I'm wearing it, but I'm still suffering.

Liu Xiaoxiao didn't quite understand this and said, "What's wrong with women? If women became doctors, wouldn't it be more convenient to treat women?"

Chen Ke knew that what she said was right, but this was the reality. Although many female relatives were afraid of seeing doctors because they were the first wife of a male and female doctor, once a female doctor really appeared, they would begin to doubt her medical skills.

As a result, fewer and fewer women were willing to study medicine. Hearing Liu Xiaoxiao's question, he could only say, "It's probably because the medical profession is too hard! And as you can see, studying medicine is like taking the imperial examination. First, you have to memorize the text, then learn to identify medicines, then learn to feel pulses, memorize pharmacology, and so on. Just think... how many people can stick with it?"

Liu Xiaoxiao thought after hearing this: "That's right! People in this era value marrying well over having a good family background. Who would bother studying medicine if they could marry well? And what Chen Ke just said can't be learned in a day or two. It's likely to take half a lifetime to master the essence." This means even fewer women are willing to study medicine.

Although she now knew she wasn't cut out for studying medicine, she didn't give up. So, she said to Chen Ke in a negotiating tone, "Doctor Chen, I know I might not meet your standards for accepting you as a disciple, but could you please take me with you when you go out to collect herbs in the future? I don't want to learn too much, I just want to help you out and learn a few more herbs. That way, if I come across a precious herb in the future, I won't miss it! Isn't that right?"

After listening to her, Chen Ke also remembered the only time she and her grandfather came to his pharmacy to sell medicinal herbs. He hadn't seen them again for several months. It turned out that they didn't know each other! This made him understand and said, "Okay, it's not a secret anyway. If you don't mind the hard work, come with me! But if your parents blame me, I won't recognize you!"

Seeing that he agreed, Liu Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Don't worry. In our family, my grandparents have the final say. Even if my father disagrees, it won't work."

Chen Ke knew that the Liu family seemed to be just as she said, and the old man and the old lady of the Liu family seemed to dote on their granddaughter very much. She didn't know what kind of magic potion she had fed them.

Later, Liu Xiaoxiao and Chen Ke picked a lot of medicinal herbs together. Since Liu Xiaoxiao knew that she was not cut out for studying medicine, she no longer asked Chen Ke what the medicinal herbs they picked were used for. She just took a few samples of medicinal herbs and searched around. If Chen Ke came across a rare or unique medicinal herb, he would call Liu Xiaoxiao over to see it and tell her the name and habits of the herb.

The two walked further and further away until they met a villager who was hunting nearby. The villager kindly warned them, "Old man, if you go any further, you'll be deep in the mountains. It's very dangerous there, and it's getting late. I think you'd better get out early."

Yes! They must have been out for two hours. Because the mountains were densely wooded and they were looking for herbs, they didn't notice it for a while because it was getting dark.

Chen Ke quickly thanked the young man who had reminded him, "Thank you for the reminder, young man. We were so busy working that we didn't pay attention. We've already walked into this place! We'll be back soon."

The man replied: "It's okay, I was planning to go back anyway. If you want to leave now, you can come with me."

Of course Chen Ke agreed to walk together. He hadn't noticed before, but now that everything was quiet, it would be scary if something suddenly popped out. So he said, "Okay, let's go together! It's just that we, an old man and a young boy, might not be able to walk as fast as you alone. I hope you don't mind."

The man waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'm not in a hurry anyway, let's go!"