1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 58: Insect Repellent Pagoda Candy

"Don't be in a hurry, everyone line up!" A doctor in a white coat was sweating profusely as he maintained order.

There were also several medical staff in front of a table, distributing items and taking records.

In the summer, they were a group of half-grown children, standing behind the children under ten years old, and then the adults.

The sun was about to set at this time. If we didn't hurry, it would soon be dark and we wouldn't be able to continue working.

The job of those in white coats is to hand out “candy bars”!
At least that's what many kids who were cheering and jumping for joy thought.

What the medical staff distributed were colorful, finger-sized, cone-shaped, wavy lines, and little things like spires.

This is called pagoda candy.

In fact, although pagoda candy is called candy, it was just a kind of medicine at the beginning. But its taste was really bad, so pharmaceutical manufacturers started to add sugar to pagoda candy.

The main effect of pagoda candy is to expel roundworms.

"I am the worm in your stomach. I know what you are thinking." This is a popular saying these days.

In later generations, this situation is absolutely unimaginable - the proportion of people with roundworms in their bodies!

This situation gradually improved after the new century.

Due to poor hygiene conditions and hygiene awareness, parasitic diseases are very serious these days.

Even in the early days of the founding of the country, there was a very serious "big belly disease" in the south, which was schistosomiasis.

In the winter of 50, farmers in Rentun Village, a suburb of Mo City, jointly wrote a letter to their teachers, hoping that schistosomiasis could be cured as soon as possible.

According to local chronicles, Rentun Village was a severely affected area by schistosomiasis. In 29, there were 275 households and 960 people, but by 49, there were only 154 households and 461 people. Most of the young and middle-aged people in the village had lost their ability to work.

There was a folk song at that time: Belly disease is a harmful spirit, it is the root of disaster in Rentun Village; it only sees death, not life, and girls will not marry in Rentun Village.

This letter eventually reached the hands of the teacher, who immediately instructed to send a medical team to Rentun Village to deliver medical care and medicine to diagnose and treat illnesses!
It was not until 58 that the eradication of schistosomiasis began to show initial success.

The teacher also wrote two poems for this purpose... (I won't post them now, probably because they won't allow me to do so)

Although roundworms are not as deadly as blood-sucking worms, they are still very harmful these days.

Having roundworms in the stomach can cause occasional stomach pain and lead to malnutrition.

Food is already scarce these days, and if you add in roundworms, you’ll be starving to death!
This anthelmintic pagoda candy is used to eliminate roundworms in the stomach.

The Ministry of Health vigorously promoted pagoda candy and called on all people to take it to expel roundworms.

Look, almost every alley is “distributing candy” together!
This pagoda candy contains an ingredient called Artemisia selengensis, a plant native to the woolly bear.

At that time, the Russian bear gave us 20 grams of seeds. We divided the seeds into four parts and planted them in different areas.

While the other three failed, the one in Weifang fortunately survived. After the successful cultivation of Artemisia annua, the researchers began to plant it in large quantities.

Later, we encountered the three-year disaster and the campaign. It was not until the first two years were over that we were able to increase the planting area again, which led to this "national de-insectization" campaign.

The active ingredients of Artemisia Ascaris can paralyze the muscles of roundworms, preventing them from attaching to the patient's intestinal wall and pulling them out with gastrointestinal peristalsis.

But because it has no insecticidal effect, everything that comes out is alive!

It is said that someone woke up in the middle of the night, touched his butt and found that half of it had already come out, then he quickly ran to the toilet, squatted and pulled the other half out!

These are the few but still fresh memories of many older generations from their childhood...

However, in 82, we developed a new drug to expel roundworms, and the old-fashioned pagoda candy was officially discontinued.

Later, the ingredients of food in the 1980s and 1990s were different.

By 85, even the old comrade who was in charge of planting this plant hid the seeds at the bottom of a well, but they could not be saved - Artemisia selengensis became extinct in the country.

"Hehe, so sweet!" Dachun ate the pagoda candy and smacked his lips with delight. He wanted another piece.

Xia Tian said maliciously: "You'd better go to the toilet before going to bed at night."

……

There is another major event in August that involves people’s livelihood.

That is, after the summer harvest, the government significantly increased the purchase prices of 18 major agricultural products, including grain, oils and fats, sesame oil, cotton, live pigs, beef cattle, beef sheep, fresh eggs, aquatic products, etc. The average purchase price increased by 22.1%.

In 79, the country first raised the ex-factory price of coal, and then gradually raised the ex-factory prices of basic raw materials such as iron ore, coke, pig iron, and cement.

The prices of processed products such as automobiles, general machinery and accessories, instruments and meters, measuring tools, and cutting tools have been reduced.

This will reduce the unreasonable price ratio between raw material industrial products and processed industrial products.

But later they had to increase the prices of consumer products… and in the end they found that nothing had changed, only the money had become worthless.

The problem of price distortion has not been solved, but the price level has increased.

The price level has increased, but the people's wage level has not kept pace.

Although the four words "reform and opening up" are simple to read, they are still difficult to implement step by step.

In addition, Xia Tian is also responsible for comforting Ma Xiaojun.

Damahou graduated from high school in August and took the art exam for Yanjing Film Academy, but as expected, he failed.

What can I say... she doesn't look good enough!

Nowadays, there is no requirement for handsome men and beautiful women, but they must not be ugly.

Especially now the aesthetic is for those with starry eyebrows and sharp eyes, like Xia Tian, ​​or those with square faces who specialize in playing decent characters.

Ma Xiaojun is nicknamed Big Monkey, what do you think?

Although I'm getting older and not as depressed as I was when I was trapped in the house in the summer, I'm not much better.

Although Ma Xiaojun is a bit introverted, he is actually quite arrogant.

In the end, I was rejected because of my poor looks. That was a huge blow!

He drank some beer and burst into tears, and took the opportunity to hug Yu Beibei. It was not known whether it was real or not, and Yu Beibei was too lazy to tell.

"You said, they eliminated me because of my appearance?! They are discriminating, it's discrimination! Am I that ugly?"

Everyone was drinking happily, except for Ma Xiaojun, who was howling at the top of his lungs like a donkey, which was such a dampener.

We can’t ignore it even in summer!

So he comforted her, "Don't cry! As the saying goes, Gan Luo achieved success early but Zi Ya achieved success late. Everyone has their time for success or failure. Look at the spring flowers and autumn chrysanthemums. They are spontaneous and never fail to keep their promises."

Xia Tian pointed at Ma Xiaojun and said, "Your face is a waste of talent for Yandian. Go to the Central Academy of Drama. There are more roles to play there! There is more emphasis on acting skills! There is a vast world and you can achieve a lot!"

Ma Xiaojun was so moved that he hugged Xia Tian's waist and kept talking to him, and almost "became his godfather".

Later he realized that Xia Tian was saying that Beijing Film Academy values ​​appearance and asked him to go to the Central Academy of Drama as soon as possible, where they accept all kinds of roles.
Ma Xiaojun failed the arts exam and planned to regroup and try again next year.

After a group of more than ten people drank some wine, they felt the weather was hot and said they wanted to take a shower.

These kids from big courtyards have all kinds of hidden benefits, such as free bathing.

There were more men on the side, a lot of people crowded into the bathhouse, all naked and naked.

The three women on the other side also traveled together.

As soon as Dachun entered the bathhouse, he remembered something and said, "When I was a child, my father told me that if I took a sip of water while bathing, I wouldn't catch a cold."

"Is this true?!" Ye Jing questioned habitually.

Dachun pouted, his face full of grief and indignation: "Fake!"

"Later he told the truth, because I loved singing in the bathhouse, and my singing was awful. He felt ashamed, so he made up a lie to deceive me!"

"Pfft~"

A group of people almost fell down in the bathhouse laughing.

It's late in the afternoon now, there's no one around and no one is watching, so they can wash as they please in the summer.

When everyone stood in a row under the faucet, they couldn't help but compare themselves with each other - just like who could pee farther and higher.

The final result was that Dachun was second and Xiatian was first!

Teenagers of this age group are curious but shy to speak up, and their attitudes are very complicated.

Especially those who stand out like this in the summer are often pointed at and criticized.

Xia Tian said while washing her hair: "You don't understand, big ones are better. Think about it, only big and strong ones can become stud donkeys and stallions, those small ones... can only be castrated."

He took a glance, and everyone felt a chill in their crotch! They all faced the wall, some lowered their heads and watched, then carefully glanced at others, secretly comparing them in their hearts.

Many of them have been traumatized since then, and it took them several years to recover.
These grandsons have been talkative since they were young. After being scared like this once, they held a grudge, so much so that later they would say that Xia Tian was "rich" for no reason!
Many years later, when I think about this, my pants still feel sour: If he had been born in the Qin Dynasty, he would have been given the title of Marquis of Changxin!

More than 20 years later, Ye Jing still said this: In summer... as big as a donkey! (gesturing with both hands)

At this moment, a figure suddenly came in...

Xiaodong was the first one to see it. He was so scared that he screamed "Oh my God" and hid behind a pillar!
(End of this chapter)