Chapter 133: Too poor to have any oil to eat!

Take a test?

That's great.

Su Mei couldn't ask for more.

Grandpa is an old Chinese medicine practitioner who has inherited her family's medical skills. She will discuss her learning results with him carefully. When he finds that she has learned well, he will definitely give her some advice on his medical skills.

In this way, Su Mei can stay in her parents' home on the pretext of studying medicine, and at the same time take this opportunity to learn something from her grandfather. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?

Thinking of this, Su Mei immediately said with a smile:

"Grandpa, please test me!"

"By the way, did you learn Chinese medicine or Western medicine from your master?" Su Xuanhu was about to start the exam when he suddenly remembered this crucial question.

If he studied Western medicine, then he really would not be able to take the exam, as Chinese and Western medicine are two completely different systems.

Although Su Xuanhu was curious about Western medicine and even bought some books to study, he did not learn much about it.

Fortunately, Su Mei gave Su Xuanhu some reassurance: "Grandpa, you can ask without worry. I have learned a little bit of both Chinese and Western medicine."

After all, she has not been studying for a long time, so Su Mei should hide her abilities appropriately. Otherwise, if she becomes an elite doctor in just a few months, her grandfather might be suspicious.

Su Xuanhu did not question Su Mei in depth. He started with observation, smell, questioning and palpation, and the questions he asked Su Mei were all superficial questions.

At first, Su Xuanhu was worried that his questions were too awkward and Su Mei would not be able to answer them, which would undermine Su Mei's self-confidence.

As he asked more questions, he gradually discovered that Su Mei could basically answer simple questions clearly.

So he gradually increased the difficulty of the questions. Su Mei would take longer to think and her answers would be basically correct, except that she would occasionally make some minor mistakes.

Su Mei also has control over the difficulty of the questions. If she encounters a slightly more difficult question, she will deliberately make some mistakes.

In this way, the grandfather and grandson asked and answered each other, and things gradually got better.

Sometimes, Su Mei would use Western medicine methods to answer Su Xuanhu's questions in a dialectical and comprehensive way. She combined the two, which sometimes made Su Xuanhu fascinated.

Seeing the grandfather and grandson talking happily, Huo Jianguo quietly left. He went to the kitchen and started to light a fire and cook.

Su Mei noticed Huo Jianguo's movements and couldn't help but frown secretly. The breakfast cooked by this man was barely edible.

If I were to use the soup made from the dishes he cooked to entertain the whole family, it would really be a bit embarrassing.

Su Xuanju was a little unhappy when he found out that his granddaughter was distracted: "What's wrong? Are you feeling sorry for her? My aunt has to cook for her when she goes to her parents' house, and you can't stand it anymore, so you follow her to the kitchen with your eyes?"

"Grandpa, it's not that I want to follow him, but his cooking is terrible and I'm afraid of losing face." Su Mei said honestly.

Unexpectedly, this casual remark made Su Xuanhu find the reason why Su Mei learned to cook: "No wonder you started learning to cook by yourself, it turns out that his cooking skills are not good enough.

I will teach him later, there are many masters who don’t know how to cook!"

Su Mei: “….”

There aren’t many old men who can cook these days!

"Okay, Grandpa, please help me train him!" Su Mei said with a smile.

She thought that after saying this, Su Xuanwu would continue to change the subject to the question of testing her medical skills, but unexpectedly, Su Xuanwu stood up and walked towards the kitchen:

"I'll teach him now!"

Although he said he was going to teach, Su Xuanhu started rushing to do the work as soon as he entered the kitchen. He was just being tough on the outside, but in fact he was very soft-hearted. He couldn't bear to let his grandson-in-law go to the kitchen to cook as soon as he came home.

However, Su Xuanhu would still give serious instructions while doing his work:

"You can't fry this meat directly. You have to boil water and cook it to get rid of the fishy smell. Only then will it taste delicious!"

Huo Jianguo hurriedly snatched the things back from Su Xuanhu's hand, while wiping the sweat off his face and memorizing what Su Xuanhu had told him.

Looking at the two people busy in the kitchen, Su Mei felt particularly happy in her heart.

However, Su Xuanhu was already so old and had suffered so much, so Su Mei just watched and smiled for a while, then went in and persuaded Su Xuanhu to come out of the kitchen.

"Grandpa, I promised you that I would let you taste my cooking skills today. You just need to go inside and wait for dinner. You have taken care of me for so many years, and now I have to repay you, right?"

"Who wants your reward? Cooking a meal is your reward. If you really want to repay me, then study medicine well. If you really learn the skills, grandpa will be relieved!" Su Xuanhu's words meant that he had already approved of studying medicine.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Su Mei brought up the idea of ​​staying at her parents' home:

"I will study hard. It just so happens that I am back from Chinese New Year and can stay at home for half a month. Grandpa, you can also give me some pointers.

You are a skilled doctor, please teach me some of your real life-saving skills so that my master will look up to me."

"You have already become a disciple, and you still want to learn from me. Will your master have any objections?" There has always been a saying in China that a disciple should not have two masters. Su Xuanhu felt that Su Mei had already officially started to become a disciple, and it would be inappropriate for him to give any further instructions.

Su Mei shook her head: "It's okay. My master is just like you. He doesn't care about these red tapes. In his opinion, doctors should learn widely and read a lot of books. Those messy rules are not as important as the life and death of patients."

These words were indeed said by Qin Zhengting. When Qin Zhengting taught Su Mei some medical knowledge, he also instilled some of his own medical ethics standards into Su Mei.

Qin Zhengting was really trying to guide Su Mei onto the right path in teaching and educating people. It was not a waste of effort on his part. After all, Su Mei had left a very bad impression on him at the beginning, and he always felt it necessary to teach Su Mei some principles of life.

Su Mei naturally understood the truth, but whenever Qin Zhengting nagged, she would listen carefully and patiently.

People need to be able to distinguish between good and bad. Su Mei naturally knew that Qin Zhengting was willing to talk so much to her because his master treated her with sincerity.

Su Xuanhu felt relieved when he saw how Su Mei had learned so much knowledge in such a short time, and that her teacher was so knowledgeable.

"You have a good master. There aren't many people who are so open-minded. You should learn from him and never let him down!"

"Grandpa, don't worry, I will. Now you can take a rest and wait for dinner." Su Mei said as she picked up the oil can and prepared to start the oil stove.

But when she picked up the oil can, she found that there was only a small spoonful of oil and a small piece of cloth in the huge can.

Su Mei could remember the function of cloth. When some families could not afford oil, they would put a piece of cloth in the oil tank.

When it’s time to cook, first boil water in a pot. When the water boils, use a cloth to dip it in the oil. This is considered the oil soup.

Seeing that Su Xuanhu, a famous doctor of his generation, lived such a poor life, Su Mei's eyes were filled with tears.

Looking at the dishes that Huo Jianguo was going to cook, most of them were what they brought back from the Huo family.

There was not much to eat in this house. There were only simple seasonings like chili peppers and chopped green onions, and a few white and tender cabbages, which were already in the house.

Even though their family was so poor, they still sent cartloads of food to the Su family every year. They would rather suffer a little more themselves than let Su Mei suffer the slightest injustice.

In this family, the original owner received absolute pampering.

Originally, Su Mei was planning to stir-fry the meat directly, but after seeing the lump of oil, she silently put down the oil can in her hand and planned to put the pork fat she brought with her into the pot to stir-fry the oil in the can first.

Huo Jianguo was lighting a fire by the stove and he obviously noticed that Su Mei was in a bad mood. He looked up at her and asked:

"What's the matter?"