When Wu's wife saw Xu Xuan coming in, she immediately smiled and lifted a string of zongzi and handed it to Xu Xuan, "Promise, this is the zongzi I just cooked, you can take it back and taste it."

Xu Xuan took the zongzi with a smile, turned his head, and saw that there were still a lot of zongzi leaves on the table, and knew that Mrs. Wu wanted to wrap a lot of zongzi, thinking about it, Wu Renjie had a good temper and made a lot of friends, so this zongzi naturally had to be given away.

Xu Xuan sat at this table, picked up a zongzi leaf and was about to wrap it, and Wu's wife on the side happened to see it, and hurriedly said, "Xu Xuan, you don't need to help, Cailian and I can do it, besides, these things are not something you men can do,"

However, while speaking, Xu Xuan had already rolled the zongzi leaves into a tube, and then put the glutinous rice into the zongzi, pressed it tightly, and wrapped the zongzi with a thread.

Wu Renjie also came back at this time, saw Xu Xuan's skillful movements, and asked suspiciously, "Hey, nephew Xu Xian, it turns out that you can also make zongzi."

When Xu Xuan heard this, he said with a smile, "My parents died early, my family was poor, and I relied on my sister to take on the family business."

In the past, Wu Renjie only knew that Xu Xuan's family conditions were not good when he was a child, and it was the first time he heard about Xu Xuan's family affairs, and he became more and more sympathetic to Xu Xuan.

Wu's wife looked at Xu Xuan, but her heart was sympathetic, and the little resentment that Xu Xuan did not marry Cailian earlier, and the little resentment she had disappeared without a trace, she stretched out her hand and pulled Xu Xuan and said, "Poor child, it's really not easy, no wonder the young and old, this is the child of the poor who has already become a family, why doesn't my family have such a blessing?" ”

"Mother, what are you talking about" Wu Cailian, who was wrapping zongzi on the side, was suddenly unhappy when she heard her mother say this, and said this in front of Brother Xu, how can she see Brother Xu in the future

When Wu's wife heard Cailian say this, she hurriedly smiled and said, "Okay, I won't say it, I won't say it."

Xu Xuan listened to the mother and daughter, and was speechless for a while, so he hurriedly helped them wrap the zongzi and hurriedly retreated. When he arrived in the outer hall, Wu Renjie stopped him, "Xu Xuan, I am free now, let's go to the Three Emperors Patriarch Meeting now." ”

"Ah, go now" Xu Xuan was a little nervous when he heard Wu Renjie say this, and besides, he was a little worried about Bai Suzhen at home now.

Wu Renjie nodded, "Well, go now, today is the fourth day of the fifth month, everyone is busy with the festival, there should be no one else in the patriarch meeting except for the head of the meeting, if you go to the meeting to report today, it should be easier, as long as you can join the meeting, then you can be regarded as a firm foothold in Suzhou City"

Listening to Wu Renjie's analysis, Xu Xuan also understood it, knowing that today's incident really couldn't go back, so he nodded and said, "So, let's go!" “

Wu Renjie nodded, said a word to Wu's wife behind him, and then took Xu Xuan and headed towards the Three Emperors Patriarch Association. 、

Speaking of the Three Emperors Patriarch Association, in fact, it is not an organization of the government, but similar to the current professional guild, which is organized by the doctors themselves, and the head of the association is in charge in turn, each for four or five years, and the role of the Patriarch Association is to mediate the contradictions that are only seen in the various pharmacies within the organization, balance the business scope of each pharmacy, unify the price to prevent vicious competition, and most importantly, the Patriarch Association also plays a role in alleviating the contradictions between the official doctors and professors, helping each medicine hall, and safeguarding their own rights and interests.

Because of the last function of the Three Emperors Patriarch Association, the Three Emperors Patriarch Association has become a thorn in the side of the yamen, after all, the local supervisor hates this kind of organization that confronts the government, but most of the organizers of these organizations are famous doctors, and if they are forcibly closed, the impact will be too great, and if they are not good, these chief officials will be dismissed from office, so everyone can pretend to be confused, and if they can be eased, they will be eased.

Because of the semi-official and semi-autonomous nature of the Three Emperors Patriarch Association, any newly opened medicine hall is based on being able to squeeze into the Patriarch Association and gain a foothold in this city.

If Xu Xuan wants to gain a foothold in this Suzhou City, he must join this organization, and as in the original book, Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen shattered the Three Emperors Patriarch Association, and even the leader elected by himself was seized by the government. Therefore, the practices of Xu Xuan and Bai Suzhen in the original book are actually harmful to the survival of the local medicine hall.

Xu Xuan thought so chaotically in his mind, followed Wu Renjie to the door of the Patriarch's Association, and when they entered, sure enough, the hall was quiet, only Zheng Taisheng was busy cleaning in this hall, and when he heard the door ringing, he found that Xu Xuan and Wu Renjie came in. He smiled and said, "Doctor Wu, you are not doing very well in this matter today, if you let the big guy know, what you did today, I am afraid that they will not be able to spare you in the future." ”

When Wu Renjie heard this, he scolded with a smile, "Zheng Huishou, I think you want to ask for the old man's wine and meat, right?" Okay, you've done it for Xu Xuan's membership today, isn't it easy for us to go drinking? ”

Zheng Taisheng heard Wu Renjie say this, and shook his head, "Okay, okay, when Dr. Xu joins the Patriarch Association, I'll do it for you."

As he spoke, he immediately came to the altar of the temple, and after respectfully offering incense to the medicine king and the divine doctor above, he took a brush from the altar, dipped the ink of cinnabar on the altar, wrote Xu Xuan's name on an account book on the table, and then added Xu Xuan's name on a wooden plaque next to the altar. After doing all this, Zheng Taisheng respectfully put the brush back on the altar, then turned to look at Wu Renjie and said, "The matter is done, you have a treat!" ”

Seeing this, Wu Renjie asked suspiciously, "How can this be so simple, didn't the new entrants in the past have to discuss with the big guys once before they can take out the roster?" ”

Zheng Taisheng was already laughing at this time: "Wu Renjie, you old fox, you are just us, old fellows, don't you know what you think in your heart?" Everyone discussed it this morning, took out all the red pens on the roster, and waited for you to come today, what Dr. Xu did in our Suzhou City, the big guys are also very admired, so everyone plans to invite Dr. Xu to join our Three Emperors Patriarch Association,"

Wu Renjie didn't understand at this time, he was put on a show by this Zheng Taisheng today, and smiled bitterly, "It turns out that you have already calculated it, it's just a meal of wine?" See you at the old place tonight."