The next morning, Yingbao went to the martial arts training ground to practice with Jiang Jie as usual.
Before noon, Erni ran over to tell her little cousin that the clan leader's family had invited a variety show troupe to celebrate the clan leader's sixtieth birthday, and the performance would start in the afternoon.
"Let's go! Let's take a look." Erni grabbed Yingbao and called Chuchu, "You come too!"
"You guys go first, I'll go later." Chu Chu was cooking for Master Zhang Meng and a few children, and couldn't get away at the moment.
Erni followed her and pulled Yingbao to the threshing ground.
The threshing ground on the south slope was newly rolled, and the large stone mill was still placed on the side. Several children were climbing up and down and playing here.
A small tent was set up on the other side of the threshing floor, and a strange couple and their four children were packing their things.
Erni whispered, "Did you see that tall guy? He plays the role of a martial artist."
Yingbao looked over and saw a tall and thin boy waving a red tasseled spear.
"Isn't he handsome?" Erni whispered to her little cousin, "He's even prettier than Chu Yan."
Yingbao didn't think the thin boy was that good-looking, but she didn't object.
These actors would wear heavy makeup when performing, and men could also dress up as women.
If the boy were to dress like a girl, he would look good.
The two sisters watched from a distance for a while, and then went back together.
In the afternoon, before the opera troupe started performing, the threshing ground was already crowded with villagers, and even people from nearby villages came to join in the fun.
The villagers carried stools and took up seats. The innermost circle was occupied by the family of Patriarch Chen.
In order to watch the play, Chunniang prepared dinner early. After the family had eaten and cleaned up, she hurriedly took the children and her eldest and second sisters-in-law to go.
Yingbao didn't want to go, so she stayed at home alone.
She had seen all kinds of plays in her previous life, and there was really nothing to watch from this makeshift troupe with even very simple props and costumes.
However, if she didn't want to watch the show, she could just watch the fun. It was cooler and had fewer mosquitoes on the wall of her house, which was perfect for cooling off and enjoying the scenery.
Yingbao climbed up the stairs to the wall.
There was a bamboo bed and a few mats placed on the wall, which were brought up by the family to cool off.
Sitting on the bamboo trough, letting the night gradually envelop her, she could clearly see several lanterns hung in the middle of the threshing floor, a few actors were playing drums and flutes, and two others were performing something.
There was a cool breeze on the wall, and fireflies flew by from time to time, flashing one after another.
Yingbao's consciousness sank into the cave, and after a quick tour inside, she came out, chewing an apple in her hand.
The moon rose above the branches and gradually climbed up to the top of the head. The drama finally ended and the villagers left reluctantly.
Some of them just stayed in the threshing ground and spread a torn mat on the ground. A few children wrapped in an old sheet lay on the mat to keep cool.
Yingbao was sitting on the wall watching the scattered crowd, when she suddenly spotted a few figures sneaking towards her orchard.
The figures didn't look like adults, but more like a group of children, and they were from other villages.
Because the children in the village were very respectful of their father Jiang Sanlang, and of themselves as the little fairy boy to keep watch, they did not dare to steal the fruits from the orchard.
So these little thieves must be bad boys from other villages.
Yingbao prepared her voice, stood up, and shouted towards the orchard: "Catch the thief! Someone is stealing fruits from the orchard!"
The voice was sharp and came from far away.
She didn't even need to shout a second time, because she saw a lot of people running towards the orchard, as if they were really going to catch the thief.
Yingbao smiled maliciously, fanned herself with a palm-leaf fan, went down the wall, and went back to the house to sleep.
The startled wind blew away the white sun, the light flowed westward, and in the blink of an eye it was August.
Yingbao has already recognized most of the medicinal materials in Doctor Li’s pharmacy.
At the same time, he has also taken the pulse and diagnosed many patients, and also participated in writing prescriptions.
Doctor Li was very satisfied with his apprentice's ability to understand, and often used her as an example to inspire his grandchildren.
Now Li Xihua didn't dare to slack off and diligently memorized prescriptions every day.
That day, Doctor Li suddenly led the two girls into the pharmacy and said to his grandson and daughter and Yingbao, "They will also be apprentices here in the future. You guys should take good care of them."
Yingbao was stunned.
What's wrong with Chen Tiantian and Chen Zhao? They actually want to be apprentices
It’s not that she doesn’t want people to come, but the situation is too strange.
Why can't I get rid of the Chen family
I didn't study medicine in my previous life, and neither did these two people, but now they have gathered here.
Chen Tiantian just smiled at her and said, "Sister Yingbao, please take care of me."
Then he said to Li Xihua: "Please take care of me, Sister Xihua. I am new here and don't understand a lot. I will ask you for your guidance in the future."
Chen Zhao also smiled at them kindly without saying much.
Li Xihua was very curious and asked Doctor Li: "Grandfather, why are they here to be apprentices?"
Our family hadn't accepted any female apprentices for many years, but this year they accepted three at once.
Doctor Li said, "I have a junior fellow student in the city. He wrote to me and asked me to teach him two medical principles."
Li Xihua: “I see.”
She smiled and asked Chen Tiantian: "What's your sister's name?"
"My name is Chen Tiantian." Chen Tiantian pointed at Chen Zhao and said, "Her name is Chen Zhao. We are cousins."
Chen Zhao gave her a secret look and turned his head to look around the pharmacy.
Chen Tiantian didn't take it seriously and pulled Li Xihua aside to ask him questions.
Yingbao continued to look through the pharmacopoeia.
Chen Zhao walked up to her and whispered, "Jiang Yingbao, what are you looking at?"
Yingbao closed the book in her hand and pointed at the title, "Read it yourself."
She didn't want to bother with the Chen family at all.
Even without the plot in the book, she wouldn't have had any good feelings towards them.
Chen Zhao glanced at it, smiled slightly, and deliberately asked: "Can you understand it?"
Yingbao looked at Chen Zhao in front of him and said, "It's OK as long as I know more than you."
"Hmph." Chen Zhao snorted, turned around and walked to Li Xihua and said, "Sister Xihua, that Jiang Yingbao said she knows more than you."
Li Xihua was stunned.
Ying Bao had been paying attention to Chen Zhao's movements. After hearing what she said, she immediately walked up to Chen Zhao and said sinisterly, "Say it again!"
Chen Zhao smiled and said, "Sister Xihua, look how angry she is..."
Before she could finish her words, Yingbao grabbed her hair and threw her to the ground.
Chen Tiantian screamed and quickly pulled the stunned Li Xihua aside.
Li Xihua's two brothers were also frightened and forgot to come over to stop the fight.
Ying Bao pressed her knee against Chen Zhao's neck and tapped her face with a brush in her hand: "Say it again! If you dare to make up a word, I will give you a turtle on your face that you will never be able to wash off."
In the previous life, Chen Zhao was like this, trying to sow discord between the two sides. It was so disgusting. The best way to deal with her was to teach her a lesson.
Chen Zhao still wanted to resist, but when he saw that he could not, he burst into tears and shouted for help.
But after shouting for a long time, no one came to save her. Instead, she was poked hard on the face several times, which hurt so much.
Chen Zhao was really scared now, and stammered, "I, I was just joking, you... you hit me, wua ...
Yingbao then stood up and kicked her. "Change your provocative habits, or you'll get beaten again!"
As he said this, he looked at Chen Tiantian.
Chen Tiantian shrank her neck and quietly hid behind Li Xihua.