Chapter 172

On the day of the medical school entrance examination, more than 200 people came to take the exam, including 20 to 30 women.

Almost all of these people were arranged by the Zhou family. They were between fifteen and twenty-five years old. Many of them came from the army, and some were children of the Zhou family army.

In short, they are all members of the Zhou family.

As for the women, almost all of them were girls in the Zhou family army who were waiting to be married. Among them were two girls from the Zhou family, the sixth girl and the seventh girl.

The families of military generals would be much more open-minded, and with the Zhou family setting an example, the soldiers under them would naturally follow suit.

The content of the exam will naturally not be the same as that in Yu County.

Everyone who can come here is literate, so there is no need to ask them to read big characters. The main test is on memory and observation, as well as sense of smell and vision.

In the first item, each person will circulate a piece of paper describing the characteristics of various medicinal herbs, with five people sharing one copy. They will record the information for half an hour. After half an hour, they will select the medicinal herbs they mentioned from a variety of similar herbs.

The second item is to blindfold yourself and smell the medicine, and then choose the corresponding medicinal materials according to the smell.

Those who only get one or neither of these two items right will be eliminated.

Third, if there are still many people left, we will first have three days of classes. Those who are interested can stay, and those who are really not interested can leave on their own.

If more people stay, they will be assessed based on what they have learned in three days, and their ranking will determine whether they stay or leave.

After two rounds, only more than twenty people left, and there were still nearly two hundred people.

Manager Zheng said, "With these two tests, anyone can easily guess and get two correct answers. The results aren't very significant."

Yu Ying looked at the students from a distance and explained, "Most people here have no experience with medicine. They're here simply because their families force them to. Whether they're interested or not is irrelevant. And in today's test, those who only got one right were either lucky, or failed all of them because they weren't paying attention or were just stupid."

"First, learn for three days, let them get in touch with a few things. Only those who are interested will learn seriously. If they have no interest or understanding, then it's better not to learn."

After listening to her analysis, Manager Zheng nodded and said, "This is a good move."

The rest of the people stood in the spacious courtyard.

There was a square platform in the yard.

Yu Ying, dressed in a neutral androgynous style without any makeup, walked onto the stage and said, "I'm the director of Yuzhang Medical School. My last name is Yu."

The expressions of the people below were subtle, but since they had already been warned by their families, they did not question it out loud.

"Those who are staying today, if you wish to leave now, have some time to consider. After I explain all the rules, those who are confirmed to stay will attend classes at this medical school for three days. After three days, those who wish to leave will be free to do so. Those who wish to stay will also have to pass an exam."

Students are not allowed to leave the medical school for three days and classes are closed.

There are three classes every day, each lasting half an hour, with a break of one minute between each class, and each class is taught by three teachers.

There are three classrooms and three students teaching at staggered intervals.

Even if you pass the exam, there will still be a small test every month and a big test in March.

As soon as these words were spoken, many people's faces looked depressed.

Mr. Guo and Mr. Liu, who were standing together, looked at the woman on the stage, who remained calm and composed in front of nearly 200 people. Mr. Liu asked, "Is this woman only 20 years old?"

Mr. Guo's face darkened and he replied in a deep voice, "I don't know."

"After all, we are about the same age. It is really not easy for someone of this age to have such a calm demeanor."

The people around him didn't respond for a long time. Mr. Liu turned to look at his sullen-faced colleague and said with a smile, "Don't look so sullen. It will give the students a bad impression."

Mr. Guo replied coldly, "I don't like to smile by nature. I just like to have a gloomy face."

"No, you just don't like the idea of ​​men and women living together, and you're dissatisfied with a woman being the dean. To be honest, if this woman is truly capable, I can't disobey her. You shouldn't be so unwilling either. If that woman is truly more capable than you and me, you can't disobey her just because she's younger."

Mr. Guo seemed to have heard a joke. "Is she some kind of genius? I've devoted my entire life to studying medicine. How could a mere woman like her compare? It was only because her embroidery needle suture technique caught the attention of the county lord that she was appointed dean. How can she possibly go far?"

Hearing this, Mr. Liu fell silent.

After a while, he said, "In that case, we might as well wait for the big exam in March. If I'm not mistaken, some of them are Mr. Guo's favorite disciples. I also have several disciples among them. Coincidentally, Madam Yu also has several male disciples enrolled."

He glanced at the crowd and continued, "Most of Madam Yu's disciples are around eleven or twelve years old. One has been studying medicine with her for two years. The oldest is about twenty years old. Like the other three, he has only been studying for a few months."

Mr. Guo frowned: "What do you want to say?"

"Our most talented disciples have all studied medicine for several years and are all around fifteen or sixteen years old. In the final exam three months from now, we'll see how many of our disciples are among the top ten. If none of Madam Yu's disciples make the top ten..." Mr. Liu shook his head. "I won't accept her as dean either."

Mr. Guo turned around and looked at the woman on the stage thoughtfully.

"If she can really beat disciples like me in such a short time, then I will naturally be impressed by her."

Mr. Liu smiled and said, "It's not even three months yet. During this time, Mr. Guo should try to contain his dislike for Ms. Yu, so that others won't accuse him of being petty and narrow-minded."

Mr. Guo, who always cared about his reputation, looked gloomy, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Seeing that he didn't say anything else, Mr. Liu also looked at the woman on the stage.

After the banquet, he met the woman.

She was the first one to bring up the idea of ​​a competition.

After she brought it up, she asked him to raise it again with Mr. Guo in his own name.

She pointed out bluntly that both he and Mr. Guo were dissatisfied with her, and she wanted to convince them, so she made a bet on the exam to see if her disciple could make it into the top ten.

Mr. Liu was familiar with all of her disciples.

The oldest one is her nephew who has been studying medicine with her for two years. But he is only eleven years old. How much can he know at this age?

The others have only studied for a few months. How can they be compared with his disciples, Mr. Guo’s disciples?

Not to mention that they both have more than ten students in the medical school, among these students, there are military doctors in their families, or their families have been doctors for generations.

Unsurprisingly, the top ten list is occupied by people like them. Even if a disciple has amazing talent, it is impossible for him to make it into the top ten.

But since she said so, let's give it a try.

As he said to Mr. Guo, if there really is someone who makes it into the top ten list, he will respect her.

After Yu Ying finished speaking on the stage, she asked the other three gentlemen to come up and say a few words.

Yu Ying manipulated the opening ceremony clearly.

After the ceremony, everyone dispersed.

I returned home today and while packing my luggage, I also made it clear to my family that I would report to the college early tomorrow morning.

Several disciples came over to find Yu Ying.

Yu Ying said to them: "Get some rest tonight. You will go to school tomorrow. Even if you have some basic skills, you must not be careless, okay?"

Including Fu-an, everyone responded in agreement.

They returned home together, and when they got home, Fu An went to study with the others.

After having dinner and taking a bath in the evening, Fuan went out of the outer courtyard again.

As the sky grew darker, he still hadn't come back to sleep. Wen Xing had no choice but to ask Yu Ying to accompany her to call him back.

Before the two sisters-in-law approached the back house, they saw that the oil lamp was lit in Chen Minglang's room. Looking in through the window, they saw several students and many studious people crowded in a room, whispering to each other or reading by the oil lamp.

Wen Xing whispered, "It's so late and you're still studying."

Yu Ying took in the atmosphere in the room. "With so many people competing for admission today, those who made it are naturally nervous, fearing that this hard-earned opportunity will be lost. Those who didn't make it are studying desperately to pass the exam and get in again."

Wen Xing's eyes fell on her son: "Ever since I left the quarry, An'er has never made me worry about him."

Yu Ying recalled that when she first met Fu An, he was like a little hedgehog, covered with thorns, using those thorns to protect himself, his grandmother, and his sister. At the age of eight, he was responsible for the entire family. His sense of responsibility was unmatched by many men who had already established families.

It seemed that someone saw the two sisters-in-law, and after someone reminded them, Fu An ran out.

Yu Ying walked out the door and said, "Don't study too late, or you won't have the energy to study tomorrow."

After giving the instructions, he returned to the inner courtyard with his sister-in-law Fu'an.

After entering the hospital, Fu An asked, "Aunt, what if we can't make it into the top ten in three months?"

Yu Ying paused and looked at him in surprise: "Who told you that?"

Fu An said displeasedly, "I heard it from Mr. Liu's disciples. Deputy Chen, Chen Hao, Luo Cheng, Chun Ya and the others all heard about it. Those disciples raised their chins and looked at people with squinted eyes, as if they were so great."

Yu Ying...

No wonder they are extra diligent tonight.

Her original intention was to delay the process, to get those two people to calm down and cooperate with her for three months. She didn't force them to make it into the top ten.

After three months of cooperation, we have at least gotten used to each other. So what if we don’t make progress? So what if we don’t accept it?

If they have the ability to take the position of dean, let them do it. If they can't, then they should continue to educate students seriously.

Yu Ying patted Fu An's shoulder gently and said, "Don't be too stressed. Even if no one of us makes it into the top ten in the exam three months from now, there's still next March. No matter when it comes, if we come from behind and take the lead, we'll leave them speechless."

Fu An was still worried: "No, I can't let my aunt be looked down upon by those two old men, I must..."

"Wait." Yu Ying interrupted him and scolded, "What do you mean by those two old men? From tomorrow on, they will also be your teachers. How can you call them that? Change your words."

Fu An sighed deeply and said with a mature attitude, "Then let's just call them Sir."

"I'm going to get into the top ten no matter what, leaving them speechless!"

With the last words, he turned back to his room with full energy: "I'm going to read for a while!"

Yu Ying: ...

Wen Xing:......

It's already midnight, and you're still reading?!

The two sisters-in-law looked at each other. Their child worked too hard, which was also a problem.

Wen Xing said, "Go and have a rest, my dear sister-in-law. I'll call him to rest in a while."

Yu Ying shook her head and said, "He might not listen to you." After thinking for a moment, she walked outside Fu An's house and said, "We'll see tomorrow. You won't grow if you don't sleep after midnight. Your father and your uncle are both tall, so you'll be the only short person in the Fu family from now on."

Fu An's words came from inside: "I'll watch for a while."

"I'm not lying to you. If you don't believe me, just try it. You're not that tall anyway."

In fact, Volt-Ampere is not that high. It was all due to overwork in the past. Later, when my nutrition improved, I started to pull it out.

I am not very tall now because I am in the growing period.

Height seemed to be Fu An's sore spot. After struggling for a while, he decided to put out the candle and believed it.

Yu Ying turned and smiled at her sister-in-law: "Aren't you just going to take a rest now?"

Wen Xing also smiled.

The two sisters-in-law said good night to each other and went back to their rooms.

After returning to the house, Yu Ying, who had been advising people to rest, took out a notebook, ground ink, picked up a pen and began to prepare lessons.

It’s the first class, so you can’t be careless.

After an unknown amount of time, Yu Ying put down her pen, rubbed her shoulders, and stood up to close the window.

I walked to the window and saw the full moon in the sky. I put down my hand that was about to close the window and lay on the windowsill to admire the moon.

The bright moon and the gentle breeze seem to bring peace and tranquility.

Yuzhang is peaceful, but outside Yuzhang, the situation is turbulent.

Thousands of miles away, Fu Wei was wearing thin armor and looking at the bright moon in the sky with his hands behind his back.

Captain Gu, Zhou Yi's former subordinate who had disguised himself as a military captain in Yuzhang, walked aside and looked up, following his gaze. "What are you looking at, Mr. Fu?"

"Look at the moon."

"What's so good about the moon?"

"Looking at the moon, I miss you."

Captain Gu shook his head: "Young couples are just too sweet. After a few years, they'll start to find everything unpleasant."

Fu Wei chuckled, retracted his gaze, and looked at the person beside him: "Captain Gu, you speak from experience."

He took a big gulp of water from a sheepskin bag and said, "Tsk, when I was rich, she never said she would leave me. But when I fell on hard times, she kept arguing with me day and night, so I just granted her wish and divorced her."

At this point, he shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about the embarrassing things anymore. Let's talk about tomorrow's matter."

"How do you think the battle tomorrow should be fought?"

Fu Wei said calmly, "Just follow the general's orders."

"If you say so, I don't believe it. With your mind full of twists and turns, how could you not come up with a solution?"

Fu Wei: "There is really no other way. If we cross the ditch, we have to block the arrows from the city wall. If we archers attack forcefully, we will definitely hurt the people outside the city."

"Do you think that the Lord would kill innocent people indiscriminately?"

Captain Gu shook his head: "Of course not."

He sighed slightly and said, "If we don't fight and keep dragging it out, when will we be able to return victorious?"

Fu Wei: "Even if there is enough food in the city, it will take him a few months to wear them down."

In fact, this is not the case. From the time the city was sealed off to the time it was lifted, Prefect Shen secretly transported food into the city, and the food in the city could last at least half a year.

Captain Gu "has spent several months on this project, and I'm afraid the court will blame me for my poor performance."

"The court doesn't value the lives of the people, so there's no way to blame them."

It doesn’t matter if the court blames him, as long as the head of the Zhou family doesn’t blame him.

Captain Gu drank the water as heartily as he drank wine, and then said, "It will take several months. Not only is Cangwu City short of food, but we are also short of food. We should suggest that you send people back to transport food and fodder to Cangwu as soon as possible."

In a war of attrition, food is of paramount importance.

*

Yuzhang Medical School was first divided into three classrooms according to age.

We originally planned to recruit a maximum of 120 people, but now there are 189 people, so we can only squeeze in and make do with them.

The dormitory has dormitories, so it is no problem to squeeze in more people. The only problem is that there are not enough desks and chairs, so some people have to sit on the sidewalk.

Because there were female students, there was a classroom with several screens set up, and men and women sat separated by the screens.

There were so many people and it was so noisy that it really didn't feel like a classroom.

Yu Ying entered the classroom carrying a basket.

The classroom was quiet for a moment. Everyone stared at her for a moment, and then began to talk without restraint again.

Yu Ying drew lots for the youngest class, with students around fourteen or fifteen years old. The four youngest, under twelve, were all disciples of Yongxi Hall.

The female students are also in this classroom.

Teenagers are at the age when they are restless and even dogs dislike them.

There were more than eighty people in this classroom, and the only ones who were quiet were Fu An and the female disciples.

In just a moment, Yu Ying felt like hundreds of flies were buzzing in her ears.

She said nothing, just sat there quietly, looking at all of them expressionlessly, occasionally picking up a pen to write something in the book.

She was too calm and quiet, and the look in her eyes made the half-grown boy below feel a little apprehensive.

She glanced at me, then lowered her head to write a few words. I didn't know what she was saying, but I felt a gust of wind blowing across my back, making me feel cold.

I always feel that this lady looks quiet and gentle, but she is not easy to mess with, as if she is planning something bad.

Could you please write down their names and then go find their parents to complain?

She doesn't teach them anything, but plans to make them all fail and kick them out of the academy?

Although most of them did not come here voluntarily but were forced by their families, it would be so embarrassing to be kicked out of the academy!

One quarter, two quarters, half an hour passed, but Yu Ying still didn't say a word. Gradually, fewer people talked in the classroom, and it was quiet until break time.

Seeing they were quiet, Yu Ying closed the scribbled booklet and spoke with a cold expression, "I'm the principal of Yuzhang Medical School. You can call me Mr. Yu. For the next three days, I'll teach you the art of hemostasis and suturing. I'll only teach you once. I won't care if you don't learn well or don't want to learn. But I have one thing to say: don't disturb me while I'm teaching."

"If we can't learn well and don't want to learn, are you trying to kick us out of the classroom? If your class is boring and makes us sleepy, are you blaming us for not paying attention?"

"If I can't even teach well, I might as well go back to taking care of my husband and children!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the young men started laughing.

Yu Ying's disciples all clenched their fists and had dark faces. If the director had not told them this morning not to argue with others under any circumstances, they would have rolled up their sleeves and started fighting.

There are always a few troublemakers in a class, and the people who talk are usually these troublemakers.

It is not possible to deal with such troublemakers by force. The only way to make them convinced is to crush them completely and undermine their self-confidence.

The one who started the commotion was a fair-skinned young man. His clothes were not luxurious, but not bad either. He came from a well-off family and had no worries about food and clothing. He even had some extra money for his enjoyment.

Yu Ying had a general understanding of a student with some background. This student's father was a military doctor.

Yu Ying looked at the young man who was making a fuss and slowly spoke, "Wei Yong."

When the name came out, the young man was stunned for a moment. He probably didn't expect that the lady could call out his name in front of so many people. He was stunned for a moment, then raised his chin and said, "Why are you calling me?"

The expression of a boss who is asking "What are you doing?" is really unpleasant.

Yu Ying: "Your father is a military doctor. I guess you've learned some suturing techniques, right?"

"So what if I've learned it?"

"Come forward and sit in the front seat." Yu Ying looked at the person in the front seat and said, "Luo Cheng, switch seats with him first."

Luo Cheng stood up and squeezed next to the young man named Wei Yong. Wei Yong thought for a moment and walked forward with a swagger.

He walked along the sidewalk and others gave way to him.

Yu Ying looked at the female disciple beside her and said, "Girls, please don't look at me."

Right from the start, she didn't intend to let them see something so heavy.

She opened the basket and took out a clay pot. As soon as the lid was opened, a faint fishy smell emanated.

"This is pig intestine. I'll cut a hole in it. You can try to sew it up. If you can do it within two quarters of an hour, you won't have to take the exam in three days and can stay here."

Wei Yong covered his nose and said disdainfully, "Pig intestines are slippery. I've never heard of using them for sutures. You're clearly trying to embarrass me!"

Yu Ying looked at Fu An: "Fu An, can you do it?"

Fu An stood up and nodded heavily: "Yes!"

Yu Ying looked back at Wei Yong. "People a few years younger than you could have done it, but you can't. I wonder if it's because you're not very skilled, or if Doctor Wei hasn't taught you yet?"

"Bullshit!" Wei Yong pointed at Fu An and said, "If you don't have the ability, don't talk nonsense!"

Fu An wasn't as tall as Wei Yong, but he puffed out his chest and said, "I'm not talking nonsense. If you don't believe me, I'll have a duel with you. If I lose, I'll call you my grandpa. How about that?!"

Teenagers in their teens couldn't resist being provoked. Wei Yong was furious: "Let's compete, who's afraid of who?"

Yu Ying, who hadn't had time to stop him, said: "..."

She knew she would run into a troublemaker, so she asked Fu An to use some provocation to provoke the troublemaker who showed up today, but she didn't ask the loser to call her grandpa...

If I lose and call him grandpa, and the elders in my family find out, they will definitely beat me up!