"Chang Xing, Comrade Wu is right. It is better for you to learn some medical skills than to learn carpentry. When the old Taoist asked you to learn carpentry skills, he originally wanted you to learn a way to make a living. If you can learn medical skills, it will be different.
Yes. I know you know the water method, but society is different now. Others will say that the water method is feudal superstition. Medical skills are different. Medical skills are science." Zhou Maolin persuaded.
Wu Wanyi quickly struck while the iron was hot: "Yes. Medicine is also a science. I originally aspired to be a doctor. If you are more literate, you can go to medical school and work in a hospital after you graduate."
"I'm so tired that I just go to treat you people in the city?" Chang Xing asked.
"Then you can come back as a rural doctor and treat the people in Xianjiqiao." Wu Wanyi said.
"I can treat people in Xianjiqiao right now," Chang Xing said.
"Really? As far as I know, a child will die in Xianji Bridge every one or two years. Why haven't you cured the child?" Wu Wanyi asked.
"What does it have to do with me if they don't come to see me? They don't want to believe me. I can't cry and beg others to come to me for treatment, right?" Chang Xing said.
"If you had become a doctor at that time, others said they would definitely come to you. Your treatment method might not be able to cure all diseases, right?" Wu Wanyi said.
"Then you mean your medicine can cure all diseases?" Chang Xing asked rhetorically.
"That's not true. But as medicine becomes more and more developed, more diseases can be treated. In the future, many diseases that cannot be cured now will be curable. Your method of treating diseases can only be based on luck, right?" Wu Wanyi said.
"Wait a minute. I'm not planning to be a doctor like you. I'm a Taoist priest, and now I'm a master carpenter. Why do I have to be a doctor?" Chang Xing asked.
"Because doctors are more useful. There are several carpenters in Xianji Bridge, but there is no serious doctor. If you became a doctor, wouldn't it be more helpful to Xianji Bridge?" Wu Wanyi said.
Zhou Maolin also said: "Chang Xing, you are smarter than the young people in the village. You will definitely be able to learn medical skills. Otherwise, you should listen to Comrade Wu, learn medical skills well, and become a doctor in the future."
"Don't fool me, I won't be fooled. I am practicing Taoism leisurely in the mountains, why should I be a doctor? Stop talking, stop talking. I don't want to study medicine for a few more years and end up like a carpenter.
In two years, I can't even use a plane." Chang Xing ran back to Fengmei Village after being annoyed by Wu Wanyi and Zhou Maolin's talk.
Wu Wanyi chased him out, but Chang Xing had already disappeared.
"Comrade Wu, this guy has this personality. He is very lazy. In fact, you can't blame him. He learned Taoism from an old Taoist priest since he was a child. Later, he studied as a carpenter for several years. He is very good at his craftsmanship. But now he has no use for his craftsmanship. It's like
I have learned a craft for several years in vain. Now people have become lazy." Zhou Maolin explained the cause and effect.
Wu Wanyi was a little disappointed: "So that's it. Maybe I was too anxious. Let's take this matter slowly. Secretary Zhou, how old was Chang Xing when he lived alone in the mountains? How did he grow up?"
"Alas! Children from poor families have long been in charge. Chang Xing has followed the old Taoist priest since he was a child. The old Taoist priest's whereabouts are unpredictable. Chang Xing learned to support himself at a very young age." Zhou Maolin said.
"I want to go up the mountain, is that okay?" Wu Wanyi asked.
"There's no problem with this. Chang Xing will come down the mountain to pick you up when I send you to the foot of the mountain. It's just that the black bear hasn't been eliminated yet, so you can't leave the village casually. Chang Xing will come down the mountain soon. If you want to go up the mountain and have a look,
You can talk to Chang Xing then." Zhou Maolin said.
I don’t know what happened, but the Xianjiqiao brigade was on guard throughout the twelfth lunar month, but the black bear never showed up. This made the Xianjiqiao people begin to wonder whether the black bear existed, or whether it had been shot to death.
Otherwise, how could he not come out all the time? The New Year is coming soon. If the shadow of the black bear is not erased, Xianjiqiao will not be able to have a good time this year.
Although Chang Xing avoided Wu Wanyi, he did not hide in the mountain all the time. The black bear was not eliminated for a day, and he was worried about Xianji Bridge.
"Xilai, please help me go to Maolin's house to see if Wu Wanyi is there. If she doesn't, come back and tell me immediately." Chang Xing asked Zhang Xilai to explore the way for him.
Zhang Xilai came back not long after he ran away.
"Xilai, is Wu Wanyi here?" Chang Xing didn't notice that something was wrong with Zhang Xilai's expression.
"Chang Xing! Do you really hate me? You don't even want to see me? You don't want to study medicine, and I won't force you. Why are you avoiding me like this?" Wu Wanyi had long known about Chang Xing's relationship with Zhang Xilai.
Best. Zhang Xilai has scouted Chang Xing's route many times. But this time, Wu Wanyi followed Zhang Xilai directly.
"Xilai, you useless guy." Chang Xing knew he couldn't hide, so he complained to Zhang Xilai, then walked over openly and smiled at Wu Wanyi, "Wu Wanyi, actually, I'm not specifically avoiding you. To be honest, I'm not avoiding you.
It’s this time that I often look for that black bear in the mountains.”
"Do you know how dangerous it is for you to do this?" Wu Wanyi said worriedly.
"There is nothing dangerous. It's just an ordinary black blind man. It's not like I haven't hit it before, but now this black blind man has been hiding from me and I don't dare to come out. Otherwise, I would have dealt with it long ago." Chang Xing said.
Wu Wanyi then remembered that Chang Xing killed a black bear with his bare hands: "Then you should be careful. Don't be too careless."
"Comrade Wu, I'm sorry, Uncle Maolin has something to do with me. I'm going to see what it is." After Chang Xing finished speaking, he walked to Zhou Maolin's house.
"Chang Xing, I want to go have a look at the mountains. When is it convenient for you? I'll go up with Xiaoling and the others." Wu Wanyi asked.
"There's no rush. Wait until I find the black blind man." Chang Xing said.
"Brother Chang Xing, you are not allowed to take these intellectual young women to the Patriarch Temple!" Xiao Hongxia ran out from nowhere, pouting in anger.
"Hongxia, why did you come here?" Chang Xing looked at the angry Xiao Hongxia and chuckled.
"Don't laugh. I'm telling you something serious. Don't take them to the Patriarch Temple." Xiao Hongxia was extremely dissatisfied with Chang Xing's attitude.
"Hongxia, why? Why do we Xianjiqiao people have the right to turn away guests?" Chang Xing asked.
Xiao Hongxia said angrily: "Don't think I don't know. You saved Comrade Wu's life, and she wants to talk to someone. The old Taoist priest is engaged to us. You always say, did you see Comrade Wu compare?
I'm pretty, so you're going to change your mind and become Chen Shimei?"
Chang Xing couldn't help laughing: "My master was joking with your parents, do you still take it seriously?"
"Sure enough, you have changed your mind!" Xiao Hongxia cried angrily when Chang Xing didn't take it seriously.
"Hey, why are you crying?" Chang Xing panicked. He really regarded Xiao Hongxia as his own sister. He had always treated the engagement as a joke, but when he saw Xiao Hongxia crying, he immediately panicked.
"Anyway, if you change your mind and don't want me, then I'll jump into the well and hang myself." Xiao Hongxia cried and ran away, covering her face.
Chang Xing hurriedly chased after her and grabbed Xiao Hongxia, but was thrown away by Xiao Hongxia. Chang Xing had no choice but to run after Xiao Hongxia.
"Hongxia, don't cry. You are still young..."
"I'm not young anymore. My mother said that before liberation, I would have been a disciple so early."
"Don't cry. Did you see with your eyes that Comrade Wu and I are talking about someone? Comrade Wu is from the city. He eats national food and will go back to the city sooner or later..."
"Humph, you just want to wait for them to return to the city, and you will follow them to the city."
"You silly girl. How can people from the city fall in love with people from the countryside?"
"If you like it, are you ready to be Chen Shimei?"
"Why are you, a girl, thinking about all these things in your head? Comrade Wu wanted to repay me because I saved her life that night and asked me to study medicine with her and become a doctor. I am not interested in medicine.
. Just avoid her. What do you think is going on? The girl always thinks about messy things." Chang Xing knocked on Xiao Hongxia's head.
Xiao Hongxia burst into tears and smiled: "Then you really don't like Comrade Wu?"
"How is that possible? They are not the same as us. By the way, how have you been studying with these educated youths recently?" Chang Xing changed the subject.
"Brother Chang Xing, these educated young people know a lot. Many of them are things that teachers in school have never taught. Some of them have gone to high school," Xiao Hongxia said.
"How about it? These educated young people in the city are so talented and more sophisticated than our young people in the countryside. Why don't you like one of them?" Chang Xing asked.
"Of course not. Brother Chang Xing, do you think I will have the chance to study in the city in the future?" Xiao Hongxia asked.
"There must be some. I've shown you the horoscopes, so you have to believe me. I'm a Taoist priest from the Zushi Temple. I can count on everything," Chang Xing said with a smile.
"Are you serious?" Xiao Hongxia asked.
"Seriously. I can't lie to anyone but Hongxia, right?" Chang Xing said.
"Okay. You must not lie to me." Xiao Hongxia said.
"Master Chang Xing arranged a baby wedding for Chang Xing and Xiao Hongxia before. In fact, there was no ceremony. He just told a joke. However, Chang Xing studied carpentry with Hongxia's father for several years. At that time, many people in the brigade, Hongxia
My parents wanted to recruit Chang Xing as their son-in-law, but then Hongxia’s mother gave Hongxia another younger brother and sister, so Hongxia’s father and mother changed their minds,” Zhang Xilai said.
"It turned out to be a baby kiss." Wu Wanyi seemed to feel relieved.
Zhang Xilai asked: "Comrade Wu, you have to go back to the city after all, right?"
