After listening to everything his mother said, Hong Yanwu didn't say anything for a while.
Firstly, he didn't expect that his father had suffered so many crimes and grievances, and secondly, the price of that thing called "Suppressing the Tiger and Dragon" was really astonishing.
Five thousand yuan!
What is the concept in this era when most people live on dead wages?
At that time, the average monthly living expenses for urban residents was only about 10 yuan, and an adult's monthly salary could basically support a family of three.
The salary of the two great men who just passed away was set at the third level of the national administration, which was only 404.8 yuan. The salary standard for the military region level in the army was 360 yuan. The highest level 1 salary standard for police workers in the capital was 130 yuan. Among the working class
, the highest salary for the eighth-level electrician, who is the best at the job, is 103.35 yuan.
Also, in 1977, my country's GDP per capita was US$186. According to the country's official foreign exchange exchange rate at that time, 1 US dollar was exchanged for 1.4962 yuan.
This means that these 5,000 yuan is equivalent to 3,341.8 U.S. dollars in that year. It is the total wealth created by 18 Chinese people in one year. It can ensure that ordinary people will have no worries about food and drink for decades. And this amount of money, even if it was the highest in the country at that time,
Leaders have to work for two years even if they don't eat or drink.
Even after 2010, there was a Beijing Normal University professor who specifically evaluated the value of the “10,000-yuan households” that emerged in the 1980s and published an authoritative academic research report on this. The professor believed that with the recent
After thirty years of inflation, 10,000 yuan back then is basically equivalent to "2.55 million" today!
If measured by this standard, the value of 5,000 yuan in the 1970s is at least equivalent to 1.5 million yuan today, which is definitely a terrifying sky-high price!
Therefore, even Hong Yanwu, who once had a net worth of hundreds of millions, would inevitably look uncertain and disbelieving when he heard this.
So after hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but express his doubts to Wang Yunlin.
"Mom, didn't you say that Shou Jingfang has a grudge against my father? And what is 'Zuhulong'? I have never heard of it! You said that he is not lying, adding insult to injury, and trying to take advantage of the situation.
Shall we?"
Unexpectedly, although Wang Yunlin could not explain why, she had no doubts about Shou Jingfang's medical skills and character.
She even told her son that if she had to make a choice between the hospital and Shou Jingfang, both Hong Lucheng and she would firmly choose to believe in Shou Jingfang. Only Shou Jingfang could tell about Hong Yanwu's father's illness.
Only with treatment can there be a glimmer of hope.
As for the grievances back then, it was not because there was any fundamental conflict between Shou Jingfang and Hong Lucheng, but because of the times and the changes in the world.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Yunlin introduced to Hong Yanwu in detail the relationship between Shou Jingfang and the Hong family.
Wang Yunlin had already told Hong Yanwu before that Shou Jingfang was a descendant of the Shou family in Taiyuan Hospital. The Hong and Shou families have been dealing with each other since their ancestors jointly founded the "Yanshou Tang", and cooperation between them can also be discussed.
Intimacy and harmony.
But what Wang Yunlin has not yet mentioned is that as the relationship between the Hong and Shou families has deepened from generation to generation, when it comes to the generation of Shou Jingfang and Hong Lucheng, the two people not only get along well and play together and grow up.
, the Shou and Shou families have an additional level of in-law relationship.
Hong Lucheng's mother is actually the aunt of the Shou family, so the two of them have a cousin relationship. If Hong Yanwu saw Shou Jingfang, he would really call him his cousin.
In addition, the Shou family has always been interested in getting closer to each other. Shou Jingfang's father, Shou Yaoyu, even thought about marrying Shou Jingfang's sister Shou Silan to Hong Lucheng, but later Hong Lucheng fell in love with Wang Yunlin.
It was love at first sight, and this marriage, which had been mentioned many times verbally between the two families, was not consummated.
As for Shou Jingfang's medical skills, they naturally come from his family studies. Under his father's devoted teachings, he mastered many secret recipes of Qing Gong Shou Pharmacy and Nei Pharmacy.
Moreover, he has been very talented in the field of medical study since childhood. He has been able to memorize "Song of Soup" and "Ode to the Properties of Medicine" since he was four years old. He can prescribe prescriptions at the age of eight. At the age of fourteen, he only relies on one
A silver needle saved an emergency patient lying on the street.
This made his father often show off to the outside world, saying that his son was a medical genius not seen in a century. Occasionally, when he was drunk, he even said in private, "If my son hadn't been so young, I'm afraid one of the four famous doctors in Beijing would be the best."
You have to change someone."
Such drunken words may be a bit exaggerated, but Shou Jingfang does have real talent and practical knowledge. His superb medical skills are well-known in the capital.
Because he loved to think about difficult and complicated diseases, and he also loved to see diseases that could not be cured by famous doctors. And over time, he did cure a lot of them. So that many patients in the capital came to him at the last moment to ask for help.
A glimmer of hope.
In fact, this is precisely the smartest thing about Shou Jingfang.
Generally speaking, this kind of patient has basically reached the point where it is time to prepare for the funeral and treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor. Once cured, it is a "miraculous rejuvenation" and "resurrection from the dead". If it cannot be cured, it is also "dead and alive", "
"There is no way to save the day." The patient's family members are only grateful and definitely not looking to blame.
As a result, there were a lot of plaques for the Shou family in those days. It is no exaggeration to say that the plaques for the Shou family occupied two entire large rooms. Only the big plaques for "Miaoshujuan" and "Qihuang Sage" were lined up one after another.
It would be three yuan longer than the alley where Shou's family lives.
Although these plaques cannot be eaten or drunk, from a certain perspective, they have another miraculous effect, that is, they increase Shou Jingfang's medical fees.
Don't look at the fact that the four famous doctors in the capital charge 80 yuan for a consultation, but the price of the longevity prescription is calculated in gold bars. In addition, the prescriptions he prescribes require you to get the medicine from "Yanshou Tang", so in reality
Shou Jingfang is probably the number one wealthy doctor in the capital.
Now that the four famous doctors have passed away, if there is anyone in the world who can cure Hong Lucheng, who is seriously ill and blind, it is probably Shou Jingfang.
But since there is such a good doctor, why not ask for it earlier?
To be honest, Hong Lucheng and Shou Jingfang have not been in contact with each other for nearly twenty years, and they broke off their relationship out of spite. The reason for this is quite helpless.
In 1955, just after the joint venture of the Hong family's restaurant business was completed, a district cadre in charge of the pharmaceutical industry came to Hong Lucheng for help.
It was learned that this cadre had a big problem with the Shou family because of the Yanshou Tang joint venture and came to him as a lobbyist. So Hong Lucheng took a task and went to the Shou family to persuade Shou Jingfang.
Unexpectedly, after entering the door, as soon as Hong Lucheng proposed his intention to come, his cousin, who had always been very respectful to him, actually fell out with him for the first time.
Provocative). Not only did he sarcastically reprimand him for being "too lenient", but he also sarcastically belittled his "awareness is too high". Naturally, the conversation couldn't continue.
A few days later, Hong Lucheng came to visit again. He originally planned to have a calm talk with Shou Jingfang in order to help him understand the situation and avoid him suffering losses. But this time Shou Jingfang completely changed his face. In order to preserve his ancestral business, he not only raised eyebrows but also
He threw the tea cup and drove Hong Lucheng out of the house with a blushing face.
Afterwards, he scolded him, "I can't care if you sell your Hong family's ancestors, the Shou family doesn't sell their ancestors." With one sentence, Hong Lucheng was embarrassed.
Afterwards, Hong Lucheng, who had already experienced the pain and knew the stakes involved, thought about it carefully, but finally couldn't bear to sit back and watch his cousin make mistakes. After hesitating for a while, he went to the door of Shou's house again. Unexpectedly, he encountered General Tie.
Keep the door.
Since then, Shou Jingfang seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. He was not only found at home and in the store, but also at the homes of relatives and friends near and far, but he was never seen again.
Hong Lucheng naturally understood in his heart that Shou Jingfang was planning to hide away from people. When the higher-ups announced that they would no longer cooperate, he might be able to find people again.
Such a delay lasted until 1956.
Since that cadre was burdened with joint tasks, he was really helpless. Shou Jingfang's actions made him completely desperate. He actually wanted to ask acquaintances in the public security agency for help in order to "escape with the money and default on wages."
Shou Jingfang was wanted for the crime and was used to force him out.
After Hong Lucheng learned about it, he was afraid that the lie would eventually come true so that Shou Jingfang would not cause another big disaster, so he had no choice but to make suggestions for the cadres. He suggested that since Shou Jingfang would not show up, it would be better to take the shares of the Hong family into a joint venture first, and then wait for
After the district sent people to take over the store, it was too late even if Shou Jingfang wanted to object.
This trick worked as expected. On the third day after the district took over the store, Shou Jingfang appeared in the old "Yanshoutang" store in Chongwenmen.
Hong Lucheng rushed there as soon as he got the letter, but when he arrived, the new official manager, who represented the official, was already having a heated argument with Shou Jingfang.
After Hong Lucheng inquired, he learned that Shou Jingfang had come from nowhere, covered in dust and mud on his head. As soon as Feng Feng Huo Huo entered the store, he yelled at them. Not only did he stop the clerks from moving things, he was also stubborn.
The government wants to drive away all the new personnel sent by the government.
The manager came forward to appease him, but all explanations were of no use. He complained out of dissatisfaction, which roughly meant that even the four major pharmacies in the capital had completed public-private partnerships, and your "Yanshou Tang" should also actively learn from these pharmacies.
Just strive for progress.
Unexpectedly, Shou Jingfang responded with a sneer unceremoniously.
"The four major drug stores? Then you go and ask them, can they handle my 'Yanshoutang' business? Do you want me to learn from them? That's not the whole thing. I think you are the only one who doesn't understand. It's all a piece of cake."
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This biting sarcasm immediately made all the old store clerks laugh. The manager was probably a layman. Although his face was red and his ears were red, he didn't understand why.
Then the clerk explained to the manager.
It turns out that Ginseng Rongzhuang refers to a business that is backed by strong capital and long-term reputation and can buy and sell high-end medicinal materials such as ginseng, deer antlers, and musk.
In medicine shops, it is generally recognized that Shenrong Village is one level higher than other medicine shops that only deal in pills, ointments, decoctions and decoctions. In the entire capital, except for "Yanshou Tang" and "Qingrentang", there are no more
No other drugstore can bear the brand of Ginseng Rongzhuang. Even the Yue family's "Qirentang", which has become the mayor of the capital, is just an ordinary drugstore.
After figuring out the key points, the manager was angered by Shou Jingfang's arrogance and immediately seized on the topic and said that he was "engaging in monopoly management." The conflict between the two became more and more intense, and finally they came to terms with each other. If it weren't for Hong Lu
Cheng arrived in time and took action if things went wrong.
However, Hong Lucheng's appearance also seemed quite embarrassing, because he knew very well that he was on the opposite side of Shou Jingfang. And Shou Jingfang would not listen to his advice at all.
Sure enough, Shou Jingfang's attitude towards Hong Lucheng was extremely cold. Not only did he turn a blind eye to him, but he also turned a deaf ear to his words. Then, he simply walked out of the street, sat down on the steps of the door, and blocked the door.
No one is allowed in or out at the door.
As a result, the manager was really anxious. He jumped to call for help, and wanted to forcefully pull away the cheating Shou Jingfang.
Hong Lucheng knew Shou Jingfang's stubbornness and was afraid that the conflict would intensify and the conflict would not end well. In a desperate situation, he had no other choice but to take action in person on behalf of the manager and call on several familiar associates to force Shou Jingfang back home.
And locked him in the room for three days to "quench the fire".
Three days later, as soon as Shou Jingfang was released, he ran to "Yanshou Hall" again. But now the dust had settled, all handover procedures of the store had been successfully completed, and even the signboard of "Yanshou Hall" had been
It was replaced by "People's Drug Store".
Shou Jingfang could only hold the old plaque that he had forcibly taken back, and said in tears to Hong Lucheng, who was chasing after him, "I would have known it would have happened sooner or later! If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid that thieves will miss you... Go ahead! You
Go for it! This is the result you want, right?"
Hong Lucheng felt guilty, knowing that he had deeply hurt Shou Jingfang. He had also experienced this feeling so deeply that he was speechless.
In this way, a huge emotional rift appeared between their cousins, and they never saw each other again. Even when they were fighting, Hong Lucheng asked his wife Wang Yunlin to get it at a high price.
I went to Shou's house to try to reconcile the relationship, but the trip was in vain.
Shou Jingfang also confiscated the gift. He only asked Wang Yunlin to bring back a harsh message, "Even if the Shou family starves to death, they will not be able to reach the door of your Hong family."
After that, it was "Remembering the bitter and remembering the sweet" and the "Ten Years Movement". Hong Lucheng was too busy taking care of himself, and because the status of the two families was too "high", he was afraid of going to the Shou family to be accused of "secret conspiracy"
, no one was left behind. So, the desire to settle the old feud gradually faded away, and I never bothered him again.
Hong Lucheng and Wang Yunlin actually never thought that they would meet Shou Jingfang one day in this life. What's more, they didn't expect that this time Wang Yunlin went without any trouble and actually invited Shou Jingfang.