Su Ruyi had no choice but to take out another candy: "Candy..."
Jin Dachun immediately took it and popped it into his mouth.
When the candy had melted halfway in their mouths, a female doctor in her fifties came running up to them, pulled open the car door, and seeing Jin Dachun's injured foot, blurted out, "Brother, what happened to you? You got beaten up again?"
Su Ruyi: What's going on? How come Master has a younger sister who is so much younger than him?
Jin Dachun said unhappily, "What do you mean 'again'? I fell while picking herbs! No, why are you pulling my foot? I called you here for something else!"
Jin Xingqiu looked Jin Dachun up and down suspiciously: "Were there other parts of your body that were also hit?"
Jin Dachun waved his hand: "Don't interrupt! I'm telling you, I've taken on a good apprentice!"
After saying that, he pointed at Su Ruyi, "It's her!"
Jin Xingqiu looked over, still with suspicion.
Su Ruyi forced herself to greet him: "Dr. Jin... Hello!"
Jin Xingqiu nodded slightly: "Very good, the young lady seems very clever. Congratulations, brother! Brother, if there's nothing else, I'll head back now. The patient is waiting for me!"
"Hehe!" Jin Dachun grinned. "Don't be impatient! Let me tell you, my apprentice just cured Shen Guodong with the Seven-Skill Poison-Repelling Needle!"
"The Seven-Skill Poison-Repelling Needle, a technique lost for three hundred years?"
Jin Xingqiu stopped retreating, frowning slightly. "Moreover, it was cured in just one session? How is that possible? Ancient books record that the Seven-Skill Needle requires multiple acupuncture sessions!"
The look in her eyes when she looked at Su Ruyi was clearly filled with suspicion and wariness.
Su Ruyi hurriedly said, "It's not cured yet. Each acupuncture treatment can only force out half of the toxins from General Shen's body, so it will take seven treatments to completely cure him!"
Upon hearing this, Jin Dachun looked at Jin Xingqiu with a smug expression.
Jin Xingqiu's eyes widened: "Big brother, you...you're not kidding, are you? The Seven-Piece Needle technique has been lost for ages!"
Jin Dachun immediately gave a detailed account of Su Ruyi's acupuncture procedure, but he didn't mention any specific acupoints or techniques.
As Jin Xingqiu listened, she involuntarily covered her mouth with both hands.
They were both experts, so she knew, of course, that her brother wasn't lying.
Seeing Jin Xingqiu's expression, Jin Dachun was very pleased and laughed heartily: "How about it? Envious? Jealous? Hateful?"
Jin Xingqiu's gaze towards Su Ruyi had changed; it was no longer filled with wariness and suspicion. "Little girl, who is your master?"
Su Ruyi: "My master back home forbids me from mentioning his name!"
"A reclusive master!" Jin Xingqiu nodded repeatedly. "That's the proper way to behave—anonymous! Brother, you've really struck gold!"
"Hehehehe!" Jin Dachun laughed again. "Alright, I just came to tell you—back then, Dad gave you the family recipe, but now, I have an apprentice who knows the Seven-Piece Needle technique! Seventh Sister, I win again! Alright, you go ahead and do your work!"
Jin Xingqiu: "..."
Su Ruyi: "..."
Xiao Fang: "..."
Jin Dachun ignored Jin Xingqiu's constipated expression and turned to Xiao Fang, shouting, "Drive! Take us back to Dingjiatun!"
After the car had driven quite a distance, Su Ruyi cautiously asked, "Master, didn't you say... you have no family?"
Jin Dachun immediately became agitated upon hearing this: "It's gone! This doesn't count!"
Su Ruyi didn't press the matter further, but instead looked at Xiao Fang: "Comrade Fang, when we arrive in Sanhe County, please drop me off at the intersection!"
Jin Dachun glared at him: "What are you going to do?"
Su Ruyi: "Uncle Yu from the police station said that I should go to assist in the investigation. Originally, my fourth brother should have gone, but he was seriously injured, so he asked me to go instead."
Jin Dachun rolled his eyes: "Then let's go to Sanhe County!"
Xiao Fang nodded: "Okay!"
Just as Su Ruyi was about to say that she didn't need her master's help, Jin Dachun added, "It's almost lunchtime, let's go to the state-run restaurant in Sanhe County for lunch! Xiao Fang, didn't Jiang Chunlai say he was going to treat us to a meal? Let her pay for this one!"
Xiao Fang: "...No problem!"
After another twenty minutes of driving, we finally arrived at the entrance of the legendary Sanhe County State-run Restaurant.
Jin Dachun walked in with practiced ease, ordered eight dishes and a soup, then glared at Xiao Fang: "Pay up!"
Xiao Fang handed over two ten-yuan bills, and the clerk gave him one yuan in change.
This meal consists of eight dishes and one soup, six of which are from the hidden menu, encompassing many wild delicacies that were allowed to be eaten back then but are no longer allowed to be written about.
As the dishes were served one by one, the head chef personally brought them out and even politely offered a bottle of Moutai: "Dr. Jin, it's rare that you're willing to come out today! I did all of this myself, and didn't let my little apprentice lift a finger!"
Jin Dachun pocketed the Moutai liquor: "Why drink in the middle of the day! Alright, you can go back to your work!"
A table full of dishes, some meat, some vegetables, some savory, some sweet, all in vibrant colors and with enticing aromas, drew the attention of all the diners.
Each time a dish was served, Jin Dachun would lower his voice to introduce it to Su Ruyi, and then put two pieces of food on her plate.
The diners around them all pricked up their ears and held their breath to listen.
Jin Dachun then shouted, "But even if we know the names of the dishes, we can't order them without the code!"
Su Ruyi's bowl of white rice was soon piled high with vegetables.
She tasted it and found it to be indeed fresh and delicious, comparable to the delicacies in the treasure box.
No wonder the three of them, Fourth Brother and his companions, were so crazy!
Unfortunately, her three older brothers had asked her to bring them lunch, but she couldn't just conjure up lunchboxes out of thin air...
Even if I buy a few lunchboxes now, it won't be convenient to carry them to the police station later...
Well, since we're already here, we can't miss this opportunity!
She whispered to Jin Dachun, "Master, may I take two portions of these dishes back with me? One for you, and one for my fourth brother and the others to try!"
Jin Dachun laughed and said, "Why not? Call Master Wang over here!"
Su Ruyi went to call him, and the head chef immediately came running over.
Jin Dachun gestured towards Su Ruyi with his lip: "My new apprentice is very filial to me. Make two copies of this meal, she wants to take them home for me to eat!"
The head chef quickly smiled at Su Ruyi and said, "Alright, young comrade, please wait a moment!"
Su Ruyi took out forty yuan and stuffed it into the chef's hand: "Thank you for your hard work! But I didn't bring a lunchbox."
"No need, no need! The kitchen has it!" The head chef pushed the money back, saying, "I wouldn't dare say I'm going to trouble you in front of Dr. Jin! Dr. Jin saved my mother's life! You are a benefactor to my whole family!"
After a struggle between Su Ruyi and the head chef, he reluctantly accepted the money.
It seems that the master I've taken in is actually quite unassuming. But why would he choose to retire in Dingjiatun?
As Su Ruyi was pondering to herself, Jin Dachun casually asked the head chef, "How is your mother doing now?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
