dtnovels Chapter 249: Teacher's Morality
Chapter 249: Teacher's Morality
Mei Xiuhai was demoted after his eldest disciple reported him for feudal superstition, and his ancestral medical clinic was also confiscated.
Although he is sad, at his age, he has experienced everything he should have experienced. He knows the harm of anger to the body and will not knowingly do it. Therefore, he is the oldest among the three and has the best self-adjusted mentality.
He was the first to reply, "How could I dislike it? I am so grateful. To be honest, this is the first time I have touched such a warm kang in all these days. My old cold legs feel much better. Thank you very much."
The other two followed suit to express their gratitude.
Gu Mingwei was a little embarrassed. If Mingyue hadn't pestered him to take credit for it, he wouldn't have been willing to say it. He always felt like he was doing a favor.
But if he didn't say it, the girl would probably keep pestering him, or even show up in person. She was young and impulsive, and if she said something wrong, it would backfire.
He was not sure how the situation would develop, but he knew that these people were all meritorious and virtuous people, and he believed that the country would not sit idly by and do nothing.
He did not expect to get any return for his kindness, but he thought that the three of them were all worldly-wise people, and his thoughts would be clear to them.
Mingyue's purpose is too obvious. Don't try to be friendly but end up making enemies. It's better for him to come forward directly and let him take all the blame. Anyway, he has a clear conscience and is not afraid of being questioned.
So he said seriously, "You're welcome. Do you have any other requests? I will definitely help you if I can."
Mei Xiuhai said embarrassedly at this time, "Since we are talking about this, I have an unwelcome request. I wonder if I should say it or not?"
"Please tell me."
"I want to ask you for some medicinal herbs. The three of us have been in poor health recently. It shouldn't be difficult to recover before the spring. Unfortunately, a skilled cook cannot cook without rice. I don't have any tools, so I want to ask the village chief if he can help me."
Gu Mingwei thought it was something else, and said with a relaxed look, "That's easy. Doctor Shi from our health center goes to the town hospital to get medicine, and most of the time he goes up the mountain to collect herbs. Country people value life, and they don't want to spend a lot of money on Western medicine, so they just buy some cheap herbal medicine, which is practical and not expensive. He has a lot of medicinal materials, but I don't know if there is any you want?"
Mei Xiuhai then said with relief, "What I want are common medicinal herbs, which should be available. I'll write you a prescription later, please ask for me. As for the money, I have some hidden treasures, do you think it's okay to use this as payment?"
Gu Mingwei declined, "You don't have to do that, old man. Herbs are not valuable, they are all ownerless in the mountains. In our village, we usually keep accounts for medical treatment. Since you have settled here, you are considered a villager. Just keep a record of it and exchange it for work points in the future."
Mei Xiuhai thought for a while and said, "Village Chief Gu, you don't have to lie to me. I know that work points are earned only after working. We don't know when we can go to the fields. It's a long time, and you are the one who helped me. So, I have been practicing medicine for decades. I can't say that I can bring people back to life, but I have achieved some success. If Doctor Shi doesn't mind, I can give him some advice and use it as payment for the medicine. How about it?"
Gu Mingyue was overjoyed. Although this person's information was incomplete, just a small part of his resume was enough for people to look up to. It was really a great fortune to be able to receive his guidance.
He couldn't help but get excited and said, "Really? That's great. If Doctor Shi knew about this, he would be so happy that he would wake up in his dreams. Don't worry, I also know some of the rules of your profession. I will definitely remind him that he doesn't become my disciple, but only gives me guidance. I will never let him practice medicine in the name of master and apprentice."
Mei Xiuhai had never expected to meet such an insightful person in the countryside. He showed a rare look of satisfaction and sighed, "I want to thank you for thinking so carefully for me. I'm sorry to have caused you so much trouble!"
"You're welcome. Then you guys clean up first. Doctor Shi will come over later. It's just right. Let him help light the stove and burn the fire. Although we are not master and apprentice, he still needs your instruction. He can't learn in vain. You can give him instructions as you like. If he can't do it well, I will teach him a lesson for you. By the way..."
Thinking of something, Gu Mingwei added, "I'm worried that someone will come to check, so the food we put here is all coarse grains, and the fine grains are placed in the interlayer under the kang cabinet. You'd better finish your meal as soon as possible to avoid being discovered and causing unnecessary trouble. I don't know if you have such rules in your city, but here... if someone secretly eats something good, they will close the doors and windows tightly to prevent the smell from wafting out and attracting jealousy. Although this is at the foot of the mountain and there are few people around, I'm afraid someone will come and spy on us secretly. You must be careful."
The three of them expressed their gratitude again, "Thank you for the reminder, Village Chief."
As soon as Gu Mingwei left, He Shiwu's spine, which had always been straight, became slightly hunched.
If he was faced with oppression and humiliation, he would never show weakness, but now facing this rare kindness, at this critical moment, he felt warm-hearted but also a little lonely.
Thinking of those comrades who marched side by side with me, now they have either parted ways or have no news from me, and some have even become enemies.
He didn't understand why everything went wrong when things got better...
Mei Xiuhai noticed his emotions and comforted him, "Old He, don't think about it. It has already happened. It's useless to think too much. Fortunately, not all the people around us are ungrateful. This Gujia Village is much better than I thought."
The last of the three was Shi Daoyi, a professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering at Jingshi University. He was purged because of his overseas study background.
He was very quiet the whole time, like a walking corpse with his soul taken away.
Physical pain was nothing to him, but mental torture was what he suffered, especially his wife's betrayal, which dealt him a fatal blow.
His parents' opposition was still fresh in his mind. The words "she's not a good person" had also come true. The deep love between husband and wife had turned into a joke, making him, who had once given up everything for love, look as ridiculous as a clown.
If it weren't for his daughter, he would have committed suicide long ago. Until now, he still thinks that life is meaningless.
The three of them were in similar situations, and they had been sympathetic to each other during this period. Even if they had many obstacles in their hearts, they knew that they had to persevere even for the sake of their few remaining relatives.
He Shiwu was the first to cheer up and said, "It is better to live a miserable life than to die a good death. We have to live well. Sooner or later, I will go back and severely punish those traitors and make them kneel before me and kowtow to apologize. I want to go back and watch each of them crying and shouting with a smile. It makes me happy just thinking about it. Now that we have seen the light, there are still many good people around us. I believe that the injustices today will be washed away in the future, and we must not let those who harm us laugh at us. They want us to die, but we must live well in front of them and make them angry to death."
Mei Xiuhai said sternly, "Old He is right, Daoyi, you have been suffering from liver qi stagnation recently. If this continues, your life may be damaged. I will prescribe some medicine for you to take good care of yourself and strive to live a long life. Good will prevail over evil, and I believe that light is not far away. Just like before the Anti-Japanese War, we firmly believed in the Party. In the future, we will also wait for fairness that belongs to us. Don't you want to go back with your head held high and look down on all those who betrayed you?"
Thinking of the faces of his wife and her family, Shi Daoyi clenched his fists, exhaled a long breath, and shouted "I miss you!"