Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 725 Ill

After all, these ancient people still can't understand the gold content of modern academic masters.

In ancient times, there were only a handful of people who could read. Some ordinary people could only rely on various skills to get ahead, but most people were still mediocre. After all, everyone had to run around for a living.

Although most people are like this now, there is still a difference between the two after all.

To put it in one word, it is introversion. Now that everyone can receive education, material needs such as food and clothing have basically been met, and more spiritual things can be pursued.

Among them, learning is also in this ranks.

Those who can survive the fierce competition like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge naturally have their merits.

It's just that even if Chen Nian is a fast learner, he doesn't feel any pride and complacency, because even if he is placed in ancient times, he is not full-time and omnipotent, and needs continuous learning.

But Chen Nian's energy is especially powerful at this time.

Another few days passed, and the old age also researched the spicy lo-mei, but the spiciness of cornel is still much worse than that of the peppers of later generations, but this spicy lo-mei was born in a very short time It spread and was sought after by people.

Chen Nian still runs to Huichun Hall every day, because he has started to learn medical skills from the old doctor.

Occasionally, he would go to Fu Ting's house, chat with Fu Ting, and play with Xiao Fuxin.

"Brother Fu, what are you going to do next?" Chen Nian asked.

Hearing this, Fu Ting glanced at Chen Nian: "What else can I do? Keep studying. If you don't study, can you beg for food?"

Chen Nian smiled, thinking that beggars in this era are indeed beggars, unlike some people in the later generations who beg during the day, and then drive a luxury car back to the big house at home to enjoy life after get off work at night.

"This is a way out. Didn't I just come from a beggar? Maybe Brother Fu can experience the sufferings of the world even more if he experiences a different life."

"I'm not going!" Fu Ting flatly refused, "It's impossible to beg for food."

Hearing this, Chen Nian said again: "If you don't want to go in this line of business, Brother Fu can also go to a private school or some rich family to be a teacher or something."

"Forget it. I didn't pass the exam this time because I was troubled by too many mundane things in the past three years. Now that I have a stable income, I can concentrate on studying. As for teaching others to read, there will naturally be someone Just do it, I'll just teach my son at home." Fu Ting said.

Apparently he has a mind of his own.

But old age is just that.

The days go by day by day, spring goes to autumn, cold comes and summer goes, as the leaves gradually wither and fall, Chen Nian ushers in the second winter in this world.

But it was also in this winter that Xu Erni fell ill.

After all, I am getting old, and I have had a hard time for quite a while, so my body is naturally not as good as when I was young.

Just one day, Xu Erni just finished cleaning the yard in the morning, and started to have a fever in the afternoon.

This can scare the old age.

It is no joke that the elderly are sick, especially in ancient times.

He hurriedly invited his master in Huichuntang to help Xu Erni see a doctor.

After the old man checked Xu Erni's condition, he slowly said: "Apprentice, you don't have to worry too much, your mother is just infected with a normal cold, I will write you a prescription later, and get some medicine back, you give it to you." Mother fry it, it won't be long before it's ready."

"Thank you, Master." Chen Nian thanked repeatedly.

Afterwards, Chen Nian followed the old doctor back to the Huichun Hall, and after taking the medicine, he came back to decoct the old lady.

Chen Nian fried the medicine carefully, put it out, and Song San sat on the edge of the kang with the medicine bowl in his hand.

Song San cherishes and cherishes Xu Erni very much.

"Old woman, take medicine."

Song San said with a smile.

But Xu Erni didn't have much strength at the moment, she wanted to sit up, but she couldn't make any effort after trying for a long time, so she came back from Chen Nian and hurriedly helped her up.

Song San stirred the medicine slowly with a spoon to let the medicine cool down a little. When scooping it up with the spoon, he blew it lightly. He put it on his lips first, felt the temperature, and then sent the spoon to Xu Erni here.

After taking a sip, Xu Erni's face twisted immediately: "Why is this medicine so bitter?"

Song San smiled: "The medicine must be bitter, the sweet one is sugar, and the fragrant one is meat, but people have to drink medicine when they are sick, and only after drinking the medicine can they get better."

As he spoke, he fed Xu Erni another spoonful.

After taking the second sip, Xu Erni only felt the pain in her mouth: "I don't want to drink it anymore. This medicine is too bitter. I want to drink soy milk. It's better to put some sugar in it."

Chen Nian looked at his old lady like this, but she looked a little like a little girl acting like a baby. Usually, my old lady looks kind and kind, taking care of the family affairs.

"Don't say that this little old lady is a little cute." Chen Nian couldn't help thinking.

"Mom, we have soy milk at home, but you have to drink the medicine first. After taking the medicine, let's drink soy milk and rinse your mouth." Chen Nian said.

"That's right." Song San echoed from the side: "If you're sick, if you don't take medicine, the disease will only get worse. I'm still waiting for you to get better and help me with work."

Xu Erni looked at her husband, then at her son.

"Oh, I drink it, but how can I catch a cold if it's good? Every time I go out, I wear a padded jacket and cotton trousers. Logically speaking, I shouldn't catch a cold, but you are right, you have to drink medicine when you are sick, otherwise You two have to wait on me."

The old man is like this, always thinking about gains and losses.

"Mother, please don't say that, I should serve you."

"That's right, you are my mother-in-law, and you usually take care of me, but now you are sick, what's wrong with me taking care of you?"

Xu Erni forced a smile: "Song Laosan, you are not afraid of outsiders gossiping."

As soon as Song San heard this, he blew his beard and stared in displeasure: "Who dares to gossip about me? I'll just serve my wife, what's the matter? There's no shame in that."

But after he finished speaking, he felt that taking such a small sip of the medicine was indeed a bit bitter: "This medicine is too hot now, let me cool it down for you, and drink it all in one breath while it is warm."

"Alright." Xu Erni said.

"Son, go heat the soy milk now, do we have any sugar? If so, put some sugar into the soy milk for your mother."

"Yes, I'm going to heat up the soy milk."

Not long after, Xu Erni finished taking the medicine and drank the old hot sweetened soy milk, and then lay down on the kang again, covering the quilt tightly.

Song San just stood by the kang, looking at his wife, while Chen Nian was busy in the yard.

You have to change the water for the soaked meat, you have to chop firewood, and you have to weigh the spices you bought separately, and put them together for later use.

After finishing these, Chen Nian had to tidy up the yard.

Now every day if the yard is not cleaned up, it will be full of fallen leaves, so I have to sweep it every day.

It's just that Chen Nian was busy, and it was almost noon when he went back to the house to get salt, but before he entered the house, through the crack in the door, Chen Nian saw Song San wiping tears over there.

You must know that since Chen Nian came to this house, he has never seen Song San showing such an expression.

"Oh, it's getting old after all."

Chen Nian couldn't help sighing.

But in fact, whether it is Song San or Xu Erni, they are both in their 50s now.

But their faces are the faces of people who are very common in the countryside. Because they have to work harder every day and are exposed to the wind and sun, they look older.

In contrast, their mother Feng Honghong, who was about the same age, looked younger than them.

But that's just because of the different times.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian coughed before pushing the door in. Song San had already wiped away his tears when he heard Chen Nian cough just now.

After Chen Nian entered the room, he rubbed his hands as if nothing happened: "The weather is getting cold now, and I don't know when it will snow."

"It's hard to say. It snows in November when it's cold in previous years, but sometimes it doesn't fall until the end of the year. But it's a good thing to have snow in winter."

"Auspicious snow heralds a good year." Chen Nian said with a smile.

"That's almost what it means. My son is educated. I can't say this kind of words."

After warming his hands by the stove, Chen Nian went to get some salt and asked, "How is your mother?"

"I reckon it's not a big problem. I'm sweating a little now. It seems that the medicine is still effective. Cover it up and it will be fine in a few days."

Chen Nian nodded.

In this way, after they had dinner at noon, since Song San had to stay at home to take care of his wife, Chen Nian could only go out.

There is not much grain at home, and I have to go out and buy some more when I am old. I don’t need to buy meat. There is plenty at home, but I have to buy more vegetables.

However, when Chen Nian was shopping outside, he found that some stalls still sold fruit.
Although the color does not look as fresh as summer and autumn, my mother is sick, and eating some fruit to supplement vitamin C is also helpful for the condition.

It's just that Chen Nian asked the price and found that the fruits sold in this season seemed a bit expensive, but he still bought some more.

After taking it home, Xu Erni saw that Chen Nian bought the fruit and came back, and after asking, she learned that Chen Nian bought it for herself, and couldn't help complaining that Chen Nian spent money indiscriminately.

"Mom, how can this be considered a waste of money? When people are sick, they have to make up for it. They should eat light food, but these fresh fruits and vegetables should also be eaten."

Xu Erni said that she can't eat it now, and it's okay to eat it normally, but now these fruits are still a bit hard for her.

"Mom, it's okay, leave it to me."

Afterwards, Aged Nian squeezed these fruits into juice, and then put it on the stove to heat it up. The juice was not so cold, so I brought it over to my old lady to drink.

But Song San took a sip first, and couldn't help frowning: "Why is it lukewarm? Then add some boiling water."

But Chen Nian didn't do it, because Song San didn't know, but he knew very well that if the temperature of the water exceeds [-] degrees, vitamin C will gradually be destroyed and degraded, and the effect will not be so good.

"Father, this can't be too hot, otherwise it will be useless if you drink it. This is what my master told me." Chen Nian has a lot of experience in communicating with his parents. In many cases, Chen Nian stands on his own Parents may not believe it from the perspective of others, but it will be different if an authoritative person is moved out.

Sure enough, Song San heard that Chen Nian said that this was taught to him by the old doctor, so he didn't say anything more.

After a few days like this, Xu Erni's condition gradually improved.

Chen Nian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But not long after Xu Erni happened, Song San fell ill again, and it was even more serious than Xu Erni.

In addition to having a fever and coughing, Chen Nian asked for a prescription from the old doctor, and came back to continue to serve his father.

Simply Song San's illness was just a little severe cold, and under Chen Nian's careful care, his father gradually got better.

"If you want me to say, you have to be a young man. Look at our son, he hasn't been sick all winter."

"Yeah, we both have to take good care of our bodies, and we can't cause trouble for our son."

For this reason, Chen Nian is a good comfort, so that the two elders should not think too much.

Time flies like a white horse, and two years have passed in a blink of an eye.

Chen Nian has also reached the age of 17, but he still has not married a wife. Chen Nian is also quite surprised about this aspect. It seems that there is still a certain difference between the world he experienced in the dream space and reality, otherwise it would be like At my age, if I haven't married a wife and had children, I will be fined.

But here, too, no one troubled himself.

And not only himself, Sun Yunrou of Huichun Hall was also unmarried, and apart from some gossip, there was no interference from the government.

"Brother Chen, I'm going to take another exam."

On this day, Fu Ting found Chen Nian again and told Chen Nian the news.

"Brother Fu must have more confidence in participating in the Qiuwei competition this time."

"That is, in the past three years, I have learned from the pain, studied hard, studied a lot of historical materials, and put a lot of effort into the articles. There is absolutely no problem in this competition!"

"Then I wish Brother Fu every success and win the first place in one fell swoop!"

"Thank you Brother Chen for your good words, but this time I am going to the provincial capital, my wife and children are not taken care of at home, so I have to trouble Brother Chen for several more months."

"Brother Fu, just go ahead. With me here, Madam Sister-in-law won't be wronged at all."

"I'm relieved to have brother Chen say that." Fu Ting hesitated to speak up to this point.

"What's the matter? Brother Fu, do you have anything else to entrust, just say it together."

"It's like this." Fu Ting sighed, and said with some embarrassment, "In the past three years, although I saved a lot of money by writing and writing for others, my wife had an illness before and spent a lot of money. Quite a lot, and later I spent some to buy books, so I want to ask Brother Chen if you have any spare money on hand, and lend me some more."

When Chen Nian heard this, he thought to himself that the few taels of silver you lent me last time have not been repaid.

But he didn't say it, but nodded: "Yes, how much does Brother Fu need?"

"Then make up the whole number from the last time. It will add up to ten taels of silver. I will definitely repay it in the future, brother."

This time Fu Ting didn't say anything like doubling, but said that he would pay it back.

Chen Nian didn't care about these things, anyway, based on his friendship with Fu Ting, let alone ten taels of silver, as long as he had it, and as long as it didn't affect the living conditions of the elders in the family, he could borrow any more.

Because Fu Ting only took the money for exams, and didn't spend it randomly.

Then Chen Nian went back and took the silver out and put it into Fu Ting's hands.

"Brother Fu, you must win this time!"

(End of this chapter)