Chapter 829: The curtain of Xu Xian's medical studies kicked off
"What about Chinese?"
Not seeing his brother-in-law Xu Xian, Li Gongfu asked curiously: "Isn't he usually studying at home?"
"He doesn't even pay attention to reading, so what else should he read?"
Xu Jiaorong put the warm tea on the coffee table and said angrily: "I saw that he couldn't continue like this, so I just fulfilled his wish and let him go out to study medicine!"
"No way?"
Li Gongfu's face was full of surprise. He held the tea cup steadily with his right hand and stopped drinking in a hurry. He asked curiously: "Isn't the lady always opposed to this?"
In my heart, I felt a little sorry for my brother-in-law Xu Xian.
If you really want to study medicine, how about going to the medical department of Qin Feng Martial Arts School?
Not only can you learn enough medical knowledge, but you can also practice with injured martial arts disciples in the process of studying medicine. This is a rare opportunity to not only learn knowledge but also enhance practical experience. Even a fool can understand how rare this opportunity is.
As an apprentice in a normal medical clinic, even if you have the support of Xu's Pharmacy, you can only get through it slowly, and it depends on whether the master is willing to teach carefully.
In Qin Feng Martial Arts School, there are not so many nonsense. There are standard textbooks for both martial arts and medicine. You may not have a single master to know one-on-one as efficiently, but you can learn enough broad and useful medical knowledge.
Li Gongfu is not a fool. Besides, he has been working as an errand in the Yamen for so many years and saw the vague things mentioned. How could he not know the hardships of being an apprentice and the tricks of the master's teaching?
What you can learn as an apprentice is limited. At least the master will not teach all the medical skills and experience. Ya's apprentice is not a direct blood relative of the master, so why should he teach him all the medical skills and experience?
As for nonsense like "teaching all apprentices to starve the master to death", it is just an excuse for the masters not to teach all their skills, and it cannot be taken seriously.
In the feudal era, even if there were extraordinary powers such as immortal magic and martial arts, the level of technology was there, and the means of production and life were quite primitive and backward.
Within the Song Empire, the largest number were farmers who relied on hard work to dig food in the soil.
Scholars are a minority, and as for craftsmen with various skills and inheritance, including medical craftsmen, they are even more of a minority among the minority, and the demand is astonishingly high.
As long as your craftsmanship is not bad, you can earn more than enough food and clothing wherever you go, and even live a moderately prosperous life.
Unless there are too many craftsmen of the same type gathered in one city or place, you can do pretty well anywhere.
It is precisely because of this that masters who have mastered good craftsmanship value their craftsmanship above all else, and there should not be too many family rules such as passing down the inheritance from male to female.
With Li Gongfu's perspective, how could he not have known that if his brother-in-law Xu Xian went to be an apprentice in a medical clinic outside, he would be young if he did not work like a cow for three years. How would it be possible for him to learn real medical skills in ten or eight years?
Of course, the situation of brother-in-law Xu Xian may be better.
Regardless of whether you look at the face of a monk or the face of a Buddha, Li Gongfu is also a famous figure in Qiantang County. No matter who you are, you have to give him some face, and the doctors in the county medical clinic are no exception.
Coupled with the reputation of Xu's Pharmacy in the county's medical industry and the few medical books retained by the Xu family, my brother-in-law's time of working as a cowboy may be shortened a lot, but if he wants to study and become a doctor, he can't even dream about it for five years.
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However, his brother-in-law Xu Xian obviously has a prejudice against martial arts schools and does not want to go to a martial arts school to study medicine. He made Li Gongfu lose his face at first, but now it is difficult for him to ask for help even if he wants to help.
My mind was spinning, and I thought about all of these in an instant, but my face didn't show any signs of it.
He knew that his wife wanted her brother-in-law to study and make progress so that he could enter the officialdom and shine brightly.
It's not that Li Gongfu looks down on people, but his brother-in-law Xu Xian's soft-tempered temperament means that if he really enters the officialdom, he will die an ugly death unless he stays in the Qingshui Yamen.
Of course, he thought so in his heart, but he would not say it out loud.
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"Hey, I can't help it!"
Speaking of this, Xu Jiaorong's face quickly turned from sunny to gloomy, and she sighed heavily and said helplessly: "Seeing that Han Wen is not very willing to study and make progress, he is getting older and older, and we can no longer delay it!"
Li Gongfu nodded. His brother-in-law Xu Xian was already over 16 years old. He was considered an adult in an ordinary family and had to go out to work hard for the family's livelihood.
Although the situation of his brother-in-law Xu Xian is much better, Li Gongfu does not mind that his brother-in-law lives at home. At the same time, the Xu family also has farmland and a drug store to make a living, so there is no need to go out to work hard for a living early.
But given his age, my brother-in-law is not from a wealthy family. Although he lives a carefree life, he is still a member of the common people. He has to worry about the material opinions of his neighbors.
Not everyone has a calm attitude of being unfazed by favors and humiliations, at least my brother-in-law Xu Xian is not such a person.
If he doesn't want to live under the guidance of his neighbors in the future, his brother-in-law will either continue to study in school. No matter whether he can make progress in his studies in the end, at least the neighbors will respect his brother-in-law as a real scholar without saying anything.
It's a pity that my brother-in-law has no thoughts in this regard and has revealed his intentions in front of outsiders. It is not a good choice to continue to stay in the school.
The best choice is that my brother-in-law has some vision and is good at studying medicine.
"No, I see that Han Wen really doesn't have the heart to focus on studying. After searching for a while, I found a way to comply with his wishes and found a medical clinic to let him become an apprentice!"
Xu Jiaorong said helplessly: "Hanwen is happy now, and I feel better!"
"Which medical clinic and which master do you worship?"
Li Gongfu was noncommittal and asked curiously: "If Han Wen can happily become an apprentice, I think he should have some reputation in Qiantang!"
"That is!"
Speaking of this, Xu Jiaorong showed a smile on her face, nodded and said: "Isn't it said that a good doctor is not a good appearance? Since Han Wen wants to study medicine, I, as my sister, naturally have to choose a good master for him.
The master Han Wen is working with now is none other than the famous Wang Yuanwai of Qingyutang in Qiantang!"
"Oh, it's him!"
Li Gongfu suddenly understood, nodded and said with a smile: "This man has good medical skills and a good reputation. It seems that the matter of Chinese medicine is settled!"
"Of course!"
Xu Jiaorong said proudly: "I am such a younger brother, so naturally I have to choose a good master for him!"
Li Gongfu did not comment, and casually changed the subject and briefly described the story of this business trip, without revealing the danger involved. However, even so, Xu Jiaorong was so frightened that Xu Jiaorong turned pale and could not panic.
"Master, why is it so chaotic outside?"
After being the wife of Futou for these years, my husband is also a person with a lot of real power and reputation. The ladies of various families who are in conflict with him also belong to wealthy families. Whether it is the vision or the level of cognition of the world, it is better than in the TV series.
Much stronger.
My husband, Mr. Li Gongfu, encountered many difficult things before when he went on official business, but they were not as dangerous as this time.
Although her husband spoke lightly, she was not a fool. How could she not know the depth of the water?
Even the famous and powerful martial artist who is in charge of the Qin Feng Martial Arts School has been dispatched. It can be seen that the trouble encountered this time is not small, and it has been delayed for such a long time without success. How can things be simple?
Besides, in the past few years, I have been dating a bunch of ladies from wealthy families, and I have heard a lot of things. It is no wonder that Xu Jiaorong's face turned pale at this time, and she was obviously very shocked.
"nothing!"
However, Li Gongfu didn't take it seriously and said comfortingly: "Madam, don't worry, all the juniors from the martial arts school are with you to take care of you. Even if it is difficult to capture the gangster for a while, your own safety is no problem!"
"To put it lightly!"
Xu Jiaorong was not that easy to fool, and said angrily: "In the past, when you were on official business, never did you follow the government's policemen to take action. If there was any danger, the government's people would be there to take action. This time, you guys from the county town are the best."
The policeman here is the leader, I wonder what the master in the government office thinks?"
"What else can you think about?"
Li Gongfu said with a smile: "As long as I can solve the problem, your husband and I will do a great job. I don't know when in the future, I will directly become the boss of the government!"
"real?"
Xu Jiaorong's eyes lit up and she said urgently: "Don't lie to me!"
"Why are you lying to me?"
Li Gongfu said with a smile: "I didn't want to go to the government office before, just because I didn't want to be an ordinary little catcher asking people to come and drink. Now that the opportunity is rare, I must seize it!"
"But didn't you say that you haven't solved the gangster?"
Regarding the future of her husband-in-law, Xu Jiaorong said anxiously: "Master Fuyamen won't blame him, right?"
"Of course not!"
Li Gongfu shook his head and said confidently: "Madam, don't worry. Not only will your husband not blame you, but you will also look down upon your husband!"
"That's good, that's good..."
Xu Jiaorong patted her chest gently and said with a smile: "If my husband can become a high-level head catcher, our Li family can be regarded as a family of serious officials!"
Speaking of this, she couldn't help but smile. She always felt uncomfortable with the difference in status when interacting with those ladies from wealthy families. If she became an official wife, the situation would naturally be very different.
"Sister, I'm back!"
At this moment, Xu Xian's clear voice came over. This guy who had just become an apprentice in a medical clinic hurried over with a small medicine basket on his back.
"Hey, brother-in-law, you're back!"
Seeing her brother-in-law Li Gongfu, Xu Xian showed a cheerful smile, and the alliance greeted him: "My brother-in-law is on a business trip this time. I'm afraid he will make great contributions again!"
"Haha, borrow some lucky words in Chinese!"
Li Gongfu smiled with a smile on his face and asked curiously: "Why Hanwen, aren't you an apprentice at Qingyu Hall? Did you follow Doctor Wang to the mountains to collect medicine?"
"No, no, I have learned some knowledge about medicinal materials, and I want to pick them myself and experience them!"
Xu Xian waved his hands repeatedly and said with a smile: "It's not easy to go to the mountain, so I just took advantage of the situation and picked some common medicinal materials!"
"You guys are out of your mind!"
Li Gongfu said with a smile: "There are so many medicinal materials in Xu's pharmacy, why bother going to the mountains to pick them yourself? Why not just ask the old pharmacists in the pharmacy for advice?"