Traditional Chinese Medicine: Back to the years when educated youths went to the countryside

For two days in a row, Wang Chengzhou's house was extremely busy.

However, the initial enthusiasm faded, and on the third day, some older girls and younger wives were no longer willing to come.

The main reason is that the freshness at the beginning is gone, plus it is really tiring to prepare white rosin and baiziren. Both of them need to be heated by fire, making the whole yard smoky. The young woman loves beauty, so slowly Somewhat disgusted.

Wang Chengzhou didn't say much about this.

No walk of life in the world is easy, and only those who can persevere will gain something in the end.

Looking at the much deserted courtyard, Wang Chengzhou was finally able to take some time to read and teach Guo Mingyue some knowledge.

For the past few days, this girl has been sneaking in every day after Mrs. Guo Chen went out. In order to maintain order, she was busy working with the older girls and younger wives. She acted like a senior sister and never complained or complained about being tired.

Wang Chengzhou saw this and naturally wanted to compensate her. In addition to teaching her acupuncture and meridians, he also taught her some basics of traditional Chinese medicine.

For example, the main pathogenic mechanism in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine: external pathogenic factors and six exogenous factors, internal damage to seven emotions.

Guo Mingyue learned it with great interest, and even had nothing to do. He always tried some common diseases to see whether it was wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness and fire, or joy, anger, worry, sadness and fear.

However, her opinion was very one-sided, and Wang Chengzhou couldn't dig into it deeply. Talking too much would confuse her.Just slowly cultivate the thinking concepts of traditional Chinese medicine in this way.

"The last cage of white rosin is out of the pot!"

While they were chatting, the little daughter-in-law, who was sweating profusely in the winter, was like steamed buns, concocting the last bag of white rosin, and taking credit with a smile, "Wang Xiucai, this concocting medicinal ingredients is really tiring. , those little ladies are gone, and we are left doing the honest work, which is really exhausting."

"Tell me, how are you going to reward us?"

"We finally made it to the farm break, but here we come to suffer. You don't know, but you think we are your helpers."

Most of the remaining female members are kind-hearted, or have a strong heart, and can endure hardships and stand hard work. There are only about ten of them in total.I also saw a familiar figure among them, it was Yang Qiaoer who I hadn’t seen for a long time.

This girl noticed his gaze and shyly hid in the crowd, seeming to be a little more lively than before.

Wang Chengzhou suppressed his laughter and deliberately said with a straight face:

"You cry out that you are tired before you even do any work, and you have no future!"

"I taught you how to prepare herbal medicine. It's already generous enough without charging you any money, but you actually want a reward from me?"

"There is no reward. I will teach you two how to prepare herbal medicine and keep working!"

The faces of the young ladies and young wives immediately fell, they pouted and said aggrievedly: "Huh? Do you still have to work? You put it nicely, why are you teaching us how to cook, and you are not treating us as coolies? ?”

Wang Chengzhou raised his chin, put his hands behind his back, and said with a half-smile, "To learn or not to learn?"

"Then... let's learn?"

A dozen people looked at each other and began to hesitate.

"Wang Chengzhou, my dear brother-in-law!"

At this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from outside, as if someone had a big event. They started shouting as soon as they reached the street, "Are our parents at home? I brought Aixian and Shengnan to visit relatives. !”

Zhang Quanfa?
Hearing this news, the young ladies and young wives in the yard covered their mouths and chuckled.

Who doesn’t know Zhang Quanfa?Wang Honghe’s shabby son-in-law, Wang Aixian’s own uncle, Wang Chengzhou’s second brother-in-law!
Wang Chengzhou also had a look of embarrassment on his face.

Brother-in-law and so on, they were all called out behind each other's back in private, how could they be called out loud in front of each other?

Did this man drink horse urine and knock himself out?

Just as I was cursing, a group of bright red flowers walked in from the door. The second sister Wang Aixian's pace was not fast, as if she was pushed in by force. When she saw the people in the yard, her face turned red immediately. He pinched the corner of his clothes and twisted for a while.

Sure enough, Zhang Quanfa followed behind, holding a ball of striped green in his arms, his face glowing red.

Only then did everyone see clearly that Wang Aixian was wearing an extremely bright satin blouse with a newly made floral cotton-padded jacket underneath. She looked very pretty, and paired with the maroon color, she looked like a bride, beaming with joy.

And that green mass is their three-year-old daughter Zhang Shengnan.This little girl was wearing a corduroy coat, holding a splash drum in her hand, and there was a touch of bright red on her eyebrows, looking as proud as a child from the city.

Zhang Quanfa was even more showy. In addition to a pair of brand new Liang clothes, he also wore a pair of green shoes on his feet and was carrying a large bag of gifts in his hand.

I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but the cloth bag was opened, revealing the malted milk box, brown sugar paper, and pieces of White Rabbit toffee inside.

Seeing those fashionable packaging, the chuckles of the young girls and young wives all over the yard froze on their faces, and their eyes widened involuntarily, as if they could smell those sweet fragrances from such a distance.

Not to mention that these are silk satin, corduroy, and high-quality clothes...

Isn’t Zhang Quanfa a poor man?What's the matter with living on whims all day long and not following the right path, dragging down your wife and children to the point where they don't even have enough to eat?

"Hahaha!"

Everyone was looking blank, Zhang Quanfa burst out laughing boldly, walked straight over, and sighed as he came up:

"San'er, brother is rich!"

"This really depends on you!"

"Look at the clothes your sister and Katsuo are wearing, as well as my elegant demeanor, they are all obtained from the medicinal materials you gave me!"

At some point, Wang Aiduo came out of the house with his mouth open. He first glanced at the high-end gifts in the cloth pocket, and then rushed towards his second sister and nephew, looking at the glittering gifts on their bodies. The glowing clothes were so shocked that they were almost speechless.

"Auntie!"

Zhang Shengnan got close to Wang Chengzhou and Wang Aiduo, the two younger elders. When he saw her coming, he immediately smiled, stretched out his little hands and shouted.

Normally, Wang Aiduo would act like a villain and say a long "Hey" before eagerly picking up his niece.

However, today she hesitated for a while and wiped her hands on her clothes vigorously before she dared to reach out to take it.

It seems that he is afraid of staining the corduroy fabric, which is extremely rare in the countryside.

"Si Ya!"

The second sister was already embarrassed, but when she saw her acting up again, she immediately got angry and glared at her angrily, "Don't make a fool of yourself!"

Si Ya hugged Xiao Shengnan and became even more excited. Looking at the silk clothes on the second sister's body, she clicked her tongue and said exaggeratedly: "Comrade Wang Aixian, you are really incredible!"

"Look at the jacquard red silk dress you're wearing. Even the workers in the city wouldn't be willing to wear it casually!"

"Oh my god, second sister, you really survived!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the young ladies and young wives in the courtyard couldn't help bursting into laughter, but there was no trace of contempt in their eyebrows, they were full of envy.

"You child!"

The second sister's eyes turned red, and finally she couldn't hold it any longer, so she went up and took her little hand.

She had been looking forward to the words "get through it" for too long.

Because she had insisted on marrying Zhang Quanfa, she had a conflict with her parents, and she always wanted to get into a fight and let people see that her original choice, Wang Aixian, was right.

Four or five years later, she finally heard these words from her beloved sister.

How to make her not excited?
Hearing this, Zhang Quanfa's chest puffed up a little more.When he saw the girls and wives from his village in the yard, he immediately grabbed two handfuls of White Rabbit toffee from his pocket and scattered them out one by one.

Yang Qiaoer and others took it in their hands and were so rare that they were reluctant to eat it and looked at it over and over.

In those days, not everyone could afford this stuff, and farmers couldn't even think about it.

Now, everyone became more and more curious. How could a person who was too lazy to go to work suddenly become rich all of a sudden?Just now Zhang Quanfa said something about medicinal materials, could it be...

"San'er, the medicinal ingredients you concocted for me are really powerful!"

Zhang Quanfa worked hard and scattered a lot of White Rabbit toffees, and his face became even more happy, "We are also lucky. We met a noble person in the county, so we don't have to worry about selling those things!"

"I remember when you sold it at the market for [-] cents a pound, do you know how much I sold it in the county?"

"I'm really afraid of scaring you when I tell you, it costs two yuan!"

Not to mention, after hearing this, Wang Chengzhou almost made his eyes pop out.That’s quadrupled!Zhang Quanfa is really smart. How did he do it?
And when they heard the words "two yuan a pound", those older girls and younger wives almost spit out the White Rabbit toffee they just put in their mouths.

Some of them accidentally fell to the ground, and then they didn't mind the dirt, so they rinsed them with cold water as fast as they could, and quickly stuffed them back into their mouths.

What kind of thing sells for only two yuan a pound?This is almost as much as a man can earn by working for several days!

And this thing was concocted with the help of Wang Chengzhou...

Thinking of this, the eyes of the older girls and younger wives all lit up, and they stared at each other like she-wolves.

Wang Chengzhou coughed quickly. He had to restore his image as a noble man and could not continue to lose his composure. He frowned and asked, "Meet a noble man? What's going on? Let's talk about it."

"Hi!"

Zhang Quanfa slapped his thigh and spoke eloquently without hiding anything.

It turned out that this kid relied on the experience accumulated from his two previous trips to the city to do business, and ran into the staff compound carrying medicinal materials.He was already eloquent and had a very quick mind. He soon fooled the people in the city and wanted to know what was so powerful about him that he dared to call him "Smart Soup".

However, he was too evil-minded after all, and the price he charged was a little too high. The export price was only two yuan per pound, which annoyed the city people.You know, their monthly salary is only 30 yuan, and the top-notch veteran employee only earns 36 yuan. He dares to sell the local specialties he bought in the countryside at such an expensive price, which can match their two days' salary. .

Isn’t this just treating them like fools?
The angry city people started arguing with him and even shouted that they would send him to the police station and punish him for buying and selling.

Zhang Quanfa, who was about to enter the palace for the third time, started to sweat from his head.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, an old man with white beard and hair holding a book passed by. After understanding the whole story, he grabbed his medicinal materials and looked at them. He said that they were all genuine materials. What was especially rare was that this The cooking techniques of the three medicinal herbs were all very good. I didn't expect there to be such a capable person in the countryside, and then I left.

But after hearing his words, the employees suddenly became excited, and their attitude changed 180 degrees. They no longer thought that two yuan a pound was expensive, and they gave him a hug on the spot.

It made Zhang Quan's hair covered, and he made more than 100 yuan back in a daze...

Moreover, it was only after he came back that he understood the meaning.

It is estimated that the old man with white beard and hair is not an ordinary person. He is estimated to have a very high prestige in the county. More importantly, Wang Chengzhou's attitude towards the improvement of medicinal materials and flawless processing techniques have been recognized by others, giving him those who carried it to the city. The medicinal materials were given a quality assurance label, which made those people believe that this "smart soup" was real, so they sold them out.

Wang Chengzhou nodded silently and even thought of going to another level.

This old gentleman is an interesting person. I wonder if I will meet him in the future.

However, after hearing his story, the dozen or so girls and wives left in the yard went crazy. One by one, they crowded up and urged:

"Wang Xiucai, you said you wanted to teach us new cooking methods, but you keep your word."

"When do we start?"

"As long as you are willing to teach, no matter how hard or tiring it is, we are all willing to learn."

Wang Chengzhou and Zhang Quanfa looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

These little ladies must have been jealous of him getting rich, and they also realized that what Wang Chengzhou taught them was the real thing.

It stands to reason that when guests come to the door, the host needs to entertain them, but he has no time to continue teaching them.

But because Wang Chengzhou had worked for him for several days and proved his character, he made an exception and explained to them:
"I remember when I was growing up my crops, I said that Gouwahua and Frost Mulberry leaves are two very rare and good medicinal materials. Especially for us country people, they are even more precious."

"Do you know why?"

"It's because these two things, like 'Smart Soup', are both medicine and health care products. They can be sold for money in the market. Whether it is frost mulberry leaf tea or dragon-cutting halberd tea, there are traces of it throughout the ages. Yes, knowledgeable people will recognize them, just like my brother-in-law Zhang Quanfa’s experience.”

As soon as these words came out, all the girls and wives in the yard exploded.

It is very difficult for rural people to make money, especially in this age.Apart from working hard and earning some work points, there is basically no way to make money.

Some are so thirsty that they have to take the vegetables in front of and behind their houses to sell in the market in order to treat their children or buy two feet of cloth.

But that kind of thing is too common in the countryside, and the price is very cheap. A lot of them may not cost a few cents.Moreover, the uncle and aunt are almost blinded by waiting, and there may not be a single customer.

If what Wang Chengzhou said is true, frost mulberry leaves and gouwahua are medicinal teas that existed in ancient times, they would have a way to make money! (End of chapter)