The Buddhist Wife of the Cold-Hearted Educated Youth in the 1970s

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Chapter 85

Qingren Pharmacy was originally called Qingrentang, but it was changed to a pharmacy after the movement began. Meng Wanqiu didn't understand how a store name was related to feudal superstition.

Listening to the words of passers-by, Meng Wanqiu entered the store.

The decoration of the store was similar to the past. There was a counter on the side of the store door, and inside the counter were rows of neat dark brown medicine cabinets, some of which were already mottled. The small drawers for Chinese medicine were fixed with bronze zippers that had already peeled off the paint, and a sense of oldness and simplicity came over her.

The tip of her nose was filled with the smell of medicine. Dealing with medicinal materials all day, Meng Wanqiu also had this smell on her body, mixed with a faint bitter taste.

"Hello, what do you want to get?" There was a girl of about 17 or 18 in the pharmacy. She was dressed simply and holding a small fan. The purple clay pot in front of her made a gurgling sound. She was boiling medicine.

"Bupleurum 1 liang, Astragalus 4 liang, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis 2 qian, Red Peony Root 1 qian and a half, Earthworm 1 qian..."

Meng Wanqiu looked at the nameplate on the medicine cabinet and said some of what she wanted to use.

The girl was still writing it down at first, but then she stopped, glanced at Meng Wanqiu for a few times, and asked tentatively: "Do you have a prescription with you? Let me see it."

She had been getting medicine for more than ten years, and had never seen such a prescription.

She was afraid that the other party didn't know and took the wrong medicine and had problems, so she wanted to see the prescription.

Meng Wanqiu looked at the girl's notes, "Is it too fast? I'll go slower."

"No, no, I just haven't seen such a prescription before..." The girl waved her hands embarrassedly.

Oh!

Meng Wanqiu now understood that she was concerned.

She smiled, "There is no prescription, I have it all in my mind, just follow my instructions. Don't worry, I know Chinese medicine myself, and I won't implicate your pharmacy if something goes wrong."

The girl was stunned for a few seconds, "Okay, it's a deal, it's none of our pharmacy's business if something goes wrong." Since she said that, she couldn't do anything about it.

After getting the medicine, Meng Wanqiu also bought a clay pot in the store.

The city hospital has a special small kitchen, which is specially prepared for some patients whose families are not local. You only need to rent a little bit to use it. There are pots, bowls, and pans. Just wash them and put them back after use.

However, it is better to use a sand pot to make medicinal food, which can better preserve the ingredients of the medicinal materials.

After buying the medicine, Meng Wanqiu went to the supply and marketing cooperative again to buy a change of clothes for Meng Mingxia.

Before in the ward, she only saw a set of military uniforms, and there were no other toiletries, so she bought two sets of clothes for her.

After buying some small things, it was time to agree with the peddler. When she arrived near the hospital, she saw the man wandering around the place at noon.

Seeing Meng Wanqiu, he waved to her and walked into the alley.

Meng Wanqiu followed him and when they reached the corner, the man stopped and said, "You go inside, my companion is inside."