Su Honghong was very excited to see Li Xiyue and even called her husband over to meet her.
"I've heard about your heroic deeds for a long time, and I was thinking of going back to thank you properly when I had my vacation. Li Zhiqing, thank you for saving my grandma." Xu Xiaolong shook hands with Li Xiyue gratefully.
Li Xiyue said with a smile, "Grandma Yu and the brigade leader have already thanked us, so please don't be so polite."
"Alright, Li Zhiqing, what do you want to buy? I'll give you a discount." Xu Xiaolong was the manager of the supply and marketing cooperative, so he had the authority to lower the price a little.
Li Xiyue told them what she wanted to buy, and then thought about it again. She realized she didn't have enough fabric, and that she would sweat easily when it got hot, so she wanted to have more clothes to change into. So she asked if they had any fabric.
Xu Xiaolong said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "There happens to be a piece of flawed cloth in the warehouse. I can sell it to you without a ticket."
Li Xiyue said gratefully, "Then thank you, Manager Xu."
"Don't call me manager, just call me Brother Xiaolong from now on, and call my wife sister-in-law." After saying that, Xu Xiaolong went to the warehouse to get the fabric.
Su Honghong pulled Li Xiyue aside to talk, and the conversation eventually turned to buying meat. "At this time of year, there probably isn't any meat left to sell, right?"
“That’s perfect. I bought a piece of meat at noon but haven’t cooked it yet. If you want it, Li Zhiqing, I’ll give it to you first,” Su Honghong said.
Li Xiyue nodded vigorously, "Okay, I'll give you the money and the tickets."
Su Honghong paid the market price. The piece of meat wasn't much, just over half a jin (250 grams), so she gave her three mao (0.3 yuan) and half a jin of meat coupons.
Defective fabric doesn't require a coupon. It costs 33 yuan per bolt, which is 33 meters in total, at 1 yuan per meter.
Li Xiyue paid the bill, packed her things, and said goodbye to the hospitable couple.
As she left the supply and marketing cooperative and passed through an alley, she saw a familiar figure. Upon closer inspection, she recognized Wang Cuihua. She was struggling with a man, and then the two of them went into the alley.
The atmosphere between the two seemed somewhat ambiguous.
That doesn't make sense. Isn't Wang Cuihua's husband in the village?
Wang Cuihua is so old, wouldn't she... you know...?
Upon having this thought, Li Xiyue scoffed and, without getting involved, went to the health center.
Xu Dashan was already waiting. She put the basket on the car and went into the health center to move medicine and equipment.
The medicines included some Western medicine tablets for colds and fevers, such as pain relievers, as well as yeast tablets for indigestion, the traditional Chinese medicine Andrographis paniculata tablets, various vitamin tablets, and Analgin, which was later known as a "miracle drug".
Analgin has excellent antipyretic and analgesic effects, but it also has significant side effects.
Later generations have commented on Analgin's effects, noting that it reduces maximum health by 10%, restores 90% of health, and removes all negative effects.
Its fever-reducing and pain-relieving effects are stronger than ibuprofen.
Some people say that if ibuprofen is a precision-guided pistol, then aminopyrine is a barrage of artillery shells, causing massive damage to both sides.
Netizens joked, "Do you know why it's called Analgin? Because eating it will bring you closer and closer to your great-grandmother."
Analgin had significant side effects and was discontinued and deregistered in later generations. Li Xiyue was somewhat moved to see this miracle drug that had dominated the fever-reducing and pain-relieving industry for decades.
Besides Analgin, there is also the all-purpose ointment Jingwanhong.
When we were picking up the medicine, the nurse at the health center said that only their Hongtaiyang production team in the entire commune had Jingwanhong, and even the health center only had one or two doses.
Jingwanhong is indeed a rare medicine with a wide range of uses. It can treat burns, scalds, sunburns, bedsores, and can also be used to treat diaper rash in babies.
It seems Zhu Heping really took it to heart, even approving one dose of Jingwanhong.
The equipment consisted of a blood pressure monitor, a stethoscope, and a few syringes; that was all.
But this was already quite good for a village clinic, and Li Xiyue was satisfied as she loaded her things onto the donkey cart.
Wang Cuihua hadn't returned yet, and Xu Dashan didn't wait for her either, driving the oxcart back to the village.
Li Xiyue certainly didn't want to ride in the car with that gossipy woman; she wished she weren't there so that she could have some peace and quiet the whole way.
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