Zhang Weibing, a high school student in town, was sitting in his classroom thinking, "My parents should have already proposed marriage to the Su family by now! And everything should be settled by now, right?"
During winter break, he went home and discussed it with his parents. He would graduate from high school next June. Now that the college entrance examination had been discontinued, if he wanted to continue his studies, the only option was to attend a worker-peasant-soldier university.
Although this kind of university can't compare to the good universities that you get into through the college entrance exam, at least after you finish, you can be assigned a job. If you can't get into this worker-peasant-soldier university, then you can only go back home to farm, like those farmers in the village, facing the loess soil with your back to the sky.
What's the point of farming and accumulating work points if you'll never get ahead? Zhang Weibing was born to be a city dweller, sitting in an office and enjoying life.
Poor Zhang Weibing was still fantasizing that his parents had taken care of everything. He thought he would get a spot in school, have the Su family pay for his food and allowance, and after graduation, once he was assigned a job, who would want that country girl?
The only women worthy of Zhang Weibing are city dwellers or women with parents who hold official positions. Those from the countryside are merely stepping stones for him. So, it's true what they say, like father, like son; their thoughts are remarkably similar.
Soon, the news spread among the villagers present, and everyone in the village knew that the Zhang family had schemed to seize a spot in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University by scheming to marry Su Guomin's daughter. When the marriage fell through, they spread rumors that the engagement was already arranged, intending to use public opinion to force Su Guomin's family to accept the marriage.
Inside the old Su family house, Old Man Su, Old Woman Su, and the eldest son and his wife sat. They had also heard about the incident. Although they didn't approve of outsiders plotting against them, they hadn't expected the second son's family to be so decisive and directly expose the Zhang family's disrepute, making them infamous in the village and even neighboring villages.
The second son's family is really different now. Before, they were honest people who would avoid trouble if possible, and if they couldn't avoid it, they would try to make a big deal out of it. Now they're like madmen. If anyone dares to mess with them, they'll tear them apart.
Old Mrs. Su and the eldest son's wife were even more convinced that Su Xingran was possessed by a ghost, and that the second son and his wife were bewitched. This belief only strengthened their resolve to carry out their plan.
Su Xingran was at her master's house, inserting needles into her master's acupoints. This morning, after having breakfast, she arrived at her master's house carrying the knife-cut noodles her mother had made for her.
After eating noodles and resting for a while, the chef asked her to stand aside. He sat down in a chair and said to her, "Xingran, come here, open the acupuncture kit on the table, take out the needles, and disinfect them properly."
Then, following your master's instructions, you inserted needles into the acupoints. Upon hearing this, Su Xingran's heart raced, and her hands trembled slightly. Your master meant for her to apply needles to him.
She started studying the acupoint chart her master gave her before the Lunar New Year, along with the corresponding functions and effects of each acupoint, but she hadn't actually used any needles yet. She had learned acupuncture from a female healer character she played during quests, but it took her a very long time and so many quests to complete.
When I returned, I was young and physically weak. Furthermore, I had been frequently visiting others since then, making it difficult to separate myself from my current situation. I absolutely could not, and dared not, administer acupuncture; the slightest mistake could result in injury or even death.
Now that her master wants her to test the needles on him, she is a little worried, afraid that her hand will shake and she will not insert the needle properly and hurt her master.
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