59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

Chapter 286 Laurel and Cassia

After the Lantern Festival, Chen Feng stayed quiet at home for more than ten days.

"Big pot, have some tea."

Chen Feng put down his pen, bent down, and took the tea that his little sister specially brought to him.

On the other side, Chen Hao gave the teacup to the old man.

"Does it taste good?"

Chen Li looked up at her eldest brother and asked, her little face full of expectation of "I'm very good, you should praise me".

"It tastes good. My little sister is so good."

"whee."

"Xiao Feng, how much have you written?" The old man put down his teacup and asked as he sat opposite the desk.

"I can basically finish writing the parasite chapter today." Chen Feng replied with a smile.

"Good, good, good!"

The old man said three good words in a row!

He found that his eldest grandson was so capable that his productivity in one day was equivalent to that of his grandson in ten days or half a month.

He felt that he was already very fast, but compared to Chen Feng, he couldn't catch up even if he rode a horse.

"Chen Hao, pack these medical books and return them to Beihai Library before 5 o'clock."

"Okay, Grandpa."

Chen Hao put the medical books on the side of the desk into a wooden box, which contained all the contents he had read and copied in the past few days.

"Grandpa, how are you doing?" Chen Feng quietly took out a White Rabbit milk candy and handed it to his little sister.

When Chen Li saw the candy, she almost screamed out in surprise.

"Sh--."

Chen Feng made a hushing gesture and pointed at Chen Hao who was packing books.

The little girl was getting smarter and smarter, probably because she drank well water, ate food grown in the extraordinary space, and chewed meat raised in the space every day. She immediately pursed her lips and nodded wildly at her elder brother.

"I'm not as fast as you. It will take me a few more days to finish organizing the Chinese herbal medicines I collected."

The Chen family has excellent memory. The old man cannot have a photographic memory like Chen Feng, but he can remember 70% to 80% of an article after reading it more than ten times.

The common Chinese herbal medicine section involves medicinal materials from both the north and the south, with many varieties. Even if the old man is very experienced in this area, it will take some time to sort them all out.

The speed at which the old and the young work together is quite amazing.

Chen Hao put away the medical books he had finished reading, leaned over the table, and looked at the few chapters he had finished.

The diagnosis and treatment of common symptoms, common pediatric diseases, emergency treatment, how to prevent diseases, how to understand and treat diseases, acupuncture and massage, commonly used Chinese herbal medicines, infectious diseases, and parasitic diseases have gradually completed the framework.

Among them, the four chapters of common pediatric diseases, emergency treatment, acupuncture, and parasites are the most complete.

"Uu——"

The sound of the coachman stopping the car came from outside the door.

Chen Feng raised his head, left his seat and opened the door.

Chen Hao, Chen Li and Lai Fu followed behind.

It’s not from their compound.

When I walked to the door, I saw that it was Sha Zhu.

"Mad man, see? They're all condiments." Sha Zhu lifted the carriage over the threshold of the courtyard. Generally, the thresholds of courtyards with a lot of bicycles would be removed.

After Xu Damao’s accident, several elderly people mentioned the threshold of Compound No. 95.

However, it was refuted by Yan Bugui.

In a place like Old Beijing where feudal culture is strong, the threshold is not only a protection for wooden doors, but also a symbol of status and identity.

The Book of Rites states: "Scholars and officials should not step on the threshold when entering or leaving the emperor's palace."

That is to say, when a minister enters the monarch's gate, he should pass sideways beside the short wooden stick placed in the middle of the door and should not step on the threshold with his feet, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the monarch.

In folk culture, the height and gorgeousness of the threshold indicate the social status and cultural level of the owner of the house.

"Haozi, come and help!"

Shazhu has been feeling a little weak lately, and he hasn't even been able to cross the several-level threshold of the palace in one go.

Chen Hao hurried forward to help.

Chen Li also found it fun, so she ran over and pushed hard.

“How much condiments did you buy?”

Chen Feng looked at the large and small bags on the carriage and suspected that Sha Zhu had run away from all the Chinese medicine stores in the city.

"Hehe, not much, just enough to meet Comrade Huo's requirements."

Sha Zhu didn't say anything directly, but followed the carriage into the courtyard.

When passing by the front yard, bursts of reading sounds came from Yan Bugui's house.

Old Yan still couldn't resist the value of "supplementary lessons" and started the "New Oriental" teaching journey in the No. 95 compound.

I just hope he has a better life and doesn’t have to pay “tuition fees”, otherwise he would be dead if someone reported him with jealous eyes!

A group of people came to the middle courtyard.

"Stop at the door. This way, right."

Sha Zhu pointed at his own front door and said.

Ran Qiuye went home, and He Yushui was playing at home with the door open.

"Put your things on the table, not on the floor, it's dirty!"

While Sha Zhu was taking the things, he told He Yushui, Chen Hao and Chen Li not to put them in a mess.

Chen Feng took a look and shook his head, then took out a Daqianmen cigarette and gave the driver a cigarette.

Don't blame him for being snobbish. Daqianmen is already a very expensive and good tobacco for coachmen. It is a first-class Grade B flue-cured tobacco, costing more than 3 cents a pack.

There is only one pack of Hongtashan cigarettes, so he has to use it sparingly.

"Master, thank you for your hard work."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

The driver took the cigarette, felt his pocket, and found that Chen Feng had come up to him with a match, so he quickly handed the cigarette over.

The driver took a puff and blew out a smoke ring.

"This cigarette is good, it doesn't irritate your throat."

"good."

Chen Feng doesn't smoke, so how would he know the difference?

The commotion at the He family attracted the attention of the neighbors in the middle courtyard. After seeing Chen Feng distribute the cigarettes, several smokers who were reluctant to spend money at home couldn't help but come over to breathe in the secondhand smoke.

"Da Qianmen, Xiaofeng is always generous when he makes a move."

Jia Dongxu praised.

Today is the weekend and the factory is closed.

"What did this idiot buy?"

"Nothing, just some tree leaves or something, used to fumigate insects." Chen Feng lied without blinking.

When Jia Dongxu saw the fragrant leaves such as laurel leaves (leaves of the laurel tree of the Cinnamomum camphoraceae, not osmanthus tree leaves, not the same variety), he believed them to be true.

The temperature in the north is low and not suitable for growing camphor trees. These scented leaves are purchased by the pharmacy from the south.

"I'm afraid that Silly Zhu is not stupid. Even if you kill the lice and fleas with the fumigation, they will appear again after a while."

In those days, there was no oil, so in order to prevent the food from sticking to the pan or burning, most families would add extra water when cooking and eat the food after it was cooked.

There were a bunch of rough guys present, and they really didn't know that this thing was used for cooking.

Sha Zhu came out with contempt in his heart, looking at a group of peasants who couldn't even recognize a leaf.

I felt inexplicably proud that I had a higher level of education than you guys, so I remained calm and didn't embarrass Chen Feng.

"That's easy. Just fumigate it again after a while."

"You can't let your wife suffer from fleas."

"That makes sense!" Jia Dongxu was moved when he heard it. He loved his wife, otherwise Qin Huairu would not have been thinking about her for so many years after his death.

"Where did you buy it from? I'll go buy some too."

Sha Zhu said nonsense: "Do you want to buy more laurel leaves?"

"There are plenty outside the city."

"Dad, there is a sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the backyard." Jia Banggeng is just a thief in Compound No. 95. He is obviously very careful in his quest, but he obviously suffers from his lack of education.

Bay laurel and osmanthus trees are two different trees. Simply put, when laurel leaves are crushed, they will have a strong fragrance, but osmanthus leaves do not have this.

But the names sound similar and it is easy to cause misunderstanding.

The environment of Sijiu City is very suitable for osmanthus trees, which are found in large numbers in various areas of Sijiu City, especially in the courtyards of several princes and governors in Nanluoguxiang.

There are also osmanthus trees in Compound No. 95. There were also many in Chen Feng’s compound, but most of them were dug up and transported to other places.

"Well, we'll go pick some leaves and dry them later, and then we'll use them to repel insects."

"Okay, Dad."