Chapter 178: Natural and Man-made Disasters (2)
"Why did you get up so late today? Get some food soon." Grandma Li quickly greeted Hao Xin who had gotten up late for breakfast. In fact, it is not too late now, around 7 o'clock, but the Li family has always gotten up at around 6 o'clock.
"It's just oversleeping." Hao Xin stuck out her tongue. The original owner's only granddaughter was very good in this ancient era that favored boys over girls.
"Eat quickly." Su Shi brought out a bowl of porridge and a few plates of pickles.
Hao Xin sat at the table and quickly settled breakfast. As for her brothers, they basically went to school. The four oldest brothers even went to the county college and could probably end up with their uncle next year. However, even if they support so many scholars, even if their family is a rich peasant with 50 acres of fertile land, there are still some things that cannot be taken with, otherwise the uncle and her father would not need to work in the county.
Speaking of which, the development of the Daluo Kingdom in this world is more like the peak period of the Song Dynasty. It emphasizes culture over military affairs, but it is the most developed country in the world. Later, it was naturally invaded and destroyed by foreign races because of its weak military power.
Of course, there is more than a hundred years left before them, so there is no need to worry too much. Hao Xin can't control it. What she needs to solve now is the financial problems at home, and she plans to study medicine.
Hao Xin recalled the plan of making money. Generally, the recipes in farming articles and snacks are fine. This place is really similar to the Song Dynasty. For example, there were only a wok in this dynasty. Because they didn’t have an iron pot at home, they used a pottery pot, and the food they ate was cooked and stewed. After all, an iron pot is worth a lot of silver.
But wealthy families already have iron pots, so buying recipes is still OK. But these days, there are not many other vegetables in addition to meat. Moreover, Hao Xin only knows a few vegetables in this world, so we have to think about them again.
After dinner, Hao Xin washed the bowl. Although she was quite favored in this family, the Li family did not raise her like a lady. After all, she was born in a farmer. Even if her brother becomes an official in the future, he cannot be sacked. This is what Grandma Li said.
Therefore, the original owner has learned how to clean, wash, cook, and go to the fields to work, but he does not have as many girls as other people. Hao Xin doesn't think so, because she has come here like this. Even if she hasn't done it for thousands of years, she still adapts well. After all, her memory is still mainly the memory of the earth. Although she remembers everything else, it has been virtualized.
"Grandma, are there anything I want me to do today?" Hao Xin asked their parents after washing the dishes.
"Nothing is wrong, you can go and play." Grandma Li looked at it, shook her head, and asked her to play it by herself.
"Okay." Hao Xin went out happily when she heard this. She was about to go to the barefoot doctor in the village to see. Although the doctor in the village could only deal with some external trauma, she knew a lot of herbs.
"Xiaoya, where are you going?" A girl suddenly called Hao Xin.
"I'm going to go to Dr. Bai's house." Hao Xin turned around and found that it was Li Xiang, the original owner's little best friend, and replied.
"What are you doing at Dr. Bai's house?" Li Xiang ran up, "Let's go to the back mountain to find tea." Now it's time for tea seed trees to grow and brew tea. Children in the village like to run around the mountain to find this as snacks.
"I want to go to Dr. Bai to learn how to recognize herbs. In the future, I can pick herbs and sell them to the pharmacy shop. After all, I have so many brothers who want to study." Hao Xin said.
"Your family is too hard, and you actually let all the men go to school. Even if your family has small land, you can't afford it." After hearing her, Li Xiang thought that their uncle and the boy were studying, so she shook her head.
"Even if you can't get into an official exam, it's easier to find a job by recognizing some words. Look at my uncle and my father. They have found good jobs in the county, which is much better than other people in the village to work as coolies." Hao Xin said that their Lijia Village is called Sanhe County, which is an important road connecting the north and south to the northwest.
There is a big river that goes northwest through their entire county town. Through the big river, you can go northwest or south into the sea. In addition, their county town can go directly to the capital, located in the center of Daluo. Because of this location, Sanhe County is very prosperous. There is a ferry head directly to the north and south and the central part. Many villagers will go to the ferry head to work during the slack farming, and most of them are cool laborers. The two of Hao Xin's family really help to keep accounts there. After all, there are not many people who can read.
"That's true. My father said he was very envious of your family. Unfortunately, my brother was not a good student. He couldn't learn after he recognized a few words. If I were me, he would definitely be better than him." Li Xiang nodded when she heard this, and then talked about her own brother, with a look of regret and envy.
"If you are happy, I can teach you how to recognize words." Although the original owner did not go to school, he also learned how to recognize words from his uncle since childhood, so she did not have to pretend to be illiterate.
Li Xiang hesitated for a moment when she heard this, "Okay, I'll learn from you." Li Xiang is a smart girl. She knows what to do to herself. She is two years older than the original owner. When the original owner died in her previous life, she had already married and married the owner of a small shop in the city. It is said that she chose it herself and finally escaped.
While they were talking, they came to Dr. Bai's door. The door was open and you could see many shelves in the yard with various herbs on it. Dr. Bai was turning some herbs to make them dry more evenly.
"Doctor Bai." Hao Xin shouted inside.
"Oh, it's Xiaoya and Xiaoxiang." Dr. Bai looked up and saw the two of them showing warm smiles. Dr. Bai and his wife Zhong were both from outside. They settled in their village a few years ago. Both of them are over 40 years old, but they have no children. The people in Lijia Village basically have the surname Li, and only a few families do not have the surname Li. Before that, there was no barefoot doctor in their village.
"Xiaoya Xiaoxiang is here, come in quickly." Zhong heard the voice coming out of the room, saw gentle smiles on both faces, and greeted them in.
"Is there anything wrong with me? Is anyone sick?" Dr. Bai asked.
"No, I just came to have a look and wanted to learn some herbs from Dr. Bai." Hao Xin said his purpose.
He did not directly talk about studying medicine, but it was not that he looked down on Dr. Bai's medical skills. In fact, although Dr. Bai only showed the villagers some minor problems such as bruises and injuries or wind and cold, his medical skills were actually good. In his previous life, he gave everyone some medicines to prevent plagues when the plague broke out, which was very effective. I think if he was given time, he might not have been able to develop drugs to treat plagues. Unfortunately, the court did not give them time, and the plague spread too fast, and they were gathered and burned to death in half a month.
Chapter completed!