Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

Chapter 19 Finally got an identity
The roof is covered with green tiles, the pillars are carved with red beams, the lintel is more than ten meters wide, and the four-door door is extremely spacious and grand.

There are big red lanterns hanging on both sides, stone lions squatting below, and on the top of the center,

Book - Yaowangtang.

The couplets on the left and right read
"Although the preparation is complicated, we must not save on labor."
"Although the taste is expensive, we will never dare to reduce the cost."

Chen Ku walked into the facade of this building which was considered to be a giant-level force in the entire Baojiao County.

After stepping over the threshold, the stairs lead down.

That is to say, the street level is several floors higher than Yaowang Hall. To get in, you have to walk down several flights of stairs. It is a depression.

He couldn't help but feel curious.

With this kind of building, all the water will leak in when it rains.

"Are you buying medicine?"

As soon as Chen Ku came in, a waiter from Yaowangtang wearing a long gown came over.

As soon as the other party approached, he felt a wave of heat coming at him, giving him the impression that the other party was a young man with a strong temper and could burn people.

When I looked into his eyes again, I found that this Yaowangtang waiter had brighter eyes than ordinary people, his body was straight, and he exuded a vigorous spirit.

This spirit and energy didn't seem like that of a waiter at all, because he had a confidence that came from Yaowang Hall and the long gown he wore.

"No, I'm here to deliver medicine." Chen Ku responded, "I don't know what to call you, brother?"

"My name is Wu Gui. Deliver? Deliver medicine?" Wu Gui asked in surprise, "What medicine? The medicinal materials of Yaowangtang are all collected by people from the shops below. We don't accept private medicine."

Hearing this, Chen Ku was not disappointed, but smiled.

Then, deliberately loudly attracting attention,

"Precious grass! You won't collect it either?"

The shout was so loud that many people in Yaowang Hall looked over.

"Treasure grass?"

"Someone is here to give me some precious grass?!"

All of a sudden, dozens of eyes were focused on Chen Ku.

Simultaneously.

On the square chair on the counter, an old man with white hair and a youthful face, wearing a black gown, was sitting there with his eyes closed to rest. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and looked at Chen Ku.

When Wu Gui heard these two words, his face turned serious: "Precious grass? You're here to deliver the precious grass?"

Chen Ku said seriously, "Yes, I heard that the Medicine King Hall once had a written document stating that anyone who could pick a precious herb and bring it to the Medicine King Hall could learn from the Medicine King Hall. Is this true or not?"

Wu Gui was about to speak.

"of course it's true!"

An old but loud voice suddenly came from the old man sitting on the square chair. The voice seemed to be powerful enough to overturn the roof:
"My Medicine King Hall recruits people, but it's not cheap, because we have real things to teach. So even if you start as a clerk, you need a hundred taels of silver to become our disciple. But if you have precious herbs to offset the cost, then you can be hired directly without paying any money."

Talking
The old man walked over slowly with his hands behind his back, step by step, steady and imposing. He had a strong aura and the dignity of an old man.

"May I ask for your advice, sir?" Chen Ku asked with a bow.

"I am the current head monk of Yaowang Hall. My last name is Nong, and my courtesy name is Baosen. I can make the decision about everything in this hall today, including accepting you as my disciple." Nong Baosen looked at Chen Ku, and his eyes were on the wooden box in the backpack behind him. He said, "But the box behind you must contain real precious herbs."

Nong Baosen.

Chen Ku was in the countryside, so naturally he had never heard of this person, but the other party claimed to be a pharmacist, so there was no need to say more.

Then he took down the backpack:

"I was just about to ask you to take a look."

Seeing Chen Ku's actions, other people who were buying medicine in Yaowang Hall, as well as dozens of waiters in the main hall, were all curious and wanted to see whether it was a precious herb.

After Chen Ku opened the wooden box.

“Is this a lotus?”

"No, look carefully, this lotus is actually a ghost face." "The plant is strange, it's really a precious grass!"

"What a lucky young man!"

"It seems that he was born in a poor family, but he is so lucky that he picked the ghost lotus. Now he doesn't have to pay a penny and can enter the Medicine King Hall to learn skills..."

All around.

Many of the Yaowangtang's employees looked at Chen Ku with envy.

Seventy to eighty percent of them came here by paying money.

This person is so lucky.

Nong Baosen on the opposite side nodded upon seeing this: "The ghost-faced lotus, and it is mature, and the ghost-faced lotus with lotus seeds is indeed a top-quality precious herb."

Nong Baosen nodded in acknowledgement.

Chen Ku also felt relieved. After all, although he was 90% sure that this must be a precious herb, he didn't know what Yaowang Hall would say.

At this time, Nong Baosen took the two-foot-long ghost-faced lotus and looked at it carefully. Then, he smiled bitterly at Chen and said:

"You are also lucky. You happened to come across the Ghost Face Lotus when it was producing lotus seeds. The most valuable part of this precious herb is the lotus seeds, the Ghost Face Buddha Heart. Each lotus seed is worth four or five taels of silver. This kind of lotus seed is especially beneficial for martial artists to control blood and replenish essence. Your plant has at least twenty seeds. The lotus seeds alone are worth about one hundred taels of silver, not to mention that the Ghost Face Lotus is also valuable."

Chen Ku felt regretful upon hearing this. If he had known earlier, he should have just dug out the lotus seeds and sent them over, and left the ghost-faced lotus itself.

It seemed as if he saw through Chen Ku's thoughts.

Nong Baosen smiled and said:

"Don't worry, Yaowang Hall won't take advantage of you. We accept your gift. The precious herbs you sent are equivalent to what you can get in Yaowang Hall in the next year. With this premium Ghost Face Lotus, you will have a much better life as a clerk in Yaowang Hall than others in this year."

Chen Ku understood. This was just like paying money to live on campus and learn skills. The more money he paid, the better the treatment he could get.

It’s not impossible to think this way.

At least, exchanging the whole precious herb for a year of training in Yaowang Hall is better than being exploited by Yaochai City.

He is taking advantage of the huge size of Yaowangtang to reasonably avoid taxes and obtain maximum benefits for himself.

"Then, boy, when can you come to Yaowang Hall to learn skills?" Chen Ku asked.

"We can arrange for you to register today, and you can get a set of our Yaowangtang's servant gown and an identity certificate... If you have something to do, you can make a registration first, and come back after you have dealt with the things around you, but the prerequisite is that it should not exceed one month." Nong Baosen said.

"To be honest, I do have to go back to the village. So, should I register first?" Chen Ku asked.

Nong Baosen nodded and said to Wu Gui beside him: "You, take him to the inner treasury to register, and then let them arrange for him to help in which hospital."

"What's your name, brother?" Wu Gui asked.

"I dare not, Chen Ku."

"Brother Chen, come with me."

Chen Ku came to the backyard of Yaowang Hall. Along the way, he listened to what Wu Gui said to him:
"Congratulations, Brother Chen, for entering the Medicine King Hall. However, you, who have just entered, can only start as a clerk. The tuition fee is one year. During this year as a clerk, if you show good martial arts or pharmacist talent, you can be transferred to be an 'apprentice'. If not, you can either go home or become a clerk in the hall like me, but it means that you will be just a clerk for the rest of your life."

"Thank you, Brother Wu, for your advice."

After a while, Chen Ku went to the warehouse and received his long gown belonging to Yaowangtang as a clerk, as well as a wooden plaque with the words "Yaowangtang clerk xxx" written on it.

"With this voucher, Brother Chen, you will no longer have to pay the entrance fee when you enter and leave the inner city. You can also buy a courtyard to live in the county town. This is the status of Yaowang Hall, and it is also the most expensive thing that most of us have bought with a hundred taels of silver." Wu Gui said, "But you can only have it for one year. After one year, whether you can still have it depends on your ability."

Chen Ku clasped his fists and looked at the waist certificate, thinking: "Isn't it just a temporary ID card and residence and work permit?"

A temporary identity is also an identity.

But, it is indeed equivalent to becoming a half-county household.

With this public identity, he could finally spend the money that he had hidden away.

After completing the formalities for joining Yaowangtang and saying hello, which was equivalent to taking half a month off, Chen Ku changed into a long gown from the county and walked towards the village with confident steps.

This wave is called wearing a long gown and returning home in glory.

(End of this chapter)