When Gao Mingcheng bought land on the roadside to build a kindergarten, Huang Dazhi also bought land and built a house together. The locations they bought were considered together, only a few hundred meters apart.
However, Huang Dazhi's new house has not been built yet, and he still lives in the single room he bought before.
When Gao Mingcheng passed by, Huang Dazhi had already gone to work at the police station. Only Luo Li was at home. When she heard a knock on the door, she opened the door.
At first glance, Gao Mingcheng saw her disheveled hair, wearing loose clothes, and looking rather haggard.
Before he could speak, he started coughing.
Gao Mingcheng asked with concern: "Luo Li, are you feeling better? Have you been to the hospital?"
Luo Li coughed for a while, until she could breathe again, and then said in a hoarse voice: "I went to the doctor and brought back some isatis roots to eat."
"Mingcheng, I have to take two more days off. I have been suffering from fever and discomfort for the past two days, and I have no energy or energy."
After just a few words, Luo Li started coughing again.
Gao Mingcheng quickly asked her to lie down and rest on the bed. He just came to visit, and after understanding the situation, he was ready to leave. For a sick person, entertaining guests is also a laborious matter.
"Don't worry about asking for leave. You should take good care of your health and come back to work when your health is completely improved! By the way, don't you have several sisters? You asked Dazhi to pick up a sister to take care of you, so that we can all rest assured some."
Gao Mingcheng suggested, putting down the eggs in his hand and taking a look around the room, he saw two packs of Banlangen granules on the table.
This stuff is familiar to many people.
In the 1975 "Barefoot Doctor Magazine" and the local health bureau's "Soil Test Single Choice", officials began to call on everyone to plant isatis root.
By the 1980s, isatis root cultivation had reached a large scale, and pharmaceutical companies acquired it and produced isatis root granules, tablets, and injections, and gradually became a well-known popular drug.
And because this medicine is relatively safe, pregnant women can take it even if they are sick.
Speaking of isatis root, it has a magical quality, that is, once an infectious disease occurs, the value of isatis root will skyrocket. For example, when the hepatitis A infectious disease broke out in Shanghai last year, almost all isatis root from all over the country was transported to Shanghai. Although the price of isatis root continues to rise, the supply is still in short supply. At that time, many pharmaceutical companies and sales companies made a lot of money.
And in 2003, the scene of people snatching Banlangen was deeply imprinted in the minds of many people.
Gao Mingcheng is no stranger to wild isatis root. Jiangxi is one of the important producing areas of isatis root. There are many wild isatis root in the mountains and ditches of Niuweiling.
However, isatis root is divided into northern isatis root and southern isatis root. The northern isatis root is woad, which is used to make isatis granules, while the wild isatis root in Jiangxi belongs to malan. Although both are isatis root, their medicinal properties are different.
The whole plant of Malan can be used as medicine. Its leaves, stems and roots can be harvested and dried separately before being sold.
In addition to being used as medicine, the stems and leaves of Malanthus can be processed into indigo, which is a plant dye with a history of many years.
In addition to wild indigo, there are also places where woad is grown in the province, but Gao Mingcheng did not introduce it specifically.
That's because in 1983, the domestic purchase volume of isatis root exceeded twice the demand, resulting in a backlog of unsalable products. Farmers in the production areas suffered losses and most of them stopped planting.
It was not until last year, due to the outbreak of hepatitis A infection in Shanghai, that the backlog of isatis root was consumed.
In other words, the price of isatis root in the market this year is good again.
"Luo Li, you have a good rest and I won't disturb you." Gao Mingcheng was alone and couldn't stay long, so he left quickly.
Instead of going back to the clothing store, he went to the police station.
After finding Huang Dazhi, Huang Dazhi was asked to fetch Luo Li's sister Luo Juan. When people are sick, they are more fragile physically and mentally. Huang Dazhi has to go to work and cannot be with him all the time. At this time, Luo Li will also feel more at ease with a relative by her side.
Huang Dazhi really didn't expect this, so he immediately asked for leave from captain Xiao Song. It happened that there were no urgent cases to be handled in the bureau recently, so Xiao Song generously granted the leave and asked Huang Dazhi to return quickly.
Huang Dazhi rode his bicycle and quickly headed towards his father-in-law's house. He was also a good person. When passing by the vegetable market, he saw pork on display at the butcher shop, so he immediately bought two kilograms of pork and carried the pork to the door.
Since they all came to the police station, Gao Mingcheng did not leave in a hurry, but went to find Gao Guobing.
The police officer below had no major cases to handle, so Gao Guobing, the deputy police officer, naturally had more free time. When Gao Mingcheng passed by, he saw the classic scene, a cup of tea and a newspaper!
The uncle and nephew had not seen each other for a while, and they immediately started talking affectionately. After about half an hour, Gao Mingcheng left.
After returning to the clothing store, Gao Mingcheng was busy again. Because he has always been in the habit of keeping accounts, he could know the sales situation in the store by looking at the account books.
Putting down the account book, Gao Mingcheng thought for a while and said to Gao Shufang: "I just went to see Luo Li. Her condition is not very good. She may have to take leave for several days. I will send your second sister-in-law back to the county tomorrow. "
Although Zhang Jinling and Hu Yinchen helped, they were not good at selling goods. If Gao Shufang relied on only Gao Shufang, the business would definitely not be that good.
When Gao Shufang heard that her second sister-in-law could come back early, she felt relieved.
After Luo Li took leave, Gao Shufang was under a lot of pressure.
After lunch, Gao Mingcheng drove the tractor back to the village.
Many beauties learned from Gao Mingcheng that Luo Li was sick, and they also said that they would go back to the county tomorrow. As for Gao Mingcheng, he would have to stay in the village for a few days. He had to take care of Rhubarb at home after giving birth, and he also had to go into the mountains. Continue to collect medicinal materials.
The price of woad will rise this year, and the price of woad will be much better, so he decided to dig more. In the afternoon, he went into the mountains with a hoe and a sack.
The horse blues here like to grow in warm mountains and ditches, because the environment is suitable for growth. When entering the mountains, it is easy to find their traces.
However, the people in Gaojia Village do not know enough about Ma Lan and do not know how to make indigo.
And because cotton is rarely grown here, few people know the craft of spinning and weaving.
Some people here will plant some jute in the wasteland, harvest it, soak it in water and peel it, and then twist it into hemp rope.
Just as he was thinking about jute, Gao Mingcheng saw jute growing in the mountains, but he only glanced at it and walked over.
Jute is harvested in late autumn after the autumn harvest, and needs to be soaked in water for a long time before it can be spun. The water in which jute is soaked will become turbid and smelly, and the fish and shrimp in it will also die due to water pollution.
The work of harvesting jute and spinning is too tedious and cannot create much value, so Gao Mingcheng is not willing to spend time on these things.
His eyes scanned the mountains and forests, looking for crops of economic value. Occasionally, when he encountered traces of black-tailed snakes, he would capture them.
The market for black-headed snakes has always been very good. It can be used as medicine, and it can also be boiled into snake oil and added to cosmetics. Therefore, if Gao Mingcheng sees a black-headed snake, he will still choose to take action.
His figure kept shuttling through the jungle until dusk fell, and then he came down the mountain with a full harvest.
Just when I came down the mountain, I found many beauties waiting at the door of the house holding little Xuxu.
As soon as they saw Gao Mingcheng back, Duomei immediately said: "Gao Mingcheng has disappeared in the village, and now everyone in the village is looking for him! The village party secretary came here just now and asked if Gao Mingcheng was here. , and asked you to help find people together after you come down from the mountain."
After Duo Mei said these words, he immediately said: "Mingcheng, the food is already cooked. You'd better eat quickly and go find someone else."
Gao Mingcheng nodded, he was indeed hungry, and he didn't know where Gao Fafa would go. There was no need to blindly look for someone when he was hungry.
So he threw the things into the utility room and ate a bowl of rice in a hurry. In only two or three minutes, the rice bowl was empty.
"Duomei, please take little Xuxu to rest early, and I'll go check on the situation."
When the words fell, Gao Mingcheng had already left the courtyard.
He ran all the way to the old village and saw that the village was full of people. Everyone was shouting Gao Fafa's name and looking everywhere. Some went to the fields, some went to the woods, and some went to the back mountain. Search while searching.
Gao Mingcheng was unaware of the situation. When he saw Gao Zhuang, he pulled Gao Zhuang over and asked. (End of chapter)
