The appearance of wild ginseng depends on five shapes, namely, rhizome, tail, pattern, body and whisker.
The so-called Lu, also called flowering Lu, refers to the head of the wild ginseng. A good Lu should be thick on the top and thin on the bottom, just like a blooming flower. Because usually one Lu grows a year, the layers are stacked like morning glories. The adventitious roots growing on the Lu are called 艼, which are thin at both ends and thick in the middle, and are called jujube-core 艼. The pattern is the pattern on the top of the main body of the wild ginseng, and it is also an important evidence for judging the age of the wild ginseng.
As for the body and whiskers, it is easy to guess that they refer to the main body and roots of the ginseng.
Although the ginseng that Wang Ying and Xu Shuang found has not been dug out yet, one can vaguely see that the flowering buds on the top are very beautifully extended. The ginseng body is also a regular diamond shape, with relatively few roots, but all of them have small dots on them, and the fine lines on the side are even layers of ring patterns.
Wang Ying asserted: "At least thirty years."
Wild ginseng of this quality will be expensive even in the future.
Wang Ying carefully dug out the ginseng, and was even more excited after seeing it clearly. This ginseng was more than thirty years old, it was already almost thirty-five.
Wang Ying excitedly wrapped the ginseng carefully with the paper she brought, and also packed up a few small ginsengs nearby.
The big ginseng could be exchanged for at least a few hundred dollars from Yao Shunjuan, and she was not going to throw away the small ginseng. She took one back to keep and tried to plant the others to see if they could survive.
It was already dark. Wang Ying looked at her pocket watch and it was already past seven in the evening. After going down the mountain, the two walked along the road for a while and saw a brightly lit brigade in front of them. They stopped someone to ask for directions and found out that it was the Red Flag Commune.
The two of them wandered in the mountains for a long time. At first, they remembered the way they came. Later, Wang Ying thought that they would not return along the same route, so she just memorized the direction roughly. Who knew that they would walk along the mountain road all the way to Hongqi Commune.
When they saw the road, the two of them knew what to do and quietly returned to their own brigade along the road.
When I got home, Old Mrs. Xu was already waiting anxiously.
"Why are you back at this time? Sit down quickly, sit down quickly."
Old Mrs. Xu gave Wang Ying a cup of hot water. Although it was already spring, it was still cold in the mornings and evenings, and it was especially cold in the mountains.
Wang Ying took two gulps of the hot water and excitedly showed off to Old Lady Xu.
"Mom, look!"
Wang Ying took out the herbs covering the two backpacks. They were full, and it could be said that she had returned with a full load.
When Old Mrs. Xu saw the big snake, she was frightened and her heart was pounding so hard that she almost fell down.
"My goodness, how did you catch this big snake?"
Old Lady Xu couldn't help but feel scared. Although the snake was dead, the basket was still half full. There were brightly colored patterns on its body, which was very scary to look at.
Wang Ying: "Xu Shuang attacked with a knife, hitting me right in the middle!"
Wang Ying recalled that she felt nervous and excited: "We were just about to climb the tree to pick some magnolia buds after we finished picking the old thorn buds, when the snake opened its mouth and came towards us."
Wang Ying described the process of catching the snake as very thrilling and exciting, which made Old Mrs. Xu exclaim in surprise again and again.
Wang Ying: "This snake looks good to me. I'll deal with it after dinner."
Whether it is snake gall, snake skin, or snake bones, they can all be used as medicinal materials.
Old Mrs. Xu was a little scared: "This thing is really disgusting."
Wang Ying is a doctor, so she is naturally not afraid of things that ordinary people are afraid of.
"This snake looks pretty good. The few herbs it can get will be worth a lot of money."
Although she didn't know the purchase price, Wang Ying felt that it would not be cheap based on her calculations in her previous life.
It is easy to use local medicinal materials, but it is much more difficult to use things from snakes as medicine. When rural people catch snakes, as long as they are not poisonous, they just clean them up and eat them. Few people know how to use them as medicine.
Wang Ying was eager to try: "Let's take all the parts that can be used as medicine, and make soup with the remaining meat tomorrow."
She had a hard time eating meat recently. She had grown tired of rabbit meat, and pork was not available in time. She had only caught one pheasant today, and it was gone after she ate it.
Old Lady Xu: "Ask Xu Shuang to stew it for you. I... really don't dare to touch it."
Wang Ying looked at Xu Shuang eagerly.
Xu Shuang: "... Leave it there, I'll get up early tomorrow morning and stew it for you."
Wang Ying cheered, got up to wash her hands and face and change her clothes.
Old Mrs. Xu cooked a pot of porridge early in the morning and cut mushrooms to fry. Xu Shuang took over the rice spoon. She plucked the feathers from the pheasant she caught and put it in the pot with the mushrooms to stew. The aroma drifted out. Xu Shuang not only stewed the pheasant, but also took out the prickly ash buds she picked today and made prickly ash bud scrambled eggs with eggs.
Wang Ying was addicted to the unique fragrance of the prickly ash buds as soon as she took a sip. This fragrance is somewhat different from that of the Chinese toon. The Chinese toon itself has a strong and overbearing taste, and although the prickly ash buds also have a unique fragrance, it is refreshing and different from the overbearing one.
Taking another bite of the pheasant stewed with mushrooms made Wang Ying even more intoxicated with the freshness and deliciousness of the pheasant.
The pheasant meat is firm and tender, and the mushrooms have absorbed the rich and fragrant soup of the chicken. After eating, you can dip the steamed buns in the soup, which is so fragrant that it makes you dizzy.
The lingering fragrance made Wang Yongshun's family next door almost unable to sleep.
Li Chunjuan muttered quietly: "Eating stewed meat in the middle of the night, aren't you afraid of choking to death?"
As he said this, he kept sniffing it. Anyway, he couldn't eat it, so it was a good thing to smell it a little more.
Wang Yongshun turned over, feeling very bad. Other people ate big pieces of meat every day, which made their family of three look even more pitiful.
Suddenly the door creaked, and Wang Yongshun asked alertly, "Who is it?"
Li Chunjuan said nonchalantly: "You thought it was a thief? With a house like this, even thieves wouldn't bother to come here!"
After losing their family fortune, the couple lived on twenty yuan a day. Wang Yaozong spent it all, and now only had a few yuan left. The family was so poor that it was hard to attract thieves.
Li Chunjuan yawned, stood up and took a look.
"Yao Zong went out."
Wang Yongshun turned over and sat on the bed: "Where is he going so late?"
Li Chunjuan thought he was making a fuss: "He must have gone to town to look for his classmates. Didn't Yaozong say that? His high school classmate was close to him and said he could introduce him to a temporary job."
Wang Yongshun was furious: "How dare you believe it!"
What temporary workers? Do you really think that temporary workers are like cabbages in the field, which can be found at any time? It is not easy to find a temporary job in the city nowadays. Do you still expect Wang Yaozong's classmates to help
Wang Yongshun has been feeling increasingly uncomfortable lately. Although he loves his son, he also knows that Wang Yaozong's future is bleak. So he has been urging Wang Yaozong to work with him in the fields, hoping to help his son get married as soon as possible, even if it means asking him to pretend. Then he can see if he can get a daughter-in-law to marry into the family and change the atmosphere at home.
But Li Chunjuan didn't think so. After the incident in which Wang Yongshun hid money, Li Chunjuan lost her trust and patience in Wang Yongshun. She now felt that the whole family's hopes were on her son.
After all, Wang Yaozong had studied for more than half of high school. Isn't he more knowledgeable and well-connected than her and Wang Yongshun, two old farmers
"What's wrong with Yaozong? I think Yaozong is a very good person. He was not very sensible before, but now he can help me clean the table."
Wang Yongshun felt suffocated and wanted to grab Li Chunjuan and ask her, why did your son wipe the table for you for no reason? It was just for the few dollars in your hand! No, the money could not be left in Li Chunjuan's hands, otherwise she would lose all the money to Wang Yaozong sooner or later.
"Where's the money? How much money is left at home?"
Wang Yongshun asked for money as soon as he opened his mouth: "Leave the money here for me to manage."
Giving the money to Li Chunjuan was also Wang Yongshun's way of comforting her. He knew that Li Chunjuan was upset with him because of hiding the money, and now there were only 20 yuan left in the family, so he gave it to her, as it would be spent on household expenses anyway.
But it’s no longer possible now. Who knows if Li Chunjuan will give all the money to Wang Yaozong in one go and squander it.
Li Chunjuan's expression changed: "Didn't you tell me to take care of it? Don't we have to pay for food and drink now? It's convenient to put it here with me."
Wang Yongshun felt even more depressed when he saw her attitude and thought that something was not good.
"Where's the money? You spent all the money? Where's the money?!"
Li Chunjuan gritted her teeth and said, "Where can I get the money? We have to pay for your and my medicines, and the money to buy chickens..."
Wang Yongshun's eyes darkened: "You spent all your money on Wang Yaozong."
Li Chunjuan was not happy: "Why are you calling him Yaozong? He is our son, isn't he? What's wrong with spending money on our son?"
Li Chunjuan simply laid it bare: "Yaozong told me that he had a female classmate at school who he was getting along well with. The girl was from town, and Yaozong wanted to coax her and maybe marry her."
Wang Yongshun smiled bitterly. In the past, he was proud that Li Chunjuan could charge ahead while he could follow behind and take advantage. This made him very satisfied with Li Chunjuan's stupidity, but now he finally suffered the consequences of his wife's stupidity.
If Wang Yaozong really had a female classmate in the town, would he have been cheated out of eighty yuan just to buy a watch
Wang Yongshun knew very well that Wang Yaozong must have taken the money and spent it on food.
Thinking about it carefully, my son never seemed to mention eating meat again after the New Year.
Wang Yongshun sat down at the head of the bed and said, "Just wait and see."
Wang Yaozong was sure that even if he spent the money, he would not be able to marry her.
It was only twenty dollars, and my son spent it all in just a few days.
Wang Yongshun seemed to have never been so discouraged: "I can't control him anymore."
Wang Yaozong has grown up, and as a father, he can no longer beat him. What else can he do? Just bear it slowly.
The next day, Wang Ying got a letter of introduction and went into the city. She put the ginseng at the bottom of her backpack and covered it with a layer of cheap medicinal herbs and wild vegetables.
When Wang Ying arrived in the county town, she went straight to the state-owned hotel and successfully found Yao Shunjuan.
Yao Shunjuan's eyes lit up when she saw her. It had been several days since the two of them agreed to collect ginseng, and Yao Shunjuan thought that Wang Ying couldn't get it.
Yao Shunjuan pulled him to a secluded place and rubbed her hands excitedly: "Where is it?"
Wang Ying carefully opened the paper. The ginseng inside looked very fresh, with moist soil on it.
Yao Shunjuan could hardly breathe. In order to find medicine for her sister, she had seen several ginsengs after she spread the news, but they were all small dry sections, and none of them was like the one in front of her, which was complete and plump in shape.
Yao Shunjuan: "How many years will this take?"
Wang Ying smiled and said, "I think it's at least thirty-five years old."
Yao Shunjuan grabbed Wang Ying's hand and said, "Come on, come with me to find my mother."
Even though she didn't know much about wild ginseng, she could tell that this one was in very good condition. To determine the exact age, she still had to give it to her mother for her approval.
Wang Ying: "You're not going to work?"
Yao Shunjuan said indifferently: "I will go back and ask for leave, you wait for me."
Wang Ying saw her rush in and come out in less than two minutes, and she knew in her heart that the other party really had no shortage of money.
You have to know that the working people at that time were still very simple and honest. They would not ask for leave if they could avoid it, and even if they did, it was not so smooth. But Yao Shunjuan could do it, and she didn't even frown when she heard about the 35-year-old mountain ginseng.
Yao Shunjuan took Wang Ying through the streets and alleys, and soon they arrived at a tube-shaped building.
Wang Ying took a quick look when entering the gate and realized that this was the housing compound for the staff of the railway department.
No wonder the other party wanted to buy ginseng without blinking an eye.
Yao Shunjuan took Wang Ying to the second floor of a tube-shaped building. After knocking on the door a few times, someone came to open it.
The middle-aged woman who opened the door was very surprised to see her daughter: "Why are you back at this time?"
Yao Shunjuan was very excited: "Mom, I found medicine for my sister!"
The middle-aged woman looked around in panic at first, then pulled her daughter into the door, and Wang Ying followed.
Yao Shunjuan held her mother's hand and chattered non-stop: "I just saw the 35-year-old wild ginseng, it's almost the same as the one my grandfather told me about..."
Before the middle-aged woman could say anything, Yao Shunjuan quickly pushed Wang Ying forward: "It's her, Mom. She is the wife of the apprentice of our hotel chef and also the doctor of the brigade. She was the one who found it."
Wang Ying closed the door when she entered just now, so the middle-aged woman didn't have to worry about it. She had a happy look on her face: "Really? Comrade, can you let me take a look?"
Wang Ying nodded and handed the ginseng to the other party. The middle-aged woman took it and looked at it more and more satisfied.
"Yes, at least thirty-five years, quite a lot!"
The middle-aged woman has been exhausted recently. She has a lot of connections in her family, but she has not found anyone she likes. Seeing that her eldest daughter's health is getting worse, she is also worried.
Now that she had this ginseng, she was ready to pay for it without saying anything: "35-year-old ginseng, 10 years beyond that, 30 yuan a year, comrade, I'll give you 650 yuan."
Middle-aged woman: "This ginseng is of great quality. I am lucky to get an extra fifty."
Wang Ying's heart burned with excitement when she heard the amount was over 600 yuan. Now, her family assets jumped from over 300 yuan to four figures!
"Thank you very much. By the way, when you use this ginseng, you should pay attention to the dosage and preserve it well. You probably won't be able to use up all of this ginseng even if you take it as medicine. You can keep it and make it into medicinal wine. It will be a treasure in the years to come."
Wang Ying spoke very clearly and also introduced to the other party how and how long wild ginseng can be preserved.
The more the middle-aged woman listened, the more she felt that Wang Ying was honest. If it were someone else, they would just drop off the things, take the money and leave. Why would they explain in such detail
"I think your medical skills are pretty good too?"
Wang Ying smiled and said, "It's OK. I learned it from my mother. Now I help villagers with minor illnesses in the brigade."
The middle-aged woman was cautious: "Could you help me look at the prescription and give me some advice on how to make the medicine? To be honest, this is the first time for our family to deal with such expensive herbs, so we are a little worried..."
After all, it's a medicine worth more than 600 yuan. If it goes bad, you will feel sad no matter how wealthy you are.
Wang Ying agreed immediately. She had said so much just to see the solution.
She was very interested when she heard Yao Shunjuan mention the prescription. Those old Chinese medicine practitioners all had their own unique skills. However, they were lost for various reasons, which was a pity.
"No problem. I'll stay here for a while and see the patients."
The prescription must be matched with the patient. After Wang Ying read the prescription, she must also meet the patient and take his pulse.
The middle-aged woman immediately thanked him profusely and informed her daughter in the room, inviting Wang Ying in. Wang Ying took the prescription and looked at it carefully. The more she looked at it, the more she felt that the prescription was well written.
The woman with a pale face leaned back on the pillow and let Wang Ying take her pulse.
After coughing twice, she said, "It's because my health is not good to begin with. It was unfortunate that I gave birth the summer before last. It happened that something serious happened in the hospital. It happened that I gave birth that night. I was anxious and almost died from the illness..."
Wang Ying: "It's true that your foundation is not good, but this prescription is good. You take it as it is and pay attention to rest in the next few years. You will be able to recover slowly."
After a pause, Wang Ying asked again: "You said that the hospital encountered a big incident at that time. What big incident was it?"
Yao Huijuan coughed and said, "It was the mudslide that year. Two large trucks were destroyed outside the city and many people were crushed."
Wang Ying pressed on, "Were you living in Ward 305 at that time?"
Yao Huijuan: "How do you know? I was indeed staying in Room 305 that day, but later on, all the patients coming in and out were bleeding and diarrhea, so my mother moved me to another ward. Not long after I was moved there, I gave birth."
Wang Ying suppressed her excitement and said, "Comrade Yao, although this may be a little presumptuous, I still want to ask, did your relative who stayed with you return to Room 305 that night? Can I see him?"
Yao Huijuan didn't understand what was going on, but she still replied seriously: "My family members were all staying with me that day, and they went back to 305... I have to ask to find out."
Wang Ying held Yao Huijuan's hand tightly: "Thank you."
She never thought that she would be able to find a breakthrough here.
In order to make Yao Huijuan understand, Wang Ying told her some of her own secrets.
"My mother passed away in Room 305 that night, but I wasn't by her side that day. Only my uncle was there. I looked for someone in the same ward as my team, and he said he only knew that the family of a pregnant woman in the middle front had come in the middle of the night, so I kept wanting to find you. I didn't have any other intentions, I just wanted to ask you if my mother left any words for me before she died."
After listening to Wang Ying's explanation, Yao Huijuan was even more willing to help her: "Don't worry, I understand."
Since becoming a mother, Yao Huijuan has understood her mother's feelings. For example, after her husband died, she returned to her parents' home pregnant, and her mother did not despise her at all, and still took good care of her. Now, for her health, she has to use connections and find medicine. Yao Huijuan feels sad when she sees her mother's appearance, and she only hates that she can't get better immediately to comfort her mother.
Yao Huijuan: "Come back tomorrow and I will definitely ask you. I think it's just one of my cousins. Only they will go over to help me get the things that day."
Wang Ying thanked Yao Huijuan and sprinkled some spiritual spring water into the medicine while helping her to look at it, as a way of repaying her.
Wang Ying rode her bicycle back to town and told Xu Shuang what had happened.
Even Xu Shuang marveled at such a wonderful fate.
"Then I'll go into the city with you tomorrow."
Xu Shuang served Wang Ying a bowl of braised pork noodles, which was made by cutting the braised meat slices and mixing them with the braised broth.
Xu Shuang thought that eating like this was too simple, but Wang Ying was in a hurry.
"I have to go to the clinic this afternoon!"
I took a day off yesterday, so I have to go today.
Xu Shuang watched Wang Ying finish the noodles in a few bites and ride away on her bicycle.
In the afternoon, Wang Ying went to the health center for training. Doctor Wei was still very friendly to Wang Ying. After being crushed by the other candidates these days, they seemed to have gotten used to Wang Ying's prominence.
Wang Ying looked around and wondered why Zhaodi didn't come.
Sun Ertao is now the one who has the best relationship with Wang Ying in this class. She answered Wang Ying: "Zhao Di is not coming."
"Now that they are talking about the people in the commune, they don't care about this eighty cents."
Sun Ertao was also convinced by Zhaodi. This person was smart. She was so cunning that she wanted to compete with him for the position of barefoot doctor. First, she went to the captain's house and cried, and then she asked the educated youth to give her extra lessons. She insisted that she could read and insisted on coming.
But after only a few days, Wang Ying crushed him so much that he couldn't even raise his head.
It didn't matter. There were five people in total, and four of them were crushed by Wang Ying. It was the same for everyone. Sun Ertao was used to it. After the training was over, Wang Ying would definitely be qualified. She was in a team by herself, so there was no need to fight.
It's just the four of them fighting against each other.
Zhaodi's eyes should be directed towards her.
But who would have thought that Zhaodi's purpose in coming to the commune for training was fake, and her real purpose was to find a man.
It's only been a few days since she hooked up with a widower with a child in the commune. I don't know what she was thinking, but she just stopped coming and planned to discuss marriage with him.
Wang Ying couldn't help but gasp: "Getting married?"
You've only known each other for a few days, and you're planning to get married already
Sun Ertao felt a little sour when she spoke about it. She felt that being a stepmother was definitely not a good thing. However, Zhaodi jumped from the brigade to the commune in one fell swoop and seemed to be very promising.
I am very conflicted and don't know whether I should be envious.
"She still owes you the pencil stub, doesn't she?"
Wang Ying: “No.”
She didn't care, but based on this small detail, Wang Ying couldn't like this Zhaodi.
Sun Ertao curled her lips: "This person has been like this since he was a child."
You get things with tears, but when it's time to return them you won't feel happy.
Wang Ying shrugged: "It doesn't matter."
Anyway, you are just a passer-by and we may not see you again in the future.
After an entire afternoon of training, when Wang Ying returned home, she found someone she hadn't seen for a long time.
Wang Yaozong stood at the street corner of the commune, holding a cigarette in his hand, and there were a few young men around him who looked a bit ruffian. They stood side by side, and when they saw a young woman passing by, they whistled in a ruffian way.
Sun Ertao was a little scared. She held Wang Ying's hand and didn't dare to go over there.
Wang Ying observed Wang Yaozong for a while without making any expression. Compared to the time when he was arrested during the Chinese New Year, Wang Yaozong was even a little fatter. He smoked happily with a cigarette without any care, as if the couple next door who were arguing about money that Wang Ying heard at home were not his parents.
Wang Ying shook her head. Wang Yongshun was a clever man, but he lacked wisdom.
Wang Yaozong had learned his lesson the last time he stole a chicken, but he still couldn't restrain his son.
Now, Wang Yaozong has hooked up with a "friend" who is good at having fun, and he is bound to get into big trouble.
But Wang Ying had no intention of disciplining Wang Yongshun. What was she disciplining? When the original owner was around, this cousin bullied the original owner and ordered the original owner to do laundry for him. Why
Wang Ying learned in the city today that she could uncover the truth about the original owner's mother's death. Now she has even less good feelings towards her uncle's family.
"Come on, I'll take you with me."
Wang Ying took Sun Ertao with her, and the two of them passed by Wang Yaozong and his group openly.
Wang Yaozong took a deep puff of his cigarette and stared at Wang Ying's back, his eyes filled with darkness and gloom.
The young man standing nearby stared at Wang Ying's figure until he could no longer see her. Then he reluctantly said, "That girl is quite pretty. I wonder which brigade she's from. How about I go and flirt with her?"
Although he was not presentable, he was from the commune after all, so it was easy for him to seduce a short-sighted country girl.
His self-satisfaction was shattered by Wang Yaozong's words: "She's married."
The young man smacked his lips, feeling very sorry: "She is so pretty, why did she marry in the countryside?"
If he had come to the commune earlier, he could have taken action earlier.
Wang Yaozong blew out a smoke ring: "This woman is sick."
The young man's eyes widened. "Not really? I saw nothing wrong with her just now! Wasn't she still riding her bike?"
Wang Yaozong was upset. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that all the bad luck in his family was caused by Wang Ying.
If Wang Ying hadn't made a fuss about the family, his father wouldn't have thought of arranging a blind date for her as soon as possible. If it wasn't for the blind date, he wouldn't have met Zhao Jun. If it weren't for Zhao Jun, his second sister wouldn't have been so determined to marry Zhao Jun. Then his family wouldn't have to pay back Xu Shuang's money, nor would they have to be short of money. And he wouldn't have lost the 80 yuan at home and steal chickens for food.
Wang Yaozong no longer thought about anything else. He felt that all the misfortunes in his family were caused by Wang Ying.
Isn’t Wang Ying a troublemaker
She was able to kill her parents one after another, so there must be something evil about her. Look at what happened to her family. Now he can't even go to school.
Wang Yaozong finished smoking his cigarette and said angrily, "Don't talk about her. It's unlucky. Let's talk about what happened tonight."
Yes, Wang Yaozong not only spends his family’s money, he has also found his own career.
Wang Yaozong reviewed his failure and felt that he was wrong because he only focused on stealing from his own team, which led to such bad luck. In addition, Li Chunjuan and Wang Yongshun were not smart or flexible enough, which dragged him down.
So now he is with a group of young thieves who are committing crimes in the commune and some nearby brigades.
They didn't steal much each time, just a chicken or a dog, so they could share it among themselves in a quiet place. They didn't dare to take the money, fearing that someone would find out about the spoiled food. They also worried that they would be arrested if the matter got out of hand.
If someone steals something, no one can prove it if he eats outside. However, if he steals money and is caught, he will be sentenced to at least several years in prison.
But today was different. Wang Yaozong hooked up with a man who was very generous. He gave him two dollars at a time and said that he had a way to make a fortune, but he just needed manpower.
Now, Wang Yaozong is moved and is here to mobilize his brothers.
Although the young people were all tempted, few dared to make a decision. They were all worried about the identity of the man, fearing that he would make them work like a pig.
Wang Yaozong: "Is it possible? How much money can our commune make? The elder brother said that we are just helping with some lifting work. After we leave, can they still hold us accountable?"
Wang Yaozong tried his best to recruit people, and the other party said that if he could find a few people, he would be paid a few dollars.
Wang Yaozong is so short of money that he is jealous. Of course he will not let go of this money.
"Besides, they've promised that there's no problem. At worst, we can just go home and sleep after we move, and then we won't admit that we went out, right?"
After Wang Yaozong's best efforts to deceive and offer money, Wang Yaozong finally pulled three people together.
Wang Yaozong was very proud. What if Wang Ying lived well? He was not bad either. Sooner or later, he would drive Wang Ying out. The house left by the second aunt should have been his.
Wang Ying returned home and put the 650 yuan she had received today together with the family savings. In order to prevent being bitten by rats, Wang Ying even prepared a simple rat repellent and put it in the jar where the money was hidden.
The originally small jar was filled with great unity, which made Wang Ying happy just by looking at it.
Wang Ying counted again and again, and finally confirmed that it was one thousand and fifteen yuan.
Now, not to mention Old Mrs. Xu’s sewing machine, even the radio can be taken away in one fell swoop.
Wang Ying was holding Tan Zimei in the house when she suddenly heard someone calling her outside.
"Doctor Wang Ying? Are you home?"
Wang Ying thought he was here to see a doctor, but when she opened the door she saw...
The educated youth Bai Ling was looking around in the yard. When she saw her come out, a smile appeared on her face.
"Doctor Wang Ying, I picked this in the mountains today. I heard that you were collecting medicinal herbs, so I brought it to you."
This is also what Wang Ying started recently. Going up the mountain to collect herbs every day is no longer a necessity for her. A long time ago, some people in the team would remember the appearance of some medicinal materials when they went up the mountain, and after bringing them down from the mountain, they would send them to the barefoot doctor to be paid.
Although the difference is not that big, it is still an income for the villagers.
Wang Ying wanted to benefit everyone, and secondly, she thought that this would give her more excuses to go into the city from time to time. So some time ago, she started to spread the word that she was collecting medicinal materials.
Wang Ying took a quick look at the herbs Bai Ling had picked. It was obvious that she had put a lot of effort into them. The herbs were dug up with their roots, still green and lush. They were sorted by type and tied with red ropes.
Bai Ling handed the herbs to Wang Ying and said, "Take a look at these. Can you use them?"
Wang Ying: "Do you know medicinal herbs?"
Bai Ling acted shy and said, "I know her a little bit."
In fact, she didn't know them at all. She only learned about these herbs from the nearest members, and it was Jiang Lei who dug them up in the mountains.
Wang Ying collected the herbs and counted them one by one, the total was one dollar and forty-seven cents. She went back to the house and gave the money to Bai Ling.
Bai Ling refused vigorously: "No, no, no, Doctor Wang Ying, I just found these, it doesn't take much effort, just take them, you don't need to pay me."
Wang Ying felt more and more that this person was fake. She didn't push him away when he entered the room to get the money just now, but she did now.
Wang Ying didn't give her any time to reason and directly stuffed the money into her hand: "Let's put it this way. I'm also sending these herbs to the city hospital, so let's settle the money as it should be."
Bai Ling held the money and her expression did not look very good.
She had originally thought that she could take advantage of the time to say a few nice words and ask Wang Ying some questions indirectly. But the other party's ruthless attitude of paying for goods in exchange for money deeply shocked her.
Bai Ling took a deep breath: "Doctor Wang Ying, do you dislike me..."
Wang Ying: “No.”
That's true. At most, she doesn't understand people and doesn't want to deal with them. If we really have to talk about annoying people, Bai Ling wouldn't even be on the list.
Bai Ling hesitated: "Is it because of Jiang Lei? I need to explain this to you..."
Wang Ying interrupted her: "Bai Zhiqing, I have the same feelings towards you, Jiang Lei, and any of you Zhiqing. I don't have any inclinations. There is no need for you to explain your relationship with Jiang Zhiqing to me. If you have anything to say, just say it directly."
Aren't you tired of taking such detours
Bai Ling bit her lower lip and was silent for a moment before asking, "Doctor Wang Ying, I want to ask, aren't there three empty rooms in your old house? Can we move in?"
Wang Ying:
Bai Ling continued, "We educated youth can live in one room with several people. Now we live scattered around, which is not convenient for us to live together. I think it's better for us to live together before the educated youth camp is built. People in the brigade say that your family is well off. I know my suggestion is too much..."
Wang Ying: "If you know it's too much, don't say it."
She stood up and saw him off. "Bai Zhiqing, I think you are a weird person now. You went to someone else's house and said you had your own arrangements. Did you come to me and tell your educated youth team leader Yang Hong? Can you be the boss of all the educated youth? Or can you be the boss of the team leader? You came to me out of the blue and said these nonsense. Don't you think it's a bit too much?"
"You know how many rooms are empty in my house. You've been very thorough in your inquiries. That's the room my mother-in-law lived in. Although she lives here now, it's still her room. It's not your turn to decide what to put in there or who lives there."
Wang Ying pushed the person out the door: "You really don't know what you are talking about."
Bai Ling was caught off guard by Wang Ying's scolding. She felt aggrieved and pitiful. She didn't dare to knock on Wang Ying's door and could only go back to Wu Guihua's house with a downcast face.
What was wrong with what she said? That was the truth. Old Lady Xu came forward and said that she could arrange for two educated youths, but in fact, her house was very spacious.
The room that Zhang Ping and Jiang Li live in now is spacious and bright, big enough to accommodate three or four more people.
Bai Ling was very upset. Because of her hesitation, she missed the opportunity to live in Xu's family. She regretted it very much when she thought about it recently.
Although the Xu family did not provide anything but the most basic amount of coarse grains for the educated youth, living under the same roof with others was not as good as the educated youth living on their own behind closed doors.
Although Bai Ling did not discuss it with Yang Hong, she still felt that her idea was absolutely correct.
Old Lady Xu has already rented out one room, so can't the remaining three rooms accommodate us? Of course they can.
Bai Ling thought about it and decided to go to Wang Ying first to pave the way, so that she could talk to Yang Hong after the matter was confirmed. This way she could show that she cared about everyone and also increase her reputation.
As a result, Wang Ying was kicked out after just listening to the beginning, as if she had no intention of agreeing at all.
Bai Ling kicked the dirt on the ground angrily.
She now lives in Wu Guihua's house, sharing a kang with Wu Guihua's daughter and another educated youth. They have to work very hard to eat and drink, and cannot get any benefits from others.
It didn't feel like she was at the educated youth camp at all. On the first day, she said she couldn't eat, and several educated youth helped her make a bowl of noodles. Although it was made with mixed grains, it was still dry.
In Wu Guihua's family, there are three standard meals a day.
The more Bai Ling thought about it, the more she felt she was at a disadvantage.
Now that she no longer had special treatment, Wu Guihua was not someone who would give in to her. She always said that because she was weak, she had nothing to do and that she should just do more work. Even the pots, pans, and spoons of the Wu family were washed in turns.
Bai Ling didn't want to wash the dishes, so she thought that the educated youth still lived together, which would make it easier for her to do it.
Bai Ling's depressed figure caught Jiang Lei's eyes. Jiang Lei's eyes rolled, and he dropped the work at hand and ran to Bai Ling.
"Bai Zhiqing, what's wrong with you?"
In order to distance herself from Jiang Lei in front of everyone, Bai Ling now requires Jiang Lei to call her Bai Zhiqing.
"Did Wang Ying bully you?"
Bai Ling bit her lower lip: "I'm useless..."
Jiang Lei was about to say something else, but Bai Ling said softly, "It's okay, Comrade Jiang, thank you for your concern."
Jiang Lei: "Don't say that. Look at you. You've lost weight recently. You must not be eating well."
Jiang Lei's heart was burning with excitement: "I'll take a day off tomorrow and go to town to buy you a chicken drumstick."
He still had a few dozen yuan on him, which was also his bottom-line money for this trip to the countryside. However, Jiang Lei felt that it was okay to spend this money on Bai Ling. After all, the two of them had a mutual understanding, and Bai Ling would marry him sooner or later.
Bai Ling looked embarrassed: "Won't this be too much trouble for you?"
Jiang Lei felt a surge of courage in his heart: "What's the big deal! I'll go there tomorrow morning!"
Bai Ling "declined" twice, but finally couldn't resist Jiang Lei and thanked him in a friendly manner.
However... Jiang Lei did not go to Cheng Town the next day.
Because a group of people from the Revolutionary Committee and the Public Security Bureau came to the Seventh Brigade, everyone in the brigade was silent, fearing that they would be targeted. Even if Jiang Lei had a straightforward temper, he knew that this was not a good time to leave the brigade. Don't let these people think that he was going to escape, otherwise he would be in trouble.
The people from the Revolutionary Committee were quite direct. They stopped a member and asked, "Comrade, we want to go to Wang Yongshun's house. Can you show us the way?"
The members pointed the way tremblingly, and the people from the Revolutionary Committee came up and knocked on the door.
"Wang Yongshun, Li Chunjuan, your son Wang Yaozong is now suspected of a vicious theft and robbery case. Please come out and go back with us to investigate."