A doctor who travels through two eras

Three days later, Tonghua Railway Station

Lin Sanqi came out of the car shivering. Even though he had a military coat wrapped over his cotton-padded jacket and his underwear was covered with hot packs, he still felt like he was freezing.

For a genuine southerner, the coldness in the Northeast is no longer a physical coldness, but a magical, all-round, 360-degree attack with no blind spots.

Seeing Lin Sanqi shaking every two steps, the fellow Northeasterners on the platform all laughed.

One of the middle-aged men asked, "Comrade, you are from the South, right?"

Lin Sanqi adjusted his Lei Feng cap and nodded: "I'm from the capital, but my hometown is Huadu, which is as south as it can be."

"Oh, no wonder, why would comrades from the capital come here on business trip? It's icy and snowy here, there's nothing to ask for."

Lin Sanqi knew that the other person was not really concerned about you, but was just trying to trick you. If a stranger suddenly came to a small border town like this, everyone would think that he was a walking 50 person.

"I'm from the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and I need to come to your place to buy ginseng. I also want to see the northern scenery described by the great man, with thousands of miles of ice and snow, and feel the beautiful mountains and rivers of our motherland."

This is a beautiful statement. To use the words of later generations, it is called political correctness, and it will work no matter where you go.

Sure enough, when the people on the platform heard this, they were filled with awe and respect for Lin Sanqi. Following the scenery described by the great man was the greatest praise for the Northeast.

The extroverted fellows from Northeast China suddenly became enthusiastic:

"Young man, where do you want to visit? Tell us a place and we will take you there with a shovel. We will make sure that the comrades in the capital can feel the warmth of our Northeast Bank."

"What is a plow?"

"Haha, you don't know what a plow is? It's the sled in the books, pulled by horses, chug chug fast."

Lin Sanqi understood. A few decades later, it would cost dozens of yuan to travel around the scenic spots in Northeast China. It is probably the main means of transportation in Northeast China in winter now.

But the sled is open-air, and in the extremely cold weather in Northeast China with temperatures of dozens of degrees below zero, riding a sled is not a pleasure but a torture, and you will definitely be blown into an ice stick.

"No, no, comrade, if anyone of you is kind enough to give me a ride to your Tonghua Ginseng Cooperative, that would be fine."

"Why not? Come on, I'm just on my way!"

After hearing this, a passenger enthusiastically invited Lin Sanqi to go with him for free. It must be said that people in Northeast China are very righteous.

Tonghua Ginseng Cooperative is not far from the railway station.

This is a small city. Maybe because it is too cold, there are few pedestrians on the streets. Even though it is almost New Year, there is no festive atmosphere and it seems gloomy.

Lin Sanqi sat on the sled and observed, sighing secretly, thinking that the people of the whole country would have to endure another year.

After a while, the fellow from Northeast China parked the sled in front of a two-story building:

"Comrade, we're here. This is the Ginseng Cooperative Headquarters."

Lin Sanqi climbed down from the sled with difficulty, his hands and feet numb from the cold:
"Thank you, Master. Please wait a moment."

After saying that, Lin Sanqi took out a small bottle of Erguotou from his backpack, the label of which had been removed: "Here, Master, warm yourself up."

When the fellow from Northeast China saw that it was white wine, he burst into laughter without any hesitation:

"I shouldn't take it, but this is good wine. I feel bad for accepting it, brother. Thank you very much."

The two sides were polite for a long time before saying goodbye. Lin Sanqi specially purchased a lot of small bottles of Erguotou in the market in 2013 for this trip to Northeast China, just to build up relationships.

Tonghua Ginseng Cooperative General Association
Lin Sanqi looked at the sign at the door and knew that he had not found the wrong place, so he went in.

"Comrade, who are you looking for?"

"Oh, I'm from the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. My name is Lin Sanqi, and I've contacted your president You Liqun in advance."

"You are Dean Lin from the capital. Wow, you are too young. President, hurry up, Dean Lin is here!"

The female staff member yelled at all the staff members in the office. Then Lin Sanqi saw a middle-aged man running down from the second floor, rushing over at a flying speed:

"President Lin, we have been looking forward to your coming, haha. Uh, President Lin, you... look so young..." You Liqun's hand suddenly stopped in mid-air. Should he shake hands or not? Wouldn't it be too embarrassing if he recognized the wrong person?

Lin Sanqi chuckled. He was only 23 years old this year. To anyone, he looked like an ordinary staff member. In the eyes of the general public, all the deans from the capital had to be white-haired old men.

"President You, you are not mistaken. Here, this is my work ID. I am Lin Sanqi from the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. However, I am not the dean, but the deputy, hehe."

You Liqun looked at his work ID and then at Lin Sanqi, his mouth wide open in surprise.

"Oh, I am sorry, please forgive me, Dean Lin. Look at my dog ​​eyes, I didn't recognize the real Buddha. Please come in, Xiaomei, go make some tea!"

President You took Lin Sanqi to the office upstairs, leaving a group of staff members chattering and gossiping.

"Wow, the vice president is so young? I saw that he is not even 30 years old."

"How can he be thirty? I saw that he is younger than my son. He must be in his early twenties at most."

"Are all the big units in the capital so impressive? He's already a vice president at such a young age. Is he at the deputy section chief level?"

"Bullshit, you don't know anything. The Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine is a department-level unit, and the vice president is a deputy department-level unit."

"Oh, our president is a regular section chief, isn't that three levels higher than our president?"

"There must be someone at home, otherwise how could a baby who had just been weaned climb to such a high position?"

"that is……"

The president's office was warm. Lin Sanqi sat by the fire for a while and then he felt alive again.

After You Liqun made the tea, he carefully sat on the chair, smiling apologetically:

"It's almost the New Year, and Dean Lin has to travel all the way to the Northeast to deliver food to us. I really can't express my gratitude in words."

Lin Sanqi burst out laughing:
"President You, don't worry. As long as the warehouse is ready, the food will arrive soon. I'm here, are you still worried that I'll be empty-handed?"

You Liqun was not embarrassed and continued to smile:

"That's right, Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine has always supported our work. Comrade Yang Jinbo from the Procurement Department of your unit is an old friend of ours."

Lin Sanqi thought about Yang Jinbo, who was the team leader in charge of purchasing in the Northeast region, but he had only met him a few times and was not familiar with him.

"By the way, President You, are natural disasters in your Northeast also so serious? I see white snow everywhere, and auspicious snow should indicate a good harvest."

Upon hearing this, You Liqun sighed:

"Dean Lin, you don't know that in recent years, the heavens have been playing tricks on us. There have been constant floods in the south and severe droughts in the north. In our Northeast, it has been cold all year round.

Look outside, it's more than 30 degrees below zero now. Even in the spring when it's time to plant crops, the temperature is extremely low. The seeds will be frozen to death if they are planted. Even if they sprout, they will be born with deficiencies and the yield will be extremely low.

The key is that we are in the forest area of ​​Northeast China, with little arable land, which makes it even worse. Ginseng farmers wander around in the mountains all day looking for ginseng, sometimes they stay in the mountains for several months, which is not the type of work that farmers do.

Fortunately, we are all experienced hunters here, and we can still hunt some game, pick some pine nuts and hazelnuts, otherwise we would really starve to death, so I can only shamelessly ask you to support us. "

Lin Sanqi didn't want to be taken advantage of by President You, otherwise there would be endless troubles in the future. He had to cry poor when it was time to cry poor:

"Life is not easy in the Northeast, and it's not much better in the capital. Now the food quota for workers in the capital is only 24 kilograms for men and 21 kilograms for women, and this is under the premise that the whole country supports the capital, not to mention other regions.

I did get the food, but it was grown by our farm, not bought from outside. Even so, the staff of our hospital tightened their belts to save money, which was not easy. "

President You was a little embarrassed. "Yes, yes, it's not easy. Thank you to the comrades from the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine for their support."

President You was thinking, as long as there is food, I don’t care where it comes from. What shamelessness do I have for a bite to eat?
After Lin Sanqi finished talking about the difficulties, he knew that he had to give the good stuff. He came to the Northeast in person, not only to help "transport" the food, but also to get some good stuff.

He just didn't believe that such a large ginseng cooperative would not have good products. It was just a matter of price.

Now for Lin Sanqi, you can give him food if you want it and money if you want it. He is just a "middleman" who wants the best wild ginseng. (End of this chapter)