Meng Yan's Transformation

Yun Daqing read acupuncture booklets for a few days and thought he had mastered the essence of acupuncture. He wanted to treat his second brother Yun Dawen with acupuncture.

One day, Yun Daqing came to Zhan Yu's house.

"Uncle, after reading the acupuncture booklet you gave me for many days, I have mastered the essence of acupuncture. Please lend me a few silver needles for acupuncture. I want to use acupuncture to treat my second brother Yundawen."

Yun Daqing spoke confidently as he showed Zhan Yu the acupuncture points he knew.

After watching Yun Daqing's demonstration, Zhan Yu said earnestly, "Daqing, you know some acupuncture points in books, but it doesn't mean you have mastered the essence of acupuncture. You only know a little bit and want to use acupuncture on your second brother. That won't work. The twelve meridians of the human body: 11 points of the lung meridian, 20 points of the large intestine meridian, 45 points of the stomach meridian, 9 points of the spleen meridian, 19 points of the small intestine meridian, 67 points of the bladder meridian, 27 points of the kidney meridian, 9 points of the pericardium meridian, 23 points of the three-collar meridian, 44 points of the gallbladder meridian, and 14 points of the liver meridian. The eight extraordinary meridians and collaterals: the specific acupuncture points are selected according to the condition. Acupuncture treatment should be carried out under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. If you rashly perform acupuncture on your second brother, it will cause adverse reactions, so I can't give you the silver needle of acupuncture. I have seen your second brother Yun Dawen. His illness needs to be seen in a big hospital. It is not something that you and I can cure with acupuncture."

No matter how much Yun Daqing begged, he was not able to borrow the silver needles for acupuncture from Zhan Yu.

Yundaqing returned to the barber shop in a bad mood. Seeing Zhan Yingying cutting someone's hair, he felt very unbalanced. He wanted to get angry at Zhan Yingying, but there were customers around, so he couldn't do it. He held back his anger and looked at Zhan Yingying angrily.

After the haircut customer left, Yunhan asked, "Yun Daqing, why are you staring at Zhan Yingying so angrily? Are you jealous? Zhan Yingying started learning haircut later than you, but now she can serve customers independently. When you see that Zhan Yingying's haircutting skills have surpassed yours, are you anxious? You don't study haircutting well, but run around here and there every day, going to your aunt's house whenever you have something to do, and you even want to learn medicine and acupuncture from your uncle. You can't even learn haircutting well, and you want to study medicine, isn't that wishful thinking?"

"Dad, how can you say that about your own son? How can you boost others' ambitions and destroy your own child's prestige? I just asked my uncle to borrow a few silver needles for acupuncture, but he was reluctant to lend them to me. He insisted that I only knew a little about acupuncture. In fact, I have mastered the essence of acupuncture. I mostly learned it by myself. My uncle didn't teach me much. But you, every day, teach Zhan Yingying how to cut hair seriously and attentively. Now Zhan Yingying has learned how to cut hair. I, your son, didn't need my uncle to teach acupuncture. I taught myself. I wanted to borrow two silver needles from my uncle, but he was reluctant to lend them to me. Zhan Yingying! You have to be grateful. If it weren't for my dad teaching you how to cut hair with all his heart, would you be able to learn the skill of cutting hair? Go and borrow a few silver needles from my uncle, so that my dad won't teach you how to cut hair in vain."

Yundaqing said to the two of them angrily.

Just as Zhan Yingying was about to go forward to comfort Yun Daqing, Yunhan pulled Zhan Mengyan back and said, "Zhan Yingying, don't worry about Yun Daqing. Go wash the towel, clean the hairdressing tools, and do your job."

After Yunhan finished instructing Zhan Yingzhan, she turned to Yun Daqing and said angrily, "Yun Daqing, what nonsense are you talking about? You just read acupuncture booklets for a few days and studied with your uncle for a few days, and you think you have mastered the essence of acupuncture. It's really ridiculous. Your uncle was right not to lend you silver needles. Who do you want to give acupuncture to when you lend the silver needles? Who do you want to harm? If Zhan Yingying dares to lend you silver needles from your uncle, she is harming you and is not grateful to me. If Zhan Yingying lends you silver needles, I will immediately terminate our master-disciple relationship and forbid her to set foot in my barber shop!"