Leono and the others turned to look at Roman at the same time.
The unfamiliar young man followed everyone's gaze and smiled.
"Ha, you really were here, Mr. Sapina. I went to your home, but your father said you had left... ah, gone out. Father Carlo suggested that I come look for you here."
Roman Sapina was secretly delighted when he saw the visitor. He hurried forward and bowed. "I'm very sorry to have wasted your valuable time, Baron Viedang. You were looking for me because...?"
"Your application to become a 'Resident Doctor' has been approved." Viedang took out a document and handed it to him. "Once you complete these registrations, you will be a Resident Doctor of Meadow Parish."
The "Resident Doctor" he spoke of was the official French name for a Barefoot Doctor.
Sapina took the registration documents, his hands trembling slightly with excitement. "Th-this... thank you so much!"
He had originally submitted the application and taken the assessment merely to give it a try. He had never expected to actually be selected.
Baron Viedang smiled and waved a hand. "You don't need to thank me. Your logic and practical-operation scores were both the highest in the entire village, and your family has a spare room. You were the most suitable candidate."
Leono looked at Viedang and quietly asked his brother-in-law, "Roman, who is this gentleman?"
Sapina hurriedly introduced him to everyone. "Oh, this is Baron Viedang, from the medical faculty of Reims University."
Leono's entire family bowed to Viedang. In this era, doctors still held quite a high social status.
In truth, Viedang had not yet officially graduated. He had to train the Resident Doctors of Meadow Parish, then intern at Reims University Affiliated Hospital for another two years before he could obtain his medical license—this was