svetikya Chapter 173: The first day of the Lunar New Year, New Year’s greetings.
Chapter 173: The first day of the Lunar New Year, New Year’s greetings.
Time flies, and the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month has passed in a blink of an eye. There was no 30th day of the twelfth lunar month last year, and today is already the first day of the new year. The steel rolling mill has had three days of annual holiday, from the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month to the second day of the new year, and officially resumed work on the third day.
During this period of time, Xu Dongsheng acquired four skills and three pills. The three pills are all used to strengthen his brain. Xu Dongsheng's photographic memory is just the basics. Now, if you give Xu Dongsheng a book, he can read it through, and then integrate and understand the profound meaning.
There are four skills, one is called Hairdressing Mastery, one is called Carpentry Mastery, one is Matching Mastery, and the last one is a magic trick called Three Immortals Return to the Cave. Three Immortals Return to the Cave is actually a sleight of hand, but it can play a very good role when used with the skills of Sleeve of Qiankun and Thousand-Handed Guanyin.
But it is only used to perform magic. Among the four skills Xu Dongsheng obtained, except for this one, the others are useful. At least for the skill of hairdressing, they don’t have to go to the barber shop anymore and can even wait until they retire to open a barber shop to kill time.
With the skill of carpentry in hand, Xu Dongsheng can make his own furniture in the future. With his proficiency in carving, Xu Dongsheng can also make unique furniture. With his proficiency in carpentry, he can make all kinds of furniture and utensils by using only one piece of wood and a pillar and relying on the mortise and tenon structure.
It is a good skill, but the best one is the proficiency in compatibility. In the past, although Xu Dongsheng was proficient in pharmacology and diagnosis, and could use the pharmacological effects of drugs to match simple tonics, etc., to regulate people's bodies and diagnose diseases, but now with the proficiency in compatibility, Xu Dongsheng can directly prepare a variety of targeted and practical medicines.
Xu Dongsheng could even combine various beneficial and harmless medicinal herbs together to kill a person. So, a doctor could also poison someone, and the poison could kill someone without them being seen.
With this kind of thing, Xu Dongsheng can completely combine it with his younger brothers. Not only can he kill people without a trace, but he can also make people disappear without a trace. Although it is troublesome to prepare the medicinal materials needed for corpse-dissolving water, Xu Dongsheng still has his younger brothers. Just let the little mice eat them like he did with those scum.
There is also Xu Dongsheng's Saker Falcon, which, like Erhei, has now become Xu Dongsheng's exclusive pet. It will hover in the sky for a certain period of time every day to help Xu Dongsheng explore whether there are any enemies in the sky.
Xu Dongsheng always had food, which was enough for him to feed all the little mice in the city. However, the little mice reproduced too fast, so Xu Dongsheng had to ask the leader to deal with a batch from time to time.
Today is the first day of the new year. Xu Dongsheng got up early and left the room with a few red envelopes in his bag to wish people a happy new year.
"Happy New Year, Dad. May you be blessed with good fortune and live as long as the Southern Mountains."
When Xu Dongsheng greeted people for the New Year, the first person he greeted was naturally his father. This year, Xu Dazhuang is already 59 years old, and next year, Old Xu will officially retire. He is getting older, and there are many wrinkles on his face.
"Good boy, you have grown up. New Year, new beginnings, you will get better and better. Here, red envelope."
Xu Dongsheng did not give a red envelope. He still stretched out his hand and asked Xu Dazhuang for a red envelope like a child. Xu Dazhuang was not unhappy at all. Instead, he naturally handed Xu Dongsheng a red envelope. Xu Dongsheng took a look and thought, wow, old Xu was still so generous. He directly gave Xu Dongsheng a red envelope of twenty yuan.
This was the biggest red envelope that Old Xu had ever given Xu Dongsheng as far as he could remember. Xu Dongsheng smiled, took the red envelope, and then went out.
"As expected, a new year brings new atmosphere. It's snowing heavily, and although it's cold, everyone's enthusiasm is quite high."
When Xu Dongsheng came out of the house, the heavy snow in the yard had reached his knees. Xu Dongsheng washed his face with the snow first, then got a few basins of snow and brought them to the kitchen, and put a basin on the stove.
Then they came out and piled the snow in the yard into a snowman. After the snowman was built, the water in the kitchen was almost boiled. After Old Xu finished washing up, Xu Dongsheng's water also boiled. Xu Dongsheng kneaded the dough, and then cooked a bowl of vegetarian dumplings for each of them. Dumplings must be eaten on the first day of the new year, hoping for good luck this year. With a bowl of chicken soup, breakfast is ready.
After eating and drinking, Xu Dongsheng and Lao Xu went out separately. Xu Dongsheng held Erhei's hand and did not ride a bicycle, because there were a few good friends in the courtyard, and Xu Dongsheng planned to go and wish them a happy new year first.
"Happy New Year, Rainwater."
Before Xu Dongsheng entered the central courtyard, He Yushui rushed out from the central courtyard. Xu Dongsheng hurriedly wished He Yushui a happy new year.
"Brother Dongsheng, you're here early. Happy New Year, Brother Dongsheng. Here's a red envelope."
When asking for red envelopes during the Chinese New Year, people don’t ask for much. One or two cents is not too little, and three or five dollars is not too much.
"you also have."
Xu Dongsheng also handed the red envelope he had prepared to He Yushui. There was fifty cents in it, not much, but not less either. He Yushui took the red envelope, thanked Xu Dongsheng, and went to their home to wish Old Xu a happy new year.
Xu Dongsheng entered the central courtyard, went to Sha Zhu's house, wished Sha Zhu a happy new year, then went to Xu Damao's house in the backyard to wish Xu Damao a happy new year, and also went to Liu Haizhong's house. Later, he went to several families that Old Xu was on good terms with to wish him a happy new year. After paying the due greetings in the courtyard, Xu Dongsheng left the courtyard.
Leading the two dogs, he headed towards Xiao Yitu's home. In the afternoon, Xu Dongsheng went back, because today Old Xu's apprentices would definitely come to pay New Year's greetings to Old Xu, and Xu Dongsheng's little daughter would also come to pay New Year's greetings to him, so Xu Dongsheng couldn't delay too much.
There were eight tables filled with people coming to Xu Dongsheng's house to pay New Year's greetings, and that was because some people had already left. Xu Dongsheng also saw how strong Xu's teaching skills were.
These people will become Xu Dongsheng's connections in the future. Although Xu Dongsheng can do without them, he cannot do without them.
After toasting and drinking, the guests left. Xu Dongsheng gave his youngest daughter Jiayun another small can of milk powder. Wen Li and her husband left the Xu family with tears of gratitude to Xu Dongsheng.
In the evening, Xu Dongsheng went to Shen Xiuping's home, wished Shen Xiuping a happy new year, and met Shen Xiuping's parents and grandfather. Shen Xiuping's whole family are in the medical field, and Shen Xiuping's goal is to inherit the family craft after being admitted to university.
"Young man, what's your name? I didn't expect you to have such insights in medicine. What do you do?"
Xu Dongsheng had another meal at Shen Xiuping's house, drank some wine, and then started chatting. After chatting for a long time, Shen Xiuping's grandfather realized how knowledgeable Xu Dongsheng was and asked him seriously about his name.
"Well, my name is Xu Dongsheng, and I'm a buyer. My medical knowledge was passed down by my father's master in my hometown. I don't know much, and I haven't really practiced it."
Xu Dongsheng thought about it and attributed the origin of medical skills to Master Xu. After all, Xu Dongsheng could recite the Incantations by heart and understood them thoroughly. After combining them with his several medical skills, Xu Dongsheng already knew roughly that the Incantations should be useful, but these still needed to be verified.
"There are many experts among the common people. Our Shen family has been studying medicine for hundreds of years. In some aspects, we are still not as good as you."
After listening to this, Grandpa Shen Xiuping sighed, and then told Xu Dongsheng the history of the Shen family's rise and the history of medical inheritance.
Xu Dongsheng did not go home that night. He had a long talk with Mr. Shen at Shen's house all night. Seeing Xu Dongsheng talking so freely with the old man, Shen Xiuping's eyes were almost tearing. He was really too strong. Not only was he good at martial arts, but she didn't expect that he also had such strong abilities in medicine.