After transmigrating into the body of the female supporting character's biological mother, she

"Ah?" Lin Zijun swallowed nervously. "Teacher Lin, this is where the bladder is located. Will the needle prick it?"

Hu Tao's eyes widened. "What's a bladder?"

Lin Zijun: "A place to store urine."

Hu Tao imagined his bladder being punctured and urine leaking from his stomach, and he was so frightened that he almost couldn't get out of bed.

"Dr. Lin, he doesn't have any experience with this either, why don't you do it?"

Lin Zhilan sighed, showing the patience she had when teaching an apprentice, "If you want to insert the needle correctly, you must be steady, accurate, and forceful, and it must be in place."

"Look at him, with so much fat on his belly. What's the point of poking around in his fat if you don't actually poke deeper?"

Hu Tao: "..."

Lin Zijun: "..."

"Hehe." Ye Congshan, who was listening to the lecture, suddenly laughed twice.

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Hu Tao closed his eyes and pretended to be dead, while Lin Zijun held a silver needle in his right hand and shakily inserted it into the acupoints.

The first attempt failed to penetrate...

Hu Tao was pricked, but it didn't hurt much. He opened his eyes slightly to look and thought, "It went in? Why didn't I feel anything?"

Lin Zhilan said coldly, "He didn't stab you because he felt sorry for you and was afraid of hurting you."

Lin Zijun gave a wry smile, "Teacher, I'm a little scared."

"Put the needle down and give me your hand."

Lin Zijun quickly put down the needle and handed his hand to Li Zhilan.

"Watch closely, and pay attention to your sensations." Lin Zhilan grabbed his hand with one hand and held a silver needle in the other, inserting it into his Hegu acupoint.

A one-inch needle had almost gone halfway in, and Lin Zijun even bent down to look at his palm to see if it had been pierced.

Lin Zhilan said, "When you insert the needle, you must be quick, accurate, and ruthless, hitting the target on the first try without hesitation."

"Okay, I got it." Lin Zijun nodded.

Lin Zhilan gently twisted the silver needle again, guiding him to express his feelings.

Lin Zijun: "It feels sour, numb, and a little bloated."

Lin Zhilan said, "This is called obtaining the Qi. When you rotate the silver needle, you should also pay attention to how many degrees you rotate it. When you remove the needle, you must rotate it back first to avoid damaging the muscle fibers inside."

As she spoke, she pulled out the silver needles.

Lin Zijun checked his tiger's mouth. He had just been stabbed so deep, but he didn't feel anything at all, and not even a drop of blood came out.

"Alright," Lin Zhilan said, lifting her chin slightly. "Continue."

Under Lin Zhilan's guidance, Lin Zijun finally finished needling all the acupoints.

Although there were a few minor mistakes and repeated attempts at acupoints that resulted in a few small holes on Hu Tao's body, the overall result was good.

Lin Zhilan was very satisfied, but it was unknown whether Hu Tao was satisfied.

After removing the needles, Lin Zhilan left the ward to write a prescription and get medicine for Hu Tao.

Lin Zijun followed excitedly behind her, "Teacher, how did I do today?"

"You recognize the acupoints well, but you need to practice more on your own. If you don't have any patients, practice on yourself."

"That's right," Hu Tao said, grinning as he walked out of the ward. "Listen to Dr. Lin, practice on yourself, don't practice on me."

Lin Zhilan glanced at him and said, "You'll need to get treatment for at least another half month. You'll need to come in every other day after that."

"Teacher, am I the one who does all the needlework?" Lin Zijun asked eagerly, his hands itching to try after the practice.

"Hmm." Lin Zhilan said calmly, handing him the prescription. "Get the medicine according to the prescription, boil three bowls of water down to one bowl, one dose a day."

"Okay," Lin Zijun took the prescription, but stopped after taking two steps. "Teacher, how much does it cost?"

Lin Zhilan thought for a moment, "The medicine will be charged at the normal rate, the consultation fee will be ten yuan, and each acupuncture session will incur an additional two mao (0.2 yuan) fee, which is the apprentice price."

"Hehe," Lin Zijun chuckled, telling Hu Tao to go and pay the money.

He'd been doing odd jobs for so long that he finally felt like a doctor again today.

Hu Tao didn't have any objections. He had inquired about the fees charged by the Traditional Chinese Medicine department, and Dr. Lin's consultation fee was ten yuan.

It's expensive, but I can guarantee you'll be cured.

Many people were deterred by the ten yuan price tag, but Hu Tao wasn't bothered. He quietly asked Lin Zijun, "You charge two mao (0.2 yuan) per acupuncture session, how much does Dr. Lin charge?"

"50 cents."

Hu Tao: "Can I have Dr. Lin do the acupuncture for me?"

Lin Zijun scoffed, "Do you think my teacher even pays attention to you?"

Hu Tao: "..."

"Then you should practice on yourself from now on, not on me."

Lin Zijun chuckled, "You think you can save these three cents for nothing?"

It was time to leave work. Lin Zhilan had promised the children that she would take them to the supply and marketing cooperative today. She said goodbye to Ye Congshan and Lin Zijun, changed her clothes, and left.

Watching her walk away, Ye Congshan said to Lin Zijun, "Dr. Lin is truly dedicated to teaching you. If I were you, I would have settled the master-disciple relationship much sooner."

Traditional Chinese medicine is different from Western medicine; traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes apprenticeship.

A mentor like Dr. Lin, who imparts all his knowledge so readily, is hard to find even with a lantern.

Lin Zijun smiled and said, "Director, I know. I asked someone to buy a bicycle in Guangzhou. When it arrives, I'll give it to Dr. Lin and ask her to take me on as an apprentice."

"A bicycle?" Ye Congshan exclaimed in surprise. "You're willing to part with it?"

Lin Zijun lives on the east side of the island, some distance from the military hospital, and he has been talking about buying a bicycle for a long time.

Ye Congshan hadn't expected him to be so willing to part with his money.

Lin Zijun laughed and said, "Teacher Lin is willing to teach me real skills, how could I begrudge that?"

His smile was somewhat naive.

Ye Congshan shook his head and sighed with a smile: "Fools have their own kind of luck. When I was an apprentice, I even poured my master's foot bath water for more than ten years."

And so, for the first ten years, my master never let me touch acupuncture needles. You really ran into Doctor Lin, kid.

Lin Zijun smiled but didn't reply, and began practicing needling on himself with the silver needles.

Lin Zhilan went home and first went to the neighbor's house.

When she was at work, Wang Rou volunteered to help her take care of the children.

Seeing her mother return, Linlin happily got off the stool and rushed over to hug her mother's leg.

"Mommy~"

Wang Rou stood up. "Sister, you're back."

Jiang Chengzhou: "Auntie!"

After thinking for a moment, Li Xuan followed suit and called her "Auntie".

Chen Hehua, sitting in the courtyard picking vegetables, said, "...Dr. Lin is back."

"Auntie," Lin Zhilan said with a smile, "Wang Rou and I are taking the children to the supply and marketing cooperative."

"Go ahead, go ahead."

Lin Zhilan held a child in each hand, while Jiang Chengzhou and Linlin kept talking, sharing with her what they had done that day.

Lin Zhilan only needs to say one sentence, and their desire to share will become even stronger, chirping endlessly like little sparrows.

Wang Rou extended her hand to Li Xuan: "Want to come along?"

Li Xuan was stunned, somewhat unable to react.

"Don't you want to go?" Wang Rou was about to pull her hand back when Li Xuan grabbed it.

"I want to...I want to go."

"Okay." Wang Rou took her son's hand and walked towards Lin Zhilan.

Only Chen Hehua, who was behind him, noticed that her grandson's steps were much lighter than usual.

As long as her grandson is happy, Chen Hehua is happy even if her daughter-in-law wishes she could marry Dr. Lin.

She sighed deeply, and Li Jiang returned just then.