Hu Dalang ran from the front yard to the back yard. When he saw that Zhou Man was finally free after seeing the patients, he immediately pulled Hu Xiaomei to her and knelt down.
Zhou Mancai had just washed his hands and was shocked when he saw this. He quickly asked Xibing to help him up and asked, "What are you doing?"
Hu Dalang knelt and refused to get up, "Sir, please accept my sister as an apprentice, or a maid, we are willing to sign..."
He gritted his teeth and said, "I am willing to sign a twenty-year living contract, as long as she stays with you and learns some skills."
When Qian Xiaoyang was about to carry the basin down, he heard it and immediately stood closely beside Zhou Man, fearing that she would steal her job.
Sister Sijing said that not everyone can stay with Mr. Zhou in the medical department. Among so many long-term workers, she is the only one who can do it, so she must be obedient and cannot be squeezed away.
Zhou Man looked at him in surprise, then looked at Hu Xiaomei who was kneeling next to him. Seeing that she still looked confused, he asked, "Is it your father who is here to make things difficult for you again?"
Hu Dalang shook his head, "It's not him, it's you who said that a person must be capable so that he can support himself no matter where he goes."
Qian Xiaoyang immediately shouted: "My Lord taught me this, you eavesdropped!"
Hu Dalang lowered his head in embarrassment, "I was carrying medicinal materials in the front yard when I heard it and remembered it. I'm sorry."
Zhou Man then smiled and said, "What's wrong with that? Everyone can listen to the truth. You can listen to it and have your own understanding. What a good thing."
Qian Xiaoyang is very simple-minded. Although he is strong, he didn't show it when he was young. When he grows up, he may suffer a disadvantage.
So Zhou Man hopes that she can learn more things in her spare time. Even if she can't learn medical skills, being able to process and concoct some medicinal materials will be a skill in the future.
But she couldn't remember it in her mind and became irritable after studying for a few days. Zhou Man used these words to persuade her.
Unexpectedly, the real owner didn't hear it, but Hu Dalang who was next to him remembered it in his heart.
Zhou Man then asked Hu Xiaomei, who was kneeling aside, "What do you think?"
Hu Xiaomei, who was only nine years old, had a simpler mind. She said: "I listen to my elder brother."
Zhou Man thought for a while, and seeing the hope in Hu Dalang's eyes, he nodded and said: "Then stay as an apprentice. However, being an apprentice does not pay wages, and it is also hard work. You need to do more work."
Hu Dalang immediately pulled his sister to kowtow and said firmly: "Thank you, sir, she is not afraid of hard work. If you have orders from me in the future, just ask her to do it."
Zhou Man asked Hu Dalang, "Do you want to be an apprentice?"
Hu Dalang hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and refused.
There is no income as an apprentice, but now his mother has to recuperate from illness, and he has younger brothers and sisters to support. Obviously, he cannot be an apprentice, so he has to support them.
Zhou Man smiled slightly, not forcing himself, and let Xibing lead Hu Xiaomei down.
This is the first apprentice of their medical department, and also the first apprentice of Zhou Manshou, which has a very different meaning.
After waving them all to leave, she stood at the door and watched them leave with bright eyes. She couldn't help but clenched her fists and waved them in the air with joy.
When Mingda and Bai Erlang came in, they looked at each other and couldn't help but pause.
Mingda then asked, "What are you so happy about?"
Bai Erlang: "Have you tricked someone?"
Zhou Man: "Am I that kind of person?"
But she still couldn't suppress her joy and said to them slightly excitedly: "I just accepted an apprentice."
Bai Erlang and Ming Da understood instantly and said "oh" meaningfully.
Zhou Man: "...Don't look like that. Mr. Qian has already said that this is a better way for the current development of the Medical Department to benefit both parties."
The Medical Department is currently seriously short of manpower, and it is difficult to recruit doctors. However, it costs a lot of money to hire a doctor, and the Medical Department allocates funds, so the cost is getting bigger and bigger.
Mr. Qian saw that doctors from all over Qingzhou always came to discuss medical skills with Zhou Man. Some even came from other states, just to sit with Zhou Man and talk for less than half an hour.
And he listened for a while, saying it was a discussion, but basically they asked questions and answered them thoughtfully.
From this we can see how good Zhou Man's medical skills are. Anyway, after hearing this a few times, Mr. Qian encouraged Zhou Man to accept apprentices, but he still faced these doctors who came to his door.
In Mr. Qian's words, "You don't begrudge your knowledge, and you will teach anyone who asks for advice. You also want more doctors to have better medical skills and benefit the people. In this case, why not recruit apprentices so that they can be by your side?"
Learning medical skills has also alleviated the shortage of staff in the medical department and relieved the financial pressure."
Zhou Man was convinced, but she couldn't speak to these doctors. They were all doctors, and some were even famous. They were much older than her. How could she have the nerve to ask them to be apprentices?
She cannot speak. For the sake of her reputation, Mr. Qian also feels that he cannot let her speak on her own initiative, so he is currently thinking of ways.
But she didn't expect that the first apprentice she accepted would be Hu Xiaomei, who was only nine years old.
Mingda asked her, "What do you want to teach her? Medical skills?"
Zhou Man shook his head, "This is too far away. Who doesn't start learning medicine from medicine? Since you are an apprentice, the things you have to learn are more miscellaneous, so let's learn medicine first."
She said: "In the end, even if you can't learn medical skills, you can handle prepared medicinal materials, recognize medicines, and know the properties of medicines. This is still a skill."
Aren’t their pharmacy students studying medicine?
Mr. Qian came back from outside. As soon as he entered the door, he heard that Mr. Zhou had accepted Hu Xiaomei as his apprentice.
This incident was still very shocking in the medical office. From Xiao Kou to the doctors and patients seeking treatment in the medical office, they all looked at Hu Xiaomei with envy and wished they could take her place.
Xiao Kou was so envious that he couldn't help but keep peeking at Hu Xiaomei during dinner in the evening.
Seeing that Xi Cing's reaction was dull, she grabbed her and asked, "Sister Xi Cing, don't you envy Miss Hu?"
Xibing was confused, "Why do I envy her?"
Xiao Kou: "...she can learn medical skills from adults."
Xibing said: "I can do that too."
Xiao Kou: "...How is that the same? We are slaves, but she is an apprentice and a good citizen."
Xibing: “We were originally slaves.”
Xiao Kou: "..." She didn't know what to say, but she didn't mean it.
Seeing that she was depressed, Xibing persuaded her, "People are different. She was originally a good citizen, I was originally a slave, and so are you. But the lady said that you can't change it by speaking out, but you can change it later.
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Xiao Kou: "Can I not be a maid in the future?"
"You just have to earn enough money to redeem yourself."
Xiao Kou opened his mouth, remembered something, and asked her quickly, "Sister Xibing, how much is your ransom money?"
"I don't know, I don't want to redeem myself," Xibing said proudly, raising his chin: "I want to follow my wife for the rest of my life."
Redemption for what?
She is so good-looking, and life may not be easy if she is redeemed. She might even be snatched away. It would be better to just stay with the lady, which would be more comfortable and happy.