Siheyuan: Stab at Louzi at the beginning

Chapter 669 Wei Shisan

Turning around, he saw that it was an old man coming, and Xu Damao's anger faded a lot.

In contrast, the old man also saw Xu Damao's face.

very familiar.

Is a leader.

"You are Director Xu, right? Are you trimming these flowers to take them back for tea?"

Xu Damao:......

"I'll take it back and give it to my lover."

Old man:......

"Director Xu, you and your lover are really in love... The chrysanthemums here are all cultivated by traditional Chinese medicine practitioners from generation to generation. They have been cultivated for hundreds of years. In the previous dynasty, these are tribute chrysanthemums. The yellow ones are 'steamed' and 'dried in the shade', and the golden ones are 'soaked in wine' and 'fried with charcoal'. These methods are used to treat different symptoms. Of course, they are preserved here. Good things should not be put in only one basket."

Xu Damao didn't stop his hands.

"What do you mean by this? You want me to take it back and dry it in the shade to make tea?"

The chrysanthemum tea that ordinary people often drink is made by washing it clean and drying it in the shade. It can clear away heat and reduce fire, dispel wind and clear away heat. Of course, more and more people are beginning to choose charcoal-fried chrysanthemums.

Don’t ask why, because of high temperature sterilization.

"No, Director Xu, I mean this year's new tea will be out soon, how about you take some back?"

Xu Damao was not short of money, so he naturally had no shortage of tea. It didn't make any difference whether he bought it with his own money or it was given to him by others.

However, Xu Damao really wants to try this Gongju chrysanthemum tea.

"Then have some?"

"Come on, I'll send it to you when it's done."

Xu Damao:......

Isn't this a waste of his feelings? Feelings are talked about for a long time but still no charcoal is fried.

"you are?"

Xu Damao's original intention was to be sarcastic, but the old man actually thought Xu Damao was asking him who he was, and began to answer very seriously.

"I'm Wei Shisan. I've been learning Chinese medicine from the Li family since I was a child. I planted these chrysanthemums for Pharmacist Li. I've basically been competing with chrysanthemums all my life. I was planting chrysanthemums in the feudal society, I was still planting chrysanthemums after the change of dynasties, and I'm still planting chrysanthemums in the new society. I haven't learned much about Chinese medicine, but I've become an expert at planting flowers, grasses, and medicinal herbs."

Once these qualifications were revealed, Xu Damao had to look more serious.

Wei Shisan, it does not mean that his name is Shisan. This Shisan is the family ranking, which includes all cousins. People with little education would usually name themselves like this, but usually after they become adults, they would get a new name.

Zhu Yuanzhang was formerly known as Zhu Chongba. He called Du Fu "Du Er" and Meng Haoran "Meng Liu". Wu Dalang, Wu Erlang, Huang Siniang, Hu Sanniang, Du Shiniang, Li Er, and Yamamoto Goroku, these numbers actually refer to family rankings.

Some of them don't have any big names.

This is actually the same as it is now, with a full name and a nickname. If you have no culture and don’t care, you won’t have a full name. Or if you think the nickname sounds nice, you won’t have a full name.

Wei Shisan has been learning Chinese medicine from the Li family since he was a child... In the feudal society... From another perspective, he was sold to the Li family. Whether they paid him or not is another matter, but at least he could have a meal and would not starve to death. It could be considered as finding a wealthy family for Wei Shisan.

Just to live.

What would poor families do if they couldn't make a living? They would sell their children. They were usually sold to wealthy families as maids and servants. It was a great blessing for them to learn skills. Not to mention selling them to brothels or sending them to the palace to be eunuchs, which was the worst option. Most parents would rather drown their children in a urine bucket than sell them to brothels. As for those people in brothels, except for the women who had their families confiscated and the prisoners who were barbarians, the rest suffered in their own way.

As for being sent to the palace to be a eunuch?

Sorry, the palace doesn't accept children. At least they have to be grown up and able to serve. You can't enter the palace and become a eunuch and have others serve you, right?

Then, a clean family background comes first, and finally, you have to spend money. After these two steps, it doesn’t mean that it’s set in stone, but they start to persuade you, all kinds of persuasion, persuading you to think more positively. Why do you want to enter the palace to be a eunuch when you are young? At this time, there is a cooling-off period for being a eunuch. As long as you show a little reluctance, the cleansing house will immediately return the money and let you leave quickly.

People from truly poor families could not enter the palace to become eunuchs because they simply had no money.

If you sell him to someone else as a servant, you can get some money.

Logically speaking, since the threshold to become a eunuch is so high, there shouldn't be so many eunuchs. Why is that?

Maybe it’s because the workplace is in the palace.

What I have said so much is actually to express one point: in feudal society, selling children was a very common thing. Once you became a slave, it would be difficult to come back.

Don't find it hard to understand. Concubines can be used to entertain guests, and pregnant concubines can be given away at will because they are slaves. It is legal and reasonable, and there is no point in reporting it to the authorities.

Finally, there is one more point. Ordinary people should do their jobs honestly. No matter what time it is, someone is needed to do things.

For example, Wei Shisan has been growing Chinese medicinal herbs all his life. After three dynasties, he is still growing chrysanthemums. Of course, slavery, a product of feudal oppression, does not exist in the new society. But Wei Shisan is free, but where can he go?

I know a little bit of Chinese medicine and how to grow flowers and plants. If I leave the Li family now, I might starve to death outside. It would be better for me to continue living a comfortable life in the Li family.

After all, I have followed Yao Lao for my whole life and have come through this.

Xu Damao also saw the "Researcher" tag hanging on his chest. He should have been a servant of Yao Lao in the past, but he had long lost his slave status and now he had become a real researcher.

This can be considered as making it big. Not only can I eat commercial grain, but when I retire in a few years, I can also receive a considerable allowance every month.

"So you mean this chrysanthemum is Yao Lao's?"

"That's right. Not only the chrysanthemums were provided by Yao Lao, but most of the Chinese medicines in the institute were provided by his family. The experimental field where sweet potatoes are planted was not provided by Yao Lao. It was planted by a little girl."

That was planted by Qin Jingru, so Xu Damao certainly knew it better than anyone else.

Anyway, Yao Lao was not here, and the clothes had already been cut and wrapped, so Xu Damao didn't care. At worst, he couldn't come for a while. He would just reflect on his mistakes at home anyway.

"Is it okay for me to help trim some of them?"

"No problem, Director Xu. In fact, I suggest you take the chrysanthemums home with you and plant two clusters of them. You can see that the buds are in clusters. Two months will be enough for you to drink chrysanthemum tea for a year."

Xu Damao was really tempted.

The golden color cultivated over hundreds of years is not only beautiful, but also more effective in traditional Chinese medicine.

"If I dig up the roots, will Yao Lao be angry?"

"Well, I told you, this is just a part that was transplanted. You just need to dig it up, plant new ones and cultivate it."

"Then dig two?"

"Dig two."

(End of this chapter)