I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 187 - 157: Taking Pulses for Grade Schoolers

Elementary school, you know.

Everyone is still quite afraid of the teacher.

As soon as they saw the homeroom teacher standing at the classroom door, these little students didn't dare to speak, they ran straight into the classroom, each sitting quietly in their seats. Occasionally, a few mischievous ones would fidget, but not too much.

Lu Jiu noticed that these elementary school homeroom teachers were particularly young.

They looked about the same age as him, but that aura they had even made Lu Jiu feel a bit intimidated.

Probably a kind of inherent authority they've had since childhood.

Clap clap clap!

The homeroom teacher walked up to the podium, clapped her hands to signal the students to focus their attention.

"Fang Xu! Put away the snacks in your hand, class is starting."

"As I mentioned to you before, we'll have a new teacher in our class. This new teacher is here to teach you traditional Chinese medicine... Luo Xiaoxiao! If you like talking so much, come up here and talk, stand up!"

"Bang!! It's only been a few days without me losing my temper, and you're already acting out again, aren't you?"

"From now on, you will have a Chinese medicine class once a week taught by this teacher. If I hear anyone misbehaving or causing trouble in this teacher's class, the first time I'll just warn you, but if it happens again, I'll call your parents, understand?"

Xu Yuerong looked at the students with satisfaction, then looked outside the classroom at Lu Jiu, immediately putting on a gentle face.

"Teacher Lu, please introduce yourself, and then you can start your class. I won't take up your time."

Lu Jiu nodded and then walked into the classroom.

The students' eyes all turned to look at Lu Jiu and the big backpack on his back.

After walking up to the podium, Xu Yuerong left the classroom.

Now only the students and Lu Jiu were left in the classroom.

Lots of little eyes widened.

Lu Jiu then picked up a chalk and wrote two characters on the blackboard.

"Lu Jiu."

"This is my name. Today I'm formally introducing myself to you all. I'm Lu Jiu, a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine."

"Does anyone know what traditional Chinese medicine is about?"

Lu Jiu asked the students below.

Soon, everyone started to get riled up.

"It's about saving people!"

"Treating illnesses!"

"Collecting herbs."

"Using needles on people."

"..."

Lu Jiu's question was like a stone dropping into a calm lake, causing a thousand ripples. The originally quiet classroom quickly became noisy.

He finally understood why every homeroom teacher had such a fiery temper.

No choice.

Driven to it!

This bunch of kids was just too good at exploiting opportunities, if he wasn't careful, they'd start acting up.

Lu Jiu knew that kids were naturally active and talkative, and forcing them to be quiet was only temporary. How to channel this was the key.

"The boy at the back of the first row, I think what you said was quite right. Can you stand up and tell me your answer again?" Lu Jiu raised his voice amid the noise.

Luo Xiaoxiao, hearing Lu Jiu calling him, immediately stood up, "Traditional Chinese medicine is about saving people."

Lu Jiu smiled, "What's your name?"

Luo Xiaoxiao puffed his chest, "Luo Xiaoxiao."

Lu Jiu asked, "Do you want to experience traditional Chinese medicine?"

Luo Xiaoxiao looked curiously at Lu Jiu, "I'm not sick, why would I need to experience it?"

Lu Jiu smiled, "You don't have to be sick to experience it. Traditional Chinese medicine isn't just about treating people, it can also tell what someone has been doing every day. As long as you let me hold your wrist, I can tell what you've been up to these past few days. Do you want to experience it?"

Luo Xiaoxiao didn't believe him, "Teacher, you're lying, aren't you?"

Lu Jiu smiled, "If you don't believe me, you can come up and verify it."

Luo Xiaoxiao immediately noticed his classmates looking at him, and his pride wouldn't allow him to back down.

"Fine, I'll come!"

Saying that, Luo Xiaoxiao walked towards the teacher's podium like a brave hero.

Lu Jiu couldn't help but find it amusing. Once Luo Xiaoxiao stood next to him, Lu Jiu said, "Come on, give me your hand."

Luo Xiaoxiao extended his hand.

Lu Jiu then took hold of his wrist, and in the next moment, the sounds of the Five Viscera appeared in his mind.

To create a sense of mystery, Lu Jiu didn't say much and cleverly tricked Luo Xiaoxiao's naïve Five Viscera into revealing a lot of Luo Xiaoxiao's personal secrets.

Thirty seconds later, even the usually chatty classroom seemed to be influenced by Lu Jiu's calm actions and gradually became quiet.

Luo Xiaoxiao glanced at Lu Jiu and thought he might not be able to figure it out, so a smug smile appeared on his face.

But soon, Lu Jiu released Luo Xiaoxiao's hand with a smile and stared at him, "Did you have a stomachache late last night because you secretly ate two ice creams, right?"

Luo Xiaoxiao's smile froze on his face, looking at Lu Jiu in disbelief.

Knowing about the stomachache was one thing, but he even knew about the two ice creams he secretly ate.

How did he do that?

From Luo Xiaoxiao's expression, the other students also gleaned some information. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"Luo Xiaoxiao, is the teacher right?" a student who was close to Luo Xiaoxiao directly asked.

Luo Xiaoxiao's eyes darted around, "N-No, I didn't have a stomachache, you guessed wrong."

Lu Jiu, hearing this, kept smiling, "Oh? Then did you have a bed-wetting incident the morning before?"

The last two words, Lu Jiu only mouthed without making a sound.

But Luo Xiaoxiao, who was closest, saw it clearly.

It meant bed-wetting.

At this, Luo Xiaoxiao's eyes couldn't remain calm anymore.

"I, I don't want to play anymore." Luo Xiaoxiao fled in a panic.

The students below, seeing him like this, were especially curious about whether Lu Jiu was correct just now.

Lu Jiu didn't continue teasing Luo Xiaoxiao but looked at all the students instead.

"Does everyone want to experience whether I can know what you've been up to recently?"

Regarding privacy, as long as it's not something embarrassing, children usually let their guard down, so when Lu Jiu asked this, they were all very eager.

So, Lu Jiu walked off the podium and began to feel the pulse of each student, starting from the first row of the first group.

"Did you fall yesterday and scrape your knee?"

"Wow, teacher, how did you know that?"

...

"Did you have hiccups all night last night after dinner?"

"Yes, yes, yes, teacher, you got it right."

...

"Hmm? Did you catch a cold and get an injection at the hospital a few days ago?"

"Wow, teacher, Xia Mengya really did take a leave to get an injection, we all knew about it, you're amazing!!"

...

Just like that, after feeling each student's pulse, Lu Jiu described almost all the situations correctly, without any mistakes.

This made the students look at Lu Jiu completely differently.

It also made them especially curious about Chinese medicine.

"Teacher, if we learn Chinese medicine, can we become as amazing as you?"

The one speaking was the grandson of the old man.

His name is Jiang Zeshen.

"Of course, you can all become as amazing as me, as long as you are willing to study seriously." Lu Jiu replied with a smile.

"Teacher, please teach us."

"Teacher, I want to learn!"

"I also want to learn."

"I want to learn too!"

"..."

Even Luo Xiaoxiao, who was hesitant earlier, joined in.

Children's shame is fleeting, as long as something else captures their interest, they quickly forget the previous embarrassment.

Lu Jiu said with a smile, "Alright, then I'll teach you the basics of Chinese medicine."

While speaking, Lu Jiu wrote five characters on the blackboard.

Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water.

"Do you recognize these five characters?"

"Yes!!!"

Lu Jiu opened his backpack and took out some custom-made foam bricks.

"Next, let's play a game where we walk over the Five Elements Bridge in the order of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. The rule is that each of you holds two foam bricks and steps on them. The person behind must step on the foam bricks to move forward, while also placing their foam bricks on the ground to form a long bridge. Remember, you must follow the order of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. If the order is wrong, the game ends. If you understand the rules, let's go to the playground and play, okay?"

As soon as Lu Jiu mentioned playing a game, the kids' enthusiasm soared.

"Oh!! Let's play a game!"

"Hahaha, I want to play!"

"Teacher, are we going now?"

"..."

But at this moment, Lu Jiu's expression became serious.

"You can play, but you must listen to me. No running around, no fighting, and definitely no breaking the game rules. If anyone violates the rules, they won't be allowed to join this game in the future, and they'll never learn my skills from earlier. Understand?"

Lu Jiu didn't shout, yet for some reason, the students below the podium immediately became obedient, their responses remarkably in sync.

"Understood!"

Lu Jiu smiled with satisfaction, "Good, everyone line up in groups and leave the classroom in an orderly manner."

The next moment, many students followed Lu Jiu, lined up in the corridor, and then walked slowly downstairs from the corridor of their grade, eventually arriving on the playground.

When their class passed by other classes, An Xianda and others were bewildered, completely unclear why Lu Jiu was taking these students out of the classroom.

How was he planning to teach Chinese medicine?

On the playground.

Lu Jiu divided the fifty-five students in the class into eleven groups, five people per group, and began the game.

The group in first place would receive a prize, while the last place group would face a penalty.

Once a reward and punishment system was in place, everyone's enthusiasm instantly soared.

However, because Lu Jiu didn't prepare enough foam bricks, playing as a whole class was inefficient.

Fortunately, although the efficiency was low, in just a few minutes, these kids memorized the order of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water effortlessly.

Don't underestimate the order of these five characters. Once this basic knowledge is ingrained in their minds, it will significantly enhance their subsequent learning.

"Principal, look at what that doctor is doing?"

In the corridor outside the principal's office, the head teacher Bao Jiahao noticed Lu Jiu on the playground and immediately called out to He Wen, who was walking with him.

He Wen looked closely and realized it was one of the eight Chinese medicine doctors who came in the morning. He couldn't help but wonder, "Why did he bring the students to the playground? He was asked to teach Chinese medicine, not physical education. What's he doing?"

Bao Jiahao agreed, "Exactly, this is ridiculous. He has no experience at all. If something happens to the kids, how will we explain it to the parents?"

He Wen frowned, "Go remind him to teach in the classroom. A simple Chinese medicine lesson doesn't need all these theatrics."

Bao Jiahao replied hastily, "I'll go talk to him right away."

"Come back," He Wen added, "Be a bit gentle in your approach. Just say a couple of words, don't make it too confrontational."

Bao Jiahao smiled, "Understood, understood!"

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