Chapter 8: Medicine King Posture
After making all the arrangements for Chen Yushu, although Chen Baihe was reluctant, he turned around and left decisively.
At this time, Chen Yushu, under the invitation of the steward Zhou, came to a room in the backyard, took out a writing brush, and made a registration statement, saying, "What is your name, where are you from, who are your parents, and who they are? Tell me everything."
"Chen Yushu, from Beijiao Village, parents..."
Chen Yushu knew that this was a registration, a formal recognition that he was a member of the Liu family pharmacy. Even though he was only an apprentice, it was a recognition of his identity. He did not dare to neglect it and answered all the questions in detail.
After recording everything, Manager Zhou compared it with what he knew and nodded. Then, with a serious expression, he said, "Our Liu Family Pharmacy's main store is in the county. Although this is just a branch store, we have to give it some respect in the town.
Since your father has offered us the precious medicine, we will naturally follow the rules and accept you as our disciple.
But it’s easy to get started, but you also have to understand the rules when you are in our pharmacy.
But don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you have the precious medicine ginseng seeds.
You must be clear about what you should do and what you should not do.
Otherwise, if we can accept you, we can naturally fire you.
Don't waste your father's hard work."
"Thank you, Steward Zhou, for reminding me. I know."
Chen Yushu nodded. He knew the value of the precious medicine. If he sold it, it would make the Chen family's life much better.
If it weren't for the love and high hopes she had for him, she wouldn't have been willing to take it out and send him to the Liu family pharmacy.
He naturally didn't want to disappoint them.
"That's good to know."
Manager Zhou nodded and said, "Let's go. I'll have someone take you to familiarize yourself with the pharmacy first."
As he said that, he stood up and walked out of the room first.
"Manager Zhou, I heard that after becoming an apprentice in our pharmacy, everyone can learn martial arts.
Then, can I also learn martial arts?"
Chen Yushu hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't hold back his thoughts and asked impatiently.
He is very eager to learn martial arts.
Especially the repeated encounters with ghosts made him extremely insecure.
Naturally, I want to learn martial arts as quickly as possible so that I can have some ability to protect myself.
"You are anxious."
Manager Zhou smiled upon hearing this and said, "The precious medicine is very valuable, it's certainly not worth it just to buy an apprenticeship qualification.
But why do so many people flock to our shop, willing to offer their precious medicine? It's because our pharmacy can teach people martial arts.
Of course, apprentices have to work, and it is impossible for them to have so much time to study.
Therefore, any apprentice who pays for precious medicine will have three days to learn martial arts, and will also have a bowl of medicinal soup every day for nourishment, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation.
After three days, whether you have learned it or not, you need to work.
If you haven't learned it yet, you'll have to wait until the end of each month for a teacher to come and teach you."
Upon hearing this, Chen Yushu's eyes lit up.
You can practice martial arts!
And there are still three days of study time.
In addition, at the end of each month, there are also instructors who come to teach martial arts...
Although he was not sure what kind of martial arts would be taught, he was extremely looking forward to it.
"Oh, I remember you can read, right?
Then this book can be given to you directly, and you can familiarize yourself with it first.
But there's no need to practice. If you don't have a teacher to teach you, and your breathing and movements can't be coordinated, you won't be able to learn it at all, and you'll easily get a stitch in the side."
Then, Manager Zhou took out a book and handed it to him. He then walked out of the room and waved to a person not far away. He said, "Li Hu, this is the new apprentice. Please take care of him."
Chen Yushu reached out to take the book, and then his eyes suddenly widened.
“The Medicine King’s Pile Exercise!
Martial arts secret manual!"
He didn't expect that the martial arts he had been longing for could be obtained so easily.
…
"Finally, I can learn martial arts."
Chen Yushu lay on the bed, secretly excited.
At this moment, he was in a house that looked a bit simple. There was a bed that could accommodate seven people from head to toe. It was a real big bunk bed.
The Liu Family Pharmacy is indeed one of the largest pharmacies in the town.
The number of apprentices was much greater than he had imagined, more than thirty in total.
There are three rooms like theirs for apprentices to rest. Of course, the environment in the other two is relatively better. Although they also house many people, they are more spacious and brighter.
Those living in his room were all apprentices who had joined the pharmacy within the past six months.
For example, the apprentice Li Hu who slept next to him was said to have come in only a month earlier than him. The apprentice who had lived here the longest was an apprentice named Xu Hao, who had been here for half a year.
Of course, there are also some apprentices who have been members for a longer time and have some spare money, or are simply locals, so they all live outside.
The Liu family pharmacy does not prohibit apprentices from renting houses outside.
As long as the apprentice comes to work on time, his freedom will not be restricted.
“That’s better.
When I have more money in the future, I can rent a place to live outside.”
Chen Yushu felt a little relieved. After all, it was a bit inconvenient for so many people to live together.
Of course, considering that he only had three taels of silver left by his father, which was three hundred coins... he naturally had no room for choice.
After all, it's free here.
He also read the 'Secret Book of Martial Arts'.
"Medicine King Posture Meditation" is a kind of posture meditation.
There are a total of thirty-six stance exercises above. Each stance exercise has corresponding movements and matching breathing methods.
To master it, one must match the movements with the standing meditation, and then assist with the corresponding breathing method, performing each posture smoothly.
Out of curiosity, he also tried it.
But... they all failed.
He didn't even manage to master the first form of standing meditation.
Although his movements were standard, every time he breathed according to the breathing method described in the secret book, he always felt uncomfortable, as if he was immersed in water, feeling stuffy and unable to breathe.
Often, you can't maintain it for long before the movements become distorted.
He had asked, and according to Li Hu, the sign of success, that is, the real effect of the practice, would inevitably be accompanied by a tingling sensation, as if ants were crawling on his body, and after a while he would be out of breath and very tired.
He didn't have this feeling at all when he was practicing.
"After all, secret manuals are just secret manuals. Without a foundation and understanding the principles, it would be difficult to master martial arts even if you have the secret manuals."
Chen Yushu sighed and was not in a hurry.
After all, he had three days to learn martial arts.
Especially after listening to what Li Hu said, the matching medicinal soup was called Yangyuan Soup, which was a nourishing medicine. It was of great benefit to people who practiced martial arts and could also speed up his progress in practicing martial arts.
The price is extremely high. When sold outside, one dose of medicine costs three taels of silver.
(End of this chapter)
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