her down."
"The man surnamed Niu said that while he was sleeping, my sister suddenly ran into the bathroom in the middle of the night to take a shower. She rubbed her skin all over, as if there was something dirty on her body that couldn't be washed off, and he couldn't stop her."
Jin Yue was a little surprised, "Sister Ailan, do you usually pay attention to hygiene?"
"Yes, she has been very hygienic since she was young. She takes a bath almost every day and washes her hands at least ten times a day."
Jin Yue said in his heart: Is it mysophobia?
Considering her stereotyped and repetitive action of holding a notebook and writing something, could it be that Sun Ailan was born with obsessive-compulsive disorder? This shows that her heart is different from that of ordinary people and she is obviously more fragile than others. At this time, the death of her fiancé is the last straw that breaks her psychological defenses.
"No, no, no, that's not right. Her fiancé died eighteen years ago, but she became ill ten years ago. Perhaps something very stimulating happened to her during these ten years."
Otherwise, the time when the disease should have occurred would have been eighteen years ago, not eight years after marriage when he had a seven-year-old son.
"My sister loves her nephew very much. In the past, Niu was always busy with work and rarely came home. She raised the child alone. She would pick him up and drop him off no matter it was windy or rainy. She would buy him whatever he wanted... Of course, she didn't raise the child in a bad way. He was very well-behaved and sensible since he was young. He could help his mother with work when he was very young."
Now he still insists on giving his mother treatment, fearing that her condition will worsen if she stops taking medicine at home.
"Niu actually didn't want to treat my sister a long time ago. It was my nephew who insisted on treatment. Every time the fees he paid were gone, he would go to his father to ask for money. A few times, he even went to the workplace to force him to pay, so the relationship between father and son was a little strained."
"In fact, my father and I can also pay, but my nephew is stubborn and said that as long as they don't get divorced, the money will be given to his father."
Sun Aihong sighed. She sighed more often in the past few days than before. "You don't have to blame yourself too much. We can accept it even if you can't be cured. We won't blame you." They had already accepted it. As long as it didn't get worse, even if their sister remained in this condition, they were willing to accept it and take care of her for the rest of her life.
Shu Jinyue frowned. Since her son was so filial, the relationship between mother and son should be harmonious. There was no reason for Sun Ailan to suddenly fall ill ten years ago. She must have been stimulated by something.
Taking a shower in the middle of the night, I wanted to rub off a layer of skin... It was a bit like the reaction after something happened. Jin Yue thought about it and hesitated.
Sun Aihong looked at her while driving, "Why, do you have any ideas?"
"Sister Ailan used to take a bath in the middle of the night?"
"How is this possible? Who would take a shower in the middle of the night for no reason? Even though she likes to be clean, she wouldn't do something like this that would disturb others' rest."
Jin Yue sighed, "It's just a guess, just listen to it for now."
"Well, go ahead."
"How about you guys take a good look at what happened to Sister Ailan on the night she fell ill ten years ago? I'm a doctor, so I'll tell you straight away. Pay special attention to whether she was forced to have sex with anyone against her will that day or a few days ago."
Sun Aihong was stunned, then shocked and heartbroken. As a woman, she knew that Jin Yue's suspicion was the most likely one at the moment!
If the death of her fiancé really drove the sister crazy, she shouldn't have gone crazy at that time. Instead, she suddenly and frantically scrubbed herself in the middle of the night, which proved psychologically that she felt she was "unclean". She would take off all her clothes every time the attack became serious, which also showed that she felt she was "unclean". Banging her head against the wall showed that she was disgusted with herself in her heart... The answer seemed to be obvious.
She took a deep breath and drove the car steadily to Liuye Hutong. "Jinyue, you go back first. I will go to my father to find out what happened. He rushed to their house as soon as he received the call. He should be the one who knows the situation best."
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