Lin Jinyue thought for a moment, "How about this, have everyone hand over some wild fruits and grains every day, and say that we don't have enough manpower and not enough medicine."
Jiang Yun replied, "It's not that I haven't thought about it, but they can barely take care of themselves, how could they possibly provide food?"
Lin Jinyue's attitude was very firm this time: "Those who are willing to give can come, those who are not, then if something happens in the future, we will not treat them, nor will we provide them with medicine."
They initially chose to travel together because they thought they could help each other. Her family made the herbs for free, and they couldn't treat them like slaves, since they really couldn't finish making all the medicinal powder.
Jiang Yun still felt it was somewhat inappropriate. Sending her daughter to learn medicine would mean less food and one less laborer for the family. Even though the child was young, a ten-year-old girl could cook for the family and pick wild fruits and herbs... People might not be willing to let her go.
But this is the only way at the moment.
However, she was indeed too busy to handle everything and needed someone to help her. Otherwise, her daughter was already so tired, busy with the construction of the farm, and she would have to find time to do chores for her.
Eight or nine years old is the time when they are growing, how can they be so overworked?
Lin Jinyue wasted no time and went directly to the village chief to discuss the matter.
It wasn't dark yet, and there was still some light, so everyone was gathered together.
Lin Jinyue got straight to the point and told the village chief what she had just discussed with Jiang Yun.
The village chief's reaction, however, surprised her.
Lin Youcai was stunned. "Third brother, how can we possibly teach this? This is the Jiang family's secret technique. How can we just teach it to anyone?"
Lin Jinyue was stunned. This didn't catch her at all. Instead of considering paying the grain tax, she was surprised that her mother was willing to teach her family's secret skills to someone else.
Lin Jinyue almost forgot that in modern times, these simple medical facts can be easily found online. But in ancient times, it was a different story. Not to mention medical skills, even a recipe was a unique secret and extremely valuable.
After a moment, her expression returned to normal, and she spoke eloquently: "Of course I can teach you. We've been through thick and thin together, and we've even risked our lives for each other. From now on, we're family. My mother's medical skills also need to be passed down. If she has good character, we'll find a place for her to stay, and we'll teach her everything we know."
Everyone's eyes lit up.
"but……"
Seeing their attitude, Lin Jinyue knew what to do and changed the subject: "My mother is capable of teaching, but our family has encountered some troubles and is too busy to handle everything. The processing of medicinal herbs, the making of medicinal powder, and the pills are all very troublesome. We also have to flee famine, so we don't have much time to make medicinal powder. Medicinal herbs are also in short supply. If we teach the sisters in the village, they will have to help make medicinal powder and find medicinal herbs whenever they have free time."
Lin Jinyue, seeing their eager eyes, continued to raise her bets:
“My mother will definitely teach me well. At least I can treat simple things like headaches and fevers on my own in the future. If I learn well and have talent, my mother’s ancestors were imperial physicians. It’s just that my brother and I are not very interested and don’t want to learn from her.”
Lin Jinyue thought that her mother was a top-notch doctor in modern times, so she should have the skills of an imperial physician in ancient times.
If Jiang Yun is willing to teach medicine, these people will definitely be willing to learn.
The villagers were even more excited when they heard that one of their ancestors was a royal physician.
Lin Jinyue then mentioned that everyone should contribute grain every day to feed these girls, otherwise, with both studying medicine and doing manual labor, who could endure it?
With the groundwork laid earlier, Lin Shucheng didn't need to say anything more; everyone agreed that they absolutely had to hand over the grain.
As for the family being short of a breadwinner?
Everyone wants their children to study abroad, right? Families with two daughters all want to send both of them to study.
Didn't you hear Lin Laosan say that his wife's ancestors were imperial physicians who left behind many books? You have to be talented to continue learning in Lingnan, right?
Everyone was incredibly excited; they were determined to save that grain, even if it meant gritting their teeth.
Putting everything else aside, just recognizing and processing these herbs can bring in a lot of money in the future.
Needless to say, Lin Youcai's granddaughter and her third uncle's daughter, Sanya, would definitely be taught by her. As long as their talents weren't too bad, Jiang Yun would continue to teach them.
Before long, the Wang and Lin families also came over.
The Wang family used to be considered wealthy in the village, but now, because they are not surnamed Wang, they are unable to participate in many key matters.
Wang Laosan tentatively asked, "Can my Miaomiao learn along with me?"
Lin Jinyue: "Sure, anything is fine. As long as you're a girl, you can learn together."
At this moment, Li the blacksmith felt a little bitter. They hadn't shared the hardships with Lin Jinyue; they had joined in halfway through. He also wanted his two nieces to learn some skills.
It's just grain, he can handle that! Even if he grits his teeth and pays more grain and some silver, he still wants his two nieces to learn some skills.
Li the blacksmith then said, "If my family contributes some silver and more grain, can my two nieces also learn along with us?"
At this moment, Lin Fugui also came over: "I'll also contribute money, can Gou Dan learn along with me?"
Lin Jinyue was surprised by the villagers' enthusiasm, so she said, "No, that won't do."
Li the blacksmith was on tenterhooks.
However, Lin Jinyue's next sentence was: "Uncle Li's two older sisters can come and learn. Your family pays the same amount of grain as the villagers, without having to pay silver. But boys are not allowed; my mother only teaches girls."
If the quota for boys were opened up, Lin Jinyue could imagine how miserable these girls would be in ancient times when boys were favored over girls. If a family could send a boy out, it would definitely keep the girl to do chores. What awaited those girls was to obey their family members to get married and exchange the dowry for their younger brother's marriage.
Lin Jinyue disliked these outdated customs from ancient times. Besides wanting the village girls to help with the work, she also wanted to give them more options.
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