Chapter 319 Integration and Incompatibility
The night was as dark as ink, and the cold stars twinkled.
The distant mountains rise and fall, resembling a silent behemoth in the darkness.
After the gasps of surprise subsided, the surroundings suddenly fell silent, and almost everyone's eyes turned to the couple on the stage.
This moment of silence made Magistrate Sun's heart leap into his throat: Had he set a bad example again?
"Sir, you have such a grown son, Madam no longer needs to worship the Goddess of Fertility!" The yamen runner standing nearby almost spit fire when he saw this scene of blood merging.
This yamen runner was the younger brother of the county magistrate's wife. His sister had been unable to conceive after giving birth to two daughters, so she had been praying to Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy, for years, hoping to have a son.
If it weren't for the fact that none of the magistrate's other concubines had given birth to sons, the elder sister's position would probably have been in jeopardy long ago.
Unexpectedly, the magistrate's blood had mingled with that of the country boy, revealing that he had such a grown son hidden away!
Judging by her age, she's about the same age as the county magistrate's eldest daughter.
The bailiff grew angrier and angrier, wishing he could draw his sword and demand to know why the magistrate had treated his sister this way!
"Magistrate Sun, you must reveal the truth quickly, or your family will be ruined!" Seeing this, the postmaster of the post station, thinking of today's topic, hurriedly urged Magistrate Sun.
"Yes, yes, don't misunderstand, please don't misunderstand, how could this kid be my son!" Magistrate Sun hurriedly said, "There's alum in this water, so not only can my blood and his blood mix, but your blood and his blood can too!"
He hurriedly explained to his brother-in-law that if he couldn't explain it clearly, his wife, the shrew, wouldn't let him off the hook when he got home!
The constable was skeptical, but to be on the safe side, he cut his finger and dripped some blood into the bowl.
Sure enough, the drop of blood seemed to be attracted by something, and once it entered the bowl, it quickly floated towards the blood from before and soon merged together.
"See, see! I told you so, you can't go back and talk nonsense," Magistrate Sun said loudly, as if afraid that someone else wouldn't hear him. "Don't even mention human blood, even human and animal blood, if you add alum, they'll mix together. If anyone tries to fool people with this trick again, you can go and slap them in the face!"
As he spoke, he picked up the bowl next to him, which contained powdered alum and a whole transparent block of alum.
"Important, remember this important point: alum can make blood mix... for both humans and animals..." The students whispered among themselves under the platform, while scribbling notes in their notebooks.
Xue Baochai, who was sitting in the back, did not take notes, but she had already memorized this amazing reaction.
She naturally thought of the time a few years ago when Xiangtao, the maidservant beside Yuan Hongqu, went to Lixiang Courtyard to redeem Xiangling from her servitude.
At that time, she didn't necessarily want to keep Xiangling; she just wanted Yuan Hongqu to owe the Xue family a favor, but she didn't expect that the Xue family wouldn't buy it at all.
Looking back now, Xiangtao must have used this method, pretending to be Xiangling's sister, to get them to release Xiangling.
Now that Xue Baochai knows about this, she feels a moment of excitement, thinking that she can go to Yuan Hongqu and expose this matter, making her feel guilty towards the Xue family.
However, she quickly dismissed the idea.
All the revelations in this class were arranged in advance by Yuan Hongqu. If it wasn't arranged in advance, how could a county magistrate possibly produce a transparent glass bowl? It was obviously the kind that the Lin family usually used to make fruit ice bowls. She had seen it before at Rongyue Courtyard.
Yuan Hongqu knew perfectly well that she was in the group and listening to the lecture from the audience, yet she still dared to expose this matter. This only shows that she didn't take the Xue family seriously at all, and she wasn't afraid even if the Xue family made trouble.
It's better to keep your own mind clear and be honest and obedient. Maybe Mr. Yuan will think you're decent and look up to you!
Once the students below the stage had quieted down, Magistrate Sun walked over to the second bowl of water.
“Since there are cases where they can mix, there are also cases where they cannot. This time, let the father and son come over.” With that, he called the father and son over and dripped their blood into the bowl.
But the two drops of blood in the bowl seemed to be under a spell, unable to float together.
Because of the blood mingling incident earlier, the students were not as surprised as before. They simply held their pens and waited quietly for Magistrate Sun's explanation.
"This is because white vinegar was added to the water, so even if they are biological father and son, their blood cannot mix together."
Magistrate Sun showed the students the white vinegar in the bowl next to him.
"If we add white vinegar, will adding alum solve the problem?" a mischievous student asked.
Magistrate Sun had no idea what the effect would be if both of them were put in water, so he looked to Yuan Hongqu for help.
"Alum and white vinegar are not mutually reinforcing or antagonistic. Using them together may produce adverse reactions, such as causing blood to coagulate, which would make everyone aware that the water has been tampered with."
Yuan Hongqu said loudly.
"Hehe, if you put these two together, the blood can turn into blood tofu!" Magistrate Sun understood very well and immediately grasped the key point.
The students below had no idea what blood tofu was, but Magistrate Sun had eaten quite a lot of it.
Although this remark was somewhat inappropriate, it did not spark any discussion among the students below.
However, Yuan Hongqu still reminded Magistrate Sun.
“It would be better if Magistrate Sun didn’t think that way. These two things can not only cause blood to coagulate, but also produce harmful substances. Eating them is not good for the body.” As a senior nutritionist, Yuan Hongqu has always been quite sensitive to food matters.
She could tell that Magistrate Sun was very interested in the idea that putting these two things together would cause the blood to coagulate.
"I like to eat blood tofu, just add a little salt to the blood."
Magistrate Sun is truly a loyal fan of blood tofu; he eats duck blood, chicken blood, and pig blood every few days.
He also complained that the blood he bought directly from outside was not clean, so he went and bought fresh pig's blood and asked the cook to make blood tofu when he got home.
"Thank you for your guidance, Lord Yuan." Only now did Magistrate Sun realize that today wasn't so bad after all. With Lord Yuan's guidance, he would be able to enjoy his favorite dishes even faster in the future.
The second class ended half an hour later than scheduled, but the students felt it was worth it!
Night had fallen, and the students dispersed, returning to their own tents.
Tonight's class was so novel that many students were still excited even after returning to their tents.
Some students, after returning to their tents, began writing letters. Soon after, maids would come out and hand the letters to the guards, instructing them to quickly return to the mansion to deliver them.
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