Chapter 213： Apprenticeship

Chapter 213 Apprenticeship

Old doctor Yan suppressed the joy in his heart and finally filled out the prescription. Then he grabbed Gu Zhao and asked, "Child, are you really good at raising insects?"

Gu Zhao tilted his head and thought for a while, then said, "I should be considered good at it. None of the bugs I raise will bite me."

Dr. Yan asked casually: "What kind of insects have you raised?"

"Crickets, ants, dung beetles..."

Every time he recited one more words, the faces of the others became uglier.

Until he kept talking more and more outrageously: "Scorpions, centipedes..."

Zhang Yunniang turned pale and asked, "When did you raise these things? You didn't even tell me!"

Gu Zhao took out the small jar he carried with him and brought it to his mother: "I've been raising it for a while, didn't I tell you? Maybe I forgot."

Zhang Yuniang looked at her son's honest expression and looked at some kind of multi-jointed poisonous insect crawling in the small jar in the evildoer's hand, and felt the hairs on her back stand up.

"Where do you usually put this thing? Do you carry it with you? When you sleep?" Zhang Yunniang asked.

"It's not like I keep it with me all the time, but we do stay together when we sleep."

When Zhang Yuniang heard this, her hands were trembling. She pointed at her unlucky son and didn't know what to say.

But Shen Changfeng was the real victim. He was so frightened that he jumped on the chair: "I slept with the bugs all night! Why didn't you tell me earlier! If I had known this, I would rather sleep on the ground than share the same bed with you. bed!"

Gu Zhao carefully closed the lid and said, "Brother Shen, what are you afraid of? Xiao Wu doesn't bite, I will discipline him."

Hearing that Gu Zhao even gave the bug a name, everyone felt like their scalps were going to explode with such an intimate gesture.

Only Dr. Yan clapped his hands vigorously: "Okay!"

Shen Changfeng frowned at him and asked, "What's good? Old Yantou, I'll stuff poisonous insects into the place where you sleep. Let's see if you can still laugh."

However, Old Doctor Yan did not take it seriously and said cheerfully: "If you dare to stop me, I will also dare to complain to your mother."

He handed the prescription to Gu Mingda and refused Gu Mingda's move to pay for the consultation.

"I like this kid, can you let him help me raise bugs for a while?" the old doctor said.

Gu Mingda had already guessed this outcome, but he still said: "He still doesn't know all the characters and is still in school. I'm afraid he can only come here every three or five."

Gu Zhao was very anxious when he heard this and said, "Dad, let me do it. I can learn to read slowly."

Gu Zhao actually longed to go to school and raise bugs here every day.

But Gu Mingda glared and said: "Raising insects is not something you can do for a lifetime. I don't expect you to take the imperial examination in the future. At least you can learn a few more words and be a bookkeeper. Don't even be able to support a wife."

Old Doctor Yan heard what he meant on the spot, but it was rare for him to meet someone who was so good at raising insects, so he was reluctant to give it up. He could only say: "Ms. Gu, this kid is really talented in the imperial examination." Get a reputation?"

Gu Mingda shook his head and told the truth: "His mind is not on studying."

Old Doctor Yan said: "Since you want to give this child a future, I have a future here, but I'm afraid he won't like it."

Gu Mingda knew exactly what the old doctor was going to say next, but he didn't skimp on the process: "Please make it clear, sir."

"I'm old and haven't had an apprentice for many years, but I really need a medicine boy who is good at raising insects. If you are willing, you can let this child become my teacher. I can't guarantee that I can teach him to become a famous doctor. It shouldn’t be a big problem to be an ordinary doctor and open a pharmacy or medical clinic in the future.”

This was what Gu Mingda was waiting for, and he turned to look at Gu Zhao: "Come quickly and kowtow. After becoming your master, you can raise bugs as you like, as long as you don't bring them home to scare people."

When Gu Zhao heard that he could raise insects, he quickly knelt down and banged his forehead louder than anyone else. "Good boy, get up quickly." Old Doctor Yan helped the person up with a smile.

After Gu Zhao succeeded in becoming a master, he turned around and asked Gu Mingda stupidly: "Dad, if I become a master, do I no longer have to go to school? I won't have to study or write big characters in the future?"

Gu Mingda nodded slightly.

Gu Zhao's face was filled with joy.

Gu Mingda added: "Your future studies will be under the control of your master."

Old Doctor Yan said with a smile: "The way I teach my disciples is very stupid. If you study more and watch more, you will naturally master it."

Gu Zhao thought he could get rid of the fate of writing big characters and was even happier.

Unexpectedly, Dr. Yan reached out and pointed to the full bookshelf on one side: "Copy these books first, and tell me if you don't understand anything. If the handwriting is illegible, copy it again."

Gu Zhao had a sad face and wished he could rush out of the door on the spot. Why did he get out of the fire pit and into the wolf's den? Studying in the school was not so hard.

Old Doctor Yan obviously didn't want to serve Chongzi anymore: "If possible, you can let him study with me today."

Naturally, Gu Mingda would not refuse this hard-won opportunity. If it were not for some mistake, how could his family arrange for Gu Zhao to become a disciple of an old imperial doctor.

"I listen to you, old man. I will find someone to plan my life later, and then I will have a formal apprenticeship ceremony. What do you think of this?" Gu Mingda asked.

Although the old doctor didn't say anything about the apprenticeship ceremony, Gu Mingda couldn't just fool around with it. The more he paid attention to it, the better.

When the old doctor heard this, he did not refuse and said, "You decide the date, but this child has to stay today."

He didn't want to serve bugs for a day anymore.

Everyone laughed, and only Gu Zhao cried and said: "My clothes are all at home, can I come back in a few days..."

Gu Zhao didn't want to enter **** mode so soon.

Gu Mingda said: "Don't worry, I have my own arrangements."

"I still have bugs in my house."

Zhang Yunniang took a deep breath and said, "Send it over with the insects."

She really didn't want to keep this unfortunate child at home for a day!

"Dad just sent me to a private school in the city. If I change the place now, wouldn't all that money be wasted? It's such a waste. I'd better go back to the city to study and come here every three to five..."

It's hard for Gu Zhao's not-so-smart little brain to come up with such an excuse.

Gu Mingda looked at his **** son and said, "For your future, losing this little money is nothing. Even if the loss is several times greater, it will be worth it."

Gu Zhao cried sadly: "I'm only seven years old. What should I do if I miss home at night? I've never left you."

"Liu Yue will accompany you and take care of you. We are relieved. Your master also said that if you can go home for one day every ten days, it doesn't mean that you will never go back." Gu Mingda forcefully opened his son's hand that was holding his trousers. .

Gu Zhao could no longer find a reason to refuse, so he could only find a corner to huddle pitifully. He took Niu Niu's hand and emphasized over and over again: "My dear, if there is anything delicious at home, you must remember to give it to me." I’ll give you one, and my brother is counting on you.”

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