I was reborn after my cousin stole my life.

Chapter 231: The Manuscript

"Yuan Xiu, do you have a copy of the 'Formulas for Soup Soup' at home?" Xia Yang suddenly asked.

"Yes." Yuan Xiu had copied all the medical books from her master's house, so her family must have them too.

Have you read the "Huangdi Neijing" (The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic)?

Yuan Xiu nodded: "Of course I've seen it."

"What about the *Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber*?"

Yuan Xiu continued to nod.

One student wondered, "Is the *Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber* also a medical book?"

Liu Fang nodded: "Of course, the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, the Treatise on Febrile Diseases, the Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber, the Compendium of Materia Medica, and the Rhymed Formulas of Decoctions are all treasures of traditional Chinese medicine. It's just a pity that they can't be bought outside at all. I had to go through a lot of trouble to borrow and copy my handwritten copy of the Compendium of Materia Medica."

A large number of ancient books were destroyed during the movement, and even handwritten copies are few in number. Most students have only read textbooks and do not even know what ancient medical books are available.

The professors and teachers in the school did have books, but they only taught the students the contents of the books in class and had them memorize them. Most students never even touched a handwritten copy.

Liu Yazhi nodded: "When I was admitted to this school, my family helped me buy medical books. They were so hard to find, they were extremely rare!"

They do exist on the black market, but the prices are extremely high, and the content of the books may not even be printed correctly.

"So what if it's hard to get? Our textbooks are enough for us to memorize," one student said.

"Textbooks are textbooks, and medical books are medical books," Xia Yang said. "Textbooks pave the way for students, and medical books lay the foundation for doctors. These are the words of my grandfather."

Yuan Xiu continued, "Textbooks are for getting you started, for passing the exams, for making you a student. But medical books allow you to understand the myriad principles involved and find the answers at their source."

As soon as the two said this, many classmates nodded in agreement. "I understand. Textbooks are like walking, and medical books are like finding your way."

Xia Yang and Yuan Xiu both laughed and said, "That makes sense."

"Yuan Xiu, let's communicate more in the future," Xia Yang said.

Yuan Xiu naturally nodded and agreed.

"Hey, hey, don't rush off!" The students hurriedly stopped Xia Yang as he was about to leave. "Medical books, those you were talking about earlier, could we borrow them to copy them?"

Everyone knows that medical books are rare, and those who didn't know have learned from our conversation just now. "Don't worry, we will definitely take good care of them and return them to you after we finish copying them."

The students looked at Xia Yang for a while, then at Yuan Xiu.

His eyes held hope.

Everyone wants to learn traditional Chinese medicine well. If we didn't know before, we won't talk about it, but now that we do, we naturally want to try.

Xia Yang hesitated for a moment: "Some of the books in my house are thread-bound books, I have to ask my family."

Ancient books are rare, and his family handles them with utmost care, fearing any accidental damage. His grandfather would not lend them out unless they were very close friends in the medical field.

"I've made handwritten copies of some books, which I can lend to everyone to copy. I'll bring them back from my next trip home."

Yuan Xiu announced the titles of the books she had handwritten copies of, all of which were the treasures of traditional Chinese medicine that Liu Fang had mentioned earlier. "These books can be lent to everyone for copying, and Xia Yang can fill in any gaps in his knowledge."

Xia Yang nodded. The books Yuan Xiu mentioned were exactly the ones he couldn't conveniently lend out.

"Thank you, Xia Yang! Thank you, Yuan Xiu!"

The students were very grateful. If they were to take the book list and find the books themselves, it would probably waste a lot of their time and money, and they might not even be able to find all the medical books.

"You're welcome. Let's all improve together and exchange ideas more."

……

As soon as get out of class ended, Ding Xuewen pulled Wu Xue away, unaware that after they left, the classmates gathered around Yuan Xiu and started talking about the medical books.

"That Yuan Xiu..." Wu Xue paused, "I was just assuming before that she was an excellent woman in her profession."

It would have been better if Wu Xue hadn't brought it up, but as soon as Yuan Xiu was mentioned, Ding Xuewen remembered what had happened in class earlier.

When his partner praised Yuan Xiu, he naturally couldn't disagree and say anything bad about her. "This is something I didn't expect either. She can still find time to study amidst heavy housework; she must be very hardworking. As for me, Professor Zhang asked exactly what I haven't memorized yet."

Wu Xue tilted her head and looked at him. "I think it's very unfair."

"What?" Ding Xuewen didn't react. Shouldn't he be comforting him?

"Why should women be the ones to do housework? Chairman Mao has said that men and women are equal. If we are equal, then we should be equal in every aspect. Men should also take on the responsibility of doing housework! Do you think I'm right?"

Of course not!

Ding Xuewen retorted in his heart, "Men are responsible for external affairs, and women are responsible for internal affairs. What kind of image does a man have when he does housework?"

"Yes, I agree with your point of view. Women can hold up half the sky. In a family, responsibilities should not be divided based on gender."

Wu Xue smiled with satisfaction. "Xuewen, I admire that about you. You are a young man with aspirations and ideals, and your thinking is different from other men."

Ding Xuewen smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment, I'm honored!"

Ding Xuewen chatted with Wu Xue for a while before returning to the classroom. As soon as he entered the classroom, he felt that everyone was looking at him.

Ding Xuewen was somewhat annoyed, but he didn't show it on his face. After sitting down, his deskmate next to him tried to talk to him about copying medical books.

Before he could finish speaking, Ding Xuewen interrupted him, "I'm a bit busy. Let's talk after I'm done."

His deskmate wasn't stupid either; he could sense his repulsion. When he saw him looking at a textbook—a textbook for a public lecture rather than a textbook for his major—he pursed his lips and swallowed his words.

What are you pretending to be?

How busy can you be by reading a book that's part of an online course?

There's not even time to listen to a single sentence?

They had originally intended to ask him if he wanted to copy the book. They had organized a book-copying group, with each person responsible for copying one book, and then they would take turns copying the books that everyone had copied, so that they could return the original books to Xia Yang and Yuan Xiu as soon as possible.

Since that's the case, then we won't take him along.

During the time he was copying the book, Ding Xuewen left the classroom as soon as get out of class ended and spent most of his time in the poetry club, so he didn't even know that his classmates were copying the book so enthusiastically during their spare time.

He only noticed it when his deskmate had several handwritten books he had never seen before in his desk.

"This is a handwritten copy of the *Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber*? How do you have this book? And the *Treatise on Cold Damage* too!"

He had wanted to buy these books before, but he tried many ways to buy them without success!

I can't even find anyone to borrow from if I want to copy it myself.

"I wanted to tell you this last time, but you've been busy with the poetry club all the time. I thought you probably wouldn't be interested, so I didn't tell you. By the way, this is something we copied from Xia Yang and Yuan Xiu's medical books."

"us?"

"Yeah, the whole class copied it. No, not the whole class, you're the only one missing!"

Ding Xuewen: "..."