Medicine in Song Dynasty

Chapter 125 Story
Ah Zhen suddenly had a strange feeling that she might lose her job.

There is no way, the six ladies rescued by Su Tong are more capable than the other, they can wash clothes and cook, they are more obedient than the other, and more diligent than the other.

Turning around, Ah Zhen couldn't help urging: "Little lady, our village is all bought, why don't you send them there quickly, the equipment and so on are ready-made, don't let them wander around at home."

"These people are making us servants feel uncomfortable at home now. Aunt Ma also said that our little girls can't even be lazy on weekdays."

Su Tong laughed. The Su family has always treated the servants generously. Some of the maids in the family are very young, only seven or eight years old. They don't have the heart to use them cruelly. The easy tasks that children can do, such as wiping the table and washing their own little clothes.

It is estimated that the most tiring thing is dancing and dancing with Ah Zhen every day, gesturing to the Wu Qinxi, and exercising. The rest of the time is spent playing games, listening to stories, and living a very happy life.

But now there are six women who can't wait to go all the time, never stop, and take the lead when they are free. They also have a sense of crisis. Yesterday, a little girl rushed to fetch water and almost fell into the well , Aunt Ma was so frightened that she slapped her a few times, but she didn't care about it even though she was crying loudly.

"Don't talk nonsense in front of A-Xia and the others. I was already nervous. After a while, it will be fine. Isn't they much better now than when they first came to our house? At least they are no longer trembling and taciturn. A few days ago, didn't A-Xia bring someone to practice Wu Qinxi with you?"

Su Tong washed his face with warm water, took the handkerchief from Ah Zhen, wiped off the drops of water on his face, and said with a casual smile, "Zhuangzi still needs to be repaired, the laboratory I want must be repaired." There is no rush to build a new building.”

Ah Zhen raised her eyebrows and sighed in a low voice. She was actually not angry. To these six women, she still had more sympathy than scruples in her heart. Now she remembered that these people just came to the house. Uncomfortable, they divided the house with them, but they refused to separate, preferring to squeeze into one room and play the floor. In the end, there was no other way, and my little lady simply took a few more thick quilts and spread them on the floor. bed, let them sleep together.

After washing his face, Su Tong got dressed and walked slowly to the big study.

The large study room of the Su family was built in Kaifeng. It is similar to the large classrooms of later generations. The windows are all inlaid with broken glass, which is better than the paper windows. There is plenty of sunlight, and there is no need to light up the room on sunny days.

One wall was painted white, and wicker was burned into charcoal for writing. The desks and benches were also handmade by the servants of the family. It will not be damaged after ten years of use.

When Su Tong came in, a room full of little girls ranging from seven or eight years old to sixteen or seventeen were chirping together to make an abacus. Actually there is not much difference.

Before going to Kaifeng, Su Tong had to teach his female envoys a little knowledge at home on weekdays, but it was not formal at that time, so he got together every day when he was free, told them something, and then let The big ones lead the young ones, the ones who come first bring the ones who come later, and learn together.

Of course, the boys at home couldn't learn from Su Tong. After all, men and women are different. However, Su Wencheng is also a good teacher. When he taught Erlang, the bookboys and boys around him would follow suit.

Now among the servants of the Su family, there are not a few people who know more than a thousand commonly used characters, regardless of gender.I am afraid that even the prime minister's family will find it difficult to do this.

Su Tong knocked on the table, and the little girls in the room immediately fell silent, and sat upright. A little girl with braids, an oval face, and delicate features, only six or seven years old, stared at Su Tong brightly, crisply Said: "Little lady, do you still want to tell a story today?"

Before the words were finished, everyone in the room opened their eyes wide open. Even Axia's group, who were sitting shyly at the back, holding the embroidered cloth and dare not raise their heads, raised their heads unconsciously.

Su Tong smiled and nodded: "Let's continue." Sure enough, in this ancient time when there was a lack of entertainment, just telling a story with twists and turns can attract a lot of fans.

During the day, a few big girls trained by Su Tong will give lectures to these little girls, regardless of whether it is arithmetic or calligraphy, as long as they have nothing to do, they will talk when they have nothing to do, and they don’t rigidly set the time. When it gets dark in the evening, Even though the lights were on in the room, the brightness was not enough. In the past, when it was dark, everyone would fall asleep, but Su Tong was still not quite used to the biological clock of this era.

It is really a torture for her, a woman who is used to nightlife, to work at sunrise and sleep at night. Although she has developed a good habit of going to bed early and getting up early, even if she goes to bed early, she can't go to bed in the evening. Simply gather the idlers at home together, during the time when it is getting dark, she will tell stories to everyone, pass the time, and get closer to each other, and satisfy her as a teacher, wanting to attract Noteworthy hobbies.

Even Su Wencheng himself does not object to the great hobby of a daughter. After all, as 'Mr. Nan Ke', it would be a pity not to tell people the stories he is full of.

Telling stories to everyone is really difficult for Su Tong. Whether it is Dream of Red Mansions, Journey to the West, or Romance of the Gods, Three Heroes and Five Righteousness, Sui and Tang Heroes, etc., with her memory, even if she can't retell them word for word , the general plot of the story, the direction of the story is absolutely impossible to remember wrongly, and then adapted in your own language organization, it is definitely more popular and vernacular than the original text, and easier to understand.

However, Su Tong hasn't talked about these 'masterpieces' recently.

She told the story of a man and woman in love from falling in love to breaking up, but it is not a tragedy, but a comedy.

"It's a country where both men and women can go out to work, at least on paper."

Su Tong only said the first sentence, and it attracted the eyes of the women in the room. Although everyone knew that Su Tong was telling a story and that such a country could never exist, they were still very focused.

"The story happened in such a country, a rich man, surnamed teacher, his parents and elders were high-ranking military officials, he and his fiancée were childhood sweethearts, well-matched, the two were engaged since childhood, and they went to the same school that trains future soldiers However, Mr. Shi has a stubborn temperament and is a boy. Naturally, when he was mischievous, he had the school swept out when he was 14 years old, but her fiancée was very smart and went to school all the way. After graduating, she joined the army and became a very good female officer."

"Later, Mr. Shi also joined the army, but Mr. Shi's position was always one level lower than that of his fiancée, and this gap will inevitably become more and more obvious... Mr. Shi is a person who hates evil and hates him, and he is very uncomfortable. In the military environment at that time, there were frequent fights and troubles, and finally a catastrophe occurred, and one of the officers who bullied him was severely injured, so he had to leave the army and became a low-level civilian again."

Su Tong himself admires himself for being able to minimize all kinds of taboo language in such a backward era, intersperse certain things in the future as the background in the story, and explain clearly naturally, just like this world really exists.

Seeing the colorful faces of the women in the room changing for no reason, but not even blinking their eyes, they listened to Su Tong's narration. It is natural for people to feel admiration.

"What happened later? Did Mr. Master get abandoned?"

Ah Zhen was fascinated by what she heard, and couldn't help asking.

Su Tong shook his head: "No, his fiancée loves him very much, and they got married not long after."

She began to talk about the romantic time of the two of them at length, such as picking roses with her own hands, walking hand in hand on the beach, and climbing a mountain with her beautiful wife on her back.

All kinds of bloody romantic stories that women of this era dare not even think about happened between two people, and the room was completely silent.

"The good times don't last long. Not long after Mr. Master's wedding, his wife received an order from Shangfeng to perform a mission. Two months later, someone informed him that his wife died heroically while performing the mission. Nothing was left behind, only a jar of ashes."

Ah Zhen was dumbfounded when she heard that, even the strongest Ah Xia was unknowingly immersed in the atmosphere Su Tong deliberately created, her eyes turned red.Su Tong's voice was always low and calm, she told how the master was suffering, how decadent, how gloomy and boring life was, how he stayed with his wife's grave day and night, and did not allow anyone to approach him beloved wife.

Asha couldn't help sighing.

Maybe it's because I have never heard such a popular and wonderful story, and I have never seen a man like the hero in the story. The women in the room couldn't help being attracted and listened attentively.

"He lived in such a state of confusion for a year, earning a living by selling letters. At this moment, two old friends of his suddenly ran up to him and told him that they saw Master Shi's dead wife!"

Seeing that everyone's attention was fully concentrated, Su Tong slowed down his tone even more, but he still couldn't help but sigh in his heart, his storytelling skills were far behind the original master of this story, Yao Shao I just fooled these ancient women who had never seen the world, and I don't know if it can have the effect she wants!

(End of this chapter)