Chapter 404: The light at the end of the tunnel, it is wise to see through it but not to speak it out
The two men's bags contained a wide variety of medicinal herbs.
Red deer antlers, cordyceps sinensis... and medicinal herbs that look like mouse droppings.
“Is this Wulingzhi?”
Zhou Can grabbed some rat-shit-like herbs and sniffed them. Fortunately, he had learned a lot about herbs when improving his pharmacological dialectical medicine skills. After seeing that Chinese medicine was indeed effective and magical, he became more interested in Chinese herbs.
It comes in handy at this moment.
"Good eyesight! It's the five-spirit fat!"
The short man couldn't help but look at Zhou Can with admiration, and believed more that he was a doctor.
Wulingzhi is the dried feces of orange-footed flying squirrels and flying squirrels.
It can be collected throughout the year, but is mostly collected in spring and autumn.
After harvesting, the sand, dirt and other impurities are cleaned and divided into two types according to their shapes: Lingzhi block and Lingzhi rice. This medicine can be used raw to promote blood circulation and relieve pain, treat various pains in the heart and abdomen, amenorrhea in women, and pain caused by blood stasis after childbirth. It can be applied externally for snake and poisonous insect bites, and the effect is remarkable.
Precisely because this medicine has a wide range of uses, herbalists often sell it after collecting and processing it.
"Are you sure you want to buy them all?"
the short man asked.
Generally speaking, their medicinal materials may need to be sold to different pharmacists. After all, it involves a variety of medicinal materials.
It’s like everyone is selling meat, some may sell fish, and some may sell pork.
The same is true for Chinese medicinal materials.
Each drug dealer deals in different types of products.
Take Cordyceps sinensis for example. There are good and bad products, and there are even many fakes. If you don't work in this industry for more than a decade, it's easy to fall into trouble.
"Well, if the price is right, I'll buy them all."
Zhou Can nodded seriously.
"This bag of medicine I can sell to a pharmacist for about 27,000 yuan." After saying that, the short man looked at the tall man and exchanged a few words in dialect. "This bag of medicine he has costs 29,000 yuan. If you want all of them, we rarely meet a boss as generous as you, so we can give you a discount."
Two large bags of medicinal materials, together they are worth nearly 60,000. Chinese medicinal materials are much more valuable than you think!
This amount of money is nothing to Zhou Can.
If he could really get information about the seven-colored toad, he would be willing to give it even if it was ten times more.
"I want them all. Just name a price!" After a little thought, Zhou Can decided to buy the herbs.
This is also the only way to quickly get closer to the two of them.
Interests are always the bargaining chip for adults to establish close ties. Even if they are two neighbors who have never seen each other for a long time, if one of them can provide the other's son with a job with a monthly income of 20,000 yuan, it is guaranteed that the other will immediately visit overnight with gifts.
The short man and the tall man exchanged a few words in dialect.
After a moment, he said to Zhou Can, "I'll sell you this bag of herbs for 24,000 yuan. His bag is 25,000 yuan. It's rare to meet a boss as straightforward as you, so let's just consider ourselves friends."
The other party's sincerity can be seen from the huge concessions they make .
The sooner they sell, the more they can go home.
Otherwise, the cost of hotel accommodation and food alone would be a huge sum. When the drug dealers you meet try to lower the price, they might only sell it for this much.
"Okay! Deal!"
Zhou Can was extremely generous and directly bought the medicinal materials for both of them.
"Please help me move it to the car outside! Can I pay via WeChat or Alipay?" Mobile payment has brought great convenience to people's lives.
Especially WeChat transfer, which combines social function with mobile payment, is more convenient.
“Sure, sure!”
The short man nodded repeatedly in agreement, smiling happily.
Although the tall man couldn't speak Mandarin, he could understand some of it, and he was very happy to see the deal was done.
When Zhou Can led the two people past the bar counter at the door, he took the initiative to ask the cashier, "How much is the meal for their table?"
"The total is 516 yuan. Would you like to pay by cash or card?"
“Scan the QR code with WeChat!”
Zhou Can simply scanned the QR code and paid for the meal for both of them.
These two people can really eat, eating more than 500 in one meal. The main reason is that the food they eat is almost all meat.
"Thank you, thank you!"
The short man kept thanking Zhou Can, and the tall man also smiled at Zhou Can with gratitude.
Zhou Can took the initiative to pay the bill for them, and it was obvious that he won the favor of the two men.
After settling the bill for their table, Zhou Can also paid for his own table.
Then he took the two people out of the Sichuan restaurant and came to his Mercedes-Benz.
This car is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars after all, and in this situation, it is a good symbol of financial strength.
Zhou Can needed to leave a high-level impression in the two people's minds that he was wealthy, generous, and capable of doing big business.
After moving the herbs into the trunk, Zhou Can began to transfer money to the two people.
I took the opportunity to add each other as WeChat friends and exchanged phone numbers.
"Boss Zhou, please feel free to contact us if you need wild medicinal herbs in the future."
The two men were naturally unwilling to let go of such a generous buyer.
"Okay, no problem!"
Zhou Can readily agreed.
"Come to think of it, I really need some special wild medicinal herbs. If I have them, I can pay a high price for them."
"Oh! I wonder what kind of herbs you need?"
The short guy suddenly became interested.
He was so happy that he just received 24,000 yuan.
"Let me show you two pictures."
Zhou Can took out pictures of colorful toads and octagonal lotus from his mobile phone and showed them to the two of them.
The tall man pointed at the octagonal lotus and said something gibberish, but Zhou Can couldn't understand anything. He could only look at the short man next to him.
"My friend said that this octagonal lotus is rare in our snowy area, but we can dig some. What year do you want it from? What is the purchase price?"
"I need an octagonal lotus with purple leaves on the back. Any age is fine, preferably more than three years old. If it's less than three years old, I want it fresh."
For Zhou Can, it is a great fortune to be able to buy purple-backed octagonal lotus now.
In the worst case scenario, if you buy ones that are not old enough, you can ask grass and forestry experts to help you cultivate them artificially.
If you grow them yourself, these special herbs will have no chance of surviving if they are removed from their original environment.
"My friend said he had never seen the purple one."
The short man acted as an interpreter for the two of them.
Zhou Can saw that the tall man might be a pure herbalist, but the short man might not be the same, as he might have bought his herbs from local Tibetans.
"Please find a way to help me find it. If I can find it, I can buy it at a high price." Zhou Can said, and pointed a finger at the tall man. "If you can find a purple-backed octagonal lotus that is more than three years old, I can give you 100,000 yuan for it alone."
Money makes the world go round.
One hundred thousand yuan is very tempting to ordinary people.
"really?"
After hearing this, the short man's breathing became rapid.
This guy was the first one to be moved.
Money is such a good thing.
I'm not saying I can do everything, but I can certainly accomplish a lot of things easily.
"I'll keep my word. As long as I find it, I can pay you 100,000 yuan immediately."
Zhou Can nodded seriously.
The tall man obviously understood some of what he heard, and nodded vigorously, mumbling something. Judging from his expression, he should be telling Zhou Can that he is willing to do his best to find it.
This matter can be considered a ray of hope, at least there is a glimmer of hope.
However, Zhou Can would definitely not place all his hopes on these two people. He would have to visit Cao Zhengguo later and find a way to get in touch with the helmsman of Rui's Enterprise.
"Where is this colorful toad? Can you find it?"
Zhou Can asked the two of them.
"The tall man kept shaking his head and waving his hands, indicating that he couldn't find it." After all, animals that have been extinct for decades were rare before they became extinct.
Now, more than 30 years later, it is even harder to find.
"I'm afraid I can't find a living one. Can a dried specimen be used?"
the short man asked.
"It should be possible. I am also helping others to find it. If you have any, you can bring it to me. The price is also high."
Zhou Can doesn’t know if he can do it?
Okay, I’ll find it first.
"What price can you offer? There may be another specimen in the temple. I can ask for it on your behalf."
The temples there have a very high status, and many of them preserve ancient objects, including some extinct objects.
This is a very good clue.
"The same 100,000 yuan, do you think it's okay?" Zhou Can asked the other party.
Some things are actually priceless.
For those who don't need it, it's worthless. But for those who need it to cure diseases and save lives, it's priceless.
"I'll go ask when I get back, and then contact Boss Zhou."
The short man raised his cell phone and indicated that he would call later.
"Okay! You can contact me anytime you have any news."
Zhou Can felt as if it was God's will. While he was desperately searching for the two main herbs, who would have thought that he would meet two herbalists from the frontier in a Sichuan restaurant.
Fortunately, he was financially strong and was able to gain the trust of the two men with a little trick.
The more than 50,000 yuan I spent today was well worth it.
…
After seeing off the two herbalists, Zhou Can returned to the restaurant.
"Just now I saw you bought all the medicinal herbs for both of them. When did you start the medicinal herbs business?" Qiao Yu asked with a smile.
"I collected it for a friend. It's fate that I met a herbalist from the snowy area here."
Zhou Can brought it over with just one sentence.
After they finished eating, Zhou Can looked at the three of them and asked, "Are you going to take a taxi back or what?"
"I live in a dormitory near the hospital. I can just take the bus back." Luo Shishen looked at the two ladies, and when he looked at Qiao Yu, he subconsciously retracted his gaze.
He knew very well that Qiao Yu didn't need him to be her protector.
After more than a month of surgery in the operating room with Zhou Can, if he still couldn't see that Qiao Yu and Zhou Can had an unusual relationship, he would have lived in vain. Recalling the first day he joined the team and his pursuit of Qiao Yu, he still felt that he was reckless.
It is an open secret in the hospital that many male doctors have mistresses.
Most male doctors go through several marriages.
First, they marry their college classmates, then they marry the nurses or female interns in their departments. When they are in their forties, they are at least attending physicians, with status and decent income. At this time, they are likely to find a young nurse or female intern in her twenties and marry again.
Then, when I was in my fifties or sixties and about to retire, I was willing but unable to do anything, so I was too lazy to bother anymore.
Even if Zhou Can and Qiao Yu were really in a romantic relationship, it would be considered normal by their colleagues in the hospital.
Director Lou of Tuya Emergency Department is said to be married for the third time, and Deputy Director Han is married for the fifth time. Each one is more powerful than the other.
Dr. Xu’s condition is unclear. He never tells outsiders about his family matters.
The atmosphere in Tuya Hospital is relatively good, after all, there is supervision by the Disciplinary Inspection Commission and other departments.
Some hospitals, especially private ones, can be described as rotten. A young intern nurse sat on the director's lap in front of everyone.
And it's proactive.
Don’t you think it’s shocking?
Even if the director is kind and friendly to newcomers, it is impossible for him to behave so impolitely under normal circumstances.
Luo Shishen looked at Ma Xiaolan and said, "Xiaolan, where do you live? It's so late, how about I take you home?"
"Oh, no thanks, I can just take a taxi myself."
Ma Xiaolan has high standards. How could she possibly look down on an intern like Luo Shishen who has no money, no status, and no connections?
She waved to stop a taxi on the side of the road, opened the door and got in.
"Goodbye, Doctor Zhou, and goodbye, Sister Qiao Yu!"
The only thing she didn't say goodbye to Luo Shishen was this small detail that shows that Ma Xiaolan is a very realistic person.
"be safe!"
Zhou Can is the leader of several people, so naturally he has to care about them.
"Okay! See you tomorrow!"
Ma Xiaolan successfully reconciled with Qiao Yu today and joined the surgical team. It can be seen that she is very happy.
The workplace is so exciting.
Sometimes a small breakthrough in the relationship with colleagues can make people extremely happy.
Of course, the most exciting thing is to get some honors, awards, promotions, and salary increases. Then there are the progress and breakthroughs in medical technology, which can also make people feel happy.
Work not only allows us to learn how to integrate into society and interact with others, but also motivates us to make progress all the time and improve our competitiveness.
It is normal for men to not shave and women to not wear makeup or even tie their hair when they are at home, wearing pajamas. But when they go to work, they will wash their shirt collars, shave their beards, and groom their hair.
I’m afraid that if something isn’t done well, my colleagues will laugh at me.
Girls in particular pay more attention to their appearance and image.
"Qiao Yu, Luo Shishen, I'll take you back to the dormitory!" Zhou Can felt that it was not far, and it would be convenient to give them a ride.
"Will it delay your return home?" Qiao Yu asked this because she knew he had a girlfriend.
"It's only three or four kilometers, and it will only take a few minutes. It won't take much time. I haven't lived there for a while, so I might as well go visit a friend of mine."
Zhou Can bought so many Chinese medicinal herbs.
Those Cordyceps sinensis are good stuff. It would be nice to give some to Jin Mingxi.
The relationship between friends needs to be maintained regularly.
Some old friends may not be in touch for ten years, but they can still meet as if they were old friends. But it is just that they can just meet as if they were old friends and have a good chat.
When you need help when you encounter a problem, the first person you think of is definitely your friends who you often visit.
That's human nature.
Imagine that you haven’t been in touch for ten years, and suddenly you call to ask for money, will the other person lend it to you?
I am too embarrassed to ask this question!
"Miss Qiao, why don't you sit in the passenger seat?" Luo Shishen made the same mistake as a newcomer in the workplace and acted too smart for his own good.
For many things, we should see through them without speaking them out loud. This is the true wisdom.
"I don't dare sit there, that's the seat reserved for Dr. Zhou's wife."
After being embarrassed for two seconds, Qiao Yu quickly refused.
"Doctor Luo, hurry up and get in the car, you are the one who is always making trouble!" Zhou Can really wanted to kick Mr. Luo. What is this kid thinking about all day long?
The three of them sat in the car, talking nothing along the way; the atmosphere was a bit dull and awkward.
Fortunately, the journey was not far and we arrived quickly.
Most of the interns and residents at Tuya Hospital live in this staff dormitory.
After parking the car, Qiao Yu was the first to get out.
"Thank you Dr. Zhou for your hospitality, and thank you for sending me home. See you tomorrow."
She waved her hand and looked at Zhou Can, feeling somewhat guilty.
Some things cannot be pointed out casually.
I guess at this moment, she must have been slandering Luo Shishen in her heart.
"goodbye!"
Zhou Can waved in response.
Luo Shishen also unbuckled his seat belt, said goodbye to Zhou Can, and entered the dormitory building.
The dormitory building of the company is separated for men and women, not mixed. But everyone is an adult, and it is allowed to bring a girlfriend or boyfriend to sleep in the dormitory.
But in a dormitory, generally no one would do this.
Zhou Can got out of the car, took some Cordyceps and went to the dormitory where he and Jin Mingxi lived.
I just happened to ask an old friend about the current status of cardiothoracic surgery.
