Chapter 549: One robber, one medicine seller
Sun Shan smiled and said, "Shi Gou, you are still young, the most important thing for you is to go to school."
After hearing this, Shi Gou hurriedly shook his head and said, "Master Juren, my grandfather said that I don't need to go to school anymore. I just need to be able to read and speak Mandarin. Even if I continue to go to school, it will be useless if I don't take the imperial examination. Master Juren, I am stupid and can't concentrate on studying."
Shi Gou shook his head like a rattle, his eyes full of confusion and anxiety.
Sun Shan nodded and said, "If you don't study, what do you want to do?"
Even if Shigou wanted to continue his studies, Sun Shan would suggest that the An family change his teacher. The teacher who taught Shigou was not a good one. What he taught was metaphysical, empty and unrealistic.
Shi Gou looked at Sun Shan in confusion, shook his head and said, "Master, I don't know either. I don't want to be a porter."
In Shi Gou's small world, all the people he meets are porters. It seems that apart from being a porter, he can't think of doing anything else.
Shi Gou can't sell vegetables like his grandma does. After all, his grandma is selling them and he is not needed. Even if his grandma doesn't sell vegetables, then his mother will do it.
Shi Gou needs to find another job to support his family.
Sun Shan nodded and continued, "Shi Gou, we met each other by chance. I am not from Jinling, and I will leave Jinling sooner or later. I am just a passer-by here. Do you understand what I mean?"
Shi Gou lowered his head, his eyes instantly reddened, and nodded, "Master Juren, I know that you want to go to Beijing to take the exam, and you have a long way to go."
Sun Shan patted his little shoulder, wiped the tears from his face with a handkerchief, and said gently, "I have a suggestion. Please listen to it."
Shi Gou raised his head and looked at Sun Shan in fear.
Sun Shan smiled and said, "I know a doctor. His family runs a clinic. Why don't you go there as an apprentice and learn medicine from him? When you grow up, you can become a doctor."
Shi Gou asked anxiously, "Master Juren, is that doctor the Imperial Physician Wan? Is he the first one who lives in Jinxiufang?"
Sun Shan nodded and said, "Yes, the Wan Imperial Physician has opened a clinic and is recruiting apprentices. Do you want to go and learn?"
Sun Shan had been in Jinling for quite some time, and the neighbors in Jinxiufang had a general understanding of him.
As for Imperial Physician Wan, I understand him better.
Speaking of wealthy people, Doctor Wan is undoubtedly the one.
As the old saying goes, the two most profitable professions are "robbery and medicine selling."
The robbers can get free money without any investment.
The fact that medicine sellers can be compared to robbers shows how profitable the business of selling medicine is.
Imperial Physician Wan was not only an imperial physician, he also used his identity to open a clinic. And not just one clinic, he opened several clinics all over Jinling. He was a genuine wealthy man.
No wonder the red envelopes given to him during New Year's greetings are all made of gold. If we gave him less, it would be a shame to his wealthy status.
The reason why Chen Dongling knew Doctor Wan was because they had traded medicinal materials before, and as time went by, they naturally became familiar with each other.
The only doctor Sun Shan knew in Jinling was Imperial Physician Wan. A few days ago, Gui Ge'er was chatting with a servant of the Wan family and happened to mention that the Wan family clinic was recruiting apprentices.
However, when Wanjia Medical Clinic wants to recruit apprentices, they only recommend internally and do not recruit openly. If you don’t have an acquaintance, you won’t be able to get in.
Sun Shan thought it would be better to stuff Shi Gou in there so that he would have a skill to make a living and also fulfill the fate between them.
Shi Gou looked at Sun Shan in bewilderment and asked, "Master Juren, do you want me to work at the clinic?"
Sun Shan nodded and said, "That's right. I want to send you to study medicine. After you graduate, you can be a doctor and have a skill to make a living. Do you want to go?"
Ten dogs only know black-hearted doctors.
Because grandpa and grandma always complain about doctors charging high fees but not being able to cure the disease. But the disease has to be cured, so even if the doctor is a bad person, we still go to him for treatment.
Shi Gou doesn't want to be a black-hearted doctor and wants to stay and work for the Juren master.
But the scholar is not a native of Jinling, and he will leave Jinling sooner or later.
Shi Gou didn't know what to do. He really liked the Juren master. He always spoke to him gently, never cursed or hit anyone, and was very generous. He even taught him to read and would not get angry even if the boy couldn't read well.
The scholar was completely different from the people he knew, very different.
When Sun Shan saw that Shi Gou was silent, he knew that he could not make up his mind.
He is just a child, not a person like him who was reincarnated with memories, so how can he plan for the future?
Sun Shan patted Shi Gou's little shoulder and said gently, "Shi Gou, go back and discuss this with Grandpa and Dad and see what they say."
Seeing Shi Gou remained silent, Gui Ge'er immediately stepped forward and said, "Shi Gou, it would be good to be a doctor. Let me tell you, our Juren master's grandfather was a doctor. Haha, Shi Gou, think about it. If you are a doctor, your grandson may be a Juren master in the future."
Sun Shan looked at Gui Ge'er speechlessly, not knowing how he made that association.
Doctor Sun was a doctor, and his grandson Sun Shan was a juren. If Shi Gou became a doctor, then his grandson might be a juren.
Only Gui Ge'er could think of such an equal relationship.
When Shi Gou heard this, his eyes lit up and he asked in surprise, "Brother Gui, is the grandpa of the Juren really a doctor? Isn't he a landlord?"
Sun Dali said cheerfully, "Our Doctor Sun is not a landlord, but a doctor. He is a kind-hearted doctor, a benevolent doctor, a good doctor who saves the dying and heals the wounded. Doctor Sun has accumulated merits and virtues, so he has a grandson who is a successful candidate. Shigou, when you become a doctor in the future, you must learn from our Doctor Sun and be a good doctor. When you have accumulated enough merits and virtues, your descendants will have a promising future."
After hearing this, Shi Gou became very curious and pestered Gui Ge'er, Sun Dali and Sun Dingnan to tell them the story of Doctor Sun.
The stories told by Gui Ge'er and his two brothers were either exaggerated or absurd.
He was clearly a country doctor named Dr. Sun, but in their mouths he became the living Hua Tuo.
The Sun family’s small “rural clinic” has become a “Grade 3A hospital in a big city” in their eyes.
What a lie! What a nonsense! What a nonsense!
Sun Shan shook his head repeatedly after hearing this, and he really wanted to expose them in person.
But seeing the longing look on Shigou's face, I thought it would be better to give it up and give Shigou a beautiful fantasy.
The next morning, after Sun Shan had breakfast, Gui Ge'er and Sun Dali disguised themselves as bodyguards and accompanied him to the academy to report.
Sun Shan walked into Chongzheng Academy, which was very deserted.
Firstly, the students who had traveled far away had not yet returned for classes. Secondly, most of the candidates in the academy had gone to Beijing to take the imperial examinations and were not in the academy.
Sun Shan found the staff of the academy and told them directly that there were only a few teachers in the academy and that classes would not officially start until mid-February.
You can go to the library to read books during this time.
Sun Shan understood that since all the candidates had gone to Beijing to take the imperial examinations and there were still three years before the next provincial examination for scholars, it was normal for the academy to appear deserted.