keep this doctor

Shen Ji rode to the examination room in Dongcheng to have a look, and gasped—hehe, there are so many people? !

After getting off the horse anxiously, Shen Ji finally came to his senses: What about my little Fei?He only cared about the convenience of riding here, but forgot about the problem of placement.

After looking around for a while, Shen Ji saw that there was a small teahouse next to him. He wanted to send the horses to their stables to stay for a while. Needless to say, he wanted to pay some money.

"Father, do you think Dashi can be selected? I'm really anxious, this is the third year..." Shen Ji led his horse through the crowd of people, passing an ox cart , a woman standing on tiptoe watching worriedly said this.

The man sitting cross-legged on the bullock cart and smoking a pipe was obviously in charge of her family. The old man was emaciated and rickety, and his clothes were thin. He sighed heavily: "Dashi has a demonic disease. We farmers, it is reasonable to be good at farming! Our son I am naturally happy to work hard, but Dashi learned a little bit from the barefoot doctor in the village, how can it be enough? Even if the military camp medical account accepts an apprentice, the threshold is high. Dashi has not been interested in farming in the past three years. It’s just that I have to squeeze my head into the medical bill... Alas, I’m already 22..."

The woman was wearing a white-washed navy blue cotton gown, with a wooden hairpin pinned to her head and a blue veil wrapped around her head. She rolled up her sleeves and scolded anxiously, "Oh, I said Dashi is his father, hurry up!" Don't talk about it, let Dashi hear him so uncomfortable that he can't eat anymore! Our son is a good man, but our family is incompetent and poor. If he can take care of him, he will go to the medical account early in the morning. At that time, the barracks Take care of food and housing, and pay monthly money for clothes and quilts, and worry about not being able to find a good wife?"

"..."

Hearing that it was related to the medical account apprentice, Shen Ji subconsciously slowed down, listened to a few words out of curiosity, and at the end he couldn't help sighing in his heart: "This brother Dashi is so kind, his parents care about him so much , the old couple sent him over to apply for the draft!"

Then he went to the teahouse and discussed with the waiter standing at the door to greet the guests:

"Brother, can I put my horse here for a while? I have to apply for a job in a while, but I can't see it. Take a look...?"

Apparently Shen Ji was not the first to come here on horseback alone, and the clerk also answered skillfully:

"No problem, guest officer. Fifteen cents are in charge of four hours. If you think it's okay, I'll take it to the backyard for you. Let me explain first. I don't care about drinking water or fodder!"

Shen Ji thought, it shouldn't take four hours, so how could there be so many people... So he readily took out the copper plate, and sincerely told:

"This is fifteen cents. I'm sorry to trouble you, brother. This is my horse—it won't be led by someone else, right?" Shen Ji suddenly thought of the situation of many people, so he asked worriedly.

The guy hurriedly explained with a smile: "Don't worry, guest officer, you can't go wrong, here, this is your lottery, remember to take it out when you come to pick up the horse later, please take it away!"

"Oh, oh~ that's a good idea, so I'll take care of you little brother." Shen Ji happily took the lottery, put it in his arms carefully, and then walked towards the waiting crowd with big strides.

He carefully looked around in the crowd, but unfortunately he didn't find Sun An's shadow. They had made an appointment, and they would all apply today.

——Brother An must not have come so early, he has always been calm and thoughtful, so he must be able to hold his breath.Unlike you, come here so early.

Shen Ji searched for a long time but failed, and then suddenly realized that he smiled and comforted himself.

However, after turning around in this big circle, he also knew in his heart: there were about a few hundred people who came to apply for the recruitment, most of them were about the same age as Shen Ji, and there were very few who were extremely thin and childish. Is it the children who followed their elder brother to watch the fun; there are also some who are obviously much older, about 34 years old.

——Do they still want to be apprentices at this age?Shen Ji wondered curiously.

In fact, being an apprentice in a medical account is a very good job: you have a good reputation and a lot of money, and you can at least find a position as a sitting doctor in a medical center in the city when you come out.Some young people from poorer families, or barefoot doctors in the countryside, wandering doctors, etc., are eager to be selected.

Shen Ji couldn't hold his ground, and he didn't give up. He still looked around to find Sun An. He felt a little panicked by himself, and wanted to talk to a friend to relieve his tension.After going back and forth, he walked to the corner at the edge of the open space, and Shen Ji saw a scene that stunned him:

In the corner, there was a young man who was facing him slightly sideways, sitting on a stone, holding a copy of "On the Origins and Symptoms of All Diseases" in his hand, frowning, muttering words very hard.

Shen Ji felt ashamed, apprehensive, uneasy, and frightened—it's over, someone is working so hard, but I'm just wandering around... If I knew I would bring a book to read, how could I be so stupid?Come here early and wait here...

The young man who read the book was neatly dressed and looked fairly upright, but his frown had never been loosened.Shen Ji watched for a while, then left silently, for fear of disturbing his reading.

After a while, Shen Ji found a relatively open place to stand, his eyes were empty, his lips moved silently, and he was silently reciting "Feverish people: there are wind-warm, damp-heat, warm-epidemic, warm-toxin, There is heat..."

Sun An arrived just three quarters before Si time. He strode forward with a calm face and a confident mind. Standing on a high place and looking around, he saw Shen Ji's idiot: among a group of young people talking loudly, dressed in The handsome boy in a moon-white cotton robe and a wool felt hat looked up at the sky slightly, with a look of wandering in the sky.

"Hey, Shen Xiaoji, you're back to your senses!" Sun An suddenly hugged Shen Ji's shoulders from behind and tried to put him down, which shocked Shen Ji a lot.

"Ah... Brother An, you are here, I was really surprised by you." After Shen Ji struggled to stand up straight, he quickly greeted Sun An with a smile on his face.

Sun An patted Shen Ji's forehead and ran on him: "Why did you act stupid just now? Be careful that the medical account manager sees you and kicks you out ahead of time!"

Shen Ji quickly explained: "I'm not in a daze, I'm just reciting "The Discrimination of Febrile Diseases". Brother An, let me tell you, just now I saw a brother who was very serious, and he was studying "Treatise on the Causes and Symptoms of All Diseases" hard in that corner. "Ah, you can do it!" At the end, Shen Ji couldn't hide the admiration on his face.

Sun An scoffed and criticized unceremoniously: "Come on, that's it, so many medical treasures written by the predecessors, how many lines can he read with this idea? You are the only one who admires such a person... Let me tell you, Usually I don’t watch much, learn more and practice more, now it’s useless to study hard!”

Shen Ji defended without confidence: "...Y-you can't say that, maybe that brother is a person who is used to studying anytime and anywhere...Is this attitude worthy of recognition?..."

Sun An ignored him and focused on the high platform ahead.

"Be smart for a while, move quickly, don't be dazed and stupid, just do what they ordered, and ignore everything else, remember?" Ji respected him everywhere, so he was still willing to mention Shen Ji.

"Well, I see. Brother Xie An gave advice. Brother An, you are so good, you will definitely be selected!" Shen Ji couldn't help sighing in a low voice.

Sun An raised his eyebrows, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, but didn't reply.

As expected, the barracks was punctual, and orders must be followed. As soon as the time came, many soldiers carried tables and chairs and placed them on the high platform. Immediately, ten people were seated on the platform, separated from the left and right, with six on the left and four on the right. On the right is an elderly man with a respectful demeanor.

All the people present silently straightened their clothes and hair, this was completely subconscious, for fear that their appearance would be out of order and they would be at a disadvantage.The tense atmosphere began to spread, so many people waited and no one spoke again.

"Everyone who is willing to apply for medical account apprenticeship, is willing to live the hard life, and is willing to share the blessings and misfortunes of the Northern Army in Qiguo Town, all of you are good! Well, let's not gossip too much, everyone, please line up and apply. Let me say something more, if the doctor thinks anyone is inappropriate, please step down quickly, and don't make troubles, so as not to hurt your friendship." A lean soldier with a horse face and a thunderous mouth "bangdang" shocked the whole crowd. On the field, he yelled a few times about the opening and the rules, and then stood on the sidelines.

"Line up, line up!"

"Hey, why are you jostling?"

"Brother, I've been standing here since dawn, you're obviously late!"

"..."

There was an explosion in the open space, and everyone was scrambling to be in the front, for fear that the back row would be full.

Sun An and Shen Ji also squeezed along with the crowd, not to be outdone, but in the end they could only line up in the middle and rear.

"The people in front of Brother Ai'an have gone up, I don't know what they are taking the test..." Shen Ji stood behind Sun An, trying to stand on tiptoes and stretch his neck to look up the high platform, but unfortunately he was too far away and the platform was also high , can't see clearly.

"You'll know when it's your turn in a while, hey, why did that person go down so quickly?" Sun An also stared intently, seeing a young man who had just come to the stage to stand in front of the first table, and blinked a few times He was dragged down by the soldiers next to him.

"It seems difficult, maybe that brother will be stumped all of a sudden." Shen Ji guessed anxiously, feeling more and more uncertain.

After watching for a long time, only a few people were able to pass through the four platforms on the right one by one, and stand on the four platforms on the left to accept the test.

The more nervous I got, the people behind began to rejoice: Fortunately, I was in the back, otherwise I would be stumped in the blink of an eye.But although there were many people present, the speed of screening was astonishingly fast. There were people who turned pale and even vomited and were dragged off the high platform by the soldiers.Frightened, Shen Ji and Sun An also slowly moved to the front of the high platform along with the team.

Shen Ji tensed his face, clenched his fists and opened his eyes wide as he watched Sun An go up, and stood still in front of the first stage. The young examiner smiled at him, then lifted a piece of cloth, Sun An just stayed After a while, they turned to the second table.

The man with a horse face and a thunderous mouth stood on the steps with a big horse and a golden knife, and simply nodded Shen Ji with his chin: "It's your turn."

Shen Ji scratched his face and wanted to smile, but in the end he didn't know whether he was laughing or not. After taking a few deep breaths, Shen Ji raised his head and stood up on the high platform—it doesn't matter, even if he didn't choose Shang and Renjitang also agreed to let me go back and continue working.

"Don't be so nervous, relax." A tray was placed on the first table, covered with a white cloth, and a handsome young man was sitting behind him. He smiled and unwrapped Shen Ji, and then opened it casually. That piece of white cloth, ask:

"Is this the left hand or the right hand?"

Shen Ji's whole body froze, not daring to move, looking at the "hand" placed on the tray, it was really just a hand severed at the elbow: the cut was grim, covered with blood and dust, abnormally swollen, gray Black, slightly rotted at the fracture...