Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is March 1981.

With the arrival of spring, the cold winter gradually fades away, after the first spring rains, the weather gradually warms up, but the air also begins to have more moisture, and the season of recovery is also the peak period of colds.

Uncle Qi is a veteran worker of a state-owned factory, who has been working in this factory for nearly 30 years, and has been working in the front-line team, and is one of the best masters in the workshop.

Years of working environment and smoking habits, coupled with recent changes in the weather, every year at this time Uncle Qi old bronchitis will recur, every year to experience a long cough, this disease is not serious, not serious is serious, especially every night a burst of unbearable cough makes him sleep all night long.

On this day, Uncle Qi almost finished drinking the medicine he had prepared before, so he took the time to go to the hospital he frequented, and hung up the number of internal medicine to find Dr. Zhang, an acquaintance who had been helping him see a doctor.

"Uncle Qi, what's the matter? Finished drinking the medicine again? Seeing that it was Uncle Qi, Dr. Zhang smiled and took the medical record card and registration ticket handed by Uncle Qi, directly inserted the ticket number into the iron stick erected on the table, opened the medical record card and asked.

"Ahem, yes, Doctor Zhang, the medicine is almost drunk, but I can't go back with some more." Uncle Qi coughed twice and nodded.

"Uncle Qi, it's better for you to smoke less, this cigarette is not a good thing, in fact, your illness is all smoked, and it is not good for your health to go on for a long time." Nodding slightly, Dr. Zhang glanced at Uncle Qi's yellowed fingers and couldn't help but remind.

"Hey, you don't know how many times you've said this, but you also know that I really can't quit smoking. I don't have any hobbies in my life, so I only smoke a few cigarettes, and if I don't smoke cigarettes...... cough cough cough ...... What's so good about being alive? ”

Uncle Qi smiled bitterly and shook his head, he also knew that smoking was not a good thing, and smoking was not good for his disease, but the problem was that he really couldn't quit.

"That being said, you can usually smoke as few as possible and draw a better general line, right?" Dr. Zhang tactfully persuaded again.

Uncle Qi nodded and responded, although he agreed verbally, but God knows if he can actually do it. In fact, every time I see Dr. Zhang, they have such a few conversations, and they have been talking to each other for several years, but Uncle Qi still does not change.

Dr. Zhang actually knew it in his heart, looking at Uncle Qi's expression with a wry smile and shaking his head, how can I say this kind of thing, the doctor can only advise at most, can it be difficult to tie up the patient and watch Uncle Qi not smoke?

took out the stethoscope and asked Uncle Qi to lift his clothes, listened to the lung sounds, and then took a bamboo stick and looked at Uncle Qi's throat. As before, the recurrence of bronchitis and weather changes, there is no good medical treatment for this disease, and you can only prescribe some medicine to moisten the throat and lungs.

Lifting the pen, Dr. Zhang took a prescription to prescribe medicine to Uncle Qi, and after writing two lines, he suddenly remembered something, looked up at Uncle Qi and asked, "Uncle Qi, you drank loquat paste from the first factory last time, how about opening the eighth factory for you this time?" ”

"Eight factories? Why did you open the eighth factory? Isn't the first factory better than the eighth factory? Uncle Qi subconsciously asked.

"Reincarnation Paradise"

"Originally, it was like this, but the eighth factory has just come out with a new loquat paste product, which is said to work well, why don't you open a bottle and try it?" Dr. Zhang explained.

Uncle Qi thought about it and nodded, after all, Dr. Zhang is an old doctor who treats him, and it is always right to listen to the doctor, and the loquat paste is actually similar to that of the first and eighth factories, but the first factory is more famous, and Uncle Qi is used to it.

Since Dr. Zhang recommended the loquat cream of the eighth factory today, then try it, in case this new product works well?

Seeing that Uncle Qi agreed, Dr. Zhang nodded and continued to write on the prescription list, and after a while, he took out the seal and stamped it, and handed it to Uncle Qi after finishing.

"Uncle Qi, you can collect the prescription form, just go to the window to pay and get the medicine."

"Okay, thank you, Dr. Zhang, cough-cough-cough...... See you next time...... ”

Saying goodbye to Dr. Zhang, Uncle Qi left the Department of Internal Medicine with the prescription and went straight to the hall to pay for the medicine. When the payment was made, the amount quoted in the window made Uncle Qi stunned, because Uncle Qi had been prescribing these medicines, and he had long known the amount, but today's amount was nearly five yuan more expensive than in the past.

"Why is it so expensive? The price of vegetables outside has risen, and the price of medicine has also risen? Uncle Qi asked while paying.

"There is a loquat paste that has a different price than the ordinary one, and it is much more expensive than the ordinary one." The comrade in the window replied.

This answer made Uncle Qi suddenly dissatisfied in his heart, no wonder Dr. Zhang recommended the new products of the eighth factory, it turned out that the price of the new products was high! Isn't this hospital a life-saving hospital? Why are you still doing business now? Deceive the common people with high-priced products? Isn't this pockmarked and not pockmarked, but a pit man?

Thinking of this, Uncle Qi's face suddenly sank, but he didn't say anything, after all, Uncle Qi has labor insurance, and the unit can reimburse the money for dispensing medicine, and spending more later is also out of the unit, but Uncle Qi, who has worked in the factory all his life, is very uncomfortable with such a bad atmosphere.

After paying the money, Uncle Qi went to take the medicine with a calm face, and after handing the list in, a large number of medicines were sent out after a while, but at this time, Uncle Qi found that there was a small volume of things handed out with the medicine, and this toy noodles were wrapped in a very delicate cardboard box, which was bigger than an ordinary teacup.

The comrade who issued the medicine carefully checked the list and the medicine, and told Uncle Qi that yes, that's all. Uncle Qi pointed to this carton and asked what it was, the comrade who issued the medicine told him that it was loquat ointment, and after listening to this answer, Uncle Qi was even more puzzled, he was always eating loquat ointment, why had he never seen such a big box, it was usually a small glass bottle.

Since there were still people in the back, Uncle Qi could only take the medicine first, and after taking the medicine, he found a chair in the hall and sat down and sorted out the medicine.

The other medicines were the same as before, and they were quickly sorted out, and when he finally looked at the carton containing loquat ointment, Uncle Qi opened the carton curiously and pulled it out from the inside.

When he took out the contents from the carton, Uncle Qi couldn't believe that his eyes were stunned, and he was about to stand up subconsciously, but when his eyes fell on the font printed on the outside of the thing in his hand, the movement stopped again.

"This ...... This......? Uncle Qi was surprised and played with a warm cup in his hand.

This is a well-made, chic shape of the warm cup, the shell of the cup is plastic, the material is very good, the color is dark green, the cup body is printed: Yanjing City Traditional Chinese Medicine Eighth Factory font, on the other side there are a few big characters written refined loquat paste.

The cup was heavy in his hand, Uncle Qi looked at it for a while, opened the place where the cup was sealed, and then unscrewed the lid.

When the lid is unscrewed, you can see that the cup contains a brown loquat paste with a familiar taste, as well as the sealed threads and the structure inside.

This cup is similar to the thermos, but the inner tank is not glass, but the kind of purple sand ceramics used, such a cup can rarely be seen on the market, Uncle Qi has seen a similar warm cup in the city department store, the size is similar to this warm cup, but the price is nearly eight yuan, such an expensive price, Uncle Qi will not buy it at all, so he still uses himself for many years, as an enamel cup rewarded by advanced workers in production.

After being stunned for a while, Uncle Qi suddenly realized why loquat paste is so expensive today than before, it turned out to be this reason.

Thinking of this, Uncle Qi's anger just now disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by his love for this warm cup. Although the price is a little more expensive, this cup is very good, and the most important thing is that he came to the hospital to prescribe medicine, and the cost of this medicine can be fully reimbursed.

This account is so easy to calculate, such a good thing has never been, you must know that it costs a lot of money to buy such a warm cup in a department store, and now it is good to give yourself such a warm cup in vain! That's nice!

For a while, Uncle Qi's complaints about Dr. Zhang were all gone, and he was secretly happy in his heart. He laughed and played with the cup for a while, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and quickly stuffed the cup back into the box and put it in his handbag with the other medicines.

After doing this, Uncle Qi didn't say a word and trotted all the way towards the internal medicine department, and returned to Dr. Zhang after a while.

"Uncle Qi, why are you back?" As soon as he finished receiving a patient, before Dr. Zhang could call the next one, he saw Uncle Qi push the door in a hurry.

"Doctor Zhang, I suddenly remembered, then our factory is very busy with work, it is estimated that I will not have time to see a doctor again during this time, or you can help me prescribe more medicine, and the rest will not be needed, just help me prescribe more loquat ointment, you can prescribe me three ...... No, no, open five more bottles, okay? ”

Looking at Uncle Qi's eager look, Dr. Zhang was stunned, and then smiled: "Okay!" What's not to do, this loquat paste is a good thing, if you are sick, you can usually drink it to regulate your throat if you are not sick, you want five bottles, right? Wait, I'll give you a ....... ”

Twenty minutes later, Uncle Qi left with a smile on his face and left from the medicine collection place with five large cartons, the bottle opened before plus the five bottles just opened, and Uncle Qi opened six bottles of loquat paste in one go.

Uncle Qi also has a wife and two sons at home, plus two daughters-in-law are not children, a total of exactly six adults, one for each of these six cups, thinking of this Uncle Qi is happy.

On the way home, Uncle Qi suddenly remembered that these six cups are probably not enough, isn't it a loss to stock up on such good things? Besides, things will always be bad when used, and it's always good to stock up more, the more I think about Uncle Qi, the more I feel reasonable, and I think about letting my wife, son, and daughter-in-law go to the hospital to prescribe more loquat ointment as soon as I go back.