Chapter 39 Apprenticeship Ceremony

Grandpa Chen, I gathered all the herbs.

In the small courtyard halfway up the mountain, Lu Qing showed the medicine basket to Dr. Chen with some breathlessness.

After digging the ox bone grass, he rushed up all the way, for fear of running out of time.

The old doctor looked at the herbs in the medicine basket and nodded with satisfaction.

Not bad, it's hard to believe that you can really collect all these herbs.

Grandpa Chen, what do you mean by this? Lu Qing was a little confused.

The old doctor seemed to have something in his words.

Do you know why I set the scope of the assessment near the village? the old doctor asked.

I don't know. Lu Qing shook his head.

That's because there are not many herbs growing near the village. There are only about a dozen of them. The old doctor stroked his beard and said, You can dig up these herbs intact and bring them up within an hour. , one can imagine that I pay a lot of attention to these herbs in my daily life.

Hearing this, Lu Qing couldn't help but feel ashamed.

On weekdays, he really didn't pay attention to the medicinal herbs near the village.

Maybe subconsciously, I thought there wouldn't be any precious medicinal materials near a village where people come and go.

So unless you encounter it when you are out, you will use your powers to check it out.

But if you really try to find out how many kinds of medicinal materials there are around the village, you won't find any.

It seems that my mentality is still a bit too casual.

Even the old doctor knew what medicinal materials were available near the village, but he had special powers, but he didn't do this, which really shouldn't be the case.

Lu Qing couldn't help but reflect on himself.

When Old Doctor Chen saw Lu Qing not speaking, he thought he acquiesced.

He smiled and said: Okay, you passed this test. Now go and ask the village elders to come forward.

Please come up, village elders? Lu Qing was a little dazed.

Yes, if I want to formally accept you as a disciple, I have to have some witnesses present, otherwise it will be too childish.

Yes, I'm going now!

Lu Qing was delighted and ran down the mountain again.

The people in the village knew that Lu Qing was going to be examined by Old Doctor Chen today, and they had been paying attention to him.

Seeing Lu Qing running down the mountain, they were all overjoyed to learn that it was the old doctor who invited the village elders to the mountain to witness the ceremony where he officially accepted Lu Qing into the family.

Okay, okay, now our village will finally have a doctor!

Well done to Ah Qing. He is indeed the smartest kid in our village. He really passed the test.

Aqing, go tell old doctor Chen, we will go up soon!

The villagers had seen that Lu Qing went to the old doctor Chen every day to learn things, and they once thought that he was already the old doctor's disciple.

But later Lu Qing told them that he could only be regarded as Old Doctor Chen's apprentice now, and was not yet qualified to officially join the old Doctor's disciples.

Now that I heard that Lu Qing finally passed the examination and was officially accepted as a disciple by the old doctor, how could I not be excited?

Lu Qing returned to the small courtyard in the middle of the mountain. Not long after, the village elders came to the mountain neatly dressed one by one.

Some village elders even put on clothes that they would only wear during the New Year.

In addition to the village elders, other villagers at home also came up to watch the fun.

Some villagers also brought some rice, noodles, eggs, meat and other items.

Old Doctor Chen was already waiting at the entrance of the courtyard.

Seeing everyone coming up, he stepped forward and bowed.

Thank you all fellow villagers for coming to participate in my apprenticeship ceremony, old man.

Old doctor, you are really embarrassing us. The leader, Uncle Zhang, said quickly, We should thank you.

Since you came to our Jiuli Village, you have relieved us of so many illnesses. We will always remember your kindness.

Old Zhang, what you said is serious. I'm just doing my duty as a doctor. I can't deserve any favors. The old doctor smiled lightly.

Whether we are kind or not, we naturally know in our hearts.

Uncle Zhang took a basket from a young man behind him.

Old Doctor Chen, we are poor in the countryside and don't have anything valuable to offer. The eggs and bacon here, as well as the rice noodles at the back, are regarded as our apprenticeship ceremony for Aqing. I hope you can Don’t take it personally.”

After that, two more young men came up with two bags of rice noodles.

This scene not only made Lu Qing stunned for a while, but even old doctor Chen was stunned.

Uncle Zhang continued: It's a shame to say that most of us in Jiuli Village fled from famine elsewhere.

It was a difficult era. If it hadn't been for the support and guidance of Grandpa Ah Qing, we might not have been able to escape that disaster. We survived all the way and found the place where we are now.

It can be said that without the leadership of Ah Qing and his grandfather, Jiuli Village might not be what it is today.

It is a pity that Ah Qing's grandfather contracted the root cause of the disease while fleeing and failed to receive proper treatment, so he died early.

And we failed to protect his son and daughter-in-law, so they were deceived and ran away due to misfortune, leaving only two lonely children, A Qing and Xiao Yan.

Now that Ah Qing is lucky enough to be favored by you and become your teacher, it is a great blessing for him. I also hope that the old doctor will understand his lonely life, and even if he makes careless mistakes in the future, he can be more tolerant and give him a few more opportunities. .”

After saying that, Uncle Zhang gave Old Doctor Chen a deep bow.

The other village elders also learned to bow to the old doctor.

Seeing all the villagers bowing to him in unison, even with Dr. Chen's decades of qi-nurturing skills, he couldn't help but feel a little shaken in his heart.

As for Lu Qing, he was already shocked.

First, some of the things Uncle Zhang said were not in the memory of the original owner.

Another thing is that he never expected that the people in the village would do this to him.

Old Doctor Chen was stunned for a moment and quickly stepped forward to help Uncle Zhang up.

Fellow folks, please get up first. If you do this, you will really be ashamed of me.

Then he said to Uncle Zhang: Old Zhang, Lu Qing is a very smart boy. It is a blessing for me to have him as my disciple, so don't worry, I will definitely teach him well.

Uncle Zhang suddenly became excited: Then I will take care of his grandfather and parents. Thank you very much, old doctor!

He said handing over the basket in his hand.

I hope you will not accept these small gifts.

Old Zhang, you must not do it. I know your life is not easy, so there is no need to be polite.

The etiquette cannot be abolished. Since it is to become a disciple, how can you not show the etiquette of becoming a disciple?

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After several refusals, Dr. Chen finally took a few eggs and a piece of bacon from the basket as an apprenticeship ceremony prepared by the villagers for Lu Qing.

As for the others, nothing can be accepted.

Lu Qing watched this scene and secretly made a note, planning to make up the money after he went back.

To be honest, he really didn't expect the apprenticeship ceremony.

I thought it was enough to just kowtow to the old doctor a few times in the presence of everyone.

But they ignored that this was a different world similar to ancient times.

The formal apprenticeship ceremony was more complicated than he imagined.

After such an episode, the old doctor invited the villagers into the yard.

Then, under the witness of everyone, Lu Qing began his formal apprenticeship.