Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 231 Face

"If there's a single mistake in a word or a small stain, you have to start the whole paper over again!" Shen Jing complained bitterly, "We have no other choice. If you want to take the imperial examination, you must be trained to write neatly. Why do you have to make it difficult for yourself?"

Song Ying said firmly: "No, I want to copy medical books!"

The twelfth lunar month and the first lunar month are her free times, and she spends all her time memorizing lessons, which makes her tired easily. If she alternates between memorizing for a while and copying for a while, she shouldn't be so tired.

Of course, the most important thing is that you can make money!

The patients who came to her for acupuncture were all seeking relief from pain. In order to get a good omen, they would not come to her in the past two months, which meant that she would not make any money at all.

How can she adapt to this when she is used to seeing her balance increase every month?

Seeing that Shen Jing wanted to persuade her again, Yuan Qing stopped him and said, "Okay, stop persuading her. She is different from you. She wants to be a doctor in the future. She must memorize the medical books no matter how obscure they are.

Besides, everything is difficult at the beginning. Once you have a certain foundation, you will be able to master everything. What you think is very obscure content may be easy for her. "

Song Ying nodded desperately, "That's right, my master said that before the beginning of spring, I must memorize Shennong's Herbal Classic, Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases, and Qianjin Yifang."

"Then you still have time to copy books?" Shen Jing was even more confused.

"As for the transfer, I have to memorize all day long, which is annoying."

Shen Jing said he couldn't understand. In his opinion, if you get tired of memorizing, just take a break. Copying books is not a change of pace at all. However, he didn't try to persuade her any further.

The three of them went to Chengyang Bookstore together, and Song Ying almost couldn't wait to ask: "Boss, do you have any medical books that need to be copied?"

The shopkeeper thought she was asking on behalf of Yuan Qing and Shen Jing, and reminded her tactfully: "Medical books are not like your imperial examination books. They are very boring to those who don't understand them."

"It's not them, it's me who wanted to copy!" Song Ying explained quickly.

"You?" The shopkeeper finally turned his gaze towards her, looked her up and down, and revealed a suspicious expression, "Little girl, my requirements for copying books are very high. It's not enough to just recognize a few words."

Song Ying nodded: "Please tell me what you want."

"Hey, you are quite confident. We do need to copy medical books in our store." The shopkeeper opened the book that Yuan Qing had copied and checked it in his hand: "Just follow this. The most basic thing is that there can't be any typos or stains, and the handwriting must be neat and beautiful."

Song Ying listened carefully and asked, "Are there any font requirements?"

"Medical books are not restricted to any particular font. You can use whichever font you are best at, but it must be written well. You must also pay attention to the spacing between each character. It cannot be too different, otherwise it will affect the appearance..."

The shopkeeper said a lot of things, and then asked: "Do you remember it?"

Song Ying nodded and began to repeat it to him. The general meaning was that there was no difference. After hearing that, the shopkeeper gained a little more confidence in her.

"These medical books in our store were specially printed by our boss for collection. They are very valuable. You must be careful when you take them back. If you damage them, you will have to pay for them."

"Compensation according to the market price?" Song Ying finally hesitated a little. She remembered that the waiter said last time that those medical books were worth 5 taels of silver.

The shopkeeper nodded and said, "We set the selling price for this set of medical books at 5 taels of silver. No matter how damaged or dirty it is, you have to buy it. Of course, for Mr. Shen's sake, I can give you 20 wen less."

"You have to pay for it if it gets dirty?"

"Of course. We only have one copy of that book in our store. If you soiled it, who would I sell it to?"

It’s not dirty now and it hasn’t been sold yet.

Song Ying muttered secretly and gritted his teeth: "Okay, I accept it!"

Because of Aunt Lian, the Shen family gave her 70 taels of silver as hush money. Even if they really had to spend 5 taels of silver to buy this set of medical books, it was within their affordability.

The shopkeeper was a little surprised. He didn't expect her to make a decision so quickly. He called the clerk and asked him to get the book. He said to Song Ying, "Since you were brought here by Mr. Shen, I won't take your deposit."

Song Ying: “…”

It's Shen Jing's face again.

She smiled at Shen Jing, half teasingly and half seriously, "Mr. Shen's face is really useful. Thank you very much today. When my medical skills are perfect, I will not charge you for consultation fees when you are sick in the future."

Shen Jing rolled his eyes: "Are you thanking me or cursing me?"

Song Ying shook her head and smiled secretly, "People eat all kinds of grains, so they will get sick sometimes."

"What about me? Do I need to pay for the medical treatment when I come to you for treatment in the future?" Yuan Qing also asked jokingly.

"Of course not!" Song Ying was very generous, "Not only will I not charge you for the consultation, I will also waive the cost of the medicine for you!"

After all, it was Yuan Qing who taught her to read, so he could barely be considered her master. It was not right for a disciple to charge money for treating her master.

Yuan Qing was satisfied, "Then it's a deal, you will treat me whenever I'm sick from now on."

"Hey, hey, hey, why do I only waive the consultation fee, but he doesn't even have to pay for the medicine?" Shen Jing was unhappy, "The shopkeeper didn't give him face and reduced your deposit."

The shopkeeper said cheerfully, "It's also for Mr. Yuan's sake."

He looked at Song Ying again and asked curiously, "Is this little girl going to study medicine?"

"Yes, I just became a disciple a few months ago."

"No wonder you can copy medical books." The shopkeeper suddenly realized, "I've never seen a girl studying medicine before. You're the first one!"

After a pause, he suddenly asked, "Hey, are you the new Doctor Song from Huichun Hall?"

Yuan Qing and Shen Jing looked at Song Ying at the same time, especially Yuan Qing, who knew that Lin Wenxuan was from Huichuntang and had the surname Song. The "Doctor Song" mentioned by the shopkeeper was undoubtedly Song Ying.

"You know me too." Song Ying was a little embarrassed. Huichuntang was located at the intersection of East Street and West Street, and Chengyang Bookstore was on North Street. She thought her reputation was only spread among the small vendors on East and West Streets.

"Oh, it's really Dr. Song!"

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up and widened a little. He looked at Song Ying again: "You are so young! Are you 10 years old? You can give people acupuncture!"

"Not really. I was 11 years old last month."

"An 11-year-old little doctor, wow! That's amazing!"

"Can you give acupuncture to people?" Shen Jing opened his mouth wide in disbelief, and Yuan Qing also looked surprised.

Song Ying nodded.

Shen Jing opened his mouth even wider, and after a long while he said in a complicated tone, "It seems like you could become a very good doctor in the future. In consideration of our friendship, can you please be put first in line when you see me?"

"Please don't tease me. There are so many great doctors in the world. I've only just started learning. I'm far behind you seniors. You don't even need to queue up to see a doctor here."