Chapter 17 Comparing People
Xie Wanniang replied to Doctor Chen with a half-serious, half-joking smile, "Perhaps I was born with this skill?"
She was reincarnated with her memories intact; the knowledge she learned in her previous life was indeed something she was "born with."
However, Dr. Chen gave her a disdainful look that said, "I don't believe you for a second."
Xie Wanniang looked innocent. "You see, if I say that I have extraordinary talent, no one will believe me at all."
That's why she needs a mentor in the medical field.
“I won’t let you take this title for nothing. I have a lot of medical knowledge here,” she pointed to her head. “If we communicate more, you will definitely be able to discover pharmacology and prescriptions that interest you from me.”
After she traveled through time, she followed in her adoptive father's footsteps and borrowed many medical books. In them, she saw a lot of knowledge that had been lost in modern times. However, there were also many prescriptions and pharmacology that had not yet been researched in this era.
Although Xie Wanniang had never practiced medicine herself, she possessed a wealth of medical knowledge that Dr. Chen could never match. Since Dr. Chen had taken the blame for her, she naturally reciprocated by giving him things that interested him.
Doctor Chen's eyes were filled with complex emotions. You see, in this era, a prescription was something that could be passed down as a family heirloom, something that people relied on for generations to make a living.
This girl casually offered someone else's most prized possession as payment. Is she naive, foolish, or simply so incredibly wealthy that she doesn't care at all? Didn't Jiang Yuan ever warn her about this?
Thinking of this, Doctor Chen looked up at Jiang Yuan, who had been sitting silently beside him.
Jiang Yuan met his questioning gaze and returned a clear, equally questioning look.
Dr. Chen: ......
He strongly suspected that the child was just as naive and innocent as Xie Wanniang.
The old man sighed, "You silly girl, prescriptions are a doctor's lifeblood. How could you promise something so casually?"
If his former employer hadn't been childless for many years at first, and then finally had a son who turned out to be a complete idiot, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to apprentice and become a proper resident doctor.
Even so, he didn't learn all of his former employer's skills.
He endured hardship from the age of seven to fifty-three, a long forty-six years, during which he made countless contributions to the clinic. However, his former employer preferred to keep some truly important prescriptions to himself rather than teach them to his obedient apprentice.
Unable to betray his conscience and deceive Xie Wanniang about the prescription, Doctor Chen, while heartbroken at missing out on those precious prescriptions, explained to Xie Wanniang in detail the value and importance of the prescriptions.
Xie Wanniang listened with a smile as he used real-life examples to tell her that the most powerful prescription was like a hen that lays golden eggs, and it was something that should never be spread around casually.
Only after Doctor Chen finished his long-winded explanation did Xie Wanniang smile and nod slightly to him, "I understand everything you've said, but I still want to make this deal with you."
She wouldn't publicize the medical books that doctors of this era lent her to read because of her adoptive father's influence. The medical knowledge she had learned in modern times was enough for her to make a deal with Dr. Chen.
Dr. Chen couldn't understand, but he simply couldn't bring himself to refuse again.
The fact that he could sincerely advise Xie Wanniang was the last bit of his conscience burning. Now, all that remained in his body was his intense curiosity about medicine as a doctor!
The two reached a deal happily, and incidentally, Doctor Chen also observed Xie Wanniang's method of processing medicinal herbs.
This time, Xie Wanniang was processing Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Pinellia ternata, Polygonum cuspidatum, Scutellaria barbata, and Lonicera japonica. Lonicera japonica was fine, as Doctor Chen had already seen the dried product that Xie Wanniang had Jiang Yuan deliver to his house. Right now, he was mainly focused on observing Xie Wanniang's processing methods for the other four medicinal herbs.
Sitting on the bench Jiang Yuan had brought him, Doctor Chen stared intently at Xie Wan Niang's nimble hands as she handled the medicinal herbs. The more he watched, the more complicated his feelings became.
This young girl, despite her young age, possessed a skillful approach to handling medicinal herbs that surpassed even the older apprentices at their clinic who were more experienced in this kind of work.
If she hadn't come from a family of doctors and hadn't learned and practiced under the guidance of enlightened elders since childhood, she would probably be considered truly gifted.
Dr. Chen didn't believe in the idea of "being born with it" at all, since the idea of being born with knowledge has always existed only in myths and legends.
On the contrary, Dr. Chen has personally witnessed and heard of two or three exceptional geniuses who can grasp a particular field instantly in the most part of his life.
He composed himself and suddenly began to test Xie Wanniang's theoretical knowledge, "Have you memorized the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic?"
Xie Wanniang nodded subconsciously, "Memorize it."
"Then recite it and let's listen to it."
Xie Wanniang stopped what she was doing and began to recite fluently, “The *Suwen Shanggu Tianzhen Lun* states: ‘In the past, the Yellow Emperor was born with divine intelligence; he could speak in his infancy; he was quick-witted in his youth; he was diligent and intelligent in his adulthood; and upon reaching adulthood, he ascended to heaven. He then asked the Celestial Master…’”
The clear, pure voice of the young girl recited the poem in a smooth, rhythmic tone. Not only Doctor Chen, but even Jiang Yuan, who was cleaning fish, was unconsciously drawn to the commotion.
He put down the knife and his gaze quickly and accurately fell on Xie Wanniang.
Xie Wanniang was completely unaware; all her attention was focused on the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic she was reciting.
Thanks to her dull and boring infancy, she repeated all the medical books she had memorized in her previous life from beginning to end countless times.
Her repeated memorization prevented her from forgetting the medical knowledge she had firmly memorized from the books and teachers after the time travel.
"Alright, that's enough." Xie Wanniang had been reciting for about fifteen minutes when Doctor Chen raised his hand to interrupt her. "You should have memorized the Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases as well, right?"
Xie Wanniang nodded, and before the old man could speak, she began reciting the Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases on her own initiative.
Dr. Chen stroked his beard, silently giving Xie Wanniang the highest praise: "a promising young woman."
To reiterate, if this child hadn't been born into a family of doctors for generations, and hadn't had an enlightened elder to carefully guide her, she would indeed be considered exceptionally gifted.
Even his eldest grandson, who inherited his talent in this area, is no match for this girl.
As for his two stupid sons, each with a blockhead, well, Dr. Chen slapped away the two infuriatingly stupid faces that were floating in his mind.
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