"The junior exam won't be too difficult, and the acupuncture exam is not necessarily an exam. After all, not all doctors have good acupuncture skills." Dr. Xu added.
Bai Banxia nodded, "Then please recommend it to me. I will take the exam this month to avoid being caught in the wrong place in the future."
"Okay, I will go to the town's Medical Association tomorrow to help you submit a letter of recommendation." Dr. Xu responded.
"Sorry to trouble you." Bai Banxia solemnly thanked her again.
At night, the defense team trained as usual, but Saburo still couldn't keep up with everyone, and started crying after returning home.
"Grandma, I really can't stand it anymore, tell Bai Banxia to stop torturing me!" Saburo shouted while crying.
Bai Banxia's mouth twitched. Sanlang was seventeen years old, less than a year younger than her. He was also a big boy. Why was he so squeamish?
What's more, he didn't stick to it every day. At most, he couldn't stand it until halfway through practicing with everyone.
"Why are you howling? Why didn't you, Brother Da Lang, say you were tired?" The old lady didn't like seeing Saburo crying like this. Although she could bear the title of "a loving mother who often loses her son", her defeat was only directed at Bai Tian.
Bai Shenggen went over and patted Saburo on the shoulder and said, "Just get used to it and it will be fine. Everyone has persisted like this. Look at how powerful they are now. Don't you want to be more capable?"
"I don't want to, why do I need so much ability as a farmer? I would rather work in the fields!" Saburo shouted.
Mrs. Xu rushed to the main room, hugged Sanlang and cried together.
"My poor son, his body is not strong to begin with. I wonder if he will get into trouble if he continues to be tired like this." Ms. Xu said while crying, "I only have a son like this. I couldn't get pregnant for the first three years.
It’s not easy to find one, I just want him to be safe, so why don’t you stop forcing us?”
Mrs. Xu married Baishui, the second oldest child, but her son Sanlang was one year younger than Bai Banxia. Without asking, she knew that the first three years of her marriage to the Bai family were not easy.
Bai Banxia did not go to the main room, but she could hear Sanlang and Xu's crying words in her own room.
"You don't know that at the beginning, your second uncle couldn't conceive the child, and your grandma showed her shame. I got pregnant first, and you were fine just after giving birth. Until your second uncle gave birth,
If you have a son, it’s my turn to look at your face again.”
Zhang Lingzhi sighed with emotion, "After more than ten years, your second sister-in-law and I didn't get pregnant again. The family was thin, and your grandma didn't like me even more."
"It won't happen again. Don't worry, mother, I'll protect you. Besides, you and your father are still young. When I get your bodies back in shape, you'll definitely be able to get pregnant." Bai Banxia took her mother's hand to comfort her.
Zhang Lingzhi's eyes lit up, "It doesn't matter whether I have a son or not. Old people say that children are fate. I quite like children and want to give you a younger brother or sister."
"It will definitely happen, but if I have younger brothers and sisters, my mother won't love me anymore."
Bai Banxia's tone was a bit coquettish, which made her mother laugh. He stretched out his hand and poked her head and said, "You're starting to get jealous even if you don't even raise your eyebrows."
In the main room, Mrs. Xu was still crying with Sanlang, so Bai Banxia told her mother and went to the main room.
"Have you cried enough? If you don't want to go, don't go. You will be a waste for the rest of your life. You can only be beaten by me and have no power to fight back." Bai Banxia shouted to stop the two of them, "Let's relax for a while in the evening. How many people are there?"
You can’t participate even if you want to practice, and if you don’t go, you won’t come back again.”
After Bai Banxia finished speaking, he ignored the two of them and went to wash himself and get ready to rest.
Xu complained to the old lady aggrievedly, and the old lady rolled her eyes at her, "Don't you just want this result? Didn't Pinellia agree, so what nonsense are you talking about? Why do you have so many things to do every day?"
Now Mrs. Xu didn't dare to say anything more and helped Sanlang back to the house.
Just like that, when it was time for the defense team to train the next night, Saburo came anyway, with a gloomy face but said nothing.
"It's not hopeless." Bai Banxia whispered to Qi Zhen.
"Why don't you tell him that he can't beat you no matter how hard you practice?" Qi Zhen asked.
Bai Banxia raised her eyebrows, "Maybe she is gifted, how dare I boast so casually about Haikou?"
"No, his muscles and bones are too weak." Qi Zhen said decisively.
In the blink of an eye, on the evening of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Bai Banxia and Dr. Xu discussed the details of the free clinic the next day and made some preparations.
Zhang An has also notified them, and has made arrangements to move two sets of tables and chairs to the entrance of the village early tomorrow morning. In addition, people from the defense team will also come to help maintain order.
"I don't know how many people will come to see me, and I don't know if there are enough medicinal materials." Dr. Xu said worriedly.
"It is estimated that many people have minor ailments, and massage or acupuncture can cure them. If possible, try not to prescribe medication, and it will also save them some money." Bai Banxia suggested.
Doctor Xu nodded, "Yes, lest anyone accuse us of making money."
"Let them say, there are always people who don't want others to do good things, and we just need to feel free of guilt." Bai Banxia said.
Doctor Xu admired Bai Banxia's courage from the bottom of his heart. It was not easy to have such a state of mind at such a young age.
After Doctor Xu left, Qi Zhen came over and asked, "What should I do tomorrow?"
"Go and help my parents out of the stall. The cart is very heavy." Bai Banxia said.
Qi Zhen looked disapproving, "I want to help you."
"I have nothing to help with." Bai Banxia thought about it and made arrangements.
"I think the situation is better than them." Qi Zhen was very dissatisfied, and the corners of his lips drooped.
Bai Banxia couldn't help but laugh, "You think you're overqualified for the job, so you should be my assistant."
"Okay." Qi Zhen became happy again.
"Why are you acting like a child? Have you remembered who Xue'er is?" Bai Banxia asked with a smile.
As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Zhen's face fell again.
"I don't know, I went to bed." He said this and returned to the house.
When Bai Tian saw him entering the room, he whispered: "You have to think carefully. If you have a sweetheart or a fiancée, stay away from my Banxia family, so as not to hurt her."
Qi Zhen fell silent, put on his clothes and went to sleep. He didn't speak, but he didn't seem to fall asleep either.
So the next morning, Qi Zhen said to Bai Banxia: "I'd better help uncle and aunt run the stall."
"Okay, thank you for the hard work." Bai Banxia smiled at him, her smile was very bright.
Qi Zhen did not dare to look at her more and looked away.
He thought about it all night last night. He really couldn't remember who "Xue'er" was, nor did he know what he did before, or what responsibilities he had to bear.
But Bai Tian's words gave him a reminder that he could not harm Banxia.
