Chapter 335: New Teacher of Angong Niuhuang Pills
Chapter 335: New Teacher of Angong Niuhuang Pills
9.4, Friday.
the next day.
Li Kailang completed the transportation task and went to a big pharmacy on his way back.
"Hey, buddy, I'm here to buy some medicinal herbs! Pick out the good ones!" Li Kailang stated his purpose as soon as he entered the door.
As soon as Li Kailang entered the room, the familiar voice made the busy waiter raise his head and a warm smile immediately broke out on his face.
"Hey, sir, what would you like to order this time?"
Last time, Li Kailang bought medicinal herbs and compound danshen pills, which made him a small commission. Naturally, the clerk remembered Li Kailang very much.
"Give me some dog whips, centipedes and these."
Li Kailang took out a pre-prepared note from his arms, on which was written the medicinal materials missing for brewing aphrodisiac wine, as well as some supplementary medicinal materials.
"Okay." The waiter took the note and read it carefully. He didn't want much, so he asked, "By the way, what else do you want?"
"What else do you want to order? I don't really need anything." Li Kailang thought for a moment and then refused directly.
Hearing this, the waiter was a little disappointed, "Hey, sir, I'll get you some medicine."
"Go ahead." Li Kailang waved his hand nonchalantly and looked at the cabinets on one wall. "Wait."
"Master, what's the matter?"
Li Kailang pointed to the cabinet and said, "Give me some of the herbs in your cabinet."
When these words were spoken, not only the waiter was stunned, but even the customers around him looked at him in surprise.
You know, the medicinal herbs on this wall are of various types, huge in quantity and very valuable.
The waiter looked at the whole wall of herbal medicine cabinets and said, "Sir, you are kidding me. It's not cheap to buy all the herbs on this wall."
"It's okay. I'm not short of money. Just tell me whether you want to sell it or not." Li Kailang waved his hand.
"Sell, of course." The guy responded loudly. If you don't make money, you're a bastard.
"Wait, comrade, what do you want so many medicinal herbs for?" Suddenly, a voice came from the side.
A man wearing gold-rimmed glasses walked over, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at Li Kailang.
"Boss!" the waiter responded immediately.
"What? You even have to inquire about your customers' privacy. How do you do business?" Li Kailang replied.
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Of course not. It's my fault for not making it clear. I didn't say treat. But why did the customer want to buy so many herbs?"
"Could it be someone sent by the rival herbal medicine store?"
The shopkeeper looked at Li Kailang with great suspicion.
Who would buy so many medicinal herbs? Only people in the same industry would do that, and only people in the same industry would work harder to suppress them.
"Rival? The shopkeeper is just joking. Do you think I'm joking?" Li Kailang pointed at himself.
Li Kailang was too lazy to argue with the shopkeeper, so he went straight to the point.
"I'm a winemaker. I know how to make tonic wine. I bought these herbs to keep as a backup so I don't have to keep coming here to buy them and waste time."
As if to support what Li Kailang said, the waiter handed the note to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper took the note, carefully read the list of medicinal materials on it, and combined with Li Kailang's explanation, he finally understood.
He immediately made an apology by clasping his fists: "Oh, I'm so sorry, comrade. I was very offended just now, please forgive me."
"How about this? To express my apology, I will give you a 10% discount on all the herbs you purchase this time. What do you think?"
"Don't think it's too little. This is already the biggest discount in the store. If it were any cheaper, I wouldn't make any money, and I would have to pay for it. Comrade, you wouldn't be so reluctant."
The shopkeeper had said all he could, so what else did Li Kailang have to say? Although he wanted to say that he had no heart to do so, after all, it was not his own money that was lost.
However, since people have given me such a way out, I naturally have to give it up. After all, it is good to leave some way out so that we can meet again in the future.
Li Kailang has to come here often to buy medicinal herbs.
You are too polite, boss. Since you said so, I will respectfully obey your order."
"But having said that, your medicinal materials are of high quality and reasonably priced. I will come here often in the future." Li Kailang clasped his fists and returned the polite words.
"No, no." The shopkeeper smiled and said to the waiter beside him, "Why don't you go and pack up the things the customer wants."
Li Kailang wants an entire wall of medicinal herbs. Although he doesn’t want a lot of each type, there are many varieties, so in the end it will not affect the business of the store.
Even with a 10% discount, the shopkeeper can still make a lot of money, so he will definitely be happy about it.
Li Kailang was wandering around the counter idly when he found an "old acquaintance" - Compound Danshen Drops, with three pills still lying around.
"I just used up two of them, so I'll buy some more to prepare."
The two pills not only saved Li Kailang's life, but also saved the life of an unknown villager from outside the village.
As for why there are 3, only buy 2, leaving one for emergency use.
If the shopkeeper knew Li Kailang's idea, he would definitely let Li Kailang buy them all.
There must be a lot of things going on in secret that can be displayed openly. When doing business, customers are not as smart as merchants.
Li Kailang looked at the busy guy and thought it was better to forget it for now and pretend later.
"Comrade, do you want to order something else?" The shopkeeper noticed Li Kailang's eyes and immediately understood.
"Hey, pick up these two pills for me." Li Kailang commanded. Since there was someone ready to give orders, why not use it.
"Wait a moment." The shopkeeper immediately picked him up.
While he was packing, Li Kailang continued to take a look.
"What is this?" Li Kailang narrowed his eyes and stared at the new pill in front of him. "Boss, is this really the Angong Niuhuang Pill?"
"Yes, comrade, this is the new medicinal material our pharmacy has recently released. The ingredients are of guaranteed quality and authenticity. How about two pills?" the shopkeeper recommended enthusiastically.
Angong Niuhuang Pills are one of the four great life-saving medicines along with Compound Danshen Drops.
"Is it really of guaranteed quality and authentic, without cutting corners?" Li Kailang confirmed again, not allowing himself to be careless.
Unexpectedly, he would come across another life-saving miracle drug, which made Li Lan Kuanglan suspicious.
The shopkeeper said, "It's true, comrade, my pharmacy is right here. If it's fake, I'll run away too."
"That's true. I don't think you can run away." Li Kailang nodded. The world is like this now. It is not easy to escape from the old city.
"Okay, give me two of these too. Let me calculate how much they cost in total?"
"Okay, please wait a moment and I will calculate it for you." The shopkeeper said enthusiastically.
He spat on his fingers, then started clacking away on the abacus, counting the money for Li Kailang.
After some calculations, the five pills accounted for the majority, just over 5 yuan, and the rest were just over 40 yuan, for a total of just over 20 yuan.
"I just said I'll give you a 60% discount, and then I'll round it up to yuan."
Li Kailang directly took out six big black tens and handed them over.
"60 yuan is a good deal. Welcome to come again next time."
Li Kailang waved his hand and was about to leave with the herbs.
Another guy rushed in with a piece of skin in his hand.
"Boss, look what I bought for you, donkey skin!" the clerk said excitedly.
"Donkey skin!" The shopkeeper looked at the clerk excitedly, then at the donkey skin. "That's great. We can buy things in our drugstore again."
"Okay, okay, you did a great job, you'll get your 3 dollars later."
"Thank you, shopkeeper."
The shopkeeper was about to take the donkey skin to the back when Li Kailang immediately stopped him and said, "Wait."
"Comrade, is there anything else you want?"
"Boss, you are holding the donkey skin. Are you planning to make donkey-hide gelatin?"
The shopkeeper nodded.
"It just so happens that I want one too. I wonder if I can buy one in advance?"
"Of course, but it will take a week to get it."
"That's no problem. I'll come get it next Sunday. That should be enough time."
"Enough is enough."
"How much is it? I'll give it to you. But you must leave me a portion, boss."
"Of course. You paid for it, so I'll definitely leave you a copy."
"Then I'm sorry to trouble you."
That being said, when Li Kailang went to claim it the next weekend, it had already been sold by the shopkeeper.
As for the promise made to Li Kailang, it is not as important as money.
After all, Li Kailang paid a deposit in advance, so the high price he received was not as real as what he actually received.
At that time, Li Kailang couldn't help but regret that he should have bought the donkey skin and boiled it himself.
After paying the deposit, Li Kailang left the herbal medicine store happily.
"This donkey-hide gelatin is great whether you keep it for yourself or give it as a gift, especially to an elderly person like Master's Wife Han Xiaohui."
"There are also people like my sister-in-law Luo Ruiyun who are pregnant and often feel weak in qi and blood and need to replenish it. They all need it."
Having achieved his purpose of visiting the herbal medicine store, Li Kailang drove back to the steel rolling mill to welcome the arrival of evening.
Today is the first day of class, so I can't be late.
night school.
Today is the first day of formal classes and no one is absent.
The students sat in groups of three or five, whispering about interesting things that happened during the holidays, their expectations for the new courses, and waiting for the teacher to come to class.
"Pap-ta-ta-ta-"
“Kick, kick, kick—”
Two completely different footsteps were approaching, one of which sounded very familiar to everyone: it was Yan Wanbin's footsteps.
As for the other one, everyone had guesses in their minds.
"The footsteps don't sound like they belong to our class. Could it be that there are new students or teachers joining us?"
This thought flashed through everyone's mind, and everyone stopped talking at the same time, looking towards the door.
Someone said: "Who knows? I hope it's a girl. There are too few girls in our department. It's very difficult to find a partner."
This statement was widely recognized by people around him.
It seems to confirm this person's idea.
Sure enough, as the door was gently pushed open, Teacher Yan Wanbin walked in side by side with a woman of outstanding temperament.
The girl was wearing simple and elegant clothes, with her long hair tied up and a pretty face. Her appearance instantly attracted everyone's attention.
"Woo——" The boys couldn't help but widen their eyes and stare at the girls.
Pretty, fair, capable, and a little thin, these are the first impressions that all the boys have of her.
As a boy, how could Yan Wanbin not know their little thoughts?
"Bang bang bang!"
"What are you looking at? Control your eyes and put away your little thoughts." Yan Wanbin scolded while standing at the podium.
Hearing his words, the boys looked at each other, smiled awkwardly, and then lowered their heads.
"Teacher Bai, please come over here." Yan Wanbin said to Bai Jie.
Yan Wanbin cleared his throat and said seriously, "Let me introduce to you all, this teacher Bai Jiebai next to me. From now on, she will also be one of your teachers."
"Ah?" As soon as these words were spoken, a burst of surprised voices suddenly rang out in the classroom.
Everyone looked at each other in disbelief at the woman in front of them who seemed to be about their age.
This must be a joke.
Someone questioned: "Teacher Yan, are you kidding me? Teacher Bai looks so young, if you don't say she is a teacher."
"At first glance, he looks like our classmate, how could he be a teacher?"
Hearing this, Bai Jie smiled slightly.
On the surface, these words are praising Bai Jie's beauty, but in fact they are doubting Bai Jie.
Bai Jie smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment from this classmate. I didn't expect that I still look so young in the eyes of my classmates."
"But students, don't get carried away. Although the teacher looks young, she already has two children who are in the fourth grade."
"Ah!" Everyone was instantly shocked beyond words by Bai Jie's words.
Li Kailang seemed to hear the sound of someone's heart breaking, as if it was shattered into pieces and dropped all over the ground.
It is obvious that some people have certain fantasies about Bai Jie.
But no one expected that Bai Jie actually had a child. Some people's original thoughts were instantly gone.
I didn't expect that although she looks young, she is actually quite old. No matter how you look at her, she must be around 30 years old, which makes her at least 5 years older than all of them.
This is much more shocking than the saying "all children play soy sauce."
But even so, it only means that Bai Jie is older and has certain qualifications to be their teacher.
But this is a night school, and not just any old age can make you a teacher. It depends on your personal ability.
Bai Jie naturally understood the most crucial point, "Of course, teacher, I will teach you well, let's wait and see."
After hearing this, everyone still remained skeptical of her.
Yan Wanbin stood up and said, "Alright, alright, Teacher Bai is here to teach you, not to explain Teacher Bai's family situation to you."
"There is no doubt about Teacher Bai's ability. She is an engineer at the First Steel Rolling Mill. If she hadn't gone to school to teach next year, it wouldn't have been your turn."
"Ah!" With the reputation of the No. 1 steel rolling mill, everyone no longer doubted Bai Jie's ability.
After all, no one who can become an engineer is a mediocre person.
After all, there is a huge watershed between technicians and engineers. Even if his father is a senior engineer, he cannot help a technician to be promoted to an engineer.
Yan Wanbin continued, "Okay, let's end the discussion about Teacher Bai. Now I will tell you about the course schedule for this semester."
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately listened attentively to Yan Wanbin's speech, and Bai Jie was also listening on the side.
"From now on, I will teach you every Wednesday, and Teacher Bai will teach you every Friday."
Hearing this, everyone was immediately delighted. Finally, they didn't have to see Yan Wanbin every time.
It’s not that Yan Wanbin is not good, but I’m tired of seeing him every day. It’s more fresh to see a beautiful teacher.
"The following is the key point. Listen carefully. Teacher Bai and I will be in charge of different courses for you this semester."
“Every Wednesday, I explain to you highly theoretical topics such as mechanical principles and design basics.
"Every Friday, Mr. Bai analyzes actual mechanical cases, allowing everyone to better understand and apply the knowledge they have learned through real cases."
Yan Wanbin talked a lot and everyone felt overwhelmed. They only knew one thing: this semester would be even more difficult.
"Another point is that this semester there will be not only theoretical exams but also practical exams. The teachers are still discussing how the practical exams will be assessed."
"Once our teachers come to a consensus, I will tell everyone as soon as possible."
“Ah!!!” Upon hearing that there would be practical training, many people let out a cry and frowned.
The people who shouted were all different.
Just like Qi Mengru, who does not work in a machinery factory, she does not usually come into contact with practical mechanical operations.
There are also people like Jin Jianxian, who used to work in the factory but now have to come to school for practical training.
Yan Wanbin: "What's the point of calling it that? Mechanical technology is, after all, a very practical subject."
"If you can only talk about it on paper, how can you be independent in the future? If you don't practice, you will not know what you have learned when you go out and ask people questions."
"Don't say you are my student when the time comes. I can't afford to lose face like that."
What Yan Wanbin said made sense, and no one had anything to refute.
"Of course, considering that some people have practical training at work, we will deal with these students separately."
After saying this, Yan Wanbin pointed out one by one the students who failed the exam last semester.
"Those of you who failed the exam, you should study hard for this semester. It will be good for you. If you learn well, it will be easy for you to take the make-up exam."
"Really? Teacher?" Those people looked at Yan Wanbin expectantly.
Yan Wanbin nodded: "When have I ever lied to you?"
Hearing this, those who had not passed the exam suddenly had flames burning in their eyes, "I must study hard this semester, otherwise it will be troublesome if I fail the grade."
Yan Wanbin said loudly: "Okay, the class will start now. You will listen to Teacher Bai's arrangements from now on."
After saying that, he looked at Bai Jie and said, "Teacher Bai, it's your turn next."
Bai Jie nodded, "Old Yan, thank you for your help."
"You're welcome." Yan Wanbin did not leave the classroom, but came to the back, sat in the classroom, and stared at everyone.
With Yan Wanbin's departure, Bai Jie took over the teaching baton.
"Okay, now we're going to start the class. Everyone, take out your books on agricultural machinery and I'll explain some of them to you."
As Bai Jie explained, the atmosphere in the classroom gradually became focused and enthusiastic.
Not only did she explain the complex mechanical principles in a simple and easy-to-understand way, she also used specific practical examples to make it easier for everyone to understand.
Yan Wanbin sat at the end of the classroom, observing everything silently.
As time went by, the students' attitude towards Bai Jie had changed from initial curiosity and scrutiny to real respect and admiration.
"Very good, it seems that everyone has found the state of learning."
Yan Wanbin was secretly happy, he knew that this kind of classroom atmosphere was exactly what he expected.
He stood up quietly without disturbing anyone and left the classroom quietly.
"boom!"
"Lai Yicheng, what did you say!?"
"How dare you say it again!"
Suddenly, there was a loud quarrel outside the door, and everyone's attention was immediately attracted by the sound.
Bai Jie and Yan Wanbin walked out of the classroom, grabbed the railing and looked down. The quarreling sound came from below.
"Lai Yicheng? What did he do again?" Yan Wanbin was confused and went downstairs to take a look.
Everyone was also curious about what happened downstairs.
(End of this chapter)