Su Yan immediately understood the hidden meaning in Jue Lao's words and said meaningfully, "Master, you don't believe in my strength."

Her current major is a combination of Chinese and Western medicine. According to her third senior brother, this major is newly established and there are fewer than five medical schools in the country that offer it.

The integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine program at Southern Medical University was only established this year.

She has a foundation in Traditional Chinese Medicine, so going back to school and catching up on two weeks of Western medicine courses shouldn't be too difficult.

If there's anything she doesn't understand, she can ask her teacher or senior brother for help.

"I didn't say that," Master Jue quickly replied. "I'm just worried about you. You have talent, so focus on building a solid foundation first. We can talk about other things later. You're going to school tomorrow, and I want to get to know your background first. You didn't seem very energetic before, so I didn't ask you too many questions."

Su Yan nodded. "Master, please ask."

How much do you know about Traditional Chinese Medicine? Have you read any books on it?

She considered for a moment before saying, "I have memorized all the contents of the Encyclopedia of Chinese Herbal Medicine. I also know a little about the herbs that are not in the book and how to combine them. I can also take a pulse a little. As for the others, I know about half and half, but not very thoroughly. I first came into contact with Chinese medicine because I wanted to make medicinal cuisine, so my specialty is medicinal cuisine. Master should know these things. I can't think of anything else right now."

She reads a wide variety of books, and she has read all the important books on traditional Chinese medicine.

But she doesn't intend to say these things.

Because she used to have very little pocket money at Old Su's house, she had no money to buy these books.

It can't be said that it was borrowed from a classmate. High school seniors are preparing for the college entrance examination. They are too busy studying Chinese, math and English every day. How could they be interested in such a boring book?

She said something that no one could possibly believe.

"How long have you been memorizing the encyclopedia?" Jue Lao asked again.

Su Yan thought for a moment, "It seems to have been five days."

The encyclopedia she bought was the latest edition from later times, with four or five hundred pages, much thicker than those from this era.

She's not bragging, but she probably does have some talent.

Otherwise, it would take anyone else at least a month to memorize such a thick book to the point of knowing it by heart.

Old Jue was silent for a moment.

He also remembered that Ye Fei's preface to the Encyclopedia of Chinese Herbal Medicine took six days to complete.

He was happy for a long time at the time.

Xie Jin and Guo Ziming took seven days, which is quite good.

He considers anyone who can recite the encyclopedia from memory to the point of exhaustion, and anyone who takes more than eight days to learn it to be talented enough, as this is one of his basic requirements for accepting apprentices.

Many people have been stumped here.

His youngest disciple only took five days, which truly surprised him.

He certainly didn't doubt whether Su Yan was putting on a brave face or not.

He had great confidence in his young apprentice's character.

"Good, good." Old Master Jue was overjoyed, looking at Su Yan with even more affection. "You know more than I guessed. But I still want to test you. Let's start with your theory score. After dinner, I'll give you a test paper with about two hundred questions, totaling two hundred points. My requirement is 195 points to pass."

Su Yan didn't expect her master to give her a test so readily.

She paused for a few seconds, then immediately said, "No problem, Master, give me any test you want. I promise I won't let you down."

Old Jue nodded in satisfaction and said nothing more.

After saying this, Su Yan went to pack her luggage.

She didn't have much luggage; two suitcases were enough to pack it all.

One for storing clothes.

A notebook containing her writings, and other odds and ends.

She can buy anything that isn't important in Guangzhou.

We finished cleaning up around 6:00 PM, and dinner was served shortly after.

Li Juan prepared sixteen dishes, almost all of them meat dishes, with only one vegetable dish and one chicken soup.

There were too many dishes; the living room table couldn't hold them all.

So, Su Yu set up a large round table in the courtyard in front of the kitchen and moved some stools over.

"We'll eat here tonight, please don't mind," he joked as he set out the chairs.

"What's there to complain about? It's good that we can all sit together and eat." Old Jue didn't seem to care much.

Apart from Tao Jin and Tao Yue, who among those present hadn't experienced hardship?

Even before Grandma Tao became wealthy, she endured a lot of hardship.

Although Tao Jin and her brother had never eaten in such an environment before, they adapted very well, were not pretentious, and even helped serve the rice.

After everyone sat down, Li Juan said, "Please don't be shy, everyone. Help yourselves to whatever you want to eat. I don't know if the food will suit your tastes."

Old Jue picked up a piece of braised fish and tasted it, then smiled and said, "You're too modest. Your cooking skills are impeccable."

Grandma Tao took a bite of the scallion chicken and her eyes lit up. "Juanzi, your cooking is amazing! It's even better than the chef I hired! But thank you for making so many dishes."

Grandma Tao and Grandpa Jue were telling the truth; the dish was indeed delicious.

They didn't know Li Juan was going to cook so many dishes, otherwise they definitely would have stopped her.

"If everyone enjoys the meal, then I don't feel tired," Li Juan said.

The greatest joy for a cook is receiving praise and recognition from others.

Su Yu said, "My mother used to be a terrible cook, but now my sister has trained her to be a master."

His mouth watered just thinking about the dishes Su Yan made.

Su Yan didn't dislike cooking; it was Li Juan who insisted on doing it, letting her guide her skills, which resulted in this table of delicious and visually appealing dishes.

Li Juan slapped him, "You brat, all you do is expose your mother's shortcomings."

Everyone burst into laughter, creating a lively atmosphere.

Although there were sixteen dishes, everyone was very considerate and almost all of them were eaten.

Especially Grandpa Jue and Grandma Tao, they are old and can't eat too much. Usually, they are lucky to eat one bowl of rice, but today they happily ate two bowls of rice and accidentally overate.

After the meal, Guo Ziming immediately distributed digestive pills to the elderly, saying, "You've all eaten too much; you won't be able to sleep well tonight if you don't eat some of these."

The elderly people ate obediently, and then sat in the pavilion chatting to digest their food.

Around 10 p.m.

After taking a shower and drying her hair, Su Yan came to the living room to do her test papers.

When she came in and saw the scene inside, she was immediately startled. "Wow, so many of you are watching me. It's putting a lot of pressure on me."

Besides Jue Lao and Guo Ziming, the Tao siblings, Grandma Tao, and Su Yu were also present.

Li Juan, along with her maternal grandparents, took the two children to bed first.

"We can't sleep." Grandma Tao was in good spirits today and said, "You do your thing, it's no problem for us to watch."

Guo Ziming eagerly beckoned her over, "Junior sister, hurry up, I can't wait."

Su Yan rolled her eyes and walked over, saying, "It's not like I'm testing you, why are you so agitated?"

"I'm curious. Master just said you memorized the encyclopedia in five days." Guo Ziming handed her the test paper. "Come on, show your skills and impress your senior brother."