Chapter 853: Chapter 852: Traces of Proving One’s Existence
Yesterday’s tea leaves, he had tasted them carefully. Indeed, they were extraordinary. Even if they didn’t have a sleep-inducing effect, Imperial Doctor Du, who thought he wouldn’t get any good tea after returning to Qingzhou Prefecture, wouldn’t let go of such rare tea.
Wang Yongzhu chatted quietly with Imperial Doctor Du, asking what to be aware of for ordinary patients like Old Granny Zhang.
When Imperial Doctor Du asked about the tea leaves, she casually ntioned a couple of things and then changed the topic.
After a while, Imperial Doctor Du admitted defeat first: “I didn’t expect you, little girl, to have such a tight mouth! Tell , what do you want in exchange for telling where this tea ca from?”
Wang Yongzhu smiled: “To be honest with you, sir, these tea leaves are this year’s new tea, and all the tea will be delivered to the Capital City. Once they beco famous, they will also be offered to the palace. The production is not much, apart from the tribute, there won’t be much left.”
Upon hearing this, Imperial Doctor Du felt an itch in his heart. He could definitely tell that Wang Yongzhu was not lying.
This tea was sothing he had never heard of in the Capital City, Cloud Mist Tea, and just hearing it made it seem otherworldly.
A clear tea produced from the high mountains of the clouds.
If it was indeed as Wang Yongzhu said, this tea was ant as a tribute, then for an old Imperial Physician who had retired to his hotown, the chances of drinking this tea would be very slim.
Seeing Imperial Doctor Du looking sowhat disheartened, Wang Yongzhu recognized an opportunity: “If you really like this tea, sir, we still have so at ho —”
Imperial Doctor Du, who had navigated the centers of power, quickly caught on and asked, “Tell , what do you want from this old man?”
Wang Yongzhu wasn’t shy, “I don’t have any other thoughts. I just want to learn so dical techniques from you, especially on how to take care of the elderly, dietary taboos, and the like.”
Imperial Doctor Du was sowhat surprised, first because he didn’t expect Wang Yongzhu’s request to be this, and secondly, won learning dical techniques was rare.
Except for the previous dynasty, there had been won learning dical techniques with so fa, who were later summoned to serve the palace concubines and had been conferred the title of Sixth Rank Imperial Physician.
Actually, for doctors like them, it was beneficial for won to learn dicine, especially in gynecology, as won were shy, especially the wealthy and noble ladies and the concubines in the palace, who were exceedingly precious, so many ailnts went unntioned and even concealed.
Especially those requiring physical contact, like bone setting, acupuncture, and massage, it was much more convenient for won to handle.
Yet nowadays, there were no won learning dicine, and many tis, because these wealthy and noble ladies were reluctant to seek dical treatnt, so secret matters were inconvenient to discuss with doctors, so many illnesses, when rely described, were not as clear as when seen in person, which delayed considerable patients.
Given Imperial Doctor Du’s current age, he had almost transcended gender boundaries, so many female patients, seeing his advanced age, could still accept him.
As for others, it wasn’t as easy, especially those younger than him.
Therefore, hearing Wang Yongzhu’s words, he did not reject them outright but rather pondered.
Seeing this, Wang Yongzhu hurriedly said: “Please rest assured, sir. I only want to learn so basic dical principles, understand a few prescriptions, and know what common ailnts elderly like my mother generally have, how to take care of them, and handle daily diet. I would never covet your ancestral dical techniques…”
Before she finished, she heard Imperial Doctor Du’s dissatisfied voice: “You want to learn dicine, just for this?”
Wang Yongzhu was suddenly struck by inspiration: “Of course not! I hope to learn dicine so that more won won’t delay their illnesses due to avoiding male doctors! I also hope to show everyone that won can be doctors and they can also heal and save lives!”
Her initial intent to learn dicine was for Old Granny Zhang, but she also felt that in this era, won, after falling ill, due to various taboos or being too shy to speak, were delaying their illnesses, turning small illnesses into serious ones, and serious illnesses into incurable tragedies.
It’s often said that when tis are hard, one should focus on oneself, and when tis are good, one should help others.
When she first arrived in this era, the Wang Family’s situation was so dire they couldn’t even fill their bellies, so the priority was to make money and support the family, enough to stave off hunger.
Now that the Wang Family’s days were better, and everyone had their pursuits, her private savings were ample, and she no longer worried about money.
She should do what she wanted and what she could do now.
Having co to this era, having co to this world for a while, she needed to leave sothing behind to prove her existence, right?
Of course, Wang Yongzhu knew that ideals are always perfect, while reality is always grim.
Even if she could master dical techniques, she might not be accepted or trusted, but even so, as long as she could help Old Granny Zhang, she would be satisfied.
Soone had to try, to take the first step, so others could see there was still a glimr of hope.
When Imperial Doctor Du saw Wang Yongzhu speaking with bright, determined eyes, without any intention of evading or retreating, he was three parts satisfied in his heart.
However, he did not imdiately agree but asked, “To learn dical techniques, can you endure hardship? Do you know how to read?”
Wang Yongzhu felt transported back to a classroom, answering a teacher’s question honestly, “I can endure hardship! I know so characters, not many, but I can learn!”
In her previous life, Wang Yongzhu had avoided work by learning from Wang Yongan, so she knew the Thousand Character Classic and the Hundred Family Surnas by heart.
Nowadays, wasn’t there also Song Chongjin? After marrying Song Chongjin, to relieve his boredom, Song Chongjin had secretly brought back various miscellaneous books. In the evenings, as Song Chongjin read the classics and histories, Wang Yongzhu read travel notes and miscellaneous writings.
When encountering unfamiliar words or unclear anings, Wang Yongzhu was not embarrassed and was very humble in seeking advice.
Song Chongjin cherished these quiet evenings spent together, where they would not disturb each other yet kept each other company.
Therefore, he was particularly enthusiastic, considering the book’s ntion of ‘Hongxiu Tianxiang,’ he couldn’t help pulling Wang Yongzhu to grind ink, seeing her awkward calligraphy.
He assigned writing tasks daily, having her practice scripts.
Wang Yongzhu was well aware of her shortcomings, as she had mostly typed previously, even her penmanship was average, not to ntion her brushwork, so she practiced diligently every day, and her writing had beco quite pleasing.
Imperial Doctor Du was slightly surprised at Wang Yongzhu’s response, not expecting a county woman to be literate?
On a whim, he picked up a dical book and handed it to Wang Yongzhu: “Randomly pick a page and read it aloud for .”
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