But these meals are a little different from what they usually see.
Although the ingredients used are mostly common pork, mutton and various seasonal vegetables, the finished product is something these veteran cadres have never heard of or seen.
The veteran cadres pointed and pointed, eyes full of curiosity.
Zheng Gongming looked around and felt that he had to take action on his own, so he stood up and asked.
"Comrade Cao Weidong, what are these and why haven't I seen them before?"
Cao Weidong smiled.
"Oh, this is the medicinal meal I specially asked the chef to prepare for you. They are all good things in season."
"Medicinal diet?"
These veteran cadres looked at each other.
They naturally know about medicinal food.
Traditional Chinese medicine has attached great importance to the dialectical relationship between diet and health and longevity since ancient times.
Medicinal diet is an important part of traditional Chinese medicine. By integrating medicine into food, medicine is used as food and food is given medicinal effects.
Medicine borrows the power of food, and food supports the power of medicine. The two complement each other and bring out the best in each other.
The finished medicated diet not only has high nutritional value, but also can prevent and cure diseases, maintain health and strengthen the body, and prolong life.
It can be said that medicated diet is an important part of traditional Chinese medicine.
This is a unique clinical practical discipline that the Chinese nation has gradually formed after thousands of years of continuous exploration and accumulation.
Zheng Gongming and the others have heard about medicated food, but this is the first time they have seen it.
"We have always heard people mention medicated meals, saying that they can cure diseases through eating, but this is the first time we have seen them. I don't know what the specialties of these meals are."
Cao Weidong invited all the veteran cadres to take a seat and pointed to the meals and introduced them.
"This dish is wolfberry, sea cucumber and pork pie. It is slow-cooked and the meat is soft and not rotten. It is just suitable for the elderly. At the same time, wolfberry, sea cucumber and other Chinese medicinal materials are added during cooking, which has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys...
...."
"This is chicken juice and sea pine soup. The main ingredients selected are jellyfish, shrimp and other seafood. This soup is fresh and juicy, mellow and delicious. It can dispel wind and cold, soften hardness and reduce phlegm, and replenish deficiency and blood.
It is miraculous for joint pain caused by wind and cold in the elderly..."
"In addition, there is this ginseng and mutton soup, which has the effect of strengthening the spleen and liver and kidneys. The specific ingredients are..."
"I am new here and don't know much about the situation in the city. I will need your help in the future, so I specially arranged this medicinal meal..."
Cao Weidong talks eloquently.
The veteran cadres listening nearby had their eyes shining and their mouths watering uncontrollably.
These are all good things.
And it’s just right.
They are all elderly people and their health is not good to begin with.
In addition, when I was young, I traveled all over the world with the organization. Due to the difficult conditions at that time, I also suffered from hidden injuries. Therefore, every rainy day, everyone suffered from backache and weakness in limbs.
Is there any way?
They are also very old, and they really can’t do anything anymore, so they just make do with their lives.
Now that I heard Cao Weidong say that there are such good things as medicinal food, I can't help but want to taste it.
Cao Weidong introduced the medicinal food on the table, then distributed bowls and chopsticks to the cadres who came, poured wine, and everyone started eating happily.
When these veteran cadres took a sip of soup and a bite of vegetables, they suddenly felt a warm current spreading from their stomachs, and all the aches and pains on their bodies seemed to be much better.
Cao Weidong took out another bottle of slightly turbid wine with ginseng, centipedes, snakes and other things soaked in it.
"How can a medicated diet be without medicated wine? This is my own medicated wine. You can try it."
He filled the cups for everyone.
The veteran cadres drank it all in one gulp.
This time the heat flow in the body is more obvious.
The veteran cadres were delighted.
To paraphrase a popular advertising slogan of later generations.
It means "my waist is no longer sore, my legs are no longer painful, and I feel more energetic when walking."
A group of veteran cadres exchanged cups, their mouths were full of oil, and they were very happy.
It's been a long time since they've had such delicious and practical medicinal food.
No!
It should be said that this is the first time I have eaten it.
Only Cao Weidong seldom moved his chopsticks, and he didn't drink much of the medicinal wine placed in front of him. He kept sighing beside him.
Zheng Gongming caught a glimpse of it accidentally, and his heart suddenly went cold.
Damn it!
Isn’t this food poisonous?
This was his first reaction.
Zheng Gongming suddenly lost his appetite and said tremblingly.
"Comrade Cao Weidong, have we not offended you?"
Cao Weidong was stunned.
"No."
Zheng Gongming was filled with grief and anger.
"Then why don't you eat it? Maybe it's in the food..."
Although he didn't say it explicitly, his words revealed distrust.
These veteran cadres are all good people, and they understood the meaning of Zheng Gongming's words. When they looked at the food in front of them, they suddenly felt that it didn't taste good, and they shrank back one by one.
Cao Weidong reacted.
I know that Mr. Zheng has misunderstood me.
Suddenly I felt dumbfounded.
"Mr. Zheng, you misunderstood. The reason why I can't eat is because I have something on my mind."
Zheng Gongming asked curiously.
"Your energy plant is developing so well, why are you worried?"
Cao Weidong said.
"What I worry about is not the factory, but people's livelihood."
When this topic comes up, veteran cadres become interested. After all, it is their common belief to let the people live a good life.
This is the character of the older generation of revolutionary cadres.
Cao Weidong recounted his temporary stop at the commune because of the pursuit of Hu Jie and Hu Hansan, and what he saw and heard in the commune, and then said.
"Actually, people's requirements are not high. They just want to live a healthy life. However, the 'health' aspect alone is a big problem."
"Our ancestors invented traditional Chinese medicine, but the threshold for this profession is very high. Even if the country invests a lot of financial and material resources to train a large number of medical talents, these doctors still choose to stay in urban hospitals after completing their studies and rarely return to the countryside.
, which leads to a shortage of medical treatment and medicine in rural areas and a surplus of medical resources in cities."
"Every time I think about how it is difficult for people to get medical treatment, how expensive it is, and how they even have no place to get medical treatment, I can't eat."
Zheng Gongming's face turned blue and white.
Looking at the medicinal food and wine in front of me, and thinking about the situation of the fellow villagers, I suddenly felt ashamed.
As a retired veteran cadre, he didn't even think about Cao Weidongquan. He had even subconsciously ignored this problem all this time, which made him blame himself very much.
Zheng Gongming sighed.
"This is my sin."
"Hey, I think back to the beginning. The reason why we were able to drive the enemy out was all because of the help of our fellow villagers. We must not forget the well diggers, not to mention that we are meant to serve the people."
"But we don't have a clue about medical treatment. We really don't know what to do."
Cao Weidong said with a smile.
"It is simply impossible to establish a medical system in such a huge country and to cover such a large rural population. This is definitely not something you and I can accomplish, because we must borrow our strength."