A doctor who travels through two eras

Chapter 83 Authentic Angong Niuhuang Pills

After returning from the cashier counter, Lin Sanqi paid a total of 12 kilograms of food coupons and 14 yuan, in exchange for 20 kilograms of Daoxiangcun pastries of various flavors.

On average, one pound of cakes cost 6 liang of food coupons. (I wonder if this ratio is correct?)

However, Lin Sanqi also heard a piece of news from the salesperson. Due to the tight food supply, in order to further restrict people's purchases, "pastry tickets" will be introduced soon, and using food tickets alone will not be enough.

Although food coupons were in short supply, every family had some. However, if cake coupons were introduced, they would generally only be distributed during the New Year and other festivals, and the quantity would not be too large.

Without tickets, you cannot buy cakes and biscuits, and goods from bakeries like Daoxiangcun have become even scarcer, making it even harder to eat them.

Lin Sanqi sighed, thinking about tickets here and there. Was he going to be on the road of "buying tickets" and never come back?

Pan Cen and Pan Ren each carried five kilograms of cakes. They were already very happy and kept thanking:

"Thank you, brother-in-law. You are so generous!"

"That's right, brother-in-law, I'll follow you from now on!"

"What nonsense! How can you call me Brother Lin instead of Brother-in-law? So many cakes, so many food coupons, this, this..."

Pan Ye was so anxious that he didn't know what to do. He thought, this Lin Sanqi invited us to eat at Fengzeyuan and Daoxiangcun. Isn't this just a pretense? If we have no money and tickets, how can we live in the future?
"Lin Sanqi, do you have enough food coupons for this month? You have to eat too!"

Lin Sanqi thought that the problem of whether he had enough food coupons was not whether he had enough, but that he had too many and could not use them all up. There were not many people in the country who had surplus food coupons like he did.

"It's okay, don't forget where the rice for your family came from. I have ways to get food. At worst, I can sell a few pounds of tea and I'll have everything, haha."

Pan Ye agreed. A pound of jasmine tea could be sold at a sky-high price of 50 yuan. It seemed that Lin Sanqi had a mysterious source of goods and was not short of money.

Lin Sanqi didn't want to dwell on this kind of question. He held the cakes in one hand and held his niece's hand in the other.
"By the way, where is Tong Ren Tang? Let's go check it out!"

"It's less than 50 meters ahead. Let's go!"

Tong Ren Tang, a famous time-honored brand in the national traditional Chinese medicine industry, was founded in 1669 (the eighth year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty) by father and son Le Xianyang and Le Fengming.

It has been providing imperial medicine since 1723, and has been used by eight generations of emperors for 188 years. Its products are famous both at home and abroad for their "unique formula, superior materials, exquisite craftsmanship, and significant therapeutic effects."

When it comes to Tongrentang, many people may not have a deep impression of it, but later there was a famous TV series "The Mansion Gate" which talked about the story of their Le family.

The words of Bai Jingqi, Master Bai Qi, "Look ahead, it's dark, that must be the thieves' lair. I'll rush forward and kill them all" are very impressive.

Guo Baochang was a successful director, but he exposed all the scandals of the Le family. As the adopted son of the Le family, he was not a very decent person. No wonder the descendants of the Le family have never forgiven him.

Tong Ren Tang has many flagship products, such as Angong Niuhuang Pills, Dahuo Luo Pills, Niuhuang Qingxin Pills, Zixuesan, Yufeng Ningxin Tablets, Guogong Liquor, Wuji Baifeng Pills, Zhuanggu Medicinal Wine, Jufang Zhibao Pills, Zaizao Pills, and so on.

Some of them are unique secret medicines, and only direct descendants of the family can know the formula.

Unfortunately, the private pharmacy was later turned into a public institution, and its reputation has plummeted since then.

Over the years, Tong Ren Tang has been repeatedly exposed by the media and punished by regulatory authorities for counterfeiting, quality issues, and substandard products. Tong Ren Tang's 300-year-old reputation as a time-honored brand has long been riddled with holes.

After all, who would cherish something that is not their own? If you are destined to be a passing visitor, why not make some money before leaving...

A passer-by like Lin Sanqi also wanted to make a quick buck before Tong Ren Tang's reputation was ruined and the medicinal materials were still genuine. Lin Sanqi and Pan Ye led a group of children through the quaint gate of Tong Ren Tang, and were greeted by a burst of Chinese medicinal aroma. Lin Sanqi had smelled this smell for more than 20 years and it was intimate and familiar.

After entering the door, Lin Sanqi looked around and was surprised to find that the interior of Tongrentang was actually designed like a department store and a supply and marketing cooperative.

Except for a row of traditional Chinese medicine cabinets on the right, all the others are glass counters filled with various medicinal materials. On the pillars next to them are signs such as "ready-made medicines", "pills, powders, pastes and pills".

This store layout is completely different from traditional Chinese medicine shops and is a complete revolution.

This made Lin Sanqi very unhappy. Traditional Chinese medicine must follow the traditional route. It would be weird if it were neither Chinese nor Western.

Pan Ye was a little surprised, so he asked softly:

"Lin Sanqi, isn't your family from Kuanjie Chinese Medicine Hospital? What medicine do you have? Why do you still come to Tongrentang to buy medicine?"

Lin Sanqi shrugged: "Tong Ren Tang has its own secret recipe. Some Chinese medicine hospitals don't even have it, so we have to come here."

At this time, a 50-year-old staff member of Tong Ren Tang saw a customer coming and greeted him with a smile:

"Comrades, what can I do for you?"

The medical field is too professional. Even the clerks in traditional Chinese medicine shops are apprentices with certain knowledge of Chinese medicine. It is impossible for ordinary non-professionals to work in a pharmacy.

When a customer comes to the store, the waiter not only greets the customer, but also acts as a guide to help the customer choose the most suitable medicine.

These are all fine traditions. Of course, decades later, the guides in pharmacies are now responsible for tricking customers into buying a bunch of useless health products, so that they cannot buy the medicine they want.

"Oh, hello. I want to ask, I want to buy some Angong Niuhuang Pills. Do you have any in stock in the store now?"

When Lin Sanqi said this, several sales clerks nearby laughed and looked at Lin Sanqi as if he were a fool.

The male staff member just chuckled and straightened his bent back slightly:
"If you want to know about other medicines, we can't guarantee their quality, but if you want to know about Angong Niuhuang Pills, then Tongrentang is second to none. Do you want to know if we have any in stock? My answer is that we have as many as you want!"

The employees of Tongrentang in this era are still full of pride.

Lin Sanqi clapped his hands and said, "Okay, you are so straightforward. Come on, take me to have a look!"

The staff took Lin Sanqi and others to the "ready-made medicine counter" and said "Angong Niuhuang Pills" to the salesperson, who immediately took out a green brocade box from the glass cabinet.

Lin Sanqi thought the counter was quite fashionable, but the packaging of the medicine was quite traditional.

The male staff member opened the brocade box with his own hands, revealing a wax ball inside:

"Comrade, this is our Tong Ren Tang's secret medicine, An Gong Niu Huang Wan."

Pan Cen was dumbfounded when he saw it: "This, this is all wax, and you can't see the pills inside, how can you tell the good from the bad?"

The staff member looked at Pan Cen with some disdain: "Are there any bad medicines in our Tong Ren Tang?"

(End of this chapter)