Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 187 From a Snake Flower to a National Invited Researcher (Subscription plus additional chapters)

The reason why Fangyan knew Ji Desheng so clearly was that Mr. Zhu's notes recorded in great detail most of his friend Ji Desheng's life.

Like the sloppy doctor Chen Zhao, Ji Desheng also came from a humble background, also possessed unique skills, and was also discovered by Mr. Zhu and invited to become a doctor.

Ji Desheng and his family for six generations have been dealing with snakes.

In the old society, their profession was looked down upon as "snake flower".

In the old days, the profession of "Snake Flower Boy" meant traveling around the world, catching poisonous snakes, treating snake bites, and then selling snake medicine.

Ji Desheng has been dealing with snakes since he was born, and he learned how to catch snakes when he was five years old.

It is difficult for poor people to make a living. If they don’t do this, they will have no way to survive.

Although people call them "snake flower boys" and the job is dangerous, it is the only way to survive.

However, he is somewhat different from his father. He likes to study, and by the age of 20 he had already mastered the methods of preparing snake medicine and playing with snakes.

In 1923, he performed in front of the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, selling snake medicine he prepared himself, and his performance was quite vigorous.

He first caught a five-step snake and let it bite his arm. Then, when the wound turned purple and swollen, he took out snake medicine, crushed it, applied two pills on the wound, and then ate the two pills with rice wine.

The swelling at the site of the snake bite would visibly subside, leaving the audience stunned.

With this skill, the snake medicine he brought would be sold out in no time.

Using such hardcore performance techniques, he traveled around Jiangsu and continued performing until 1940.

At that time, a Japanese drug dealer came to him and asked to buy his prescriptions. He also asked him to go abroad to jointly set up a pharmaceutical company and share the profits equally.

But Ji Desheng, who was short of money, unexpectedly stood up this time and only said one sentence:
"Don't even think about putting your trademark on Chinese medical skills and medicine and making money from them."

The man with a mustache got angry and threatened Ji Desheng that if he refused his toast, he would have to drink a penalty drink.

Ji Desheng was not afraid at all, saying that he was homeless and unemployed, so what if he had to drink a fine? After that, he took his medicine box and snake basket and left.

As expected, he was retaliated by the mustache guy.

He was almost killed.

In the end, he was saved by a friend from the underworld named Long Haijiao.

To avoid retaliation, he decided not to stay in one place and began to travel to nine provinces in the north and south, selling medicine while studying poisonous snakes in various places.

By 1944, he had finally perfected the Ji Desheng snake medicine, which had a broad spectrum, high efficiency and rapid effect.

In 1946, the -year-old Ji Desheng finally returned to southern Jiangsu with snake medicine and married a maid named Shen whom he met in Suzhou. The couple settled in the land temple in Tiansheng Port, Nantong, and set up a stall in Nantong to sell medicine.

He still used the same unique skill of biting himself with a snake to set up the stall. After hearing his story, Mr. Zhu went to see him in person. After seeing his medical skills, the two had a good chat, and then Mr. Zhu invited Ji Desheng to join his hospital.

Ji Desheng felt that Mr. Zhu was able to humble himself and invite him, a "small fry", which deeply moved him after years of wandering, and he accepted Mr. Zhu's invitation.

In 1957, Ji Desheng, who had been a doctor for many years, made a decision to hand over his secret recipe to the country to save more people.

With the assistance of Mr. Zhu, he recorded all his own prescriptions, and then standardized the prescriptions again by referring to books such as "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Flora of China".

Finally, the results were handed over to the country.

This recipe was included in the top-secret formula No. 431 that year.

In the autumn of 1958, Yenching held the National Conference of Advanced Representatives in Medical and Health Work.

At the conference, Comrade Wu Hao personally praised the snake medicine made by his fellow Jiangsu native.

Subsequently, the Ministry of Health awarded him the "Pioneer in the Revolution of Health and Medical Technology" certificate, and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences hired him as a special researcher. Ji Desheng snake medicine was listed as a national first-class secret and began to be manufactured in large quantities and sold nationwide.

It was then sold to more than a dozen countries abroad, helping the country earn foreign exchange.

It can be said to be quite legendary that he grew from a "snake boy" to this point.

……

Fang Yan briefly told the story of Ji Desheng, and Le Miao finally understood.

It turns out that this medicine has such a profound origin.

Tongrentang rarely receives cases of snake bites, so they only know about the "Nantong Snake Medicine" but not the story behind it.

After a while, Old Chen and his grandson finally finished washing.

Old Chen came back with his crying grandson. But he didn't look like he had just washed his hands.

It was like getting drenched all over.

Fang Yan looked at Old Chen, who was soaked all over, and knew that his grandson must have been making trouble again.

Even Jia Dapeng's pants at the back were wet.

It looks like he peed in his pants.

Seeing the little brat making a fuss, Fang Yan gave up his plan to take action and said to Old Chen:
"Crush this tablet, add cold boiled water to make it into a paste, and then apply it to the red and swollen area. Apply it every six hours. During this time, don't touch any oil on your skin."

"As long as you take the medicine normally, the swelling should go away at night, and the blisters will appear relatively later."

Old Chen took the medicine, nodded, and thanked Fang Yan:
"Okay, thank you, Doctor Fang."

Dialect waving hands:
"You're welcome. Watch the kid from now on and don't let him do anything stupid."

"Oh, I can't do anything. This kid just won't listen. I don't know what's wrong with him... Ouch!" Just after Old Chen finished speaking, the blister on his chin was scratched open by the claw of his grandson in his arms.

He cried out in pain.

The old man was really pissed off now, and he slapped his little grandson on the butt a few times, with no restraint in his strength, making a loud "pa pa" sound.

“……”The little thing that was crying just now suddenly became quiet and started crying again.

He started swearing.

When Old Chen heard this, the veins on his forehead twitched.

He threw the squirming grandson to the ground, then his face flushed and he started to curse:

"You think I want to serve you? If you hadn't played with that damn bug, would it have turned out like this?"

"Let your parents come over this afternoon to take you back! Whoever is willing to take you can do so!"

As he said this, he picked up the medicine and went to negotiate the price and pay.

The little grandson was left rolling on the ground crying.

He used his hands and feet to wave his hands desperately on the ground, crying so heartbreakingly that the patient who came in behind him was almost scared to death.

"Shut up!"

Suddenly a man walked up and shouted, which directly stunned the child on the ground.

The crying stopped abruptly.

When everyone looked, they found that it was the policeman who was protecting the dialect, Xiao Zhang who had been reading a book nearby.

He took out the handcuffs and said to the little thing that was still howling on the ground:

"If you make trouble again, I'll torment you and lock you up in the police station!"

The child on the ground shuddered, and was actually frightened when he saw Xiao Zhang in police uniform.

"Get up and go find your grandpa!" Xiao Zhang ordered in a serious tone.

Then the child actually got up obediently.

He quickly ran to his grandfather's feet and dared not make any more noise.

After seeing this scene, Fang Yan sighed:

It is true that there is always something better than nothing.

The super-strong kid who was originally thought to be unstoppable can actually be restrained.

When Qin Nong catches the person and comes back in a few days, I will have to praise Xiao Zhang in front of him.

PS: I wonder if you like this little story about a quack doctor.

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