Zhang Mengqin was surprised to see Zhu Siqi.""Zhu Siqi, I haven't seen you for a few days. I asked Director Peng and she said that you took leave. Is there something wrong? Tell me and see if I can help you."
"It's nothing. It's already been resolved. Oh right, Teacher Zhang, why are you in my room?”Zhu Siqi said.
"Oh, I got the key from Zhao Jian. I heard that the three of you opened a computer shop in front of us. I went to take a look today. Business is good. I didn't expect you to be a boss at such a young age!”Zhang Mengqin had always been curious about Zhu Siqi. She was very smart, she knew medicine, and now she had opened a shop.
"It's just a small business! It's not worth mentioning. Teacher Zhang, is there a reason why you came to look for me this time?”Zhu Siqi asked.
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten. My grandfather's seventieth birthday is in three days. He specially asked me to invite you. Because there were quite a lot of people that day, he held a banquet at Jiangxi Hotel. He also specially instructed that you weren't allowed to prepare a gift for him.”Zhang Mengqin said.
"Alright, I'll definitely go!”
"Don't forget that it starts at seven o'clock in the evening.”Zhang Mengqin warned.
"Alright, Teacher Zhang, is there anything else?”Zhu Siqi was a little sleepy.
"Are you ready to chase me away? Can't we chat for nothing?”Zhang Mengqin was a little angry. She was incomparably beautiful. When other boys saw her, they would only try their best to chat with her a little more. However, he wanted to chase her away after he finished talking. Was she ugly?
Actually, she had misunderstood. Xianzhu Siqi was indeed a little tired and wanted to sleep. Moreover, he had only been amazed by Zhang Mengqin's beauty the first time he saw her. Other than his mother and two sisters, he had never interacted with other girls. He was rather stupid in this aspect. He only admired Zhang Mengqin's beauty and nothing else. Besides, she was still young. In his heart, he actually treated Zhang Mengqin as his sister. He said whatever he wanted to say and was more straightforward. However, Zhang Mengqin, as a beautiful woman who was confident in herself, couldn't take it.
"If Teacher Zhang wants to chat, of course we can!”Zhu Siqi said.
Seeing that Zhu Siqi was a little absent-minded, Zhang Mengqin stomped her feet and said,""Forget it, you won't be sincere even if we continue chatting. I'll leave first!”With that, she slammed the door and left.
Zhu Siqi didn't know how he had offended Zhang Mengqin until she left. Could it really be that the saying goes,"Only women and villains are difficult to raise in the world!"
He didn't care anymore. He closed the door and climbed into bed to sleep.
Zhu Siqi didn't wake up on time until six o'clock the next morning. He went out for a run as usual before coming back.
He first went to the computer shop to take a look. Although it was not even eight o'clock yet, the computers were basically full. It was obvious that some of them had played all night last night. Their heads were messy and their eyes were like rabbits. Zhang Lixue was cleaning the place while Li Fen was collecting money at the front desk. It seemed that the two of them were working well together. There were many people coming in and out of the computer shop, but the tables, chairs, and floor were still relatively clean. It was just that the air was a little dirty. In fact, this could not be helped. There were dozens of people squeezed into two small rooms, and the air could not be fresh. However, Zhu Siqi still wanted to remind Qian Yong and the others to buy a few exhaust fans.
Seeing that Qian Yong and the others weren't there, and that Hu Wei and Wei Li were still sleeping, he didn't disturb them. He said goodbye to Li Fen and left.
Zhang Aihua was about to celebrate her birthday. Although he had told her not to give him a gift, he still wanted to give him something. It was too expensive, and Zhang Aihua would definitely not want it. Besides, he did not know how to choose gifts.
After much consideration, he decided to make a batch of health pills for Zhang Aihua. Zhang Aihua's pills should be almost finished by now. This time, he would personally choose the herbs. The effect would definitely be better than the last time. Besides, it would be a holiday in more than a month. He would prepare some for his parents when he returned home for the New Year.
She had to do it when she thought of it. Before her leave was over, she had to go to the major drugstores in the city to buy medicine. He usually only bought a few herbs at each store. It wasn't that he didn't want to buy them all at once, but there were only a few herbs that he liked. He usually walked into the pharmacy and smelled them with his nose to distinguish the various herbs. After finding the herbs he wanted, he would use his perception to lock onto them. In addition, he would use his nose to distinguish the quality of the herbs outside. He could basically determine which herbs were to his liking.
After going to seven or eight shops, he finally bought all the herbs. This time, he had to prepare them for his parents in addition to giving them to Zhang Aihua, so he bought a little more herbs. Others bought herbs in tens of grams, but he bought them in tens of kilograms. Sometimes, he even bought all the stock in the pharmacy.
After he bought all the herbs, he did some calculations. There were nearly 200 catties of herbs in total. It was unrealistic to carry them home. He bought a big pot in the pharmacy to boil the herbs. He took a taxi and went back.
He brought the herbs into the room and was about to chop them up to boil the medicine when he remembered that he did not have any tools here. Because he did not eat here, he did not even have a kitchen knife, let alone a fire tool. He couldn't possibly gather firewood to burn like he did on the mountain.
He had to go out again. He remembered that there was a gas supply shop not far away, so he went there to buy a bottle of gas, a stove, and two kitchen knives. The gas supply shop delivered the goods to their door. After they packed the things on the balcony next to the room, they tried them out and left. Zhu Siqi also began his pharmaceutical step, slicing the herbs.
What a joke. Since most of the medicinal herbs weighing a few hundred catties were dry, in order to achieve a better effect, the thinner the medicinal herbs were cut, the better. It was not like in the past when they were freshly picked on the mountain and could be cut into pieces. Here, it was best to cut them into pieces. This way, the time needed to brew the medicine would be shorter.
This time, Zhu Siqi was a little dizzy. In the end, he even used his true energy. Although he was flying with the knife, he couldn't handle the large amount of medicinal herbs. He was busy from morning to night before he was done. His right hand, which was cutting vegetables, was sore. It didn't seem to be effective even if he used true energy to repair it. But no matter what, he could already brew the medicine.
He placed the large clay pot on the liquefied stove, put in clear water, and cut the pills. Because there were too many, he could only boil them multiple times. He turned on the liquefied stove and set the fire to a relatively high temperature. He didn't need to worry about it until the water in the claypot boiled. He just needed to slowly boil it for a few hours.
From time to time, the courtyard was filled with the smell of medicine. It was not bitter like ordinary medicine. This one had a slight fragrance, and one could feel very comfortable when they smelled it carefully.
After the pot of medicine was completely boiled, he did not continue to add it to the pot because after removing the dregs, the pot was filled with some paste. He had to wait for it to cool before it could be made into pills. It was indeed a little disturbing at night, so he decided to come back tomorrow morning and try to get everything done in one day.
It was not until the evening of the second day that he had finished making all the pills, but he had not thought of what to use to store them. He was now filling a bucket. Nowadays, packaging was very important for everything. It seemed that he had to go to the city tomorrow to buy a few better bottles.
The next day, Zhu Siqi rushed to the city because tomorrow was Zhang Aihua's birthday. He had to get everything done today. However, he did not see any bottles along the way.
When he arrived at a shop specializing in Jingdezhen porcelain, he was immediately attracted by the porcelain inside. Jingdezhen porcelain was exquisitely crafted, beautiful, and elegant. It was also imported and famous all over the world.
Zhu Siqi walked inside and chose a porcelain bottle gourd. It was not big, only a little bigger than his palm. His mouth was especially exquisite. Other porcelain usually did not seal, but this one had a lid to seal the mouth. He bought a total of 50 such porcelain bottles. After going out, he had to take a taxi back immediately. In the car, Zhu Siqi thought,"How nice it would be if I had a car!"”
Last time, he used the car Li Yuan gave him to follow Zhang Tian. He had been busy making pills these days. Otherwise, he would have gone to see if he could buy a car with his little money.
When he got home, he first wiped the porcelain with a wet towel before putting the pills in. There were still two bottles left, so he packed them all up. He was going to give Zhang Aihua nine bottles of pills. Nine was the extreme number in numbers, and there was nothing bigger than it. It also meant that it would last for a long time.
When he arrived at Jiangxi Hotel the next evening, he saw Zhang Zhenhua welcoming guests at the door. It seemed that he had returned from the army today. Seeing Zhu Siqi come with a paper box in his hand, he went up to him and said,"Zhu Siqi, Grandpa specifically told you not to bring anything. What do you mean?"
Zhu Siqi smiled and said," Brother Zhang, this is just a health pill that I made myself. It doesn't cost much, but the effect is really good. Last time, Grandpa Zhang also ate it and felt very good. So, I took this opportunity to send some to him."”
"It's a health pill. That's fine.”Zhang Zhenhua did not say anything else. He took the box and welcomed Zhu Siqi in.
This time, the Zhang family had specially booked a hall for the birthday celebration. There were about forty to fifty tables in the hall. Almost everyone had arrived. Seeing Zhang Aihua sitting at the table in front of them, they walked over and said to Zhang Aihua,"Grandpa! I wish you happiness like the East Sea and longevity like the South Mountain."
Although it was very ordinary, everyone liked to hear it. When Zhang Aihua saw Zhu Siqi, she immediately called him over. I haven't seen you for a long time. I heard that you made another contribution last time. Not bad!”
This table was basically filled with Zhang Aihua's family and some old comrades. Of course, some high-ranking officials from Jiangxi Province were also here. Zhang Aihua introduced them to Zhu Siqi one by one. When the other party saw that General Zhang took the initiative to introduce a young man who was not famous to them, they were very surprised, but they did not show anything on their faces.
After introducing Zhang Aihua's family, Zhu Siqi found out that Zhang Aihua's only son was now the deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region, Zhang Yuanchao. When Zhu Siqi heard the name, he immediately used his perception to check the other party's body. He sensed that there was an internal energy that was not very deep but rather pure. It seemed that it had been refined for decades. Zhu Siqi was very excited. It was his eldest senior brother. No wonder there was a familiar zhenqi in Zhang Zhenhua's body. So that was how it was!
Although Zhu Siqi was surprised and happy, he did not show it on his face. He knew that now was not the time to acknowledge each other. He called Uncle Zhang a little, but in his heart, he was actually shouting," Eldest Senior Brother!”
Seeing that there were other people coming to congratulate him, Zhu Siqi did not disturb them. He just found a table in the corner and sat down.
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