Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

During the period of the Republic of China, opium was rampant, and there were many people who smoked opium. Even some famous people, many of them could not do without opium.

However, although opium cannot be separated, these people also know the harm of opium, and they all want to quit smoking.

But how difficult is it to quit smoking?How many people can endure the pain when they quit smoking, and how many people can endure the gaffe when they quit smoking?

The price of opium is not expensive for the wealthy people in Shanghai. Those who are not addicted to opium can spend a day buying opium for a dime. The cost is only a few oceans... Under such circumstances, everyone can't quit.

But they want to quit...

Therefore, some people began to take advantage of the mentality of some people to sell smoking cessation drugs.

And the so-called smoking cessation drugs... some are purely deceptive, but some are actually some opium substitutes for people who are addicted to drugs.

Morphine is one of them.

The content of morphine in opium is about [-]%. In the last century, someone extracted it from opium, and then used it as an analgesic until now. It is still used by many soldiers on the European battlefield today. Fu Yunan’s Ping An Hospital is also equipped with this kind of medicine.

Mu Qiong still remembers that when he first met Fu Yunan, Fu Yunan was entangled by an addict because Fu Yunan had morphine in his hand.

During the period of the Republic of China, many people used morphine to quit opium. Of course, these people did not end well, and the consequence was that their addiction became more and more serious.

At the same time, it was also in this era that some people packaged morphine as a "smoking cessation drug" for huge profits.

Mu Qiong's expression became serious. He looked at Mrs. Sun and asked, "Where did you sell the smoking cessation medicine you mentioned?"

"It's sold at Ximentou, and it's all published in the newspapers!" Mrs. Sun took out a newspaper to show Mu Qiong, and asked, "What is morphine?"

Seeing her precious son suffering, Mrs. Sun was very distressed, but she was also a bit knowledgeable and knew not to offend Mu Qiong, so her attitude at the moment was okay.

Mu Qiong took the newspaper and looked at it, and then saw that the smoking cessation drug was written in the newspaper in a miraculous manner, saying that as long as he took the smoking cessation drug, he would no longer think about opium, and after taking it for a while, he would naturally lose his opium addiction. Stop doing.

"Morphine is extracted from opium. This thing is more poisonous than opium. If you eat it, you won't miss opium." Mu Qiong said: "Young Master Sun will be able to get rid of opium addiction if you persist for a while. I won’t let him go. As for the smoking cessation medicine you mentioned, I’ll check it out right away!”

"Why don't you let him go? Why do you bully my son like this?" Mrs. Sun was anxious.

But Mu Qiong didn't bother with her. He ordered someone to lock Young Master Sun into the dormitory, and then asked someone to send a message to the businessman surnamed Sun, telling him that the smoking cessation medicine was fake and that he wanted to quit smoking. , must learn from Sheng Chaohui.

He didn't care whether that person believed it or not, and now he was anxious to go to Ximentou to have a look at the smoking cessation medicine.

Mu Qiong thought so, and immediately went out the door.

Now he comes and goes outside by car. After going out now, he gets in the car and reports the address in the newspaper to the driver.

The car quickly came and took him to his destination.

The address at this time is not very detailed. After Mu Qiong arrived at the place, he thought he would have to search for a while before he could find the shop he was looking for, but in the end...he thought too much.

As soon as he got there, he saw a long queue at the door of a shop. The people in the queue were all excited, waving the banknotes in their hands and rushing to buy smoking cessation medicine.

Mu Qiong got out of the car, just in time to see a middle-aged woman in patched clothes holding a few silver dollars tightly and queuing up. While queuing up, she asked the people around her with tears in her eyes: Does the smoking cessation drug really work? My son has taken the smoking cessation drug, so will he stop smoking opium? My family really can’t afford it..."

"Take the smoking cessation medicine and you will be fine. The newspapers have said it!" Another person said: "Since my man started smoking opium, his health is getting worse every day. After taking the smoking cessation medicine, he will definitely be fine."

Mu Qiong looked away from the two women and looked at the rest of the team.

There are old people with tears in their eyes, and young people with hopeful faces. Of course, there are also some servants who are obviously ordered to buy medicine.

Frowning, Mu Qiong strode into the house.

As soon as he entered, he saw a row of counters inside, and behind the counters stood guys. At this moment, those guys took out boxes of medicines from the box, and shouted from time to time: "Smoking cessation medicine is a box of silver dollars. Silver dollars only!"

And the people in the queue were unambiguous, and when it was their turn, they immediately took out the silver dollars: "I want four boxes!"

"I want two boxes!"

"I want five boxes!"

……

The man took the silver dollar, threw it on a wooden board behind him, and then gave out the medicine. Occasionally, when a silver dollar fell on the wooden board, the sound was wrong, and it sounded like a fake, so they would put the silver dollar on the wooden board. Find out the silver dollar and carry out the next step of testing to determine the authenticity of the silver dollar...

"The origin of these smoking cessation medicines is unknown, and there is a high possibility that they are fake. Don't be fooled!" Mu Qiong came to the counter and stopped several people who were holding money and were about to give it away.

"Who are you? Why are you stopping us?"

"It's been said in the newspapers, how could it be false?"

"My neighbor bought this smoking cessation medicine yesterday, and after taking it, he really doesn't think about opium anymore."

……

"My name is Mu Qiong, and my pen name is Lou Yuyu." Mu Qiong said, "I have published several articles in newspapers. Since you read newspapers, you should know me."

It's normal for ordinary people in other places not to know about Mu Qiong, but in Shanghai, there are really not many people who don't know about Mu Qiong.

After all, at this moment, the storytellers in Shanghai are all talking about stories written by Mu Qiong——for ordinary people, Lou Yuyu’s stories are more immersive than those of Tianxing’s gods and ghosts .

Those who were in a hurry to buy the medicine were taken aback, but a clerk in the store said: "Mr. Mu is here, I am not far away to welcome you, I will go to the shopkeeper right away."

Mu Qiong didn't bother with that guy, and only said to those who came to buy medicine: "I also know a little about medicine, and I know that opium can't be quit by taking medicine. If there is a medicine that doesn't miss opium after taking it, it's probably This drug is more poisonous than opium! Buy with caution!"

Those who were waiting to buy the medicine were stunned for a moment, and finally someone said: "How could it be! You are talking nonsense, right? Even if there was no smoking cessation medicine before, maybe you already have it now!"

"They said that there are not many smoking cessation medicines, and they will be sold out in a few days. Do you want to buy them yourself or not?" You said humanely.

Mu Qiong said: "Everything I said is true. I have already asked the doctor to check what the medicine is. Please wait a moment."

Mu Qiong knew that someone was selling morphine as a smoking cessation drug at this time, but he was not sure that the shop was selling morphine, so he specially asked someone to inform Fu Yunan, and asked Fu Yunan to call some doctors to check these drugs.

If these drugs are really morphine, he must not let people sell them here!

No matter whether it is opium or morphine, in this era when opium can be legally grown or even wildly grown, the cost is very low, but the price... a small portion of morphine costs an ocean, which is equivalent to 400 yuan. This is profiteering.

Mu Qiong announced his name as soon as he came, and he was accompanied by two bodyguards. Those people who came to buy smoking cessation medicine hesitated and stopped making trouble.

Some of their families are very poor, and the money for buying smoking cessation medicine is not small money for them, so naturally it should not be wasted.

There are also some people who are not short of money, but such people value their health. Mu Qiong said that this medicine may be worse than opium, so they naturally hesitated.

I have been smoking opium for so many years, even if I can't quit for a while, it's okay, but if I eat bad things and hurt myself...then it's too late for them to cry!

Under Mu Qiong's persuasion, these people didn't buy it, and the people behind saw that the line had stopped moving and asked questions, and someone explained to them.

At this time, the shopkeeper of this store came.

The shopkeeper is a middle-aged man in his forties with a big belly. As soon as he came, he bowed to Mu Qiong, and then took out a cloth bag wrapped in banknotes to Mu Qiong: "Mr. I am really sorry, this is my apology, you can drink tea with it."

"No need to apologize." Mu Qiong didn't accept it.

The shopkeeper's face was bitter: "Mr. Mu, I'm also doing a small business, so you hold your hands high..."

"I've already asked someone about it, but within two or three days, you've already sold [-] to [-] yuan. What kind of small business is this?" Mu Qiong said.

"Mr. Mu, I'll give you another two thousand..."

"I'm not short of money." Mu Qiong said.

The shopkeeper's face turned green and then white: "If there is one thousand more, I will also sell it for others..."

Mu Qiong ignored him and just looked at the door——Fu Yun'an is here.

"Yun'an, come and have a look and see what this is." Mu Qiong said, taking out a box to Fu Yun'an.

It was a cardboard box with powder wrapped in tin foil in the middle, and this powder was the so-called smoking cessation medicine.

Fu Yun'an opened it, checked it, and finally took out a lighter to light it, took the lid of the copper teapot on the counter and threw it in.

The carton, the tinfoil bag, and the powder inside were all ignited by the flames and turned into ashes, sending out a burst of smoke.

When Fu Yunan ignited it, Mu Qiong pulled Fu Yunan back two steps - it is not good to smoke the smoke of drugs!

Just thinking about it, Mu Qiong smelled a faint smell of bitter almonds, which was quite pleasant.

Mu Qiong and Fu Yun'an escaped, but the shop assistants did not. At this time, the shopkeeper even said: "Mr. Mu, I will open the door to do business properly. If you come to find fault, forget it and burn my goods. This is not what a gentleman does!"

Mu Qiong didn't answer, but only asked Fu Yun'an: "What the hell is this thing?"

"It's likely to be morphine, and the purity should not be high." Fu Yun'an said, lit another pack, and continued to throw it in the lid of the copper pot.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper was furious, but Fu Yun'an showed no expression at all. As for Mu Qiong, he only felt that the smell of bitter almonds in the air was a little stronger, and at the same time felt... inexplicably happy.

At this time, the guy who was a little closer to the teapot suddenly laughed silly...

The author has something to say:

I saw the record before, saying that it was burning drugs, a reporter went to interview, and after smelling the smell, the whole person was abnormal...

But this is mild, probably the feeling of being drunk, not addictive.