Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 883

Chapter 883: Chapter 756: Master-Accepting Tea Ceremony

In the main hall, Zhou Xiaozheng waved to his wife and started introducing the white-haired old man: "Uncle Dong, this is my wife, you know her, so I won’t say more."

Zhou Xiaozheng glanced at Zhang Guoqing and Zhou Jiao, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes: "These are my nephew’s two unruly children. Xiao Wu, Jiao Jiao, this is Elder Dong Cheng whom your Grandma Song mentioned last time."

Zhang Guoqing immediately stepped forward and bowed: "Grandpa Dong, it’s a pleasure to see you. I’m Zhang Guoqing, you can just call me Xiao Wu."

"Grandpa Dong, I’m Zhou Jiao. I’ve never had the honor of meeting you before, please forgive my earlier rudeness."

The white-haired old man, Elder Dong Cheng, looked at the young couple in front of him and waved his hand with a smile, "There’s no talk of rudeness. It’s me, this old man, who’s been drinking a lot of your good tea and eating your good food without returning the favor, that’s true rudeness."

Hearing this, Zhou Jiao smiled lightly at him: "You’re too kind, those are just some small tokens of the younger generation’s respect for you."

"Good child, if your grandfather saw you, he’d be over the moon..." After speaking, Elder Dong quickly shook off the melancholy in his tone and smiled, "Child, study medicine well, the old man will tell you a secret. Your grandfather knows everything, except he’s got one weakness."

Zhou Jiao understood in her heart, her face showing a keen interest as she awaited more.

"Brother Jinyu, haha...when it comes to medicine, he can intimidate the doctors, but except for ginseng with its obvious features, he can’t tell a single herb from another. And that’s not all."

"One year, I was eight, he was ten. A group of us friends went on a spring outing. At that time, none of us noble children knew a thing about farming..."

Beside him, Doctor Hu fainted upon hearing this; if his granddaughter took after her grandfather, his apprentice would have been for nothing. He quickly regained consciousness, thinking if he hadn’t investigated wrongly, this child had collected quite a few herbs for that remote village.

Doctor Hu waited for Elder Dong to finish reminiscing before rolling his eyes secretly, clearing his throat and reminding them this was about accepting an apprentice, not catching up on old times.

Elder Dong laughed: "Alright, I know you’re anxious. Your apprentice won’t escape."

As he finished, Doctor Hu regained his composure, changed his demeanor, and solemnly addressed the three disciples below: "Begin."

As soon as he spoke, the three middle-aged men who had been silent stood up quickly.

One middle-aged man took out an incense burner and other items from a wicker box he carried, placing them on the incense table. Another immediately followed by taking an embroidered portrait from a wooden box on the incense table, hanging it up north with the help of the remaining middle-aged man.

After washing his hands, Doctor Hu lit three sticks of incense, placed them in the incense burner, bowed, and began to quietly announce to the ancestral master, accepting disciples to ensure continuity.

When Mr. Ma entered, he saw Master Hu sitting solemnly on a specially set main seat. He signaled the child he was holding to keep quiet before putting Ping’an down.

Regarding ancient rituals, even though Zhou Jiao had never been through one, she understood the procedure. Soon she took a few steps forward, knelt in front of Doctor Hu, and listened to Elder Dong, acting as the host, introducing herself.

At this point, Zhou Jiao understood why Elder Dong was acting as the host. This elder was too familiar with her family’s situation. According to her father, it was this elder who helped her grandfather greatly when the Zhou family was in decline.

The relationship between these two was like that of Zhang Guoqing and Yi Jiefang now. Unfortunately, when Elder Dong’s father passed away, due to disagreements among several brothers, he was soon expelled from the ancestral residence.

Back then, Elder Dong, still a rebellious youth, mismanaged and almost ended up penniless. If a biological brother could speak harshly for family wealth, let alone clan members.

In a fit of anger, Elder Dong sold the last small courtyard and resolutely went to the South to find his good brother, Zhou Jinyu. Unfortunately, by then her grandfather had already suffered misfortunes, and her grandmother also hid traces for her father’s sake.

By a twist of fate, Elder Dong eventually ended up with our army, now becoming a major general. He logically shouldn’t be in Beijing now.

As Zhou Jiao thought about this, she listened to Elder Dong’s introduction ending, quickly composed herself, and took the two gift boxes Zhang Guoqing handed over with both hands.

At this moment, Doctor Hu couldn’t contain his joy any longer, quickly took them and placed them aside, staring at the apprenticeship red envelope Zhang Guoqing handed to Zhou Jiao.

Zhou Jiao smiled gently, accepting it before raising the apprenticeship card above her head and presenting it to Doctor Hu, kneeling to perform the kowtow bow.

Doctor Hu glanced proudly at Elder Dong and Mr. Ma, "Good disciple, don’t be too formal, just a token gesture. Quickly, quickly, get up."

After kowtowing, Zhou Jiao stood up, took a bowl of tea handed over by a middle-aged man beside her, and offered it with both hands to Doctor Hu: "Master, please accept this cup of tea from your disciple."

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