Mowen Jie said: why?
Tang Yanran said: Why do you say that? Shouldn't you meet my parents? Don't you want my parents to meet you instead?
Mowen Jie knew he was in the wrong and the helpless expression on his face caused a slight smile to appear on Tang Yanran's pretty face.
Tang Baichuan was also an old man of great experience. If he couldn't understand the meaning behind his granddaughter's words, it would be better for him to hit a block of tofu and die. He smiled contentedly and buried his head in eating.
Mowen Jie also turned his frustration into strength, furiously flinging rice around to vent his anger.
Tang Yanran's face broke into a triumphant smile, she also felt that the food today was so delicious and fragrant!
The three people had their meal.
Tang Baichuan said: Go and rest, you two! Tomorrow is the time for the competition. You need to be well-rested and aim to win first place. Bring glory to our country, show the Chinese people the magic of traditional Chinese medicine, and let more people fall in love with and study traditional Chinese medicine.
Mowen Jie said: Don't worry, big brother, not only me, even Yanran can easily outdo them by hundreds of streets.
Tang Yanran said: Grandpa Tang, I've competed against them before and know their strength. With my current strength, they're not even good enough to carry my shoes.
Tang Baichuan said: That's great, then I can rest easy.
Tang Yanran said: Grandpa Tang, we're going to rest! We haven't had a good night's sleep for a day and a night.
Tang Baichuan said: You two go and rest, I'm old and sleep less.
Mowen Jie and Tang Yanran went to rest separately, and until the next morning, Mowen Jie woke up and went out to the courtyard for morning exercise.
Tang Yanran also got up and went to the courtyard, she said: Today is the first day of the competition, as per our usual practice, today's morning is the opening ceremony of the competition, afternoon is theory exam, tomorrow is treatment competition, and the day after tomorrow is the main event of difficult and complicated diseases treatment.
Mowen Jie said: No matter what the competition is, it doesn't matter, I am an existence that they can't reach.
Tang Baichuan said: Little apprentice, Yanran, let's go to the competition venue!
Mowen Jie said: Today's lunch is the opening ceremony, and I and Yanran will not go over there. We will go after lunch, and in the afternoon we will go to the clinic to help treat patients. Any extra patients we can save is one more. We need to be at the competition venue before 2 pm.
Tang Baichuan said: Alright then, you can go there by yourselves when the time comes. Make sure you're not late.
Mowen Jie and Tang Yanran returned to the clinic.
Tang Baichuan went to the competition venue.
Mowen Jie and Tang Yanran arrived at the clinic, all the doctors got up and said: God Physician Mo, God Physician Tang, hello! The patients are waiting for you two. The patients you treated yesterday sent you a banner this morning waiting for you at the clinic.
Mowen Jie said: Today, we only have the noon time here, so let's treat as many patients as possible. Priority should be given to critically ill patients. You go ahead and arrange it!
Soon, a long queue had formed. Even though Mowen Jie's treatment was incredibly fast, there were still many patients waiting in line when it was time for lunch.
Mowen Jie said: Sorry everyone, we need to attend the Traditional Chinese Medicine competition and have no time to treat you all. You can sign up at the competition venue. We have to go!
Mowen Jie and Tang Yanran left the clinic and had a quick bite before heading to the competition venue.
The annual World Traditional Chinese Medicine Competition has been announced a month in advance. Patients from all over the country have come to the competition venue with a try-it-out attitude. The place is packed with people of all colors and nationalities. At this moment, the crowd is surging and flowing steadily.
Tang Yanran said: Mowen, this year's scene is much grander than in the past, and there are even ten times more spectators than before. It seems that this competition is not ordinary.
Mowen Jie said: It's nothing at all. The promotion by our country is just to give patients a chance, to make more people aware of and understand traditional Chinese medicine. With so many people from various countries here, it's certain that some have malicious intent, wanting to humiliate our country in front of the whole world. In previous competitions, our country hasn't even made it into the top three. They believe that in our country, the results would be the same. They want the whole world to know that traditional Chinese medicine in our country is not up to par, and then make people believe that it originated from Japan and South Korea. These scoundrels could never understand that traditional Chinese medicine in our country is profound and deep. There are so many hidden families and sects producing talents, who only pursue modesty and avoid contention with the world. They think this competition will humiliate our country, but in fact, it will be them who end up with a slap in the face.
Tang Yanran said: Mowen, you are so confident. Even though our Tang family is a thousand-year-old aristocratic family, among the young generation, only my level is higher than them. I will only get a fourth place.
Mowen Jie said: That was in the past. Now, if no one else steps up, you will definitely be in the first place.
Tang Yanran said: Mowen, does that mean you think there will be other participants joining this competition?
Mowen Jie said: I received a call from my fifth brother, saying that at every competition, the dragon country has not entered the top three. So I notified the three of them to also participate in the competition and help take back the field for our brother.
Tang Yanran said: So what level are the people you notified?
Mowen Jie said: They are like my half-disciples. As for their level, they are much better than the original you, but slightly worse than now. I've just guided their medical skills, whereas you were personally taught by me.
Tang Yanran said: Then, this competition, isn't dragon country going to definitely secure the top five? Will the people from Japan and South Korea be so angry they spit blood?
Mowen Jie said: Let's go to the competition seat!
Mowen Jie and Tang Yanran arrived at the competition seat. A man and a woman, both in their early twenties, came to Mowen Jie and bowed respectfully: Master, we have come to participate in the competition. We miss you very much.
Mowen Jie said: Today, let me see how far you've progressed with your skills! Let me introduce you to her. Tang Yanran is my girlfriend, and these twins, Ouyang Hua and Ouyang Nana, are from a hidden family.
Ouyang Zhenhua and Ouyang Nana said: We've met the mistress!
Tang Yanran also blushed and replied: Hello!
Ouyang Hua said: Master, you have a biased eye. My sister is not as good as the mistress. Our family has proposed marriage to you several times, but you always refused, saying you needed to be trained. Now, do you not want to be trained anymore?
Mowen Jie said: I also have a reason for this.
Ouyang Nana said: I don't care about that. You have a girlfriend now, and I'll tell my grandpa to find your masters and fight for me.
At this moment, a chubby Taoist walked over and said: Embrace the Boundless, this is Longhu Mountain Taoist Master Ge Changjun.
Mowen Jie raised his hand and slapped Ge Changjun on the head: "You're incorrigible, dare to call yourself a Taoist master in front of everyone."
Ge Changjun said: I would never dare to call myself a Taoist master in front of the masters. I said it to them.
Mowen Jie said: She, Tang Yanran, is my girlfriend. The siblings, Ouyang Hua and Ouyang Nana, are your brother-in-arms and sister-in-arms respectively. What should the punishment be for you calling yourself a Taoist master in their presence?
Ge Changjun said in a pitiful voice: They should be younger than me. How can they be my senior siblings?
Mowen Jie said: I started guiding them earlier; what do you think about that?
Ge Changjun said: I have seen the mistress and the senior siblings!
Tang Yanran and the Ouyang siblings also responded: Hello, Ge Changjun!
Mowen Jie said: You must definitely win glory for our country!
Ge Changjun looked at the opposite competitors and said: Those who are mediocre will be easily defeated by a Taoist master like me. Master, my flying needles techniques still need your guidance!
Mowen Jie said: Did you again mess up the dog with your needles?
Ge Changjun said bashfully: I pierced the sow so hard it turned into a pig spirit. Whenever it sees a boar, it fights, and it got me in trouble with being beaten up by Master.
A few people laughed after hearing this.
Mowen Jie said: Go back and put a needle at a distance of twenty centimeters behind the spot where you originally flew the needle.
Ge Changjun said: Thank you, Master!
At this moment, a person stood up on the stage with a microphone and said: Please remain quiet! The competition is about to begin. Please all competing participants go to the competition seats as soon as possible. For those who have not yet arrived, please hurry to inform them to come in time. If they are not here by two o'clock, they will be disqualified. Ten minutes before the competition begins! Due to the limited time of the competition, ten contestants will be qualified for the top ten in each of the first ten rounds. The final round will determine the winner. The first prize is a prize of one million yuan, ten precious medicinal materials, and second prize is 500,000 yuan with five precious medicinal materials, third prize is 300,000 yuan with three precious medicinal materials, fourth prize is 100,000 yuan with two precious medicinal materials, fifth prize is 50,
The big screen showed 2:00, and the host said: "The examination has begun!"
All the contestants were seated, and the staff began to distribute the examination papers.
Mowen Jie picked up the exam papers and looked at them for a moment. These theory exams were all basic knowledge, too simple. Winning the first place in such an exam is just a beginner, he thought. He didn't understand why people thought that just getting the first place in an exam is something great. He picked up his pen and started writing quickly. When he finished answering the questions, he looked up at the big screen, it was 2:20, two hours had passed. In twenty minutes, he had finished the exam and handed it in before returning to his seat to wait for the results!
The scene was shocked, in two hours, he handed in the exam in twenty minutes. Is he not capable at all? Even a master of traditional Chinese medicine won't dare to be so arrogant. It seems like he didn't know anything and just turned in a blank paper.
Tang Baichuan held the exam paper submitted by Mowen Jie and found himself growing more and more shocked as he looked at it. His heart was filled with deep emotions. His younger apprentice's understanding of pharmacology and properties far exceeded that of an ordinary person, by multiples. His analysis of drug properties had almost refreshed his three views (a traditional Chinese concept referring to the ways of looking at the world). He hadn't thought about this before. It seems that practical experience is indeed the truth, as the saying goes.
Jiang Hongtai, who was the closest to Tang Baichuan, saw Tang Baichuan's face changing constantly. He asked: "Old Tang, what's wrong with you?"
Tang Baichuan handed him the paper.
Jiang Hongtai took the paper and looked at it for less than ten seconds before standing up and exclaiming, "How is that possible!"
