Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

Mr. Qian sat on the chair like a background board, letting his wife discipline his sons while he silently smoked his cigarette without saying a word.

After the children were quiet, he patted the table and said, "Mom, give me a few too!"

She said to her two older sons: “Don’t be ungrateful. Your mother bought all the medicine and forced you to take it.

Do you know how hard it is to get this medicine? There is no specific medicine for treating roundworms in our country.

I heard that these were medicinal seeds that the health department begged someone to get from the Soviet Union. They only gave us a few dozen seeds in total. Our agronomists tried to plant them in several provinces before they succeeded.

The current scale of cultivation is not enough. In remote areas, you can’t even buy it if you want to eat it. You really don’t know how to appreciate your blessings!”

"Really? Is this medicine really so precious?" asked brothers Qian Boqian and Qian Zhonghao in surprise.

"It's not expensive, ten pieces for one cent, not much more expensive than fruit candy. I bought one dollar at a time, which is enough for our whole family!" said Mother Qian.

Mr. Qian looked at his wife speechlessly. Hey! Why does this woman always focus on different things from him?

Old Qian, who wanted to give his sons a patriotic education lesson, suddenly lost interest.

"Tell me, how do you take this medicine? How many pills should you take at a time? How many days should you take it?"

Mother Qian didn't have time to cook anymore. She asked the whole family to gather around the 8-immortal table and started sharing the candy.

"The salesperson said that adults can take 10 pills at a time, and children can take 5 pills. It's okay to take more. Just take it once a day for two days.

How about this! Each of the four adults will get 20 pills, and the third child will get 10. I will have 10 left as a backup. If anyone doesn't like the effect, I will give them more.

People say that this medicine must be taken on an empty stomach or before going to bed at night, and then eat something sour after taking the medicine.

Try not to get involved in any lucrative activities during this period. I don’t need to mention this. Anyway, we don’t have the budget for this these days.”

Xiao Sanzi also took the opportunity to say: "The doctor said that eating sour food is good, it can enhance the efficacy of the medicine and kill the roundworms.

It is not good to eat fatty meat and oily food, it will cause loose bowels and waste the efficacy of the medicine!

Mom, please buy me some hawthorn slices so I can kill all the roundworms in my stomach, leaving not a single one behind!"

Mother Qian looked at him and said, "Who are you trying to fool? If you are greedy, fan your lips. If you are hungry, drink water!

I announce that I will not cook tonight. To ensure the effectiveness of the medicine, our whole family will go hungry. We can take the medicine now!

I'll go boil some water. If anyone is hungry, just drink some cold water. Oh, you can add vinegar!"

Mother Qian grabbed the pagoda candy she was given and put it in her pocket. She stuffed one into her mouth and ate it while washing the pot and lighting the fire to boil water.

Well, you know what, no wonder this pagoda candy is called pagoda candy, it’s so sweet!

The four men left in the room looked at each other in shock!

This…this…you said you would cut off my meals?!

"What are you looking at? Listen to your mother! You spend so much money on medicine, you can't waste it. You will starve to death if you skip a meal!"

After saying that, he picked up his share, put it in his pocket and went out. He had to go and see if there was anything new happening in the alley today.

I lowered my head to avoid the children's sight and put a piece of the pagoda candy in my mouth. Well, I have to say, it tastes really good, not much like medicine, and quite sweet!

Among the three brothers in the room, the youngest one was the quickest. It took him two handfuls to finish his share.

"Brother, Zhao Zhao said that after eating the pagoda candy, don't smoke or drink, and go to the toilet to defecate. I just forgot to tell my parents, so you can tell them later!"

"Get lost! You are the only one in the family who poops in the house in the middle of the night. We all go to the toilet."

"That's right, Sanzi, don't you realize that what you said is all nonsense? Who of us dares to smoke or drink in front of our mother? You should tell this to our father."

Xiao Sanzi didn't care about that. He picked up his schoolbag and went back to the room. He had to do his homework first, otherwise Zhao Zhao would laugh at him again.

……

When Han Zhao came home from get off work, she saw her granddaughter doing something quietly in the yard. There were two reed mats on the ground, and they were full of things drying in the sun.

The old lady breathed a sigh of relief. Her granddaughter was so well behaved! "Zhao Zhao, what are you doing? Where did you get these sticky things?"

Han Zhaozhao was so busy that he didn't even raise his head: "Grandma, Grandpa Guan said that the pharmacy is buying herbs. I dug these in the mountains when I was chopping firewood today.

Look, isn’t that a lot? I heard they can be sold for money if dried. These kinds of medicine are not cheap!”

Grandma Han was very surprised. "These are all medicinal herbs? Who told you? Why do they look like wild grass roots from the mountains?"

"Grandma, Grandpa Guan told me, hehe, he only told me, he didn't tell anyone else!

Grandpa Guan said, there is no idle grass in the countryside, everyone you know is a treasure!

You see, this is the root of Stemona bud, which can kill insects and treat lice, as well as treat coughs and tracheitis.

This is Rehmannia root, which is what you call Toad Wine Seed. Its root is called Rehmannia root. When processed well, it can nourish the blood, nourish yin and tonify the kidney. By the way, it is the main ingredient in Liuwei Dihuang Pills.

This is Polygala tenuifolia, we all call it grass. The root of this medicinal herb..."

Han Zhaozhao began her popular science teaching, making sure to let her grandmother know that she had mastered a new skill and recognized medicinal herbs, so as to lay an ambush for her grandmother in advance so that she could go up the mountain alone in the future.

She wants freedom, she doesn't want to be imprisoned!

But she also knew in her heart that it was not the time to let go completely. It would take a long time of subtle influence to slowly make her grandmother accept that she had the ability to go out alone.

At this time, Grandma Han was in great shock: What did their generation miss?

Why didn't anyone tell her before that these weeds that can be found everywhere in the countryside can be medicinal herbs with many uses and can be sold for money?

The old lady felt her head was in a mess, with all kinds of weeds in the fields flashing back and forth.

She calmed down and said seriously, "Zhao Zhao, according to your grandfather Guan, the rut grass, prickly lettuce, and dandelion in the fields are also medicinal herbs?"

Han Zhaozhao nodded his head in a rush: "Yes! Grandpa Guan said that in medical books they are called plantain, thistle, and dandelion.

Plantain can clear away heat, promote diuresis, reduce inflammation, relieve cough, and improve eyesight; thistle can stop bleeding, clear heat, and remove dampness; while dandelion can clear away heat and detoxify, cool blood and disperse nodules, promote lactation, and promote urination.

Anyway, they all have their own effects and are commonly used medicinal materials for common diseases.”

The old lady was very excited and murmured: "I also know that women with intestinal fire can drink water boiled with plantain to dispel the fire, and if they get injured while working, applying prickly herbs to the wound can stop the bleeding.

Why didn't I think of these inconspicuous wild grasses and vegetables as medicinal herbs? They can all be exchanged for money! How stupid! "I feel like I missed out on a lot of small amounts of money!

After entering the kitchen, the dazed old lady was suddenly startled by a badger she kicked under her feet.

"Oh my god! Why is there a badger on the ground?" She knew this animal. It was not uncommon in the Northeast and it might have destroyed the crops.

Grandma Han turned around and called her granddaughter: "Zhao Zhao, where did this badger come from?" She thought it was given to her by a kind neighbor!

Han Zhaozhao was called over by the old lady's exclamation, and said to her grandmother with a smile: "Grandma, I forgot to tell you that I found this when I went into the mountains to chop firewood today.

Don't you think about it? This is meat! Nowadays, you need a meat ticket to eat meat. Who would send meat to our house for no reason?"

"Yeah, I'm a little confused!" The old lady kicked the badger, well, it was definitely dead.

He bent down, picked it up, and looked through it carefully, then asked his granddaughter: "You picked it up? Why don't I believe it? You are so lucky, could it be that the pupa was snoring and you picked it up?"

Shouldn't it be?! You've grown up and you've never even brought home a cigarette butt, how could you pick up such a fresh badger?"

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