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Chapter 42 Persuasion
"From then on, people in our village would go to him if they had any major or minor illness. He would usually see him and cure them all. Last year, a wealthy household in our county heard about him from somewhere. I specially asked him to see a doctor for his only son, but the old gentleman drove him out with a broom."

"The rich man behind him was unwilling to give in. He brought a group of people and tried to force them, but they were all knocked down by the old man's medicine."

"After this incident spread, the old man's reputation in our county spread all of a sudden. After that, people came to seek medical treatment one after another, but no one dared to use force anymore. It's just that the old man may really not like practicing medicine. , most of the time he is not willing to treat those people. You were able to ask the old gentleman to treat you yesterday, which is really impressive."

At the end, Village Chief Li looked at Zhou Ran with a bit of admiration in his eyes.

Zhou Ran smiled and said: "It's just that I'm lucky. I have exactly what the old gentleman wants in my hand."

Village Chief Li said that the old gentleman didn't like practicing medicine, but Zhou Ran didn't think so. If the old gentleman really didn't like practicing medicine, he wouldn't be interested in prescriptions.

After talking to Village Chief Li, Zhou Ran felt confident that the old man was not only good at treating serious injuries, but was also good at treating other diseases. Maybe he could really cure Ye Ximing.

What she wants to think about now is how to convince the old gentleman to follow her back to Xiyao Village to see Ye Ximing.

With this thought in mind, when Zhou Ran went to see the old man for an acupuncture at noon, she intentionally or unintentionally struck up a conversation with the old man, "What kind of book is the old man reading? Is it a medical book?"

"Yes." The old gentleman responded coldly.

Zhou Ran continued without being discouraged: "The old gentleman's medical skills are so good, he must have read a lot of medical books, right?"

"Nonsense." The old gentleman said angrily.

Zhou Ran smiled and asked: "Does the old gentleman have any medical books in his life that he really wants to read but has no chance to read?"

The old gentleman finally raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Ran, "What? Are there any other medical books in your hand that I want to read?"

"Maybe I have it." Zhou Ran said with a smile: "Why don't the old gentleman tell me first."

The old gentleman didn't want to say it at first, but when he thought about the ancient prescription Zhou Ran took out, he changed his mind.

"There are thousands of medical books in the world, and there are many that I have not read, but the only one that I really want to read but have never come across is "The Secret of Du's Acupuncture" written by Mr. Du."

Mr. Du was a famous doctor in the former dynasty who saved countless lives with his acupuncture skills. Before his death, he compiled a book "The Secret Biography of Du's Acupuncture" based on what he had learned throughout his life and the books at home, and left it to his descendants in the hope that future generations would Being able to carry forward the Du family's acupuncture skills, I didn't want the descendants of the Du family to be disappointed, so I casually sold this book to a Daiguo businessman. Later, when the former dynasty was in chaos, the Daiguo businessman disappeared, and this book also disappeared. Then it became invisible.

Zhou Ran lowered her eyes and searched in the system mall, and actually found the "Secret Biography of Du Shi's Acupuncture". However, this book was really expensive, costing two thousand one hundred taels of silver.

Zhou Ran's current money was far from enough. She thought about it and said to the old gentleman with a smile: "What a coincidence, I actually have the book that the old gentleman wants to read."

The old gentleman became excited when he heard this, "Are you serious, you didn't coax me? Where is that book?"

"Why am I coaxing the old gentleman?" Zhou Ran said with a sincere face: "That book is at my house now. If the old gentleman goes back to my house and takes a look, he will know whether what I said is true or false?"

After listening to Zhou Ran's words, the old gentleman slowly calmed down, stared at Zhou Ran and said, "What do you want?"

"I don't hide it from the old gentleman. My husband-in-law fell into the water and caught a cold before. He is in very bad health. I want the old gentleman to help my husband-in-law see a doctor." After Zhou Ran finished speaking, she looked at the old gentleman's face and added: " Old gentleman, don’t worry about me lying to you. After you come home with me, I can read the medical books to you first. If I bring fake medical books to fool you, you can leave directly. With your methods, ordinary people like us will definitely There’s no way I can force you.”

After hearing this, the old gentleman thought for a while and nodded, "Okay, I will go with you when the snow melts."

Zhou Ran shook her head, "No rush, I still need to go to Fucheng. When I come back from Fucheng, I will pick up the old gentleman."

The old gentleman snorted unhappily: "Your husband-in-law is sick, aren't you in a hurry?" Zhou Ran was not in a hurry, he was in a hurry. He had been looking for this book for almost half his life.

Zhou Ran smiled good-naturedly and said, "I have no choice. I have already promised to go to Fucheng. I can't go back on my word at this time, right? Please trouble me, old man, to wait for me for a while."

"Okay." The old gentleman reluctantly agreed.

The weather was very good in the two days after the heavy snowfall. By noon on the third day, the snow on the road had almost melted, and Zhou Ran's hands were almost healed.

So, they left the village at noon on the ninth day of the lunar month, and finally arrived in Fucheng at noon on the twelfth day.

As soon as they arrived in Fucheng, Zhou Ran and the others were arranged to a house that Linglong Embroidery Workshop had found in advance, and met the owner of Linglong Embroidery Workshop here.

The owner of Linglong Embroidery Shop is named Qian. He is a middle-aged man in his thirties. He is not tall and a little fat. He looks very kind.

As soon as he saw Zhou Ran, he smiled and said, "Ms. Zhou looks so young. If you hadn't been brought here by Lao Peng himself, I wouldn't have believed that you had embroidered the double-sided screen with the twelve flower gods." .”

Zhou Ran smiled and said: "If I really didn't embroider it, I wouldn't dare agree to the employer's invitation to participate in this embroidery competition, right?"

Boss Qian said with a smile: "What Madam Zhou said is that Madam Zhou must be confident if she dares to come. Our Linglong Embroidery Workshop can only rely on Madam Zhou this time."

Zhou Ran said: "I will try my best, but if I disappoint my boss, please don't blame me."

Boss Qian waved his hand, "No problem, as long as Mrs. Zhou does her best."

If he tried his best and failed to win, he would naturally not blame Zhou Ran, but if Zhou Ran did not try his best and lost, then he would have to worry about it.

After meeting Qian Dong's house, Zhou Ran and the others rested for another day. As soon as they regained their energy, the embroidery competition began.

It's cold, so for this embroidery competition, several big show shops in Fucheng have specially built embroidery sheds for the embroiderers in the competition. There are also many charcoal basins in the sheds to ensure that the embroiderers' hands will not freeze.

The embroidery competition is divided into two parts: preliminary and final.

The fourteenth day of the first lunar month is the preliminary round. The preliminary round requires participating embroiderers to complete embroidery with more than three different stitches within the specified time according to the pattern selected by the prefect.

At noon, all the embroiderers sat on the stage and checked the tools they were going to use. Half an hour later, the gongs and drums sounded, and the embroidery pattern selected by the prefect was displayed, which was a picture of a kitten flapping a butterfly.

(End of this chapter)