A stunning mermaid dressed in the 1980s, the whole family lined up to pamper her endlessly.

Chapter 199 Should I Learn Traditional Chinese Medicine?
Yun Jiao is indeed a genius.

Her powerful divine soul allowed her to have a photographic memory.

However, let's not even mention math, which requires calculations. No matter how good her memory was, she couldn't learn things that required high-speed brain activity.

She has a photographic memory, but doesn't want to use her brain.

Yun Jiao remembers things very quickly, even things that are purely from memory.

Old Xu patted Yun Jiao's head as if he had discovered some treasure.

"Not bad, not bad. Little one, would you like to come and learn Traditional Chinese Medicine from me?"

Yun Jiao tilted her head.

Mr. Xu and his apprentices were all charmed by it.

How adorable! This little girl is not only beautiful and well-behaved, but most importantly, she's smart!
Who wouldn't want a child like that?

Do you want to study Traditional Chinese Medicine?

She seriously considered this question with her little head.

Yun Jiao was indeed curious about traditional Chinese medicine, but that was all; she never thought about learning it.

but……

Yun Jiao thought of her two elderly relatives. She knew that when her grandmother was sick, the family had spent all their money and even had to borrow a lot, which made the family even poorer.

And then there's gout and rheumatism.

If I learn traditional Chinese medicine, will I be able to treat my family members and relieve their pain?

Grandpa Yun opened his mouth, hoping to get Jiaojiao to agree to this rare opportunity.

But... he wanted his beloved granddaughter to make the decision herself.

Although my granddaughter is young, she has her own opinions.

After thinking for a while, Yun Jiao looked at Old Xu and nodded seriously.

"Yes."

Instantly, Old Xu smiled, looking very happy.

"Come here to find me the day after tomorrow, and then you can formally become my apprentice and learn from me."

Yun Jiao nodded obediently: "Okay."

Grandpa Yun was laughing so hard that his face wrinkled up a lot.

They became even more enthusiastic towards Mr. Xu.

The same applies to Mr. Xu.

After the acupuncture was finished, Grandpa Yun held Old Xu's hand and shook it up and down, just like a brother who hadn't seen each other for many years.

"Comrade Xu, thank you so much! From now on, we'll have to trouble you with Jiaojiao's affairs..."

Old Master Xu said, "I like Yun Jiao very much. She is quiet and intelligent. I am overjoyed to have such a good apprentice. How could it be a trouble..."

After exchanging pleasantries, Grandpa Yun decided not to disturb Old Master Xu, knowing that he still had a lot to do at his clinic and many patients were waiting outside.

"Then we'll be leaving now, and bring Jiaojiao back the day after tomorrow."

After leaving the clinic, Yun Linhai and the others were still somewhat dazed and hadn't quite come to their senses.

Who would have thought that when they came out to see a doctor, their precious Jiaojiao actually found herself a mentor, who turned out to be an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor!
Yun Linhai was overjoyed and picked up Yun Jiao, kissing her chubby cheek.

"Our Jiaojiao is so successful! She must be incredibly lucky to have found such a powerful traditional Chinese medicine doctor as her master!"

Before Yun Jiao could even speak, Shen Yunlian hugged her and kissed her hard on the cheek.

"Jiaojiao is really amazing. From now on, you should study diligently under your master. Our Jiaojiao is so promising."

Then Wang Mei took him away again...

Yun Jiao was passed around in the hands of her family, receiving several kisses and showered with compliments.

She was initially quite happy, but after going through all that, little Yun Jiao's expression became slightly numb.

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She vigorously wiped her face.

Even if it's family, you can't leave saliva on her face.

Yun Jiao looked at them with resentment in her eyes.

"Cough... I'll just wash my face when I get back." He was just too excited to contain himself.

Ha ha ha ha...

"Come on, since we're already here, and the New Year is just around the corner, let's buy some more things to take back with us."

They must have a good year, with plenty of food, supplies, and clothing!

"Come here, Jiaojiao, take a look at this red coat. It will definitely look good on you."

During the Chinese New Year, it's natural to wear festive new clothes.

A red cotton-padded jacket, socks, and hair ties were all prepared for Jiaojiao.

Such a cute little doll, it would be a real shame not to cosplay as one of the Fuwa mascots.

Yun Xiaowu and his friends also had new clothes, but they weren't red.

Because the person with dark skin wearing a red outfit looks very unpleasant to the eyes.

But you still have to have red socks, just for the festive touch.

"Let's skip the popcorn and fried rice. There will be people making popcorn in the village around the New Year. We can just buy some saccharin to take back with us."

"Prepare plenty of cookies and candy."

"There are also sunflower seeds and peanuts."

"We're almost out of cooking oil at home, so I'll go get some soybean oil."

Grandma Yun pointed to the red paper: "Let's buy some of these too, so we can cut paper snowflakes ourselves when we get home."

Grandpa Yun rubbed his hands together: "Hehe, let's get some wine to take back, some sorghum wine."

We can't afford the expensive ones, nor are we willing to spend the money on them, but we can still have a couple of sips of this loosely sold sorghum liquor.

Everyone chattered away and bought everything they needed.

This is the first time I've bought so many things; it cost quite a bit of money.

But I'm happy too.

As they were leaving, Yun Linhai, Yun Linhe, and the other men reluctantly turned their gazes away from their bicycles.

Shen Yunlian and Wang Mei then turned their attention away from the sewing machine.

Sigh... I can't afford it.

It's not just about the money, the main problem is they don't have tickets!

Tickets for sewing machines and bicycles cost around a hundred yuan each, and they're hard to come by.

They returned to the village carrying large and small bags, and were immediately surrounded by enthusiastic onlookers.

"Didn't you go to see a doctor? Why did you bring back so much stuff?"

Grandma Yun said, "I thought that since I've made some money this year and the new house is finished, I'll make up for the fact that I never had a proper New Year when I was poor before. The whole family went to the county, so we just bought the New Year's goods in advance."

"We need to get ready. We'll be going to the county to buy New Year's goods next time."

Grandma Yun winked at her son and daughter-in-law, then stayed behind to chat with them.

Yun Linhai and the others immediately understood and quickly left home with the New Year's goods.

If we stay any longer, those unscrupulous people will start to lift the baskets from our backs.

Yun Jiao stayed behind with her grandmother, but actually she just wanted to watch the drama unfold.

He skillfully moved into the crowd and sat down next to the old lady, even pulling out a handful of sunflower seeds from his small bag and stuffing them into her hand.

I grabbed a handful myself.

“I was saying those two families were causing trouble at your house today. It turns out Cai Jinhua was sentenced to three years, Yun Dana was sentenced to two years, and the Zhou family’s case is even more serious.”

"What?! Getting sentenced to so many years in prison just for marrying off your daughter?"

"The leaders have said that arranged marriages are not allowed, but what they are doing is arranging marriages between living people and ghosts. To put it nicely, the person who marries into the ghosts is just changing their living environment, but what is the reality?"

Putting aside the fact that this woman would likely be treated like a slave after marriage, and probably wouldn't even know how she died, from what I know of other women who were paired with ghosts, none of them fared well and died young. It's just bad luck.

"That's right, Yun Laidi also died because of this."

　I'm a bit short on time today, so I'll just post one chapter now, and the other one will be updated later.

　　
　
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