A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 495: New Year's Eve, Si Yao accepts a disciple

Time flies, and before we know it, another year has passed. The bustle of Sanxiu Pharmacy today is not only to welcome the New Year, but also to celebrate an important happy event. With the encouragement of his master, Si Yao decided to accept Xiaolu and Chenlin as his disciples. The medicine store is finally flourishing, and Sanxiu is so happy that she can't stop smiling.

At the time of Si, a burst of firecrackers sounded in the front yard of the medicine shop, and the apprenticeship ceremony officially began. Since this was the first time that Sanxiu Medicine Shop had accepted a disciple, Sanxiu attached great importance to it and it could not be simply held in the teahouse, so the ceremony was held in the clinic in the front yard. Everyone in the medicine shop, including Xuanyu and Zeng Si, gathered there to watch the ceremony.

Before the ceremony began, Sanxiu took the lead in leading everyone to worship the statue of Shennong, the ancestor of medicine, in front of them. After three kowtows and nine bows, he sat aside with the help of Xiuming. Only Si Yao sat on the left, and the others stood on both sides.

Xiaolu and Chenlin came forward, carrying the six-gift package in their hands, surrounded by the medicine boys. They first kowtowed to the statue of the ancestor Shennong, then offered tea to Si Yao in turn, performed the ritual of three kneelings and nine kowtows, presented the apprenticeship letter with both hands, and offered the apprenticeship gift, which was the six-gift package.

After Si Yao accepted them one by one, she also gave them a set of silver needles and two medical books. She also handed them two small yellow earth-colored wooden signs and told them: "From now on, you two are also disciples of Sanxiu Medicine Shop. I hope you can learn with an open mind, study medicine diligently, and carry forward the medical art by saving lives and healing the wounded in the future."

"I will follow Master's teachings and live up to your expectations." Xiaolu and Chenlin responded in unison and bowed again.

Hearing the call of "Master" again and again, Si Yao was moved. Her mind flashed back to when she first arrived here and studied medicine in the pharmacy three years ago. She couldn't help but sigh that time really flies by like a white horse. It has been three years since she came here. She never thought that one day she would be able to accept disciples and teach them.

Afterwards, Si Yao stood up and took his apprentice to kowtow to their master Sanxiu. Sanxiu was so happy that he couldn't help but tears welled up in front of so many young people, so he had to hold back his tears and gave them a few instructions before letting them stand up. The ceremony of accepting apprentices ended here.

Xiuming helped Sanxiu back to the backyard, and the medicine boys immediately swarmed forward to congratulate the master and his two disciples. Caiyi was watching the excitement silently from outside the crowd, and was happy from the bottom of her heart for Sister Si Yao, Xiaolu and Chenlin, but soon her eyes dimmed. Xiaolu and Chenlin both had their directions, but where was her direction in this life?

"I remember that Sister Si Yao's previous wooden sign was red, why is it yellow this time?" Guo Ying took the wooden sign from Xiaolu's hand and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Only the owner's direct disciples have red wooden plaques, and they must be distinguished from his disciples and grandchildren." Medicine boy Rong Fan laughed first.

"Blue, red, yellow, white, black, Master, is the wooden plaque of our great master blue?" Chen Lin arrived at the village late so he didn't know that Master also had a wooden plaque. After hearing Guo Ying's words, he suddenly realized what was going on and asked.

"Yeah." Si Yao nodded to Chen Lin, then turned to look at the silent Xiaolu, and softly called him out of the crowd.

Guo Ying then noticed Xiaolu, who was worried about something. She regretted herself for being careless and ignoring him, and at the same time, she hurried over.

"Are you still worried about your other identity?" Si Yao asked Xiang Xiaolu after walking out of the clinic and into the corridor.

"Although His Highness agreed to let me study medicine with the master, I have to serve as a disciple of the medicine shop with the identity of a secret guard. The guilt I feel towards the shop... and my master is getting deeper and deeper." Xiaolu still lowered his head and sighed in distress.

"Now I am your master. I will take care of everything for you. What are you afraid of?"

"And me! Brother Xiaolu, I'll be with you and shoulder the burden together. No matter what happens in the future, we'll face it together!"

As soon as Si Yao finished speaking, Guo Ying suddenly appeared and smiled at him.

"Thank you, Master." Xiaolu also smiled at her affectionately, then bowed to Si Yao to express his gratitude.

Si Yao said nothing more. Knowing that they had something to say, she turned around and went to the backyard. When she arrived at the backyard, she saw Yan Yu sitting alone under the porch and smiled at her:

"Congratulations to Doctor Si Yao for adding a new disciple. Sanxiu Medicine Store has two more successors."

"Thank you." Si Yao lowered her eyes and smiled, then came to sit beside her and asked, "Why are you alone?"

"Everyone is busy today because of the New Year's Eve, so I asked him to go to the front to help." Yan Yu said with a smile.

"Your sister is not coming back?" Si Yao asked again.

Madam Honghua has been missing since she found Mosang in the desert half a month ago. It was only from Xuanyu that she learned that she had returned to the Poisonous Insect Valley in southern Xinjiang.

"I think he was delayed by something in southern Xinjiang." Yan Yu turned her head and smiled.

She just casually said that her sister had returned to the Poison Insect Valley. After all, she couldn't tell anyone about the unclear situation between her sister and Mr. Zhou. Moreover, since the last time they met at the inn, one had been hiding and the other had been chasing. Now, even she didn't know where they were.

"I haven't asked you before that you know Li Yunye, a famous Li from Jiangnan? When did you two meet?" Seeing Yan Yu say this, Si Yao continued to ask without thinking much.

"We are friends. We met in Qi Le City about four or five years ago." Xuan Yu was not surprised when she heard Si Yao mention Li Yunye. It was only later that she heard from her sister that Si Yao and Master Li were old acquaintances.

Four or five years ago? It seems that Xuanyu knew the real Li Yunye, not Jiang Siyao.

"What? You also know Mr. Li?" Seeing that Si Yao didn't say anything else, Yan Yu pretended to be curious and asked.

"I've known him for a while. I don't know when we'll meet again." Si Yao nodded and responded perfunctorily. After all, although they knew the same person, Li Yunye, they were two different people, so she couldn't say much.

Both of them were quiet people in private, so after a moment of silence, Si Yao made an excuse to leave and continued to go upstairs.

"Today is a happy day, why is Master crying?"

When Xiuming followed Sanxiu back to the tea room, he saw the master wiping his tears. Knowing that the old man was crying for joy, he smiled and comforted him.

"I'm happy. I'm so happy! Today your sister has accepted two disciples. I don't have to worry about the Sanxiu Pharmacy withering in the future." Sanxiu wiped the tears from his face and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's all my fault. I haven't learned the medical skills well, and I haven't been able to expand the Sanxiu Pharmacy. That's why Master has been worried for all these years." Seeing his master sigh like this, Xiuming couldn't help but blame himself in his heart.

"Since you understand, it's not too late now." The disciple's self-reproach seemed to give Sanxiu hope. He regained his spirits and continued, "Why don't I ask the matchmaker to come to your house tomorrow?"

"Ahem... Master, I have something else to do first." Xiu Ming was so scared when he heard that that he turned around and left.

"You just know how to talk!" Sanxiu immediately frowned and glared at his disciple's departing figure, muttering. He was in a good mood today and it was New Year's Eve, so he was not angry about it.