Chapter 1408: Recruiting a Disciple 2 (November Monthly Ticket Plus 4)
The Zheng family's medical skills are naturally very good, and the shopkeeper Zheng Da is also willing to train his son. The shopkeeper Zheng Xiao is not stupid either, but it is strange that his medical skills are not bad, but they are still a little lacking.
Not only Imperial Physician Zheng and Manager Zheng, but even Doctor Ding and several others felt that Manager Zheng was not yet able to prescribe medicine independently.
He was on his way to becoming a famous doctor, or at least, he was aiming for a position in the Imperial Medical Bureau, so his reputation could not be blemish-free.
So I would rather not prescribe medicine for him than let him treat the wrong person.
Manager Zheng thought that his temper was not stable enough, so he forced him to dispense medicine at the counter and act as the manager. He would wait until his temper was stable before he could see patients.
But after meeting Zhou Man, he began to doubt his judgment.
Speaking of stability, Zhou Man, who was so young and only as tall as their chests, was obviously not stable; Zhou Man, who showed his emotions on his face and liked to squat at the doorstep and watch people eating steamed buns in the small restaurant diagonally opposite, was not suitable for sitting in the clinic and seeing patients, but he did a very good job.
So the shopkeeper Zheng felt that he was not very good at teaching his apprentice, so he wanted to leave his son with Manbao.
It's mutually beneficial for everyone. The most important thing is that Zhou Man's medical skills are also very good, especially in treating infertility. She is now recognized as the best in the world.
Even though there are few people visiting this place normally, there will still be a lot of people coming to see it if you really put up a sign.
Shopkeeper Zheng thought of the bright future ahead, and when he looked down at Manbao, he couldn't help but smile, his face wrinkled with laughter, and said in a voice with a hint of temptation: "I have prepared everything for this kid, no, it's these two kids who have prepared the apprenticeship gifts."
Man Bao's eyes lit up when he was hesitating, and he nodded immediately, "Okay, then today is the best day."
Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng: ...It was clearly a sudden decision, where can I prepare the apprenticeship gifts?
Xiao Shao was also very nervous. The shopkeeper didn't tell him that he would become a disciple today. Even his clothes were old, not to mention the gift of becoming a disciple.
"What are you doing today?" Doctor Ding and his men strode in from outside. They only heard Manbao's last sentence. Seeing her, Doctor Ding and his men smiled and took out a red envelope from their arms and said to Manbao, "Come on, although it's the 20th day of the first lunar month, it's nice to say hello to someone in their old age."
Man Baofu was overwhelmed with joy and immediately bowed to the doctors. "Happy New Year, Doctor Ding! Happy New Year, Doctor Tao!"
"Okay, okay," the elderly doctors were in a good mood. They stroked their beards and nodded, while handing her the red envelopes they had prepared.
Only then did Manager Zheng remember that he had not yet given out the red envelopes he had prepared.
He also coughed lightly, took out a red envelope from his pocket, and handed it to Manbao with a smile, "I also prepared a red envelope for Doctor Zhou."
Seeing Zhou Liru standing by, he reached out and took out a red envelope from his son's arms, turned around and handed it to her, smiling, "There's one for you too."
Zhou Liru immediately bowed to the shopkeeper Zheng and wished him a happy new year.
Shopkeeper Zheng glared, and Shopkeeper Zheng lowered his voice and said, "What's with that expression? You don't need the red envelope anyway, so why do you want to give it to your master in return?"
Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng remained speechless.
Doctor Ding and the others then noticed Zhou Liru and asked, "This is..."
Manbao immediately introduced her, "This is my niece, Zhou Liru. She will study medicine with me in the future. Please take good care of her."
He also asked Zhou Liru to call someone to introduce Doctor Ding and a few others to her.
Doctor Ding felt around and found no red envelopes, so he could only temporarily take out a handful of copper coins from his wallet to give her as a New Year's gift.
Manager Zheng waited until they had all given their red envelopes before he asked them to be witnesses. He raised his chin slightly with great pride, and with a hint of reserve, he modestly said that Manbao was going to accept a disciple today.
Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that his son is also one of them, and he is the eldest brother.
Doctor Ding and the others opened their mouths wide, looked at Manbao, and then at Shopkeeper Zheng. They all subconsciously felt that Manbao was being cheated by Shopkeeper Zheng.
But after holding it in for a long time, the words that came out were, "What about the medicine cabinet?"
"What's the big deal? I'll go home and choose one of my nephews to take care of it."
In the Zheng family, except for a few playboys who had no interest in learning medicine, and some stupid people who could never learn it, everyone else started memorizing medicinal herbs as soon as they could speak, and started identifying medicinal herbs as soon as they could remember...
The book that enlightened other people was "Thousand Character Classic", while the book that enlightened their family was "Shennong's Herbal Collection".
So it’s not difficult to find someone from the Zheng family to take care of the medicine cabinets. There are so many of them that you can pick up a lot just by closing your eyes.
Of course, as the most important drugstore in the capital, it is certainly not difficult for the young shopkeeper to find it. The big shopkeeper Zheng just said that, but he still needs to examine it carefully later.
But the most important thing at this moment is to become a disciple.
Manager Zheng turned around and went to look for the gift of becoming a disciple.
Other apprenticeship gifts might be hard to find, but this is a pharmacy, and the person I want to apprentice to is a doctor, and my purpose is to learn medicine, so it is very simple.
Manager Zheng found a piece of top-quality wild ginseng from the pharmacy as a gift for his apprenticeship, and also found a gift box filled with bird's nests for Zheng Shao. That was it.
He handed the two boxes to his son behind him and said, "Put them on my account."
Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng took it and asked with a bitter face, "Dad, are you really going to worship me?"
"Weren't you smiling and happy outside just now?"
"That's just to give you face. I'm much older than Doctor Zhou."
"We doctors don't look at age, we only look at skill. Considering Zhou Man's age, he's only an apprentice. How could he possibly enter the palace to see patients?" Manager Zheng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Haven't you always wanted to prescribe medicine? This is your chance. See how Doctor Zhou does it and learn from him."
Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng had no choice but to agree.
He went out with the gift box in his hand, and happened to see Doctor Liu.
Doctor Liu didn't expect that she would fall from the only disciple to the second one, but after looking at Zheng Shao beside her, she said nothing.
Xiao Shao didn't have so many thoughts. He was just laughing foolishly. Although he had learned medical skills from Dr. Zhou before, it was different.
Without a formal status, he was just an apprentice, and Doctor Zhou might abandon him at any time, but it would be different if he had the status of master and apprentice.
He is very happy.
Manbao secretly boasted to Sanya, "See? Many people want to become my disciples."
San Ya nodded and whispered, "I see. I want to be as good as my aunt in the future."
Manbao whispered, "Just work harder. You're younger than them and you're not stupid, so you'll definitely be able to do it."
San Ya instantly became full of confidence.
Taking advantage of the fact that there were no other patients coming, Manbao immediately sat down on a chair, and Dr. Ding and others joined in the fun as witnesses.
Shopkeeper Xiao Zheng raised his teacup and knelt down, bowing his head and respectfully offering the tea. He said, "Master, please have some tea."
(End of this chapter)
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