Chapter 18 Getting Close

The birthmark on his back in both lives, as well as the so-called heirloom of the Su family, must be related to his time travel, but there is nothing in the space except the faucet. Su Fengzhang can't find any clues and can only figure it out on his own.

Drinking a little water before had no effect at all. Last time, I drank half a bowl and the reaction became more obvious. It can be seen that even if the water dripping from the faucet is spiritual spring water, it is probably the inferior kind.

Could it be that my golden finger is a bottle of Melatonin? Refreshing the mind and improving memory?

Maybe there are other uses, but he just hasn't discovered them.

Su Fengzhang has always been a very organized person, so he waited patiently for another half a month, and only after he had accumulated half a bowl of water did he start to make various attempts.

First, he wanted to test the effect of cleansing the meridians and marrow to strengthen the physical constitution. He drank it twice himself. He didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but he just felt that his body was much stronger.

But the second time I drank it, it was not as strong as the first time. Maybe my body had adapted to it, or maybe the effect was a one-time one.

So one day, when Madam Wei was cooking, Su Fengzhang sneaked in and added half a bowl of water into the pot.

The result was disappointing. This half bowl of water neither made the rice taste better nor made others feel more energetic. The only most obvious change was that the rice, which was originally of moderate hardness, became soft and watery.

Su Fengzhang called Su Lanzhang into the room and asked her several times, "Do you feel that studying is easier today?"

Su Lanzhang felt puzzled, but still answered obediently: "Just like usual."

Well, either it lacks the effect after being diluted, or the spiritual energy is gone after being boiled.

Su Fengzhang didn't dare to let his family drink so much water directly, and they usually didn't have enough water to drink cold water directly.

He thought of a way to put water in a small cup and let Su Lanzhang drink it in one gulp when he was tired of studying.

After trying several times, Su Fengzhang had to admit that a small amount of water had no effect. Drinking it had no other effect except quenching thirst.

Because the dripping speed was too slow, he had to wait half a month after each experiment before continuing the next one.

The third time, Su Fengzhang tried pouring half a bowl of water under the peach tree in the yard.

It is already April or May, and the fruits on the peach tree are still green. After Su Fengzhang fell down, he became a little worried that all the peaches on the tree would be ripe when he woke up the next day.

It turned out that he thought too much. When he woke up the next day, the green peach was still green and showed no sign of ripening.

It seems that this water has no effect on plants, so he can give up the idea of ​​becoming a big farmer by relying on the faucet.

After spending several months, Su Fengzhang had to admit that this faucet not only dripped slowly, but the effect of the water that dripped was also very limited.

This is enough. The effect is better than those health supplements that were praised in his previous life. Improving memory is very useful for the imperial examination. As for other things, he should not ask for anything else.

Compared with the experiment with spiritual spring water, Su Fengzhang's teaching career quickly got on the right track.

In fact, any family in the village who has the means is willing to send their children to private schools for a few years. If they have good talent, then of course they will be good. If not, if they can learn to read, they will have a good future.

Therefore, the children left behind in the village usually came from families with little money, or their parents were short-sighted and unwilling to spend money to send their children to school. Su Fengzhang said that he did not want to pay tuition, so they all sent their children here.

Who doesn’t know the benefits of being literate? Not to mention anything else, it will make it less likely for you to be cheated when you do business in the future.

In the words of the village chief, at least you should know your own name so that you won’t be sold when you go out in the future and end up helping to count money.

The quarter hour before sunset every day gradually became the busiest time in the village.

At the beginning, only children under the age of ten came to study. Su Fengzhang's goal was very clear, which was to teach them to read and write, and he did not intend to teach them exactly the same as the Four Books and Five Classics for the imperial examination.

His operation was very effective. After all, there were not many people who could really stick to the imperial examinations these days. In fact, for ordinary people, the Four Books and Five Classics of the imperial examinations were not as practical and useful as "Relative Four-Words".

It was simple, direct and down-to-earth, so gradually, other people in the village came to listen from time to time, and even a few elderly people came to sit from time to time.

After the class that day, an old man who had been squatting at the back listening didn't leave until most of the children had left.

"Third Grandpa, do you have something to talk to me about?" Su Fengzhang recalled for a moment before remembering who this person was. He was also an elder with the surname Su.

Grandpa Su San laughed innocently and said, "My granddaughter-in-law just gave birth to a baby, and I want you to give it a name."

"You are a scholar, you are eloquent, you must be better at naming than us."

"If you are at ease, Third Uncle, I will give you one." Su Fengzhang did not refuse. Obviously, this was not the first time. He led Third Uncle back to the house and took out a piece of cut paper.

"My eldest nephew's generation is named Jing, so why not use the word Lei, which means being calm in heart, strong and resolute, upright and free, and open and aboveboard." Su Fengzhang quickly wrote down the three big characters Su Jinglei.

Third Grandpa thought it was good and took the paper carefully: "Scholars are scholars. Their brains are different from those of ordinary people like us."

After saying this, he took out a small bag from his arms, and Su Fengzhang quickly refused.

But the Third Grandpa said, "Erlang, this is the rule in the village. If you don't accept it, you are looking down on me."

In the end, I accepted it. Third Uncle didn't give me much, only five cents in it.

After everyone left, Su Zhao came over and shouted, "Come out to eat when you're done, or it'll get cold soon."

As Su Fengzhang sat down at the table, he heard Aunt Bai say with a smile, "Erlang is quite famous now. He's a teacher to half the village. We don't have to buy any food these days. They're all rushing to deliver it to us."

Although Su Fengzhang did not stop practicing, the children in the village learned a few words over time. The parents felt bad about it and were reluctant to spend money, but they still grew a lot of vegetables at home.

Before, the Su family would go to Uncle Su's house to pick the vegetables they ate, but after a long time, they became not good. Uncle Su didn't say anything, but Zhang was a stingy person.

Later, Su Zhao asked Madam Wei to go buy it with copper coins. It was cheap to buy vegetables in the village and it didn't cost much.

There were only a few edible vegetables in their own vegetable garden. People around them knew they were short of vegetables, so they started sending them food one after another.

Su Zhao was also happy, not because of the few copper coins, but because she was happy that the villagers admired her son: "Come, have an egg."

Now that the family is in mourning, they are not allowed to eat meat, so Su Zhaoshi cooks eggs for them every day. This expense alone is not small. In the past few months, she simply raised a dozen chickens in the backyard, but they can barely be self-sufficient.

Eggs are good, but after eating them in different ways, such as steaming, boiling, stir-frying or stewing for a few months, you will get tired of them.

Su Fengzhang took it and swallowed it in two bites, feeling a little desperate when he thought about his height.

He is fifteen years old now and is less than 1.7 meters tall, which is average in the village.

This is the period of youth growth, when height is most likely to explode. If you don’t get enough nutrition, you will become a dwarf.

Look at the two little kids next to them, they are even more pitiful. They have to eat vegetarian food for three years at such a young age. I guess their faces will turn into the color of vegetables by the time they get rid of the symptoms.

Su Fengzhang thought to himself that he couldn’t let himself and his younger brothers and sisters become dwarfs.

After dinner, he went to Su Zhao's room and suggested, "Mother, why don't we buy a sheep that produces milk?"

Su Zhao looked at him strangely: "Why buy a sheep? We don't have any children who need milk."

"Not only children can drink it, adults can drink it too. We eat vegetables and tofu every day at home, even with eggs it can't last." He didn't dare to eat meat secretly. Since he was going to take the imperial examination, he couldn't leave a stain.

"I'm still growing. I need to drink some milk to supplement my body so that I can grow taller."

Since it was about her son, Su Zhaoshi quickly relented: "Buying a sheep is easy. We have room for sheep at home, but goat milk tastes very strong. You won't be able to get used to it."

She even suggested: "If it really doesn't work, we can cook with animal oil and eat behind closed doors. If we don't tell anyone, no one will know."

"Don't do that. The village is so small. They will know the smell once it gets out." Su Fengzhang hurriedly stopped him. He was not asking for a bite of food, he just wanted to supplement calcium.

"Okay then, Mom will go ask around and buy one for you. I'm just worried you won't be used to it." Su Zhao agreed.

The next day, Su Zhao went out for a walk and came back with a ewe.

Su Zhaoshi was still cautious and said to others, "My two children are still young. I'm worried that the long-term mourning period will harm their health. I'll give them some milk to drink."

Su Fengzhang had never drunk fresh goat milk before. He almost vomited it out when he drank it for the first time. It was indeed fishy and smelly.

Su Lanzhang and Su Huihui even refused to drink it after smelling the taste.

Su Zhao said helplessly: "I told you that you couldn't get used to it, but you didn't believe me."

Su Fengzhang pinched his nose and drank it. After drinking it, he took a few sips of water before feeling better.

Since we've already bought the sheep, we can't let it go to waste. Su Fengzhang suggested, "Why not try adding some almonds or some coarse tea? Maybe that can get rid of the mutton smell."

When Madam Wei heard this, she said, "I'll try it later. I've heard that wealthy families like to drink almond milk."

But almonds were expensive and the family didn't have any, so Su Zhao finally found a bag of coarse tea leaves.

Yuexi Village produces tea, and the price of tea is not expensive, especially this kind of coarse tea.

Madam Wei tried it and unexpectedly found that the taste of tea leaves cooked with goat milk was quite good. It would taste even better if a little white sugar was added.

Su Zhaoshi found the milk delicious after drinking it once, and she no longer complained that she had raised a sheep in vain. Now, more than three children were drinking it, and they also drank a bowl from time to time. She also thought about buying another one when this sheep stopped producing milk.

The author has something to say:

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For height

My son must be 1.8 meters tall, with legs 1.6 meters long (that's too much), eight-pack abs and a mermaid line, and look thin when dressed and muscular when undressed.

Hey, being my son seems a little difficult