Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Although losing his voice wasn't too painful, being unable to speak still made Chen Yan very uncomfortable. Even if he forced himself to adapt, the suddenly changed living habits would cause him a lot of discomfort.

Now that he has regained the freedom to speak, even though his body hasn't changed much, his whole body is very comfortable, even the biting coldness in his throat has become more comfortable, it is not an exaggeration to say that he feels refreshed.

"There is still a period of time for the medicine to take effect, and continuous massage is needed to speed up the absorption of the medicine."

There was a tremor in Miao Ran's voice, but the tremor quickly disappeared without a trace.

She gently rubbed Chen Yan's throat, and the embarrassment spread quietly.

As a doctor, it is inevitable to touch various organs of the patient during treatment or surgery. At this time, doctors are gender-neutral, and they will not feel embarrassed because they have received professional education and training.

But patients are different. Patients are flesh and blood people, and it is inevitable that they will have emotions when they are touched by their organs.

In order to alleviate the patient's embarrassment and pain caused by treatment, doctors usually find some topics to divert the patient's attention.

Although Chen Yan is only a veterinarian, as a half of his colleagues, he also understands this.

Therefore, when Miao Ran fell into inexplicable embarrassment, he took the first step to change the topic:
"Miaodaihu...how did you come here, man?"

Although he was slurred, Miao Ran understood what he meant in an instant with that familiar accent.

"I, I came with relatives."

The two of them did not use the imperial language, and the convenience of communicating in their mother tongue was irreplaceable.

Miao Ran immediately knew his intention, and a more intense embarrassment flashed in his eyes, and then he said slowly while rubbing Chen Yan's throat:
"There has been a war in my hometown, and there has been chaos all the year round. I don't know when it will end... First, the villages and towns outside couldn't survive, and then the city... We almost lost everything and bought a boat ticket to come here across the sea... ...There is no war here anyway."

For ordinary people, it is not bad to be able to survive.

Chen Yan said with a big tongue:

"How is the central part of Tianshen State? My hometown is there."

Miao Ran pondered and replied:
"When we came out, the central part of Tianshen Prefecture was in the melee stage of several armies. I heard that the situation was particularly bad."

Even though he didn't care much about this world, Chen Yan still felt a pang of sadness in his heart when he heard the news.

I don't know how my cheap father and cheap mother are doing now. They are landlords and have long-term workers at home. If they want to hide with the long-term workers in the deep mountains next to Baihuyuan, the situation will definitely be better than outside...

Seeing Chen Yan's obviously disappointed expression, Miao Ran probably knew what Chen Yan was thinking.

While rubbing Chen Yan's throat, she continued slowly:

"We are in the south, where there are mountains and villages everywhere. Even though the mountain roads are rough, the army still fights over. Some people join the army, and some people go into the mountains and become bandits. Everyone is afraid that the bandits will rob the village. Afraid that the flames of war would spread to our place...the village next to our village was looted...it was horrible..."...

Chen Yan began to understand Miao Ran's emotion when he said "going bankrupt to buy a boat ticket".

"Several surnames in our village have practiced medicine for generations, so they have saved some money, otherwise they would not even be able to buy train tickets... At that time, everyone was racking their brains to get train tickets from various channels, but they could get them. There are still a small number of people.”

"But, except for our village, most of the other villages can't afford train tickets, and they don't have channels, so they all stayed."

When Miao Ran said this, although her words were soft and her tone was flat, Chen Yan could still feel the sadness in her emotions.

So Chen Yan said vaguely:
"Do you know a man named Miao Yingchu?"

Miao Ran nodded and said:
"According to her seniority, she should be regarded as my distant cousin. I only heard about her after I came here. Back then, she had a big conflict with her tribe. I only heard about it, but I don't know how it happened. After coming to the empire, I heard her news again, and then I got a general understanding of what happened that year."

It stands to reason that cocklebur can make such a major awakening in such a conservative living environment, and it can really be called shocking in that era and place.

While Miao Ran was speaking, Chen Yan felt his throat getting more and more comfortable.

"Our family doesn't know anything, we can only see a doctor, but the medical system in my hometown is completely different from the medical system in the empire, so on the way here, I studied [Ferry School] for a year."

As the name suggests, Chen Yan heard a lot from the four words [Ferry School], but it still feels unbelievable.

Miao Ran looked at his expression, smiled, and said:

"When I was on the ship, I also felt incredible. How could there be such a school? Later, I heard that it was because there were too many new immigrants entering through the imperial customs, and there were too many people who did not understand the imperial language. These people would It has become an unstable factor in society, so for the sake of stability, the empire sent language teachers and a small number of bilingual lecturers in people's livelihood subjects on the single wheel to train new immigrants."

"It takes a year for the ferry to reach the Empire from Tianshen State, and the training time of [Ferry School] is exactly one year. This school is similar to the preparatory class of the Empire's Tianshen State University, but it is different. It not only teaches languages, but also teaches majors. course."

Chen Yan said:

"Then your life on the ship... must have been fulfilling."

Miao Ran nodded, with a look of reminiscence in his eyes:
"Yes, it was really a busy day... One year later, when you are about to arrive in the empire, if you have enough credits, you will be awarded a diploma recognized by the empire. Its academic ability is similar to that of a technical school in the empire? Although it is Technical school, but the technical school in the context of the imperial language is different from the technical school we know, and when you graduate from the technical school, it is equivalent to having a relevant professional qualification."

Chen Yan sighed:
"Why didn't I come across this kind of school when I first came here..."

People's life circumstances are different, and Chen Yan doesn't feel any injustice about it.

Feeling the coolness that continued to come from his throat, he asked:
"Speaking of which, do you know Wu Yazi? And that [pharmacy], what kind of existence is it?"...

He didn't know this knowledge from the memory of Miao Ran or his right hand just now. He thought that this knowledge was hidden in their hearts as a secret. If they used synaesthesia, it would take a lot of digging to find out, so Chen Yan chose to ask directly.

"The origin of Wu Yazi is very strange. No one knows his origin. When I first entered Yanan City, I knew that there was such a person. I heard that he stayed in the lower city and treated people with very cheap medicinal materials. But we I don't know where his medicinal materials come from."

Miao Ran paused here, and then said slowly:

"This is very strange, because the medicinal material business is almost only done by our Miao family, and we are the only ones who grow the only medicinal field in Yanan City."

"Wu Yazi can see a doctor and prescribe medicine for people, which means that he at least has a source of medicinal materials, but the place in the lower city...you know, it is impossible to grow medicinal properties in the crowded residential area of ​​the lower city. Enough medicine."

Her words contained a little bit of knowledge about traditional Chinese medicine, and Chen Yan only knew a little about it: the medicinal materials grown in different soils have different potency and different uses. Even if medicinal materials can be grown, the medicinal properties of the medicinal materials that come out are not enough.

"So... it's very strange, Wu Yazi should have its own medicine field, but no one knows where it is planted."

Miao Ran looked at Chen Yan's throat which was no longer scorched black, continued to massage, and said:
"Besides, Wu Yazi is very strange. It's fine if he doesn't communicate with us, but he went to compete with the cult for business."