Chapter 1407: Recruiting a Disciple (November Monthly Ticket Plus 3)
Manbao opened his mouth wide and said after a while: "Then Xiao Shao..."
"Well, one sheep is fine, two sheep are fine, and three sheep together will give them some companionship, right?" Shopkeeper Zheng said with a smile, "Doctor Zhou, when you teach Doctor Liu, just let them two listen by your side."
Only then did Manbao understand what Bai Shan said, that she and Jishidiang could not be separated.
She glanced at the shopkeeper, Xiao Zheng, who was standing beside her, then glanced at San Ya who was following behind her. She nodded, but still asked, "What about the medicine cabinet..."
"It's okay. Leave the medicine cabinet to my nephew. He will come over tomorrow. From now on, my son will be your apprentice. You can do whatever you want with him."
Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng bowed to Manbao with a smile and said, "From now on, I will look forward to your guidance, Doctor Zhou."
Manbao looked at him for a moment, then smiled and said, "You're welcome."
She turned around and pulled San Ya up, who was following behind her, and introduced her to the shopkeeper Zheng with a smile, "Shopkeeper, this is my niece, Zhou Liru. Liru, quickly call someone."
Zhou Liru immediately bowed and saluted, "Big Manager, Little Manager."
Manbao said, "Don't call me little shopkeeper, call me big brother."
She said to the shopkeeper Zheng and his son, "My niece has finished her studies. My family is worried about me being away from home, so they let her study medicine with me. However, she can only recite medicinal herbs and can't recognize them yet, so I want to put her in the pharmacy to learn for a while."
Otherwise, with so many medicinal herbs, how much money would she have to spend to buy them all and let her identify them all?
Not to mention that there are differences in quality among medicinal materials and there are also fake drugs.
There's no better place to learn than in a pharmacy.
Manager Zheng: ...
After Zhou Liru waited for his aunt to finish speaking, he bowed again to the shopkeeper Xiao Zheng and called him "Big Brother" obediently.
Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng: ...
Zheng Da, the shopkeeper, was the first to react. He nodded with a smile, his eyes only able to see through a slit. He said happily, "Don't worry, Doctor Zhou. Just leave the patient in the pharmacy. We will do our best to teach him. You can rest assured."
Manbao also laughed. The two of them, one big and one small, one tall and one short, looked at each other and smiled, their eyebrows and eyes curved.
Shopkeeper Zheng looked at his father and then at Doctor Zhou, and felt as if he saw two foxes, big and small.
He touched his nose and looked helplessly at Zhou Liru, his junior sister, always feeling that his generation was getting lower and lower.
By the way, they were peers when Zhou Man first entered the pharmacy, right?
The two parties agreed on a new way of cooperation, and Manbao wanted to take Zhou Liru to the clinic to experience the atmosphere of prescribing medicine. In fact, it was just to show off and let her feel the power of her sister-in-law.
As a result, when I turned around, I saw Xiao Shao carrying a basket of medicinal herbs in from outside.
The two were delighted to see each other. Xiao Shao put down the medicine basket, fished out a package from her bosom, and said, "Doctor Zhou, this was delivered to our house by the drug dealer yesterday. They said it was seeds collected by a herbalist in the wild. I wonder if it's any good."
Manbao took it and asked, "What seeds?"
"Polygonatum seeds," he said, "are usually dug up from the wild, so few people would collect them. But since you said you wanted to try growing your own herbs to study raw herbs, a herbalist harvested some last year, and they were only delivered to me this year through a drug dealer."
Manbao was happy and decided to collect a few for Koko when she returned home, and she would also try to grow some herself.
Manbao introduced Xiaoshao to Zhou Liru, "This is Xiaoshao, her name is..."
Manbao scratched his head and said, "Third Senior Brother? Xiaoshao, this is my niece Liru. She will study medicine with me in the future."
Zhou Liru immediately saluted Xiao Shao and called out, "Hello, Third Senior Brother."
Xiao Shao was stunned by this name.
He is still just an apprentice and is not qualified to pour tea for Manbao and become his apprentice. In theory, her current apprentice is only Doctor Liu, and he is just a temporary one.
No, this doesn’t seem to be the most important thing. The most important thing is that if he is the third senior brother and the eldest senior sister is Doctor Liu, then who is the second one?
Xiao Shao wondered in surprise, is it Doctor Xiao?
Before he could figure it out, seeing him standing there blankly and not knowing how to seize the opportunity, the shopkeeper Zheng couldn't help but slap him on the forehead and shouted, "What are you standing there for? Come on, kowtow to your master. Your junior sister is calling you, so answer her."
Xiao Shao woke up with a start and immediately bowed, calling Zhou Liru "Master". When she looked up and realized something was wrong, she turned halfway around and bowed to Man Bao again, calling out, "Master."
Then he turned around, bowed and called Zhou Liru "Junior Sister".
Manager Zheng twitched his lips. Before, he chose Zheng Shao only because he was honest, loyal, and tight-lipped, and he was a member of their Zheng family, but he didn't consider that he was too honest.
He was waiting for him to ask who his superiors were, but after he finished his greetings, he bowed and stepped aside, looking happy to himself.
Manager Zheng was so angry that he could only start a conversation himself, "Doctor Zhou, can Dr. Liu come over later?"
Manbao nodded, "I guess it's almost here."
They arrived early today. The pharmacy had just opened and delivered new medicinal materials. The clerk was still cleaning in the lobby. They would open the door to welcome customers after the cleaning. By then, Doctor Ding and his friends would have arrived.
Today, Manbao wanted to help Zhou Liru adapt, so he arrived two quarters of an hour early.
Today happened to be the ten-day anniversary, which was usually the time when the pharmacy received fresh herbs and Manbao's day off. Manager Zheng and the shop assistants would come to open the store two quarters of an hour earlier to check the herbs.
Shopkeeper Zheng had no time to deal with the newly arrived herbs. All his attention was focused on Manbao. He said with a smile, "Since we're all so lucky to be together today, why don't we wait for Doctor Ding and the others to arrive as witnesses and have the children kowtow and offer you tea?"
Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng, who was taller, stronger and older than Manbao and had the same seniority as her, couldn't help but touch his nose.
Manbao had no objection. She was counting on Manager Zheng to take care of San Ya in the future. Many medicinal herbs were so valuable that an apprentice who had only been in the shop for two or three years was not qualified to touch them.
But she obviously didn't intend to let San Ya wait for two or three years.
Seeing her nod, Manager Zheng was also very happy.
If the status is settled as soon as possible, his son can study medicine with Manbao as soon as possible.
He originally wanted to rely on Zheng Shao and the pharmacy to maintain the relationship between the two parties, but Zhou Man's ability far exceeded his expectations, and he moved faster and more steadily than he thought.
It had only been a short time, but she was already able to carry her medicine box to see the Queen and the Crown Prince by herself.
His younger brother had been working in the Imperial Medical Bureau for so many years. Before that, he was serving as an assistant to Imperial Physician Ji. Only after Imperial Physician Ji left the Imperial Medical Bureau could he be the main doctor for the princes and princesses in the palace, but he mostly treated the dignitaries outside.
If he wanted to be the chief physician for the empress or the crown prince, he would probably have to spend another ten years in the Imperial Hospital.
But he is not young anymore. The Zheng family has several good talents in the next generation, but unfortunately, they are not from their branch, so he wanted to let his sons Zheng Gu and Zhou Man learn from him.
(End of this chapter)
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