Dr. Wei and his son stayed in the medical office together. When Mr. Qian came back and heard that he was overjoyed, he asked someone to clean up a room for the father and son in the backyard to live in, and at the same time asked someone to quietly spread rumors outside that Dr. Wei from Qingzhou wanted to get along with him. Mr. Zhou studied medicine and voluntarily went to the medical office as an apprentice.
Mr. Qian grabbed Hu Dalang and taught him in a low voice, "The main thing is to go to the Baicao Hall to spread the word, and the shopkeepers and doctors of the two pharmacies must hear this rumor."
Hu Dalang nodded fiercely, and said in a low voice: "You know, I have to keep my face the same as before."
"Yes." Mr. Qian took out a handful of copper coins and handed it to him, "Hurry up, there is still medicine to be packed in the afternoon, and medicine to protect the county government from the cold tomorrow, so don't come back too late."
Hu Dalang agreed, took the money and went out.
When he ran to the street, he thought for a while and went to Baicao Hall, found a shop selling groceries nearby, and went in to pick things up.
Hu Dalang has been running errands for the medical department for the past few months. Beihai County is small and there are many people who come and go.
Seeing him picking out wooden barrels and wooden basins, the shopkeeper of the grocery store stepped forward and asked with a smile: "Hu Dalang, why are wooden barrels and wooden basins sold at this season? Did the adults take in the refugees from outside again? I still have a lot of things here." Well, they are all necessary to buy to live in.”
Hu Dalang asked while choosing, "I only buy two sets, can it be cheaper?"
He said: "It's cheaper. I didn't even buy it at the grocery store near our hospital. Tete came here because I heard a patient say that your family has processed wooden barrels and tubs recently. The ones outside are cheaper."
Where are the wooden barrels and tubs processed in his house
But there is no reason to push the business out, so he gritted his teeth and asked, "Do you only buy two sets of wooden barrels and tubs? Don't you want other things? This cup for rinsing mouth, and quilts and other things, God It’s cold, so keep warm.”
"Oh, this cup is fine, and the quilt is still missing from the county government?" The customer who was also shopping at the side immediately said: "Who doesn't know that the weaving workshop in the riverside alley is dedicated to making clothes and quilts for them? of?"
Hu Dalang immediately said: "This time it's not the long-term workers, and the long-term workers of the county government are not under the responsibility of our medical department."
But in the eyes of everyone, they are all the same, anyway, they are all yamen, and every time the county government recruits long-term workers, they will take them to the medical office for a physical examination, so in the eyes of outsiders, the matter of recruiting long-term workers is the county The government and the medical department worked together.
Especially since Lord Bai and Lord Zhou are still husband and wife, there is no separation of families.
"We have two new apprentices at the medical department. Wooden barrels and tubs are a must. As for quilts and other things, I'm not sure yet. I'll ask them when I go back."
This is great news. The customers and shopkeepers who were in the grocery store surrounded them together and asked curiously, "Who is so lucky? Last time, Old Man Jia took his grandson to kowtow at the medical office. Also confiscated."
"Oh, there are too many people who refused. There were so many people who kowtowed a few days ago, and none of them were selected."
"It's Da Lang's luck. Your sister will definitely have a bright future."
Hu Dalang didn't forget his purpose, he only answered the first question, and said with a smile: "It's Dr. Wei and Mr. Xiao Lang from Qingzhou. Dr. Wei's medical skills are good, so we adults left him here."
Everyone was surprised and asked in detail.
Hu Dalang passed on the words that Mr. Qian taught him word for word. In the end, instead of buying a wooden barrel and a wooden basin, he bought two cups, poplar brushes, and cloth towels for bathing and washing his face and went back. .
After hearing the gossip, the shopkeeper and the customers of the grocery store didn't care what the customers bought. After sending them away, seeing that there were no customers at the door for a while, they couldn't help but gossip with the shopkeeper next door who sold books, pens, inks, papers and inkstones .
The two of them were chatting lively, and the staff of Baicao Hall who was diagonally opposite heard it, and couldn't help but ran back to report to their shopkeeper.
So before the sun went down, the medicine boys from Renhetang and Baicaotang were poking around outside the medical office. Finally, when Zhou Man went out, he saw Dr. Wei who was by his side.
What made them stare was that Zhou Man went home with the maid and the guards, but Dr. Wei and his son stayed behind, turned around and went back to the medical office.
The guys from the two families looked at each other, turned around and left, but instead of going back to the pharmacy immediately, they were looking for an inn in the city.
There are not many inns in the county seat, except for the inn, there are two good ones, and the rest are very small. Dr. Wei and the others probably won't stay there, so it is easy to find the inn where they stayed when they came over at noon today.
In a small county town, everyone who does business knows each other, so the innkeeper also recognizes them. Hearing their question, he said, "I came to move out in the afternoon. I only paid half a day's room fee. There should be a place to live."
The two guys looked at each other and immediately went back to report.
Shopkeeper Shi couldn't help turning around and saying, "Treacherous, too treacherous!"
In fact, Dr. Shao is quite moved. The main reason is that he has seen Zhou Man's acupuncture and moxibustion techniques, which is really good. If he can learn three points...
So he couldn't stop looking at shopkeeper Shi, endured it, and said in a low voice: "Actually, Mr. Zhou will accept us too. The medical department has always had a recruitment list before, but it's a pity that we haven't been able to recruit suitable ones. doctor."
Shopkeeper Shi looked at him quietly, "Why, are you going to the medical office to become a doctor?"
"Oh, I'm sure I can only be an apprentice like Dr. Wei," Dr. Shao said, "Apprentices don't get paid, but they can ask Master Zhou for advice. Obviously, Master Zhou is getting paid for his medical skills."
Shopkeeper Shi became pondering and said hesitantly: "Actually, there are a few apprentices in our pharmacy who have already learned something..."
Dr. Shao sighed, "I'm afraid Mr. Zhou will not like it. After all, Dr. Wei is the most precious."
Shopkeeper Shi: "...you go to be an apprentice, who will be in charge of the pharmacy?"
Rely on him alone
Not to mention who is superior in medical skills between him and Dr. Shao, since Dr. Shao has been able to stabilize in Renhe Hall for more than ten years, it is natural that he has a disease that he is good at, which cannot be replaced by shopkeeper Shi.
Dr. Shao also thought of this, and sighed: "How can Dr. Wei show such courage and come here without losing his family?"
Shopkeeper Shi gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, I'll invite Master Zhou tomorrow, no, I'll invite Mr. Qian to sit down."
Zhou Man is very busy every day, unless he comes to ask for medical advice or talk about medicinal materials, he seldom sees her outside.
And since she had Mr. Qian, she didn't have to worry about medicinal materials anymore, and she rarely went out unless she went to the countryside.
So it was not easy to meet her.
But they can't always come to ask for medical advice, how shameless, that's how people eat, if the doctor from the Baicao Hall next door comes to ask Dr. Shao for the prescription, can Dr. Shao tell him