Chapter 1348 The Time Has Come
San Ya was not comforted. She said, "My math is actually OK, but not as good as my second sister. But I thought about it last night, and I feel that neither my eldest aunt nor my second sister is as good as you, little aunt."
Manbao wrung out the towel and wiped his face while looking at her curiously, "So?"
San Ya looked at her with bright eyes and said, "So, little aunt, can I learn medicine from you?"
Manbao's eyes lit up, "That's a good idea."
Seeing this, San Ya knew that her aunt had agreed, and she became excited. "I think this idea is good too. I've thought about it carefully. If I learn medicine from you, my mother will definitely not keep nagging me about my incompetence and forbidding me to study..."
Manbao: "...So Sanya, why do you want to learn medicine?"
"To avoid farm work and to continue my studies," San Ya tilted her head and thought carefully, her voice remarkably honest. "Farming is too tiring. I think a lot of things my mother said are wrong, but there's one thing that's especially true: If I didn't have any skills and couldn't make as much money as my older sisters, I'd definitely go to the fields, whether I got married or not."
"I'm not afraid of transplanting rice seedlings, sowing seeds, harvesting beans, harvesting wheat, and harvesting rice, but I'm afraid of getting up before dawn with a hoe to break up the soil and weed like my mother, and then having to go harvest wheat and rice before daybreak after dinner. It's not so bad in our family, with so many uncles and brothers, so my mother and the others don't have to do the heavy work of carrying heavy loads. But in other families, women have to carry heavy loads too."
She said, "I'm afraid of that."
Manbao was stunned. She didn't expect San Ya to do this, but there was nothing wrong with it. She had the same clear goal as her.
It’s just that the goals are slightly different.
Manbao hung up the towel and said, "Then you have to study hard. Studying medicine is very hard and very demanding. First of all, you have to memorize a lot of medicinal herbs."
San Ya raised her chin and said confidently, "I'm not afraid of hardship. Is there any work in this world harder than farming?"
Manbao nodded. Although she seldom went to the fields, she felt that farming was very hard. Precisely because of the hardship, her family never allowed her to go to the fields.
She rummaged through her bookshelf and pulled out the copy of Huangdi Neijing that she had copied that year. She handed it to Sanya and said, "Read this first. When we go to the pharmacy later, I'll teach you how to identify medicinal herbs."
San Ya is the only apprentice who started from scratch. The ones she is teaching now, whether it is Doctor Liu, Doctor Xiao or Xiao Shao, all have many years of experience. At least they have used all the commonly used medicinal herbs and do not need her to teach them.
San Ya, who was happily hugging the book, was startled and asked, "I want to go to the pharmacy? Doesn't that mean I have to go to the capital with my aunt?"
Manbao nodded, "If you want to learn medicine from me, then you must stay with me all the time, otherwise how can I teach you?"
San Ya: ...She just wanted to endorse the book first and get a title first.
However, going to the capital with my aunt...
San Ya was a little tempted, but still hesitant, "I'm afraid I have to ask my parents first."
Manbao said nonchalantly, "It's okay. I'll talk to my second brother and his wife later."
Sanya's eyes lit up and she said happily, "Thank you, aunt."
She was about to run with the book in her arms, but when she saw a wooden basin beside her, she simply stuffed the book into her arms, took some water and went out to pour it.
Manbao ran to the next courtyard. Everyone was busy, some were boiling water, some were preparing the table. A pig and a sheep were driven into the cowshed, and everyone was gathered around the cowshed to watch the fun.
Their two cows had been taken out to graze, so no one was afraid of scaring the cows. Instead, they were pointing at the pigs and sheep in the shed and discussing how to make their meat delicious.
When Xiao Qian saw Manbao, she stuffed a steamed bun into her hand and drove her out. "Go out and eat. We're going to slaughter a pig soon, and it's too dirty. You guys go out and play first. Come back when the pig is slaughtered. Then invite the two young masters of the Bai family to come for dinner. By the way, is the eldest young master of the Bai family recovered?"
Just as Xiao Qian was about to ask if they should invite him over, Man Bao said, "He can't eat these things."
"Forget it, go play first."
Manbao took the steamed bun and ran back to the house. He picked up two books and some papers and put them in the book basket. He also put his pen, ink, inkstone and book in it. Then he picked up the steamed bun and went out with the basket in his mouth.
Bai Shan had just gotten up and was having dinner with her grandmother and mother. When she saw Manbao coming in with half a steamed bun in his mouth, she burst out laughing.
Madam Liu couldn't help but laugh and immediately waved to her, "What a coincidence, we are also having breakfast, come and eat with us."
Nanny Liu stepped forward and took Manbao's book basket, and a maid went downstairs to prepare a new set of bowls and chopsticks.
Manbao bowed slightly and sat down below Bai Shan. Bai Shan gave her a steamed bun and asked with a smile, "Why were you kicked out?"
Manbao said, "My family is slaughtering pigs and sheep."
Zheng smiled and said, "Your eldest niece is going out tomorrow, right?"
Manbao nodded, "Grandma Liu, Aunt Zheng, please come to my house tomorrow for the wedding banquet."
Madam Liu nodded and said with a smile, "Your sister-in-law has come to our house to invite us. We will definitely go tomorrow."
Madam Liu glanced at her book basket and smiled at the two of them, "It's almost the New Year. It's okay to take a break now and then. Don't overwork yourself."
Manbao said they were not tired at all. After all, they promised Daohe to give him a medical book, so she had to write it and Baishan had to copy it.
Old Madam Liu just mentioned that if the two children wanted to study hard, she would naturally not stop them.
After the four of them had breakfast, Manbao stood up and bowed to Baishan and left. The two of them went to the study together.
Seeing that Old Lady Liu was looking out the door, Zheng followed her gaze and said with a smile, "Don't worry, mother. The two children are very well behaved. They supervise each other and won't act naughty."
Madam Liu nodded. "I know. Even if they are naughty, it's only temporary. They are all very sensible."
Old Madam Liu reached out her hand to Zheng, who quickly supported her. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to the garden. They would take a walk after dinner every day and were used to it.
Madam Liu pondered for a moment and then said, "Shanbao is already fourteen, and will be fifteen next year. It's time to talk about his marriage. If you have no objection, I will go and talk to the Zhou family tomorrow."
Zheng quickly said, "I'll listen to my mother."
Old Madam Liu nodded.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had discussed this matter when they were in the capital and reached a consensus. However, there was no head of the Zhou family in the capital at that time, and Zhou Silang and others could not make the decision, so Mrs. Liu did not mention anything.
Zheng breathed a sigh of relief quietly, with a joy in her heart that she couldn't express. After walking around with Old Madam Liu, she didn't go back to the house, but turned to the kitchen, and personally made many snacks with the cook, and then brought a plate to Manbao and Baishan.
The Zhou family rarely makes snacks because they require a lot of ingredients and are not very durable, mainly because there are too many people in their family.
So Manbao likes to come to Bai's house for snacks the most.
But she never had the ability to eat so much at once. She picked out her favorite snack and asked Zheng with sparkling eyes, "Auntie Zheng, is there anything happy?"
See you at 8pm
(End of this chapter)
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