I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 203 - 172: Five Organs Comic

"Go, go, go!!"

"After Wood and Fire comes Earth, oh no, I put it in the wrong place!"

"Oh, we won!"

"Let's do it again!!"

"No, if you lose, there's a penalty."

"Teacher, teacher, what's the reward if we win?"

"Is it something to eat?"

"I want a toy."

"..."

On the playground, after practicing for a little while, Lu Jiu started organizing them into group competitions, with the five teams that used the least time being the winners, and the other six teams being the losers.

The results came out quickly, and soon this group of little ones started clamoring for rewards, while those who lost were a bit unhappy.

Lu Jiu smiled and said, "The reward is this."

With that, Lu Jiu took out several dozen small booklets from his backpack.

These were booklets on Chinese medicine knowledge that Lu Jiu had compiled himself, completely different from the Chinese medicine textbooks distributed at school.

The reason for doing this wasn't because Lu Jiu thought the textbooks were bad.

The textbooks were compiled by many National Masters of Chinese Medicine, and the content was indeed very good, but they had one downside: they were too formal and held no appeal for children.

To put it simply, they weren't interesting enough.

Entering the world of Chinese medicine isn't difficult, what's difficult is mastering it, figuring out how to treat people.

Just understanding some knowledge of Chinese medicine can make one's health better, and that's actually very simple.

Lu Jiu's original intention was not to teach these kids to cure illnesses, but to help them develop strong bodies from a young age using Chinese medicine knowledge, and if they happen to become more interested in it, then they could delve deeper later.

If you start by bombarding them with a lot of information, it will only make these kids feel bored with Chinese medicine.

Therefore, Lu Jiu believed it was more appropriate to pique interest first and then make choices.

"Wow, it's a comic!"

"Let me see!"

"What is this, a ball of fire, how cute."

"It even talks, 'I love eating bitter things, I like anything that's bitter, but don't eat too much, or it will hurt my good friend Fei Jin.'"

"This is Heart Fire, it's written next to it."

"Heart Fire? Is that what the teacher taught us, Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, Liver, Heart, Spleen, Lungs, Kidneys?"

"Teacher, what does Heart Fire mean?"

Seeing the comic, the little ones were clearly very enthusiastic.

Lu Jiu then sat down on the playground and began explaining to them, "Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water are the five movement patterns of the universe, and our bodies also follow these five patterns. The Liver, Heart, Spleen, Lungs, and Kidneys are the physical representations of these patterns. To explain it to you, each of us has five cute little friends living inside our bodies. Of course, you'll learn later that there are more than five, but these are the main ones."

"These five little friends work inside our bodies every day, and because of them, we can live healthy lives. So, does anyone know what these five little friends are called?"

Luo Xiaoxiao cleverly said, "Heart Fire!!"

Lu Jiu smiled and said, "Yes, that's one of them."

Jiang Zeshen also raised his hand, "Also Fei Jin, Spleen Earth, Hydronephrosis, Liver Wood."

Lu Jiu applauded, "Very good."

Hearing Lu Jiu's praise, Jiang Zeshen's face lit up with a proud smile.

"Teacher, why have I never seen them?" Xia Mengya patted her tummy.

Lu Jiu laughed and said, "Because they are inside our bodies. Look, Heart Fire is here, on the left side of the chest, Liver Wood here, Fei Jin here, Spleen Earth is above the belly, and Hydronephrosis is in our lower back."

"We can't see them because our bones and skin protect them. If they came out of our bodies, they would get hurt and it would harm our health."

Luo Xiaoxiao asked, "Teacher, can they talk?"

Lu Jiu smiled and said, "Yes, but you can't hear them."

Luo Xiaoxiao asked, "Why not?"

Lu Jiu laughed and said, "Once you learn Chinese medicine, you'll understand why."

Jiang Zeshen suddenly said, "Teacher, when you grab our hands, you know what we've been doing, is it because you can hear the five little friends in our bodies talking?"

Lu Jiu laughed and said, "Yes, isn't it amazing?"

Jiang Zeshen's eyes lit up, "If I learn Chinese medicine, can I hear other people's five little friends talking like you, teacher?"

Lu Jiu smiled and said, "You'd have to be really good at it, and you have to endure a lot of hardship."

Jiang Zeshen shook his head, "I'm not afraid!"

Luo Xiaoxiao, eager not to be outdone, immediately exclaimed, "Teacher, I want to be really good at it too."

Xia Mengya softly said, "I want to become good too!"

Soon, the other kids began to chime in too.

Lu Jiu was very happy, but he didn't really believe these kids would wholeheartedly commit to learning Chinese medicine.

So far, he was just trying to stimulate their interest. If they truly decide to pursue the path of Chinese medicine, they'll have to learn over three hundred acupuncture points, dozens of meridians, hundreds of herbs, and various rhymes. Without memorizing them fluently, it's impossible to master it.

These are extremely tedious things that can't be shortcut, even Lu Jiu had to grit his teeth and persist through them as a child, much less these kids.

"Alright, alright, then you guys first memorize this comic book. The rewards and punishments I give today are simple: the first five groups who can memorize two pages before the next class will each receive a unique gift, and the next six groups who can memorize three pages will also receive unique gifts. How about it, do you have the confidence to complete this challenge?" Lu Jiu said.

"Yes!!!!" The children responded enthusiastically.

Hearing there were gifts to be earned and comics to read, they were completely delighted.

Even the kids who lost the competition, upon hearing the punishment was this and that they also had rewards, immediately threw their negative emotions aside and cheered along with everyone.

Lu Jiu was extremely comforted to see this outcome.

It was worth all the effort he put into compiling this comic book.

Actually, although he called it a comic book, it's really just a black-and-white five-panel comic.

The content is very simple; it's just an introduction of the Five Viscera.

Each panel features the viscus' own image, all designed by Lu Jiu.

Since he had to draw human meridian charts since he was young, even though he never received professional training in drawing, Lu Jiu's basic skills were quite good.

And as for the Five Viscera, their images are pretty easy to design: Heart Fire is a flame, Liver Wood is a tree, Spleen Earth is a soil block, Fei Jin is a cloud of air, and Hydronephrosis is a drop of water.

Of course, this is just the first volume, mainly discussing the likes and dislikes of the Five Viscera and how clothing, food, shelter, and transportation affect them.

Once the kids are familiar with that, Lu Jiu will start creating more complex stories, such as how their reactions would be if they catch a cold.

Kids love stories anyway.

In any case, he hears the dialogues of patients' Five Viscera every day, so his mind is full of material, making it easy for him to create these stories.

The tricky part is editing it into a book, which is time-consuming and laborious. Luckily, Tian Xuelin has connections, and his friend, who works in this field, completed the task in two days.

With ten minutes left before class ended, Lu Jiu noticed several kids already reading the comic, so he decided not to speak and let them read on.

The next moment, Lu Jiu shifted his gaze to another spot, where Tang Yi was also imitating him, and started teaching the children to play the Five Elements Bridge.

Although the kids in their class didn't really listen to Tang Yi, the situation improved significantly after they started playing games.

After all, children like who they like and are willing to listen to those they like, and they'll just oppose those they don't like, wearing all their emotions on their faces.

Soon, the bell signaling the end of class rang.

"Alright, everyone, tidy up and let's go back to the classroom," Lu Jiu said.

If this were before, they would have eagerly anticipated the end-of-class bell, but for Lu Jiu's class, they suddenly found the bell a bit annoying.

"Teacher, the next class is PE, can you ask the head teacher to let you teach it?" Luo Xiaoxiao asked.

Lu Jiu couldn't help but laugh, "How can that be? PE is very important, you have to attend it."

"But the PE teacher is sick and can't teach, the next class is Chinese," Luo Xiaoxiao said with a pout.

Uh...

Why does that sound so familiar, like something often heard in childhood?

"Teacher, why don't you cure the PE teacher's illness, I don't want to go to Chinese class," Luo Xiaoxiao said.

Lu Jiu almost burst out laughing; he couldn't cure the PE teacher's illness because the decision was up to the head teacher.

"Teacher, I don't want to go to Chinese class either," Xia Mengya chimed in.

"Teacher..."

"Teacher..."

Oh no, these clingy little guys started attacking him with all sorts of whines.

"Teacher is just a doctor, not a deity; he can't heal anyone just because you ask. Be good, everyone go back to the classroom so I can go prepare your gifts," Lu Jiu said, gently patting their heads to comfort them.

Sure enough, upon hearing Lu Jiu would go prepare gifts, the children's emotions shifted again.

After a bit of fuss, they were organized by their group leaders to follow Lu Jiu back to the classroom.

Meanwhile, Tang Yi, who was also sending students back to the classroom, saw Lu Jiu preparing to head downstairs and quickly jogged over.

"Brother Lu, I found that handling kids is really a skilled job, it's even more tiring than working in a hospital. How do you make it look so easy?" Tang Yi said with a rueful look.

"Take your time, once you're familiar with them, they'll naturally listen to you," Lu Jiu said with a smile.

"But if we keep playing like this, how can I teach them the content from the books? I saw Dr. An mention in the group chat yesterday that at the end of the term, the school will assess the students' knowledge of Chinese medicine. If the students' scores don't improve over two semesters, they'll replace us," Tang Yi said.

"You've got a whole year, what's there to be afraid of?" Lu Jiu said.

"The problem is, during the first class, I taught normally, and during the second class, none of them could answer my questions, not even remembering the most basic meridians. How am I supposed to teach future classes?" Tang Yi said.

"Here, take this," Lu Jiu said, pulling a comic book from his bag.

"What's this?" Tang Yi opened the comic and was immediately captivated, "Brother Lu, where did you get a Chinese medicine comic? It's amazing, turning the Five Viscera corresponding Five Elements, Five Colors, and Five Flavors into stories. Is this what you gave your class to read?"

"Yes, they really enjoyed it," Lu Jiu said with a smile.

"This is much more interesting than a textbook, and teaching them the characteristics of the Five Viscera through storytelling enhances memorability. Who made this?" Tang Yi asked.

"I did," Lu Jiu said.

"Huh? Brother Lu, you can do this too!?" Tang Yi was amazed to find that Lu Jiu, aside from being great at medical skills, could also draw comics. After seeing the content, Tang Yi was somewhat tempted, "Brother Lu, could I print a copy of this?"

"I gave it to you to use, take it," Lu Jiu said with a smile.

"Thank you, Brother Lu!!" Tang Yi said, feeling as if he had obtained a treasure.

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