Medicine in Song Dynasty

Chapter 98 New Year's Eve
Carrying my younger brother back to the house, I asked the little guy about his homework. Seeing that he had finished all his homework, and that he had done well, he let the little guy out to continue playing.Su Tong took a shower, changed into light clothes, and called in two dexterous little maids to massage her shoulders, legs, and body.

Miss Su has also transformed into the landlord class of this era, and she is not at all ashamed to support the female envoys. Now there is no such thing as a dazzling array of beauty salons. If a woman wants to maintain a beautiful appearance, in addition to various beauty and diet prescriptions , all kinds of original and natural beauty methods can be used, and regular massage is also an excellent way to invigorate blood circulation.

Day by day, Su Tong disguised himself from time to time, went to cover the moon to treat the patient very low-key, and sometimes needed a little medicine to assist him, but most of the time, Su Tong still didn't like medicine First, these drugs are not easy to come by, and it is too difficult to make them. Second, they have serious side effects.

Su Tong's treatment method is mysterious and mysterious. Every time he went there, he would close the door and talk to the patient. At first, it was just Su Tong talking, but later on, he could hear the patient crying and laughing, chattering, sometimes with a shrill voice, if it wasn't for him Zheyue nunnery is a pure place of Buddhism. There are not many pilgrims who come to offer incense and worship Buddha on weekdays. Some people may suspect that there are ghosts in the nunnery. Even now, some monks in the nunnery who can’t make all four things empty are too noisy. When people get up at night, they must have a companion.

Fortunately, the Eldest Princess has a broad heart and is getting older, she is not as impetuous as she was when she was young, and she can suppress her curiosity, otherwise, this matter would be really difficult to handle.

Gao Zhenren took the opportunity to do a few rituals. As a Taoist priest, he actually cheated money from nuns, and even fooled a group of nuns. The ability to fool is no worse than that of the future Su family.

In addition to these, Su Tong has to be busy with other trivial matters. After all, the Chinese New Year is coming, and there are a lot of things to do at home.Now the Su family is not a family without roots in Kaifeng City. The more people they interact with, the busier they will be before the new year. Su Tong has to be busy attending various banquets and receiving and giving gifts.

Especially this year, even a high-ranking and powerful person like Lu Xianggong gave gifts. When others see him, how dare they be contemptuous? After going to the Imperial College to study and hide for leisure, he obediently presided over at home, not daring to throw all the affairs to his precious daughter.

Su Tong didn't feel happy at all when he received the gift softly. He had to return as much as he received, and it couldn't be repeated. The foundation of the family is not too solid. It is impossible to balance the expenses. After all, the things sent by others are nothing more than drinks and snacks. Occasionally, there are a few antiques that cannot be sold, so they have to buy new ones to make up for them.

Su Wencheng's current official position is not high, but he only holds a false title, so there are so many troubles. I am afraid that these housework will be more difficult to deal with in the future.

Busy and busy, finally the new year is approaching, these troublesome things have come to an end, both Su Wencheng and Su Tong breathed a sigh of relief, this time Miss Su Tong said to her father again - "Dad, you need a woman who can be in charge of the house, I need it for my mother."

Su Wencheng nodded with a rare feeling of concern.Not only did he hate dealing with these troublesome things at home, the main reason was that his daughter was old enough to be a matchmaker, but he liked Su Tong, and many people came to the Su family to be a matchmaker, but Su Wencheng was not very satisfied with the selection of candidates. Returning an official is a low position, and secondly, Miss Su lost her mother since she was a child, so she is among the five not to marry.

For the sake of his daughter, Su Wencheng, who was somewhat suffering from signs of marriage phobia, actually thought about marrying a good wife so that he could support his daughter.

Naturally, Su Tong didn't know that her father was thinking so much. He brought Erlang and the family's servants to clean the house, and the New Year was coming.

The weather this winter is very cold, and the snow began to fall very early. During the Chinese New Year, the snow fell even more heavily, and the whole Kaifeng was covered with a layer of silvery frost and snow. Fortunately, Kaifeng's welfare is still quite good, and the imperial court made preparations early , although the situation is not optimistic, there are many houses damaged by the snow, but there are many people who give away porridge, and the court has responded properly, and the number of dead victims should be kept at a relatively low number.

Of course, in this day and age, it's impossible not to freeze to death in winter, even in Kaifeng.

Su Wencheng took his daughter and nestled in the study, preparing to write some "peach charms". This thing is also a good gift, especially for someone like Su Wencheng, it is not bad to write a bunch of "peach charms" for the students of the Imperial College It saves money and can practice calligraphy, which can serve multiple purposes.

Even the wood used to make peach charms does not need to be particularly good. Su Tong's handwriting is also very good, not worse than her father's, especially this girl is also good at imitating. It didn't take long for the father and daughter to join forces. Time to write a lot.Not only is there enough to hang outside the various gates of the house, but there are still a lot left for those who need to be given to Su Wencheng's classmates for the neighbors to use.

After finishing writing, he brought Erlang over, and the family of three sat together, holding peach charms and sorting them into categories.Ask Erlang to take this thing out and hang it up.

Su Wencheng looked at it carefully for a while, stroked his beard and smiled, "A Tong's handwriting is really good. At first glance, it looks plain and unpretentious, but in fact there is a lot of space inside. It is much better than your father and I."

Su Tong held Erlang in one hand, raised his eyebrows, and felt a little complacent. She didn't have this ability in the 21st century before. Even though she is here, although she is busy every day, there are too few entertainment programs, and women are also restricted. , the daily entertainment is only reading and practicing calligraphy and painting. Unfortunately, it was difficult at home in the past. The guqin left by her mother was pawned by her ex-stepmother. Otherwise, she could also practice the piano skills.

In the 21st century, she doesn't know how to play the guqin, but can play the piano and the violin instead, but in Su Tong's impression now, she has learned the piano, but her mother left early, and then she only relied on her own groping, and her skills are not very good Well, if I haven't touched it for these years, if I play it again, I'm afraid it will not be so easy to pick it up.

Su Tong let out a sigh of relief, and decided to go out and buy a guqin when she had time. Since she had obtained the original owner's ability for nothing, let alone carry it forward, she couldn't let her be careless and reckless, and God might punish her.

Time flies, and finally it's New Year's Eve.

The weather was beautiful, it was actually a sunny day, and the Su family was sitting at the long table. Because there were only a few people in the family, it was just the father and daughter of the Su family. It was so cold. After thinking about it, Su Wencheng simply went to the yard and called everyone. When they get together, there is no distinction between master and servant, and no rules are observed, and they eat together.

Su Tong also sent a thick red envelope to each of his servants, which was a full three months' wages, which made everyone beaming.

The firecrackers rang out, and the courtyard was bustling with activity. Everyone was reserved at first, but then the atmosphere became lively, and they all desperately grabbed food regardless of the rules.

After all, life is not rich now. The Su family treats their servants kindly, and they are willing to live with good things, but even so, there are not many times when they can eat meat. Who makes Kaifeng expensive, even Su Tong himself They are reluctant to eat meat every meal, let alone the servants at home.

On New Year’s Eve, the host’s generosity was rare, and a lot of big fish and meat were cleaned up. There were also dumplings made of mutton and green onions.

Su Tong opened a few jars of wine, the men drank heavily, and the women also had a few drinks. The Su family had a pretty good year, and it passed with a group of drunken men talking and laughing loudly!
It’s New Year’s Eve, Su Wencheng’s energy is still good, just took a book, leaning on the couch to watch his daughter and son, Su Tong couldn’t get carried away, humming a little song softly, the lyrics are not clear, but the tune is very special , although it's awkward, but it's not hard to hear if you're familiar with it.

His precious son, Erlang, who has always been simple, honest and thin, honest and lovely, actually practices boxing in the yard, and his boxing skills are quite good. Although it is just a name, but at his age, it is really quite remarkable.

Su Wencheng couldn't help being surprised, "This is..."

"My sister taught me, Taizu Changquan." Erlang said triumphantly.

Su Wencheng was startled: "Don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense."

Su Tong also slapped him, and said with a smile: "Erlang, if others see it in the future, you will call it Changquan, don't mention Taizu Changquan."

She mainly wants her younger brother to practice boxing and strengthen his body. Reading is a hard job. If you don't have a strong body, you really can't persevere. Although there are also riding and shooting exercises in the academy at this time, scholars are mainly studying after all. , The practice of riding and shooting is relatively small.

Speaking of Taizu Changquan, it was not taught by the elders of the Su family. The juniors of the Su family learned some kung fu handed down from the Su family. It is far less famous than Changquan, and its power is not great. It is similar to Wu Qinxi The kind of gymnastics that specializes in strengthening the body, Su Tong's long boxing, was taught to her by an American friend after she followed Lin Mu later.

Su Tong was also sighing at the time. Most of the Taizu Changquan had been lost in the mainland, but it can still emerge from the corner of Gela in the United States. It really makes people don't know what to say.

Seeing that Erlang was in high spirits, playing fists with great power, Su Wencheng was startled. He didn't know whether to be happy or worried, for fear that his son would abandon literature and take up martial arts.

If Su Tong knew what he was thinking, he would have to roll his eyes. If he was like Erlang, practicing postures as if he was leisurely playing, even if he was practicing martial arts, the martial arts practitioners in the world would be too worthless.

However, who made Su Wencheng an outsider, besides, he is a literati, and literati and military commanders are naturally at odds.

(End of this chapter)