Chapter 125: To help with pleasure or to nourish the kidneys
When Xu Damao and Sha Zhu, two enemies in the two courtyards, were attacking each other.

Wang Mengde looked at the two people in surprise.

Unexpectedly, Xu Damao had the ability to predict the future, and what he said actually came true. He said that Sha Zhu was going to cause trouble and someone might die.

In the original drama, didn’t it really happen?

When the Lou family left, Lou Xiao'e had sex with Sha Zhu, and eventually had He Xiao.

However, if Xu Damao knew that his future wife not only had feelings for his arch-enemy, but would also have a son with him, he probably wouldn't be shouting as loudly as he is now.

The two people started arguing, and as expected, ended up fighting.

Seeing Xu Damao limping and pushing his bicycle towards the yard, Sha Zhu spat on the ground and said disdainfully: "This Sha Mao, he will feel itchy if I don't beat him up."

After that, he smiled at Wang Mengde and said, "Mengde, are you going out for a walk?"

"Yeah, silly, what are you doing?"

Sha Zhu raised his hand, holding up the bean paper in his hand, and said cheerfully: "Haha, I'm going to the toilet."

Shaking his head, Wang Mengde led his two younger brothers and continued walking towards the entrance of the alley.

Soon, they arrived at the grocery store in Nanluoguxiang.

Inside the shop, at the meat window, Fatty Guo was lazily sitting on a chair. On the chopping board in front of him, there were only a few large bones left, lying alone on it.

Although purchase limits were implemented, pork was still one of the first commodities to be sold short.

Every day before dawn, there are people squatting in line at the door of the grocery store. No matter how much pork is available, it will be sold out early.

"Fatty, what time do you get off work?"

Wang Yuanchao and Wang Weiguo also called him "Brother Guo" sweetly.

"Oh, Meng De is here. When did you return to Beijing?" Seeing him, Fatty Guo perked up, stood up and said with a smile.

"Yuan Chao and Wei Guo are here too. Brother Guo will bring you some candy later."

As he said this, he shouted to a salesperson next to him, asking him to give him half a pound of candy and put it on his bill.

Candy is not currently available with tickets and can be purchased normally.

"Thank you, Brother Guo."

When the two little guys heard that there were candies, they hurriedly expressed their gratitude happily.

Then he ran to the candy counter next to him and stood on tiptoe to watch the salesperson put the candy on the scale to weigh it.

Here, Wang Mengde looked Fatty Guo up and down and said with a smile, "Fatty, I came back from the south last Saturday. You look a lot thinner."

Fatty Guo's family was a butcher, so he had been chubby since he was a child. When he left Beijing for the south half a year ago, the two met, and he still had so much fat on his body.

I didn't expect that I haven't seen you for only half a year, and you have lost a lot of weight.

After losing weight, my double chin is gone, I look more energetic, and I feel like a completely different person.

“Haha, I have lost a lot of weight.” Fatty Guo boasted proudly, then his face changed and he smiled bitterly, “Ah, I don’t want to lose weight, but there is no way.

Starting this year, pork has been limited. Even though I sell pork, I can't eat it whenever I want like before.

If you want to eat meat, you have to buy it with tickets. At most, there will be some internal benefits in the grocery store every month, but there are more people than meat, and it cannot be compared with the past.

By the way, there is another reason. Before the New Year, my wife gave birth to a child. I had to get up every night to change the child's diapers and feed the baby. I stayed up late every day, and I lost weight. "

"Boy or girl?" Wang Mengde asked hurriedly.

"Hehe, it's a girl. By the way, Meng De, we are going to be in-laws in the future, and you can't refuse." Fatty Guo said happily.

"My daughter, that's great. Congratulations." Wang Mengde said enviously.

"I have no objection to my children's in-laws, as long as they are willing. Also, I have two sons, what should I do then?"

"That's not easy. Just let my daughter pick one." Fatty Guo said.

As for Wang Mengde's envy, he naturally knew that the other party was not pretending, because he had mentioned to him a long time ago that he must have a daughter.

The two chatted for a while. At this time, Wang Yuanchao and Wang Weiguo also came back. Their pockets were full of candies, and each of them had one in his mouth.

When he got there, he held up a candy and gave one to Wang Mengde and Fatty Guo respectively.

At around four o'clock, Fatty Guo got off work.

After simply packing up, I went to the room behind the grocery store to change clothes.

When he came out, he saw Wang Mengde carrying large and small bags of things in his hands.

"Fatty, it's still early, I'll go to your house and sit for a while."

"Why do you buy so many things when you go home? We have everything we need." Fatty Guo said angrily.

Glancing at him, Wang Mengde said unhappily, "Are you going to let me go empty-handed? Besides, these are not bought for you. I am going to see Uncle Guo and Auntie."

He just took advantage of the time when Fatty Guo went to the back to change clothes to buy a pound of cakes, two bottles of wine, and a pound of candy at the grocery store.

As for the pastry tickets, they were given by the research institute a few days ago.

At that time, not only the state and the city, but even the district and the street came to the institute to join in the fun and gave him a lot of material rewards.

So, in addition to a bicycle, he also had a lot of tickets, such as cloth coupons, cake coupons, grain coupons, oil coupons and so on.

Most of these tickets were given to He Shengnan and Ran Xiaomei. When I went out today, I specially took a pound of pastry tickets with me.

Seeing that he had already bought it, Fatty Guo muttered a few words helplessly, and then the few of them left.

After a while, the group arrived at Guo's house.

Seeing Wang Mengde coming with his two younger brothers, Aunt Guo greeted them happily, "Mengde is here. I haven't seen you for more than half a year. There are also two little guys. You have grown a lot taller."

As he said this, he took out some snacks and cakes from the house to treat them.

Guo Rongkui's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Meng De, this is amazing. In the past six months, your name has not only appeared in the newspapers, but I can also often hear people mention it in the alleys."

"Uncle Guo, you are too kind."

"No, no, I read a few newspapers on purpose, and I didn't expect you to have come up with several research results. It's amazing."

He continued to praise.

Following this topic, Guo Rongkui kept bringing up the topic of Chinese medicine research. After Aunt Guo took her two younger brothers to play in the next room, he said directly:

"By the way, Meng De, I asked you before if you had any tonic recipes, do you remember?"

"Haha, Uncle Guo, of course I remember. But Chinese medicine emphasizes gradual progress. It requires slow adjustment and moderation. Taking too much strong medicine will harm your body." Wang Mengde looked at his increasingly serious dark circles and replied with a wry smile.

Of course he remembered this matter. When he came to Guo's house before the Chinese New Year two years ago, the other party asked him this question.

Of course, he had some inspiration in his mind and was ready to try to see if he could research something. However, he was delayed because of his research on rickets and Isatis root granules, as well as his support trip to the south for half a year.

I didn't expect that this time, Uncle Guo would bring up the old matter again.

"I believe that other Chinese medicine doctors don't have this ability, but you are different." Guo Rongqiu stared at him and said slowly: "You have solved the schistosomiasis that has been plaguing the south for thousands of years.

You have solved such a difficult disease, and a tonic prescription should be easy for you."

"Meng De, you have to help your uncle with this."

At the end, he put on a pitiful look and asked for help, which made Wang Mengde laugh and cry.

"Uncle Guo, I can't prescribe this tonic for you." Wang Mengde firmly rejected his request. Seeing that he was about to speak, he spoke first:
"However, I may be researching a new drug recently, but I cannot guarantee that it will be 100% successful, and I cannot guarantee the timeline."

This time when I came back from the south, I was just about to start the project that I had wanted to research before.

He knew that if the research was successful, it would bring great benefits to the country and to him.

"Okay, I'm not afraid of being too late. You take your time to study it. When you succeed, you must let me try it first." Guo Rongqiu agreed without caring about anything else.

We chatted for a while at Fatty Guo's house, and when it was getting dark, he went straight home despite their attempts to keep him.

The backyard of the courtyard.

Old Xu family.

Xu Fugui returned home from the countryside. At the dinner table, he looked at his son and asked, "Da Mao, how are you getting along with the girl from the Lou family recently?"

During the Chinese New Year this year, Mr. Xu specially asked Aunt Xu to bring his son to the Lou family.

Aunt Xu hinted to Lou Tan and praised her son. Xu Damao was also sweet-mouthed and eloquent, so Lou Tan, who had originally thought that the boy was average-looking and was reluctant to marry him, gradually changed her mind.

After dealing with Lou Tan, Xu Damao used sweet words to make the simple and naive Lou Xiao'e happy.

She didn't even care that the other person had a horse face.

By the time Lou Bancheng knew about this, the two young men had already fallen in love with each other.

In the end, Lou Bancheng had no choice but to accept it, but he had a condition, which was that the two of them had to spend some more time together before they could decide.

He is knowledgeable and although he has not spent a long time with Xu Damao, he can tell that this young man is not as honest as he appears, so he wants to observe him for a while.

"Dad, Lou Xiao'e and I get along very well. We went shopping in Wangfujing today, went to the movies together, and had lunch together. She is very satisfied with me now."

Xu Damao said with a smile.

With just a few tricks, he had Lou Xiao'e under his control.

"Okay, Damao, you have to work harder and try to get married this year so that I can have a grandson next year." Xu Fugui said happily.

"Also, you can't just think about coaxing the little girl. You should also go with your mother to talk to Lou Tan. As long as they are willing, we don't have to worry even if Lou Bancheng has objections."

"Yes, your father is right, Damao, let's find a time when Lou Bancheng is not here, and you and I can go to Lou's house together." Aunt Xu also said in agreement.

"If you get married this year, get pregnant next year, and give birth to a big fat boy, then I won't have any regrets when I die."

"Mom, why are you saying such unlucky things? You still have to help me take care of the children in the future." Xu Damao put his arm around her shoulders and persuaded her.

"Well, Mom will take care of your children. No matter how many children you have, Mom will be able to take care of them all."

"By the way, Damao, after you get married, your mother, your sister and I will temporarily move to the old house." Xu Fugui thought for a while and then said.

on Monday.

Morning, Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Since He Shengnan also had a bicycle, Wang Mengde no longer had to pick her up and drop her off every day.

So, he arrived early today.

He is now the deputy director of the Department of Internal Medicine and has his own independent office. It just so happened that Pu Lao moved into the former director's office, so Pu Lao's original office became his independent office.

Sitting in a chair, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, looking at the spacious office with satisfaction, Wang Mengde felt somewhat contented for a moment.

He is only 24 years old this year, but he has already become the deputy director of a department. He also has so many achievements, which is not much different from those great figures in history.

After thinking for a while, he drank the hot tea in one gulp, shook his head, trying hard to get rid of this complacent mentality, and then walked towards the director's office.

Mr. Pu’s office is not far from his.

After knocking on the door and entering, he found seven or eight young people in the room, standing obediently not far from Mr. Pu. Next to them was a staff member from the department.

"gentlemen."

"Meng De is here, just in time. I was just looking for you." Pu Lao smiled and waved at him, then said, "These are the students selected for me by 'Dean Zhou'."

Wang Mengde walked closer, looked at these people, and then said with a smile: "Hello, my name is Wang Mengde, and I will be your senior brother from now on."

"You must be Senior Brother Wang Mengde. You are so young and handsome."

In the crowd, a girl of about eighteen or nineteen looked at Wang Mengde and couldn't help but exclaimed.

After she finished speaking, she finally reacted and stuck out her tongue in embarrassment: "Hello, Senior Brother Wang Mengde, my name is Zhang Qiaoyu."

After everyone had introduced themselves, Wang Mengde discovered that some of these people came from families of traditional Chinese medicine, some were students of Western medicine studying traditional Chinese medicine, and some were graduates of traditional Chinese medicine schools.

"Meng De, I am old and my energy is limited. Please teach these junior brothers and sisters more often."

Master Pu looked at his proud disciple, pinched his beard and said with a smile.

"Don't worry, sir. I will teach them just as you taught me."

"Okay." Pu Lao said, and then said to them: "You just arrived today, go outside and walk around to familiarize yourself with the environment."

After the staff led his junior fellow students out, Wang Mengde did not beat around the bush and simply stated the direction of his next research.

After listening to him, Pu Lao did not say anything, but closed his eyes.

After a long while, he opened his eyes and said slowly: "Meng De, since you have thought about the content of your research, I will fully support you."

"By the way, have you decided on the direction of your research?"

When it comes to research direction, Wang Mengde was a little confused. He didn't know whether he should research products like Viagra that can help with sexual intercourse, or research in the direction of strengthening the body's foundation with traditional Chinese medicine.

(End of this chapter)