I was originally going to find Jiang Dingzhong to get two piglets to raise.

I think there are only a few months left until winter. Where will I get hogweed then?

Now I can’t grow anything on my private plot. Where can I get pig food?

However, this situation will be better next year. Next year, private land will be allocated to farmers again, and breeding will no longer be restricted.

But at that time, people no longer had food to feed these livestock.

Let’s wait until spring next year.

Go to the mountains for a look in the afternoon.

But before that, we need to see what those herbs look like.

Jiang Xiaochuan rode his bicycle and rushed to the commune.

After some inquiring, I came to the home of a doctor.

The doctor's surname is Tian. I don't know what his medical skills are, but he is indeed a traditional Chinese medicine passed down from his ancestors. In the era when Western medicine was not completely popular, the status of these doctors was still very high. However, after 1966, these doctors were the first to be unlucky.

people.

Jiang Xiaochuan stopped and parked the car. He came to the door and knocked lightly.

No one opened the door, but a voice came from inside. "Come in."

Jiang Xiaochuan pushed the door open and entered. He saw bamboo mats placed on shelves one after another in the yard. They were covered with various medicinal herbs. The air was always filled with a medicinal smell.

A woman and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy were drying the fresh herbs on it.

The woman who was drying medicinal materials saw Jiang Xiaochuan looking at her and said to him: "You are going to see a doctor, right? Come inside?"

The black line on one end of Jiang Xiaochuan. Something is wrong with me.

But he couldn't say anything. If nothing happened, who would come to see the doctor?

He nodded and walked towards the main room.

The door to the main room was not closed, so he went in directly.

Sitting at a table in the room was a middle-aged man with a thin build and wearing long-sleeved denim.

Although it was a little white after washing, it was spotless. At first glance, it looked a bit bookish.

Jiang Xiaochuan cursed in his heart: It's such a hot day, I don't know if it's hot or not if I wear long sleeves, and I'm not afraid of heat stroke? This is still a doctor.

The man said without raising his head: "Wait a moment. I'll be fine in a minute."

I saw this man checking the pulse of a middle-aged man in front of him with one hand.

After a while, he put away his hand and said to the man in front of him: "The problem is not serious. I will prescribe some medicine for you and just take it for two days. Remember not to touch the wound with water."

The man opposite looks like a farmer. He has a wound bandaged on his right hand. He must have injured his hand while working.

The other party thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, Doctor Tian." Then he gave the other party a dollar, took the medicine and left. (A doctor is a special profession at this period and does not count as a private business.)

Doctor Tian washed his hands and then turned to look at Jiang Xiaochuan.

Then he frowned: "You don't look sick? You are full of energy. Is it a hidden disease?"

Then she waved to him. "Come here and I'll take your pulse."

When Jiang Xiaochuan heard what he said, a black line formed on his head, and he was so angry that he cursed in his heart: You are the only one with hidden diseases, your whole family has hidden diseases, I am very good.

But after thinking about it, I realized that the other person only looked at the problem from a doctor’s perspective.

He walked over and said with a smile: "Doctor Tian, ​​it's like this. I'm from Jiangtai Village. Don't we have a mountain there? There must be some herbal medicine there. I want to come over and learn from you."

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Doctor Tian shook his head when he heard what he said: "Sorry, I don't accept apprentices."

Jiang Xiaochuan was stunned for a moment, I'm not here to learn medical skills.

"Doctor Tian, ​​I'm not here to study medicine. I just want to learn how to identify these medicinal materials, so that people in the village can learn it and increase their income."

After hearing what he said, Doctor Tian still shook his head and said, "I know, it's not that I don't teach you. A doctor must be cautious. There are many herbal medicines that look the same. Learning them in a short period of time is of little use."

I'm just learning to identify herbal medicines, and I'm not practicing medicine, so I shouldn't be so cautious.

Seeing this, Jiang Xiaochuan could only persuade patiently: "Doctor Tian, ​​look at how I can learn to identify herbal medicines. The village is poor, so we can get some medicinal materials to make up for it. Whatever medicinal materials you need then, we will also

I can provide it to you.”

Doctor Tian thought about it for a moment, and the last sentence was what moved him. Buying and selling is not allowed now. Even if the herbs are collected, they can only be sold to the supply and marketing cooperative.

He said, "How about this? You go over and help my wife dry the medicinal materials for a few days, and then let her teach you how to identify some common medicinal materials."

Jiang Xiaochuan felt quite awkward when he heard the word "ma'am" being addressed.

But since I agreed, I was quite happy. He quickly said: "Hey, okay, thank you, Dr. Tian."

Doctor Tian brought Jiang Xiaochuan to the yard and shouted to the two people who were drying medicinal materials: "Mingyue, come here. By the way, what's your name?"

Then he remembered that he still didn’t know the other party’s name, so he asked Jiang Xiaochuan.

"My name is Jiang Xiaochuan, you can just call me Xiaochuan."

After hearing this, Doctor Tian turned to his wife who came closer and said: "Mingyue, this is Xiaochuan. During this time, you can teach him how to identify basic herbal medicines. This is my wife, Li Mingyue."

Jiang Xiaochuan said quickly: "Hello, Aunt Mingyue."

Li Mingyue smiled and waved to Jiang Xiaochuan: "Okay, I know, then come over."

Jiang Xiaochuan nodded to Doctor Tian and followed Li Mingyue.

Doctor Tian returned to the main room.

When he came to the place where the medicinal herbs were dried, the young man was looking at him curiously: "Little guy, why do you want to learn how to recognize medicinal herbs? The smell is so bad. I really want to learn it."

Li Mingyue saw this and patted the other party's head: "Hongjun, can you please speak in a lower voice so that your father can hear you and give him another beating?"

Tian Hongjun was hit and looked at the door of the main room and shrank his neck. "I know, mother."

Seeing this, Jiang Xiaochuan smiled and said, "I'm not called little guy. My name is Jiang Xiaochuan. You can call me Xiaochuan from now on. I'll call you Hongjun from now on."

Then he said: "We have a mountain there, and there should be some herbal medicine in it, but we don't know it, so we want to come over and learn how to identify the herbal medicine, so that we can sell it to the supply and marketing cooperative."

The other party curled his lips and said: "This thing is not very valuable now, and I will be exhausted after a trip into the mountains."

After speaking, he realized what he was doing and immediately asked excitedly: "Hey, Xiaochuan, have you ever been in that mountain?"

Jiang Xiaochuan smiled and said, "I've been in there before. But I don't dare to go into the mountains because there are wolves there."

When Tian Hongjun heard that there were wolves, his eyes lit up: "Can you take me with you next time? My father never lets me go into the mountains."

Jiang Xiaochuan touched his nose when he heard what he said. He didn't dare to take the other person there. If something went wrong, he couldn't afford the responsibility.

Li Mingyue, who was smiling and listening to the two talking, heard the words and knocked her son on the head: "You think going into the mountains is just for fun. It's so dangerous there. I don't know if it's good or bad. If you want to go, you go find your father."

See if he agrees."

When Tian Hongjun heard his mother's words, he curled his lips and said nothing. How could it be possible? It would be nice not to break his legs.

Li Mingyue saw this and ignored him: "Xiaochuan, come here. I will show you these herbs. Most of the herbs are usually picked from July to October. So now some people who go to the outskirts of the mountains will

I bring some herbs here from time to time. But not much, just a few bits and pieces."
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