After finishing the accounts, Liu Cuier suddenly remembered something.
"Ruyi, let me tell you, a lady came here today and bought our pancakes. She stood beside us and ate and watched. My mother and I thought she wanted to learn from us secretly!"
Mrs. Zhang also immediately remembered this matter, with an angry look on her face: "The rich people in their town also have no rules. I really wanted to tell that woman to go away!"
It's a pity that she didn't dare.
The poor are afraid of the rich and feel that they cannot keep up with them even though they are capable.
"Don't worry about those who want to learn secretly. I told them they can't learn. If they love learning, let them stand aside and watch. It will also make us more popular."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't know where Su Ruyi got this confidence, but she must have her own ideas when she said this. They didn't have any ideas themselves, so they would just listen to Su Ruyi.
Early the next morning, Su Ruyi led Niu'er to the door of Hu Langzhong's house to block people.
Hu Langzhong is the barefoot doctor in the village. He not only treats patients in his own village, but also goes to nearby villages to practice medicine every few days. He stays in each village for two days and does not come back for at least ten and a half months.
He had gone out a few days ago, and now that he was back, he led his eldest grandson to the mountains every day to dig for medicine, prepare it, and store it.
He only had one son, who devoted himself to studying, so Hu Langzhong took his eldest grandson to inherit his legacy and took him with him wherever he went.
As soon as he went out, he saw Su Ruyi and joked: "Su Ruyi, what's going on at home?"
His attitude toward Su Ruyi is much better now. He can even be said to be the closest person to the Lu family in the village. He goes to the Lu family more often than others, and he is more aware of Su Ruyi's changes than others.
Su Ruyi smiled and said: "Uncle Hu, are you going to the mountain to collect herbs? Can you take us with you?"
Hu Langzhong was stunned for a moment and frowned.
Collecting herbs is a technical job. Don't guard the same mountain. He can collect precious herbs, but others can't. Why?
This is his ability to eat!
He has been doing this all his life. He knows which herbs like sun and which like shade, which likes to grow on slopes and which likes to grow in valleys. He has accumulated the skills little by little!
How can you teach this skill to an outsider casually?
Isn’t that just destroying your own job?
But for my age, I can be regarded as highly respected, so to refuse others like this seems too petty for me——
"That won't do,"
Hu Langzhong's eldest grandson spoke up. He was about the same age as Lu Dalang. He probably went out with his grandfather a lot. He had experienced a lot and seemed mature and reliable.
"We'll take you there. You've collected all the medicine. What can Grandpa and I collect? No!"
Hu Langzhong stroked his beard and felt very happy. It was good to have his eldest grandson by his side. But it was inappropriate to say the same thing himself, but it would be okay if his children said it.
"You want to collect medicines to sell, right? Alas, I really can't take you there. I collect medicines to treat people's illnesses. I don't even have enough for myself. You'd better find a way on your own!"
I took my eldest grandson and walked up the mountain.
Su Ruyi shamelessly followed behind: "Uncle Hu, will you accept a disciple?"
Hu Langzhong shook his head: "I'm just a rural doctor. I don't have much ability. I just need someone to take over my job. Su Ruyi, I know you are a capable person. You have already revitalized the Lu family, so why not Just focus on which business in your town, don't think about it, people can't be too greedy."
People are taboo about being half-hearted, wanting everything, and being careful until they end up with nothing.
Su Ruyi said sternly: "Uncle Hu, how about studying for one year for ten taels of silver? I only learn acupuncture."
She did not forget that she also had a golden finger that could see the veins of the human body. How to make good use of this golden finger, of course, was to learn how to prick needles.
It's not easy to figure it out on your own. Even if you can find the acupuncture points accurately, you can't just prick the acupuncture points casually. You still need a master to give some advice.
One year is not a long time, but I have a golden finger, I have some foundation in my previous life, and my learning ability is not bad, which is enough.
Hu Langzhong was startled by "ten taels of silver" and stopped immediately.
Although he is a respected doctor with skills, it is relatively easy to earn money, but after all, he is a rural doctor, and his fees are cheap. People often use food and cloth to pay for medical expenses, so he still has to save ten taels of silver. It took two years to save.
There is a scholar in the family who spends money like water.
The eldest grandson of the Hu family also widened his eyes: "Aunt Lu, do you want to spend ten taels of silver to learn acupuncture for a year?"
He has never heard anything so outrageous. Ten taels of silver is enough to study for several years!
Is the Lu family so wealthy now?
Hu Langzhong: "Who will learn?"
Su Ruyi: "Me."
"..."
This is even more outrageous. Although it is not that there are no women studying medicine, there is only one doctor in a hundred, and it is not only women from ordinary families who can study medicine, nor can only ordinary families afford female doctors.
It is really thankless for ordinary girls to learn this.
Hu Langzhong thought for a moment and felt sad for the ten taels of silver, but he still shook his head: "I am a man and can't teach you, so you should find a girl to teach you!
If he can handle learning pharmacology, this needle injection is different. It needs to be inserted into a person, and most of them require you to take off your clothes. How can a man teach a woman to learn it?
He can't make this money.
Su Ruyi said: "Uncle Hu, just accept it. I will make a dummy when you go back. All you need to do is teach me how to use needles on your family!"
In the eyes of doctors, genderlessness is not feasible at the moment. Su Ruyi has no intention of using her mantis body to change the current concept of the times. Using a dummy to learn is the best way, and both parties are comfortable.
Sure enough, Hu Langzhong stopped again when he heard this.
Learning with dummies is a way, but not a good one.
"You can't learn real skills by studying with a dummy..."
Hu Langzhong has medical ethics, not a quack, and he doesn't want to teach a quack.
"Uncle Hu, don't worry. I know that after I learn it, I will never go out and show off, nor will I tell others that I am your apprentice. I will never ruin your reputation!"
"Then what are you learning to do?"
"Try to prick my big brother's leg. Maybe it will be pierced. Even if the prick is not good, it won't be damaged, right?"
Su Ruyi did not say that she planned to stab her son in the head in the future, for fear of scaring Hu Langzhong into not teaching her.
When Hu Langzhong thought about it, it was true. Lu Duotian's leg was just like that no matter how hard it was, and he wasn't afraid of her breaking it.
"Okay, you can figure out how to make the dummy yourself. The tuition fee is not that much, only three taels of silver. I will go to your Lu family to teach you when I have time."
Hu Langzhong agreed. Although he felt it was unconscionable, he really wanted to make this money.
"No, the agreed ten taels of silver are ten taels of silver, not even a copper penny less!"
