Medicine in Song Dynasty

Chapter 13 Kindness
Entering the room, Su Tong checked the copper coins he had hidden in the broken basket under the table, and saw that there was nothing missing, but smiled wryly on his face - when would she actually worry about this mere money that is less than a thousand pennies?
I used to follow Lin Mu, and I couldn't figure out the sum of all kinds of wages and bonuses. My daily food and drink expenses were spent on public funds, not to mention one hundred thousand yuan, and I wouldn't feel distressed if I lost thousands of dollars.

There's no way, it's not the same now as before, Su Tong thinks it's better to put the money in Qingchun Hall in the future, and let the shopkeeper help to save it, although there is not much money, but it can't be cheap for Liu Shi.

In the past few days, she said that she went out to look for odd jobs, and she also handed over [-] Wen to the house every day. Mrs. Liu didn't stop her from going out, but only looked at her, as if she really wanted to peel off the skin of her body. It was really not easy for her to smuggle the money she earned back home smoothly.

On this day, snow suddenly fell in the sky, and the road was difficult to walk. The shopkeeper's compassionate, allowed Su Tong a day off.

It was just dawn, and there was no sound outside.

Su Tong got up early, went to the kitchen to light a fire to cook, and cooked all the food for everyone in the family. Recently, she was very silent and well-behaved. Even Liu's bad words, she kept silent, unlike before He retorted as if he was exporting it, and now he has the original demureness.

Mrs. Liu thought that Su Tong was afraid of her, and she was even more domineering. She ordered Su Tong to do this, to do that, to chop firewood, fetch water, cook, clean up the house, and leave all the housework to her.

Su Tong didn't contradict him either, and cleaned the house obediently and neatly every day before going to work in Qingchun Hall, especially Liu's house, she cleaned it most carefully, it can be said that it was spotless.

Neighbors from the neighborhood came to visit and saw that Su Tong was so diligent and quick in his hands and feet. They all said that Mrs. Liu had a good life. Although they raised two children of Su Wencheng's late wife, they were obedient and not difficult to take care of at all. Much better than other stepmothers.

Su Tong's performance is so good, Liu's nitpicking and other evil behaviors have become more and more obvious. She is used to domineering, and in front of outsiders, even if she wants to pretend, she is full of flaws. Everyone in Xixi town knew that the Su family had a cruel stepmother who abused the children in the family.

It's just that everyone doesn't care about the affairs of other people's families. Besides, Mrs. Liu is acting as a stepmother, even if she asks her children to do some work, she should.

It's almost time—staring at the snowflakes outside the window, thoughts drifting in his mind, Su Tong smiled slightly, and worked non-stop, stitching with flying needles, and quickly sewed a layer of linen lining on a pair of wolf fur gloves, It doesn't feel as comfortable as silk or cotton, but considering the conditions at home, it's pretty good.

Erlang put it on happily. The gloves are flip-top, and the five fingers can be retracted inside or exposed. The wolf fur is a bit hard, but Su Tong has tanned it with a very special method, making the leather quite soft. , It doesn't look stiff in the hand.

"what--"

He was happily playing with the gloves when there was a shrill scream outside the door. Erlang shrank his head and patted his chest lightly, showing no surprise on his face.

Su Tong didn't even lift his eyelids, instead a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

This has been five days in a row. Mrs. Liu was awakened by nightmares several times a night. At the beginning, she made everyone in the family restless. The one who was tossed by her couldn't sleep well.

But now Mrs. Liu has no strength to make a fuss.

Su Tong tidied up his clothes, drank a bowl of brown sugar water, and then pushed the door out of the house to see Mrs. Liu.She was a little weak, and she had sunflower water a few days ago, and her abdominal pain continued. After she arrived, she prescribed a conditioning medicine for herself, drank a few times, and it was very effective. Speaking of which, the quality of the medicinal materials at this time is still good. 21st century artificial The cultivated ones are always unsatisfactory in terms of medicinal efficacy.

Physical weakness is a big deal for a woman. Although Su Tong has met, but for the future, he has been taking care of it carefully. These days, people don't wash their clothes, and they don't even touch cold water.

As the snow fell, Su Tong first went to the kitchen to get a bowl of rice porridge warmed with hot water, walked to the door of the main room, knocked on the door and said, "Mother, I cooked porridge, let's drink a bowl of rice porridge to warm up."

With a bang, it was Xue Min who opened the door. She had a straight face, and when she saw Su Tong, her pretty face was a little gloomy.

Mrs. Liu leaned against the pillow and sat under the quilt. Her face was pale, and it was winter, but her forehead was dripping with sweat. The main room was no better than Su Tong's room.

Su Tong was only wearing unlined clothing, but he felt a little hot when he came in.

Xue Min took the porridge bowl angrily, and without looking at Su Tong, held it in front of her mother. Mrs. Liu turned her head, and in just five days, she had lost a lot of weight, her eyes were bruised and bloodshot, and she stared. Looking at Su Tong and Erlang, the corner of his mouth twitched, as if hesitant, after a long time, he said in a vicious voice: "You have changed your temper these few days, hmph, you still don't know what kind of rape you are hiding!"

Su Tong wasn't annoyed at all, he lowered his eyebrows and said softly, "Mother, please don't wrong anyone."

After saying a few words, Mrs. Liu frowned suddenly, hugged her head, and groaned in a low voice. She no longer had the strength to break up with Su Tong, but Su Tong comforted her in a good voice: "Mother, please rest in peace of mind. Miss Min."

Her behavior made Liu's heart more and more uneasy - a person who hated her so much on weekdays suddenly changed his temperament and became gentle and considerate, even a fool could detect something abnormal.

It's just that Mrs. Liu had such a severe headache that she didn't have the energy to pursue it. She could only wave her hand and send Su Tong and her brother out. Then she covered herself with a quilt, gritted her teeth and endured the headache. After an unknown amount of time, Mrs. Liu's headache finally passed. Eyes, sweating profusely, very thirsty.

"Miss Min?"

He called twice, but Xue Min was not in the room. He looked around and saw that the teapot on the table was empty. Liu was annoyed that her daughter was not caring, and she would dodge to serve her mother, but her mouth was thirsty. It was terrible, so I could barely get up, put on my clothes and went to the kitchen to find water to drink.

With difficulty, she walked lightly to the kitchen, but suddenly heard movement in the kitchen, it seemed that Su Tong and Erlang were talking inside.

Mrs. Liu paused, with a look of anger on her face, and thought to herself—the two losers must have been stealing food in the kitchen, and they opened their mouths to scold, but they stopped suddenly after hearing a few words floating out of it.

I only heard Erlang whispering: "Sister, why did you suddenly treat your mother so much better?"

Su Tong sighed: "I just think she hates her. After all, she is my father's daughter-in-law. Let's call her mother. I'm not really that cruel. She messed with that thing now, and she will die soon. I treat her better, too. should."

(End of this chapter)