Medicine in Song Dynasty

Chapter 2 The First Arrival
By August, Huainan had been raining and snowing for several days, but today it was rare to see a clear sky, and the blurred moonlight shrouded the quiet town of Xixi.

At the east end of the town, a small building made of black bricks stands on the edge of a clear river. The building looks a bit old and dilapidated, and the green moss on the wall leaves thick traces and is mottled.

It was already night now, the cold wind howled, and the bamboo windows rustled. Along with the barking of dogs, Su Tong tried his best to lift his heavy eyelids, and sighed softly: "When did I become so crow-mouthed? Can a joke come true before dying?"

She lay there in a daze for a while, and looked at the old room again. The furniture in the room was very simple, just a table, a stool, and a bed. The dark oil lamp on the table looked at the old I am afraid that no matter how remote the place is, it will never be seen.

"Sister, are you awake?"

Su Tong turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw a thin, pale-faced boy lying on the bedside, tightly clutching the shabby robe that covered her body, crying in his voice, tears in his eyes, Surprise flashes.

"Elder Sister, does your head still hurt? Erlang give Huhu, Huhu it won't hurt anymore..." The little boy blinked cautiously, lay down in front of Su Tong, stretched out his hand to touch her hot forehead, and took small mouthfuls Blowing heavily, tears fell down.

Su Tong sighed, and said in a low voice: "Just sleep for a while, Erlang, don't cry, let eldest sister rest."

As expected, the little boy bit his lip and refused to make any noise, but just stared at Su Tong without blinking, as if he was afraid that Su Tong would disappear if he didn't pay attention.

But at this moment, Su Tong didn't care about these things. Her head seemed to explode, the pain was severe, and there was no strength in her body, she was light and burning.

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and tried to sort out his thoughts—those people poured poison on her and threatened her to keep an eye on Lin Mu, but for some reason, she would rather die than betray that man !
died?

Yes, in the 21st century, Su Tong, who was born in a family of 'liars' and had a genius scientist as his assistant, is dead. Today's Su Tong is an ordinary woman nearly a thousand years ago.

She knew that she had lost her mother since she was a child. Counting her family members, she had a talented father, a younger brother who was only six years old, a stepmother, and a brother and a sister born to her stepmother.

There is also a childhood sweetheart, a fiancé who has been engaged for five years!

She is very clear about everything about this Su Tong, and she also has all the feelings of this Su Tong. She is the daughter of a scholar in Xixi Town, Su Tong.

It was probably reincarnation, but Mengpo soup was not enough, or the memory of the previous life was too deep, so I lived peacefully for 14 years, but suddenly remembered the previous life.

A gust of cold wind blew the doors and windows rattling, Erlang shivered coldly, and his shivering interrupted Su Tong's chaotic thoughts.

"Why don't you make charcoal?"

Su Tong frowned, glanced at the house with air leaks all around, and felt a headache.

Erlang was taken aback, touched his head naively, and said in a naive way: "Eldest sister, didn't you forget? Mother said yesterday that the second elder sister was weak, and she was worried that she had a cold, and the elder brother wanted to study, so she took all the charcoal from our house." Go use it."

Su Tong's eyes flashed, and a stern look flashed between his brows. The family education she received since she was a child was that she could eat anything, except for losses!
However, at the moment her mind is in a mess, and she is not really a girl of fourteen or five years old. After all, she has a stable temper and does not explode immediately.

After all, that is the stepmother, if there is a conflict, even if the stepmother may be said to be harsh to the legitimate son and daughter, it will definitely have a great impact on the reputation of their siblings, how can they hurt the jade bottle for a mouse ?
Besides, her father was not around at this time, her younger brother was young, and her body was so weak that she couldn't even get out of bed. There was only a stepmother in the family.
Su Tong took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, curled the corners of his lips, and said with a smile: "Erlang, do you have something to eat?"

"Yes, yes." Erlang was overjoyed, "Elder sister eat more, and you'll get better soon!" Saying this, he stuffed a piece of black pancake into Su Tong's hand.

The cake was extremely hard, a bit better than bricks, obviously made of coarse grains, probably wheat bran, Su Tong smiled wryly, but at this time he didn't have the capital to dislike it, so he broke off a piece, stuffed it in his mouth, and swallowed it After eating, the rough powder scraped my throat sorely, I just endured eating most of it.

"Eldest sister, eat more." Erlang swallowed his saliva and watched eagerly.

Su Tong shook his head: "I'm full." I am indeed full. This thing takes up a lot of space, and it is really hard. If you put half of it in, you will feel uncomfortable in your stomach.

Seeing that she really couldn't eat any more, Erlang took the rest, carefully wrapped it up and stuffed it into his sleeve.

Coo coo, coo coo—

There was a roaring sound in his stomach, and Su Tong was startled. When he looked up, he saw Erlang blushing with shame, covering his stomach with his hands, and drooping his head pitifully.

Su Tong felt sore, his eyes were hot, and he took a deep breath, "Erlang, is there anything else to eat?"

Erlang gritted his teeth, lowered his head, and said in a low voice: "...No, my mother said that the rice noodles at home are all gone, and she went back to her mother's house with her second sister for dinner in the past two days... Brother Liu saved the pancakes from his ration. down."

Su Tong frowned, barely stretched out his hand to touch Erlang's head, and said with a smile: "You can eat the rest of the small half to fill your stomach first, and when I'm well, cook something delicious for Erlang."

Erlang shook his head like a rattle.

"Leave it to the elder sister to eat, Erlang is fine, just sleep, and you won't be hungry when you sleep."

Su Tong shook his head, coaxed and persuaded, and finally got Erlang to eat half of the pancake. Fortunately, he was still young and usually didn't have a big appetite, and the pancake was thick enough to fill his stomach.

After eating the cake, Erlang looked worried, obviously worried about tomorrow's food, but because of Su Tong's illness, he was startled and frightened, tired all day, now seeing Su Tong wake up, he is in good spirits, As soon as he relaxed, he couldn't hold on for a while, and after a while, he lay down beside the bed in a daze and fell asleep.

Hearing Erlang snoring softly, Su Tong opened his eyes and stared blankly at the spider webs spreading across the roof. Although she had memories of living in this era for more than ten years, her mind was very confused at the moment. It doesn't make sense.

The cold wind howled, and Erlang shivered. Su Tong instinctively pulled up the quilt and put it on him, but the quilt was really thin and worn out, and I don't know how much it would do.

As the night deepened, Su Tong felt uncomfortable all over, and couldn't fall asleep for a while. He closed his eyes and sorted out the chaotic memories in his head little by little.

Today is August of the fourth year of Tiansheng. This is the ground of Taizhou on Huainan East Road in the Northern Song Dynasty. Her father Su Wu and Su Wencheng are from Xixi Town. The Su family can be considered a big family in Taizhou. Fortunately, Su Wu's family was not bad when he was young, so he was able to study at the beginning. He was quite talented, and at the age of 17, he passed the examination of scholar all the way.

At that time, Su Wu could definitely be given a thumbs up and praised for being outstanding. Su Wu's parents felt that they had a good face, and the threshold of the suitors was almost broken, but no one thought that there were so many fair and fair ladies. Su Wu didn't even marry, he just married a woman who was abducted by a liar. For this, I don't know how many people poked his back.

However, the two elders of the Su family are kind and good people, and they value their sons. Even if they don't like their daughter-in-law, they can't do anything to treat their daughter-in-law harshly. Moreover, Su Tong's mother, Mrs. Chen, was born beautiful, dignified and amiable She belongs to the peerless beauty that people in the countryside dare not look directly at, but she is also ingenious, filial and virtuous. She comes out of the kitchen near the hall and takes good care of Su Wu so that he can study with peace of mind.

People's hearts are made of flesh, and human feelings come from all places. Mrs. Chen is sincerely filial to her parents-in-law, and the two old people gradually love their daughter-in-law. Even Su Wu and his wife have been married for many years and only have one daughter, so they don't dislike them too much.

As time passed, although most of the family business was ruined due to two consecutive famines, the family was still able to live in harmony and beauty.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, Su Wu's road to the imperial examination was really not smooth, he took the exam twice in a row, but his name failed, but at this time, Su Wu's father was deceived by a liar who claimed to be able to turn stones into gold. , in a fit of rage, she died of a serious illness, his mother couldn't bear the blow, and died within two days.

Everyone sighed again and again, and some rumors spread, saying that Chen's fate was not good, that he killed his parents-in-law and so on. At that time, Su Wu was trying his best to take the third imperial examination for the sake of his parents' last wish. , just immersed in reading, did not pay attention to his wife's emotions.

Mrs. Chen happened to be pregnant, and she was under a lot of mental stress. She couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep well. As a result, on the day of giving birth, she encountered dystocia. It took a lot of effort to give birth to Su Wu's son, but she herself Before he had time to see his son, he passed away.

After repeated blows, Su Wu naturally failed in the exam this time.

If it were someone else, under this series of blows, even if he didn't collapse, he might also be decadent, but Su Wu was naturally open-minded, and his heart was considered tough. Pain was pain, he buried his wife, cried a lot, and insisted on holding on. Not only did he support his frail youngest son, but he also took good care of his eldest daughter. He continued to study hard before putting down his books.

But with these two sons and daughters and no daughter-in-law, Su Wu is both a father and a mother, so he can't concentrate on his studies. One bad time.

Even though he was very resilient, he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. Later, he was not reconciled. He listened to the advice of the elders in the clan and married another wife so that he could take care of the housework and take care of his children so that he could study with peace of mind.

In fact, it is very normal for Su Wu to fail the exam for a while, not to mention that he is not yet thirty, even if he is forty or fifty, there are many people who fail the exam. Genius means traveling through the past. The author gave him a golden finger. Most ordinary smart people take the imperial examination. If they pass the imperial examination seven or eight times, they are considered very good. The Jinshi exam is many times more difficult than the college entrance examination in later generations!
Furthermore, Taizhou has been a place of prosperous culture since ancient times. There are many literati and talented people, and capable people come out in large numbers.

Amid the churning of thoughts, Su Tong finally became drowsy and fell asleep in a daze, but his sleep was extremely restless. For a while, he dreamed that he was plunged into the icy sea water, struggling up and down, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't escape. Seeing Lin Mu, the Lin Mu in the dream rarely took off the calm and rational robe of a scientist, his face was full of anxiety, and he kept talking, but unfortunately, she couldn't understand a word!
(End of this chapter)