The day after the apprenticeship banquet, Tian An officially started teaching Yaoyao and even made a schedule overnight.
A small piece of paper is filled with things to do, almost filling up the time except for eating and sleeping.
Even Tian An himself felt that it was a bit harsh, but after seeing it, Yaoyao nodded happily and said that she would do it this way.
From then on, Yaoyao officially began her medical studies.
Tian An’s teaching is very flexible. In addition to theoretical knowledge, he also focuses on practice.
Whenever a patient came to the mansion seeking medical treatment, he would send someone to call Yaoyao, and while he treated the patient, he would teach her. Afterwards, he would let her feel the pulse herself and feel the changes in the pulse.
In this way, within a few days, all the patients who came to seek medical treatment knew that Tian An had accepted a young apprentice, and they even joked that Tian An's legacy had been passed down to the next generation.
Both the master and the apprentice are like-minded people. Tian An enjoys teaching, Yaoyao enjoys learning, and their days are fulfilling and busy.
In the blink of an eye, eight days had passed. Zhao Yiming would be able to leave the Imperial Examination Hall after the final day of the exam tomorrow.
Tian An had been so busy with teaching and seeing patients these days that she was practically oblivious to what was happening outside. If Madam Xiao hadn't reminded her, she would have almost forgotten about it.
Staying in that small cell in the Imperial Examination Hall for nine days was extremely difficult even for Zhao Yiming, who was in good health.
In order to nourish him, Tian An got up early in the morning and ran to the kitchen to busy himself, personally mixing herbs and ingredients to stew medicinal food for him.
After hearing this, Yaoyao also ran over happily, pouting her lips and pretending to be angry and complaining to Tian An, "Sister An An, are you trying to hide something? You didn't even call me when you were stewing the medicinal food."
Tian An was putting herbs and other ingredients into the casserole in a leisurely manner. He took the time to glance at her and said unhappily, "You heartless little girl, you've learned all my skills. I only have one little secret weapon left to you to appease your future husband's stomach, and you're jealous."
Yaoyao curled her lips and said shamelessly: "I am the master's first disciple, there is no skill I can't learn!"
Tian An sneered, "Come on! You are in charge of such a big imperial kitchen and the Imperial Hospital, so you can eat all kinds of delicious and healthy food! Why do you need to cook it yourself?
The little girl shook her head, "No!" Then she started to flatter, "How can they be compared with Master? Take that chocolate last time, for example. The chef in the imperial kitchen ate up several of my chocolates and never made one. The one I'm eating now was given to me by my third brother!"
And even the ones given by Third Brother don’t taste as good as the ones made by the master himself.”
Tian An was so delighted by the compliment that he couldn't help but scratch her nose. "I think you, little girl, are just pretending to want to learn about medicinal cuisine. You are really just greedy."
Yaoyao immediately climbed up the pole, "Good sister, when will you make chocolate again? Yaoyao has been craving it for a long time."
Looking at her acting funny, Tian An shook his head in amusement and said, "I'll teach you how to make it next time when I have time. You can make as much as you want in the future."
"Master is so mighty and majestic!" Yaoyao clapped her hands happily.
Yaoyao was finally satisfied because she was about to get a new secret recipe. She took out her little notebook and began to concentrate on studying Tian An's medicinal recipes.
Watching Tian An moving around the kitchen skillfully, Yaoyao felt itchy and wanted to try it herself, but she almost broke a stack of plates as soon as she turned around.
She was so scared that she ran as far away as possible. She looked so frightened that she looked like the little white rabbit in the yard, which made Tian An laugh out loud.
After preparing the medicinal food and putting it into the pot and simmering it over low heat, Tian An handed it to Lixiang to take care of. He then took Yaoyao to the pharmacy to get a set of bath medicine bags to relieve fatigue, and gave them to Xiangtao, asking her to arrange for someone to boil the bath water according to the time.
After some thought, he prepared an extra set of each of the medicinal food ingredients and bathing kits and had them delivered to the Anguo Mansion. An Yichen's cousin was also taking the exam, so they might be useful.
After doing all this, Tian An went back to her room to tidy herself up, changed into a festive dress, and went to pick up Zhao Yiming with her family.
Outside the Imperial Examination Hall, there were as many people coming to pick up the candidates as there were when they first sent them to take the exam. All the streets close to the Imperial Examination Hall, whether they were main streets or alleys, were completely blocked, making it impossible to drive the carriage directly to the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall.
Tian An frowned as he looked at the huge crowd in front of him. He could only ask Chen Feng to stop the carriage at the entrance of an alley and said, "Let's walk over from here!"
Originally, they wanted Yaoyao, Xiaokang and Xiaoqi to stay here and wait, but the three of them insisted on going to pick up Zhao Yiming in person to experience the atmosphere of the imperial examination.
Tian An had no choice but to tell them to follow the team carefully, and asked the servants to watch them carefully as the three of them slowly moved towards the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall.
Fortunately, the city defense camp sent a lot of people to maintain order today. Although the streets were a bit crowded, the order was pretty good.
Otherwise, with this amount of people, if a stampede occurred, there would probably be heavy casualties.
Even with Chen Feng leading the way, Tian An and his group could only move at a snail's pace. It was half an hour later when they arrived at the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall.
After barely finding a place to stay and taking a break, the gate of the Imperial Examination Hall opened.
Suddenly, everyone's gaze turned towards the entrance to the Tribute Hall. Xiaokang and Xiaoqi, being short, were completely blocked by the people in front of them. They frantically stood there, jumping up and down, trying to find Zhao Yiming in the crowd. Soon, they were sweating profusely.
Yaoyao was also anxious, but she had to pay attention to her image, so she could only keep asking Tian An, "Sister An An, has my cousin come out yet?"
Tian An looked at the three people jumping up and down and said helplessly: "Chen Feng and Hong Lei have already squeezed to the front to pick up people. There are too many people now, and we can't go forward. We can only wait here."
Although they agreed verbally, Xiaokang and Xiaoqi did not stop jumping at all.
If you really can't jump anymore, take a break and continue when you feel strong enough.
"Hey! I think I saw Brother Yiming coming out." Xiaokang rested for a while, then jumped up and said excitedly.
"Where is it? Let me see." Upon hearing that, Xiao Qi quickly stood up and jumped up.
"It's just arrived at the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall! See it? It's right there!"
Xiaokang spoke and gestured a few times, and Xiaoqi jumped up and down four or five times before finally seeing Zhao Yiming in the direction he pointed.
As soon as he landed, he excitedly pulled Xiaokang and said, "I saw it, I saw it."
Then he looked at Tian An and said, "Sister An An, Chen Feng and the others have picked up my brother-in-law and are coming over to us."
Tian An suppressed his excitement and said calmly, "Okay, we'll just wait."
If it weren't for the subconscious action of standing on tiptoe to look around that betrayed her, everyone would have thought she was as calm as she appeared.
Finally, Chen Feng and his companions came to them, escorting Zhao Yiming from the front and the back.
Even though he looked exhausted, Zhao Yiming immediately put on a smile and said, "You've been waiting for a long time! We were delayed a bit on our way out."
Although he said this to everyone, his eyes were looking at Tian An, and the tenderness in his eyes could not be hidden.
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