Chapter 25 Section five

In came Mr. Brown in his pajamas.He seemed to be troubled by some problem, his brows were wrinkled, and his face was ugly. Cheng Shaozhong couldn't help but feel guilty. He was worried that Brown's face had something to do with his and Sophia's behavior in Eros Lake last night, so he hurriedly gave up his seat and showed courtesy. "Son, my dear Mister Cheng." Brown said, closing his eyes in pain and shaking his head slightly, "I really don't know what to tell you—Horman, your godmother, my poor wife , I’ve been troubled by kidney stones lately, you have few chances to get along with her, so naturally you didn’t notice it. She hurts like a devil stuck in her throat—well, that’s what happened just now, it just woke me up, and it didn’t hurt Sometimes, it seemed that there was no such thing at all. I gave her all the drugs I could think of, such as nitrous oxide for anesthesia and pain relief, aspirin for anti-inflammatory and pain relief, etc., but they could only relieve the symptoms, not fundamentally However, her blood pressure is so high that I have no confidence. I remember your father once told me that he treated this disease for Emperor Guangxu, and used It's a kind of herbal medicine called..." Brown couldn't remember the name of the Chinese medicine for a while, and got stuck.

"Moneygrass." Cheng Shaozhong told him the name of the medicine, and said: "Just use this medicine to make soup, and take it for about half a month to expel the stones." "OK! That's what it means. So, you can handle it too?" Brown's eyes showed hope. "The question is where can I buy this medicine. It is a herbal flower that blooms yellow flowers every early spring, like ancient Chinese copper coins." Cheng Shaozhong said, "As long as you can buy this medicine, it will definitely cure the disease. " "Looks like I'm going to go to New York again." Brown said, "Only there is a Chinese medicine store in Chinatown there, let me call first and ask." After finishing speaking, he walked out.

Cheng Shaozhong was very glad that Brown didn't mention Sophia's matter, and thought that if Chinese medicine was often used in the future, he should indeed take the time to go to New York to buy more commonly used medicines for later use. Brown got through the phone, and a Chinese medicine store in Chinatown, New York happened to have processed Desmodium, as well as a bagged and compatible Decoction of Desmodium, which is used for stones and blood in urine. When Cheng Shaozhong heard this, he knew that this was a pharmacy where experts in Chinese medicine lived, so he immediately became interested, and expressed to Brown that he would go to buy Chinese medicine in person. Brown figured it was Sunday, so he went to call Sophia and asked her to drive Cheng Shaozhong to New York.

Sophia made an appointment with Mary a few days ago, looking for a chance to go sightseeing at the tallest building in New York and the largest department store—Mercy’s department store, so she called Mary. The car travels with four people. The winter in Washington and New York is not very cold. Except for the brightly colored red and yellow leaves falling in the broad-leaved forest, other trees are still green like the grassland.Flowers are still blooming in the urban flower gardens of Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New Jersey along the road, and white pigeons are strolling leisurely in the city squares, very gentlemanly.

Sophia still seems to be intoxicated by the tenderness by the Lake of Eros, flirting with Cheng Shaozhong with her eyes while driving.Cheng Shaozhong didn't have a good rest all night, and when the car started to slow down, he still had the energy to wink with Sophia.Later, after driving more than 120 mph, he began to experience a lack of oxygen to his brain, and soon fell asleep. When Cheng Shaozhong was woken up by Sophia, the car had already entered New York and had just passed through the three-kilometer battery tunnel on Manhattan Island. What Cheng Shaozhong saw were the base camps of world-class ship kings lined up on both sides of the Husson River, The US Customs House and Wall Street, the famous world financial center.

But in Cheng Shaozhong's eyes, all of these are just crowded high-rise buildings.He didn't understand why these skyscrapers were built so high, nor why there was such a big difference in height between them. Compared with the Forbidden City in Beijing that he was familiar with, this place seemed too chaotic and smoky.Moreover, the most important thing is that these skyscrapers seem to be full of flowers, and there is no distinction between high and low. He thinks this is a bit inconceivable. Even to prescribe a prescription, you must pay attention to the monarch, ministers and envoys. How can a city be built in such a variety of ways?

The situation in Chinatown is obviously much better. Inside the archway with painted buildings and carved beams, there are two rows of large roof buildings with double eaves and flying arches. All kinds of Chinese signboards are dazzling on the big roof like various kites. , Let Cheng Shaozhong recognize at a glance that this must be Chinatown in New York.However, Cheng Shaozhong was disappointed when he found the pharmacy. It was just a small store squeezed between two large jewelry stores. In addition to Chinese herbal medicines, there were more Chinese food, condiments, dried fruits, dried vegetables and Wuxi, China. Clay figurine Ah Fu, Hangzhou silk and Tianjin Yangliuqinghua, etc.It seems that the owner of the store put all the goods imported from China out of consideration for profit.Therefore, this cannot be regarded as a pure Chinese medicine store, but at that time, it was one of only two places in the United States that sold Chinese medicine (the other was in San Francisco's Chinatown).

Seeing this, Cheng Shaozhong knew that it must be wrong to think that there is a sitting doctor, so he bought a lot of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines according to the existing Chinese herbal medicines displayed on the shelves and in the medicine cabinet. When he calculated the accounts, he found that these medicines The price is about seven or eight times more expensive than domestic ones. The boss is from Chaozhou. Seeing Cheng Shaozhong bought so many Chinese herbal medicines, he was happy but also a little puzzled, so he asked Shaozhong to teach him his name, identity, and what to use for buying these Chinese herbal medicines.When he learned Cheng Shaozhong's name and identity, he asked in amazement, "Your name is also Cheng Shaozhong? You also came to Georgetown University School of Medicine to study?"

When Cheng Shaozhong heard the boss's words, he couldn't help being a little surprised, and asked, "Listen to your tone, is there another Cheng Shaozhong who is studying abroad at Georgetown University School of Medicine?" "That's right." The boss said, "I met that Cheng Shaozhong a month ago. First, he made a special trip from Washington to buy melon seeds and brown sugar. Then, within a few days, he came to discuss with me about going to Los Angeles to co-organize the Tang Dynasty. The clinic, let me deliver the medicine, and he will come to diagnose and treat Chinese people.”

"You mean, that Cheng Shaozhong gave a diagnosis?" Cheng Shaozhong seemed to be a little bit disbelieving in his ears. "He said that his father was an imperial physician in China and had a lot of secret recipes for the palace." The boss said. "Do you agree to cooperate with him?" Cheng Shaozhong asked. "No. There are still too few Chinese people in the United States. My small Chinese herbal medicine store has no business. How can I dare to open a clinic?" said the boss. "That person is not Cheng Shaozhong, nor is he a medical student, let alone his father who is an imperial physician." Fang Zhiwu pointed to Cheng Shaozhong and revealed, "He is Cheng Shaozhong, a family of imperial physicians in China. The man you know is called Tang Ren." Jay."