Chapter 581 - The Taboo Rhyme of Pregnancy (2/2)
The ten contestants nodded in unison.
“So, let’s get started!” The host announced.
Upon hearing that, Fang Qiu, who got a plate written “No.1”, stood up and took a step forward.
“The Taboo Rhyme of Pregnancy.” Holding the question slip in his hand, Fang Qiu gradually read out the name of the question. Then, he stood straight, looking at the audience and the live camera in front of him with confidence like he was going to do a poetry recitation. Then he began to recite.
“Large Blister Beetle, Leech, Gadfly, Aconite, together with the slender root of Common Monkshood.”
As he recited the first sentence, Fang Qiu’s tone immediately caught everyone’s attention.
They were not trying to pick out any mistakes.
They just felt very unexpected because Fang Qiu’s voice was really so suitable for the recitation.
Every single word was recited in an exceptionally loud and clear voice. After he finished one sentence, people could hear the cadence. He spoke in a perfect tone, which contained rising and falling intonation.
It sounded particularly pleasant to the ear.
As everyone was surprised, Fang Qiu continued to recite.
“Pueraria, Mercury, and Croton Tiglium. Achyranthes Root, Coix Lacryma-jobi, and Centipede.”
He recited another sentence.
It was slightly different from the last sentence, which didn’t give people a feeling of repetition and boredom.
In the eyes of the general public, some of the Chinese Medicine rhymes were similar to Classical Chinese Writings. For those who never learned it, it was difficult to even read one sentence at a time, let alone recite it loudly.
Especially when they heard someone else reading, they would feel even more obscure and incomprehensible.
Under such circumstances, people didn’t like to learn or listen to Chinese Medicine rhymes.
But when Fang Qiu was reciting, it was very pleasant to hear. They didn’t feel arcane at all.
At the same time, the audience also exclaimed on the Internet.
“Sh*t. How can you recite a Chinese Medicine rhyme like this?”
“Fang Qiu, you’d better change your career and be an anchor of the broadcasting.”
“With this level of reading, you may be able to make it to the Network News Broadcast.”
“Am I the only one who thinks I’m listening to a song?”
As people were watching the live broadcast, there were also the contents that Fang Qiu recited on the screen. They appeared one by one, following Fang Qiu’s speed, just like the lyrics in the karaoke. As Fang Qiu recited, the color of the word would turn green so as to show that he was correct.
“Rhizoma Sparganii, Genkwa, and Gyromitra Infula. Peking Euphorbia, Periostracum Cicadae, and Yellow Cixiong.
“Mirabilite and Orange Osmanthus. Sophora Flower, Morning Glory, and Chinese Honeylocust Fruit.
“Pinellia Ternate, Arisaema Erubescens, and Tetrapanax Papyriferus. Dianthus Superbus, Dried Ginger, and Peach Kernel.
“Sal-Ammoniae, Resina Toxicodendri, and Crab Sheel. Epicauta, Couchgrass Root, and Ground Beetle.”
The rhyme was not long.
With Fang Qiu’s comfortable voice, no one even knew he finished reciting.
As they looked at the screen, they found that he was correct about every word.
Not a single word was wrong.
As they saw this, the relatives of Fang Qiu, who sat around Fang Qiu’s house and watched the show, couldn’t help cheering excitedly.
All the students of the University of Jiangjing Chinese Medicine were also cheering.
In the crowd, Zhu Benzheng, Sun Hao, and Zhou Xiaotian were even more excited.
The three of them didn’t look at each other, nor did they laugh and talk.
But at the same time, they clenched their fists and looked at the big screen. Looking at the confident look of Fang Qiu, they thought to themselves, “Sure enough, Fang Qiu will not fail at such a crucial moment!”
In the girls’ dormitory of the Jingbei University of Chinese Medicine, Jiang Mengjie smiled and said, “How would it possibly be difficult for you to recite such a simple rhyme?”
Although her voice was very bland and it seemed that she wasn’t worried at all, the change in her facial expression made people clearly know that she had just let out a sigh of relief.
In the northeast, Xu Miaolin and Chu Yunyun looked at each other and breathed sighs of relief at the same time.
Fang Qiu’s competition results were related to their happiness.
Although Fang Qiu wasn’t nervous, the two of them were extremely nervous.
Fang Qiu had passed this small test.
Next, all they needed to do was to wait for the final round of the competition.
Whether he could succeed or not depended on the final result!
On the spot, Fang Qiu took a step back after reciting and returned to the queue.
At this time, Jiang Miaoyu, who was standing at the ninth place, stepped out.
Seeing this, Fang Qiu was a little surprised.
He didn’t expect that Jiang Miaoyu actually got the No. 2 plate.
“Nineteen Repelling Rhyme.”
Jiang Miaoyu unfolded the slip she had drawn. After reading the question, she immediately began to recite.
She recited smoothly.
She followed Fang Qiu’s words very smoothly and continued to recite.
“Sulfur is the essence of fire. It can fight with Mirabilite.
“Mercury and White Arsenic can’t combine. Euphorbia is most afraid of Litharge.”
The moment she recited these two sentences, everyone was stunned.
Although her voice was different from Fang Qiu’s and gave people a different feeling, her recitation was just like Fang Qiu’s, which was rhythmic and very pleasant to the ear.
This made all the students of the University of Jiangjing Chinese Medicine cheered.
Fang Qiu’s mother was watching the live broadcast. Her eyes brightened as she looked at Jiang Miaoyu and thought to herself, “This girl looks pretty good.”
Since she learned to surf the Internet, she had seen a lot of news about Fang Qiu online. One of them said that Fang Qiu was dating Jiang Miaoyu.