Chapter 616: Thirty New Apprentices

My son and niece are not competitive by nature and are easily bullied.

Jiang Zhuzi once again reminded his son to protect his niece.

"I know, don't worry, Daddy. I will definitely take good care of my sister and won't let anyone bully her."

There was not a trace of impatience on Jiang Kang's face. Instead, he looked straight at Jiang Zhuzi and nodded obediently.

Watching my father leave.

The left and right sides of Yaoxiangshan Pavilion are under repair, but the backyard, which has been expanded three times, has already been built.

All these children moved in.

By the end of the year, Jiang Fubao had accepted thirty apprentices, half male and half female.

Five people in one room.

Each person has a bed, and the beds are separated by screens.

A certain degree of privacy is guaranteed.

It's not like an ordinary big shop where everyone is crowded together, so the children don't have to argue.

If time was not insufficient, Jiang Fubao would have wanted to ask a carpenter to make a few modern two-story wooden beds for his apprentices.

But this is also good.

The children who lived with their parents at home had realized their little wish of having their own bed when they came to the clinic.

Jiang Fubao also specially invited a teacher to teach the children to read in the morning and learn medical skills in the afternoon.

Let’s start by identifying the herbs.

Every day, when the craftsmen come here to work, they can hear Lang Lang reading, and in the afternoon he recites medicinal herbs.

"Bletilla striata, Bletilla striata, Bletilla striata, Atractylodes macrocephala, Atractylodes macrocephala, Cypress leaf, this is Cypress leaf, I remember it, test me quickly, if I know all of them, I will go to find my master, as long as I pass the test, I will be able to recognize other herbs. My master said that before the Chinese New Year, the one who learns the fastest will be rewarded."

A boy of seven or eight years old said to a girl.

His eyes were shining, as if he was already looking forward to what the reward would be.

"What is this?" the girl asked, pointing at the herbs on the table.

"Forehead, white, white, what is white, yes, Bai Shu!"

However, the boy forgot it in a blink of an eye and managed to say it out with great difficulty.

"Wrong! This is Bletilla striata. You can't even tell the difference. You'd better continue reciting it." The girl rolled her eyes and stopped interrogating.

"Oh, that's so hard. I clearly remembered it just now, how come I forgot it again?"

The boy was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks. Many dolls in the yard were like this, which made the craftsmen laugh.

If you don’t know, you might think this is a sheep pen.

The voice of a child is very similar to that of a lamb.

Listening to it softens the heart.

"Young doctors, you have to study hard, otherwise who will we turn to for medical treatment in the future, right?"

"Yes, we can't let this go. If you don't study hard, we won't dare to ask you to treat your illness. Your master is so powerful. Don't embarrass your master and let outsiders say that she didn't teach you well."

Two craftsmen who were painting started teasing them.

The boy who had just carried the medicinal herbs blushed with embarrassment.

"Jiang Kang, where are you going?" Just as he was about to retort, he found that Jiang Kang was walking forward.

The boy has a good relationship with Jiang Kang and they often have meals together.

He quickly chased after him and asked.

"I'm going to find Mei... Uh, Master." Jiang Kang almost called out Meimei.

He is so used to calling her Meimei that sometimes he can't react when she suddenly changes her name.

"What do you want to see Master for? Do you want to go home?" the boy asked again.

Master said that they could go home anytime, but only once a month. He went home in the middle of the month, but Jiang Kang hasn't been back yet.

He thought Jiang Kang wanted to go home, so he went to find his master.

"No, I need to carry some herbs." Jiang Kang shook his head. Whenever his father came to town to sell things, he would often come to the clinic to see him and his sister, so there was no need for him to go back.

He wants to study hard, learn medicine, and work harder.

He didn't want his father to be so tired, nor did he want Meimei to think he was stupid.

"What? You memorized it? There are thirteen herbs, and you know them all?" The boy was a little shocked.

There were thirty of them, but not even one recognized them.

If you make a mistake, you have to recite it again until you pass all the questions.

Only after you pass the test can you ask the master to carry you.

"No." Jiang Kang continued to shake his head.

"You scared me to death. I thought you memorized it in just one day." The boy breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the two have a good relationship, he feels a lot of pressure when he sees that his partner is so smart.

"I've memorized fifty of them." Jiang Kang stretched out his right hand, and the boy's pupils began to shrink when he pointed at his five fingers.

"What the hell, fifty? Are you kidding me?" The boy's mouth opened wide.

"Yes, it's fifty. I won't tell you anymore. I'm going to find my master."

Jiang Kang walked to the front, and Jiang Fubao was checking the carvings on the pillars at that time.

"The carving is good, but it can be more detailed." Jiang Fubao doesn't like to criticize others, so even though she thought the carving was not good, she still praised it.

The craftsman nodded repeatedly and continued working with his tools.

When Jiang Fubao turned around, she found Jiang Kang standing behind her and looking at her.

"Kang Kang, what's wrong?" Jiang Fubao walked over and half-knelt.

"Master, I have memorized the herbs. You can start testing me now." Jiang Kang did not make a mistake this time. He looked Jiang Fubao straight in the eye.

The voice is cute.

"Have you memorized it? Okay, come with me."

Jiang Fubao took Jiang Kang to the first clinic at the entrance of the alley.

They were interrogated one by one.

In the end, Jiang Kang answered all the questions correctly.

Jiang Fubao didn't expect him to be so smart. Pan Erya happened to buy a lot of fried meat cakes, so Jiang Fubao gave him one as a reward. He wanted to give him two and let him share them with Jiang Ning, but he was afraid that other disciples would be jealous, so he could only give him one.

She had to be fair and not favor Jiang Kang and Jiang Ning just because she had a good relationship with him.

Jiang Kang took the meat pie back to the backyard of Yaoxiangshan Pavilion.

All the children saluted.

"Jiang Kang, did you pass?" asked the boy just now.

"Well, I passed. My master rewarded me with a meat pie. Here, sister, we'll have half each." Jiang Kang tore off half of the meat pie and stuffed it into Jiang Ning's hand.

The fragrant meat pie was still steaming, with lard mixed with the aroma of flour. It burst with juice when you took a bite.

It's salty, sweet, and a little spicy.

It’s especially delicious, not inferior to Jiang’s snack shop.

This meat pie shop just opened this year. The shop only sells meat pie and nothing else.

The owner of the shop originally ran a stall in Jiangnan, but his ancestral home is in Baishui Town.

When the couple earned enough money, they returned with their children.

I heard that Sanshan Academy produced many scholars, and one of them even won the third place in the imperial examination.

He brought his family to Lianshan Town again. After his son entered Sanshan School, the couple and their two daughters rented a shop with a backyard and lived there.

I don't know what they sell, but I think they sold meat cakes when they had a stall in Jiangnan before.

There are many delicious foods in Jiangnan, and the meat cakes were just so-so. Unexpectedly, they became a hit in Lianshan Town.