Chapter 1108: Test Needle
Manbao arrived at the Xiao family a little early. It was dinner time for everyone, and most guests would not come at this time.
Daji went to knock on the side door of the Xiao family's house. As soon as he announced his name, the servants came out and moved the threshold to let them drive the carriage in. They said with a smile: "The master told us when he returned home. Please come in, distinguished guest."
Daji drove the carriage in, reached out to help Manbao down, and then handed the carriage to them.
A servant led the way for them.
Xiao Yuanzheng had indeed just returned home, had just changed out of his official uniform and washed his hands, and hadn't even had time to eat. When he heard that Manbao had arrived, he turned and went to the front yard and ordered someone, "Please invite him to the study in the front yard."
Madam Xiao hurriedly chased him out and asked, "Master, don't you want to eat?"
"Just a little snack to fill your stomach."
"Even if the master doesn't eat, the guests have to eat too." Madam Xiao only knew that a guest had arrived, but she didn't know who the guest was or why he came. But seeing how much her husband valued it, she also took it more seriously. "The guest came at this time, I'm afraid he hasn't eaten yet. Why don't you talk to him while he eats?"
Mr. Xiao said, "I'll go ask her."
Mrs. Xiao hurriedly followed him to the front yard.
Manbao was standing in the yard looking at the herbs in his medicine garden and did not enter the study.
Hearing the noise, Manbao turned around and saw Xiao Yuanzheng, then he smiled and saluted. After he stood up, he saw the woman following closely behind him and asked with a smile, "Is this Madam Xiao?"
Mrs. Xiao looked at Manbao in a daze, obviously not expecting that her husband's guest was a little girl.
Xiao Yuanzheng nodded and introduced them to each other, "This is my wife, Madam, and this is Doctor Zhou."
Mrs. Xiao hurriedly greeted Manbao.
Xiao Yuanzheng asked Manbao, "Has Doctor Zhou had dinner yet?"
"have eaten."
Dean Xiao turned to his wife and said, "Then just ask the kitchen to make me a bowl of noodles. Doctor Xiao Zhou and I will talk while we eat."
He stepped aside and invited Manbao in.
Madam Xiao hurriedly asked the servants beside her to go to the kitchen, and followed them to the study.
Manbao was talking to Xiao Yuanzheng, "Xiao Yuanzheng, is your house full of herb gardens?"
"No, I just plant some herbs in this yard."
Manbao said, "I just saw several medicinal herbs. I've only seen them prepared, never raw."
"Why, Doctor Zhou is also interested in medicinal herbs?"
"Of course. The quality of the medicinal materials is crucial for treating illnesses. Not only is the preparation strict, but the cultivation is also very important."
"That's right," Xiao Yuanzheng agreed enthusiastically. "Unfortunately, most medicinal herbs nowadays are harvested from the wild. There are very few herbs that are actually grown, and doctors rarely pay attention to this aspect. It's not enough to just rely on various pharmacies and drug dealers."
Xiao Yuanzheng asked Manbao to sit down in the study, and turned to look for something on the bookshelf beside him. Mrs. Xiao smiled and made tea for them, listening to their conversation attentively.
Xiao Yuanzheng found a book from the bookshelf, turned to a page and showed it to Manbao. "Doctor Zheng and the others just went back, so it might take a while for them to get here. Doctor Zhou, can you take a look at this first?"
Manbao took the book and read it, then said with a smile, "I've read this article."
She flipped to the cover to look at the title, then flipped through the other pages and said with a smile, "So this article is included in so many books?"
Xiao Yuanzheng became curious and asked, "Did you see it in that book?"
"Our doctor Ji has a book called 'Medical Strategies Collection', which includes this article."
"'Medical Strategies Collection'," Xiao Yuanzheng said with a smile. "I've heard of it. It seems to be the Zheng family's medical book. Does it include many case histories?"
"Not bad," Manbao nodded. She had exchanged one of her own books with Doctor Ji. Of course, they must have copied each other's books. Now Manbao had a handwritten copy of "Medical Strategy Collection" in her hand.
Manbao had memorized the article, so there was naturally no need for her to read it again. She glanced at the book in her hand, thought about it, and decided to close it and return it to Xiao Yuanzheng.
Forget it, they are not familiar with each other at the moment, so it is better not to look through other cases.
She knew that the attitude of the people here towards medical books was different from that of Teacher Mo.
From Teacher Mo, as long as you have points, you can buy most of the books and they can all be shared.
But here, there are very few medical books for sale in bookstores. Even if there are, they are mostly common medical books.
However, each pharmacy has its own collection of medical books, most of which are handwritten. Not only that, they also record many case reports and prescriptions, which are specially used to teach their own children and direct apprentices.
For example, Doctor Ji's father was a doctor in Jishidiang, so he studied in Jishidiang since he was a child and never left Jishidiang in his life. And little Doctor Ji was even more so.
Generally speaking, Jishidiang would not specifically teach a doctor like Manbao who did not sign a contract, but she had many medical books in her hands.
Jishidiang wanted to learn her medical skills, and she also wanted to learn from Jishidiang, so they started exchanging skills with each other.
But Manbao was once taken by Doctor Ji to participate in exchanges at several pharmacies. Of course, the exchange was not about medical skills, but about some knowledge about medicinal materials and how to identify them.
She had listened to their conversations and knew that they had a set of rules for the inheritance of medical skills. If someone read other people's medical books without their consent, they would be suspected of stealing their skills.
Xiao Yuanzheng took the medical book. Since Manbao had read it, he continued to talk about it.
Mrs. Xiao was watching the old and the young talking animatedly. At first she could understand some of what they were saying, but later she could not understand anything at all.
But that didn't matter. The most important thing was that, as they were talking, Xiao Yuanzheng turned around and called his attendant, saying, "Go and call the master."
After giving the order, he said to Manbao, "My eldest son is strong and healthy. You can try it on him later."
Manbao nodded, took the medicine box from Daji, opened it, took out the needle bag and put it aside. After looking at Xiao Yuanzheng, he smiled and said, "Actually, my acupuncture skills for sleeping are also quite good. Xiao Yuanzheng, do you want me to help you with acupuncture?"
Xiao Yuanzheng smiled and said, "Forget it, I can just make my own sleeping incense."
Manbao then told him about sleeping incense. "The sleeping incense I mix always has a lingering medicinal scent, but I've read in a book that sleeping incense can be divided into many different scents. What kind of scent does the one Xiao Yuanzheng mixes?"
"The scent of peach blossoms," Xiao Yuanzheng stroked his beard and smiled, "other scents don't suit me. They make me unable to sleep."
Mrs. Xiao tried to interrupt several times but couldn't, and before she could open her mouth, her son arrived.
When Xiao Dalang heard that his father wanted to test the needle, he didn't think much about it and started to take off his clothes. When he untied his belt and saw Manbao still standing beside him, he looked at her.
Xiao Yuanzheng said, "Take it off. This is for her to try. This is Doctor Zhou, the young miracle doctor who's been making rounds in the capital lately."
The next update will be around 9pm
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(End of this chapter)
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