Chapter 41 third quarter

Just finished eating the dumplings on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, and before Cheng Hanru finished a bowl of boiled dumpling soup, the folks who came to pay New Year's greetings came one after another. The first ones who came to pay New Year’s greetings were idle entertainers and some beggars in Yaowangmiao Town. Most of them played lions together in groups of three or four, ran dry boats (also called old men pushing carts), or performed a scene of Zhu Bajie carrying his wife on his back. What.There is also a Duan Allegro by one person, or a Duan Lotus Falling by two people. The content is basically auspicious words to congratulate the New Year.The Cheng family is considered the richest man in Yaowangmiao Town, so they were also the first to receive these people's New Year greetings.

Cheng Hanru had asked Qin Cheng to prepare, and everyone who came to pay New Year's greetings would get a red envelope containing fifty dollars for the eldest child.This is quite a lot in the early days of the Republic of China when there were two yuan and one bag of foreign white noodles.Because this kind of New Year's callers only pay their respects outside the gate, they are sent away by Qin Cheng or Mrs. Qin, and the Cheng family can meet without leaving the house.This is called rewarding people but not being rewarded, and no one is to blame. After this batch of New Year's greetings, the local dignitaries came one after another, such as the bosses of various pharmacies, the shopkeepers of banks, the special affairs of the tax bureau, and the owners of inns and restaurants.These people are all "karate" who go through the motions, mostly in groups of three or four, and don't take any New Year's gifts. They walked away again - they had to go home and wait for others to pay them New Year's greetings.

After that, the real New Year greetings came one after another with New Year gifts in hand.Most of them were ill during the year, and they were cured by Huichuntang without spending much money. They were helped by the Cheng family. They did not forget their kindness and expressed their gratitude during the festival.Among them are also the younger generations of the Cheng family's relatives.At this time, Cheng Hanru and his wife had to really dress up. They took out the good clothes they usually wear when they go out to meet guests, and dressed them up one by one from the bottom of the box.Then, with red envelopes of varying gold content in their pockets, they sit on both sides of the Eight Immortals table in the main room to receive gifts from various New Year callers, and give different red envelopes depending on the identity of the New Year callers.And Cheng Shaobo, Han Yutiao and He Ruohan continued to welcome and send them off, bowed and bowed, received gifts, and exchanged greetings.Since the fetus in He Ruohan's womb is nearly nine months old, it is inconvenient to work, and Mrs. Cheng has already said that she will not show up until she is not present, and it is important to protect the fetus.

It was almost noon, and Xiao Congfu and Xiao Tianyong, father and son, both had new clothes and hats, and brought many large and small bags to visit the New Year.Xiao Congfu bowed to Cheng Hanru when he entered the door, and bowed to Cheng Shaobo again and again, claiming that the plaster given by Shaobo was really effective. For several months, their father and son took the plaster made by this secret recipe to Guangning, Jinzhou, and Fengtian. , went to Liaoyang, wherever he went, tested on the spot, all carbuncles and boils, pus were removed in one day, swelling was reduced in two days, and healed in three days.After repeated trials and tests, it became famous and earned a lot of profits.This time I go home for the New Year, I sincerely thank the Cheng family for their great kindness, especially nephew Shao Boxian for his kindness. From now on, his surname Xiao will never forget it.

Cheng Hanru heard it interesting, he couldn't help laughing, and asked Cheng Shaobo: "What good recipe did you give Uncle Xiao to make him such a fortune?" Cheng Shaobo replied: "It is the crucian carp ointment that has been lost for hundreds of years. The main ingredients are croton, crucian carp, pokeweed, leaking reed, goat flower, bletilla striata, wood soft-shelled turtle, castor bean, brocade rhubarb, black sheep's horn, whole Twenty-seven flavors such as angelica and liangtoujian are folk prescriptions handed down in the Han Dynasty." After hearing this, Cheng Hanru commented: "Based on my life's experience in playing with herbs, this prescription must be good. Okay, Congfu, you two will use this plaster to create a brand this time—what's the name of the plaster?"

"It's called Poison Extraction Ointment." Xiao Congfu said, "It's easy to name it, as long as it can extract poison." Cheng Hanru said: "There should be a name, I think it's called Xiao's Poison Removal Ointment, which is the brand of Xiao's family." Xiao Congfu slapped his thigh and said loudly: "Okay! Just listen to your second brother, from now on we will call Xiao's Poison Extraction Ointment!" While talking, Guo Yanjie came in carrying a large bag and a small bag.Cheng Shaobo and Han Yutiao took the things.Guo Yanjie first bowed to Cheng Shaobo and his wife, and then kowtowed to Cheng Hanru and his wife. After getting up, he said hello to Xiao Congfu and his son, and said to Xiao Congfu: "Uncle Xiao's plaster is very popular in the city. Dad also sent a message to ask you to go early after the new year."

"Understood." Xiao Congfu said cheerfully, "Go back and bring a message to your father, and tell him that I will go right after the Chinese New Year." After speaking, he bid farewell to Cheng Hanru and his wife. Cheng Hanru and his wife and Cheng Shaobo hurriedly saved a meal. Xiao Congfu said cheerfully, "I have served the Cheng family's job for most of my life, and I still care about this meal? I have to go back to make plasters. This time I bet all my capital on it." , isn’t it going to be a grand plan after the next year?” Everyone laughed.