readsfreenovel Chapter 171 Anxiety
Chapter 171 Anxiety
"Hahaha!" Xu Qingyi burst into laughter upon hearing that.
"Qing Yi, what are you laughing at? I remember that you were in your thirties in modern times, had no boyfriend, and had no plans to get married.
Here, people get married as teenagers. Aren’t you worried about this?”
"What are you worried about? Everything will work out when the time comes." Xu Qingyi said it lightly, but she had a premonition in her heart that she would return to where she belonged in the future.
"That's right, things will work out when the time comes. I was the one who was anxious.
The two of us will definitely stay in Beijing next year. We will go back at the end of this year and convince our family members. After we have settled down in Beijing, we will bring them to Beijing.”
Now, it is the end of August, and there is not much time left until the end of the year.
After Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan returned from Youzhou, they became busy seeing patients again. In the morning, they saw ordinary people who came to the clinic, and in the afternoon they went out to see patients. Most of the patients they saw were wealthy businessmen and officials.
In the afternoon or evening, Doctor Ye, Doctor Guan and Doctor Qian would give Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan intensive training in preparation for the medical competition. They would not only impart experience from the medical competition, but also teach them their own medical skills, the difficult and complicated diseases they had seen, their ideas for prescribing medicine, and so on.
Doctor Ye, Doctor Guan and Doctor Qian have been practicing medicine for decades and have profound medical skills. They have been a great inspiration to Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan.
As time went by, Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan's medical skills improved, and they became more and more adept at dealing with various diseases.
Ordinary people praised them highly, and wealthy businessmen and officials also respected them. Their reputation gradually spread throughout Lingshan Prefecture and Youzhou City, and some people even came here to seek treatment from Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan.
As the day of the Medical Competition approaches, Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan feel the pressure. Although they have received careful instruction from Doctors Ye, Guan, and Qian, the Medical Competition brings together medical elites from all over the world, and they must work harder to stand out.
In order to better prepare them, Doctor Ye, Doctor Guan and Doctor Qian specially arranged a series of simulation competitions for them and gathered young doctors from the two clinics to participate in the competitions.
In these simulation competitions, Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan showed their impressive strength, but also exposed many shortcomings. Doctor Ye and the other two gave them guidance one by one based on their problems, which benefited them a lot.
It was the end of another year. Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan returned home more than half a month in advance. When they passed by Chuanshan County, they also picked up Xu Qingping and Xu Qing'an, brother and sister.
As soon as we got home, the people at home started chatting with each other again.
"Mom, Auntie, before I came back, I told Bai Yan to have their whole family come to our house for dinner, and I prepared two more dishes for dinner.
We are all here today, and I will discuss something with you after dinner." After the greetings, Xu Qingyi saw that it was getting late, so she told her mother and aunt.
“Since the Bai family is coming to our house for dinner, I have to cook two more dishes.
"Big brother, go and kill the chickens and ducks. Big brother, second brother, go to the kitchen to prepare dinner for tonight and see what dishes to prepare." When Zhu heard this, she quickly instructed her two daughters-in-law.
Now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, all the food and drinks for the New Year have been prepared long ago, and we are just waiting to enjoy them during the New Year.
Xu Dafu followed his mother's instructions, picked up a kitchen knife and walked towards the chicken coop and duck house.
The Xu family raises their own chickens and ducks, which have delicious meat and are a must-have delicacy during the Chinese New Year.
He skillfully grabbed a fat chicken and cut it with his knife, and the chicken stopped struggling. Then he walked to the duck house and picked out a fat duck to kill together.
Zhang and Xiao Zhu entered the kitchen and started to get busy.
The two of them opened the cupboards, checked the ingredients and seasonings they had at home, and thought about what dishes to cook tonight.
Xiao Zhu suggested: "Stir-fried pork with lettuce, stir-fried red cabbage, steamed bacon, braised pork ribs, there are a few fish in the water tank, steamed another fish, scrambled eggs with leeks, stir-fried cabbage, stir-fried duck meat, and boil chicken soup. It will be exactly ten dishes, perfect, with both meat and vegetables, and it will be rich."
Zhang nodded in agreement, and the two began to prepare. Xiao Zhu cut the pork belly into cubes for the braised pork, while Zhang started to prepare the fish and vegetables. The kitchen was bustling with the sounds of cutting and frying vegetables.
On the other side, Xu Dafu had already slaughtered the chickens and ducks.
When the Bai family arrived at the Xu family, Cui rolled up her sleeves and went into the kitchen to help.
Bai Yun and Xu Qingwu chatted together, talking about some things about the academy and homework.
Wen and Zhu teased Xu Qingyun.
The two families had a sumptuous dinner, and the table was filled with laughter and joy, making it very lively.
After the meal, Zhang and Xiao Zhu cleaned up the dishes and made some tea. Then everyone sat down and looked at Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan who were sitting side by side.
"Qingyi, you said before that you had something to tell us after dinner. What is it?" After taking a sip of tea, Zhu asked her granddaughter.
Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan looked at each other. Xu Qingyi did not speak. Bai Yan said, "I have something important to discuss with you.
As you all know, Qingyi and I have been promoted to doctors and are practicing medicine as such. We have also made some achievements in the medical skills we have learned. This year, when we went to Lingshan Prefecture, we cured Prince Xun's illness, which won his appreciation. He wrote a letter of recommendation to Qingyi and me.
When we go to the capital in the future, even if we don't pass the assessment of the Imperial Hospital, with the letter of recommendation written by Prince Xun, we can still become a ninth-rank intern doctor in the Imperial Hospital.
Once you enter the Imperial Hospital, no matter what level you are, you are an official. Next year, Qingyi and I will go to the capital."
"What? You can become an official in the Imperial Hospital?" Not only Zhu was surprised when she heard this, but she was also overjoyed.
Cui, Wen, Zhang, Xu Dafu and others also showed surprised expressions.
He kept muttering: "This is the blessing of our ancestors."
"The ancestral grave is emitting smoke."
The older ladies, Zhu and Cui, were so happy that they cried.
“I never thought that you, Qingyi, would be the first one in our family to become an official. This is the blessing of our ancestors.
Sister, our two families are going to be prosperous." Zhu said, holding Wen's hand tightly.
"Yes! This is the smoke coming out of my ancestral tomb. I didn't expect that I would be a widow in my early years, lose my son in my middle age, and then enjoy the blessing of my family's white smoke when I get old." Thinking of the sadness of these years, Wen couldn't stop crying.
The same is true for Cui.