Chapter 20                                                                                                                             �

Don’t eat or sleep or speak.

The Li family’s family tradition is very strict.

Miss Li was a bit arrogant when she was outside, but she was a good girl at home.

I dare not have any irregularities.

The Li family.

Li Wenyan, Miss Li's elder brother and second brother, Li's mother, and Li's wife, the whole family was having dinner at a square table.

This is an Eight Immortals table with six plates of dishes, meat and vegetables. Everyone has a bowl of rice on hand.

Li Wenyan took the lead alone, the eldest brother and sister-in-law stood aside, and the mother and Miss Li were on the side. The second brother Li sat opposite his father.

Everyone was eating, but they could not hear a sound of chewing, or the sound of chopsticks touching bowls and plates. There was only occasionally a sound of chairs moving and chopsticks colliding.

Seeing that everyone had eaten almost the same food, Li Wenyan put down his chopsticks and said, "I'm full."

Suddenly everyone put down their chopsticks.

Li Wenyan stood up, and the others also stood up one after another. Naturally, there were servants who came to pack up and didn't mention them.

Miss Li gritted her teeth and followed her father carefully.

Seeing this, Li Wenyan asked with a stern face: "What's wrong with you?"

Miss Li put her hands at some point, and twisted her handkerchief tightly and said, "Dad, can you give me some money?"

Li Wenyan said, "How many?"

Miss Li said, "Just ten taels."

Li Wenyan's originally stern face immediately turned dark, and ran upwards and said, "Just ten taels?"

Miss Li shivered all over, and naturally heard the bad intentions in her father's mouth. She gritted her teeth and said, "Just--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Li Wenyan said, "Li Yunzhen, look at what you look like? A girl's family runs outside every day, saying that she practices medicine and what kind of medicine you do. She has never seen you get a penny of medical treatment from outside. She should pay money every day. That's fine, now she actually wants so much money from me? What good things have you done outside?"

Miss Li, Li Yunzhen, said, "I haven't done anything? I'm just practicing medicine."

Li Wenyan said: "Wheezing, coughing and breathing are rapid, vomiting and saliva, rapid pulse, greater right than left, and hoarse throat, what should I do?"

Miss Li pondered for a moment and said, "If you are sick with phlegm and fluid, you should use warm medicine to harmonize it. All drinks belong to yin evil, which is not warm or not transformed. Therefore, there are eight or nine out of ten people who should be warm. However, there are also one or two people who should be clear. This can be concluded that breathing is rapid, the disease is in the upper burner, saliva is thin, and it is not a disease of fatigue, fire evil, cough without phlegm, and there will be no hoarse throat. The right pulse is greater than the left pulse, which is lung disease. This internal drinking evil is separated by this, the heart qi is blocked, and the lung qi cannot be delivered. The sound comes from the lungs. Maxing Shigan Decoction should be used."

When Miss Li heard about medical problems, she immediately became fully focused and explained the increase or decrease of the drugs in Maxing Shigan Decoction one by one.

After all, Li Wenyan gave him too little information, and there are still many things that cannot be judged. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that the right medicine can be used to treat each disease. This broad and general statement can only give a general plan. If the patient has other characteristics, it should also be added and deleted in the prescription.

After hearing this, Li Wenyan left most of the anger in his heart, and said to himself: "How great would it be if it was a son?"

Among Li Wenyan's two sons, the eldest son is a man of human nature and is in line with the rules. He has no talent in medicine and imperial examinations. If he cannot succeed in the imperial examination, he will probably not achieve much in medical skills in his life. However, it is still possible to stay at home. The second son has good talent and passed the scholar early in the imperial examination. Although he did not pass the imperial examination in his previous academic performance, Li Wenyan didn't think there was anything wrong.

After all, Juren has never been so easy to take the exam.

He only hoped that his second son would be able to get a prize in the imperial examination and change his family. He did not force him to study medicine. Although his second son was better than his boss and even better than himself in his talent in studying medicine. But who could study and be a doctor?

But in this way, no one passed on his medical skills. This is also a pity for him. His Li family has been practicing medicine for generations. Although it cannot be said to be a family of miraculous doctors, it is also a bit famous in Wuchang City.

If his third daughter was a man, he could pass on his medical skills, but she was a woman. Li Wenyan knew too well what would happen to a woman as a doctor. He firmly opposed Li Yunzhen as a doctor. If he learned some medical skills at home, he could just use it as a pastime, but it would never be possible to practice medicine outside.

Li Wenyan also knew about Li Yunzhen going to see a poor man and even paying for medicine.

First of all, this is family style. Li Wenyan adheres to medical ethics. If someone really has no money to come to the Li Family Medical Center, Li Wenyan will save him, and even pay for medicine. However, when treating a high-ranking official, he will add a little money. He just seldom goes to the free medical treatment.

Secondly, I also felt a little guilty about my daughter. I felt a little guilty about stopping her from becoming a doctor. I just told my daughter not to leave Wuchang City.

After all, Wuchang City is still the provincial capital, and there will be no problems in broad daylight in the city. As for outside the city, it is another matter.

Miss Li finished listing the various situations she thought of and asked carefully: "Father, what do you think?"

Li Yanwen coughed and didn't say anything. Li Yunzhen's foundation is still very solid and her thoughts are very comprehensive. This kind of air-to-air qualities, even Li Yanwen himself would probably say this. So Li Yunzhen's answer made Li Yanwen unable to make mistakes. Of course, this does not mean that Li Yunzhen's medical skills have surpassed Li Yanwen. Practicing medicine always depends on the effort.

Li Yanwen didn't want to encourage Li Yunzhen, so he changed the topic and said, "Tell me, what is the ten taels of silver used for."

Li Yunzhen told the water clock in detail and finally said, "My daughter has made contributions to the design of this water clock."

"It's a merit." Li Yanwen said: "So, you said that the water clock was made by the boy from the Zhou family. You said that you have merit, that is, you made it with the boy from the Zhou family?"

When Li Yunzhen heard this, she secretly called out, and she let it go.

I didn't think about how to remedy it.

Li Yanwen was already furious and said, "You said you went to practice medicine, but I didn't say anything anymore. You are actually with a strange man? Do you still have a little self-respect?"

"Brother Zhou Shi, I'm not a strange man." Li Yunzhen said something even though she didn't know where the courage came out.

Li Yanwen was already very angry, and after hearing this, he was furious and even more angry at the boy of the Zhou family, saying, "You go back to your room, from now on, you can't step out of the room."

Li Yunzhen said: "Of course there is no problem when my daughter goes back, but I have agreed in the name of the Li family."

Li Yanwen snorted coldly and said, "Don't worry, I will naturally maintain the reputation of the Li family and will never break the trust of others. It's just you-------" Li Yanwen shook his hand and left.

When Li Yan heard that he returned to the study, he felt a little frustrated. It took him a long time to breathe and said to himself: "If a woman is old, she will stay."

For a moment, Li Yanwen was also worried about his daughter's marriage. However, Zhou Mengchen's name passed by a circle in his heart and was denied.

It’s not entirely because the Zhou family is not as good as the Li family.

Li Yanwen still recognized the character and family style of the Zhou family. He and Zhou's father were old friends and old neighbors. He didn't know much about Zhou Mengchen, but he thought that even if the person who came from an old family was not bad, he was not much worse. But he was a little jealous of the Zhou family's hereditary Yin-Yang official.

The Zhou family, a ninth-grade Yin and Yang trainer, said it was OK.

All the descendants have a bite of food to eat.

It is even worse to say bad, and it is almost impossible to have any possibility of promotion.

In other words, Zhou Mengchen is now a ninth-rank official. After he has survived for decades, he will become a ninth-rank official.

There is no future at all.

Now the Li family's family is higher than the Zhou family. If there were no accidents, this would be the case in the future. He really couldn't see what kind of future Zhou Mengchen could give his daughter.

Whose daughter is not a treasure?

It is reasonable for Li Yanwen to deny Zhou Mengchen in this way.

He thought about it, asked the boss to come over and told him about this matter. He said, "You spend ten taels of silver on the tent and move the things over. I want to see what it is."

When the Li family arrived at the Yangjiyuan, Zhou Mengchen was not here. He did not talk nonsense, paid the money, found a carriage, and took the things away.

After returning, Li Yunzhen instructed his family to get things done and add water. Sure enough, amid the ticking of water, the entire water clock began to officially start to operate. After half a minute, a bell would ring when he came to the door.

The first two times scared Li Yanwen. He circled around the water clock several times and said in his heart: "Zhou Mengchen is quite ingenious this time. This thing may be worth ten taels of silver.

Li Yanwen immediately ordered the thing to be moved out of the backyard and placed in the lobby of the Li Family Medical Center.

Zhou Mengchen passed by Li's Dalang.

After returning to the Yangjiyuan, I only heard that the Li family sent someone to take the things away and paid the money. It was also considered that Zhou Mengchen's business had opened.

However, after Zhou Mengchen's struggle, he spent more than 20 taels of silver on various woods, paints and other things. In addition, the Yangjian Academy was crowded and the food was consumed a lot. Zhou Mengchen went to the granary in person and sold more than ten stones of grain. After a while, the silver in Zhou Mengchen's pocket became less visible to the naked eye.

At this moment, the money Zhou Mengchen had on hand was only about ten taels, so Zhou Dazhuang didn't need to take it with him. He didn't feel heavy when he kicked it in his arms.

Even with the Li family's first account, Zhou Mengchen probably won't be able to hold on for too long.
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