Jiapingguan Chronicle

Upon hearing Chu Han's words, Jin Miaomiao's face showed an expression of "I knew it." She knew that with her advisor's style of doing things, he wouldn't just faint so easily; there must be some other explanation.

Although she had never met her advisor, she knew a little about him. After all, her master always liked to talk to her about him. In the process of her master’s narration, an image of him gradually emerged. In her eyes, her advisor was a very witty, humorous, thoughtful, and even somewhat unconventional old man.

Only someone like that could leave behind so many prescriptions with unconventional ideas and bold use of medicine; only someone like that could disregard external opinions and views, and not be so conventional.

In the Duke's mansion storeroom, there was a special place reserved for Jin Miaomiao. There were more than a dozen huge boxes in that place, containing manuscripts and other materials left by Master Huilan. However, not all of these belonged to Master Huilan; many of them also belonged to Master Qingsong.

Although it wasn't all of Master Qingsong's manuscripts, it was enough for Jin Miaomiao to read and study. She had already read some of them and benefited greatly from them.

The reason she was certain the manuscript belonged to her master was because the handwriting was incredibly cute—round and chubby, unlike any currently popular font. The person who could write in such a style was neither her master nor her uncle; therefore, it could only be her master.

Of course, her guess was also confirmed by her master, who confirmed that the manuscripts did indeed come from her grandmaster, Master Qingsong.

She remembered her master saying that this round, cute font was her grandmaster's creation. The reason for creating this font was that some patients and their families had suggested that they couldn't recognize the characters on some prescriptions written by doctors. Not only could they not recognize them, but sometimes even the pharmacy manager or clerks couldn't recognize them when they went to get the medicine. So, could the prescriptions be written more clearly and explicitly to avoid unnecessary trouble?

Jin Miaomiao agreed with this statement. She had also suffered from the same problem when she was young. After she started studying medicine, she had read a lot of pulse diagnosis cases. Many of these cases were handwritten, and some of the characters were really difficult to recognize.

Therefore, she thought it was wonderful that her advisor could put himself in the shoes of the patients and their families and create such a font.

Among the manuscripts belonging to the clerk that remain in the storeroom are many explorations of difficult and complicated diseases, information on the discovery of rare herbs, and records of the arduous process of preparing new prescriptions.

There were moments of joy, sadness, and delight, as well as repeated failures and disappointments, but above all, there was a deep love and pursuit of medicine.

Every time Jin Miaomiao looks at these manuscripts, she feels ashamed and inferior. When she encounters difficulties, she sometimes becomes very irritable and wants to give up. But her advisor, no matter how many times he fails or how unsatisfactory the results are, never thinks of giving up and is always very optimistic.

It was because of her advisor's attitude that Jin Miaomiao felt very indifferent to failure recently. She became even more indifferent after seeing her advisor's sigh. Both her advisor and her master had said that failure is a normal part of life, and success is just a moment. One should not deny or give up on most of life because of that moment.

Besides these, a significant portion of the manuscript also includes the clerk's precious medical records, which document the patients' conditions and are annotated with different colored pens. These annotations are charming and witty, praising obedient patients, comforting young patients, and of course, complaining about disobedient patients.

The most memorable thing for Jin Miaomiao, and the first thing she saw that was a negative review, was about a patient with typhoid fever. After reading the case, she was speechless and rolled her eyes to the sky.

This patient developed typhoid fever due to excessive exposure to cold, which damaged his spleen and stomach. Therefore, the medicine prescribed by the doctor was mainly to dispel cold and warm the stomach. The doctor's instructions were to strictly avoid certain foods, including greasy and cold foods, and to avoid drafts. Because it was the hot summer, it was easy to sweat profusely, and if one was exposed to a draft after sweating, it was easy to develop a fever, which would not be conducive to the improvement of the condition.

Of course, in such a hot summer, avoiding greasy food is manageable, but consuming cold foods is indeed difficult and a significant challenge for patients. Therefore, the physician added a note to his prescription, not expecting the patient to be particularly obedient, but simply to avoid these things for two hours before and after taking the medicine.

However, to everyone's surprise, when the patient went for a follow-up visit three days later, it was found that the patient's condition had not improved but had become more serious. The patient's spleen and stomach were even weaker, and in addition to typhoid fever, diarrhea had also been added.

The clerk was very surprised and puzzled. He checked his prescription and confirmed that the problem was not with him, but with the patient. Either the patient had not taken the medicine on time, or the patient had not followed the doctor's instructions regarding dietary restrictions.

So, after questioning the patient and his family, the truth finally came to light.

Jin Miaomiao clearly remembers that on the back of that medical record, the clerk wrote his complaints about the patient in very small print, revealing his deep disdain between the lines.

He originally thought that avoiding greasy food would be easy in such a hot summer, since most people don't have much of an appetite and can't eat much during this hot season. But this patient not only ate normally, but also ate half a skinless pork knuckle with each meal.

When the clerk questioned him, the patient confidently defended himself, saying that the skinless pork knuckle was all lean meat with no fat, so it couldn't be considered greasy.

Besides this, there was also the instruction to avoid cold and raw foods. As a result, I did not eat ice water, ice cubes, or iced fruit, but I let the boiled medicine cool down before drinking it. After drinking it, I still found it bitter. I ate a plate of fruit that had not been soaked in ice, claiming that these were all at normal temperatures and were not cold.

Jin Miaomiao could imagine how many times the clerk rolled his eyes when he wrote those words. She herself couldn't help but roll her eyes as she read them. How could this person be so lacking in common sense? He assumed that anything that wasn't frozen wasn't cold, and in the end, not only did the medicine not work, but his condition became even more serious.

In addition, Jin Miaomiao also discovered the most pertinent evaluation of this patient by the advisor, which was only five simple words - idiot, simpleton.

There are countless examples like this. Jin Miaomiao discovered that her advisor was very good at evaluating his patients, such as cute little girls, children with nice voices, and mischievous kids who seemed strange on the surface but were actually quite naughty. Sometimes, even without looking at the medical records, just looking at the annotations in the medical records would make Jin Miaomiao laugh for a long time.

Jin Miaomiao never imagined that such a lovely and kind old man would be bullied by his classmates when he was a child. What she couldn't have imagined was that he would become such an interesting person after being bullied and would not seek revenge.

"You retaliated? How could you not retaliate?" Chu Han smiled as he looked at Jin Miaomiao, who was talking to herself. "You just said what was on your mind."

"Huh?" Jin Miaomiao touched her nose embarrassedly. "I wasn't conscious. What did you mean by revenge?"

"I said, those kids who bullied your advisor got their revenge." (End of Chapter)