Chapter 33 It would be great if the Su family came earlier

Last night, Hu Zi brought a book home and the house was in an uproar. The other children also clamored to read.

Soon, the news that Hu Zi wanted to become Su Boyan's disciple spread throughout the village.

Taixueyuan is only one level lower than Guozixue. Students who can get in are both talented and have good character.

If my child had someone like this to teach him, maybe he would really be able to return to Chang'an in his lifetime!

"I dare not. I am just a student who has not graduated yet. How dare I mislead other young people?" Su Boyan did not expect that so many people would want to learn.

With Hu Zi as the only student, the pressure is not great and I can teach him wholeheartedly.

When there are too many students, my energy is limited and I cannot provide one-on-one teaching, so the teaching effect is not good.

It delays others and also delays yourself, as you also have unfinished studies to complete.

"Young man, don't refuse. You are the only one in our village who is knowledgeable and has books!" The village finally has a teacher, so how could anyone give up easily?

"This..." Su Boyan looked at his father in embarrassment.

Su Bucheng looked at everyone, and everyone's eyes were eager, "My dear!"

"Father, it's the same whether you herd one sheep or a flock of sheep!" Su Ying said calmly, "My brothers at home take turns teaching me, so I won't fall behind in my studies."

"Yes, what the lady said is absolutely right!" everyone said hurriedly.

Look at the Su family, every son is well-educated, unlike me back then, a playboy who was ignorant and uneducated and now can’t even teach his own children.

Shame, shame!

"Gentlemen, don't worry. Since you want to learn, let's go back and discuss it. It would be better to set up a village school and start classes after the busy farming season." Su Bucheng agreed happily after thinking about it.

"Yes! Set up a village school! Village school!" Everyone thought this was a great idea!

On the way, they had a heated discussion about where to build the school in the village and how many children in the village would attend the school.

"Young man, my child is a little stupid. If he doesn't learn well, just hit his hands!" Someone squeezed next to Su Boyan, put his arm around his shoulders and said familiarly.

"Yes, yes, the baby is disobedient, so just beat him with a stick!" someone echoed.

"Hey, why are you still calling him young master? You should call him sir!" Yang Erlang reminded.

"Oh, yes, I should call you sir! Please don't blame me, sir, we were rude!" The man who had his arm around his shoulders quickly let go and apologized in shame.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Su Boyan, who was originally reserved, became much more relaxed after being teased like this.

They started walking up the mountain while chatting and laughing.

There are many varieties of trees, most of which were mulberry, tung, wild chestnut, wild walnut, hawthorn, etc.

There were a lot of chestnuts, wild walnuts and hawthorns on the ground, but they were not very big.

No one was in a hurry to pick them up, and decided to wait until they got down the mountain.

"Aying, why are you picking this?" Su Bucheng saw his daughter picking a strange thing from the tea tree. It was not a wild fruit, but thicker than the leaves.

"Tea bubble!" Su Ying broke off a piece and handed it to her father, "Try it, it's sweet."

"Can this thing be eaten?" The strong men were surprised to see the tea bubble in Su Ying's hand.

"Sure, it tastes good. Would you like to try it?" Su Ying ate a piece herself.

"Is it really edible?" Everyone took it, looked at it and didn't dare to put it in their mouths.

This thing is a mutated leaf. Can it be eaten?

"This thing that looks like a tea tree but is not a tea tree is called an oil tea tree! Tea bubbles grow after the leaves become diseased. They swell like peaches and are also called tea peaches. They are white at first and then turn dark brown. They are edible when they are white." Su Ying introduced.

Su Boyan believed his sister and ate one without hesitation.

Seeing that everyone in the Su family was eating, everyone tried to taste it.

The meat is thick and melts in the mouth. The juice has a light sweetness and can satisfy your hunger and quench your thirst when you are extremely hungry.

After tasting the tea, Su Ying still refused to leave.

Everyone was puzzled as to what was so good about this tea, but the girl from the Su family was still not satisfied.

"What are you looking at, girl? Is there something special about this tree?" Yang Erlang asked.

The youngest son Hu Zi spoke of this girl with great admiration, saying that she knew a lot of very practical things and that he thought the tea oil tree would be of great use.

"Well, Uncle Yang, you've walked on this mountain countless times. Do you know if there are many trees on this mountain?"

"There are quite a few, but they are rather scattered." Yang Erlang thought for a moment and said, "My lady, what is the use of this tree?"

"The fruit of this tea tree can be used to extract oil, which is edible." Su Ying picked a ripe tea seed.

Squeeze it hard to reveal the black fruit inside.

"The seeds inside this black shell are camellia seeds, which have a high oil content and can be used to extract oil."

"Really?" Everyone gathered around and asked, "How did the girl know that?"

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas mentions 'Yuanmu, an oily food from the south.' Yuanmu refers to the oil-tea tea tree! Besides sesame oil, the other vegetable oil consumed by wealthy families is tea oil."

Tea tree oil has a long history of cultivation and consumption, and in that era, tea oil was a precious commodity.

In modern times, tea tree oil is considered a top-grade vegetable oil, but it is expensive and unaffordable for ordinary people.

These people in the village were powerful and wealthy in the past and had enjoyed tea oil, but they had no idea what a tea oil tree looked like, and they would never have imagined that a tea oil tree was right next to them.

"Ah? This is the tea tree for pressing tea oil?" Everyone looked distressed.

"Yes! You should have built an oil mill back then, squeezed your own oil and sold it!" Su Ying said with a smile.

"Don't say that, girl. Our hearts hurt!" Everyone covered their hearts with their hands and looked painful.

Oh my god! What a horrible day! Youbao doesn’t even know! Woohoo…

If someone had understood this at that time, and relied on pressing oil from tea seeds every year, their life would not have been too difficult, though not too rich.

Not to mention the need to risk one's life frequently to go up the mountain to hunt. Many young and strong men died in vain, and many people escaped death!

"Girl, do you know how to squeeze oil?" Yang Dalang asked after calming himself down.

Don’t think about what you have missed, cherish the present and seize the opportunities in front of you.

"The process of extracting oil is similar. Peel out the dried tea seeds, fry them, grind them into fine particles, steam them and then extract the oil." Su Ying explained the general process of tea oil.

"Is it that simple?" Yang Dalang didn't believe it.

“It sounds simple, but the details are very important, otherwise the oil yield will not be high.

In addition, tea dregs left after oil extraction are good things. They can be used as fertilizer and can also be used to wash hair.”

Su Ying was a little silent, saying that the whole oil-tea camellia fruit is a treasure. The seeds can be used to extract oil, and the shells can be used to make incense and activated carbon.

"No wonder!" someone suddenly realized.

"How dare you go into the mountains without bows and arrows? I guess you're not here to hunt, but to look for something useful, right?"

Su Ying smiled, "Uncle is right! My family are all scholars, and we are farmers, so we are not good at hunting. We can only find another way."

"Girl, you've seen a lot along the way, do you have any other ideas?" Everyone surrounded Su Ying eagerly.

The young master of the Su family is very capable, but I didn’t expect that this girl is even more capable.

In a dangerous environment, survival is the first priority!

In everyone's mind, Su Ying suddenly surpassed her father and brother, and her words carried more weight.

It would be great if the Su family had come earlier so that everyone could escape from suffering sooner.