Qiao Qiping sighed and said, "This is also Grandpa's lifelong regret."
"My grandfather's great-grandfather was a first-class imperial physician in the palace. His medical skills were amazing and everyone praised him. His life's work is now all in this."
"It was only when it came to your great-grandfather's generation, that is, your grandfather's father's generation, that he insisted on learning Western medicine when he was young, saying that Western medicine can cure diseases faster."
"Grandpa was only five years old at the time, and his father went out to study Western medicine. Grandpa later followed your great-grandfather (grandfather's grandfather) to learn Chinese medicine."
"When Grandpa was twelve years old, your great-grandfather got into trouble outside and came back. In order to clean up his mess, your great-great-grandfather lost all the family assets and even borrowed a lot of money from everywhere."
"Later, your great grandfather became traumatized and no longer allowed me to study medicine. These things were secretly given to me by your great grandfather before he passed away."
"But at that time, I didn't dare to take it out to learn. There was no one to teach me. I was also afraid that your great grandfather would find out. Then I wouldn't be able to keep the book."
"Later, when your great-grandfather passed away, I, your grandfather, was also old. I had to take care of my family and livelihood, so I had no time to learn these things."
After hearing this, Qiao Xiazhi finally understood why their family was so poor.
After all, you have to know that the family has a famous imperial physician who passed down the family business. No matter how wealthy the family is, it would not have fallen into such a state after just a few generations.
It turned out that my grandfather's father had caused trouble and had to pay the compensation.
Not only did they lose all the money, but they also caused a family of traditional Chinese medicine to fall into the current state of decline.
Alas~~ All the life's work of my grandfather's great-grandfather is now sealed in this big box. How sad and upset he must be in heaven.
Fortunately, my grandfather was smart enough to secretly preserve these important books.
If my grandfather's father had found it, all that would have been left would be a pile of ashes.
No, after so many years, not even the ashes of straw paper are left, and all that remains are memories and legends.
At this time, Qiao Xiazhi looked at Qiao Dashan and asked, "Grandpa didn't have the chance to learn. My dad was still young at that time. Why didn't he learn later?"
Qiao Dashan laughed and said, "When your great grandfather passed away, your father and I were already married and your mother was pregnant with your eldest brother. How could you learn? There was no one to teach you. This thing is not something that can be learned in a day or two, ten days or half a month or a year or two."
"If your father spends time and energy studying medicine, then the family can't rely on your mother to support it, right?"
"At that time, your two aunts and your uncle were still married, and the married ones had not yet found wives. The family conditions were much more difficult than they are now. One less person to work meant a lot less food. It was hard to survive without food, let alone other things."
Grandma Zhu Shizhen also said: "At that time, the family was always paying off foreign debts."
"Your great grandfather was also a strong man. Although he was also stubborn, at least he paid off all his foreign debts before leaving. Our family has also gradually gotten better over the years."
Qiao Qiping looked at his wife with a guilty look on his face and said, "Life was hard in the past, and your grandmother has suffered from many illnesses. Grandpa, my medical skills are good enough to treat minor illnesses, ..."
Speaking of this, the regret on my grandfather's face became more obvious.
My grandfather liked to study medicine. He studied with his own grandfather for seven years, from the age of five to twelve, so he learned something.
Although the conditions do not allow me to enter the brigade clinic, it is still not a big problem to treat minor illnesses and pains for my family members.
If it hadn’t been for the incident at home, if grandpa had continued to study medicine, he would definitely have become an excellent doctor.
Hearing this, Qiao Xiazhi said, "Then I will study hard and treat grandma when I learn it. It won't cost any money."
Zhu Shizhen was so happy to hear his granddaughter say this.
"Okay, okay, okay, then you have to study hard and cure grandma once you learn it."
"Dad, Mom, are you there?" Xu Li's voice suddenly came from outside the house. Xu Li is Qiao Xiaoshan's wife, and Qiao Xiaoshan is Qiao Dashan's younger brother.
Qiao Daguo ran to open the gate.
"What's wrong?" Qiao Qiping asked.
Xu Li replied: "Xiaohua went with those kids to touch snails this afternoon. She must have caught a cold. Now her whole body is very hot. Dad, please go and take a look. This child, I told her not to go this afternoon, but she insisted on going with me. Now she is feeling sick."
"Wait for me." Qiao Qiping got up and went back to the house to get his medicine box.
"I'll go and learn from you." Qiao Xiazhi said as he stood up and prepared to follow.
"Wait a moment." Fang Mei stopped her, "Take this brown sugar to your aunt. You guys went to the city and came back. You were busy at work this afternoon and didn't have time to give it to them."
Qiao Xiazhi took it and chased after him out the door.
It took about five minutes of walking to reach Qiao Xiaoshan's house.
When Qiao Xiaoshan's family saw Qiao Xiazhi coming, their faces tensed.
But because Qiao Qiping was there, no one said anything.
The 17-year-old Qiao Erguo was sensible and politely greeted Qiao Xiazhi: "Sister Xiazhi, you are here too."
"Yeah. My uncle is at home too?" Qiao Xiazhi also greeted Qiao Xiaoshan politely, then followed his grandfather into the house.
After taking his granddaughter's pulse, Qiao Qiping prepared to start acupuncture.
"Mom, I don't want a needle." 9-year-old Qiao Xiaohua was scared when she saw the thin silver needle.
Xu Li scolded, "Are you scared now? What were you doing this afternoon? I told you not to go, but you insisted on joining in the fun."
Qiao Xiazhi took out two little white rabbit candies from his pocket and said, "Just let Grandpa give you the acupuncture, and these two candies will be yours when it's over."
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