Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 348 Chapter 347 Purple Potion

No matter how the external situation changes, ordinary people have to live their lives.

"Brother, rabbit meat is so delicious!" Early the next morning, Fengzhi was still savoring the taste of rabbit and said it directly.

"Okay, don't think about it. I'll go into the mountains to take a look at the weekend. Maybe I can catch one." Tang Zhitong comforted his sister by touching her head.

Recently, the supply of pork in street food stores is limited, and many people may not be able to buy it even if they get up early with tickets. They haven’t had meat at home for a while, and the one they ate last night was particularly sweet.

"Okay, hook up." Fengzhi took it seriously, stretched out her little finger and waved it twice in front of her brother as a signal.

"Hurry up and wash your face, eat, and get ready to go to school." Since both Tang Zhitong and Tang Fengzhen started school, the family has been divided into two groups for breakfast. Tang Zhitong, Wang Jingwen, and Tang Fengzhen are the first group. Those who finish eating go to school, and those who go to work At work, the second group is Zhang Guifang and Tang Fengzhi.

Tang Zhitong came to school and saw that all his classmates were listless.

"What's going on? Did someone cook it?" Tang Zhitong asked Lu Jian with his elbow.

"Growing radishes, I was busy all day yesterday. I really envy you, you escaped a disaster while studying." Lu Jian opened his hand and let Tang Zhitong take a look at the blisters on his hand.

At this time, Lu Jian and Tang Zhitong were silent. They sat quietly and continued to listen to the teacher's lecture.

During this period, Luo Zhiping went out and announced when he came back: "Students, the department has advanced our practical classes this semester. Tomorrow we will use the time of other classes to plant carrots, and we will use the practical classes to make up for it later. Everyone Be mentally prepared.”

"What are you thinking about? I borrowed a batch from the construction site and a batch from a nearby commune, one for each person." Lu Jian gave the little brother in front of him a look.

"Oh, did you really do it?" Tang Zhitong had expected it, suppressing a smile and asked with a little surprise.

There were no classes scheduled for the second half of the morning. Most of the students returned to the classroom to study by themselves and do the homework assigned by the math teacher.

"Okay, let's review it again. With so many people participating in labor at one time, the tools are not enough, right? Take turns? Or what?" Tang Zhitong does not reject this kind of collective labor, and has done it since he was a child.

"You prepare yours, I'll prepare mine, let you try my cooking." Tang Zhitong insisted on his opinion. The food in the school cafeteria is not expensive, but the taste is just that. After all, it is a big pot dish, and it cannot be too big. expectations.

"Don't come here, I don't care. I won't give you leave even if you have the final say. How can I leave you alone in this kind of group activity?" Lu Jian was unmoved and had a firm attitude, as if he was determined to drag Tang Zhitong into the water. Experience life attitude.

"Okay, no problem. I'll prepare some food then." Tang Zhitong nodded in agreement and said by the way.

"Good guy, I didn't notice it at all." Lu Jian sighed, his voice a little louder.

"I'm treating you, why do you need to prepare the food?" Lu Jian shook his head slightly, refusing to accept it.

"Is it weird? I also have a second-level chef skills certificate." Tang Zhitong showed off to his roommate.

If it were an ordinary student, he would have been scared a long time ago, but Lu Jian and Tang Zhitong were both old-timers. At most, they didn't speak, and they didn't show any fear at all.

"It's good. The department has thought it through very carefully." Tang Zhitong understands the department's approach. Since he has made up his mind to plant carrots, he has to seize the farming season. After all, tomorrow is the day of white dew, and the weather is getting colder, which affects crop yields.

After a day and a half of work, no one cheered and responded this time, and there were a few faint sighs.

"I'll listen to the announcement later. If we are scheduled to do the first half tomorrow, let's have a meal together in the afternoon without delaying your return home." Lu Jian suggested.

"Well, thank you, principal. I have something to do tomorrow, so I'll ask you for a day off." Tang Zhitong lay on the desk, facing Lu Jian sideways, and said with a serious face.

"Can you cook?" Now it was Lu Jian's turn to be surprised.

"Well, most of the day. The whole department is divided into two groups. Each group works for most of the day. The afternoon group works until dark. I heard that they haven't finished cleaning up yet. They have a day off today and will continue working tomorrow." Lu Jian looked at the blackboard and said, Looking forward, he looked like he was listening attentively, and his mouth moved slightly to tell Tang Zhitong.

This class was a math class, and the teacher was also a substitute teacher, so I wasn’t that confident, so I stopped clicking and continued my class without saying anything else.

"Those two students at the back, why don't you come up and talk?" The teacher stood on the podium and actually had a clear view of what was going on below. Sometimes he just didn't want to talk about it, but today the two students had been discussing it for a while, and he couldn't help it. , stopped the chalk in his hand, glanced at the back of the classroom, and said.

"Monitor, what time does it start tomorrow?" Tang Zhitong raised his hand and asked.

"Start from the first class." Luo Zhiping replied.

"Okay. Tomorrow is a day of practical classes. The course is a bit long. Would you like to trouble the female students to take some time to get some hot water and serve everyone?" Everyone performed their duties. Tang Zhitong's first consideration was the body fluids of his classmates. Replenish.

"No problem, Teacher Tang's suggestion is very good. Then I will trouble all the female students tomorrow." Luo Zhiping happily accepted Tang Zhitong's suggestion.

"We must do a good job in serving everyone, but, Teacher Tang, how to solve the problem of water stamps?" Liu Changling understood that Tang Zhitong was taking care of the female students, but everyone's water stamps were counted, and they certainly could not use the female students' water stamps. Subsidize the whole class.

"Use mine. I'm a day student, and I can't use one page of water stamps." Tang Zhitong was also happy, and took out the water stamps sandwiched in the textbook, filling the whole page.

The water stamps issued by the school are full-page, 30 in total, and can be torn off immediately. Each ticket contains a thermos of water, regardless of the size of the thermos.

Tang Zhitong occasionally drank some hot water from his roommate, but in fact, most of the time he drank the mountain spring water in the space.

"Teacher Tang, isn't this bad?" Before Luo Zhiping said anything, Liu Changling first revealed signs of declining Tang Zhitong's suggestion.

Liu Changling originally wanted to collect one from her classmates, not because she was stingy, but because girls have long hair and need more hot water to wash their hair. With thirty water stamps, they had to calculate every time they washed their hair. There are only a few tickets left, which is quite tight.

"There's nothing wrong with it, it's settled. In the future, if you don't have enough water tickets, you can ask me for them. I'll use less." Tang Zhitong walked directly to the front row with the water ticket and happily handed it to Liu Changling's hand. .

"Thank you, Teacher Tang. We applaud Teacher Tang for his dedication." Seeing that Tang Zhitong had made up his mind, Luo Zhiping suggested on the podium.

The student was simple-minded, and after hearing what Luo Zhiping said, he immediately started chirping.

"Thank you everyone, it's not a big deal, it's all what you should do. If you have anything in life in the future, you are welcome to come and talk to me." Tang Zhitong didn't expect Luo Zhiping to come out like this, so he quickly pressed it with both hands and said A few words of scene. After finishing his math homework, Tang Zhitong looked at the time. There were still about twenty minutes before get out of class ended, and he decisively slipped out of the back door.

When the students applauded just now, some frowned and some slapped the belly of another hand with their fingers.

It was unreasonable to compare it with the current practice. Tang Zhitong figured it out after thinking about it for a while. These young people were just like Lu Jian, who had blisters on their hands.

Thinking about it, it's strange that a group of young men and women who don't usually do much farm work have been wielding hoes for a day and a half, and their hands don't get blistered.

Tang Zhitong left the teaching building and went straight to the school hospital. It was said to be a school hospital, but it was actually the size of an infirmary.

Although the quality of the school hospital is not necessarily high, basic medicines are still available.

The school hospital serves a group of young people aged 18 or 19, who are strong and resistant, and there is no queue.

As soon as there was no registration at the school hospital, Tang Zhitong knocked on the door of the duty room and went in.

"What's wrong?" The doctor on duty was a young man. He put down the newspaper in his hand, looked at the patient, and held up the stethoscope on his chest, as if he wanted to auscultate the patient.

"Hello, teacher. It's like this. Our classmates have been participating in labor these two days. Many students have blistered hands and still insist on working. After the labor is over, they tremble when holding the pen, which brings some inconvenience to the study. This kind of spirit is very It moved me, so I thought about coming over to buy some medicine and rub it on everyone so that I can recover as soon as possible and devote myself to studying with more enthusiasm." Tang Zhitong sat down in front of the doctor and said something to himself. the goal of.

"Well, you don't need to buy it. Let me pour you some purple syrup. Don't worry about the small blisters. Just apply some purple syrup to the broken ones. They will be fine in three to five days." The doctor on duty said, picking up the purple syrup on the table. I looked at it first and saw that there was still a small half bottle inside.

"Don't pour it for you, I'll give these to you." Seeing that there wasn't much left, the doctor on duty estimated the amount and handed it directly to Tang Zhitong.

"Okay, let me thank the teacher on behalf of the students!" Tang Zhitong originally wanted to spend some money, but he didn't expect to get it for free. He stood up and took the bottle, bending down and bowing to the doctor on duty.

"Okay, Zaiju will send me away. I will encourage you to study hard and contribute to the country in the future." The doctor on duty was also humorous and made a joke with Tang Zhitong.

"Okay, I will bring the message to you. How about you give me some absorbent cotton?" Tang Zhitong looked at the purple liquid in his hand, and then at the doctor. He didn't have a cotton swab, so he couldn't apply it with his fingers. ?
"Look at my memory, I forgot about this." The doctor on duty opened the drawer and took out a thick roll of absorbent cotton, and started to pull it down bit by bit.

"Teacher, please give me more. There are about thirty students in our class. We will apply it once today, and we will have to continue working tomorrow, and maybe we will have to lather it again." Tang Zhitong was a discerning person. He quickly unscrewed the cap of the bottle and took out the medicine. The bottle was handed to the doctor. It was a free prostitute anyway, so he planned to get enough at once.

"You're quite thoughtful. Is your relationship here to be wholesale?" The doctor on duty was not annoyed. He pulled it down one by one, then stuffed it into a bottle, joking while pulling it.

"Hey, let the students experience the warmth of the school hospital today. I can't come here to trouble you tomorrow because of this trivial matter, right?" Tang Zhitong also followed suit.

"Then I have to thank you for the relief of work?" The doctor on duty happily exchanged words with Tang Zhitong.

"That's not necessary, as long as you don't think I'm nosy." Although Tang Zhitong was a talker, he knew that some words should not be followed.

"Okay, there must be fifty or sixty. I won't give you the tweezers." The doctor on duty used the tweezers to press down on the cotton balls, so that all the absorbent cotton was soaked in the purple liquid.

"Okay, I'll just squeeze it with my hands and use it. Thank you, doctor." Tang Zhitong took the medicine bottle and tightened it, waved goodbye, and left the infirmary.

Tang Zhitong looked at the purple potion in his hand with great interest. It was so famous that all the children born before 1990 had probably used it.

After drying, the violet liquid will change colors on the skin depending on the angle, and it is very color-fixing and is very difficult to wash off.

Purple potion is a common name among the people, and its scientific names are armor violet, gentian violet, and crystal violet. It has anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effects.

Before it was reported to cause cancer, it was widely used to treat skin wounds, ulcers, aphtha, and even burns and scalds.

In addition to violet potion, there is also a red potion (also known as 220), but the red potion is not as popular as the violet potion.

For a long time to come, purple potion, red potion, and oxytetracycline were known as the "three national miracle drugs" because there was no choice.

Oxytetracycline has serious side effects. However, even this antibiotic cannot be produced domestically. Only last year, with the help of Beifang, North China Pharmaceutical achieved mass production.

After lunch, Tang Zhitong took out the purple liquid and treated his roommate's blisters first.

"Hey, Teacher Tang is worthy of being a life committee member. He is very considerate. Come on, let me show you how to do it." Lu Jian had not participated in this kind of labor for several years, and he had blisters on his hands. He stretched out his hand generously. hands.

"The dormitory leader deserves to be the dormitory leader. He sets an example and strives to be the best." After a week of getting along, everyone has become familiar with each other, and Tang Zhitong is not weak at all.

"Don't mention it, let's give this advantage to students who need it more." Lu Jian responded with a smile.

"The head of the dormitory is clean and honest, and he is a role model for our generation." Tang Zhitong tasted something different from Lu Jian's words, but he did not think the worst and still admired him.

"Teacher Tang, I am convinced that you are talking like this. I can't help you. Go and wipe the other students." Lu Jian waved his two hands after wiping, telling Tang Zhitong to leave quickly and stop talking to him.

Tang Zhitong walked around the dormitory. In fact, only five committee members had scratched their hands. Lu Shi and Gu Mancang both had calloused hands, so it was no big deal.

After applying for Sanshe 219, Tang Zhitong went to the other dormitories of Class 593 in the Cable Department to build up a good impression. It must be said that the students who came from working-class families all had blisters. The students who came from rural areas all had blisters due to years of hard work. fine.

During self-study in the afternoon, Tang Zhitong handed the purple potion to Liu Changling and asked her to help the female classmate treat the wound. He also entrusted her to play the role of a hygienist tomorrow and treat the blisters of the injured.

After arranging these, Tang Zhitong finished his homework and got stuck.

Although Tang Zhitong knew that wearing a pair of gloves could effectively reduce friction on his palms during labor, he couldn't get so many gloves.

Maybe many students have gloves themselves, but for the sake of reputation, they will definitely not wear them tomorrow, otherwise they are likely to be said to be squeamish and unable to endure hardship...

(End of this chapter)