Chapter 56 second quarter

After moving from the White House to her new Virginia home across the Potomac River, Nellie recovered with astonishing speed, and began to walk on crutches as the Japanese cherry trees outside her window burst into fragrant pink petals. Get out of bed and practice walking.She refused all the nurses who wanted to help her, and only Taylor was by her side. Dr. Martin was afraid that too much exercise would be bad for her condition, so she always reminded her to stop in moderation. "NO! NO! NO! My forgetful Dr. Martin!" said Nellie in a shrill voice each time. "You've forgotten again the wonderful theory of the Meridian Flow—it's early summer in May, and the vegetation is flourishing, The cosmic yang is glowing, and it is the season of the year with the smoothest flow of qi and blood, and it is also the most beneficial to my recovery, especially at the hours of Chen, Si, Wei, and Shen every day, the flow of qi and blood in the meridians in the body is the largest, which is very beneficial I take a walk and guide—I take a walk and immediately receive Taylor's massage." After saying this, she walked up and down in the cherry blossom forest, inhaling the fragrance of cherry blossoms with her nose while pacing.

Nellie liked flowers and trees very much. When Taft was the governor of the Philippines, the place where her family lived in Manila was also full of flowers and trees.In the four years since she entered the White House, she has also planted many flowers and trees in the front and back yards of the White House, including 3,000 Japanese cherry blossoms.Now this new house in Virginia is also full of lush flowers and trees. When Nellie was sweating profusely from step training and finally felt tired, her daughter Helen brought her a small glass of ginseng and poria cocos wine, which Cheng Shaozhong instructed Helen to concoct.Nellie knew that after Taft left office, she would not be able to keep so many service staff by her side, so she let her daughter Helen receive the training directly from Cheng Shaozhong from the very beginning, and mastered several medicinal wines and medicinal diet preparation and cooking methods.Now, Nellie's daily diet is basically arranged according to Cheng Shaozhong's design.

After drinking the ginseng and poria cocos wine, Nellie felt that her blood circulation was further accelerated, and her legs were a little fluttering, so she shouted: "God, this wine is so wonderful, I feel like I'm about to fly. Taylor, let's hurry up and be the director." Lead, or you won't be able to catch me when I fly away! Hahahaha..." Just then, Taft's stretched Lincoln drove into the yard. "Nellie!" Taft's sonorous voice came from the door opening, "I already know your condition from your laughter, but you don't know what kind of treatment I will give you. Surprise." As his fat body squeezed out of the Lincoln, a thin, hale and hale old man with gray hair emerged from behind him.

"Mr. Rockefeller!" Nellie immediately recognized the American oil magnate and joked, "I'm not dreaming, am I?" "Of course not, ma'am." Seventy-three-year-old John D. Rockefeller still looked like an eagle, but he was a little less vigorous.In order to avoid embarrassment, he deliberately did not ask Nellie why she was on crutches, but deliberately joked, "Mr. Taft said that you have a good regimen, so I came here. You know, I am a big advocate of health preservation. I am really envious of Mr. Taft's 332-pound body. He said that this is the result of accepting your sermon. Therefore, I am also willing to accept your sermon. I don't know Is there such a blessing?"

"Haha..." Nellie couldn't help laughing and said after hearing this, "You are such a master of humor! It's because he doesn't listen to my sermons, eats and sleeps so much that he becomes so horrible. At one point he lost his weight You have already lost 250 to 60 pounds. Mr. Rockefeller, I think your weight is very suitable. There is a saying in Chinese medicine that money is hard to buy and you will lose weight when you grow old, which is very reasonable." "China? Chinese medicine?" Rockefeller asked back, "Do you still have research on their medicine?"

"It's not just research, it's almost becoming an expert in Chinese medicine!" Taft said, "I should remind you, isn't our current way of talking too hard? Can the hostess invite guests to sit down in the room and talk? " "Oh, thank you for your reminder, Taft, I was too busy talking, and I forgot to be polite." Nelly apologized to Rockefeller again and again, "Come in, why am I suddenly forgetful again?" Rockefeller smiled and said: "It's not that you are forgetful, it's that you have two more legs than us, so you don't feel tired."

Everyone laughed together. After sitting down, Nellie took the opportunity of waiting for coffee and asked Helen to pour Rockefeller a small cup of ginseng and poria cocos wine, asking him to taste it. "Huh? What kind of wine is this?" Rockefeller took a sip and asked, "Why does it smell like American ginseng?" "OK! You feel right. This is ginseng wine, but it's not American ginseng, but wild ginseng with eighth-grade leaves in China." Nelly was very excited when she had the opportunity to show off her common sense of Chinese medicine, "We Americans only know how to use American ginseng. Tea, in fact, is the easiest to absorb when soaked in wine like traditional Chinese medicine, how about it, how does it taste?"

"Excellent, more intriguing than soaking in water." Rockefeller said. "I was paralyzed in bed for more than nine months, and there was no way to treat it in any hospital. I started drinking this kind of wine after Christmas, and at the same time I did Chinese acupuncture, Daoyin, ate Chinese medicinal food, and did internal nourishing qigong of traditional Chinese medicine. Well, now I'm getting better day by day." Nellie took the opportunity to give a speech, "According to the current situation, I am confident that before autumn comes, I will throw away my crutches and fully recover."

"I hope Madam will get her wish." Rockefeller felt Nellie's confidence and said, "I don't know what I can do for Madam? Did President Taft say Madam would set up a research institute specializing in traditional Chinese medicine?" "Yes, I think this is a very rewarding piece of work." Nellie, keenly aware of the significance of talking about this topic with this man in front of her, said excitedly: "I would like to use persuasive science Testing to prove the value of traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine! In order to..."

"In order to introduce it to all mankind, yes?" Rockefeller cut off the conversation. "That's right, Mr. Rockefeller, would you like to sponsor this project?" Nellie seized the opportunity to show her cards. "Why not? As long as the wife is willing to take care of this matter." Rockefeller said very simply and clearly. "So we've reached an agreement?" "Of course, otherwise I wouldn't be in Mr. Taft's Lincoln." "It turns out that you have already talked about it first." "Not only that. It should be said that we have already started to do research on medicine - in 1901 we established the Rockefeller Medical Research Institute, and so far have won twelve Nobel Prizes in Medicine. We bought a building on Sixty-sixth Street, East River, New York, and built a laboratory building and a medium-sized hospital. In 1909, we established the Rockefeller Sanitation Committee. In recent years, the widespread hookworm infection in the South The hookworm disease is what we have controlled. This year we plan to check 900,000 people, cure 500,000 people, and basically eliminate hookworm infectious diseases next year."

"God! So my plan is at least twelve years late?" Nellie couldn't believe what Rockefeller said. "NO! Ma'am," Rockefeller said, "Your plan is not late at all, because our attention has been focused on Europe and the United States over the years, which has great limitations. And some diseases, such as the hookworm infectious disease just mentioned, It is treated with thymol, an active substance related to musk in traditional Chinese medicine. This fact tells us that early attention and attention to the development of oriental medicine may help us create more miracles.” "OK! Mr. Rockefeller, it's no wonder that your blue oil barrels fill every corner of the world, and the local fiscal revenue of many states is not as much as your personal income!" Nellie finally became excited. "Yes, ma'am." Rockefeller said with a sigh, "so many people hate me for no reason and have trouble with my wealth. They think that my possession of 95% of the country's oil production is tantamount to a crime." , Even my donation to establish a permanent charitable foundation is not approved, the former president of your family is the specific decision maker who has not approved my establishment of a permanent charitable foundation, you can confirm this in person.” "Is that so? Taft." Nellie blushed a little for her husband. "John is right, that's exactly what he said," Taft admitted frankly. "The whole country is engaged in antitrust monopoly, and I have to make a gesture. Not only did I refuse to approve his foundation, but I also gave him Standard Oil." The rest of the company looks down. It's all because I'm the president." "Can't you be a little merciful?" Nellie said somewhat complainingly. Taft and Rockefeller looked at each other and laughed at the same time.The laughter of the two people was in harmony, as if it came from one person's throat. "What are you laughing at?" Nellie was puzzled. "I'm laughing at our genius show. To be honest, ma'am, if President Taft hadn't been secretly protecting him, and he was as merciless as Roosevelt, my Rockwell oil kingdom would have been finished long ago, and where would we be today." Rockefeller He narrowed his eyes slyly, "As for his federal government not approving my permanent foundation, I can go to the following states to register—here!" At this point, he took out an official document from his purse Said, "This is the charter document for the permanent foundation I just registered in New York State. You see, how interesting, Taft stepped down, and my foundation was established. Ha ha ha ha..." Taft and Rockefeller were rocked with laughter. Nellie laughed too.She was amused by the smiles of the two giants of America. "Dear Madam," Rockefeller said after laughing enough, "This time I set aside 100 million US dollars to build a foundation, and I really hope to do something in China, because several of my pastor friends have suggested so, so , if you want to set up a research institute, do it, my request is: One day we will set up a charitable medical school of our Rockefeller Foundation in China! ——As long as we can turn the hateful eyes around the blue oil barrels into friendly smiles, I will You don't care about spending money!"