In the kitchen of Yuntai's house, Hong Yanwen's queue-jumping experience came in handy.
He pulled the bellows to help raise the stove fire, and his proficiency was no less than that of a real farmer.
Hong Yanru also helped her aunt Andanier peel onions and garlic, wash and chop vegetables, and served lunch.
Naturally, both brothers and sisters received heartfelt praise from Andaniel, who said, "I didn't expect children from the capital to work so well. They are much better than a few educated youth from the capital in the village."
As for the other people, except Hong Jun who had a great time chasing butterflies and dragonflies with the big yellow dog in the courtyard, they all sat in the main room drinking "big leaf catechu".
This kind of tea has a dark orange color, a sweet and slightly sour taste, and a sweet texture. Whether you drink it cold or hot in summer, it has the effects of relieving summer heat, quenching thirst, and promoting fluid production.
And it does not contain theophylline, caffeine, etc. like black tea and green tea, and it does not have the side effects of making people excited and difficult to fall asleep after drinking it.
The way of drinking tea is also quite rustic. You should use a large teapot with a big belly and a small mouth to make tea, and drink it from a teacup with a large mouth.
This was the first time for Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan to drink this stuff. It was true that they were in tune with their temperament. They drank it very happily, pouring down bowl after bowl. They were very satisfied.
Yuntai laughed when he saw it, saying that it was rare to see this thing in the east and west cities, but it was not a rare thing. In fact, it was the leaves of wild flowers and fruit trees growing on the hills and wild hawthorn trees.
Every year at the beginning of the autumn harvest, he would pick wild flowers and fruits, wild hawthorn fruits in the mountains, and often pick one or two bags of these leaves. Then he would take them home, dry them in the sun, and store them so that he could make tea the next summer.
When brewing, just throw a dozen leaves into the pot and add a pot of boiling water.
Moreover, after finishing this pot of tea, you can brew it again, brew it and drink it again. After brewing it several times from morning to night, the color of the tea will still be strong and the tea flavor will still be strong. Even in the middle of summer, the tea will not turn rancid for three days and three nights.
If the two nephews like it, they will take a bag with them when they leave. It will be enough for their family to drink until autumn.
After hearing this, Hong Yanwu agreed, but he had some other requests. It would be best for his uncle to give him this set of teapots and bowls, so that the drink would be delicious.
When Hong Lucheng heard this, he scolded his son for being disrespectful. How could a younger person take the initiative to ask for something from his elders?
Unexpectedly, Yuntai said that he loved Hong Yanwu's straight-tempered temper, which was why he couldn't afford it. He could afford to give it to him, and he burned it himself anyway. He had several sets at home, and his nephew liked it and supported it.
Hong Yanwu was shocked when he heard this.
"Uncle, to tell you the truth, I was just joking. When I saw this thing of yours, I thought it was porcelain from the Ming Dynasty. I didn't expect that you fired it yourself. You are so skillful! The glaze color, the shape of the vessel, and the
This texture is perfect..."
But when he was bald and pouting, Yuntai was even more surprised.
"You like this too? It's really rare among young people. I really made this to imitate the furniture from the late Ming Dynasty. The patterns and styles are just like seventy-eight cents. Why do you just..."
"Hey, I just like to think about it. Isn't it about antiques from the golden age of troubled times? I feel that although these old things are cheap now, they will always be valuable again one day. So I paid more attention to them. Uncle, do you want to ask the question in the village?
There is something good, please help me keep an eye out for it. I am willing to spend money to buy it..."
Yuntai's eyes lit up, then he turned around and asked Hong Lucheng, "Brother-in-law, this is what you taught him?"
Well, looking at his father's eyes with the same confusion, Hong Yanwu no longer bothered to think about the antiques. The most urgent task was to think of words first and how to make things right.
But at this moment, Wang Yunlin pushed away the tea bowl and stopped drinking. She had more important things on her mind, so she called Zhaoqing into a room alone.
Naturally, he wanted to persuade this eldest nephew to change his mind.
It's just that with Wang Yunlin's temperament, she can't say anything heavy and weighty. Moreover, she is considerate and has to worry about her nephew's face.
So she could only start from the perspective of family ties. First, she said that Zhaoqing's father had never fulfilled his ambitions in life, and it was human nature to have high hopes for his own son.
Then, she said that she was also afraid that Zhaoqing was young and thought poorly, and that if he made a decision easily, he would regret it in the future.
In this way, she gave Zhaoqing a detailed analysis of his mistakes in staying married, from the cultural differences between him and Xiaoqin to the lack of a common language, from their future prospects to the public opinions of others.
In short, I have the same idea. I advise Zhaoqing to put family ties first and return to the capital to complete his studies. First, he can fulfill Yuntai’s wish. Because as long as a man is successful, it will be easy to start a family. What kind of good girl will there be?
ah?"
While Wang Yunlin was talking, Zhaoqing kept his eyes lowered and his attitude was very respectful, but he didn't know what he was thinking. Basically, he just let Wang Yunlin talk to himself.
This kind of passive resistance made Wang Yunlin very boring. In the end, she could only say, "Zhaoqing, if you really get married and start a family here, never think about going out. You will have to be a farmer for the rest of your life. You can't stop thinking about it."
From now on..."
At this point, she couldn't talk any more.
Seeing that she was speechless, Zhaoqing finally chirped after a while and said, "Uncle, I know you are here as an imperial envoy. I also know that you are doing my best and are not adulterous at all. But I am really happy to be this for the rest of my life.
Farmer, I am content with being with Xiaoqin."
"Don't think that I have no future, don't think that I am confused. I have thought clearly. If I go to school, as you said, my future and getting a wife will not be a problem. But there is one thing, I won't get a wife.
I'm marrying Xiaoqin. Our relationship has been accumulated since childhood, can it be comparable to others?"
"I'm not unfilial, I just feel that the vision my father expected is not the life I like at all. It's not worth giving up my life's happiness just because of this somewhat absolute idea. In fact, at this point, you should be the most important
You understand me, don’t you?”
Wang Yunlin couldn't help but be stunned. "Me?"
Zhaoqing hesitated for a moment, then said, "...there is something I probably shouldn't say. I just want to ask, if you had listened to my grandmother's words and married the son of the Peking police chief, you had not married
To my uncle, would you be happier than you are now?"
"Ah!" Wang Yunlin was suddenly shocked when she heard this, and now she understood.
"You...you know this? Was...your father said that?"
Zhaoqing saw Wang Yunlin looking embarrassed and quickly shook his head.
"No, actually I don't know very well. Just once, I woke up at night and accidentally heard my father and mother chanting a few words in the house. But I know, uncle, it's not easy for you and your uncle to be together. You must not
It’s my fault for mentioning this…”
After saying that, Zhaoqing bowed to Wang Yunlin again to apologize.
Wang Yunlin didn't know how to word it, but in any case, she knew it was unnecessary to continue the conversation. Because of her own marriage, she was not qualified to do so.
But where is my brother, so what...
Helpless, all helpless. Maybe this is fate.
In the end, she just sighed and walked out disappointed.
By chance, she met Yuntai's expectant eyes again, and she shook her head in embarrassment. Then she walked over and leaned into her brother's ear, whispering what happened just now.
All this was watched by Hong Yanwu intently.
Yuntai was helpless. Disappointed again, he had no choice but to put the matter aside for now. He stood up and asked Shou Jingfang and his son to go in for a diagnosis.
At this moment, Hong Yanwu also took the initiative to follow in and watch the excitement.
It can be said that Shou Jingfang and Shou Zheng are very unambiguous in their work. Shou Jingfang first looked at the injuries and asked Shouzhen to give Zhaoqing some topical medicine. Then he followed him to check Zhaoqing's color, feel his pulse, and ask about Zhaoqing's symptoms of drowsiness.
and some details of life.
Then Shou Zheng whispered to Shou Jingfang for a while, and Shou Jingfang nodded and started writing prescriptions. He also told Yuntai and his son the medical instructions.
As for "Yin and fluid are deficient, dryness and heat are more abundant, and Yin deficiency is the basis and dryness and heat are the standard. The more deficient Yin is, the worse the dryness and heat will be. The more dryness and heat will be stronger and the more Yin will be deficient. Yin deficiency and dryness and heat are often cause and effect of each other." Hong Yanwu
He couldn't understand it, and he was so dizzy after hearing the prescription "Qinggong Liurong Zipi Decoction" prescribed by Shou Jingfang.
But the more he thought about the symptoms of sleepiness, fatigue, frequent urination, and hunger and thirst that Zhaoqing had just described, the more he felt like a chronic disease prevalent in modern society.
And that kind of disease cannot be cured at all. What's more, Shou Jingfang also asked Zhaoqing to drink porridge as much as possible at night, which is basically contrary to the diagnosis and treatment purpose of modern doctors.
So in the end, after he heard Shou Jingfang say that he was 70% sure that it could be completely cured, he couldn't help but intervene. "Cousin, why do I think this is 'diabetes'? This disease seems to only be sustained.
Can you... really cure me?"
As a result, the Shou family was stunned. The joy that Yuntai and his son had just shown also froze.
After a moment, Shou Zheng smiled and answered his doubts in plain language on his father's behalf.
"Xiao Wu, can't you tell? You also know something about Western medicine. Yes, I went to a medical university to take classes. Western medicine has this term called 'diabetes'. It advocates 'sugar control' and 'sugar ban', and it also requires the use of animals.
Insulin-assisted treatment. But this only treats the symptoms and not the root cause. To put it bluntly, the cause of this disease is poor absorption of sugar, not excessive sugar in the patient's body. If Western medicine is used, it can only alleviate it, and under long-term sugar deficiency, the patient's taste will not be the same.
It’s uncomfortable, and will continue to cause chronic weight loss and weakness. My father’s method is to recuperate the spleen and pancreas, focusing on nourishment, to promote the recovery of the functions of the internal organs. If the level of normal sugar absorption is finally reached, it will naturally be cured..."
Hong Yanwu's understanding was extraordinary in this era, and the truth was so clear and transparent that he could understand it as soon as he thought about it, and he immediately admired it from the bottom of his heart.
I couldn't help but think: I'll go! If this disease can be cured, how much money will it cost to open a pharmaceutical factory or a hospital in the future? Then what's the matter with "Bayer"? Foreign devils only deserve to drink a bowl of tablets.
It’s time for soup...
But just when he was thinking about setting up a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company, those angry people from the An family came to "collect debts"!