Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 429 Admiration

She didn’t know if it was Song Ying’s illusion, but she always felt that Yuan Qing’s tone when he said this was like he was making fun of her.

She kept her face tense and tried to explain with embarrassment: "I didn't think it through before. I didn't expect the cat's habits. Tangtang regarded this place as its territory and patrolled it every day."

"So cats have this habit." This was the first time Yuan Qing heard of it, and he felt that it was not in vain that he had given Tangtang grilled fish in the past.

He seemed not to notice Song Ying's embarrassment, and teased naturally: "It seems that you will have to continue to work hard for a while, but it shouldn't be so cold after a while."

His natural tone made Song Ying secretly relieved and less embarrassed. He said, "You are so calm and come here to review your lessons today when there is a case."

Yuan Qingqian smiled and said, "This is just the first exam on the road to success. There is still a long way to go. How can we neglect our studies now?"

"That's true." Song Ying nodded in agreement, and couldn't help but praise, "Based on your cognition and self-awareness, you will definitely pass the exam in this life!"

After all, reading is for yourself. If you always need others to supervise and urge you to read, you will not go far.

Now that they were there, after chatting for a while, Song Ying took out his book to read as usual, and told himself to take it slow. In fact, if you think carefully, the days of their morning reading together like this won't last much longer.

Judging from Yuan Qing's appearance, he is very confident about this boy's examination. If he passes the examination and becomes a scholar, he will enroll in the county school or the prefectural school in the future. Not to mention that the prefectural school is far away in the prefectural city, even the county school is on East Street, which is quite far from here. There is no reason for him to cross half of the county town early in the morning to come here to review his lessons.

Even if we can't ask Tangtang to change her patrol time to the morning, it doesn't matter. Everyone has left anyway, and she can continue to come here to recite.

When you are immersed in something, time passes quickly. I didn’t catch any fish today, so I might as well just review my lessons.

Looking at the sun rising gradually in the sky, Song Ying estimated that it was almost noon, so he closed the book and stood up, "It's getting late, we should go."

Yuan Qing stood up and also looked at the horizon, and said reluctantly: "No need to grill the fish today, it should not be morning yet."

"It's almost time. You have to report a case today, so go back and pack up and have a good meal. Don't let yourself get too excited about the case."

Although he was reluctant, after hearing her say that, Yuan Qing stood up and said with a smile, "Thank you for your good words."

Although Yuan Qing performed very well this time, everything changed when no real case was reported. Song Ying was thinking about this matter the whole morning, and after seeing a patient, he could not help looking out the window.

At noon, a young man in his twenties walked in. He was wearing a student's shirt and looked like a scholar. Song Ying felt the patient's pulse and looked up. He saw a completely unfamiliar face who had never been to the clinic before.

Doctor Ma also saw the young man and pointed to the long bench next to him, saying, "This young man, is this your first time in our clinic? We have a lot of patients right now, please sit over there for a while."

The young man nodded, then turned to look at Song Ying with burning eyes, unable to hide his excitement, "Is this the famous Doctor Xiao Song?"

What happened to Xu Chuan just yesterday. He was also a scholar. Judging from his worn-out clothes, his family probably wasn't very wealthy. Plus, his excited expression inevitably made the three people from Huichun Hall think wrongly.

Song Ying felt a headache at the moment. He never expected that one day he would be targeted by those poor scholars. Later, when he read the story books, he found that these poor scholars targeted the ladies from rich and noble families.

But once you think about it, you will understand the reason. Those stories were mostly written by poor scholars who were down and out, and most of them were their imaginations. In fact, they didn't even have the chance to meet a rich lady, let alone win her favor and get her to pay you money.

But she is different. She is a doctor who sees patients in the clinic every day. It is very easy to contact her.

She restrained all her expressions and said calmly, "I don't deserve to be so famous. I haven't even started my career yet."

The scholar's eyes lit up, he walked a few steps to the examination table and opened his mouth to speak.

Song Ying was very unhappy and spoke before him: "There are a lot of patients. Go sit aside for a while."

The young scholar turned his head and glanced at the waiting patients. His face flushed, and he quickly bowed and apologized, "I was in a hurry and was abrupt."

As he said this, he walked to the long bench and sat down, waiting patiently.

Although he behaved very modestly, the scholar's shirt he wore made all the patients in the room feel awkward, and those who had been chatting before no longer dared to speak freely.

They looked at him curiously from time to time, and some patients who knew what happened yesterday would even look at Song Ying inquiringly.

Song Ying was annoyed at first, but when he saw him waiting quietly, he couldn't help but wonder if he was overthinking. Maybe he was just here to see a doctor?

She was glad that she had always behaved properly in front of the patients and had not behaved in a particularly out-of-control manner just now.

It was not until early noon that it was the young man's turn.

"What are the symptoms?" Song Ying asked as he stretched out his hand to feel his pulse.

But the young man did not extend his hand. Instead, he said, "I am a student of Jiahu Academy. I heard that Doctor Song cured a candidate who was frightened on the day of the county exam. To be honest, I have also been suffering from this disease for many years. Please make sure to cure me."

Song Ying blinked, and suddenly remembered that there was also a very outstanding student in Jiahu Academy. It was said that he was very knowledgeable and always ranked first in the academy in all exams, big or small.

"Are you the one who always gets the top score in the exams at Jiahu College?"

Lu Xu was stunned and a little embarrassed, "Dr. Xiao Song has heard of me?"

Song Ying nodded, "I've heard people say that the young master is very talented and learned, it's a pity."

Lu Xu's eyes dimmed, and he said dejectedly: "I passed the prefectural examination when I was twelve, but I always failed the subsequent academy examinations."

Song Ying was surprised. He passed the provincial examination at the age of twelve, which meant he was a child prodigy. How could such a gifted child also have stage fright?!

Looking at the young man, he seemed to be in his twenties, which meant that he took the subsequent college entrance examinations for at least eight years!

Although he felt sorry for the young man, Song Ying could only say, "Fright is a mental illness. Since you know that I cured Xu Chuan, you must also know what method I used, right?"

Lu Xu nodded, "I heard it was a provocation."

Song Ying sighed, "Provocation only works when the other party is unaware. Since you already know, it's useless. And this method is not suitable for everyone."

Lu Xu became anxious. "Is there no other way? I heard that your teacher is a famous court doctor. There should be candidates who are afraid to take part in the imperial examination in the capital. I wonder if your teacher knows any way?"

"I just said that being frightened is a mental illness. As the saying goes, mental illness needs to be treated with mental medicine. If you want to cure it, you can only find the cause and let it go."