Medicine in Song Dynasty

Chapter 131 Summer Vacation
Time flies, and the heat is approaching in a blink of an eye.

Su Tong directed two rather strong boys to move out a box of ice cubes that had just been made in the warehouse, put them in the yard, and chop them up with a clean hammer.

They started together, maybe because they had a little more strength, the broken ice slag jumped around and splashed on the ground, and the bluestone floor, which was quite hot from the sun, melted immediately. Crumpled into a ball.

Su Tong laughed, just as A-Xia and A-Zhen came out of the back factory building sweating profusely, they all leaned over to stick ice cubes on them, so they hurriedly asked them to lend a hand to help.

Although the girl's strength is not strong, but she has the right hand, and once the chisel is lowered, the ice cubes are broken evenly.

"Look at the two of you, you can't even compare to a girl, you have rough hands and feet." Aunt Ma frowned and scolded, Su Tong hurriedly stopped her and smiled: "Anyway, you eat it yourself, it doesn't matter if it's broken. "

Although the two young men are tall and big, they are about 1.7 meters tall, and they also look strong. In fact, they are only fifteen or sixteen years old, and their faces are still immature.

Although they can be regarded as adults nowadays, in Su Tong's eyes, they are still children. Originally, they felt a little guilty about employing child labor when they were asked to work. The aunt couldn't see it, and felt that the master's family was too conniving, and these boys were easy to push their noses and faces, and they were not easy to discipline.

Aunt Ma shook her head when she saw the two servants with their heads lowered, earnestly digging into the ice with their chisels.

The mung bean soup brought from the kitchen was still steaming, and it was packed in a large iron bucket. The two boys rushed to put it on the carriage, preventing Axia and the others from stretching out their hands.

Su Tong looked it up and saw that there were three full buckets of mung bean soup boiled, so he couldn't help laughing: "I remember that cooking one bucket a few days ago was enough, and I couldn't finish it."

Aunt Ma also sighed: "One is that the weather is getting hotter, and the mung beans relieve the heat, and the other is that our husband has a good heart. Not only the farmers in our own farm, but also the thirsty of other people, can't help but come to drink a bowl. I think No matter how hot the weather is, I'm afraid three barrels a day may not be enough."

Su Tong smiled, looked at the sun, and carefully put the smashed ice cubes into the mung bean soup with A Xia. The mung bean soup, which was still steaming, immediately cooled down. Sugar, but a bowl of it will cool your heart, and it is indeed a good thing to relieve the heat.

It was the summer harvest season at this time, and the farmers in Su Wencheng's experimental village were worried that it would rain for a few days, so they were busy harvesting wheat. Although Wen Cheng didn't say anything, he still had this matter in his heart. Every day before dawn, he would go to the fields and work with those old farmers who had accumulated many years. .

After going back and forth, not only his face was tanned and rosy, his skin was rough, his whole person was several years old, but every time he went home, he was like a starving ghost, eating ten steamed buns and still not feeling full. Su Tong and Li Xiuniang couldn't help but feel distressed, but they couldn't stop their father and husband from making progress, so in the end they had to cook and send them over every day.

Su Wencheng also felt sorry for the peasants who worked for him, so he simply asked his family to deliver more meals, so that everyone would be full and have enough energy to work.

It's not that these farmers don't give food to their families, but those who go out to work can barely eat a dry meal. It's impossible to eat enough. Let Su Wencheng eat delicious and spicy food alone, and watch others eat bran and swallow vegetables , he couldn't eat it himself.

After the mung bean soup was finished, Su Tong took the cook to put the food on the table. They were not good dishes, but there was enough oil and water. The big pieces of fat meat were burnt shiny, and the big pieces of radish, cabbage and tofu , mixed together, the fragrance is full, the steamed buns are five-point white noodles with mixed noodles, they are big enough, and the taste may be a bit rough, but they are much better than the coarse grains eaten by ordinary people. There are also some pancakes, which are also coarse grains, but Put the oil and bake it out, and the taste is okay.

Su Tong broke off a piece and tasted it. Aunt Ma quickly stopped her and said with a wry smile: "Be careful of scratching your throat." She knew that her little lady didn't look so pampered, but she actually had high requirements for food and drink. She choked on those coarse-grain pancakes for a long time after eating one piece, which made her throat sore for several days, and then Aunt Ma didn't dare to let her eat them again.

The big bucket of food was loaded into the car, and the group sent it to the field in a big way. Su Tong didn't follow. She cherished her skin more. If she accidentally got sunburned, it would be more harm than good.

Watching the carriage go away, Su Tong took a glance, saw that Xiao Yao was not there, and asked, "Where is Xiao Yao?"

A Xia sighed: "Didn't the lady say that she will test the basics of chemistry tomorrow afternoon? Xiaoyao went to review, and the girl would feel dizzy when she heard "Gauding Wu Zhizhi". Little lady, you still like to test these the most. How can she do it?" Not in a hurry?"

Su Tong laughed: "Actually, if she doesn't like it, she doesn't have to learn it. She can take my classes, so why bother herself."

Su Tong has been addicted to class recently. Apart from working in the laboratory, she is teaching a group of girls. She herself is also learning and selling. She learns from school at night and teaches Axia and the others during the day, but except Except for some very basic knowledge, she never forced these girls to learn these things.

Later generations will also be divided into arts and sciences, with different talents, different interests, and naturally different learning progress. Su Tong does not have such great ambitions, but insists on cultivating a group of scientists.

Besides, in the current environment, girls can read and understand a little arithmetic, and it would be more useful to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. As for other knowledge, it would be great if they can learn it, and it's okay if they can't.

After listening to Su Tong's words, A-Xia shook her head and said: "The things taught by the little lady are very useful. I thought I had read a lot of books, but I never knew that there is such knowledge taught by the little lady in this world. Who can tell?" Thinking of using Glauber's salt to continuously produce ice cubes, who would have thought that with some messy things, fabrics can be dyed into many beautiful colors, and the colors will not fade after washing and exposure After learning this, she can eat and drink without worrying about where she goes, which is a rare opportunity in the world."

Su Tong was stunned. She really didn't expect A-Xia to say that. In fact, when she taught these girls the knowledge of future generations, she was always afraid that they would feel deviant and unwilling to accept it. Now it seems that there are no fools in the world. Especially women in this era will always grasp everything they can grasp.

"If she likes to learn, just come to me, and I will make up lessons for her."

Su Tong smiled, all teachers always like students who are eager to learn, but it is a pity that the school she got seems to be really unable to improve other people's learning efficiency.

For her, that thing is really helpful. She enters her dreams to learn every day, and she will naturally get all the knowledge she needs to know when she thinks about it. The various material examples are vivid and easy to understand , it seems that the virtual teacher in it can explore her thoughts and always tell them in a way she can understand.

Not only that, but her memory in dreams is always very good, it can almost be said that she can't forget, and she can make various connections by herself. In terms of practice, no one can compare with her.

Su Tong is just learning how he was studying in his dream, giving lessons to Axia and the others. In a short period of time, he taught a group of ancient women, who are not young and who have passed the best learning time, completely. Being able to be alone, even without her, all kinds of cosmetics are still produced continuously.

A few days ago, Miss Su had nothing to do, she made a bright red dye in the laboratory, and dyed a veil with even and bright eyes. Unexpectedly, A Xia's interest was suddenly aroused. She didn't mind telling her the recipe, and she not only dyed a piece of cloth by hand, but also modified the recipe to dye another piece of dark red cloth, all of which were very uniform and bright in color, which made Su Tong also Jaw-dropping.

(End of this chapter)