Chapter Ninety-Nine: A New Disciple
In the next two days, Shen Yun went to the library in the morning to sort out the books, and at noon, he rushed to the grocery store to help.
Just like the first day, Deputy Venerable Yong'an still provided him with breakfast every day. However, Shen Yun felt very strange, obviously looking at the same steamed buns, white rice porridge and shredded pickles, however, after eating it, there was no longer that feeling of steaming hot and soothing in the four bodies.
Could it be that I am so adaptable that my body gets used to it after eating good things only onceβhe studied medicine with Master and knows that in medical theory, there is a term called drug tolerance. That is, when a herb is used repeatedly, the patient's response to the herb will be weakened, which is manifested in the fact that the efficacy of the herb is getting worse and worse. Generally speaking, the more adaptable a person is, the more intense it will be.
This is determined by the individual's constitution. No one can do anything about it. In order to counteract the tolerance, the only way to do this is to continuously increase the dose of medicinal herbs...... Shen Yun's head was full of black lines - he couldn't be like starving to death and reincarnated, and he would have breakfast twice every day!
Well, as long as you can condense your true qi, it's all a floating cloud. However, his stomach is so big, he really can't eat five or six big steamed buns, or more white rice porridge in one meal.
Anyway, the master said that the matter of condensing true qi is a matter of course, and it is not urgent.
Thinking like this, Shen Yun was quickly relieved again.
On the morning of the third day, he completed the task assigned by Deputy Envoy Yong'an as scheduled. The latter was very satisfied, and rewarded him with a free one-year book in the borrowing room.
On the side of the shop, as Yu Tou had predicted, business was noticeably worse from the next day. However, there are still many people who come to buy. In particular, Shen Yun bought a large number of hot-selling goods according to the sales of goods on the first day. Therefore, the shipment in the shop is still very fast.
On the evening of the third day, they were pleasantly surprised to find that they had not only recovered the capital, but also made a small profit!
In the Hongyun Martial Arts Pavilion, there are a total of six grocery stores like them. Yu Tou is well-informed. He is proud to tell everyone that their shop is the most prosperous business, and so far, the only one that has made a profit.
"Su Laosan and a few of them said, tomorrow morning, they will come to our shop together to have a look. He said with a red face, "Look at how we do business, and say you want to learn from us." Sir, do we want to tell them? β
Shen Yun didn't hesitate and said with a smile: "Okay." It's a good thing that everyone has money together. β
There are six grocery stores in the six courtyards, everyone has their own source of customers, and the well water does not interfere with the river water. There is no harm in coming and going more often;
Besides, he has seen the pharmacists in the provincial city doing things. All pharmacies are united in one gas, and the price of medicine is unified, which can avoid a lot of trouble and internal friction. He agrees with this kind of peer-to-peer banding. In the same way, he thought from the bottom of his heart that it was necessary for the six grocery stores to be united;
More importantly, he knew that they had been brothers in life and death before. If he objected, he was afraid that the rest of them would feel uncomfortable. He admired and envied this "brotherly" righteousness between them, and could not bear to destroy it.
Sure enough, the rest of them were obviously relieved.
After three days of recruitment, there were suddenly more people in the pharmacy. The row of houses where Shen Yun was also inhabited by two disciples. However, these days, he goes out early in the morning and returns to the house in the evening, either in the borrowing room or in the shop. The whole person was busy. Because of this, I have not been able to meet these two neighbors.
The next day was the first day of the official opening of the pharmacy. According to the notice in the courtyard, Shen Yun went out early and went to the auditorium to gather.
No, the two neighbors also left the house at about the same time.
The two of them are brightly dressed, and the jade rings and purses hanging around their waists are all extraordinary, one tall and one short. The tall one is about fourteen or fifteen years old. The short ones are smaller, about the same size as Shen Yun, but they are obviously older, and they should be twelve or thirteen years old.
The two were apparently acquainted. Glancing at the cotton shirt on Shen Yun's body, they walked in front of Shen Yun with a smile and a smile, looking at nothing.
Thinking that he would look up and see him every day in the future, Shen Yun originally wanted to say hello to the two of them. Seeing this, he was a little embarrassed.
That's it. Shen Yun shrugged, turned around and locked the door and left.
There are about two hundred new disciples living in the Medicine Valley, and there are still about seventy percent of the empty houses. At this time, everyone walked in the direction of the auditorium in twos and threes.
There were men and women, most of whom looked like they were twelve or thirteen years old. Those who are older are at most fifteen or sixteen years old. Most of them were dressed in extraordinary clothes, like the children of a rich man's family. Only a few are the same as Shen Yun, cloth clothes and shoes, and simple clothing.
The Great Hall is more than a quarter of an hour away from the Medicine Valley.
It is said to be an auditorium, but it is actually a large courtyard with a circular open air. Directly in front of it is a beautiful, long, stage-like pavilion.
Around the round wall, a circle of golden laurel trees was planted. It's autumn at this time, the golden cinnamon is in full bloom, and the whole yard is full of pleasant fragrance.
The very center of the courtyard was empty. However, at this time, the round grass futons were neatly placed on the ground.
When Shen Yun arrived, the auditorium was full of people, and there were no less than two hundred new disciples sitting on the ground.
He randomly found an empty futon at the back and sat down.
"Hey, what's that for you!" the young man sitting in the upper left turned around, pointed at him, and exclaimed, "I saw you the day before yesterday!
Brush Brush Brush!
The people around looked over.
"Are you a handyman?" another teenager jumped up from the futon and said sharply, "Only disciples can sit here!"
"Yes, you go away!" several people chimed in.
Shen Yun looked around at everyone and said unhurriedly, "I'm also a disciple of the Pharmacy Academy, why can't I sit here?"
"But, I saw you working in the grocery store!" the boy in the upper left blushed.
He's right. I saw it yesterday too!"
"I saw it too. You work in the grocery store, and you are the handyman. Untouchables! How bold you dare to pretend to be a disciple......" A female disciple wearing a small crown of pearls also stood up.
Shen Yun was annoyed by their quarrels, and following the example of the master before his death, he rolled his eyelids and asked rhetorically, "Is there a rule in the pharmacy that disciples can't go to the grocery store to do things?"
Of course not. The new disciples who had just questioned him were immediately dumbfounded.
"But you shouldn't do things with those untouchables, and mingle!" the female disciple was so angry that the large and small pearls on the crown of pearls swayed.
Shen Yun sneered: "They are not untouchables, they are all good citizens." Originally, he also wanted to question the eldest lady what was in her body, which was not from the hands of untouchables. What happened to the untouchables? Eating her family's food, or digging up her family's ancestral grave? However, thinking of the deep-rooted difference between good and low in the hearts of the world, he swallowed the words that followed.
"Nonsense, how can a good citizen be a buddy?"
"Beat me to death, and I won't do that kind of shitty thing. β
"You're a liar!"
......
The new disciples around spoke out one after another.
"The Envoy has arrived!"
"The Deputy Priest has arrived!"
"The Inspector has arrived!"
Hearing the sound, everyone closed their mouths in unison and quickly sat cross-legged on the futon.
Shen Yun's ears were finally clean.
However, he could see that the new disciples around him were all rejecting him. They tried to sit as far away from him as possible.
Shen Yun has experienced so much, he is not even afraid of death, can he be afraid of the estrangement of a few hairy children?
He snorted inwardly.
Today, the Priest is a young man with a crown of jade. He gave a lecture to his new disciples, and after only a few words of encouragement, he got up and left.
Then, Deputy Priest Yong'an announced the rules and regulations of the pharmacy one by one, as well as the daily arrangements.
Throughout the whole process, the Inspector was expressionless, and sat on the side.
When they heard that all the disciples would take turns to do chores in the pharmacy for three days every month, all the disciples let out a "ah" sound.
Especially the female disciple with the crown of pearls on her head was even more discolored, sitting on the futon, trembling. So, the big and small pearls on her head swayed from side to side again.
"This brother, did you know this rule early before you went to the grocery store to do things?" After the reprimand, someone hurriedly stopped Shen Yun and asked. If he went to work in a grocery store and could do chores, he would rather choose the former.
Looking at his pale face, Shen Yun was so disgusted that he didn't bother to pay attention to it, and left directly.
Behind the scenes, the new disciples were angry:
"Ah, even the medicine field has to be taken care of by yourself!"
"In the future, I can only comb my hair every day, and I can't wear a headdress. Don't, it's ugly!"
"What should I do if I go to the cafeteria to buy food?"
"If I had known, I wouldn't have chosen a pharmacy. β
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Because the deputy sect envoy of Yong'an said just now, after the class, the disciples went to the treasury to get two disciple clothes. From tomorrow onwards, the disciples will only be able to wear disciple uniforms in the martial arts hall. Therefore, after Shen Yun left the auditorium, he went straight to the warehouse.
The vast majority of these new disciples are accustomed to calling slaves and servants. For a while, I didn't think to pick up the clothes. They remained in the auditorium to discuss the rules and regulations. So much so that when Shen Yun rushed to the warehouse, there were not a few disciples who came to collect the disciple clothes.
He easily received two disciple uniforms.
The so-called disciple's uniform consisted of three pieces, namely, a green cloth knee-length robe, trousers of the same color, and a one-inch-wide green cloth belt. Among them, the robe is trimmed with a black cloth two fingers wide on the placket and cuffs.
Men and women are not discriminatory.
"It's dirty......" The corners of Shen Yun's eyes twitched. Such cloth robes and trousers can be sold for dozens of dollars at most in the market. However, after becoming disciple uniforms, their value has risen sharply. It cost him three taels of silver.
It is said that this is only autumn clothes. When it comes to winter, there are also winter disciple clothes, which are more expensive.
Holding the two disciple clothes, he suddenly grinned - can you imagine, what the female disciple with the bead crown would look like when she saw such a disciple uniform?
Well, the beads on her head are going to shake off.
Without returning to the Medicine Valley, he took his disciple clothes and went directly to the grocery store.
At this time, there is no buying and selling in the shop. The rest of them were very idle.
Seeing him come in, Yu Tou greeted him with a smile: "Sir, just now, Su Laosan and they left." β
"Oh. Shen Yun nodded, indicating that he understood.
"They all admired him and wanted to join us in learning literacy and bookkeeping from him. Originally, they wanted to stay and see the gentleman. Yu Tou looked at his face and said cautiously, "If they all come, there will be more than a dozen people." I didn't dare to make up my mind for my husband, so I told them to go back and wait for the letter first. β
"It's fine. If they want to learn, they can come back in the evening. Shen Yun replied. He doesn't care. Anyway, four people are teaching, and more than a dozen people are also teaching.
He and those new disciples didn't talk at all. In contrast, he prefers to be with Yu Tou and them. The latter is studious and diligent, which suits his eyes very well.