The little girl has changed a lot. She is wearing a pink skirt, which makes her look even cuter.

The soft hair was tied into two little buns on the top of her head, and the old man’s heart almost melted.

Qin Yang saw Mr. He leaving the station, and walked up to him holding the child, calling respectfully, “Master.”

He also taught Xiao Qiqi to call him grandpa.

Little Qiqi already knew how to call people simply. She blinked her big eyes at Grandpa He and uttered one word in a baby voice, “Grandpa!”

“Eh!”

Mr. He responded heavily and looked around for his luggage.

Knowing that the luggage had been put into the jeep by Gu Peng, Lin Chuxia went to the car to look for it, but she couldn’t stop him.

Finally, Mr. He took out a doll from his luggage bag, shaking it from side to side and blinking its eyes.

“Qiqi, this doll grandpa bought for you is as cute as our Qiqi. Come and take it.”

Lin Chuxia looked at the doll and found it hard to imagine how a 70-year-old man could buy this thing at the mall.

Little Qiqi was holding the doll. Seeing that the doll’s eyes moved, he curiously stretched out his little hands to poke its eyes.

Finally, he smiled, revealing his four small front teeth.

Lin Chuxia on the side: “…”

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Knowing that Mr. He had returned, he had already tidied up his room.

In fact, Qin Jianjun would clean the old man’s room every once in a while.

Lin Chuxia and Qin Yang prepared a large table of food to welcome Mr. He.

Qin Jianjun also came back early today. Several people sat around the table. Mr. He sighed, “It’s better to go back home.”

Lin Chuxia picked up some food for him and said, “Since you feel good at home, don’t run around everywhere in the future. We are worried about you being out all the time at your age. If you want to go back to your old job, I can help you open a pharmacy.”

Mr. He shook his head, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, “No need, I’m old, and the world will be ruled by you young people from now on.”

The old man had been smiling happily since he got off the train, but now Lin Chuxia felt that he was worried about something.

She gave Qin Jianjun a warning.

Qin Jianjun has lived with the old man for many years and knows his temper very well. He smiled and said, “We young people have to rely on the older generation to lead us. Grandpa He, you are still in your prime. Since ancient times, Chinese medicine practitioners have become more valuable with age. You are a treasure in our eyes.”

Mr. He laughed heartily at Qin Jianjun and pointed at Lin Chuxia, “Look, your nephew is still good at talking, much better than you.”

The topic was changed and the meal became lively.

After dinner, Lin Chuxia and her family of three returned home, of course, with them the large and small gifts that Grandpa He bought for Xiao Qiqi.

On the way back, Lin Chuxia and Qin Yang talked about Mr. He’s bad mood, and Qin Yang also felt it.

However, since Mr. He didn’t tell them where he had been and what he had done in the past six months, it was difficult for them to dig deep.

Fortunately, the old man has Qin Jianjun by his side. That guy is very smart. If he wants to know something, he will find out sooner or later.

Sure enough, a few days later Qin Jianjun came to find Lin Chuxia and talked about Mr. He.

It turned out that Mr. He had been visiting an old friend in the south for the past six months.

That old friend opened a pharmacy and recruited a few apprentices. Over the past six months, Grandpa He also helped that old friend train the apprentices for a while.

It was also the experience of the past six months that made the old man see the current state of traditional Chinese medicine, which he found difficult to accept for a while.

He thought that after the policy change, Chinese medicine ushered in a new era, but he didn’t expect… Lin Chuxia also fell silent after hearing this.

As for national policies, the Hengyang Conference in 1982 clearly put forward the guiding principles of highlighting the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, giving full play to its advantages, and developing the cause of traditional Chinese medicine.

In June 1985, the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee pointed out that traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine should be given equal importance.

Although the country has introduced policies to support the development of traditional Chinese medicine, some policies are not fully implemented at the local level, and traditional Chinese medicine institutions still face difficulties in terms of funding and project support.

In addition, with the widespread dissemination and development of Western medicine in our country in recent years, Western medicine has shown significant efficacy in the treatment of some acute diseases and infectious diseases, which has impacted the proportion of traditional Chinese medicine in clinical treatment.

People don’t care about the so-called side effects, they just want to cure the disease as quickly as possible with the least money.

In addition, there is a phenomenon in TCM education that emphasizes theory over practice, students’ clinical practice ability is insufficiently cultivated, the study time of TCM classic courses is compressed, and students do not have a solid grasp of traditional classical theories.

The growth cycle of traditional Chinese medicine talents is longer than that of Western medicine talents.

A good Chinese medicine practitioner does face great pressure in his or her growth.

These are facts that cannot be changed by the old man alone or by these old friends.

No wonder the old man looked so shocked.

Not only traditional Chinese medicine talents, but also Chinese herbal medicine are facing development difficulties.

Previously, traditional Chinese medicine was interrupted and over-exploitation of wild Chinese herbal medicines led to a sharp decline in the resources of many varieties and damaged the ecological environment.

Moreover, the technology of artificial cultivation of Chinese herbal medicines is immature, there is a lack of scientific planting management, and the level of pest and disease control is low, resulting in unstable production and quality of Chinese herbal medicines. At the same time, growers blindly follow the trend of planting, causing a serious imbalance between market supply and demand.

Processing these Chinese herbal medicines requires traditional experience. Traditional preparation methods are time-consuming and labor-intensive. Young people are unwilling to learn and inherit the tradition, making it difficult to ensure the quality of Chinese herbal medicines.

After hearing this, Lin Chuxia felt very heavy.

She is a person who has lived her life again, and she knows clearly that good Chinese medicine becomes more and more difficult to find as time goes by.

However, the heritage that is about to be lost in our country is being developed and promoted in some countries.

What a sad thing this is.

Lin Chuxia thought of the prescriptions that Mr. He gave her.

When someone in her family was sick before, she had used those prescriptions to get medicine, and the effect was very good.

It’s not that Chinese medicine is ineffective or slow to take effect, but that it lacks high-quality medicinal materials and high-level prescriptions.

When she got those prescriptions, she secretly made up her mind that she must not let them be buried.

It looks like some things can be put on the agenda.

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In early June, Zhuang Jingshu finally returned from abroad.

Lin Chuxia and Qin Yang went to the airport to pick them up in person.

Zhuang Jingshu was wearing a moon-white cheongsam and white high-heeled leather shoes, and every step she took was elegant and dignified.

Next to him was his other assistant, Rosen.

This was also the first time Lin Chuxia met Rosen, a typical foreigner with white skin and blue eyes.

However, like Zhuang Yang, he has lived with Zhuang Jingshu for a long time and speaks fluent Chinese.

Xiao Qiqi hadn’t seen her grandmother for almost two months. When she saw Zhuang Jingshu, her eyes widened in disbelief and she waved her little arms towards her. (End of this chapter)