Medicine in Song Dynasty

Chapter 51 The Water Tank
The tree branches in the yard were dyed white.

As soon as Su Tong got home, he saw Erlang and Ayue standing under the tree. Many people came in and out, and moved more than 20 large water tanks.

Each water tank is half the height of a person, and more than 20 people lined up half the yard.

Su Tong was dumbfounded, and watched the servants of the Hu family carrying buckets of water from the well outside to fill the tanks one by one.

It was cold winter, and a group of people were sweating from being tormented.

"What's going on? Erlang, what is this for?"

As soon as Erlang raised his head and saw his sister, he immediately showed an innocent smile, and Ah Yue rushed over.

Su Tong hurriedly reached out to catch him, this young master can't be neglected, not to mention his identity, with his current physical condition, if he bumps into him, his parents will feel sorry for him to death.

"Sister, Ah Yue and Erlang also want to be great calligraphers, and Ah Yue wants to practice calligraphy."

Su Tong pressed the center of his eyebrows. He really didn't understand the relationship between carrying water at home and practicing calligraphy. Even if he wanted to practice arm strength, they were not the ones carrying water.

As soon as he lowered his head, he saw his own Erlang had a strange expression, his ears were flushed with shame, and he hesitated to speak. Su Tong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and slipped his younger brother over: "What's the matter?"

Erlang pouted and said after a long while: "Just now I played with Ah Yue and told him the story that my sister told me, which is the story of Wang Xianzhi practicing calligraphy."

Su Tong thought for a long time before finding some memory fragments from the depths of her memory. She remembered that she once saw Erlang frustrated because his handwriting was not good-looking, and he was not even as good as his peers in the school. He couldn't even practice handwriting. He seemed very listless, so he casually told him a story——

The outstanding calligrapher Wang Xizhi had a son named Wang Xianzhi. Wang Xianzhi, like his father, loved calligraphy since he was a child, so he also started to practice calligraphy. a younger student.

He couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. Every day he practiced calligraphy, he thought that he would be able to surpass those senior brothers tomorrow, but he didn't expect that one day, two days, as time passed, Wang Xianzhi saw himself not talking about comparing with his father, but with his father. Compared with my father's other students, the gap was getting bigger and bigger, so I couldn't help feeling discouraged.

Especially dealing with pen and ink every day, I feel a little tedious, and sitting there writing and writing all day long, I am so tired that my back hurts, and it is really uncomfortable.

One day, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he told his father that he didn't want to practice calligraphy anymore, because he couldn't write well anyway.

Wang Xizhi was not angry, just smiled and said, "If you want to know the secret of good handwriting, come to the yard tomorrow morning."

The next day, Wang Xianzhi came to the yard early and found that his father was already practicing calligraphy there.

Seeing his son coming, Wang Xizhi pointed to the eighteen pots of water in the yard and said: "There is no secret to calligraphy. As long as you finish writing these eighteen pots of water, the calligraphy will be finished naturally. Don't compare yourself with others, you must first defeat yourself. As long as your writing every day is better than yesterday, even if it is only a little bit better, it is progress."

Encouraged by Wang Xianzhi, he practiced calligraphy day and night.

In the blink of an eye, year after year, when he finished writing the eighteen tanks of water, his hard work paid off, and he finally became a great calligrapher.

When Su Tong told this story, he naturally wanted to educate his younger brother to persevere no matter what he did, telling him to be steady and steady.

Erlang is also smart, of course he can understand what his elder sister says.

But at this moment, the two little bean dings actually set up water tanks at home—the corners of Su Tong's mouth twitched, trying to suppress his desire to laugh wildly, coughed lightly, clapped his hands and said: "Everyone, please excuse me, There is no need to fetch water anymore, our yard is too small to accommodate so many water tanks, thank you all, please go to the yard and drink a cup of hot tea to warm your body."

Although Ayue is one year older than Erlang, seven years old is not too young, but he has been kept at home by his parents since he was a child, and he is not allowed to go out easily. In terms of character, I am afraid that he cannot compare with those elementary school students in the 21st century. , let alone compare with the current children who are already considered half-children at the age of seven.

He stood with Erlang, and Erlang was obviously much more mature than him.

The family member who had been following Ah Yue vainly wiped the sweat from his forehead at this time, and said with a wry smile: "Our young man actually asked us to bring fifty water tanks over. Fortunately, Mrs. Su came back early. , otherwise, we really don’t know what to do.”

Su Tong's head is full of black lines - in the yard where they live now, if there are fifty water tanks, there is no room for people to stand!

After sending away the servants of the Hu family, Su Tong told Ah Yue to pick him up, and said with a smile: "Ah Yue, my sister's yard is relatively small, and I can't fit these water tanks. If you want to practice calligraphy, you can put a few more water tanks in your house. , One day I will be able to practice good calligraphy."

Anyway, Hu Zhuanyun made his family great and prosperous, and he has a very close relationship with the officials. It's okay to put dozens of water tanks in the yard. Su Tong didn't feel guilty at all for causing trouble.

Ah Yue put her arms around Su Tong's neck in a daze, and nodded: "Okay, that Erlang wants to accompany me."

I don't know why, ever since Ah Yue's condition improved, he especially liked to cling to Su Tong and play with Erlang. Hu Lingyi even sent them to study in the school opened by his elder brother nearby. In fact, it was just for a while. He will stay in Rugao for a long time, and the young son of the Hu family will definitely be an examiner in the future.

But Erlang is well-known, and he is highly valued in the school. He used to study alone at home, and there is no comparison. My husband taught me that it feels completely different.

Su Tong led the two children into the house, found some homemade toys such as Jiulianhuan and Huarongdao, let the two of them play by themselves, sat down comfortably, made a cup of tea, and started reading.

Su Wencheng pampered his daughter more and more now, and bought her some leisure books such as travel notes. While reading, the charcoal basin in the house was hot, and it felt quite comfortable to drink tea and read in the snowy winter day.

The room was quiet, except for the occasional arguing between Ah Yue and Erlang, the atmosphere was extremely harmonious, but Su Tong was actually not at ease in his heart.

Yesterday afternoon, both she and her father received a letter from Xixi. Her stepmother seemed to be freed from her headaches and began to feel uneasy again. Not only because her father is now a teacher, but also He is the number one person in the yamen, who is arrogant and domineering all day long, and borrows money everywhere, just to clear up the relationship with her son and let him go to a government school.

Many people in Xixi Town were annoyed by her.

That's all, her stepmother, Mrs. Liu, revealed in the letter that she wanted to resume the marriage between Su Tong and Wang Sanlang. I heard that the Wang family had this intention.

(End of this chapter)