Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 14 Making a Judgment
Only two people were left inside the Tongrentang store, while the rest followed Wang Aiguo and Liu Zude, riding their bicycles towards Lu's home.

On the surface, this is a dispute between Jia Dapeng and Fang Yan for the position of assistant, but in fact, it is a deeper battle between the store manager and the deputy store manager. Fang Yan was promoted by the store manager Wang Aiguo today, so naturally he was categorized on the store manager's side.

Although the deputy store manager Liu Zude has poor business ability, he is very good at forming cliques and engaging in internal fighting. As long as there is something that can be detrimental to the store manager, he will seize the opportunity to make trouble, so that the store manager Wang Aiguo is exhausted from defending himself.

If Fangyan didn't stand up today, Liu Zude would definitely press the issue further. According to his pace, there would be no need for a competition. He could directly define this matter as Wang Aiguo giving Fangyan a backdoor.

Fortunately, Fangyan came back at the right time. His appearance disrupted Liu Zude's rhythm and quickly put him in a defensive position, leaving him no room to perform.

On the other hand, Wang Aiguo has not yet understood Liu Zude's sinister intentions and is still thinking of using a competition to convince him. If Fang Yan were to do this, he would simply tell Liu Zude to shut up and say, "I am the store manager and you are the deputy store manager. You disobey my instructions and spread rumors. I will deal with you immediately."

A higher-ranking official can crush people to death, and his power does not need to expire.

It’s a pity that Wang Aiguo is a good man and has no awareness of being a store manager at all.

But then again, only a good person like Wang Aiguo would promote Fangyan immediately without considering other aspects when he demonstrated his ability.

No matter who you are, it would be impossible to do this.

The group came to the family compound of Xiyuan Hospital, where Mr. Lu used to live. He was originally a retired doctor from Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. Later in 1976, he was invited to become a contracted doctor of Tongrentang, taking turns to see patients with more than a dozen veteran Chinese medicine practitioners.

The workload here is not as heavy as that in a traditional Chinese medicine hospital, the working hours are flexible, and you can still practice medicine and treat patients. Most veteran doctors are very happy to do this job.

When a large group of people arrived at the family compound, Mr. Lu was watching his six-year-old granddaughter practicing boxing in the yard. When he saw a group of people appear at his doorstep, he thought they were enemies coming to attack him, so he quickly stood in front of his granddaughter.

He practiced martial arts and studied medicine, and injured many people in his middle age. The young man who practiced Mantis Fist from Shandong this time was the apprentice of one of his opponents when he was young.

He breathed a sigh of relief only after he saw clearly that it was a group of people from Tong Ren Tang.

Lu Donghua's eyes fell on the store manager Wang Aiguo and asked him:
"Why are there so many people here? Didn't you say you'd go there tomorrow? Do you want me to help you with a disease that can't be cured?"

Wang Aiguo shook his head and said:

"No, we came here to help you choose an assistant."

Lu Donghua was a little surprised. He asked:
"If I remember correctly, didn't you come over to talk about this at noon? At that time, you said you had chosen an assistant for me, a young man who had studied medicine since childhood. Why is it that now..."

Before he could finish, the deputy store manager Liu Zude interrupted and said:
"Mr. Lu, I think the manager's arrangement is unreasonable. You know Xiao Jia in our store. He trained hard day and night and memorized acupuncture points to become your assistant. Now a newcomer has taken Xiao Jia's place without even doing anything. Isn't this disappointing?"

"I think the position of assistant should be given to Xiaojia instead of such a newcomer."

Hearing this, Lu Donghua frowned slightly. He was not a fool and he immediately saw what was going on behind this matter. It was Liu Zude who was making trouble for Wang Aiguo again.

Wang Aiguo gave Lu Donghua an apologetic smile:
"Mr. Lu, I'm really sorry to bother you with this matter."

Lu Donghua had a good impression of Wang Aiguo, so he asked Wang Aiguo to briefly explain what happened. After understanding the whole story, he looked at the crowd and asked:
“Who is Dialect?”

"Me." Fang Yan heard the voice and stood up.

Lu Donghua looked Fang Yan up and down. Seeing that he looked calm and not panicked at all, with a confident and calm look, he nodded and asked:

“What books have you read about acupuncture?”

Fangyan thought about it and responded:
"Lingshu", "Nanjing", "Complete Book of Meridians", "Examination of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians", "Acupuncture and Moxibustion A and B Classic", "Thousand Gold Prescriptions", "Thousand Gold Wing Prescriptions", "Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion", "Diagram of Yezhe Palace", "Zishengjing of Acupuncture and Moxibustion", "Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion", "Questions and Answers on Acupuncture and Moxibustion", "Collection of Acupuncture and Moxibustion"..."

These were all ancient acupuncture books he had read in his previous life. With the help of the system, he could recite them all by heart. Some books from the 80s, such as "Ziwu Liuzhu and Linggui Bafa" written by the acupuncture king Zheng Kuishan in 84, were also well remembered by Fangyan. If he wanted, he could even write out the entire content and shock the acupuncture world by being a plagiarist. Seeing Fangyan was about to continue, Lu Donghua interrupted:
"Then recite to me the contents after the first li of the Nine Needles and Twelve Origins in Lingshu, the key to emptiness and fullness."

Fangyan thought for a moment and then recited:

"The key to deficiency and excess is the nine needles, which are the best. When supplementing or draining, use needles. The explanation is that you must hold it inside and release it. The needle can expel the yang and the evil qi can be discharged. Pressing and drawing the needle is called internal warming, so that the blood cannot be dispersed and the qi cannot be discharged..."

Seeing the dialect, reciting fluently, Lu Donghua waved his hand:

"Okay, no need to carry it!"

He paused for a moment and asked again:

"How difficult is the acupuncture in the Difficult Classic?"

Fangyan thought for a moment and responded:

"The discussion of acupuncture is from Difficulties 69 to 81, but the discussion of acupoints from Difficulties 62 to 68 is also related."

Lu Donghua nodded and asked:

"Well, then tell me about the seventy difficulties. What does it mean that the needles are pierced shallowly in spring and summer, and deeply pierced in autumn and winter? How do you answer it?"

Fangyan hesitated for two seconds, then responded:
"In spring and summer, the Yang Qi is at the top, and the human Qi is also at the top, so we should take it lightly."

"In autumn and winter, the Yang Qi is at the bottom, and the human Qi is also at the bottom, so we should take it deeply."

Lu Donghua nodded:
"translate."

Fangyan responded:
"In spring and summer, the yang energy in nature evaporates, and the yang energy in the human body also floats on the upper layer of the skin, so when sinking, you should pierce the skin surface shallowly."

"In autumn and winter, the yang energy of nature rises and falls, and the yang energy of human beings also tastes the deep muscles under the skin, so the needles should be inserted deeper."

Fang Yan was not stumped by any of the three questions. Lu Donghua nodded in satisfaction.
"Hmm... your foundation is very solid. Your last name is Fang. Who is Fang Heqian to you?"

Fang Yan was stunned. He had heard the name Fang Heqian in his previous life. He was a famous traditional Chinese medicine teacher in the capital. He had an impression of him because they had the same surname. The other person had been practicing medicine for generations. He had never heard his father say that he was related to him in this life.

"It has nothing to do with me." Fang Yan answered decisively.

"Oh... I see." Lu Donghua had a strange expression on his face.

Anyone who can learn Chinese medicine from a young age must have someone who is a Chinese medicine practitioner in his family. He couldn't think of anyone else in the Fang family who is a Chinese medicine practitioner except Fang Heqian.

But since Fang Yan was unwilling to talk, he did not discuss it further. He turned his head to the other side and asked Jia Dapeng:
"Jia Dapeng, which ones have you seen?"

Jia Dapeng was stunned. How could he possibly recite it? He had never even heard of it, let alone seen it. Facing Lu Donghua's gaze, he immediately stammered:
"me……"

Seeing that something was not right, Liu Zude immediately stood up:

"Mr. Lu, as your assistant, I don't have to carry these things, right?"

(End of this chapter)