novelaction Chapter 416 Freshmen
Chapter 416 Freshmen
When Old Master Meng heard Lu Yangyang's words, he looked at her in disbelief.
“Miss Lu, you…” Old Man Meng’s voice trembled slightly.
When Luo Jing told him about Lu Yangyang's former identity and how Lu Yangyang and Little Fairy Doctor cured the girls with venereal diseases, he, as a doctor, could not suppress his excitement.
Neither the methods for preventing smallpox nor the methods for treating venereal diseases were things that were impossible in the past. It was already a miracle that he could hear of such things.
Now Lu Yangyang says she wants to teach him this method, how can that be allowed?
After the initial excitement subsided, Old Master Meng instinctively refused: "No, absolutely not, young lady. Each family's secret recipes have always been closely guarded secrets. How can such an important method be revealed so easily? If the enemy steals it, wouldn't that be..."
“Old Meng, people may have a distinction between friend and foe, but medical skills do not. When a new prescription is created, and more people learn it, more people can be saved. When an incurable disease is conquered and everyone knows about it, even more people can be saved. Isn’t that progress, a good thing? Just like countless prescriptions that have been passed down, if they were all secrets kept to themselves, how could medical skills have been passed down to this day?” Lu Yangyang said, “As I said, this method was not actually my idea. It’s just that the person who knew this method was unable to pass it on due to special circumstances, and it ended up in my hands. I think she also hoped that she could use what she had learned to benefit more people.”
Lu Yangyang knew from a very young age that her aunt's madness was not faked.
She truly had a mental illness. When it flared up, she would scratch the wall with her fingernails, and painfully bang her head against the wall. Even when she was lucid, she seemed to have amnesia, not remembering who she was or why she was alive. She was in so much pain that it felt like she was tearing her whole being apart.
Even in that situation, she still used those brief moments of lucidity to teach her so many things. She used to think that those were skills her aunt taught her to make a living, but later, as she saw more and more of the world, she realized that her aunt hoped that even if she were to pass away one day, these things would not be buried with her, but could be passed on to help more people in need.
She probably wanted to do these things before, but... life is unpredictable.
She trusted the wrong person and drove herself insane.
Even though she went mad, she still remembered her instincts as a healer.
Therefore, she should fulfill her aunt's wish even more, so that she can do more when she is fully conscious in the future.
Old Meng was once again deeply moved by Lu Yangyang's words. He was originally just an ordinary Miao doctor in a Miao village. After losing both his parents, he went out to make a living and eventually arrived in the capital. By chance, he was able to study medicine under a famous master. At that time, he was full of enthusiasm and volunteered to join the army to realize his ambitions. Unfortunately, he encountered the Chenzhou disaster and survived by chance. However, he was troubled by the past and, apart from occasionally treating the wounds of the villagers, he had not focused his mind on medicine for many years.
Countless times in the dead of night, he would dream of the blood-soaked streets of Chenzhou, and then lie awake until dawn.
He did not die in Chenzhou, but he died there.
He's just clinging to his broken body, waiting for the end.
But Lu Yangyang's arrival brought him hope and shock time and time again.
It's laughable that this old man, who is already in his fifties, is not as insightful about life as a young girl who has just come of age.
Old Meng smiled, took two steps back, clasped his hands, bowed deeply to Lu Yangyang, and said, "I have learned a great deal."
Lu Zhan, who had been following behind Luo Jing, quietly crept over and tugged at Lu Yangyang's sleeve: "Sister, can I learn too? I want to learn too!"
Lu Yangyang slapped the back of his head: "Didn't you say you wanted to learn martial arts from Uncle Luo so you could join the army and become a general? How come you want to learn medicine now, after only a few days?"
Lu Zhan's eyes lit up: "It's always good to have more skills, right, sister! Learn as many as you can, and we'll talk about it if you don't learn them all!"
Lu Yangyang clicked her tongue and looked at him thoughtfully: "That makes some sense, it's very much like my understanding back then!"
Everyone burst into laughter.
The courtyard was filled with joy, but the Salt Gang was in complete chaos. After Mingruo finished talking with Lu Yangyang that day and returned home, she told Lin Wuji what Lu Yangyang had said. Lin Wuji locked himself in his room for a day and a night. When he came out, he immediately gathered all the forces he could mobilize and detained the deputy gang leader before he could react.
Then, in front of everyone in the Salt Gang, he made an example of them, causing a huge uproar within the Salt Gang.
The majority of those who followed the deputy leader and those who disagreed with Lin Wuji's methods made up the majority. Lin Wuji didn't tolerate them and decisively split the gang apart, expelling all the most vocal individuals from the Salt Gang, effectively cutting off more than half of the Salt Gang's power and severely damaging its vitality.
However, after the cancer is completely removed, although there will be many troubles, most of the remaining people are reliable. They are no longer as constrained and unable to act freely as before.
After this incident alone, it will probably not be so easy for the Salt Gang to regain its former glory.
By the time all this was finished, it was late autumn in Jiangnan.
Prince Rong stayed in Jiangnan Prefecture for over a month, and the first shop planned by Jiang Zhiyi and her team successfully opened.
It was named Zhenyanfang.
Initially, they planned to open one shop specializing in beauty cream and another selling embroidered clothing. However, after half a month of this, they discovered that similar shops selling embroidery and similar items were everywhere, and their competitiveness was weak. Finally, Wen Qingqing suggested, "Why not just sell everything in one shop and also offer styling and makeup services?" This suggestion was a revelation. Jiang Zhiyi instantly had an idea and merged the several shops they had planned to open into one, providing a complete one-stop service, from beauty cream to various cosmetics, face powders, sachets, embroidered handkerchiefs, and ready-made clothing. They didn't even need special training, as each of the girls was naturally skilled at makeup and styling, and with their comfortable lifestyle, they all looked radiant and completely different from before.
Jiang Zhiyi appointed the calm and collected Wan Niang as the manager and found several outgoing girls to serve customers in the shop. With everything prepared, the opening day arrived smoothly.
On the opening day, the girls were so excited that they couldn't sleep all night, as if they were going to battle and were ready for action.
As the firecrackers sounded to mark the opening, the doors of Zhenyanfang opened, and the girls who had endured hardships were reborn on this day.