Chapter 5: Inheritance in a Dream...

When she saw clearly what was on the shelf, Chen Yin was so scared that she stepped back repeatedly, her face pale, even more than when she first returned home.

"Pla...Plaque?"

How could something like this be stored here, hidden so secretly?

Chen Yin was terrified when she first saw it, but when she realized something was wrong, she overcame her panic, slowed her breathing, and carefully approached the bookshelf again.

This time, she opened her eyes wide, trying hard to see clearly what was written above, and couldn't help but read it out loud.

"The ancestral tablets of the great-great-great-ancestors and parents of the Chen family of Yingchuan Hall."

The moment it was finished, Chen Yin's expression instantly became solemn, because this was the ranking of ancestors.

Similar words. She had seen similar tablets when she was punished by her father for secretly learning medical skills and was made to kneel in the ancestral hall.

Such an important thing should be placed in the best place in the house and offered incense every day.

How did it get here?

Although she couldn't figure it out, Chen Yin didn't want the other party to hide the truth any longer.

She moved the ancient books that were originally placed in the front to another location, and would ask her mother about the others tomorrow.

But remembering the offense she had just committed against her ancestors, Chen Yin, who had already believed in ghosts and gods because of her rebirth, immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the tablet.

"I, Chen Yin, have offended our ancestors. I hope you will not blame me."

After saying this, three dull kowtows were heard.

Afterwards, Chen Yin respectfully cleaned the entire room, washed up, and fell asleep with a tired body.

In a trance, Chen Yin suddenly came to a garden full of medicinal fragrance. Upon closer inspection, she found that all kinds of precious medicinal herbs were planted there, and a faint circle of brilliance was emitted around them.

Just as she was about to step forward to take a look, a very majestic voice sounded.

"Chen Yin, descendant of the Chen family, why don't you come and greet us quickly?"

Before Chen Yin could react, she was swept away by a gust of wind and brought to a room. She knelt on the mat and kowtowed three times as she had done in the attic before. She said naturally:

"My daughter Chen Yin greets the ancestors."

Then, she followed the immortal-looking "ancestor" to a medical clinic with a plaque that read "Huimin Hall".

There was a long queue of people in front of the door. She served beside the "ancestor" and witnessed with her own eyes how the ancestor took people's pulses.

Before she knew it, Chen Yin was fascinated and completely attracted by the ancestor's extensive medical knowledge and immersed in it.

From time to time, our ancestors would ask, "Why is my spleen and stomach weak?"

"Suwen Bilun says: 'If you eat and drink too much, your intestines and stomach will be damaged.'"

During the question-and-answer period, Chen Yin could clearly feel that she had completely understood a lot of previously unclear knowledge, and her medical skills had improved a lot.

Gradually, in this immersive teaching, I completely forgot everything else.

When she woke up the next day, Chen Yin was surprised and happy.

Because she truly felt that the knowledge in the dream had been integrated into her body and mind, which was equivalent to her receiving personal teaching from her ancestors. How could this not make her happy?

At the same time, I was also horrified by my reckless and unexpected behavior yesterday.

So, after finishing breakfast, Chen Yin quickly told her mother about her thoughts yesterday.

"What! Your father actually hid the ancestral tablets in the attic?"

This was the first time Wu Dongmei knew about this, and she felt even more distressed for her husband.

Chen Yin noticed that her mother's eyes were first surprised, and then quickly turned into pain. This made her more curious about the strangeness of the tablet, and she couldn't help but ask the reason.

Wu Dongmei felt there was no need to hide this from her daughter.

Anyway, she has come to understand over the years that what happened to her husband was just a mistake and will never happen again.

Then, Chen Yin learned from her mother about her father's tragic experience.

During that dark period in history, my father came to the small village where my mother grew up after being reported by relatives for being a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner.

This place is secluded but peaceful. The villagers don’t know why my father came to their remote mountain village because he can cure diseases and save lives. They only know that a doctor has come to their village.

This is such a happy event in a small mountain village where one has to climb two mountains to find a barefoot doctor!

In this way, my father lived in the cowshed while treating the villagers, and the day of his rehabilitation came.

But he was not willing to return to his hometown. Instead, he settled in the town and opened a small clinic - Huimin Hall.

Like his father’s identity, the tablet was an object that was not allowed to exist at that time.

After figuring out the reason for the placement of the tablet, Chen Yin was filled with sadness, for the unfair treatment her father had suffered and for the unfair treatment suffered by traditional Chinese medicine.

After the heartbreak, Chen Yin became more determined in her inner thoughts:

We must revive Huimin Hall!

Revitalize Traditional Chinese Medicine!!

We will never let down our ancestors’ painstaking efforts!!!

Then, the mother and daughter respectfully took out the ancestral tablet, placed it next to their father's tablet, and offered incense together.

The two of them cleaned the inside of the clinic yesterday, and today it’s time to go outside.

Although the clinic is on the street and is relatively clean from the outside, the gray exterior looks a bit unsightly if it wants to reopen.

The mother and daughter made quite a noise while cleaning and were immediately discovered by the neighbors.

Li Chunli, who was always on good terms with Wu Dongmei, immediately stepped forward to inquire.

"Dongmei, it's not a festival, why are you cleaning the clinic again? And you brought Xiaoyin with you."

At the end of her speech, she smiled brightly at Chen Yin with great enthusiasm.

Chen Yin immediately called out, "Aunt Li."

"Hey~" Li Chunli responded with a smile, then turned her attention to her friend.

Wu Dongmei had no intention of hiding it, she immediately raised her chin proudly and said triumphantly:

"Hasn't our Yinyin graduated from college? She's planning to return home to inherit the family business and reopen her father's clinic. From now on, if anyone has a headache or a fever, they can come to our Yinyin for treatment."

The moment she heard the content, Li Chunli's face froze for a moment, because this was different from what she had heard from her friends before.

But she would not spoil her friend's performance in such an occasion, so she said with a smile:

"Oh! Then we don't have to worry about getting sick. Xiaoyin is a top graduate of Xuhua University. Coming back to our town is… is… what's the term?… a waste of talent."

Such praise made Chen Yin blush, and she shyly replied:

"Diseases don't discriminate against anyone. Aunt Li, you're exaggerating."

This sentence vaguely expressed the thoughts of some onlookers, but Li Chunli was not happy.

"How could that be? I'm speaking from the bottom of my heart. Forget about college students. Have you seen other technical secondary school students return to town in recent years?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes were instantly on Yang Guangyao.

Because his son was admitted to a technical secondary school a few years ago, and after graduation he went to teach in a county primary school. He only comes back during the holidays.

In addition, he is the younger brother of the director of the only health center in their town. If Chen Yin opens a clinic, it will definitely have an impact on the health center.

Yang Guangyao felt the focused gazes on him, his heart skipped a beat, and he pursed his lips tightly, taking a long time to utter a word.

"It's good that Chen Yin is back."

He ran away the next second, fearing that everyone would chase him and ask him other questions.

Next, Chen Yin naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.

Because she is a student at a key university, and some elders still remember her father's medical skills, they all expressed their support for Chen Yin to reopen the clinic.

This time, Wu Dongmei was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.

If the clinic was not inappropriate for everyone to come and see it, she would definitely invite the villagers to come and see it on the opening day.

Two days passed in a flash.

At present, the inside and outside of the clinic have been cleaned up, and even the plaque has been sent for repainting.

Chen Yin thought about it and realized that if she wanted to really open a clinic, the only thing she lacked was medicinal materials - this was the key.

So after dinner, she expressed her thoughts.

When Wu Dongmei heard her daughter say she wanted to buy medicinal herbs, she slapped herself on the forehead in frustration.

"Ouch! How could my brain forget such an important thing?"

"Wait a minute, mom will get it for you."

Before he could finish his words, the figure had disappeared in front of Chen Yin.

When she reappeared, she was holding a yellowed address book in her hand.

Wu Dongmei stared wide-eyed and turned the pages hard to find what she wanted. Finally, when Chen Yin wanted to go over to help, she put the address book on the table, pointed at the words on the page and said:

"Your father used to buy medicine from this person, and the address and phone number are listed above."

Chen Yin immediately leaned over and said, "Dongyu City Central District..."

Before he could finish, a sharp sound suddenly exploded in his ears.

"Little sister! Little sister! Why didn't you tell our family that Yinyin is coming back to reopen the clinic?"

She turned her head and saw that the person who spoke was her uncle, Wu Qiufeng.

"Brother, why are you here?" Wu Dongmei also expressed surprise.

"What? If I'm not coming, you're not going to tell your family, right?"

Wu Qiufeng looked at his younger sister with disapproval, and slowly put down the backpack behind him. Inside was all the fresh vegetables he brought from home, as well as some wild fruits picked by the children, specially brought to Chen Yin for his sweet tooth.

After putting down his things, he naturally turned on the faucet to wash his hands and continued to express his dissatisfaction.

"It was just yesterday when Dahe from Uncle Wu's family came back to the village and passed by. He saw how lively it was and heard a little bit. Otherwise, my family wouldn't know about it now. I think you're getting more and more arrogant now, and you're even bringing Yinyin along to make trouble."

"We are from this remote and poor country, what are we doing back here?"

Wu Qiufeng shook off the water and approached the two men.

To be honest, they did not handle the matter properly. Wu Dongmei, who was always outspoken, could only keep silent and listen to the concerned nagging from her family.

Chen Yin, standing by, immediately spoke up to explain on her mother's behalf, "Uncle, it was me who wanted to come back and open a clinic. I didn't want my father's lifelong efforts to be forgotten."

Wu Qiufeng looked at his niece's serious expression, and his expression became serious. He asked in a cold and hard tone:

"Yin Yin, have you made up your mind? You won't regret it later."

"No regrets." Chen Yin said solemnly.

The next second, Wu Qiufeng's serious face suddenly broke into a grin, and he shouted with full energy:

"Good! You are truly worthy of being your father's daughter."

Faintly, he seemed to see Chen Nanhe, who was stubborn and insisted on staying in Tongxi Town.

Now, his daughter, his niece, is also going to inherit this business and carry on the tradition.

As a relative, Wu Qiufeng didn't want Chen Yin to stay in the small town, but as an ordinary person, he was happy to see it happen.

The main problem was that the town's health center was inadequate. No matter what illness you had, you had to give them an injection. If it didn't work, you had to go back to the county town. The trip back and forth not only delayed the treatment, but also wasted everyone's hard-earned money.

You have to know that during the years when Chen Nanhe was around, the people in Qingshan Village never had to worry about these things.

The disease can be cured without even spending any money. Just give my brother-in-law a handful of vegetables, two eggs or something else and the disease will be cured.

Although my niece needs to pay for her medical treatment, it is definitely different from the health center.

Wu Qiufeng is so confident in Chen Yin's medical skills.

Since reopening the clinic was a foregone conclusion, he didn't dwell on the topic any further and turned to other topics.

"Little sister, is there anything else the clinic needs help with? Feel free to tell me, there are plenty of people at home."

Upon hearing this, Wu Dongmei immediately told what the mother and daughter had just said.

"It turns out that when I just came in, you and your daughter were talking about going to the city to buy medicine. I'm also planning to go to the city to see Wenbo, so let's go together." Wu Qiufeng nodded in agreement.

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① Baidu mixed it up, not rigorous