Chapter 276 Xu Damao's Hatred and Synthetic Chinese Medicine

No. 95, Nanluoguxiang.

Middle Court.

Weekend evening.

By the pool, Qin Huairu was bending over, squatting on the ground, washing Huaihua's diaper.

Because they gave birth to a girl, both Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu were unhappy, and a lot of housework fell on her.

I sighed and felt even more envious of He Shengnan next door.

Although the two gave birth at the same time and left the confinement period together, the treatment they received was very different.

Even after He Shengnan finished her confinement, apart from taking care of the child, all other things were done by her mother-in-law and biological mother.

And the daily meals are still very rich.

Qin Huairu once accidentally saw that there were at least seven or eight poached eggs in He Shengnan's bowl that day, with sesame oil and brown sugar in them.

The aroma of meat wafting over from next door every now and then also indicates that the nutrition is very sufficient.

Not to mention that she was out of confinement, even during confinement, she didn't have so many eggs to eat every day. It was good to have two or three a day at most.

As for pork, she only ate it two or three times during the confinement period. However, she drank the meatless ribs and the soup made from the crucian carp caught by Jia Dongxu three or five times.

Due to insufficient nutrition, even if she had a strong financial foundation, her milk was not enough for Huaihua to eat. In addition, she had no channels and money to buy milk powder, which led to Huaihua becoming weak.

Not to mention the son of He Shengnan next door, he is not even as good as the daughter of Yan Jiecheng in the front yard.

Although the Yan family was frugal and reluctant to spend money on nutritional supplements, Yan Bugui was an expert in fishing and had crucian carp soup every day.

Just when she was secretly worrying, Xu Damao came over from the Moon Gate pushing his bicycle.

When he saw Qin Huairu squatting there with her collar loose, his eyes suddenly widened.

During this period, Lou Xiao'e had another fight with him and went back to her parents' home. So, she hasn't tasted meat for more than a month.

Now, when he sees a young woman who is better than his wife in both figure and appearance, he becomes lustful.

"Sister-in-law, do the laundry!"

"Da Mao is back. Are you going to the countryside to show movies again?"

Seeing the two old hens and some other local specialties hanging on Xu Damao's handlebars, Qin Huairu couldn't help swallowing.

She's craving for meat!

“Yes, I went to the countryside to show movies.

By the way, this time we went to Shahe Commune and stayed there for three full days. ”

Xu Damao stared at her with his eyes wide open and said subconsciously.

"Where are you looking at? If you look again, I'll dig them out."

Qin Huairu rolled her eyes at Xu Damao and said angrily.

This pervert was so unscrupulous that his two eyes were actually looking at her special place.

"Hehehe, isn't this my sister-in-law so pretty!"

Xu Damao saw that she was a little angry, so he smiled and said:

"Oh, sister-in-law, I showed a movie to my fellow villagers, and they gave me some local specialties to thank me. Here is a piece of sausage and a few eggs. Take them back to replenish your body."

As he said this, he tied up the bicycle, then took out a sausage weighing about two or three taels and six eggs from the bag in front of him.

"Da Mao, thank you, sister-in-law."

Qin Huairu didn't hesitate and quickly stood up and wiped her hands on her clothes, then reached out to take it.

At the same time he said:
"Da Mao, you know the situation at my sister-in-law's home. Can you give one of your two old hens to my sister-in-law?"

After saying that, she looked at him expectantly.

He Shengnan next door ate three or four old hens during her confinement period, but she didn't even get to eat one.

"Um, sister-in-law, I'm sorry, this is something that Brother Mengde's relatives in the countryside asked me to bring over, so I can't give it to you."

Xu Damao said with some embarrassment.

Just now, Qin Huairu gave him a subtle wink, and her charm, like that of a vixen, made his lower abdomen feel hot.

It’s not that there is still some rationality in my brain that I didn’t agree easily.

These two chickens were given to Wang Mengde by Wang Mengwei. If he gave them to someone else halfway, he would be in big trouble once the matter was exposed.

At the same time, he felt a little regretful. Before he came back, he went to the old house and left the two chickens given to him by his fellow villagers with his parents.

If he hadn't returned to the old house, and I gave him one now, maybe he would be able to find a chance to "drink soup" later.

After teasing Qin Huairu for a few more words, when he saw other neighbors coming out, Xu Damao took two old hens from the handlebars of his bicycle and walked towards Wang Mengde's house.

"Brother Mengde, are you home?"

"Da Mao, I'm here, come in."

In the living room, Wang Mengde had a rare day off. He had just coaxed his young son and was sitting in a chair, drinking tea and listening to the radio.

In this era, his biggest inadequacy is the lack of various entertainment activities.

Fortunately, I study medicine and read medical books every day, which helps to relieve my boredom.

Since buying a radio, he has developed a new hobby, which is listening to operas and storytelling played on the radio from time to time.

As for political news, he doesn't pay much attention to it.

"Brother Mengde, take a break."

Xu Damao walked in with a smile on his face. Seeing Wang Mengde looking leisurely and contented, he quickly spoke in a low voice.

"Haha, Damao, thank you for your hard work. Sit down and have a cup of tea."

A few days ago, Wang Mengde knew that he was going to Tiangezhuang to show movies again.

This time, it was also released for three consecutive days and caused a sensation in Shahe Commune.

After the two incidents last year and this year, anyone with a discerning eye knows that there must be someone in Tiangezhuang who has connections in the city, otherwise they wouldn’t come every few months.

“Brother Meng De, it’s not hard, this is what I should do.

By the way, these two old hens were brought back by your cousin to nourish your sister-in-law."

As he said this, he put the two chickens in his hands on the ground.

"Thank you, Damao.

You saw my grandparents in Tiange Village, right? How are their health?"

Wang Mengde thanked him and then asked.

Because He Shengnan was in confinement after giving birth, and there were about twenty foreign patients in Guang'anmen Hospital, he had no time to go back to his hometown to visit his two elderly people.

It was at the end of April that Wang Hao took some time to go back.

"Both elderly people are still in good health. The old man still gets up early every day to collect manure in the wild, and the old lady is also taking care of the vegetable garden."

Xu Damao said with a smile.

He appeared cheerful on the surface, but he was actually very unhappy.

During his stay in Tiangezhuang, he also visited Wang Mengde's grandparents.

At that time, Qin Jingru happened to be there. She was helping Wang Tianshi with work in the vegetable garden.

Since she met Wang Mengqi, she has spent more time at Wang's house than at her own home. The neighbors around her were talking about it behind her back, but Uncle Qin's family didn't care at all.

With such a good son-in-law, only a fool would be reserved because he cares about the impact. Uncle Qin can't wait to let his daughter live in Old Wang's house right now.

He has reasons for thinking this way.

After their daughter got acquainted with the young man from the Wang family, their family gradually had enough food to eat.

Although most of the food was coarse grains such as cornmeal, sorghum flour, and dried sweet potatoes, with only a small amount of white flour, Uncle Qin's family, who had been hungry for several years, were very grateful.

Only those who have been hungry can understand how happy it is to have one more bite of food.

Moreover, every month my daughter would bring back some meat and some rare things that she had never seen before, such as foreign cakes, biscuits, candies, etc.

When Xu Damao saw Qin Jingru, who was still young but had grown into a beautiful young lady because of the nutrition she had supplemented in the past few months.

He felt uncomfortable in his heart. If he wasn't Wang Mengde's cousin, he might have married the beauty by now.

It’s nothing like it is now, where I have been alone in an empty room for a month or two.

night.

Lao Jia's family.

Seeing that there was a plate of fried vegetables with Chinese sausage and fried eggs with green garlic on the table, the two of them cheered and each picked up their chopsticks to eat.

Jia Zhang first looked at her daughter-in-law in confusion, then glanced at the dishes on the table, put down her chopsticks, and said sternly:
"Huai Ru, where did these sausages and eggs come from?
If it comes from a dirty source, I would rather starve to death than eat it."

She was full of doubts, thinking there must be no sausages and eggs at home, because she clearly remembered that when she looked in the kitchen cupboard at noon, there was only one egg left.

Jia Dongxu, who was also concentrating on eating, put down his chopsticks after hearing what Jia Zhang said.

He raised his head and looked at his wife with unfriendly eyes.

If Jia Zhang hadn't reminded him, he would have been so busy eating that he wouldn't have thought about these things.

"Mom, what are you thinking about?

This was given by Xu Damao in the backyard. He had just returned from showing movies in the countryside, and his fellow villagers gave him a lot of local specialties. They all came from clean sources. "

Qin Huairu felt sad when she saw that both her mother-in-law and husband suspected her.

She tried hard to find some good things to bring back, but most of them went into the children's mouths, and she could only taste them at best.

"Why would Xu Damao give you these good things? I heard that he likes to get close to his young wife the most."

"Mom, he's planning to divorce Lou Xiao'e, and wants me to introduce him to someone."

Qin Huairu explained.

"Oh, so that's how it is." After listening to her explanation, Jia Zhang reluctantly accepted the reason, but still warned:
“Huai Ru, remember, you are Dong Xu’s wife now, and you also work for the Jia family.

So, before you do anything, you have to think carefully about it.”

After saying that, he picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of sausage and put it in his mouth.

Chinese Medical Research Institute.

Wang Mengde walked quickly to Pu Lao's office with a yellow paper bag in his hand.

After knocking on the door and entering, he opened the yellow paper package in his hand and said excitedly: "Sir, look what this is."

Mr. Pu put down the pen in his hand, took it curiously, and examined it carefully.

Not long after, he said uncertainly: "Meng De, is this bezoar?

But it’s not right, it’s a little different from bezoar, the color and shape are wrong.”

For him, with decades of medical experience, there is nothing he doesn't know about as long as it is Chinese herbal medicine.

But the thing the disciple brought back looked like bezoar, but also somewhat different from it.

"Sir, this is synthetic bezoar."

Wang Mengde did not beat around the bush and directly revealed the answer:
"I was planning to improve the formula of Angong Niuhuang Pills before, and this bezoar must be indispensable.

But natural bezoar is too rare and expensive. More than two months ago, I started thinking, it would be great if bezoar could be synthesized artificially.

So, I mentioned this matter to Liu Shuwei from the Beijing Gene Research Institute, and he arranged for Junior Brother Huang to conduct research together with several other people.

It was finally developed successfully a few days ago. I took a rough look at it and found that although the artificial bezoar is not as effective as the natural one, it is generally sufficient.

Most importantly, its price, if produced synthetically on a large scale, is estimated to be only a few tenths of that of natural bezoar.”

In fact, the Beijing Gene Research Institute was able to produce results so quickly thanks to his guidance.

After the approximate synthesis formula of the previous life was handed over to Huang Sizhong and others, the rest became much simpler. It only required step-by-step experiments.

Otherwise, with only a few people doing the research, it is hard to say when there will be any results.

"Really, that's great."

Pu Lao said in surprise.

Bezoar is not only the main ingredient of Angong Niuhuang Pills, but also an indispensable main ingredient in many prescriptions, such as Niuhuang Jiedu Tablets, Niuhuang Shangqing Tablets, Niuhuang Qingxin Pills, etc.

Previously, due to the scarcity and high cost of raw materials, many Chinese patent medicines could not be produced in large quantities.

If artificial bezoar can have one-tenth of the effectiveness of natural one, that would be enough.

"Sir, it's true. I improved the formula of Angong Niuhuang Pills based on the artificially synthesized bezoar.

The rhino horn inside was replaced with buffalo horn and another medicinal ingredient, and the musk was replaced with two other Chinese medicinal ingredients.

Although the dosage has doubled, the price has been reduced by a few tenths. I will give it to some patients for trial when I am ready to see them. "

As Wang Mengde spoke, he took out a prescription from his pocket and handed it to Pu Lao.

In Angong Niuhuang Pills, the three most expensive and rarest ingredients are bezoar, musk and rhinoceros horn. As for the other Chinese herbal medicines, they are all ordinary.

With the replacement of these three medicinal materials, the prices dropped directly.

This prescription is not much different from the one in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases". After Pu Lao pondered it carefully for a while, he said:
"Meng De, I think you can give this prescription a try.

By the way, since we can artificially synthesize bezoar, can we also artificially synthesize other precious medicines?"

“Sir, I have thought about this as well.

Based on the current level of science, some Chinese medicines may not have much hope.

I think some Chinese medicines are worth a try. Just now when I came back from the Beijing Gene Research Institute, I talked about them with several leaders of the institute.

Maybe because of the lack of scientific researchers, there is not enough energy to focus on this research for the time being. "

Wang Mengde shook his head and said with some regret.

"What a pity."

Pu Lao said with some regret.

"Sir, in a few years, when I have time, I will take the time to study these."

Wang Mengde comforted.

He was not just talking nonsense, he really had an idea.

Many Chinese herbal medicines contain active ingredients with special effects. If they can be synthesized artificially, many so-called incurable diseases can be cured.

Of course, this is his future research direction.

As for now, he is going to see Dean Lu.

(End of this chapter)