Chapter 23 Old Chinese Medicine Doctor
Author: Fried Chicken Family Bucket
When Xu An rode his tricycle out of the street, he saw an old man selling candied haws on the roadside carrying a stack of candied haws.
Xu An then remembered that he had forgotten to buy the candied haws and stickers he promised Xu Kang and Xu Le.
While Xu An was selecting candied haws on a stick, he suddenly saw a tall and thin figure passing by from the opposite side and entering a room with a sign of 'Traditional Chinese Medicine'.
This figure seems to be my uncle. What is he doing here?
"Old man, do you know what the house opposite is for?"
The old man selling candied haws looked at where Xu An was pointing, opened his mouth with only a few teeth left, and said with a smile: "There is an old Chinese doctor there who specializes in treating infertility. The old Chinese doctor has skills and a good temper.
We only accept guests introduced by acquaintances and do not accept new customers."
An old Chinese doctor who specializes in treating infertility? It seems that my uncle has not given up the idea of having children, and has begun to believe in folk remedies and stories about ghosts and gods.
The old man selling candied haws on a stick tugged at Xu An's head and motioned for him to lower his head.
"I heard people say that this old Chinese doctor is amazing. Many infertile couples became pregnant soon after coming to see him. It's amazing!"
"Old man, have you heard about how he was treated back then?" Xu An always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't explain why.
The old man shook his head: "If I knew, would I still be selling candied haws on a stick here?"
Seeing that the old man was not clear about the situation, Xu An did not continue to ask. He stood near the old man and looked across, waiting for his uncle to come out.
After waiting for a long time, his uncle didn't come out. Xu Qian couldn't wait here all the time. He had to go to the Bauhinia Garden construction site to pick up Xu Heping. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to bring everything back with just that bicycle.
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Xu An could only spend money to buy two bunches of candied haws, put them in a foam box, and left towards the Bauhinia Garden construction site.
Just ten minutes after Xu An left, my uncle walked out of the house with cheerful steps, humming a tune with his hands behind his back, and a proud look on his face.
Xu Heping counted the remaining box lunches on the stall: "One, two, three, four, five, it's been almost two hours since we left the stall, and there are actually five left of the thirty box lunches. The sales volume is getting lower and lower."
I turned to look at the fried noodle stall next door. The five-yuan egg fried rice was selling very well.
Looking at the row of fast food restaurants opposite, in addition to the workers, there are also several nearby residents mixed in.
Only my stall was extremely deserted.
‘How about moving the stall to the opposite side?’
While Xu Heping was thinking, Xu An came back on a tricycle.
"Heping, how are your sales doing here?"
"It's not very good. After selling 30 lunch boxes, there are still five left. I just heard from Uncle Dongliang that the food in the factory cafeteria has become normal. I guess there will be fewer people willing to come out and consume in the future."
"Those who are willing to come out to consume are currently being taken away by the fast food restaurants across the street. Things should be better after their activities are over." Xu An got out of the car to help clean up the stalls. They also hired a tractor to move the freezers. It would be too much to delay any longer.
It's late.
"It will take three to five days anyway. How is your business there?"
"It's not bad. The fast food over there is mainly sold to surrounding residents, and the price is a bit high. Our eight-yuan lunch box is very attractive to the workers. Maybe it will attract nearby residents or
For office workers.”
The owner of the fried noodle stall was immediately moved when he heard this. He took out a cigarette and handed it to Xu An, asking politely: "Where is my little brother setting up a stall now?"
"I'm just wandering around other construction sites." After a casual prevarication, the two of them left together.
'Pooh!'
The fried noodle stall owner spat on the ground, rubbed his feet with his feet, and looked at the backs of the two people with a somewhat unhappy expression.
'You two bastards, don't think I can't find you if you don't tell me.'
When they arrived at the vegetable market, the tractor master was already waiting at the gate of the vegetable market. Xu An and Xu Heping hurried into the vegetable market and found Lao He's dry goods shop.
The sign of Lao He's dry goods store was taken down, leaving only an empty lintel. The shelves in the store were all moved away, leaving only the freezer that Xu An settled in the store.
It can be seen that the freezer has been cleaned. There were some dust and water stains on the bottom of the freezer when I came last time, but now they have been cleaned.
Xu An connected the power supply and debugged it. After confirming that there were no problems, he said hello to Lao He, and with the help of Xu An, he lifted the freezer into the tractor compartment.
The cabin of the walk-behind tractor is very large and can accommodate a freezer. The two people's tricycles and bicycles are also loaded on it. Xu An and Xu Heping squeezed into the front seat together with the tractor master.
Driving in the direction of Xujia Village.
Halfway through the drive, the tractor driver received a call, and Xu An heard several key words in the conversation.
‘You want a child’, ‘Old Chinese doctor’, ‘Need to introduce’
The combination of these keywords reminded Xu An of the old Chinese medicine doctor opposite the Haishi Library construction site.
"Master, I just heard you talking about the old Chinese medicine doctor on the phone. Could it be the old Chinese medicine doctor opposite the Haishi Library construction site?"
The tractor master was stunned, looked Xu An up and down, and said with disbelief: "No, young man, you are only in your early twenties and you are already looking for an old Chinese doctor for treatment?"
"I asked this on behalf of a relative. He has been married for seven or eight years and still has no children. If you don't hear this, please help him pay attention." Xu An explained quickly.
"Oh." The tractor-trailer master came back to his senses: "That's right. There is absolutely no problem in going to this old Chinese medicine doctor."
"I have heard from many people that he is good at treating infertility, but I have never heard of anyone who has successfully been treated there. Master, do you know anyone who has been treated there?"
"It's okay if you don't know. The old Chinese medicine doctor's secret recipe uses a lot of scarce medicinal materials, and the output is not high. If word spreads and more people know about it, he will disturb his purity. He only treats those who are destined." The tractor master said in his tone.
Full of pride.
"Then how do you know so much?" Xu An asked.
"I have a relative, really a relative!" the tractor master emphasized emphatically before continuing: "I have been married for more than three years and have no children, so I asked someone to make connections and found that old Chinese medicine doctor. I saw him once a week for three to five days.
When I got back, I was really pregnant. The baby is now three years old, very lively and cute."
"Then do you know how this old Chinese doctor treated his patients?" Xu An brought up this topic again.
"The treatment process is kept confidential. No one talks about it and no one knows about it. However, I do know about the Chinese medicines that are given as a supplement. They are all precious medicinal materials and are very replenishing."
Treatment techniques cannot be mastered by just looking at them. The reason why old Chinese medicine practitioners are so careful is that this treatment is likely to be illegal, and may even be illegal and criminal.
Of course, there is another possibility that cannot be ruled out. The old Chinese medicine practitioners have awakened to the Guanyin system, and the mission of the system is to allow a thousand infertile couples to have children of their own.
The three of them chatted and soon returned to Xujia Village. The "rumbling" sound of the tractor attracted many people in the village to watch.
After the freezer was settled, Xu An cleaned up the kitchen and called his second uncle Xu Guoqiang to help connect the wires.
Move the freezer to the kitchen, connect it to the power supply, and the engine roars, indicating that the freezer is working normally.
Xu An touched the freezer and was very satisfied. Starting from tomorrow, he can buy the ingredients for the next day when he closes the stall in the afternoon and bring them back. He does not have to go to town to buy ingredients in the early morning.
"Anzi, are you planning to open a small shop at home?" Grandma Xu's first reaction when she saw the freezer was that Xu An wanted to open a small shop in the village.
"Milk, this is for home use, not for running a canteen." Xu An quickly explained with a confused look on his face.
"Then why buy a horizontal one? I've never seen anyone use this style in their home." Grandma Xu was puzzled.
"This is old and cheap."
As soon as the word "cheap" came out, Grandma Xu no longer struggled with the problem of the vertical and horizontal sides of the freezer. She looked left and right at the freezer and became more and more satisfied.
But when she saw the power cord of the freezer, her heart began to tighten. Such a big freezer would use so much electricity in a day!
In the evening, Xu An's usual routine was to take stock of today's income.
Xu Kang and Xu Le were fighting around, and Xu Lede's little hand accidentally knocked the account book out of Xu An's hand, and a neatly folded piece of paper fell to the ground.
After teaching the two of them a lesson, Xu An picked up the notebooks and papers that had fallen to the ground.
This is?
Xu An opened the folded paper, took a look at the information on it, and suddenly realized.
Come to think of it, isn't this the inspection report that my uncle threw in the trash can at the bus stop?
After I came back, I casually put it in my notebook and forgot about it.
'It's of no use, just throw it away.'
Xu An was about to throw the paper into the trash can when his eyes suddenly fell on the torn corner.
The name has been torn off, but the address on the report is still there.
‘Room 803, Building 3, Mingyue Bay, Wangcheng District, Haishi’
This is the address of my sister-in-law’s house!
There is only one male in my sister-in-law’s family, my uncle, so this inspection report really belongs to my uncle!
My uncle's hair is a bit green.
Chapter completed!