I practiced medicine in ancient times

Chapter 216: House Hunting in Beijing

"Qingyi, Baiyan, congratulations on making it to the top five. After tomorrow, you will be able to serve in the Imperial Hospital and have official ranks. You will eat government food in the future." After the game, Xu Junpeng said to Xu Qingyi and Baiyan with a happy face on the way to see a house with them.

"I was just lucky to make it into the top five." Bai Yan wasn't being modest when he said this.

Originally, considering Bai Yan's medical skills, it was already a blessing for her to be able to enter the top ten in the medical competition. Unexpectedly, the things competed in these elimination rounds were all areas that Bai Yan was good at, which made her like a fish in water in the competition. She passed all the levels and actually made it into the top five, which surprised her very much.

Bai Yan was both surprised and happy. She knew very well that although her medical skills were good, she was still far from being a top master.

However, the content of these elimination matches seemed to be tailor-made for her, allowing her to fully demonstrate her advantages.

"I also wanted to try my luck! But luck didn't even let me enter the second round of the medical competition. I was eliminated in the first round." When Xu Junpeng heard Bai Yan say this, he immediately looked helpless.

"Brother Xu, don't be discouraged. Even if you didn't make it into the top five in the medical competition this time, you can fight again in the next one." Bai Yan comforted him.

Xu Junpeng nodded. He knew that his medical skills were indeed limited. This medical competition was also to test his medical skills. However, he was not willing to stop there. He would continue to work hard and strive to achieve better results in the next medical competition.

“The houses I’m showing you this time are on East Second Street and East Third Street in Dongqing Lane in the outer city. They are both three-story houses, and the layout and scenery inside are extremely exquisite.

The house on East Second Street has a spacious front yard with exquisite rockeries, flowing water and ponds, which has a certain flavor of Jiangnan gardens. The middle yard is more elegantly decorated with bamboo forests, stone tables and stone benches, making it a good place for the owner to drink tea and discuss philosophy.

The house on East Third Street is only one street away from East Second Street, but the details are different. There is a field of water lilies planted in the backyard. When the flowers bloom, the fragrance is so fragrant that people can't help but linger.

There is also a pavilion where you can drink tea, enjoy the moon, watch fish and lotus, and feel relaxed and at ease.

Now it depends on whether you like these two houses.

The owners of these two houses are in a hurry to sell them, and some of them are about 60% to 70% new and can be bought for three thousand taels.

The two houses were eager to sell, but their value was far more than three thousand taels. If they were sold slowly, the houses could be sold for at least two or three hundred taels more, so three thousand taels was already a good deal.

If I didn't know the owners of these two houses, they would have been sold long ago." Earlier, Xu Qingyi asked Xu Junpeng to find two houses with three courtyards for her and Bai Yan. After finding a good house, he took them to see the house.

"The locations of East Second Street and East Third Street are good. They are close to the market and convenient to get in and out. Although not as prosperous as the city center, it is quiet and less noisy, making it suitable for living." Bai Yan looked at the location and nodded with satisfaction.

Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan looked at each other and both showed satisfied expressions.

"Let's go inside the house and take a look first." Then, Xu Junpeng took the key, opened the door of the house on East Second Street, and took Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan to look around one by one.

Half an hour later.

Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan were both very satisfied with the location and layout of the two houses. The only regret was that the two houses were not side by side.

Otherwise, the two families could just build a back door in the backyard so that they could visit each other frequently.

"Okay, let's decide on these two houses. I'll get you the money later so you can get the title deeds as soon as possible." Bai Yan and Xu Qingyi looked at each other, nodded, and then Bai Yan said to Xu Junpeng.

“If the original owner of the furniture inside doesn’t want to move it out, then just leave it there. We won’t mind.

After sweeping the house, changing the bedding, and buying some kitchen supplies, you can move in." Xu Qingyi said with a smile.

"Let's get the house deed first, and then we'll slowly arrange the place. When my grandma, mom, younger brother, and your parents arrive, we can move in directly." Bai Yan continued.

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Tomorrow is the last match of the Medical Competition, which will determine the top five rankings.

This competition is not only about personal honor, but also about the reputation and status of the entire clinic. Which clinic wins the championship will also affect the exchange of interests between each clinic.

Also, the higher the individual ranking, the higher the official rank obtained.

Just this night, Wu Chen, Cui Shan and other imperial doctors were discussing how to conduct the final match of this medical competition.

"Everyone, tell me, what should we let them compete in the final medical competition?" Cui Shan looked at everyone with a frown, as if he was thinking about this question.

Upon hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought. No one spoke for a moment, as everyone was thinking hard.

In the previous elimination matches, the imperial doctors present had racked their brains and thought hard to come up with many unique competition contents. Now, it was finally the last round, but everyone found it really difficult to decide what to compete in this time.

"How about using surgery?" asked an imperial physician.

"What's the point of competing in surgery? Isn't it about comparing one's proficiency in surgery and suturing skills?" An imperial physician disagreed and sneered.

"Then what do you want to compare?" The imperial physician was speechless for a moment. Indeed, surgery is only a part of medicine and cannot fully reflect the doctor's medical skills and level. If we only talk about surgery, it may be biased.

"Observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation. Among them, inspection, questioning and palpation have all been competed, but auscultation has not been competed. Why not have the last round of auscultation?" At this time, an imperial physician suddenly said.

"Auscultation by smell? That's fine, but how do we compare specifically? How can we make the comparison interesting and meaningful?" After hearing this, Wu Chen immediately became excited and asked.

"You can compete in smelling. Prepare liquids with pungent, sweet, sour, bitter, and salty smells, as well as some herbs. Tell the contestants which smell they belong to. Blindfold them and let them identify the various items by their sense of smell. The one who identifies the most and most accurately will be the winner." The imperial physician offered his suggestion.

After hearing this, Wu Chen's eyes flashed with approval, and he nodded and said, "This method is very good. It not only tests the doctor's sense of smell, but also tests their understanding of medicinal materials and smells. It is indeed interesting and meaningful."

Wu Chen immediately ordered the imperial doctors to prepare the items needed for olfactory diagnosis. Liquid smells such as pungent, sweet, sour, bitter and salty, as well as various herbs, were carefully selected and prepared one by one.