Half an hour later
30 teenagers washed away the filth and dust and put on gray linen clothes.
They lined up in three rows respectfully in the backyard of Chen’s Pharmacy.
There was also a middle-aged man beside the steward in Qingyi.
He was wearing a long black coat, with an elegant and calm appearance, and a sharp and scrutinizing look in his eyes.
"Why are you all standing there?" Steward Qingyi yelled at everyone: "This is Dr. Pu Xingxian, the shopkeeper of our pharmacy. He is a famous miraculous doctor in Qingshan County. Why don't you say hello quickly?"
"Good job from the shopkeeper!"
"Hello, Doctor Pu!"
The teenagers said hello in a haphazard manner.
Pu Xingxian didn't care, nodded and said kindly: "Our pharmacy doesn't have many rules. The handyman apprentices get up when the cock crows every day. During the day, they do chores and clean, dry medicinal materials, serve tea and pour water. In the evening, they practice martial arts and exercise, and also You have to find time to memorize the pharmacopoeia.”
"New entrants have a three-month assessment period. At that time, you will be assigned to various places based on your performance. You will either serve as a guard in the escort team, go to an outside village to collect medicinal materials, or go to the front office as a physician apprentice."
"In short, your destiny is entirely in your own hands. If you want to turn around and live a good life, you'd better work harder."
A passionate encouragement
The longing for the future in the eyes of the young people became stronger again.
Pu Xingxian nodded with satisfaction and was not interested in saying anything more.
This is just a routine training for new handymen.
After recognizing their familiar faces, Pu Xingxian turned around and left, leaving behind a sentence and said: "Since you have just arrived, today's work will be less arranged. Xu Si, take them to arrange accommodation first, and then go to dinner."
"yes!"
The steward in green clothes respectfully agreed.
Accommodation was quickly arranged for everyone.
The 30 teenagers were directly divided into three Datong shops.
There are 10 people living in one room, and each person only has a small space to stand on.
The lighting in the room was dim, and the air was filled with various musty and sour smells. The accommodation environment was quite bad.
Then it’s time to eat!
There is a canteen in the pharmacy, but that is a place only doctors can go.
Ordinary security guards can only squat by the kitchen to eat.
Buckets of broth, meat cakes, coarse grain steamed buns, and hand-made noodles were placed directly on the ground.
Coupled with a few plates of spicy and sour side dishes, the teenagers' appetites were whetted.
After eating this simple food, Wei Han felt a sense of satisfaction in his stomach and felt much better.
After being hungry for two months, it’s not easy to finally have a full meal!
"The treatment at Chen's Pharmacy is good. I can finally have enough to eat. Oh wow, it's a pity that my parents died early!"
"Don't cry so hard, be careful Manager Xu will kick you out."
"That's right, don't look sad. We are here to do handymen. If you break the rules, you will be kicked out easily."
The teenagers discussed carefully.
One of the dark and thin young men pushed Wei Han and asked in a low voice: "Is your name Wei Han? My name is Wang Tiezhu, I am also from Tu County, and my home is in Tieniu Village."
"My name is Cui Bin, and I'm also from Tu County."
Another handsome young man gathered over.
In this unfamiliar place, fellow villagers are always naturally close to each other.
Wei Han nodded politely, and the three of them got to know each other, and subconsciously formed a small group.
Looking around again, there are many such small groups.
As the saying goes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Although the young people are not experienced in the world, they have learned a lot about the ways of adults.
"Mr. Pu said that we have a three-month assessment period, and after that we will be assigned to various places. I wonder what the difference is?" Wang Tiezhu said with a sad look.
Cui Bin said in a low voice: "I know this. My father already inquired about it yesterday. Chen's Pharmacy is backed by the Chen family, a wealthy family in Qingshan County. They have a very good status and background. They handle countless patients and medicinal materials every day. Therefore, a large number of guards, handymen, and apprentices are needed.”
"In the first three months, we will be assigned to practice martial arts and identify medicinal materials. After the assessment period, those who excel in martial arts will be assigned to the guard team. They usually guard pharmacies and medicinal gardens outside the city, or escort medicinal materials. The minimum monthly fee is 2 taels of silver."
"Two taels?"
Wang Tiezhu swallowed his saliva in surprise.
Wei Han also became interested and signaled Cui Bin to continue.
"Two taels is low. It is said that senior guards all start with five taels. They do life-threatening work, so they earn a lot of money." Cui Bin continued with envy: "Of course I go to other towns to collect medicinal materials. It’s also pretty good. It’s said that there’s a lot of oil and water, but it’s a bit hard and tiring. You have to run around every day and you’re prone to encounter horse bandits.”
"And the best assignment is to work as a physician's apprentice in the front office. You can learn the craft from the doctors. It seems that your status is not high, but you can be a doctor in the future."
"You don't have to work as hard as a guard, and you earn more. Once you become a doctor, your status will be higher than others. The big families in the county will be polite when you meet them."
Wei Han immediately became happy when he heard this.
Isn't this the best career for him?
There is no risk and a lot of money. Mastering a craft is better than anything else.
Of course, martial arts training is also indispensable.
These days there are disasters everywhere, soldiers and bandits are everywhere, and weird things are rampant.
If you don't have any ability to get close to you, I'm afraid even the immortal will be in bad luck.
"Manager Xu said we can practice martial arts, right?" Wei Han asked, "I don't know what we will learn."
Speaking of martial arts, Wang Tiezhu and Cui Bin also became interested.
After all, we are all young men, and there is nothing more attractive than dancing with swords and guns.
Cui Bin thought for a while and smiled: "I haven't asked about this, but the pharmacy is backed by the Chen family, so the martial arts used to train guards are naturally not too bad. It is better than the martial arts on the bad streets outside, and we don't have it either. Money goes to a martial arts studio to practice martial arts, doesn’t it?”
"That's right!" Wang Tiezhu said with a smile: "It's better to join the pharmacy, and practice martial arts for free."
While talking, Manager Xu walked into the cafeteria again!
Behind him were two young men, holding thick books in their hands.
"Hand it out, you all will remember this medicinal material identification chart for me in the next three months!" Manager Xu said loudly: "I advise you to take it with you when you eat, sleep and go to the latrine, because it will be the key to the assessment in three months. ,have you understood?"
"Huh? So thick?"
"My mother, where are the more than a thousand medicinal herbs?"
"Who can remember so many?"
When the teenagers took the atlas and looked at it, their scalps all went numb!
This thick atlas is densely packed with records of the habits and patterns of a large number of medicinal materials. There are more than a thousand kinds of them, and the information contains hundreds of thousands of words.
It is really difficult to remember them within three months.
You must know that teenagers have to do odd jobs during the day and practice martial arts at night.
Normally, I am afraid that I can only squeeze out time from eating and sleeping to memorize by rote, in order to have any hope of passing the examination.
However, Wei Han didn't panic at all. He chewed the meat pie slowly and flipped through the atlas.
After just one stick of incense, there was already an additional line on his attribute board - "Basic Medicinal Material Identification Atlas" was successfully included, please choose whether to hang up.
【Ding! "Basic Medicinal Materials Identification Atlas" is currently in the normal idle mode, and the proficiency rate increases by 5 points per hour! 】
[Friendly reminder: Earning krypton gold and taking soothing and refreshing herbs can increase the speed of this skill. 】
