Chapter 256 Fighting Fire with Fire and the Radio
"Meng De, you're here, come sit down and cool off.

This fan is very comfortable in the summer.”

In Mr. Pu’s office.

When he saw his most proud disciple coming in, he waved with a smile on his face.

"By the way, when I went to see my boss for health care two days ago, he gave me a bag of new tea leaves. You can make a cup and taste it."

Since becoming the vice president of the Chinese Medical Research Institute, he has taken over the affairs of the Department of Internal Medicine.

He had more time.

In addition to the daily work of the institute, the rest of the time is spent on seeing patients at Guang'anmen Hospital and providing health care for various leaders.

“Sir, I’m not hot.

It's new tea leaves, I want to taste them carefully."

When Wang Mengde heard that there was new tea, he was overjoyed.

He doesn't have many hobbies, and drinking tea is one of them.

He couldn't live without tea every day. Even in the most difficult years, when each household had only two taels of tea per year, he never stopped drinking tea.

While others were drinking high-grade liquor or even picking leaves in the wild to drink, he was drinking the finest liquor.

Apart from some tea he received when providing health care and special support to leaders, most of the rest was given to him by Mr. Pu and President Lu.

These are not available on the market and are often only exported in exchange for foreign exchange. Only a small part of them can be seen in the country.

In the courtyard, Yan Bugui was more shrewd. He would go to his house from time to time to have a drink under the pretext of helping out.

After drinking this cup, he would be intoxicated and savor it for several days.

I picked up the tea leaves and smelled them, and immediately, a refreshing fragrance hit me.

"Sir, this tea is really good."

After brewing two cups, one was handed to Pu Lao's desk, and the other was placed in front of himself, Wang Mengde said sincerely.

Today's tea is better than any he has seen before.

"Haha, this is extremely precious. The annual output is not much. Decades ago, these were tributes. In name, only the royal family could enjoy them."

Pu Lao said cheerfully.

"I don't have much here. When you go back, take half with you."

"Yeah, thank you sir."

Wang Mengde was not polite either. After all, he usually took a lot of his teacher's things.

Of course, when he had good things, he would think of his master, such as giving him a jar of tiger bone wine.

This wine has the effect of strengthening bones. Drinking it regularly can be very beneficial for elderly people with weak bodies.

After a few months, Mr. Pu clearly felt that his body had become much stronger.

The two of them drank tea and chatted, and soon the topic turned to his new disciples.

"Meng De, your six disciples have good character and understanding. If you train them well, they may be more powerful than your fellow disciples in ten years.

Especially the one named Wei Ming, he is very hardworking and smart. Although he is far inferior to you, his qualifications are very good compared to most people.

Plus, with his studies at your side, his achievements might earn him a place in the Chinese Medicine Research Institute.”

Pu Lao smiled and made a few comments.

When those students arrived at the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine on the first day, Wang Mengde brought them to visit their master.

After a simple understanding, he can see each person's personality and talents.

What he meant by having a place in the research institute was to become a top talent in a certain department.

"Well, sir, they are really good."

After spending a few days together, Wang Mengde was very satisfied with those people.

Not only does he have a solid foundation in basic studies, he is also diligent and studious, and his pursuit of knowledge has even reached a crazy level.

"By the way, Meng De, you have accepted a few new disciples. If you are unable to teach them, you can ask your fellow apprentices to help.

After all, you have too much to do in your daily life. You have to deal with miscellaneous matters in the internal medicine department, see patients, and conduct some research. Your leaders often need you.

A person's energy is limited. Besides, my fellow apprentices are now considered masters. You have basically taught them all by hand. It is no problem for them to help you for a while."

Mr. Pu suddenly thought of something, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.

"Teacher, I think so too. After all, I am usually very busy and have less time to teach them."

Wang Mengde also smiled and said:

"And I am planning to conduct a study soon."

"Oh, what are you going to study recently?"

"Sir, I met a patient yesterday, a child, who had leukemia."

When mentioning the child, Wang Mengde spoke with a heavy heart.

Leukemia is the name of a disease in Western medicine. There is no unified term for it in traditional Chinese medicine.

According to the clinical symptoms that appear during the development of leukemia, Chinese medicine classifies it into different categories such as asthenia, blood disease, accumulation or syndrome accumulation, phlegm nodules and scrofula.

"Hemorrhage?"

Mr. Pu also frowned. He had been practicing medicine for decades and knew a lot about this difficult disease.

"This is an incurable disease, and neither Chinese nor Western medicine has a good solution.

Are you sure you want to spend time studying this? Otherwise, you can study other things first and come back later."

After hesitating for a while, he still spoke directly to persuade her.

It’s not that he wants his apprentice to give up, but because the disease is too complicated.

Not to mention one person, from ancient times to the present, many smart and talented people have conducted in-depth research on this disease, but in the end there was no result.

His disciple is a treasure of the Chinese Medical Research Institute and even of the country.

If you conduct research in other areas, success will surely come easily.

But this disease is different. Once you get stuck in it and don’t see any results in a short period of time, it will probably undermine your confidence and waste precious time.

Mr. Pu had seen some geniuses before, who, because of their arrogance, challenged difficult and complicated problems and ultimately achieved nothing.

There are many examples of this kind.

You know, Wang Mengde is less than 30 years old, and Chinese medicine believes that people become more powerful with age.

In the future he should play a bigger role instead of hanging himself on a tree.

"I understand what you mean, sir."

Wang Mengde certainly knew that Pu Lao was doing this for his own good, but he had his own ideas:
“I won’t spend a lot of time on this, half a year at most. If there is no breakthrough, I will give up temporarily.

Besides, I now have some ideas in my mind that I want to put into practice.”

He wasn't lying.

He had been thinking about it all night yesterday, combining the treatments for leukemia from Chinese and Western medicine in his previous life with his current medical knowledge, and had come to some conclusions.

"You have an idea, tell me now."

Pu Lao said with a look of surprise.

When he was young, he also did some research on leukemia.

At that time, I refused to admit defeat and wanted to conquer this incurable disease with my own abilities.

Unfortunately, I gave up very quickly in the end.

I didn't expect that my apprentice was so amazing. In such a short time, he actually had some ideas.

"Sir, I have come up with some ideas based on the chemotherapy and other treatment methods that have become popular internationally in recent years, combined with the prescriptions for treating leukemia in ancient books.

To cure this disease, we need to fight poison with poison. I have selected some drugs with relatively high toxicity and plan to use them in the medicine."

Wang Mengde directly expressed his thoughts.

In fact, chemotherapy has been used for decades, but the effect was mediocre and the side effects were strong, which made some people unacceptable.

Later, after several decades of development, chemotherapy methods have made great progress, and various new chemotherapy drugs have emerged.

Combined with surgery, radiotherapy and other means, it has now become an important treatment method in many countries.

In traditional Chinese medicine, there are different options for leukemia depending on the clinical type of the disease.

For example, for the type of severe heat evil, use "Qingwen Baidu Yin" to add or subtract ingredients; for the type of severe poison damaging the blood, use "Shenxi Dan"; for the type of deficiency of both qi and yin, use "Shengmai San"; for the type of deficiency of spleen and kidney yang, use "Yougui Wan".

Of course, these prescriptions are not very effective for this disease.

It can only serve as an auxiliary treatment, and it is extremely difficult to cure the disease.

“Fighting poison with poison?
This is no joke. Chinese herbal medicines are quite toxic and can cause irreversible damage to the human body if you are not careful.”

After hearing what his apprentice said, Pu Lao said with some concern.

Although in history, and even now, there are many experts who use poison to treat diseases, they have all achieved remarkable results.

For some special diseases, the effect is very obvious.

But there are also many examples of failure.

"Sir, I am not sure how to do this by myself, and I have no experience, so I came to you for help."

Wang Mengde said with a smile.

In fact, according to his medical skills, using some highly toxic Chinese medicinal materials to treat diseases is a piece of cake. Even if the disease cannot be cured, it will not cause any other harm.

This time I came to see Mr. Pu, hoping to have one more person with me to share some of the pressure.

Because according to his estimation, it would not be possible to find a suitable formula in a short time.

"Well, it happens that I am not too busy at this time, so I will study with you."

Mr. Pu readily agreed.

night.

Return to the courtyard.

Before I reached the middle court, I heard a sound similar to that of a broadcast.

"Meng De is back, come and see what fun stuff I bought."

Seeing him coming in pushing his bicycle, Sha Zhu showed off proudly.

After saying that, he pointed to the table in front of his door.

"Wow, you bought a radio."

Seeing the clumsy chatterbox, Wang Mengde asked in surprise: "Where did you get the ticket?"

To buy such big items now, the only thing you need besides tickets is industrial coupons.

But Sha Zhu's family didn't have enough industrial coupons, as he still owed himself a part of the money, so how could he buy a radio?

"Meng De, this is a radio ticket that Lao Yi got at the steel mill, and then he went to the department store to buy it and gave it to Sha Zhu."

Yan Bugui, who was eavesdropping nearby, said with envy.

He is absolutely indispensable for such a free good thing.

At the same time, he muttered to himself that Old Yi was really generous to Sha Zhu. Whenever he had any good things, he would think of Sha Zhu's family and even help take care of Sha Zhu's son.

Nowadays, even such big items can be delivered at any time.

Unfortunately, this kind of good thing did not happen to his sons.

At this time, the sound of opera came from the radio, attracting many neighbors in the yard.

"It's really great. With this, I can listen to opera, storytelling, crosstalk, and the news, and learn about national affairs and policies.

I am also going to buy one, Uncle, don’t you want to buy one?”

A man with a big belly protruding from his bangs walked over from the backyard. When he saw this thing, he immediately thought of the use of the radio.

For him who always wants to make progress, understanding national policies is the most important thing.

So he said to Yan Bugui.

He had learned before that radios were different from sewing machines and bicycles, and that fewer industrial coupons were needed to make them; only twenty or thirty would be enough.

His monthly salary was about 90 yuan, and he received four industrial coupons every month.

After deducting household expenses, he could save up 30 industrial coupons in a year, so he dared to make such a big statement.

"Haha, uncle, you buy first, and I'll save up some industrial coupons."

Yan Bugui said with a somewhat unnatural expression.

His salary was not high, and he only had two industrial coupons a month. His family also needed coupons to buy some industrial products, so he could only save up one at most every month.

Moreover, he plans to buy a bicycle first.

"Okay, Uncle, if you want to know about national affairs and policies, you can come to my house and listen. It's much more convenient than reading newspapers.

Not only is it timely, but we also learn more, and there are even people who specialize in explaining the policies.”

Liu Haizhong said with his chin raised.

Then, he turned around, his expression changed instantly, and he smiled at Wang Mengde and said:

"By the way, Meng De, don't you buy one at home? You can listen to it when you have nothing to do at night."

"Haha, uncle, since you guys are all ready to buy one, let's buy one for our family too."

Wang Mengde said with a smile.

He had never really thought of buying a radio before.

Seeing so many people today showing special interest in this thing reminded me of the extreme lack of entertainment activities in this era.

Usually when it gets dark at night, I stay at home and go to bed early.

If you have a radio, it would be nice to listen to at night.

arrive home.

At the dinner table, the family's topic of conversation was indeed the radio.

"Dad, Mom, Shengnan, let's go to the department store and buy one this weekend."

Wang Mengde took a bite of the steamed bun made from two kinds of flour and said in a low voice.

"Why buy that thing? It's not practical and it costs a lot of industrial coupons."

When Ran Xiaomei heard that her son wanted to buy a radio, she rejected it without even thinking about it.

"Mom, buy it and you can listen to the country's policies at night. You can also listen to opera and storytelling when you are at home."

Wang Mengde persuaded.

"Yes, my son is right. We can listen to the country's policies."

Next to him, Wang Hao also added.

"That will cost a lot of industrial coupons, right?"

Ran Xiaomei said hesitantly.

"We only need 20 or 30 industrial coupons, which is enough for our family to save for two months.

Besides, I have saved a lot of industrial coupons. If I don’t use them, they will expire. I might as well buy a radio to use.”

"Okay then, Meng De will go to the department store and buy one this weekend."

After thinking about it, she realized that it was just as her son said, the family’s industrial coupons could not be used up at all, so Ran Xiaomei was relieved.

"Great, we've also bought a radio."

Wang Yuanchao, who was secretly listening, shouted excitedly to them.

Next door, the atmosphere at the Jia family's house was different.

(End of this chapter)