Chapter 43
An hour after Zi You and others arrived, the breathless and exhausted girls with their brothers climbed up the path .
Rong QiYan was carried by Rong YunHe . The little girl climbed halfway and fainted from tiredness . Two other girls also fainted from tiredness, WanRu and XiaoYa . They were carried by Uncle Jiang and Aunt Lan .
Zi You used acupuncture on the three girls and woke them . She fed them some sips of water . She then appointed Rong YunHe the leader of these children and let him line them up .
Rong YunHe was distracted and his face was surprised . Then he started to line them up .
Mu YingYi was startled . This boy had been trained well; he had been in the army .
Zi You remembered his father was a noble soldier . Her confidence in this female medical team increased a bit .
Rong YunHe’s basic qualities weren’t bad . Rong QiYan as his biological sister could certainly become a high-quality soldier like her brother in time .
Filled with confidence, Zi You went in the front of the crowd . She loudly shouted, “You must be curious why I bought all of you . I will tell you now . My goal is to form a female medical team . Because my grandfather and uncle are Great Yan’s soldiers . Soldiers guard their homes and defend their homelands . They are the first line of defense in enemy invasion . If there is war, there will be casualties . I don’t want to see my relatives and my soldiers lose their lives because of injuries . So I formed this female medical team . I want you to follow along and protect the lives of my loved ones when they are on the battlefield . Starting today, you will learn martial arts and medicine with me . ”
“Some might ask since it’s a medical team, why the need to bitterly practice martial arts? Then I will tell you . Practicing martial arts is to protect your own safety and to better perform the task of treating the wounded . You are all slaves without liberty or dignity, so please cherish this opportunity I give you to begin a new life . Study hard and work hard . If you can achieve merit on the battlefield, my grandfather will definitely help eliminate your slave status . Are you willing? If you are unwilling, step forward . I will make other work arrangements for you . Are any of you unwilling to become a female doctor?”
“Is there any?” Zi You asked three times . No one stepped forward . A dazzling smile, like a cloud breaking through sunrise, on her face illuminated the whole mountaintop .
“Good . No one is unwilling . From now on, you are members of the female medical team . Wake up at mao shi [5-7 am] and exercise on the mountain for two hours . Then return back to the Manor for breakfast . Then study medicine with me from wu shi [11-1 pm] with lunch in between and rest . Wei shi [1-3 pm] to shen shi [3-5 pm], practice medicine in the first half and practice martial arts in the second half . Rest and dinner during you shi [5-7 pm] . Self-study during xu shi [7-9 pm] . Sleep by hai shi [9-11 pm] . Next, I will start to call out names . If it’s your name, step forward and shout back . Understand?”
“Understand . ” The bashful little girls lowered their heads .
Zi You immediately shouted, “Answer loudly . Lift your heads and raise your chests . Remember, you are soldiers from this point on . Understand?”