70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 160
"Sister-in-law, why are you here, hurry up and sit on the kang!"

"When I went to the market in the morning, I bought a catty of walnut cakes and brought them for you to taste." Li Suxin said shyly.

According to Xie Xiaonian's understanding, sister-in-law doesn't seem like someone who would buy such snacks for nothing, so she said directly: "Sister-in-law, if you have something to do, just talk it over, why are you being polite to me?"

"Then I'll just say it straight, it's like this, didn't Lanhua see you running medicinal wine two days ago, and she was very interested in it, so let me ask if I can worship you as a teacher and learn from you Doctor." After Li Suxin finished speaking, she took a careful look at Xie Xiaonian's face, seeing that she had no bad face, she finally let go of her anxiety.

"Isn't Lanhua still in school?" Xie Xiaonian asked suspiciously.

"You also know the situation of the school. It doesn't matter if you go or not, as long as you get your diploma when the time comes. But you don't have to be too embarrassed. If you can't spread it to the outside world, forget it. I know that this kind of family medicine is usually passed down. It is not rumored." Li Suxin thought that Xie Xiaonian was too embarrassed to refuse, so she asked about Lan Hua's studies.

"There is nothing rumored about it. My grandfather also hoped to promote Chinese medicine. It was just that the situation was special at that time, so he didn't accept apprentices from outside. But look at my second uncle, besides the children at home, he is also teaching a few of them in the brigade. Is a young man studying medicine, but I have to ask Lan Hua some questions before I can decide whether to teach her or not."

Although Xie Xiaonian thinks that Lan Hua is simple-minded and kind-hearted, if she studies medicine, she will definitely be a person with medical ethics, but persistence and love are also very important factors, she does not want the first apprentice she accepts to give up halfway.

"Okay, okay, I'm going to ask Lan Hua to come here. It's a big deal to recruit apprentices, and it's necessary to take the school exam." Seeing that Xie Xiaonian said that he could teach others, a big smile immediately appeared on Li Su's face, and he went back excitedly to find Lan Hua.

In less than 5 minutes, Lan Hua was pulled closer to Xie Xiaonian's room by her mother.

Xie Xiaonian saw that Lan Hua had put on her latest clothes, and her hair was neatly combed, obviously prepared in advance, so she nodded in satisfaction.

Seeing Lan Hua standing awkwardly in the room, her hands constantly stirring the corners of her clothes, and the sister-in-law looking at her eagerly, Xie Xiaonian smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, I'll just ask a few questions."

"Well, you ask, you ask, I'll go out and wait." After speaking, Li Suxin walked out of the main room quickly, not to delay them.

"Traditional Chinese medicine cannot be learned in a day or two. The learning process is also very boring. Going to the mountains to collect herbs is even more difficult and dangerous. Can you bear it?" Xie Xiaonian asked seriously.

"I can do it, little aunt, I promise I will study hard and not embarrass you." Lan Hua assured her earnestly, with a fiery gleam in her eyes, she almost raised her hand to swear.

"No accident, I will go to the army next autumn, so if you follow me to learn, I can only teach you by hand. In less than a year, if you don't understand in the future, although you can go to me The second uncle asked, but most of the time, you still have to study by yourself. Are you sure you have such a strong self-discipline. In fact, I can introduce you to my second uncle to learn. In that case, you may learn better, he His clinical experience is much richer than mine.”

"I just want to learn from my aunt and my second uncle. Although I can learn for a longer time, he has several apprentices, and our progress is different. If I are added, the second uncle will be more tired." Ah. And just like my aunt said, I can learn from you first, and when you join the army, if I have any questions, I can ask my second uncle and grandpa if I am." After thinking about it, Lan Hua said seriously.

"Since you are willing to learn from me, I'll accept you. But I said something ugly, although I don't care if a person is smart or not, but I care about her learning attitude very much. Once you start, you are not allowed to give up. If you If you are not diligent enough, or afraid of suffering, then I will really beat you." After speaking, Xie Xiaonian picked up the ruler she had put on the kang just now.

This ruler was the one that the original owner's grandfather used to beat her back then. She never expected that it would be useful one day after her grandfather passed away.

"If there's anything wrong with me, Auntie, no, it should be Master, Master, you can do it casually." Seeing that Xie Xiaonian agreed, Lan Hua said excitedly.

"Let's call you my aunt. It's a little awkward to be called a master. You take this "Soup Song" back first, and before dinner tomorrow, memorize the first 10 by heart, and I will test you at that time. The book is in traditional Chinese characters." If you don't know anything, just ask me and your grandfather, or look it up in the dictionary." Xie Xiaonian thought it would be more pleasant to call her Auntie.

Because Xu's father learned traditional characters when he was in school, he knew the characters in the book.

And Xie Xiaonian asked Lan Hua to recite the soup song first because she didn't know how to teach others, so she could only teach the original owner the way the original owner's grandfather taught the original owner.

"Thank you, auntie. I'll go back and memorize it now." Lan Hua took the book, hugged it carefully, and ran home excitedly.

Li Suxin, who had been observing the movement in the house at the door, also heard the movement inside. After seeing Lanhua running home, she happily opened the curtain, entered the main room, and said to Xie Xiaonian: "Xiao Nian, if Lanhua doesn't study hard , you go ahead and fight, if you can’t do it, just tell me, and I’ll teach her a lesson for you.”

If Lan Hua and Xiao Nian learn well, they will have a craft in the future, and they won't have to rely on earning work points for a living, and it will be easier to talk about kissing in the future.

"I think Lanhua wants to learn from the bottom of her heart, and she is also a person who can calm down, maybe she will learn well by then!" Xie Xiaonian said with a smile.

"It's best to be like this, otherwise, let's see how I deal with her." Although Li Suxin said so, she didn't worry too much. Her daughter has never let her worry about it since she was a child. I believe she can learn well this time. of.

"By the way, tomorrow the team will kill pigs for the new year. You have breakfast early tomorrow, and then go to help together. By the way, don't forget to bring your bowls and chopsticks. We will eat pig-killing dishes together at noon." Li Suxin remembered just now, father-in-law I said happily when I came back from the meeting.

"I'll kill it tomorrow, that's great, I'll definitely go there early." Xie Xiaonian remembered that she had participated in such things at her grandma's house when she was a child. Haven't eaten either.

Because Xie Xiaonian was looking forward to tomorrow's event, she didn't even enter the space at night and went to bed early.

As for the Xu family's big house, it was extremely lively at this time.

Li Suxin looked at Lanhua eating and not forgetting to recite the book at the same time, and said with relief: "Keep this energy, you will definitely be as good as your little aunt."

"Diligence is very important, but you have to eat well, Lan Hua, eat first, and then study hard after eating." Seeing that Lan Hua didn't eat for a long time, Xu's mother directly instructed.

"Yes, you have to concentrate on everything you do. You can't do two things at once. Let's eat well first." Father Xu also said.

After Xu's father took a sip of the sorghum wine that Xu's mother specially brought out, he sighed and said, "Our Xu family is finally going to have a craftsman!"

"What does it mean to be a craftsman at last? Xiao Nian is not from our family. You can't say this in front of Xiao Nian, otherwise Xiao Nian will have to think about it." Xu's mother rolled her eyes at Xu's father, Said unhappy.

"Okay, okay, there should be another one, I said something wrong, I'll punish myself with a drink!" Xu's father was so happy, he said with a big smile, and then drank another glass of wine happily.

"Why do you punish yourself for a drink? I think you just want to take the opportunity to drink more." Mother Xu knows Father Xu's temper very well.

"Lanhua is also an apprentice now. Although I can't perform the apprenticeship ceremony like before, I still have to give it to him. Father, what do you think should be given?" Xu's mother continued.

"When the meat is distributed tomorrow, you, old man, go and give Xiao Nian 2 catties of red dates and 2 catties of meat, as long as you have that meaning." Father Xu said after thinking about it.

"I think Dad arranged it very well, and we will do it like this tomorrow." Xu Zhongming continued.

Lan Hua saw how the elders planned for her, and made up her mind to study hard.

Early the next morning, Xie Xiaonian was woken up by the piercing cry of pigs.

Thinking of killing the New Year's Pig today, Xie Xiaonian didn't stay in bed like before, she got up directly to the space, drank a cup of milk, ate two pieces of pastry, and then took the bowls and chopsticks and tea mug that she had prepared, and walked to the sister-in-law's house.

When Xie Xiaonian arrived, the sister-in-law's family had just had breakfast, and several people were preparing to catch pigs and load them on the cart.

"Mother, don't you want to kill the pigs in the production team first?" Xie Xiaonian asked suspiciously.

"This pig has to be handed in. This year our family doesn't kill pigs, but only sheep." Because when Xie Xiaonian got married, another pig in the family had already been killed, so they didn't kill pigs during the Chinese New Year this year.

"Is the pork from the brigade enough for the Chinese New Year?" Xie Xiaonian also remembered the past and asked worriedly.

"Your second sister-in-law's family slaughtered pigs this year, and her family will definitely give us some, and then I will buy some more to entertain guests. Besides, there is only one sheep slaughtered at home, and at least one leg of lamb can be kept at home this year." What?" Mother Xu said indifferently.

"Brother and Dad go to the buying station to deliver pigs?"

"No, your elder brother will go by himself, and your father will go to the team to help butcher pigs."

Just like that, everyone in the Xu family had to go out except for Lan Hua who had to stay at home to endorse. The adults had to go to work, and the children had to play in the open space while waiting for the meat.

"Mother, isn't it only in the afternoon that you can kill the livestock of the commune members? What are you doing with the sheep?" Xie Xiaonian asked again in doubt as soon as he left the house.

(End of this chapter)