Since it is a matter of apprenticeship, there must be a banquet for apprenticeship.
What is as difficult as climbing to the sky for others is as easy as pie for Lin Sanqi.
That night, Lin Sanqi asked Aunt Li to go home and locked the iron gate of the bungalow area to prevent outsiders or wild wolves from accidentally breaking in.
For today's apprenticeship banquet, Lin Sanqi invited Vice President Ji and Section Chief Yang Shaohua separately. Firstly, if there is something delicious, of course he has to think of the leaders, and secondly, he wanted these two people to be witnesses.
Without witnesses, many things cannot be explained clearly. If people in later generations do not recognize the apprenticeship of Lin Sanqi and Pan Ye, then it will be a disaster. After all, this kind of apprenticeship is just kowtow and tea, without any video or certificate.
Today's apprenticeship banquet is prepared with beef hotpot.
For people in 1960, the intake of animal protein was severely insufficient. Not eating meat for a long time would cause malnutrition, physical fatigue, weight loss, reduced resistance, and induce anemia.
Young people can still hold on, but old people have a hard time.
So don’t talk about delicacies from land and sea, or the Manchu-Han banquet. Dishes that are too refined will lose the original taste and nutrition of the food. So for people in famine years, the best food is meat, and they should eat it in large chunks.
If you ask Lin Sanqi to cook, he doesn’t know how.
So hot pot is the best. Get some green vegetables that are rare in this era, and then serve plates of raw beef with some Erba sauce. It can best satisfy a person's appetite and is also nutritious.
Lin Sanqi and Pan Ye performed the duties of disciples and served everyone obediently this time.
Lin Sanqi kept cutting beef. This was all yak beef he got in Yushu last year, and he used the tenderest part of the neck and tenderloin.
Pan Ye was like a waiter in a restaurant, constantly serving dishes and pouring wine. The atmosphere in the small bungalow was quite lively.
I guess in the whole country, only people in Changping Farm are eating and drinking so lavishly.
After eating and drinking, the 12 old men headed by Mr. Shi Jinmo sat in two rows, Lin Sanqi and Pan Ye squatted on the ground, and Vice President Ji acted as the cameraman. They took a group photo, which can be regarded as a historical witness.
After taking the photos, Vice President Ji and Section Chief Yang said goodbye. Shi Jinmo asked Lin Sanqi to lock the courtyard door, and then let Lin Sanqi and Pan Ye sit down. The old men sat cross-legged on the kang.
"Xiao Lin, Xiao Ye Zi, we have something to tell you."
Lin Yanyi knew that the real sex scene was about to begin, and he felt a little excited.
Unexpectedly, the first person to speak was not the leader Shi Jinmo, nor the most outspoken Jiang Zonghui, but Mr. Ren Yingqiu, the oldest among the 12 old national treasures.
The old man is 85 years old this year. He is easy-going, doesn’t talk much and is always smiling.
His historical problem was that he was a cousin of Mr. Kong and a fellow townsman from Taigu, Shanxi. When he went to Nanjing to open a clinic, it was Mr. Kong who guaranteed him, and then... uh huh...
Old Master Ren took something out from behind his back and said with a smile, "Xiao Lin, Xiao Yezi, come here, take this wooden box."
Lin Sanqi stood up and took the wooden box, thinking that since it was such a serious matter, there must be a treasure inside.
"Master Ren, then this..."
"There are two things in here. One is a list of books, which records the 235 medical books I brought from home to Changping. I packed them all in the afternoon and put them in several baskets.
Some of these medical books are handed down from my ancestors, some are collected with great effort, and some are the result of my many years of experience. They are extremely precious not only to me personally but also to Chinese medicine as a whole.
I'll make two copies of this list. I'll send one to my family, and you can keep the other. If my descendants come looking for you in the future, they'll need both copies to be identical in handwriting and content before you hand them over, to prevent someone from impersonating me."
"Master, don't worry. I will personally send the book list to your home by registered mail."
Lin Sanqi nodded twice. This was something they had agreed on beforehand, so there was nothing surprising about it, so he agreed without hesitation.
Mr. Ren nodded with satisfaction, and then continued:
"I am old. I am 85 years old this year. Living to 70 is rare, 80 is a great blessing, and 90 is a natural decline. My memory is not as good as it used to be. I am afraid that I will die in a few years.
So this time I've copied down all eight secret recipes in my head. Six of them are handed down from my ancestors, and two are my own creations. These eight secret recipes are the culmination of hundreds of years of hard work by our Ren family, and they are the foundation of our Ren family. You must keep them safe."
Lin Sanqi and Pan Ye's eyes widened. Wow, Lin Sanqi had thought about sex scenes, but he had never thought it would be so sexy?
The country is desperately trying to get the secret recipes of these national treasures, but Mr. Ren actually trusts him so much that he gives them directly to his cheap apprentice?
The old man didn't know how rich Lin Sanqi's inner thoughts were, and he continued to remind her:
"Please keep this half of the jade pendant. If one day in the future, a descendant of my Ren family comes to me with this half of the jade pendant to get the secret recipe, you should check it. If the two pieces of jade pendant match, you can give it to him. If they don't match, don't give it to him."
Lin Sanqi nodded repeatedly, thinking that despite his age, Mr. Ren was still quite cunning, having applied layer upon layer of anti-counterfeiting markings. He kept the medical book and secret recipes separately, apparently fearing that they would be taken down by imposters in the future.
"Master Ren, you're not afraid that I might take a look at these eight secret recipes. I can tell you, I'm definitely going to take a look at them out of my damn curiosity."
Lin Sanqi decided to be a villain first and a gentleman later. If he didn't look at or use this treasure, it would be like putting a bowl of water in the middle of the bed with a female colleague on a business trip, which would be worse than an animal.
Who knew that Mr. Ren didn't care:
"Since you are my disciples, and the only two disciples around me, you can naturally see that since I am willing to entrust my life and property to you, I naturally treat you as my own children without any grudges.
Times have changed. The more I think about what you said this afternoon about the old forces, Xiaolin, the more it makes sense. As the saying goes, "The first push is strong, the second weakens, and the third is exhausted." Isn't this also true of Chinese medicine?
Our traditional Chinese medicine has already experienced life and death during the Republic of China, and now we should go through a second ordeal. How many years will it take for this ordeal to pass? I am quite pessimistic and I don’t see an end in sight.
Lin Sanqi was calculating in his mind, thinking that it would take at least 20 years before dawn. Unless something unexpected happened, the old men present would probably not see that day.
Mr. Ren was still expressing his views, and the other old men were listening attentively.
"According to my observation, our country's policy in the future will definitely be to give priority to Western medicine. Otherwise, why is it that in such a large capital, there is only one Chinese medicine hospital, while there are already more than ten Western medicine hospitals?
More specifically, in the medical offices of major enterprises and institutions, there are almost no TCM clinics. All of them mainly focus on Western medicine. This shows that Western medicine has become the dominant force, while we TCM practitioners are still fighting among ourselves. We will eventually be forced into a corner by Western medicine."
Lin Sanqi complained in his heart again, thinking that although the old man was old, his vision was quite sharp.
In later generations, there were a total of 741 regular hospitals of all sizes in the capital, but only more than 20 traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, not even a fraction of the number of Western medicine hospitals.
In fact, even in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, most departments are mainly based on Western medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine has become a supporting role. This is the embarrassing positioning of traditional Chinese medicine hospitals.
Pan Ye stood up and filled Mr. Ren's glass. The old man tapped the table a few times and continued:
"Traditional Chinese medicine and Taoism share the same origin and both emphasize following nature's course.
If the development of a new society no longer requires traditional Chinese medicine, its inevitable decline will be a fate destined for us. By then, these medical books we treasure so dearly, the secret recipes we cherish as if they were our lives, may become worthless in the eyes of future generations.
If God gives Chinese medicine another chance to come back to life, it means we are not destined to die. We should work diligently and conscientiously to restore the reputation of Chinese medicine and let the world know the benefits of Chinese medicine.
So, Xiaolin, Xiaoyezi, if you two really want to study my secret recipe, I sincerely welcome you. If one day my legacy is passed down through you, it will also be the fulfillment of my life's work."
When Mr. Ren said this, a group of old men sighed.
How could they not see the trends of social development? Some of them even had traveled abroad and knew what foreign hospitals were like and what medicines they used.
Mr. Shi also sighed at this time:
"In 1930, I visited Japan. The Japanese had been learning Chinese medicine and taking Chinese herbs since ancient times. But after the Meiji era, they completely abandoned Chinese medicine and turned to Western medicine.
At that time, I thought that the backwardness of traditional Chinese medicine was its inability to complete surgical operations. Later, we had a competition. We had two pneumonia patients. The Japanese used Western medicine, and I used traditional Chinese medicine. Many colleagues and reporters came at that time.
A few days later, the results came back. Although I had also recovered from pneumonia with Traditional Chinese Medicine, Western medicine was more effective and took less time to recover. Another advantage was that Western medicine only required a few injections daily, making it easier to administer and more acceptable.
However, our Chinese medicine requires the preparation and decoction of medicine, which is a rather complicated process. Moreover, the decoction tastes bitter and difficult to swallow, and the public has a low acceptance rate. This is a major flaw of our Chinese medicine.
Another shortcoming of Chinese medicine is that its theoretical knowledge is very old, lacking relevant experimental data and auxiliary examinations. However, mainstream Western medicine attaches great importance to this aspect, so Chinese medicine is considered a kind of witch doctor by foreigners.
Mr. Jiang was in a bad mood and slammed the table:
"This damned little Japanese is so ungrateful. Back then, the envoys to the Tang Dynasty came here like dogs to learn Chinese medicine, and now they have found another father and are turning around to bite us. They are such a piece of shit."
Elder Yao Qiming repeatedly confirmed, "Has Japan truly completely abandoned Traditional Chinese Medicine? There are no more Traditional Chinese Medicine hospitals?"
Mr. Shi nodded:
"They no longer support traditional Chinese medicine at the national level, and schools have canceled traditional Chinese medicine courses. Traditional Chinese medicine doctors are no longer considered official doctors, but are on the same level as chefs. They regard our traditional Chinese medicine as a health product."
Lin Sanqi thought, old men, don't be fooled, this easy life is misleading.
Don't look at what they say, look at what they do. (End of this chapter)
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