Chapter 7: The Root of the Disease

"Thank God, Madame hasn't been able to eat for a few days. ”

Su You said: "Let's go, we'll send food to Banniang now." ”

Carrying a small food basket to Banniang's room, putting the food on the table, and saying to Banniang: "Banniang, you can't be trapped in bed all the time, come and eat, and go to the yard to walk around after eating." ”

Shiyue laid out the chopsticks, helped Banniang out of bed, and came to the table.

Su You looked at Banniang with a small face very sincerely: "You have just recovered from a serious illness, and it is estimated that you are tired of oil, so I will do it lightly." ”

Banniang looked at the dishes on the table, the aroma of one dish and one soup came to her nose, and she said movingly: "There is Uncle Lao, this dish looks very suitable for my appetite." ”

Su You tossed the minced chicken in a small dish and the chopped green onion in a small dish into the two-color tofu, sat down and picked up the bowl: "I'm so hungry, so I can't be polite." ”

In addition to the light two-color tofu and boiling cabbage, there is also a large bowl of oily stewed fat chicken, which Su You prepared for himself.

Banniang picked a little cabbage sum first, and couldn't help but be surprised when she tasted it: "What kind of dish is this?" I thought it was boiled cabbage sum in white water. This...... So delicious, is this chicken soup? How can there be no oil star and still be so clear? ”

Su You was nibbling on a chicken leg, with a mouth full of oil: "This is called boiling cabbage, hey!" In fact, the ingredients are still far behind, but the soup is also delicious, you can eat more if you like, not greasy. ”

Banniang provoked another piece of chicken blood: "What is this?" ”

Su You said: "That is the blood of chicken blood condensed, to be so tenacious, rely on the right heat, it is not only meat, but also not greasy, easy to digest and nutritious, it is very good for your weakness after illness." ”

Banniang took a shallow taste, the entrance was soft, and it was very delicious: "The chicken soup is not so rich and fragrant, this is the taste of those fine velvets you just added, right?" ”

Su You said: "That's chicken floss baked from chicken, and the freshness is first-class, isn't this seeing that Banniang has no appetite, so try to use this." ”

Banniang praised: "It's really good, Uncle Xiao, these two dishes are not something that ordinary Zhuang families can make, I don't know where you learned it?" You can't be born to know, right? ”

Shi Yue waited beside him and said, "Little Sir, or maybe I was born to know, when I came back, I heard that the old man was still full of praise for Mr. Xiao's pair, and the snow salt he had refined, which scared Uncle Cook." ”

Su You didn't think there was anything: "These things seem to be novel, but in fact, they are not unthinkable." Take this chicken as an example, we know that the chicken soup is very fresh, so if it is purified and thickened, will we be able to get a very delicious thing? ”

"We also know that salt is salty and bitter, so if you remove the bitter substance and leave only the salty substance, the taste will definitely be better, right? These are all things that matter for granted. ”

Banniang shook her head lightly and said, "Having said that, how many people would think about this question?" This is the talent of Gewu, the little uncle has a wonderful spirituality, and when he reads poetry and books in Kaimeng, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. ”

After speaking, he seemed to remember something, and said with a smile: "This point is similar to my disciple Zhan." ”

Su You waved the chicken leg in his hand and said modestly: "How is it possible, that is not comparable." Zizhan was enlightened from Liu Weizhi in Shouchang Courtyard in his childhood, and Weizhi's teacher wrote "Heron Poem", one of which is "The fisherman suddenly startled, and the snow flakes slanted in the wind." Zizhan thinks that there is a loss of connection between the upper and lower sentences, so it is better to change it to 'snow falls.' 'For the top. The teacher praised the genius and said, 'I am not a teacher.' That's spirituality. ”

Banniang pursed her lips and smiled: "Zizhan's understanding in literature is indeed not bad, he wrote "But the Mouse Knife Ming" when he was a child, as well as Ziyou's "Cylinder Yan Fu", Zhong Xiangong was framed, and now it is still stored at home." ”

Hearing Banniang mention Zizhan, Su You suddenly felt full of interest, and said with a smile: "I'll go to Qiyun Temple to play another day, I heard that he also has a "Sick Dog Fu" on the wall there, you have to take a good look." ”

Banniang quipped: "Yo, you care about him a lot, most of the people in Meishan know his big character 'Lianao Mountain', and there are not many people who know that there is a "Sick Dog Fu" on the wall of Qiyun Temple on the mountain. ”

After speaking, he continued: "But Uncle Xiao, don't be presumptuous, 'The wind and mountains under the forest are waves, and the clouds in the sky are over the moon. The next sentence is obviously much more open than the previous sentence, except for the children of my Su family, I really don't believe that any five-year-old child can do it. ”

Banniang said this with natural confidence, and after speaking, she pointed to the table: "There are these two dishes, although they are kitchen tips, but they can also see the understanding of Uncle Xiao's master, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are prodigies." ”

Su Youxiao's face flushed, and he said humbly: "I can't afford this name, such as Sima Junshi, Ercheng brothers, they are all family history, bright and intelligent, the key is to know since childhood that there is no distraction in the heart of longitudinal efforts, five years old through the "Analects", seven years old through the "Spring and Autumn", that is a prodigy." ”

Banniang pursed her lips and smiled: "Phoenix doesn't eat with chickens, but looking at the people raised by Uncle Xiao, you know that your ambitions are not small." ”

Su You said suddenly: "Ba Niang, you are laughing at me again." ”

The gentleman eats without saying a word, but there are two women and a child here, so they don't have so many scruples, and they eat happily at a meal.

After eating, Su You and Banniang went around eating in the yard.

From Banniang's conversation, it can be seen that she is also a smart person, Su Xun once wrote in the article, "The girl is young and studious, generous and extraordinary, and the text is often gratifying." "You can see it.

However, it is difficult to say whether a talented woman will be able to please her mother-in-law.

Su You explained on the side: "Banniang, I heard that you are also a good student at home, and now you have become the bride of the Cheng family, and your husband is outside, so don't care about him, and it is right to serve a good wife." I think you can start by cooking, you will definitely be able to please them, and with their support, your life in the Cheng family will be better. ”

Banniang frowned slightly.

Su You continued: "Of course, this is one aspect, and the other is to establish a business. If the husband travels to study and is a wife, he must support the housework and give the husband the greatest support. My seventh sister-in-law, your mother, is the best example, cousin Mingyun didn't study hard until he was twenty-seven years old, and before and after, it was always the seventh sister-in-law who was taking care of that family. ”

Banniang stopped and was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Su You, and said seriously: "Speaking of which, Uncle Xiao, you are a genius of Gewu, Banniang really wants to discuss something with you." ”

Su You said, "Oh? Is there really something? ”

Banniang hesitated for a while, and finally spoke: "According to Banniang's inquiry, ten years ago, a person named Bi Sheng invented movable type printing. The method is to first make a seal of each word, and then set up an iron plate, on which there is pine wax and paper ash and the like. ”

"When it is time to print, it is placed on the iron plate with an iron fan, and the word printing is arranged into a plate, and then the medicine is roasted by fire, and the surface is pressed by a flat plate, and the word is as flat as a stone."

Su You understood in his heart that this was one of the four great inventions, movable type printing, and said, "This is very simple, right? The main thing is that the idea is brilliant and technically not difficult to solve. ”

Banniang's eyes began to have tears in her eyes again: "At first, Banniang also thought so, but as soon as I got started, I realized that it was not the same thing, I have experimented many times, but it was unsuccessful." ”

Su You: "Huh? ”

Banniang cleaned up her mood and said: "First of all, the problem of the word print, compared with the whole page of wood carving, the word print is easy to deform, and the ink is ineffective after absorbing water and expanding. ”

"Then there is the fact that the words are not in order, the size is different, and the discharge is crooked."

"The third is that there are too many fonts, and how to quickly find and store them is also a problem."

Su You thought about it for a while, and asked carefully: "This matter, Banniang, I'm afraid you don't have the support of the Cheng family, right?" ”

Banniang snorted and said softly: "I didn't dare to mention it to Ah Weng and Lang Jun. ”

Su You asked in a low voice, "Then are you using a dowry?" ”

In ancient times, women's dowry was mostly at the discretion of women, which was part of the wife's financial rights, and even if they divorced, this part of the property had to be taken away, which was regarded as a guarantee for women's marriage in ancient times.

Correspondingly, dowry can also help wives consolidate their family status from the side.

Therefore, Banniang used her own inherently rich dowry to carry out technological reforms, and encountered failure, especially behind the back of the Cheng family, which became tragic.

Banniang's illness is mostly unrelated to the wind and cold, Tai Semi came from this, and the follow-up after Banniang's death is estimated to have a lot to do with it.

This matter is difficult to talk to her mother, Su Xun definitely doesn't know, so it is reasonable for the Cheng family to abuse their daughter and embezzle her dowry.

Sure enough, Su You saw Banniang nodding with difficulty.