One is a tiger and the other is a monkey. The two children were so happy that neither of them wanted to eat them right away. They held them carefully in their hands, ready to take them back and share them with other friends.
The marshmallows in their hands had been in contact with the air for too long, and the surface had become a little sugary. The two of them didn't have time to eat them, so Ye Yaodong simply opened his mouth and helped them take two big bites. However, he felt that the corners of his mouth were covered with sugar, and it was a bit sticky. He stretched out his tongue but couldn't lick it.
Seeing this, Lin Xiuqing pulled them to the corner of the road and said, "I'll go to the store next door and get you some clean water to wipe it."
He nodded and waited by the roadside. With nothing to do, he looked left and right at the shops around him. Unexpectedly, he saw an old acquaintance in the pharmacy next to him.
When Lin Xiuqing wiped the corner of his mouth, she saw that he was staring at the pharmacy, so she looked over curiously, "What are you looking at? Do you know anyone in there?"
"Go in and take a look!"
At least say hello if you meet someone.
As soon as the family of four walked into the pharmacy, they attracted the attention of the people inside. The young man inside was also surprised, "It's you, what a coincidence, bringing your wife and children out to the market?"
"Yes, I just saw Comrade Hong at the door, so I came in to say hello. Are you here to buy medicine?"
Hong Wenle took a small box in his hand and showed it to him. "I asked the pharmacy to buy it for me in advance. Come and get it."
After saying that, he looked at the drugstore owner, "One hundred and twenty, right?"
"Yes, we just earn some hard-earned money for the trip."
The couple who were listening nearby widened their eyes. How could medicine cost so much at one hundred and twenty yuan
Ye Yaodong also asked curiously, "What kind of medicine is it? Ginseng? It's so expensive."
"No, it's Angong Niuhuang Pills. There are elderly people at home, so I prepared two pills just in case of emergency."
Angong Niuhuang Pills
He had seen news about this medicine in a short video before!
The price of Angong Niuhuang Wan in the 1980s was sky-high...
This is one of the three life-saving drugs!
No wonder it sells for 120!
He felt a slight movement in his heart. The old lady was old, and because of the affairs of her eldest and second cousins, she was so upset that she couldn't eat or sleep. She looked obviously listless these two days, and no longer had the radiant spirit she used to have.
He didn't smile at all while sitting at the door to bask in the sun, and he kept falling asleep. He was worried that the old man would lose his energy.
"any left?"
He couldn't go to the capital, so today's opportunity was truly rare!
Although it is expensive, it can buy the health of the elderly. It is a life-saving medicine for them. Angong Niuhuang Pills in the 1980s were very precious.
It was a secret recipe of the palace during the reign of Emperor Kangxi and was a famous medicine used exclusively by the emperor.
There is a very precious medicinal ingredient in it, called rhinoceros horn. Rhinoceros will be a first-class protected animal in the future, so future medicines cannot contain rhinoceros horn as a traditional Chinese medicine. In the past, medicines containing rhinoceros horn were naturally regarded as treasures.
Moreover, China had not yet joined the World Animal Protection Organization before 1992. This medicine uses rhino horn ingredients and natural bezoar, which were replaced by buffalo horn after 1992. Since then, the efficacy of the medicine has been greatly reduced.
In the future, this medicine could be sold for tens of thousands of yuan per pill. He didn't expect to get rich by hoarding this medicine as the time cost was too high, and the efficacy would be greatly reduced after decades of storage. People who bid up the price so high usually did so just for collection. He just wanted to prepare two pills for the old lady and the elderly at home, just in case of emergency.
Hong Wenle raised his eyebrows, "You want to buy it?"
This is not cheap, how can most people afford to buy it
"I have elderly people at home, so it's better to be prepared."
He can still afford 120 per piece.
The drugstore owner smiled and said, "I just happened to have a few extra pills. This medicine is very good. It's not hard to sell even at a high price. How many pills do you want?"
"Two... three, never mind, never mind... five?"
There are three elderly people in his family, as well as his father-in-law's family. What if he can use it himself? Five pills are not too many, and you may not be able to find them next time.
Having died once, he is very afraid of death.
Lin Xiuqing's eyes widened as she listened, and she quickly pulled his sleeve and whispered, "Are you crazy? This medicine is so expensive, and there are five pills. You are not allowed to buy any! What kind of magic medicine costs 120? You are not allowed to act on your own."
"It's a rare opportunity. I may not be able to get it next time if I want it..."
The shopkeeper nodded and said, "This is the imperial medicine used by the emperor in the palace in the past. It is used for emergency treatment. It's not that I sell it expensively. This medicine is the secret recipe of Tong Ren Tang in Beijing. Mr. Hong specifically asked me to bring it, otherwise it wouldn't be available. He bought two pills, and I only have three left."
As he spoke, he took out the medicine and placed it on the counter.
Ye Yaodong looked at Lin Xiuqing and said, "Buy it, buy it. Life is important. I think the old lady was hit hard by the matter of her eldest cousin. She hasn't been in a good mood these days. Buy two more pills as a backup."
When it comes to the old lady, Lin Xiuqing is at a loss. The old lady really holds her husband in her heart, and it is only natural to be filial to the elderly. She doesn't want anything to happen to such a good old lady.
The old lady has been feeling sad and worried these days because of the affairs of her eldest and second cousins. That is her eldest grandson, and she is also old.
"Then buy one?"
"There are only three pills. Take them all as backup." His family is pretty well off now, so he can afford to spend a few hundred to buy a few life-saving pills.
"But we didn't bring so much money..."
ah!
He had forgotten all about it.
I'm just going out to the market, who would bring so much money? Are you afraid that it won't be enough
Now I am at a loss.
Ye Yaodong said awkwardly, "We are out for the market, and we don't have that much money with us. Can we come back in the afternoon?"
"Okay, but I can't guarantee there will be any left when you come, and I can't keep them for you just because you said so."
Just when he was thinking that he could only come back in the afternoon to try his luck, Hong Wenle spoke up, "I can buy these three for you first. Come to the hotel to find me after you get the money in the afternoon."
Ye Yaodong was surprised by his help, and instantly his face was full of gratitude, "Thank you very much, I will definitely take the money over."
"Haha, it's okay if you come over, I don't mind too much."
"Then I'll pick it up at the hotel after lunch."
Hong Wenle smiled indifferently, took the medicine and identified it carefully, then gave it to him to check carefully. Only after he confirmed that there was no problem did he pay the money.
After walking out of the pharmacy, Ye Yaodong said that he would definitely go to pick it up before saying goodbye.
After dealing with him several times, he still believed in this person's character, and there was no need for him to take on the responsibility.
After the family of four came out of the drugstore, they strolled along the market. As long as the children were interested in something, they would stop and try their best to satisfy their two children's requests. They originally brought them out to have fun.
After they walked around the whole market, Lin Xiuqing had a lot of snacks in her hands, such as malt sugar, rice cakes, oil cakes, flour cakes, blown sugar figures, candied haws, rice sticks and so on.
She had a headache, she never knew that Adong was actually quite spoiled to the children. Normally she saw him scolding and yelling at her every day, but now he couldn't stop buying things for them once he went out.
Seeing the two clamoring for the jumping toad again, Lin Xiuqing immediately frowned, "Once you buy this one, you are not allowed to buy any more. Look, my hands are full of them, they are all yours."
"We didn't buy the couplets or the Chinese character for blessing! We didn't buy the wool, the melon seeds, the walnuts, or the red dates either."
Ye Yaodong bought the walnuts and red dates for his wife to eat.
"These are the only ones I don't own. The rest are yours."
Ye Yaodong also said with a smile: "Okay, your mother has spoken, so you are not allowed to buy another jumping toad."
"Then let's go to the movies!"
"I haven't forgotten it yet. I thought you were so happy that you forgot about it."
"Hehe, of course I didn't forget. Everyone is waiting for me to tell them whether the cinema is good or not after watching the movie."
"If I don't take you with me, you'll be so boastful that you'll be exposed." Ye Yaodong flicked his eldest son's head, "Don't be so high-profile. Don't talk about family matters outside. Do you understand?"
"knew!"
The family walked towards the cinema happily again.
The cinema was an old five-story building. In his opinion, the house looked a little old with green painted walls, but in an era when low one- or two-story tiled houses were everywhere, it was already a tall building.
For people today, going to the cinema to watch movies is the most novel and fashionable thing. In an era when there were no mobile phones, no wifi, and television had not yet entered ordinary people's homes, cinemas were simply cultural temples in people's minds.
Country people usually wait for mobile film projection teams to come to the countryside. Very few of them are willing to go to the cinema on normal days, but during the Chinese New Year, everyone is willing to go to the city to watch a movie.
There is a ticket window on the first floor of the cinema. The window is very small, with iron railings erected there, and you can only put your hand in to buy tickets.
There are movie posters with a sense of age around the windows, and various slogans of the times on the surrounding walls.
Ye Yaodong saw that the ticket window was crowded with people buying, exchanging and refunding tickets.
As the year draws to a close, many families are willing to spend money, and the surging crowds even blocked the entrance of the cinema.
Many scalpers among the crowd were doing somersaults with tickets in their hands, constantly shouting, "You want tickets? You want tickets?"
Ye Yaodong did not go to the window to queue up to buy tickets, but asked a scalper to buy tickets for this morning's show that he could watch immediately. Otherwise, there would be so many people in front of the cinema and he didn't know how long he would have to wait in line.
Moreover, watching movies now has to be done in two parts. Because there are few movies and many audiences, people usually buy advance tickets and then wait for a day or two or even longer before they can watch the movies.
A movie ticket that costs only one cent can bring people happiness that lasts for a long time.
Because I had the movie tickets and was looking forward to seeing the movie, I suddenly felt a little more happy, excited, and anticipating. I felt that the days passed quickly and were very fulfilling.
People under 1.3 meters tall do not need to buy tickets, but of course they have to share a seat with an adult, so Ye Yaodong only bought two tickets. The movie is called Shaolin Temple, a new film released this year that has been played on loop and is still very popular.
After getting the movie tickets, the two children couldn't wait to tiptoe and grab his hand, "Let me see, let me see, what the movie tickets look like..."
"I want to see too… "
Ye Yaodong handed the tickets to the two children, "Don't damage them. If you damage them, you won't be able to watch the movie. Let's go home directly."
"Won't."
The two of them carefully held the movie tickets in their hands and smiled so hard that their teeth were exposed, "Finally, we can watch a movie!"
"Let's go. Go wait at the entrance. We'll check tickets when the time comes." Ye Yaodong picked up the younger one again, held the older one's hand, and asked his wife to hold on to his clothes and follow.
There is an iron fence at the entrance to the cinema, and ticketed audiences need to stand in line and have their tickets checked before they can enter.
When it was almost time, they lined up to go in.
The simple screening room was filled with rows of wooden chairs, full of traces of time. It was crowded with people, including many adults and children. Everyone's face was filled with joy and happiness, and they were all talking and discussing happy things.
After searching around for a while and finding their seats, they happily sat down and ate snacks while waiting. The melon seeds they had bought earlier also came in handy.
There was something to eat and something to watch, and the novel experience made both adults and children in the cinema chatter non-stop.
The scene didn't become quiet until the screening was about to begin.
Everyone was staring at the screen without blinking. Lin Xiuqing's mouth corners were also raised the whole time. The brightness in her eyes could perhaps be called happiness.