Chapter Seventy-One: Unexpected Joy

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  The next day, the sky brightened, and Chu Jiaqiang was exercising as usual. At this time, the big rooster in the village had already crowed loudly. When he finished, he happened to meet Old Man Wan, who also had the habit of getting up early.

  "I didn't expect Jiaqiang to get up earlier than us old men, it's really rare!" Wan Lao praised.

  Just then, Xu Xiu also got up. She was also quite punctual in getting up and washed up to make breakfast. Hearing Wan Lao's words, she couldn't help but laugh: "He! Every day he gets up so early to exercise, it doesn't look like a young man at all."

  "Haha! It's not early anymore! It's already past 6 o'clock. In the past when I was studying, it was always getting up at 6 o'clock sharp, and even if it was late, I had to get up by 6:30." Chu Jiaqiang burst out laughing.

  For breakfast, they continued to eat corn, but after a night, the taste was not as good as last night. Indeed, everything has to be fresh. Afterwards, Chu Jiaqiang first gave Yan Tianzhi a massage, and then it was the turn of Wan Lao's couple, he became a bit embarrassed.

  "That... Old Wan's condition requires acupuncture, and doing some massage also has some effect, but I don't have the needles now, we need to go to town to get them. As for Grandma Wan's asthma, using traditional Chinese medicine can stabilize it, and acupuncture is also possible, but massage won't be of much use." Chu Jiaqiang said.

  He had learned a few acupuncture techniques, either from the old Taoist priest or from the medical books of the old Taoist priest, but without a needle, even a skilled woman can't cook without rice!

  Acupuncture needles have many varieties, the earliest prototype of acupuncture needles is stone needle. The treatment of diseases with stone needles can be seen in the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty, where a person holds a sharp instrument to treat abdominal diseases. From the Shang Dynasty to the Western Zhou Dynasty, acupuncture or stone needles were used for treatment. In the Sui Dynasty, physician Quan Yuanqi believed that "stone needles are an ancient external treatment method...In the past, iron was not yet cast, so stones were used as needles, hence the name 'stone needle'."

  Later, golden needles and silver needles were used, but nowadays, golden needles and silver needles are rarely used. Silver needles are softer and easier to break, and the cost is also higher. Therefore, now basically all are stainless steel needles. Sometimes you may see yellow acupuncture needles, don't think they are golden needles, it's likely that they are stainless steel with a layer of yellow copper plating on the outside.

  Chu Jiaqiang suddenly thought of the old Taoist's various sets of acupuncture needles and many medical books, he didn't know if the old Taoist had taken these things away. The old Taoist lived at the foot of Gongji Mountain, Chu Jiaqiang remembered that the old Taoist's residence also had a secret room, which only he knew in the village, and many things were placed inside.

  He thought to himself, when will it be time to go and take a look, since the old Taoist left, no one has gone there again, going to sweep it up is also necessary, after all, the old Taoist is his half-master.

  "Haha! I knew you weren't prepared, I've got a set of golden needles." Wan Guoliang immediately took out a set of golden needles. Earlier, when Chu Jiaqiang said he was going to treat him for the first time, he knew that Chu Jiaqiang didn't have any medical equipment, so he had brought over the best set.

  Chu Jiaqiang gave each of the two elderly people twenty minutes of acupuncture, and both Lao Wan felt that their whole body had relaxed a lot.

  At this time, the old village head came on time to collect money.

  "How is it? Does it feel effective?" The old village chief asked Wan Lao and his wife.

  "Haha! The effect is remarkable! For the first time, I feel so relaxed, much better than those self-proclaimed doctors in the hospital." Wan Lao laughed loudly.

  "That's good, it means that Xiaozhi has received some true transmission from the old Taoist." The old village chief was also happy, at least the villagers had someone to treat their illnesses and didn't have to go outside and get slaughtered.

  Chu Jiaqiang took out a bundle of money, 10,000 yuan in total: "Village Chief Grandfather, please count it! It was withdrawn from the credit union a few days ago, so there shouldn't be any mistakes."

  Although I believe in Chu's strength, it's still better to be clear about the accounts and compare them carefully.

  "Do you owe Village Chief Lao money?" Wan Weiling asked involuntarily.

  "What's the point? The village is going to repair the road, and this is the money I donated." Chu Jiaqiang rolled his eyes.

  Wan Lao Yi listened and nodded secretly, this village chief is doing a good job. Yesterday, he just casually mentioned something, and he immediately thought of a solution. It can be seen that he is a responsible village chief. Now, there are not many practical people like him, outsiders are all thinking about their political achievements.

  Wan Guoliang also walked back, took out a bundle of money: "I'll donate 10,000 yuan too! Village chief uncle, you must accept it. In the future, we will come to Chujiazhai often and repair the road, which is convenient for us. Most importantly, it must be implemented and done well."

  The old village chief was shocked, obviously didn't expect Wan Guoliang to play this trick. Just as he was about to say a few words, he saw that Wan Guoliang had already said so, and Old Wan also nodded in agreement. He could only solemnly accept: "Alright! I'll thank you on behalf of the villagers of Chujia Village, and we will definitely make sure the road is built as well as possible."

  "Uncle, I'll donate 2,000 too! Don't think it's too little!" Yan Tianzhi also said, he was now down on his luck, but he could still afford to take out a few thousand.

  The most important thing is that the medical expenses for coming to this place are not much, Chu Jiaqiang didn't collect any fees at all, and the medicine was bought by himself in the town, so it didn't cost much money. Feeling really guilty, he simply donated some money to the village to repair the road, which is considered as doing his part. As long as his foot is cured, it's not difficult for him to turn over a new leaf.

  "Oh, thank you so much! You are truly a noble person of our Chu Village." The old village chief was overjoyed. It was an unexpected surprise, and they had gained 12,000 more this time, making it a much more comfortable situation. He thought to himself that when the time came to erect the milestone, he would add two more names to it, and make an announcement to the whole village.

  The old village chief didn't stay for long and left in a hurry again.

  Then Chu Jiaqiang went to the back of the house and slipped away, heading towards Chicken Mountain. Wan Guoliang and others were either resting under the big tree at the door or playing by the reservoir riverbank.

  Returning to this familiar yet strange place, some things have changed. Chu Jiaqiang also felt a pang of sadness, as he had left many memories here. He recalled the times when the old Taoist priest forced him to study diagrams of meridians and learn about various herbs, and the memories flipped through his mind page by page.

  The house was built against the mountain, and the back wall was just a stone cliff. The old Taoist priest dug out a piece of space in the stone cliff behind as a secret room. Of course, there were no legendary mechanisms or anything so mysterious, but the entrance was blocked by some stones, and a tall wooden cabinet stood in front to conceal it.

  The Chu family was strong, seeing the broom by the door had already rotted away, so he took out a broom from the Shanhe diagram, which was still thrown into the rental house at that time, and it has been left in the Shanhe diagram without moving.

  The room wasn't big, and it was quickly swept clean. He moved the tall wooden cabinet, revealing the entrance on the stone wall, and dug out the stone bricks that were blocked inside. It was very dark, so he had to turn on the flashlight on his mobile phone.

  Inside was relatively dry and very clean, after a sweep, he saw the candles on the side, Chu Jiaqiang lit them up.

  Chu's family was somewhat surprised that the situation in here had not changed, and all the previous things were left in their original place. There were still many dried herbs stored in a medicine cabinet on the side.

  There was a letter on the stone table in front, Chu Jiaqiang furrowed his brow and walked over to pick it up. To his surprise, it was left for him. He opened it and found that there were not many words inside, without explaining the reason for leaving or where he went, but only said that he would leave everything here to him, especially those medical books, hoping that Chu Jiaqiang could study them seriously. In particular, he mentioned in his heart the rescue pill he had refined, which could save lives and even revive suddenly dead lives, and hoped that Chu Jiaqiang would use it carefully.

  Chu Jiaqiang sighed, he had never called the old Taoist master "master" or "teacher", but was treated as his only disciple. He packed up the things, a few bottles of dan medicine, medicinal materials, even a few paintings and calligraphy, some jade and porcelain trinkets.

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