"Father, I really can't hold back anymore, please..."
Before Chen Zhancai could finish speaking, Chen Qingqing waved the silver needles in front of his eyes.
"Scholar, please bear with it, I will treat your illness with acupuncture right away."
"No, no, no, don't come any closer."
At that moment, Chen Zhancai felt like dying. He shook his head, twisted his body, and pleaded with a face full of resistance.
"Qing'er, my dear niece, please don't prick me with this thing anymore! There's no pain worse than a needle prick, it's like a knife to the heart!"
Chen Qingqing scoffed inwardly, thinking, "Scared? This is nothing."
I really want to poison this bastard in front of me who eats steamed buns dipped in his family's blood.
But she couldn't do that. Although Chen Zhancai was despicable, he wasn't necessarily going to die.
She spoke slowly and deliberately.
“What are you saying, sir? Traditional Chinese medicine says, ‘Where there is free flow, there is no pain; where there is free flow, there is obstruction.’ Pain indicates that your blood and qi are not flowing smoothly, which is caused by pathogenic factors. Once you expel these pathogenic factors from your body, the pain will be completely gone.”
"Nonsense! You don't know how much it hurts until the needle pricks you. It's excruciating. I beg you, please don't make me suffer." Chen Zhancai's face turned pale with fear.
Chen Qingqing frowned, feigning difficulty.
“I don’t want you to suffer either, but your illness isn’t fully cured yet. If you go crazy again, talking nonsense and eventually die suddenly, not to mention how heartbroken your family will be, even I, as an outsider, will feel sorry for you. As the saying goes, listen to advice and you’ll eat your fill. Just bear with it a little longer, and I’ll be gentler when I give you acupuncture.”
“Qing’er, I know you’re doing this for your third uncle’s good, but you really can’t prick me anymore. If you do, it will hurt me to death. Besides, I’m perfectly clear-headed right now. My mind is not out of control like it was just now. If you don’t believe me, you can test my intelligence. I’m perfectly normal.”
Chen Qingqing found it laughable. Testing intelligence? They really dared to say that! They'd really make you regret it!
She said with a serious expression, "Your illness has improved somewhat, but that's only because my acupuncture treatment has been effective. I know better than you whether you're completely cured."
Since you don't believe me, I'll ask you a few simple questions. If you can answer them, it means your mental illness is completely cured.
If you can't answer, or answer incorrectly, then there's nothing I can do; I'll have to continue administering acupuncture.
"Okay, okay, it's settled then."
Chen Zhancai felt as if he had been granted a pardon. His heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down. It was truly a blessing from heaven that he was finally spared from that excruciating pain!
It's just answering a few questions; for a dignified scholar like him, it's a piece of cake.
Thinking of this, a smug look appeared on his face.
"Qing girl, don't ask the easy ones, just pick the difficult ones, like memorizing the Hundred Family Surnames, the Three Character Classic, or the Standards for Being a Good Student and Child. I guarantee I'll know them by heart."
How can you expect me to know the Hundred Family Surnames, the Three Character Classic, and the Standards for Being a Good Student and Child?
Chen Qingqing shook her head and smiled, "These questions are too mentally taxing for someone who has just recovered from a serious illness. I'll choose some simpler ones instead!"
"Anything is fine, just ask away!"
“Okay, listen carefully, you have to answer my question quickly,” Chen Qingqing paused for a moment, “What word is between one and three?”
Chen Zhancai didn't even think about it, just kept laughing and shaking his head, "Qing girl, it's not that your third uncle is criticizing you, but this question is way too easy. Even a fool would know it's just 'two'!"
"You answered incorrectly."
"What did you say? You're wrong?" Chen Zhancai looked bewildered. "What else is between one and three but two? One, two, three, absolutely right."
Chen Qingqing suppressed a laugh and said seriously, "Any normal person could answer this question, but you got it wrong, which means your mind is still in a state of confusion."
"Impossible, I'm absolutely not wrong, it is 'two'."
Chen Zhancai was somewhat unconvinced and said to Wu Baoan, who was standing to the side,
"Village head, let me ask you, what's between one and three?"
Wu Baoan was taken aback at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Zhancai, I'm not trying to be mean, but you really are a bit silly. Between one and three, isn't that the word 'and'? How can you say it's silly!"
After hearing this, Chen Zhancai suddenly realized what was happening and was filled with remorse. If his hands weren't tied, he would have loved to slap himself twice.
"How could I be so careless? It's just a difference of one word. I shouldn't have done it, I really shouldn't have done it."
Chen Qingqing chuckled softly, "Scholar, you should have nothing to say now! Just focus on getting better!"
Chen Zhancai shook his head vigorously, "No, no, I was too careless just now. I didn't hear clearly and that's why I answered wrong. Don't give me those numbered questions. Ask me something more difficult, something that will make me think."
"Alright, since you won't admit you're sick, then I'll test you again. There are six caves in front of a tiger, and a goat in each cave. Why did the tiger go into the third cave?"
After listening to Chen Qingqing finish speaking, Chen Zhancai tried hard to think. Yes, what's going on?
Why did the tiger enter the third cave?
Yes, that must be it.
A thought suddenly struck him, and he blurted out, "It must be the goats in the third cave that are the biggest and fattest."
Chen Qingqing shook her head. "That's not right."
Chen Zhancai added, "That's a goat standing at the entrance of the cave, waiting for the tiger to eat it."
Chen Qingqing shook her head again, "That's even more wrong."
Chen Zhancai frowned. "There's a litter of lambs inside the cave."
"Not right yet."
"That must be the third cave, big enough for a tiger to squeeze in."
......
Chen Zhancai guessed for a long time but still couldn't guess correctly, which made him start to doubt his own physical condition.
How can you not answer such a simple question?
Could it be that there are still some evil spirits trapped in the body that are affecting intelligence?
No way, he feels refreshed and doesn't seem sick at all!
What's going on? No, I need to keep thinking, or I'll have to suffer the pain of being pricked with needles again.
Seeing him keep his head down and remain silent for a long time, Chen Qingqing couldn't help but sneer inwardly.
With your stupid, bear-like appearance, even if I underestimated you, or even if I smashed your head, I still wouldn't be able to figure out what happened.
He asked with a smile, "Scholar, have you figured it out yet? Or shall I tell you what happened?"
"No, no, please don't tell me, let me think about it for a while."
Chen Zhancai racked his brains for a long time, his head practically steaming from thinking, but he still couldn't figure it out, and he slumped down in dejection.
"I can't guess. Why do you think the tiger went into the third cave?"
Chen Qingqing chuckled softly, "The tiger can go into whichever cave it wants."
......
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