Chapter 1788 Experience
But this matter is obviously not urgent. It is still winter and everyone is staying at home and resting. There is no need to work too hard.
Manbao asked Dr. Liu, "Has anyone summoned you to the palace to give the Queen Mother acupuncture?"
"Yes, I went to the palace for acupuncture yesterday evening. Grandfather said that Dean Xiao should summon me to the palace again today."
She still holds the position of a female doctor in the palace. Although she does not have to live in the palace, she still has to show up at any time if the palace requires her to.
Only when you become an imperial physician will you have greater autonomy.
Manbao then asked about the specific details of her acupuncture and the Empress Dowager's pulse.
Liu Sanniang was not qualified enough to feel the empress dowager's pulse. She could only judge the condition based on the pulse record written by the imperial physician on duty. However, after only one day, the empress dowager's acupuncture method had not changed. She still used the two sets of acupuncture methods instructed by her master.
Man Bao thought for a moment and said, "We should still check your pulse. When we get back from vacation, Xiao Yuanzheng and I will mention this. Next time you give me acupuncture, I must ask you to take your pulse first, so that I can have a better idea of what's going on."
Liu Sanniang was a little excited, but said, "But only the imperial physician can take the pulse..."
"I set the Empress Dowager's acupuncture method, so you can follow it. But what if you encounter a patient who needs acupuncture in the future and I haven't seen him before?" Man Bao said, "Although other imperial physicians can take pulses, you can determine the acupuncture method based on their pulse records. But for something like medical skills, it's better to take the pulse yourself before determining the acupuncture method."
Liu Sanniang nodded in agreement.
Manbao kept this matter in mind and planned to talk to Xiao Yuanzheng about it after the holiday.
Manager Zheng, who was instructing Zhou Liru in making ointment in the pharmacy, heard their voices become lower, and guessed that they had finished talking, so he appeared with a smile.
Doctor Liu tactfully bowed and retreated to the front hall to discuss medical skills with her two senior and junior brothers.
Shopkeeper Zheng said with a smile, "Young Doctor Zhou, I made a lot of bacon and sausage at home, and also rolled a lot of meatballs. I was going to ask Zheng Gu to send some to you, but I didn't expect you to deliver it first."
Logically, Zheng Gu and others are Zhou Man's apprentices. As disciples, they should deliver delicious food to his door on the Winter Solstice.
Early this morning, Manbao and Baishan Bai Erlang brought a lot of delicious food to Mr. Zhuang and had breakfast with him.
When she went out, Bai Dalang happened to move back with his wife and brought a lot of delicious food for Mr. Zhuang.
Man Bao waved his hand and said, "I don't care about these empty formalities. Besides, I haven't seen Manager Zheng and Doctor Ding for a long time, so I came to see you."
Shopkeeper Zheng said sternly, "That won't do. Other etiquette can be abandoned, but the etiquette of respecting teachers and respecting elders cannot be abandoned. At noon, Zheng Gu and Zheng Shao will definitely come to our door."
The family still has to prepare to entertain guests.
Shopkeeper Zheng, however, had already moved closer to Zhou Man and changed the subject. He asked quietly, "Young Doctor Zhou, are you planning to marry into the Liu family?"
Doctor Liu mentioned it. Now that her parents are satisfied and the two children are also interested, the matter is almost done. Therefore, Manbao said with a smile: "When the time comes, please invite Manager Zheng to the wedding."
Shopkeeper Zheng was filled with grief, jealousy and envy, and sighed, "My Zheng Gu is even older than Dr. Liu, and he still hasn't found a suitable girl."
In fact, he still thinks Zhou Lijun is a good person, but Zheng Gu doesn't like him.
Seeing Zhou Man at this time, he couldn't help but hint, "Doctor Zhou, you have a second niece of marriageable age, right? When will she get engaged?"
Manbao had been on so many blind dates with her mother and her fourth and fifth brothers. In those two years, she had seen eight out of ten girls that Zhou Silang and Zhou Wulang dated, and she had just stood by and watched as a tool.
She was very familiar with this kind of opening line, so she shook her head without thinking and said, "Li Jun and Zheng Gu are not suitable."
Shopkeeper Zheng hadn't expected her to refuse so bluntly. After a pause, he asked, "Why?"
Manbao said, "Zheng Gu is too soft-tempered, but my Lijun is very capable."
After saying that, she glanced at Manager Zheng. She didn't even need her mother to look, she knew that Li Jun and the Zheng family were not a good match.
Li Jun was very ambitious, but Zheng Gu was not. The Zheng family was only the second branch in the Zheng family. Although they had the upper hand now, there were many intrigues among them.
Although Manager Zheng managed Jishiditang very well, she knew from what Doctor Ding and the others said that Zheng's influence on the pharmacy was also considerable.
There will be no benefit for Lijun to join the Zheng family. He will only be restricted in every way. This will not be good for Zheng Gu, the Zheng family, Zhou Lijun and the Zhou family.
Man Bao said, "My Li Jun can go to the grassland to collect medicinal herbs, and he can also go in and out of the backyard to sell whitening cream."
Shopkeeper Zheng opened his mouth, but then thought of his son's cowardly behavior and lost his temper. He nodded and said, "Indeed, Zheng Gu is not worthy of being the king."
Manbao smiled and said, "There is no such thing as worthy or unworthy, only whether they are compatible."
She thought about it and felt that she should also care about this eldest disciple, so she said to Shopkeeper Zheng, "Shopkeeper Zheng, this matter of marriage depends on whether the couple likes each other. Only if they like each other can they live happily. Otherwise, if they are forced to be together, they will not live well in the future and will blame the elders. The matter between the couple may become the matter of two families."
Seeing how well she could talk at such a young age, Shopkeeper Zheng couldn't help but laugh and said, "Little Doctor Zhou, you haven't even gotten married yet, how come you have so much experience?"
Manbao said: "Although I am not married, I am engaged, and I have seen a lot of them since I was a child."
She said, "I have six brothers. They were all betrothed by their families after they found their own favorites. My mother always said that living a life is a matter for the young couple, and they have to be happy with it themselves."
She didn't pay much attention to these things at first, until her sixth brother proposed marriage. He didn't like either of them and refused to get married.
Her father once wanted to forcefully arrange a marriage for him and choose a wife for him to marry.
In his words, once he married her and they slept in the same bed, how could he still not want his wife?
But her mother disagreed. She was afraid that her daughter, who was attending the class as an auditor, would learn bad things from her father, so she used examples from her own family and the village to teach her.
"You see, Dazhu and his wife usually get along well, don't they? The other day they had a fight where they said all sorts of nasty things, and even dragged in the parents of both families. Your eldest sister-in-law even had a fight with Dazhu's wife's mother."
This eldest sister-in-law is naturally not Xiao Qian, but the wife of the village chief. The village chief and Manbao are of the same generation, and he is older, so Manbao usually calls the village chief's wife the eldest sister-in-law.
Dazhu is the eldest son of the village chief. It was the two families who arranged their marriage, but I heard that neither Dazhu nor his wife liked each other.
Qian said, "If you don't know what you like, you will always feel resentful if your life is not going well in the future. If you like someone and agree to get engaged, no matter how hard your life is in the future, it is your own business and you have to bear it yourself."
For example, her.
No matter how hard her life was in the Zhou family, she never complained about her own parents or Zhou's parents, because it was her choice.
Back then, she fell in love with Zhou Jin.
"Your five brothers and their wives, although they all chose each other out of interest, did so out of mutual affection. Do you think they'll always be harmonious and happy after they get married?" Qian said, "Everyone has their ups and downs, but no matter how bad things are, they can just keep their quarrels to themselves. It won't ruin the whole family. If they were like Dazhu and his wife, they'd open the door every time they had a quarrel and dragged in the elders on both sides. No matter how much friendship there was, it would slowly wear away."
"So, when it comes to marriage, it's not just about the two families, but also about the couple's own wishes."
At this time, Manbao earnestly advised Shopkeeper Zheng, "Shopkeeper, when you choose a daughter-in-law, you must choose one that Zheng Gu likes and who likes Zheng Gu, so that the couple can live a good life in the future."
See you at nine o'clock
(End of this chapter)
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