Zhuang Keqing has actually been thinking about how to make a living these days.
A Ling will definitely be admitted as a scholar. In this aspect, she has absolute confidence.
As long as Aring is admitted as a scholar, he will no longer be able to study behind closed doors in the village. If he wants to go further, he must have a good teacher.
But where is the good teacher?
Among the several villages around Erli Village, there was only one Zhao Xiucai, a private school in Songling Town. She secretly inquired about it, and found that they were all married to scholars, and there were no candidates.
Then we can only go to the prefecture and county.
There must be good teachers there.
My family is not short of money now, so it won't be a problem to find a good academy or a good teacher for Aling in the county.
I just went there, and my mother and I couldn't just sit around doing nothing every day.
She doesn't plan to do the tofu business anymore, and although braised food is good, it's just a backup option for her.
She made up her mind that if she wanted to do something, she would do something new, something strange, something different from others!
Isn’t this medicated diet a novelty now?
"If you want to learn my medicinal diet, then you can be my apprentice."
Zhuang Keqing was just thinking about how to persuade Dr. Li when he suddenly heard what the other party said.
She originally wanted to buy the formula through her personal relationship with Dr. Li. Regardless of whether she would be in the medicinal diet business in the future, she would have many skills at her disposal. But who would have thought that Dr. Li would be willing to do so just by mentioning it?
Accept her as a disciple?
You must know that there are no female doctors in this prosperous dynasty. If it is known that any doctor has accepted a woman as his apprentice, he will definitely be ridiculed by his peers and laughed at.
Zhuang Keqing was stunned for a moment, then raised her head in surprise, and saw the old man gently twirling his beard with one hand, looking at her gently and encouragingly with a smile in his eyes.
"master!"
Understanding that the opportunity was rare, Zhuang Keqing immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Dr. Li.
When Dr. Li saw the girl bowing deeply at his feet in front of him, he was filled with emotion.
It was rare for him to receive a gift from a girl that day, but what was even more difficult was that the other person's words actually woke up the man in his dream, and made him have the ambition to break the barriers even at this young age.
Just those little reminders are valuable, but what does it mean to accept her as a disciple?
Doctor Li smiled and helped Zhuang Keqing stand up.
"Since you have become my teacher, you will come here every three days after that year to learn pharmacology and identify medicinal materials with me."
It's just a trip every three days. If she could study with Dr. Li, she would be willing to live here!
Zhuang Keqing was extremely excited. He had never been so happy even when he learned that Wufuji was willing to spend two thousand taels on the wine-making recipe.
Shen Ling was by his side and could see clearly from beginning to end.
He knew that Ke'er was different from other girls and had her own way of doing everything.
But even so, he never expected that a little lady like him could be so easily accepted by a doctor as his disciple.
Simply unbelievable.
Zhuang Keqing became her master and was in high spirits all the way back to the village. She kept telling Shen Ling about her happy and joyful mood, just like the birds in the forest in the early spring morning, chirping non-stop.
"Ke'er is great."
Shen Ling stretched out her right hand, looked at the other person's radiant eyes gently with downcast eyes, and then gently stroked the top of her soft hair.
His wife always gives him different surprises.
When the two returned home, Zhuang Er and Zhuang San had left early, leaving piles of New Year gifts piled at the kitchen door.
When Qin Manzhi saw her daughter and son-in-law coming back, she was overtaken by Zhuang Keqing before she could talk about Zhuang San.
"Mom, I won't be able to be at home all the time after the new year."
"Ke'er, what are you talking about?"
Qin Manzhi couldn't understand why her daughter just went out to pay New Year's greetings, but when she came back, she seemed to have encountered something great. Not only that, she was also mysterious and didn't say a word.
"Doctor Li is willing to accept Ke as his apprentice."
Shen Ling helped explain.
"Wha, what apprentice?"
Qin Manzhi didn't react at all.
"Mom! Your daughter will become the first female doctor in the Dasheng Dynasty!"
Zhuang Keqing grabbed her mother's hand, her cheeks were flushed, and she couldn't help herself with joy. She was jumping up and down, showing a rare childishness that only a young person of her age can have.
You can see how happy I am.
Qin Manzhi was stunned for a moment and even forgot about Zhuang San's visit.
Doctor Li accepts his daughter as his apprentice?
My daughter wants to learn medicine from a doctor?!
"Mom, what's wrong with you? Are you unhappy?"
Zhuang Keqing tilted his head slightly, a little confused.
Qin Manzhi didn't know how to explain her current mood.
I had never heard of a woman studying medicine. Moreover, even if Keer succeeded in studying medicine, would anyone be willing to seek medical treatment from her?
Qin Manzhi knew that it was not good to throw cold water on her daughter at this time, so she smiled and patted her daughter's hand and said, "I'm happy. Of course mom is happy. Why is our son so good? He can become a doctor in the future."
Zhuang Keqing obviously didn't realize that her own mother had coaxed her, so she just smiled and went to the kitchen, thinking about making something delicious to celebrate tonight.
There were still piles of things sent by Zhuang Er and Zhuang San at the door of the kitchen. Before Qin Manzhi could say anything, he saw his daughter directly pulling out a good piece of pork belly from inside and carrying it into the kitchen.
"Why……"
Forget it, Ke'er is still in the mood, let her go. As for Zhuang San's visit, we can talk about it later.
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Time flies so fast, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has passed by in a blink of an eye, and the year is finally over.
Not to mention how many villagers came to pay New Year's greetings and give gifts. Even shopkeeper Hu came and gave New Year's gifts.
It was much more formal than the way the waiter carried it to her car in Songling Town.
Not only are there food, but there is also a good inkstone, a few pieces of fine tobacco ink, and several wolf-brush pens, which even Shen Ling has taken into consideration.
The people who do business are really thorough and considerate of everything.
The owner of the Five Blessings is good at being a good person, so Zhuang Keqing will naturally reciprocate the favor.
Just after the New Year, she went to the village chief's house to discuss the purchase of sweet potatoes.
After that, he followed the village chief for two days to finalize the sweet potato deal between Daxing Village and Sanlin Village. After signing the deed, he was waiting for the manager from Wufuji to come over and start the sweet potato workshop.
After finishing the work in the workshop, Zhuang Keqing also started to run to Dr. Li's house every three days, starting from the simplest identification of medicinal materials and learning bit by bit.
Nowadays, she has very little free time, and even going to town to sell tofu only happens once every half month.
The tofu has become a hot commodity again.
When the dragon raised its head on the second day of February, Wufu Ji finally sent a steward. Amidst the sound of firecrackers, not only did the sweet potato workshop start up again, but even the land for the wine shop was cleared.
It was decided by the village chief and Zuo Jin, the owner of Wufu Ji, that it is located between Erli Village and Daxing Village.
For this reason, I also specially found a small official in the town to be a witness. Of course, after that, I would also get a meal, drink and benefits.
Of course, these have nothing to do with the banker. When Zuo Jin came back, he made a special trip to visit Ji Zhuang Keqing. No one knew exactly what they discussed between them.
But starting from the end of the year, Erli Village and other nearby villages seemed to be different. Although the villagers kept journals about the wheat seedlings in the field, they finally had some other hopes.
On the day when the winery was started, the owner of Wufuji specially invited a drumming team. They started beating music from the head of Erli Village. The excitement all the way to the location of the winery attracted the villagers of Daxing Village to come and watch the excitement.
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While everyone was watching the performance, they also speculated about who invited this person, and how they found such an out-of-the-way place to perform.
"A winery will be built on this land in the future!"
"Really?"
"Then there are still fake ones? The owner of Wufuji is here to impress the people of Erli Village. When the workshop is completed, we will have to recruit a lot of people nearby."
The villagers of Erli Village all held their chests high.
They didn't say anything, but the boss had agreed to give priority to recruiting people from their Erli Village!
The villagers of Daxing Village only heard from the village chief that someone was harvesting sweet potatoes in a big way recently. Who knew that a winery was going to be built in front of their house?
This time, they were even more reluctant to leave. Some people even ran home and invited family members to come and see.
Regardless of whether the establishment of the winery has anything to do with them, this rare performance cannot be missed!
While the winery construction site was bustling with activity, Zhuang Keqing packed up the mule cart, said goodbye to his mother and Aman, and headed to Songling Town with Shen Ling.