activa-t Chapter 365: Medical Apprentice 2
Chapter 365: Medical Apprentice 2
The 12 farm girls all had clean backgrounds. Some were sold by their families because of poverty, while others were abducted by kidnappers.
Furong was abducted. She had two younger sisters and a brother. Although they did not live a rich life, they did not starve.
Looking at Furong's information, Ye Jintang sighed slightly. If she had not been abducted, she would be a happy girl in a small mountain village now. It was a pity that such a terrible thing happened to her. Even if Furong was still alive, she would not dare to go home. He didn't know how sad she would be without her parents.
June was much more miserable than Furong. She was sold by her biological parents for 500 coins of silver. Her family was so poor that they couldn't even afford to eat cornbread. Her parents sold her in exchange for some food to feed the other children in the family.
"Liuli, go post a notice tomorrow to recruit eight female medical apprentices."
"Yes."
Having had the experience of recruiting a female medical apprentice once, she had enough experience in recruiting Liuli and was no longer afraid.
After the notice was posted, Ye Jintang took a carriage to take a look. She was unsure how accepting the common people in Ningchuan City would be of a female medical apprentice.
After the notice was posted, Liuli asked someone to read it loudly twice.
"We will only recruit eight female medical apprentices. They will not receive any salary during their studies. After three years, they will take an exam. Those who pass the exam will go to other cities to open medical clinics. At that time, they will receive dividends based on the profits of the clinics."
As soon as Liuli finished speaking, a woman shouted, "Ah, no wages? You still need to study for three years. Which good girl can study for three years without getting married? If there is no wages, then you are working for nothing."
"That is to say, being a medical apprentice also requires work, so how can you not get paid?"
"The wages are not a big deal, but if you become a medical apprentice before you reach the age of 15, you can get married after three years of study. In that case, all the money will go to your husband's family. It will be a loss-making business no matter how you calculate it."
"There's something wrong with your ears. We have an age requirement for recruiting female medical apprentices. We want those over 13 years old. We don't accept those younger than that."
"Oh, then I'm afraid that studying for three years will affect your chances of getting married."
"Didn't you see the notice saying that after three years you have to go to another local clinic, and it's not in Ningchuan City. If it's close, it's fine, but if it's far, then it's like marrying far away. No matter how you look at it, this female medical apprentice is not a good thing."
Everyone was talking at once, but Liuli was standing under the notice, too lazy to pay attention to them.
They are unwilling to send their daughter here, but there are others who are willing.
Sure enough, not long after, an old woman in a gray cotton coat came over, holding a little girl's hand.
"Girl, can my little daughter, who can't read, still sign up?"
"You can sign up, but you have to pass a test. You need to recite a prescription. As long as you can recite it, you can."
Then Liuli talked about how to take a test on memorizing prescriptions.
"No problem. My little daughter is the smartest. She has never been to a private school, but she can recite the Three Character Classic."
The little girl, praised by her mother, lowered her head shyly.
After one person signed up, other people who were eager to try also came to sign up with their daughters.
There were a few older ones among them. When they came, people in the crowd laughed at them, "Hey, isn't that the old girl from Old Man Song's family? I heard that she has never married because she is too ugly. She must be 20 this year."
"Yes, that's the eldest daughter of Old Man Song. Didn't you see she was wearing a veil? She was probably too ugly and afraid of being seen."
Ye Jintang was sitting in the carriage and saw a tall girl with a veil from a distance.
The skin she exposed was a little darker than that of ordinary girls, but her eyes were very lively and she looked smart.
The people who were gossiping in the crowd were soon squeezed out by those who kept coming to sign up. In just two hours, Liuli received a total of more than 160 girls who had signed up.
There were many more people than expected, so Liuli quickly removed the notice. With so many people, she was sure that 8 available female medical apprentices could be selected.
Another two days passed, and all the female medical apprentices were recruited. However, because there were too many people who signed up the second time, there were a few good girls that Ye Jintang felt were okay and he also kept them. So there were a total of 26 female medical apprentices in the first batch.
In order to train female medical apprentices, Ye Jintang specially bought a relatively large courtyard in the city. On weekdays, the female medical apprentices ate, lived and studied in the courtyard. Local girls could go home once a month, and those who did not go home could rest for a day without studying.
"My lady, everything has been arranged. The Shuanghua Courtyard has been tidied up. The cooks and the maids who clean the house have all come here. Tomorrow the teacher will come to give lessons to the female medical apprentices and teach them to read first."
"Okay, while they are learning to read, let's prepare the medical books they will need."
Based on his own experience, Ye Jintang planned to rewrite a set of medical books suitable for female medical apprentices to learn. This medical book specifically talks about how to treat gynecological diseases.
If they only specialize in this one subject, they will learn very quickly, and three years will be enough for them to become independent female doctors.
"Your Majesty is so busy on weekdays, how can she have the time to write a medical book?"
"So you have to come with me."
Ye Jintang pulled Liuli to sit down and told her his general thoughts.
She planned to compile a set of 12 gynecological books. She made a table for Liuli to see, showing her the approximate content of each book and what aspects it covered.
"The first book is all about relatively simple knowledge, so we can write it together. The later ones are more difficult, so we can ask the master for help."
Ye Jintang also listed the general contents of the first volume of Gynecologist. Liuli took a quick look and found that they were all things she knew.
"Then I'll write it out first and show it to the queen later."
"Well, you have to move faster. The female medical apprentices are all very smart. They will learn to read very quickly. We will have the first volume written in half a month at most."
Liuli nodded heavily. She never thought that one day she would write a medical book. This was something she would not even dare to think about before.
Liuli became very busy as she had to write medical books and take care of the female medical apprentices in Shuanghuayuan. There were several times when Ye Jintang came to see her, but they just said a few words in a hurry and she ran away.
Ye Jintang was carefully reading the medical book written by Liuli in the study room, and couldn't help muttering, "Liuli has been very busy recently."
Aunt Zhang, who was tidying up the incense burner, smiled and said, "It's good this way, but Liuli is always so busy, how can she get married in the future?"
In Nanny Zhang's eyes, girls will get married sooner or later, especially those like Liuli who serve Ye Jintang. They have status and don't need to marry a poor boy. It would be best if they could find a manager to marry.