Chapter 27 Want to buy century-old ginseng
After dinner, Lin Sophora sent everyone away, leaving only his youngest son.
The lighting inside the house is very dim, and there is only one 10-watt electric lamp that cannot light up the house brightly.
Of course, it has been remarkable for households to have electric lights since 1959. Not to mention the countryside, even in the Forty-Nine Cities, only one-third of the households have access to electric lights.
The Gege Mansion also had the blessing of the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Lin Sophora took out a few books from his briefcase.
"Qizai, since you are ready to join a traditional Chinese medicine hospital, even if you go to the purchasing department, you still need to learn some knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine. These three books are "Herbal Properties", "Song of Soup", and "Compendium of Materia Medica".
These books are all basic books about Chinese medicinal materials. You can take advantage of this month's break to study at home. If you have anything you don't understand, just ask me, or ask Brother You. Only if you can distinguish the quality of medicinal materials can you purchase good medicinal materials for our hospital, right?
I also know that you have been away from home for 10 years and your studies have been abandoned. Now that you are an adult, it may be difficult for you to learn Chinese medicine knowledge again. But Qizai, after all, we are a family of traditional Chinese medicine, and as a father, I still want you to learn more knowledge.
The work in the purchasing department is very hard. If possible, my father still hopes that you can become a doctor and become a famous Chinese medicine expert. We don’t say that serving the people is so noble. At least we make a lot of money and have fat to eat. ”
Poor parents in the world, even though Lin Kushen already has an eldest son who is a successor of medical skills, she always wants her younger son to have the ability to survive in this era.
Lin Sanqi took the three books and flipped through them casually, thinking: Bitterness is also bitterness.
Traditional Chinese medicine is really not something that ordinary people can learn. He has studied Western medicine for 5 years and it has been hard enough. Who would have thought that he would switch to Chinese medicine now?
But some things cannot be changed by his will. As the cheap dad said, now that he has reached this position, he must learn Chinese medicine.
"Okay, old man, I will definitely study hard."
Seeing his youngest son’s frown, Lin Sophora also smiled:
"Son, don't be afraid that you won't be able to learn. When you go to the Purchasing Department, you will just run errands. You will not be asked to go out to purchase medicinal materials alone as soon as you start. Then you can humbly learn from the seniors in the department."
The two father and son were chatting, while Jin Caifeng and his eldest daughter-in-law were washing dishes under the faucet in the yard.
Although the atmosphere during the meal was weird, on this day in 1959, no one can resist the temptation of fatty meat and white rice.
So the rice bowl, including the cooking pot, is clean. Why should I wash this bowl?
Jin Caifeng was a little absent-minded at this time. All she could think about was how to find a good wife for her youngest son. At the age of 23, he was already considered an older unmarried young man.
"Axiang, what do you think of Kong Shufang from your pharmacy? I think she looks absolutely handsome."
Fu Muxiang didn't know how to talk about people behind their backs, so when she heard her mother-in-law's inquiry, she had no choice but to reply:
"Shufang, she's very good, she's good-looking and has a good temperament..."
Who knew that Jin Caifeng was shaking his head:
"No, no, I have a good-looking face, but my butt is too small. It will make it easy for me to have difficulty giving birth in the future. I have to find someone who is lucky."
In the eyes of middle-aged and elderly women, a "blessed" woman is the kind of woman who has a peaceful and prosperous country, a graceful figure, and a gentle and elegant temperament. In fact, to put it bluntly, she is a slightly fat woman.
This kind of aesthetics is not necessarily the aesthetics of young people. Don’t young people like vixens with bulging fronts and backs and devilish figures?
"What do you think of Wang Muyan from the hospital office? This little girl has a big butt, and her father is said to be from City W, so she has a good background..."
Lin Sanqi didn't know that his cheap mother was already thinking about dating him. All he could think about was his father's instructions, so he tried:
"Dad, does our hospital have century-old wild ginseng?"
"It's a century old, yes. As far as I know, there should be 5 more in stock." "Wow, 5!" Lin Sanqi became excited when he heard it. If it comes to 2023, it will all be in RMB.
"Dad, can you sell this wild ginseng?"
"Sell it, why don't you sell it? How can we, as doctors, be so precious to our patients when they are in need and refuse to save them? However, these wild ginseng are hard to come by, so the price is very expensive, and almost no one comes to buy them."
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"Then...how much does one cost?..."
Lin Sophora flavescens thought for a while: "The specific price is not necessarily certain. It depends on the number of grams and the quality. Anyway, none of them are less than 1,000 yuan."
1,000 yuan was a huge sum of money in 1959, and a worker would have to save it for several years without eating or drinking.
Lin Sophora, a famous doctor, split up his family, and his son only received 1,000 yuan.
The key point is that no one can spend all his or her property to buy a wild ginseng. How can he survive that day? People were going to starve to death in 1959.
Therefore, century-old wild ginseng is simply not something ordinary people can afford.
Others thought it was expensive, but Lin Sanqi didn't care. When she heard it was only 1,000 yuan, she felt a little happy.
A bag of rice can be sold at a discounted promotional price of 300 yuan, and a hundred-year-old wild ginseng is only the price of three bags of rice. Oh my god, this is millions of dollars for nothing.
Seeing that her youngest son was a little excited, Lin Sophora was puzzled and asked casually:
"What, you want to buy a century-old ginseng to die?"
Lin Sanqi touched his head in embarrassment:
"Dad, I was asked to ask about this. You also know that I have been taken care of by some uncles and aunts all these years outside. Otherwise, I would have died several times. People in the black market cannot see the light, so I Please ask me to find some medicine.”
If other parents heard about the black market, they would definitely equate it with gangsters.
Which parent would allow their child to associate with gangsters?
But Lin Sophora flavescens is an open-minded person. Thinking of his son wandering around for 10 years, he naturally feels grateful to the people in the black market.
"Okay, if it's medical treatment and those people are in need, you can help as much as you can. But one thing is, you must not do anything criminal, especially not harm others, otherwise I won't be able to spare you."< br>
"I know, Dad."
That night, Lin Sanqi still slept on the floor of the main room, thinking about where to sell food.
Although he was using the name of the black market, he really didn't know where the black market was, so he had to find someone to find out.
In the inner room, smelling the smell of lime powder, Jin Caifeng was also worried:
"You said it's not a problem to let Zai Zai sleep on the floor every day. It's okay when it's hot, but what happens when it's cold? We have to find a street and ask the street to allocate another room to Zai Zai. How can we get married if we don't have a house? .”
Lin Sophora flavescens was also thinking about this question while lying in bed:
"Tomorrow I'll talk to Director Qian from the street. There are so many people being sent back to their hometowns now, so we should have an empty house in Gege Mansion."
(End of chapter)