Chapter 3091: Finding Out
The woman said, "I'm here to worship the immortal Taibai. Didn't they say that the master of the medical department is the reincarnation of Taibai?"
Zhou Man turned to look at Bai Erlang, "Who spread this? I haven't even read your book yet. What kind of portrayal have you made of me?"
Bai Erlang: "Bai Shan has read the manuscript, didn't he show it to you? That's his fault, right? The book has been printed and sold, and I even sent the manuscript back to the capital..."
Zhou Man: "Why don't I know anything?"
Mingda: "Because you are busy?"
Bai Erlang said seriously, "Because Bai Shan did it on purpose. He is fooling you!"
He emphasized, "I showed him the manuscript as soon as I got back from Longchi Wharf! He said it was excellent!"
Zhou Man: "That's obviously false."
She turned to Daji and said, "Go to the bookstore and buy a copy for me to read."
Daji agreed with a smile.
She then stepped forward and took a look at the woman and the two children beside her. Seeing that they looked fine, she smiled and asked, "I am the director of the Medical Department. What do you want here?"
When the woman heard this, she looked at Zhou Man excitedly and said, "I pray for health and safety, no disasters or illnesses. Please bless me, gods."
After saying that, he immediately pulled the two children to kneel down.
Zhou Man immediately had Jiulan hold the man back, then pointed to the main entrance of the medical office and said, "I'm just a mortal now, I can't bless you, but this is a medical office, it's for treating people. I can't bless you with good health now, I can only turn a major illness into a minor one, or a minor illness into nothing, or teach you how to prevent illness. How about coming in and sitting down?"
The medical department was also a government office for ordinary people, so she didn't dare to enter.
Zhou Man urged her, "Come on, let's go, we can chat. Are these two your... grandsons?"
"Yes, they are my grandchildren. Do you think they are healthy?"
Zhou Man touched their little hands and felt they were warm. He nodded and said, "Not bad. Let's go in."
There were no patients in the clinic today, so Doctor Tian and his colleagues' job was to make the medicine. Zhou Man, Mingda Bai Erlang, and I sat in the front hall and talked to the woman.
She also asked someone to bring up some snacks from the kitchen for the two children.
The woman had not expected such hospitality and quickly said, "We should be the ones offering you food."
Zhou Man smiled and said, "I am now a mortal like you. I don't need offerings, so even if you burn incense, I can't eat it. Don't waste money on this in the future."
She was very curious. "People say I'm Taibai, and you believe it? Aren't you afraid it's a lie?"
"But what they said is true, it doesn't seem to be false." The woman was also a little hesitant and asked carefully: "Sir, is this true?"
Zhou Man spread his hands, "I don't know either. I have no memory of my past life, so how would I know if I'm the reincarnation of a god? I'm not even sure if there are gods in this world."
The woman immediately slapped her thigh excitedly and said, "That's it, it must be!"
How could a god say that he is a god?
The more you say it’s not true, the more it becomes true!
Bai Erlang spat out a mouthful of tea and couldn't help coughing violently, even coughing up tears.
Zhou Man and Mingda looked at him quietly.
Bai Erlang waved his hands, coughed several times, and simply stood up and walked out, not staying with them anymore.
Zhou Man actually just wanted to know whether the immortal story could promote the medical department and her medical skills. If not, she would cut her losses in time and try another method.
She plans to try smallpox vaccination in Qingzhou next year, starting in Beihai County.
But the woman didn't know so much. She just heard that worshiping Taibai could keep one away from illness and disaster, and that Director Zhou in the Medical Department was the reincarnation of Taibai.
Zhou Man regretfully changed the subject and talked about the weather. "It's getting colder and colder. Be careful not to catch a cold."
Then I taught them how to ward off the cold after catching it, and I also showed the two children their baby teeth that were about to be replaced...
The woman slowly relaxed and left with a smile on her face.
Bai Erlang appeared out of nowhere and said with a tut, "If I didn't know, I would have thought you were a cult. You're too enthusiastic."
Zhou Man ignored him and reached out to Daji.
Daji took out a book for her that he had just bought from a bookstore. "The shopkeeper said that the book is selling very well. Recently, students from the county school come to buy books whenever they have a day off. Some people even copy it privately and sell it."
Bai Erlang then said proudly, "How is it, did I write well?"
Zhou Man opened it and saw that it began with the changing weather in the sky. The gods felt that the fortunes of the mortal world had changed, and the people prayed strongly for peace in the world. There were offerings in all the temples, so some gods decided to come down to earth to overcome the calamity, to save all living beings, and also to save themselves.
Among them, Wenquxing and Taibaixing are the most dazzling.
Zhou Man was so engrossed in watching that he forgot about Mingda beside him for a moment.
Mingda didn't care. They had thought that there might not be many patients today, so they came to the medical office to play. They were familiar with this place and didn't need Zhou Man's special treatment.
Zhou Man soon saw Taibai, who had been reincarnated from the mortal world. He couldn't help but blink, quickly flipped the book over, and snapped it shut, shouting, "Bai Erlang!"
Bai Er immediately said, "I wrote this according to your majesty's wishes."
He said, "Since I can't explicitly say it's you, but I can still infer it after reading the book, doesn't that mean I won't write your name or family background, but I'll write about your deeds? I think I arranged it quite well. Look, the villagers and characters in the book are all made up by me, but they also bring in the characteristics of our Qili Village. Later on, it also mentions Taibai's healing and saving lives, such as curing smallpox. A well-informed reader will know it's about you at a glance, but I don't directly point it out as you!"
Zhou Man's face flushed. "You said I kicked Wenquxing into the river and that we became enemies. When did I ever kick him?"
Bai Erlang looked at her meaningfully and said, "You haven't kicked me enough. Not only did you kick Bai Shan, you also kicked me. When we went to the river to fish, you kicked me when we were fighting for the fish."
Zhou Man tilted his head, "Was that a kick? That was a mistake. Didn't you push me too?"
Bai Erlang waved his hand and said, "The man above is called Zhou Taibai, not Zhou Man. It's not you, so why do you mind?"
This is really shameless. He said it himself. Anyone who is well-informed can know that it is her. Doesn't this damage her reputation?
Zhou Taibai in it is so fierce!
Mingda asked curiously, "But this book has only just been published, and even in teahouses, there are storytellers. How can they clearly point out that Manbao is the Taibai in the book?"
Zhou Man: "Yeah, why do you think I'm too white?"
Bai Erlang's eyes moved back and forth. Under the stares of the two, he could only say, "I asked the storyteller to point it out."
Zhou Man: "Aren't you afraid of making things worse?"
Bai Erlang: "No, this is not the capital. People here don't think much."
He sighed and said, "They don't think enough. If I hadn't pointed it out, I'm afraid no one would have known that Zhou Taibai was you in the next year or two. Do you still want to use this reputation as a basis for vaccination next year? Don't even think about it."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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