Late spring, 1976.
"Master, I've packed up all the herbs in the backyard. I'm going back first~"
Ning Xi looked at the time, stood up, said goodbye to Hu Jisheng, and slung her small cloth bag over her shoulder.
Hu Jisheng closed the medicine cabinet, turned around, glanced at the sky outside, and nodded: "Okay, go back. You have to come to work early tomorrow."
There was no one outside, so Ning Xi pretended to be angry: "Just catch me and squeeze me as much as you can!"
"Of course not! After all, you are my disciple!" Hu Jisheng stroked his few remaining whiskers, feeling very proud. "If it weren't for your ability, I wouldn't even look at anyone else."
Looking at Ning Xi's back as she rode away on her bicycle, he felt a lot of emotions in his heart.
When Xiao Zhao asked him to take Ning Xi as his apprentice, he was a little unhappy. How could such a delicate girl sit in an office?
However, because Xiao Zhao had taken care of him when he was in trouble, Hu Jisheng agreed reluctantly. He didn't expect that this turned out to be a good candidate.
He only needed to teach the medicinal properties once and the other party would remember them firmly. After learning from him for half a year, he even learned the Hu's Qi acupuncture method that he was quite proud of.
Not long ago, he was finally able to return to his clinic at home. This apprentice actually resigned from his job and followed him. He felt a little touched.
"Xiao Ning is back home—" Sister Su from the supply and marketing cooperative next to the clinic greeted Ning Xi.
Ning Xi nodded at her: "Hey! Sister Su, you guys are almost there too, right? I'll go first~"
After she walked away, the new salesperson, Xiao Liu, reluctantly withdrew his gaze and asked curiously, "Sister Su, who is this woman? She's so pretty!"
Seeing her stunned expression, Sister Su pursed her lips and said, "He works at Renshan Hall, and is the apprentice of Doctor Hu."
She then went on to talk about the glorious past of Renshan Hall, which was nothing more than how it had been passed down through generations, and how several generations had treated the old emperor.
"Hey! If you feel unwell, go see Doctor Hu, that's the right doctor!"
Xiao Liu listened for a long time. She obviously wanted to ask about the female comrade, so why did she talk about Renshantang? She was not interested in the old doctor with a big beard.
"Don't be in a hurry!" Seeing that there were no customers coming, Sister Su slowly poured a glass of water and continued talking while drinking it.
"You'd never guess where this girl worked before. The Commerce Bureau! You can't believe it, right? I can't understand why she quit such a respectable job and went to work as an assistant at a clinic."
At this point, she shook her head with regret, expressing her strong disapproval of this behavior. "If I were Comrade Ning's parents, I would definitely beat him up."
Someone in Xiao Liu's family works in the government. Although he is just a small clerk, he still has some sense for certain things. After hearing this, she felt that this female comrade was not only beautiful but also smart.
Although these units sound reputable, they are not easy places to work in now.
......
After spending a whole day preparing medicinal herbs in the backyard of the clinic, Ning Xi now only felt sore in her back.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 1976, Hu Jisheng was reinstated, and the relevant parties recognized his identity as an old Chinese medicine practitioner. Renshan Hall, which originally belonged to the Hu family, was also returned to its original owner.
The ownership of the house was returned to him, but it still had to be operated under the public name.
Ning Xi had already worshipped him as her master, so she simply quit her job at the Commercial Bureau and went to work for her master, so that she could have the opportunity to put into practice the theoretical knowledge she had learned.
As for the reason for her resignation, studying medicine was one reason, and on the other hand, it was because she had no ambition for a political future and did not like the atmosphere in the unit.
She had been on several business trips over the past few years and visited many places, but it was completely different from what she had originally expected to experience, which was to appreciate the beautiful scenery of the motherland.
The main problem is the inconvenience of transportation.
From the train to the car, and from the car to the ox cart, no matter how good my mood was, it was gone.
Ruan Liping is now the second-in-command in the bureau. He originally wanted to train her to be his successor, but Ning Xi was really not interested in this, so he reluctantly approved her resignation.
A gust of wind blew over, and Ning Xi shivered. She felt that the cold wind carried a scent of Chinese medicine.
Spring and autumn are good seasons for collecting root and rhizome medicines. A lot of precious new medicinal materials have been collected, even a few wild ginsengs of good age, so Ning Xi has been busy preparing them these days.
Soaking in piles of medicinal herbs all day long.
She pedaled her bike hard, thinking only of going home to take a good bath, and soon arrived outside the small villa.
Hearing the bicycle bell, Guan Yulan came out with a smile: "Xiaoxi, there is your package, I put it in the storage room."
"Okay~ Thank you Aunt Guan!"
Ning Xi put away her bicycle quickly and strode into the house to find her things.
There were two large packages, one of which was brought by Ning Jiqiu’s friend who was an educated youth and was going back to Mingjiang to do some business.
The other one... was sent by her brother in real life.
Ever since being secretly photographed, Ning Xi has been maintaining a wait-and-see attitude towards these relatives. Soon after the matter was settled, she thought that was it, but who would have thought that the other party would actually come looking for her.
In recent years, every once in a while, she would receive packages delivered to her door by strangers.
Sometimes it's a bright dress, sometimes it's some food, or a pot of rare flowers...
Ning Xi first opened the package that Ning Jiqiu had asked someone to bring.
There were some wrapped bamboo shoots and a lot of dried vegetables inside, and there was a letter at the bottom.
Come to think of it, the last time I met him was when he brought Mi Jiaojiao home.
At that time, she was thinking about contacting Ning Jiqiu to find out more about the situation, but she didn't expect that there would never be a chance to do so.
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