Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 175: Become a Disciple (Update on the 5th)

She could only find a medical book and study on her own first. After she had a certain understanding of medical theory and accumulated some money, she could then go and find a master to learn from.

Song Ying let out a breath, calmed down his inner disappointment, and planned to cultivate the friendship for a while before asking to borrow the book.

At this time, Doctor Lin spoke again: "If you want to learn, I can teach you."

Song Ying looked up suddenly, blinked in disbelief, and then blinked again, "Are you willing to teach me?"

Doctor Lin nodded and said, "Girls are not as good as boys in studying medicine. You have to think carefully."

"I, I've already thought about it. I want to study medicine!" Song Ying spoke incoherently with excitement.

After living together for nearly half a month, she had a more or less understanding of Dr. Lin's temperament.

She was not talkative and did not like to socialize with others. In fact, she did not like the enthusiasm of the other party's mother and other maids and servants.

She is a very easy person to get along with, as long as you do things according to her requirements; but she is also a very difficult person to approach, because she is very cold and does not like to interact too closely with others.

Therefore, during this period of time, after finishing his own work every day, Song Ying basically stayed in his room to practice calligraphy and recite.

She didn't expect that Dr. Lin would agree to her request just like that!

Doctor Lin got up and went back to his room. After a while, he took out a thin booklet and handed it to her: "You should memorize these acupuncture songs first. I will teach you to recognize the acupuncture points tomorrow."

Acupuncture?

Song Ying opened the booklet and saw the beautiful and neat hairpin-shaped small characters: "Five-shu acupoints song: Shaoshang, Yuji and Taiyuan, Jingqu, Chize and lungs are connected. Shangyang, Ersan, Hegu, Yangxi, Quchi and large intestine..."

She read a few lines and found that she had not remembered a single word. This was very different from her previous experience of studying the Three Hundred and Thousand Thousands.

They are all very common words, but why do they sound so awkward when put together?

Studying medicine is obviously not easier than studying.

"I will definitely memorize it as soon as possible!" she promised.

Looking at Doctor Lin, I wondered if I should perform some kind of apprenticeship ceremony or something, but just saying it casually didn't seem too serious.

Thinking of this, when Song Ying went to get lunch, he brought a hundred dollars to Fang's mother, begging her to help prepare a sumptuous dinner. He also took some longan, lotus seeds, red beans, etc. as the six gifts as a gift, following the example of the scholars.

In the evening, Doctor Lin returned from checking Princess Shun'an's pulse. As soon as he entered the main hall, he saw a table full of food.

She was stunned for a moment, "Why are there so many dishes today?"

Song Ying did not answer, but pulled her to sit at the upper seat. Then, she took out the prepared bundle of money and six gifts and knelt on the ground.

"Master, please accept my disciple's bow!"

Doctor Lin was completely confused by her. Looking at the red lacquered wooden tray that she held high above her head with both hands, he said blankly, "Are you offering six gifts of tribute? No, there is no meat. Is this five gifts of tribute?"

Song Ying straightened up and held the plate in front of him. He said embarrassedly, "I didn't know what I should prepare for a medical apprenticeship, so I followed the six rituals of a scholar. I thought you didn't need to cook for yourself and meat would go bad if left out for too long, so I replaced it with your favorite cloud cake, which is from Zhang's. I asked Uncle Wang at the back door to buy it for me."

Doctor Lin's eyes flickered slightly, "How do you know that I like Zhang's Yunpian Cake the most?"

"Brother Lin mentioned it when I first entered the mansion."

Doctor Lin was stunned again, "You are thoughtful."

Song Ying smiled. She was able to work part-time in the Shen Mansion thanks to Doctor Lin, so of course he had to pay special attention to her preferences and habits.

Doctor Lin let out an imperceptible breath. Originally, she had no intention of taking in an apprentice. Girls studying medicine were rare. As long as she was willing to learn, she would be happy to teach. As for how far she could go, it all depended on herself.

But I didn't expect that Song Ying would take it so seriously and come up with such an inappropriate gift of apprenticeship.

After a moment's silence, she said, "Scholars worship the sage Confucius. We doctors also have our own sages. Wait for me to go get the statue of the Medicine King."

With that, Doctor Lin stood up and went back to his room. Not long after, he returned with a scroll.

She solemnly unfolded the scroll and hung it in the center of the main room. On the picture was a big tree with thick roots and lush branches and leaves, and under the tree stood a hunchbacked old man.

He was dressed in a simple white robe, with a long snow-white beard hanging down to his chest. He held a curved wooden cane with a gourd tied to the top, looking like an immortal.

"This is the Medicine King Sun Simiao. All the medical concepts of our faction were passed down from him."

A faction...

It seems that the master's inheritance is very long.

Song Ying's thoughts were drifting away unconsciously when he saw Doctor Lin's expression become serious. "Kneel down."

Song Ying was infected by her seriousness, knelt down, and his expression unconsciously became serious.

"To learn medicine, one must first cultivate virtue and follow the teacher's example: any great doctor who treats patients must calm his mind and resolve, have no desires or requests, and first develop a heart of great compassion and sympathy, vowing to save all sentient beings from suffering."

No desire, no demand...

Song Ying felt a little guilty. She studied medicine to make money. Could this be considered as having no desires?

"Read!" Doctor Lin reminded with a serious face.

Song Ying had no choice but to put aside his guilty conscience and recite aloud: "Any great doctor who treats patients must calm his mind and resolve, have no desires or requests, and first develop a heart of great compassion and sympathy, vowing to save all sentient beings from suffering."

“If someone comes to seek help for illness or distress, we should not ask whether he is noble or humble, rich or poor, old or young, beautiful or ugly, enemy or relative, good or bad friend, Chinese or foreign, wise or foolish, but treat them all equally, as if they were our closest relatives.”

This time, without being reminded, Song Ying recited along: "If someone comes to seek help for illness, you are not allowed to ask about their status or wealth..."

As she read it and thought about its meaning, she couldn't help but feel awe. A doctor who could achieve this level of medical skills was no worse than the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who saved all living beings.

Master is right, this is not an ordinary portrait, this is a statue of God!

In this way, Doctor Lin recited a sentence and Song Ying followed him, and after they recited the entire "The Great Physician's Sincerity", Song Ying felt that this ceremony of becoming an apprentice was instantly filled with a sense of sacredness.

Then, at Doctor Lin's suggestion, she offered tea, and the ceremony was completed.

At this moment, the villagers of Xinghua Village are returning home one after another.

When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law Li and Yang went down the mountain, it was already dark, but there were still many people under the paulownia tree at the entrance of the village. They could be heard talking very enthusiastically from afar.

"Oh, what's going on today? Why are there so many people here so late?" Li smiled and said as she walked towards the stone steps under the paulownia tree.

Someone immediately stood up and made room for her: "Aunt Li is back, come over and have a rest!"

Li didn't bother to be polite with the other party. She went straight to the stone step and sat down, and then instructed Yang: "Put the backpack on the side, we will leave after resting for a while."

After giving her instructions, she asked about what happened just now: "What were you talking about just now? Why was it so lively?"

Wang winked and said with a gloating tone, "I'm talking about your Song Ying."

Li's expression suddenly froze.