The potholed loess road was due to the darkness of the donkey could not see clearly, and the car was almost overturned several times, and finally the stone village chief led the donkey in front to lead the way to the home safely. The stone village chief called the door, and the mother-in-law opened the door, at this time Gawa had already fallen asleep, he asked the mother-in-law to heat up the potatoes in the pot for himself and Liu Fang, and mixed a tomato, the two of them simply ate and fell asleep separately.

The next day, the two got up and set off, first went to the village, the head of the stone village found the red line manuscript paper, and wrote crookedly on it:

Introduction

Yang Liufang (male, 17 years old), a villager from Shiyi Village, Zhaomagou Township, Xizhou City, went to your unit to purchase the medicine Analgin to prevent and treat the villagers. We look forward to hearing from us. Sincerely, respects.

Shiyi Village, Zhaomagou Township, Xizhou City

After writing, he put it on the red notebook, took out the official seal and sighed twice, and stamped it to the place where he signed off. Seeing that the cover was not clear, he took out the ink and dipped it, and covered it next to it with a clearer one, and then handed it to Yang Liufang. The two caught up with the donkey cart and set off again, and this time the stone village chief sent Yang Liufang to the three-way road before returning to fetch water. The two agreed that the next evening, the village chief of Shishi would come to pick him up at the three-way road.

This time he came early, and Yang Liufang quickly caught a tractor into the city. Arrived at Yantan at noon, Yang Liufang was in a hurry, so he didn't go to the vegetable farmer uncle to say hello, and directly transferred to the bus to Xizhou and headed for Xizhou City. When the bus arrived at the Xizhou bus station, Yang Liufang was already hungry, and immediately bypassed the train station to eat noodles in the shop where he first ate beef noodles, and a large bowl of beef noodles was satisfied. Liu Fang got up and burped, and walked along the road to the Xizhou Pharmacy, he wanted to buy the medicine and then go back to the market, so as to save the wrong way back and forth.

Yang Liufang had a letter of introduction from the village, so he was not as submissive as last time, and walked straight into the pharmacy, it was the doctor on duty last time, Yang Liufang handed over the certificate, and said confidently: "Doctor, I came to purchase medicines on behalf of Emeng (our village)." Afraid that people would not believe it, Yang Liufang deliberately skimmed the pronunciation of the words he had just learned with the local dialect of Xizhou.

The doctor took the letter of introduction through the glass counter, and asked while reading it, "Yang Liufang, right?" Why didn't you adults come? ”

"There are many illiterate people in Emeng (our village), who are illiterate and illiterate, so they dare not come to the city." Yang Liufang said nonsense.

"How much will you buy this time?"

"126 bottles." There are bits and pieces of land to report the past.

The doctor raised his head and looked at Yang Liufang questioningly, "So much?" ”

"Well, Emeng is preparing (we are going to) give the onion name (villagers) a bottle of hair (down) for each household." Yang Liufang didn't care if he was right or not, anyway, he imitated the tone of Shi Village Chief and Chen San, and spoke in a Xizhou dialect.

"Then your letter of introduction is not of sufficient level, so you have to use the letter of introduction from Zhao Machuan Township to procure." The doctor handed the certificate back.

Liu Fang was in a hurry, and he didn't forget the Xizhou accent, and said in Mandarin: "Doctor, this, our village is really in urgent need." There was a child who came out with a fever and shivering, feeding and vomiting. Said to be the key. ”

"Then you can't buy so many letters of introduction."

"Doctor, how much can you buy?"

"I'll give you a box at most."

"How many are in a box?"

"50 bottles."

"Okay, 50 is 50, let's make an emergency first." Liu Fang handed over the letter of introduction again, took out 5 large solidarity cards from the money he brought, and put them on the counter.

"Be sure to stare at taking the medicine according to the instructions. Do you take 1 thermometer? ”

"Well, well, okay, I told the villagers. How much is 1 thermometer? ”

"5 cents."

"Let's have one. By the way, doctor, what is the key? ”

"Oh, that's what medical means is malaria. Attacks occur at fixed points and time periods, and people will have chills, fever, and sweating all over the body, and have multiple attacks for a long time. You rural vernacular have all been pronounced (Xizhou dialect: mispronounced). ”

"Oh, that's terrible."

"Yes, the onset of the disease is long, and if you don't get it right, you will have anemia and splenomegaly. Be sure to take your medicine in time. ”

"Okay."

"You're the village doctor?"

"I'm not a doctor, I know words."

"Oh, that's to popularize medical knowledge for the villagers, and if you have a fever, you must remember to measure your body temperature before taking medicine."

"Oh, by the way, I want 150 boxes of cool oil."

"Oh, this is an over-the-counter drug, no referral letter is required. I'll get it for you. "The doctor went to count the cooling oil.

Yang Liufang paid for the thermometer and cooling oil, and the doctor used a plastic bag to fill the cooling oil. Yang Liufang held a box of Analgin, hung the bag containing the cooling oil on his wrist, and walked out of the pharmacy.

A piece of white analgin pills looks inconspicuous, but this box of 50 bottles is only 500 tablets, plus the cool oil in red iron boxes, it is indeed very heavy. Yang Liufang hugged for a while, carried for a while, walked for a while, rested for a while, and walked to the market after a long time, feeling that the bowl of beef noodles he ate was also consumed.

Laboriously arrived at the market, snorting and panting, carrying a box of Analgin, came to Boss Chen's stall, Boss Chen was stacking goods, quickly stopped the work in his hand, greeted him, and took the medicine from Yang Liufang's shoulder and wrist.

"Xiao Yang, got rich? So many purchases this time. ”

"Chen, Brother Chen, water."

"Oh!" Boss Chen put down the medicine, hurriedly walked into the stall, took out the teapot, and Yang Liufang took it over and drank the tea leaves at the bottom of the teapot until there was only the tea at the bottom of the teapot.

Boss Chen saw that he finished drinking, took it and poured another pot and handed it out.

"Brother Chen, it's okay." Yang Liufang drank a full amount of water before he took a breath and said, "Brother Chen, you still have to help me purchase another box of 1 box and 26 bottles." ”

"So many, it seems to be a big family!"

"Well, well, more than a dozen villages, and I have to ask for 170 sets of needlework."

"Oh, yes, you boy! What a material for doing business! Boss Chen praised and gave Yang Liufang a thumbs up. I'll find a way for you, or you help me look at the stall and wait for me to come back and get the goods for you. ”

Yang Liufang took out the medicine money and gave it to Boss Chen, and Boss Chen took it and was busy purchasing medicines. Yang Liufang walked into the stall, and suddenly remembered that he hadn't had time to ask Li Tongfu if he had come, so he could only wait for Boss Chen to come back and ask.

It wasn't until the end of the market that Boss Chen stepped on a yellow croaker car (a kind of tricycle with a body in front, with a big head and a small tail like a big yellow croaker, and the image of southerners is called a "yellow croaker" car, also called a reverse tricycle. Northerners ride tricycles with the body in the back. When he came back, there were two boxes of Analgin loaded in the car, and Yang Liufang hurriedly greeted him.

"Wait, Xiao Yang, are there any customers in the store?"

"No Brother Chen, no guests."

"Oh, my business is not good today, but fortunately you, a big customer, came to cheer up." Boss Chen joked while getting off the yellow croaker car, and the two worked together to unload the goods.

"I ran to two pharmacies to buy it all, this is a prescription drug, there are restrictions. One box of 50 bottles, the other box of 26 bottles, you can order enough. ”

"Don't order it, Brother Chen, you can't do anything wrong."

"Okay, I'll park the car and I'll get you the goods later."