Chapter 410 The magic of traditional Chinese medicine
Zhang Can smiled and said, "Of course, antiques have such charm. For ancient Chinese porcelain, there are more expensive ones, such as Ru porcelain, blue and white porcelain, etc. A fine official kiln product can at least be worth tens of millions of yuan!"
Old George was stunned. He didn't expect that these porcelains could be worth such a high price. He naturally heard about antiques, but he had never participated in such things and didn't pay much attention to them. So the thoughts in his mind were very far away. When he actually saw them, he felt incredible.
To be honest, the old man in the clinic also knew that his purple clay tea set was valuable and was the authentic product of Wu Yungen, but he did not expect that it would be worth 1.2 million yuan. A few years ago, he saw in newspapers that similar works of Wu Yungen were sold for more than 400,000 yuan.
But the old man naturally didn't know that the situation he saw was something that had happened many years ago, and Zhang Can calculated it according to the price of a set. In fact, if he got it to the auction house for some publicity and then conducted a public auction, the price would be higher.
This is actually an unexpected thing. The old man himself did not expect it. Of course, he also didn't expect that Zhang Can, a young man, knew medicine and antiques. He has been using this tea set alone for a long time, and no one else knew it. He didn't know that such a tea set was worth more than one million yuan. No one had ever moved it when it was placed here.
But now we can no longer place it here casually. Once we know its value, it will definitely be unsafe.
Zhang Can smiled again and said, "Haha, old sir, I won't talk about this anymore. I'd better borrow your old silver needle and... buy a few more medicinal herbs..."
In front of an expert like the old man, Zhang Can even said that the names of several medicinal herbs were hard to say. He was afraid that the old man would see that the pharmacology was wrong, so he simply said that he wanted a few more medicinal herbs, and wait a while to the counter of the medicinal herbs to look at the words on the cabinets before talking.
Furthermore, Zhang Can had already seen the old man's daughter, the middle-aged woman named Fangfang. She had already taken a small wooden box and waited for a while. She was also frightened when she saw Zhang Can talking about the price of the tea set. She didn't know that the tea set of her father was worth so much!
If she knew that the tea set here was worth more than one million, she wouldn't have put it here casually even if she killed her. She had to change a tea set for the old man. This set was too expensive. If it was broken or stole by someone, it would be a big loss!
"Oh... look at my head..."
The old man patted his head, then quickly took the box from his daughter's hand, handed it to Zhang Can, and then pulled him to the counter, and said with a smile: "Little brother, choose it yourself. Take whatever medicine you need, just take it!"
As long as the person you see, the old man will be like a real son. If he doesn't like him, even if he is a real son, he won't give it to him. He is a very stubborn old man. His daughter knows it very well. But today he saw the old man so intimate with a strange young man, but those questions were also covered up by what Zhang Can said about the purple clay tea set. When the old man brought Zhang Can and others to the counter, she stood by the coffee table and stared at the tea set in a daze, and all her thoughts fell on it!
Zhang Can held the box in his hand and looked at the medicine cabinet in the medicine shop. He handed the wooden box in his hand to Su Xue, and then looked for the medicine materials on the medicine cabinet.
The names of the medicinal materials on the medicine cabinet are very strange and complex. Zhang Can looked at it for a while and took a look at a few ingredients. Then he pointed to the medicine cabinet and said, "Old sir, I want those ingredients, ginseng, purple grass, cordyceps, Polygonum multiflorum, bear gall, pangolin, tiger bone, well, these ingredients, don't need a large portion, just about one ounce each, make the medicine introduction..."
The old man was stunned. All the medicinal materials Zhang Can wanted were tonic and nourish. It was inappropriate to gather so many tonics together, but the portion he wanted was too small and could not cause bad effects. But what effect could it play in such a small portion?
However, since Zhang Can said that he wanted these medicinal materials, and the old man saw with his own eyes that his medical skills were so skillful, although he didn't understand, he couldn't say anything. He has been practicing medicine for generations and has always been very proud. If he asked about it, it would be embarrassing to even understand the medical principles he didn't understand.
Thinking of this, the old man opened the counter to get the medicine without a sound. The old man was obviously very familiar with the portion, and he didn't even need to weigh it. For example, ginseng, cordyceps, and purple zhi, they just pinched their fingernails, and the portions they pinched were almost the same. He cut the bear galls with a knife, cut the pangolin into small slices, and took a small piece. The tiger bone was scraped with a knife. Although the old man was old, he was extremely skillful and fast in doing these movements. He made them out in just a few seconds and placed them on the paper sheet on the counter.
"Little brother, do you want to mix these medicinal materials together or pack them separately?" After the old man finished, he asked Zhang Can again.
Zhang Can just used these medicinal materials to cover up his eyes and ears, so he didn't care. It was too troublesome to separate the bags and the amount was too small, so he nodded and said, "Just pack them together, don't pack them separately!"
The old man nodded, immediately picked up all the medicinal materials and poured them together. He packed them up, but there was not much together. Zhang Can took it and handed it to Su Xue again.
"Mr. George, these herbs..."
After handing the medicine bag to Su Xue, Zhang Can said to Old George again: "These medicinal materials are very precious. Mr. George, we still have to pay for some medicinal materials!"
"Yeah, yeah, I want to give, I want to give..."
While nodding, Old George took out the check book, signed and wrote a "swipe" one, and handed it to the old man, saying thankfully: "Old man, this is a cash check of 100,000 US dollars. Please accept it. If it is not enough, you can... discuss it..."
As long as he could cure his paralysis, George of course would be willing to pay for it. However, he did not know the price of these oriental Chinese medicine medicinal materials. However, he also saw with his own eyes that the amount of the medicinal materials Zhang Can asked for was not large, so he tried to fill out a check of 100,000 US dollars. If the old man felt that it was not enough, he could add it.
If a disease like him is really cured in the most famous and powerful hospital, to be honest, according to the price of the medicine and the current treatment cost, the cost of Old George will never be less than one million US dollars. Of course, his disease is actually not cured. If it is really cured, let alone one million US dollars, it is more. Even if Old George takes out all his wealth and property, he is willing to take it out. After being paralyzed, he will understand that a person's health is the most important thing. No matter how much money you have, you have no life or happiness to enjoy it, what's the use?
The old man was holding the check, but he was a little dazed!
To be honest, he was confused today. At first, Zhang Can's medical skills were surprised by him. Second, he was shocked by Zhang Can's antique knowledge. Next, he was shocked by a check issued by Old George!
The income of this traditional Chinese medicine clinic opened by the old man is actually only enough to make living expenses except for paying rent. However, the disabled old man in a wheelchair offered him a sky-high price of 100,000 US dollars, and he couldn't help but be stunned!
If you really want to give medicinal materials and the cost of a pair of silver needles, two hundred dollars is enough, and one hundred thousand dollars is so shocked that the old man wondered if this check was real. How could anyone be so stupid that he would prescribe a 100,000 dollar drug?
It’s not that it saved his life, but just a few medicinal herbs with very small portions, which cost 100,000 US dollars. The old man himself thought he could buy a basket!
"Is this...is this a little too much?"
After hesitating for a while, the old man still said that he had opened a Chinese medicine clinic for many years. To be honest, he had never received such a high amount of money for medicine. After thinking about it, in my memory, it seemed that he had never even had more than 500 US dollars in cash!
"Not too much, not too much at all, you can accept it, it should be!"
Zhang Can would not save Old George this money. Besides, Old George is not short of this money. The old man who runs a Chinese medicine clinic seems to have a bad business and must have a difficult life. He might as well take this opportunity to ask Old George to help him. Anyway, he can cure Old George's illness, which is not a pity for him. To be honest, spending 100,000 yuan to cure his paralysis is considered to be a profit from Old George. If he hadn't met himself, his disease would not be cured!
When Old George saw Zhang Can so serious, he asked the old man to accept the check even more seriously. The old man was really short-circuited and hesitated. It was not that he didn't want money or wanted to make money, but that the money was too much, which made him feel a little incredible. Could it be a trap?
However, the old man's daughter ran over in three steps, grabbed the check in one go, and then said thank you to Old George!
Old George was not fake, so he waved his hand and said there was no need to thank him. When the old man saw that his daughter took the check, he kept silent. No matter what, the family wanted to live.
After being stunned, the old man glanced at Old George again and suddenly asked, "You... little brother, are you going to treat you?"
Old George generously wrote a check to pay and was in a wheelchair, which was obviously inconvenient for walking. In addition, Zhang Can had already explained that he wanted to borrow silver needles to treat the disease. When he thought about it, he was afraid that he would treat the disease with the old man in a wheelchair?
Old George nodded and answered directly.
As soon as he saw a patient, the old man became excited and immediately walked to Old George, bent down to check him, took his pulse first, then looked at Old George's tongue, and then asked him to roll up the corners of his pants to check his legs and feet.
Old George never saw Chinese medicine doctors before, nor did he believe it, but since Zhang Can moved him for a while, he became interested in the mysterious Chinese medicine doctors and felt that it was really possible to cure his paralysis.
The old man checked for a while, then took a small hammer made of bamboo from the counter, which was very delicate. He took the little hammer and gently tapped the old George's knee joint.
The knock seemed to be hitting the important point. Old George let out a soft cry, and his calf couldn't help but bounce as he hit.
The old man was a little strange, frowned and seemed to be a little confused. He thought for a while, then looked up and asked Old George: "Your legs have severe muscle atrophy, and you should have been paralyzed for a long time. This kind of paralysis is basically the loss of the nervous system and there is no sense of pain. But when I knock on your acupoints, you have a sense of sensitivity and reacted very quickly. I can't figure it out!"
Chapter completed!