Medicine in Song Dynasty

Chapter 35 Invitation

Su Wencheng is a scholar, but he is not someone who keeps his ears to the outside world and only reads sage books. Of course he knows who Zhou Zhixian is.

The real name of Zhouzhi County is Zhou Hao, and the word is Bofang. It is the magistrate of Rugao County. Court officials from other places, even if they are only magistrates, are very eye-catching.

"A Tong, what exactly are you going to do? Do you want to follow Zhouzhi County's way? Then why don't you go to Kozhi County, at least he is the parent officer of our Xixi, and he is familiar with it as a father."

Su Wencheng was confused, but Su Tong didn't say much, he just said don't worry and wait at ease.

He didn't really think that his daughter could really do this, but now that he lives at home, reading and writing, he is living a fulfilling life, and he can hold his breath. Anyway, his daughter is willing to work hard to do something, and he will never stop her. Even if the goal cannot be achieved, at least there is no harm in letting the daughter know more people.

Second day

Sure enough, Mrs. Zhang sent someone to invite Su Tong to Zhou's house.

The Zhou family gave Su Tong a lot of face. Not only did they send a housekeeper, they also seemed to be worried that Su Tong would be uncomfortable, so they sent two envoys to carry gifts.

Those gifts are actually nothing, they are just a simple reciprocity, but the bright silk and satin, all kinds of snacks that are worth a lot of money, where has Mrs. Liu seen it before, and she was fascinated at first sight. , forced her to put on a flattering and greedy villain.

These gifts were immediately put away by her and carefully locked in the cabinet. Su Wencheng and Su Tong were too lazy to argue with her, and no one paid any attention to her.

It's just embarrassing enough.

The steward Zhou sent by the Zhou family saw Liu's behavior, and his eyeballs almost fell out.

In fact, I really don't blame him for being rude. Steward Zhou can be a steward in the Zhou family, so he is naturally calm. If he meets this kind of person, his face will not change.

But at home, Mrs. Zhang praised Su Tong like a flower, and she almost said that there is no better lady in Taizhou who is better than Su Tong and understands etiquette. Zhou Guanshi subconsciously feels that she is like Su Tong. The young lady must be from a scholarly family and a family of poets and etiquettes. As soon as he came, he was surprised to see such a vulgar woman as Liu Shi, who was actually Su Tong's mother.

Su Wencheng and Su Tong were calm and composed, and received the guests with courtesy and thoughtfulness, as if they hadn't noticed Liu's faux pas at all.

Su Tong didn't take Liu's family seriously at all, but Su Wencheng used the unique skills of literati, that is, he was ashamed and angry, and he could also appear calm on the surface.This kind of skill is very important. Without this skill, no matter how talented you are, you will not be able to be an official.

So Su Tong, who is a daughter, is quite satisfied with his own father's performance.

Seeing the demeanor of the father and daughter, Zhou Guanshi picked up the eyeballs and stuffed them back. That's right. A little lady who can make their wives praise her like this should be like this. As for Mrs. Liu, Zhou Guanshi decided to pretend not to see her.

After sitting for a while and drinking a cup of tea, Su Tong tidied up. He took a small medicine box that he had made in spare time, packed all the bits and pieces of bottles and cans that he had tinkered with these days, and got into the car to follow Manager Zhou. After going to Zhou's house, although Su Wencheng was a little worried, it was his wife who invited Su Tong to be a guest. As a man, he could only follow him, so he could only give a few insignificant instructions.

As soon as she arrived at the ground, Su Tong couldn't help being stunned for a moment. Although she had known the address from Gao Zhenren a long time ago, she hadn't investigated it herself after all. The mansion that the female shopkeeper went to was very close to each other, separated by two houses.

But it's not surprising when you think about it, this place is originally the area with the best environment in Xixi Town, and those powerful families will naturally build houses here. According to the old saying, this is a treasured place of geomantic omen, which will naturally attract noble people.

Su Tong got out of the car, walked through the courtyard, and came to the main room, where Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Hu went out to greet her in person.

"Miss Su, you are here, hurry up and get warm in the house, isn't it cold on the road?"

Mrs. Zhang smiled gently, and Mrs. Hu had already stepped forward and grabbed Su Tong's arm.

Su Tong laughed: "It's very hot in the car, and the slave is sweating all over." It's true, there were two charcoal basins in the carriage that came to pick up the people, and the heat in the car was steaming. When she got to the door, she was worried. Catching a cold, he opened the car door deliberately before getting out of the car.

Having said that, the group of people still moved to the living room, and Mrs. Hu pulled Su Tong to chatter, asking her if she would write a new book.

Mrs. Zhang smiled and listened for a long time before waving her hand to stop Mrs. Hu from laughing, and said, "A Tong, I have already told you about the matter. That 'Zi Jiaren' is seriously ill. If you are really sure, go and try it." Try it, it doesn't matter if you are not sure, anyway, our lord is almost desperate."

Su Tong smiled and comforted him: "Don't worry, even if slavery is not good, at least it won't be worse."

Although Mrs. Zhang said it easily, how could Su Tong not put enough effort into intelligence before doing things? This purple beauty is a famous flower cultivated by Lu Yijian and Lu Xianggong himself. Before he left Xixi, he gave it to the magistrate of Zhou County. Father, it was later passed on to Zhouzhi County, not to mention that Zhouzhi County is a person who loves flowers, it is not, just judging by Lu Xianggong's current status, this potted flower must be his favorite, otherwise, it will not be the same. Because of the potted flowers, I didn't think about tea and food, and even my hair turned gray a lot.

Mrs. Zhang deliberately didn't say it was so serious, probably because she was worried that she would have a psychological burden.

Thinking of this, Su Tong's heart couldn't help but warm - she came to this era, except for the Liu family, all she saw were good people. It seems that the Song Dynasty really had a simple heart, which was very different from the later generations. In such a place, without those intrigues, even if life is inconvenient, one can live comfortably.

After a few words, Mrs. Zhang didn't delay, so she sent someone to carry 'Zi Jiaren' over.

Not long after, the peony was carried into the room by two servants and placed on the table.

It is not the flowering period at this time, and Zhouzhi County did not raise this pot of peonies in the greenhouse. Su Tong was a little disappointed. He had heard that when this pot of peonies bloomed, it had the appearance of purple air coming from the east. It was magnificent and immortal. overflowing.

But the potted flower in front of me was obviously very sick, the branches were thin, the leaves were grayish yellow, and the roots were rotten. At first glance, it didn't look like it was alive at all.

Mrs. Zhang sighed, and smiled wryly: "It was sick this summer, Mr. Lang spent a lot of effort to make it survive, hey, but this half-dead one is even more uncomfortable, it's better to die quickly. "

(End of this chapter)