Chapter 020 I Met a Good Person
In this way, all the gifts that Wen Jiancheng brought back were put away by Old Mrs. Wen.
Wen Jianye went to work in the town, found a partner, got married and started a family.
Over the years, Wen Jianye never expressed his gratitude and didn't even show any appreciation to his second brother during the New Year or other holidays.
As if it were natural.
At this moment, Wen Kexin mentioned the past.
Wen Jiancheng bit his lips and said, "Dad won't tell anyone. Besides, work is something we'll do after we separate."
Wang Qiaolian looked at her youngest son and warned him, "Ping An, don't tell anyone that your brother-in-law arranged a job for your father."
Wen Anxin nodded and said, "Mom, I'm not stupid!"
Wen Jiancheng suddenly felt extremely guilty, but even his five-year-old son knew that this should not be told. Why did I act so stupidly when I was 27 years old ten years ago?
Perhaps it is because I have longed for family affection since childhood and wanted to get the motherly love that I could never get.
It was not until I broke my leg that I realized that in my mother's eyes, I was just a tool.
He no longer wanted to think about the past, and he would never continue to be stupid in the future.
He is so stupid that he is not even as stupid as a five-year-old child!
The mother and her two children each had a piece of steamed cake and a bowl of porridge.
Wang Qiaolian used chopsticks to mix a small piece of brown sugar into the rice porridge and let her youngest son eat it.
Wen Ping'an liked it very much. After eating a piece of steamed cake, he felt full quickly.
Wen Kexin felt that she was only 60% full, and she estimated that her mother was not full either.
Put the remaining pickles in the lunch box and eat them at noon.
The doctors and nurses all went to work, and Wen Jiancheng started the drip again.
After the doctors and nurses left, Wen Kexin whispered, "Mom, I'll go to the Chinese medicine store to check."
"Go ahead, come back early, and don't waste your money."
Wen Ping'an had been bored staying in the ward for the past two days, and said expectantly, "Sister, can I go with you?"
Wen Kexin was about to agree.
Wang Qiaolian said hurriedly: "Your elder sister is doing something important, don't mess with her."
Wen Kexin thought for a moment and said, "I'll take you out this afternoon. I have something to do in the morning."
Wen Ping'an nodded sensibly and said, "Okay!"
In her previous life, Wen Kexin's grandfather was an old Chinese medicine doctor. He knew a lot about Chinese medicine and its preparation methods through what he had seen and heard. She never expected that she would be able to use them in the 1970s.
She left the hospital and found a Chinese medicine store on the side of the road and went in.
Inside there was an old Chinese doctor with a kind face and wearing reading glasses.
"Doctor, do you accept Chinese medicinal herbs?"
The old Chinese doctor raised his eyelids and looked at her, then said seriously, "Little girl, we don't accept fresh Chinese medicinal herbs here, but processed ones."
Wen Kexin nodded and said, "Doctor, I know how to prepare herbs. I wonder how much the prepared herbs cost?"
The old Chinese doctor looked at her with strange eyes. Why did this seemingly ordinary country girl have such different eyes and temperament?
He didn't answer, but turned around and randomly grabbed a few herbs from the medicine cabinet, placed them on the wrapping paper on the counter and asked, "Do you know these herbs?"
Wen Kexin immediately understood that the old Chinese doctor wanted to test her.
This is not a problem for her!
She looked at them, smelled them, pointed at several herbs and said, "This is honeysuckle, rehmannia root, pinellia tuber, motherwort, polygala root, and this is gastrodia elata..."
The old Chinese doctor quickly smiled and said, "You do know about medicinal herbs. Who did you learn from?"
Wen Kexin didn't dare to say that she learned it from her grandfather, but only said: "I learned it from the barefoot doctor in the production team."
"Yes, this is the price list for purchasing medicinal materials." The old Chinese doctor lowered his head and took out a thin booklet from the drawer.
Wen Kexin took a look and found that the prices were different for the first, second and third grades, so she asked tentatively, "Doctor, can I write it down?"
"Sure! Since you know Chinese medicine, why don't you take care of your body? You look pale and thin. I'll take your pulse later."
"Doctor, I only know a few Chinese medicinal herbs and learned some preparation techniques. I have never learned the skills to cure diseases and save lives."
The old Chinese doctor suddenly realized, "So that's it!"
Wen Kexin took out a pencil and a piece of paper from her pocket and wrote down the prices of common medicinal herbs.
I muttered to myself: the price of purchasing medicinal materials is too low.
"Doctor, is there a store in Taiping Town that sells Chinese medicine? Are the prices the same as here?"
"Little girl, do you live near Taiping Town?"
Wen Kexin nodded and said, "Yes!"
"My apprentice is in the pharmacy in Taiping Town. You can take the prepared Chinese herbs to him and he will grade them based on the quality of your preparation. He calls it Angelica dahurica."
Wen Kexin almost laughed out loud. The apprentice's name was interesting. When a master said it, it sounded like he missed his apprentice and was looking forward to his return.
"Doctor, may I ask your name?"
The old Chinese doctor said mysteriously: "My last name is Zhou..."
The old man cared about me and offered to take my pulse.
She took advantage of the situation and said, "Grandpa Zhou, I've heard a lot about you!"
The old Chinese doctor saw through the little girl's thoughts and waved his hand and said, "Okay, stop fooling around. I'll take your pulse."
Wen Kexin put away the copied price list and stretched out her thin arms.
The old Chinese doctor extended his index finger and thumb and placed them on her inch joint. After a while, he said in a friendly manner, "There is nothing wrong with your body, little girl. You are just suffering from long-term malnutrition. Eat more good food in the future."
"Grandpa Zhou, thank you very much! I'm going back now. I'll come visit you again if I have the chance."
"good!"
Walking out of the Chinese medicine store, Wen Kexin secretly felt lucky to have met a good person.
I looked around and found a scrap collection station not far away.
I soon remembered that my arrogant aunt treated the textbooks as treasures and would not lend them to the original owner no matter what.
The original owner borrowed other people's books to learn junior high school knowledge.
Why not go to a scrap collection station and see if there are any junior high or high school textbooks.
It is now 1975, and the college entrance examination will be resumed the year after next. Although the knowledge from junior high school and high school is still in her mind, she still needs to look at the textbooks of that era to have a general idea of what she has learned.
In my previous life, in period novels or TV dramas, it was often said that there were good things in scrap collection stations, and people would use the excuse of looking for textbooks to take a look.
She came to the scrap collection station with great interest and saw an old man sitting at the gate with a serious face.
Wen Kexin took out two tomatoes from her pocket and handed them over with a smile: "Uncle, try the persimmons from my vegetable garden. I want to go in and see if there are any junior high and high school textbooks."
The old man saw that it was a little girl wearing patched clothes, and then he saw that she was holding an attractive red persimmon in her hand, which was emitting a faint fragrance.
The serious face soon showed a smile and said, "I remember there is a textbook. Go look for it in the shed first. If you can't find it, I'll take you to the house to have a look."
Wen Kexin remembered a saying: If someone respects me one foot, I will respect him one yard.
The two tomatoes bribed the old man, and he was looking forward to seeing what good things were in the house.
Met a good person again!
She immediately became very happy and said with a sweet smile, "Sir, thank you for your help."
"It's not a problem. I packed them in the house because I was worried that the children would be anxious looking for their textbooks. You can look in the shed first."
"OK!"
Wen Kexin walked into a shed not far away and saw a lot of books, newspapers and other things piled up inside.
She lost no time and started looking for it quickly.
After searching for a long time, I found two junior high school textbooks and was immediately disappointed.
I glanced through the gap in the shed towards the front door and found the old man eating tomatoes with gusto.
She searched for a while and found some picture books.
I remembered that Ping An was fine in the hospital, so I bought it back for my brother to see.
He looked up and saw that the old man had eaten all the tomatoes. He then walked out and said awkwardly, "Grandpa, I found a few of the comic books my brother wanted. I wanted to find high school textbooks, but unfortunately I only found two junior high school textbooks..."
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