Mrs. Hu was shocked. The ginseng dug by the villagers from the mountains was only sold for one or two cents per catty. The fifty cents per catty really made Hu couldn't believe her ears.
Just at this time, Shen Chi called Shen Changlin back, and the two found the backyard. Shen Changlin hurriedly greeted Director Liu: "Director Liu, why are you here?"
"It's not because the ginseng you brought me last time was very effective, my brother specially asked me to bring him here to have a look." Director Liu then introduced to Shen Changlin: "This is my brother Liu Xiangren. In the medicine business."
Liu Xiangren was about the same age as Shen Changlin. Hearing this, he said to Shen Changlin: "Brother Shen."
"Boss Liu." Shen Changlin replied.
"Brother Shen, do you want to sell your salvia? I'm willing to pay fifty cents per catty." Liu Xiangren hurriedly quoted the price.
This price frightened Shen Changlin for a day. The dealer who came to the village to collect salvia paid only 20 cents at most. This one more than doubled. Like Hu, Shen Changlin also didn't believe it: "50 cents per catty, You're not joking, are you?"
"Dad, let's sell it for fifty cents a pound." Shen Chi interjected from the side.
This ginseng was grown by Shen Chi, and Shen Changlin agreed when he opened his mouth.
Liu Xiangren was overjoyed immediately and leaned over to pull out the ginseng impatiently. Shen Chi told them: "Don't pull out the five salvia plants here, I want to keep them."
"Okay, grandma will watch it for you." Mrs. Hu replied with a smile.
Shen Changlin didn't say anything, but Liu Xiangren had a look of regret on his face.
While the adults were picking ginseng, Shen Chi went back to his room and wrote a prescription.
The plot of land was not big, so the four of them finished pulling it out in less than a quarter of an hour. According to Shen Chi's request, Hu left five plants for him to pull out.
After breaking off the big head, Shen Changlin took a steelyard and a snakeskin bag and weighed it. Nearly 400 kilograms of ginseng pills came out of a palm-sized area.
Just such a small piece of salvia was equivalent to half of Shen Changlin's annual income from farming. I couldn't help but feel excited and shocked at the same time.
Looking at the stems and leaves of salvia scattered on the ground, with many small rhizomes as thick as bamboo sticks on them, Shen Chi quickly collected them. These can be planted again.
These salvias have been produced many times by his planting techniques, but they are not comparable to the wild salvias in the mountains.
After calculating the price, Liu Xiangren said to Shen Changlin: "Brother Shen, please keep an eye on these ginseng for me. I'll go back and get the money right now."
"Don't worry, I promise you will be the same as you were when you came here." Shen Changlin promised.
"Uncle Liu." Shen Chichao suddenly called to Liu Xiangren.
"What's the matter?" Liu Xiangren knew that these ginseng was grown by Shen Chi and was very polite to him.
Shen Chi took out the prescription he had written and handed it to him and said, "Uncle Liu is in the medicinal materials business. How much does it cost to prepare 20 pieces of the medicinal materials I need in this prescription?"
Liu Xiangren handed the prescription to his elder brother. Director Liu looked at it and said to Shen Chi: "This prescription is for treating blood diseases. It is for your grandma."
Shen Chi was shocked when he heard this, and thought to himself that Director Liu really had some skills, and he didn't hide it, so he nodded calmly.
"Last time I was in the hospital, I found out that your grandma has septicemia. She only has a lifespan of three years at most. If she could have been treated a few years ago, she is now in the middle and late stages and it is difficult to treat, so I didn't say anything about it when I was in the hospital." Liu The director said to Shen Changlin.
Shen Changlin's expression changed drastically when he heard this, but Shen Chi said firmly: "You have to try your best. As a descendant, I can't let my grandma get sick and not treat her."
"You are very filial, little one. The medicinal ingredients in your prescription are very expensive. Twenty pieces cost more than 80 yuan." Director Liu is an old Chinese medicine doctor, and he can calculate the approximate cost of the prescription at a glance.
In the 1980s when the annual income was only RMB 500 or RMB 600, a prescription for medicine cost more than RMB 80, and a few times of hard work for a year would be gone. This is why Mr. Hu has been refusing to go to the hospital despite poor health. reason.
When Mr. Hu heard that he wanted so much money, he lost half of the money he had just sold for the ginseng, and said hurriedly: "Why do you need so much money? Forget it, who doesn't have such a day in life? Why waste that money."
"Grandma, I grow ginseng to treat your illness." Shen Chi said and said to Liu Xiang, "That's it. The money for the medicine will be deducted from the ginseng money."
"Auntie, it's rare that your grandson is so filial. If you really leave without treatment, wouldn't it make future generations have uneasy consciences for the rest of their lives." Liu Xiangren comforted Mrs. Hu and said.
Mrs. Hu pulled Shen Chi into her arms and couldn't stop her tears from falling.
Shen Changlin had a heavy look on his face, and the joy of selling ginseng disappeared immediately. He didn't expect that his mother's illness would be so serious, and he couldn't help feeling annoyed and blaming himself.
Liu Xiangren paid a deposit of twenty yuan and hurried back to withdraw the money.
Knowing that Shen Chi's family must be in a heavy mood right now, the two of them left without further interruption.
Back in the main room, Mrs. Hu was still feeling sorry for spending eighty yuan: "People are bound to die, so we shouldn't spend that unjust money."
"Why are you wasting money by treating grandma? Don't worry, grandma, I will definitely cure your illness." Shen Chi kept comforting grandma.
Mrs. Hu really didn't care whether the treatment was good or not, but Shen Chi's sensible and filial piety really made Mrs. Hu love her from the bottom of her heart.
Gui Shuzhen and Shen Fang came back at noon and found out that Mrs. Hu was so seriously ill. Everyone felt heavy for a while. Shen Fang even threw herself into Mr. Hu's arms and sobbed.
Shen Changlin felt that it was necessary to inform his elder brother, so after lunch, he rode on his broken 28-inch bike and went to his elder brother's house in the county town.
When Shen Chi saw his father pushing his bicycle out, he guessed that he must be going to his uncle's house.
According to Chen Chi's original intention, now that grandma is not sick, she should not tell her uncle and others, so as not to bring trouble to herself.
Because although the uncle is filial, he cannot stand the fact that the uncle is strong and aggressive and loves to teach others.
After Mrs. Hu became seriously ill in her previous life, Shen Chi's aunt Hu Yulan came to the house and scolded Shen Chi's parents severely, saying that Mr. Hu became sick from working for their family, which made Gui Shuzhen angry. I kept wiping my tears.
At that time, Shen Chi had resented his aunt at a young age, but something happened later that made Shen Chi's feelings towards his aunt very conflicted.
That was when Shen Chi was still in high school, and he planned to drop out of school because he had no money to sign up. When his aunt found out, she came to the door again and gave Shen Changlin and Gui Shuzhen a severe scolding, saying that they were three years old. Not studying, raising a house full of pigs, living a useless life like this, and planning to make their children as useless as them. After saying that, he used his salary to sign up for Shen Chi in person.
From then until he finished college, Shen Chi's studies were funded by his uncle.
Therefore, Shen Chi was sincerely grateful to her aunt, but because of her mouth, Shen Chi felt headache and fear from the bottom of her heart.
It's just that Shen Chi has no reason to stop his father now, so he can only let him go.
Shen Chi went to his small ginseng garden alone and planted the salvia plants in the ground again. This chapter has been completed!